Baldur's Gate Legacy of Bhaal Difficulty Guide Part 8 - Return to Candlekeep
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Once we've completed all the quests in Baldur's Gate we must turn our attention to investigating the Iron Throne. Once we secure the documents on the top floor of the Iron Throne Headquarters, we'll learn that the leadership of the organization will soon be in our former home of Candlekeep. Returning said documents to Duke Eltan will progress the story to Chapter 6 and teleport the party to Candlekeep. Upon our return to Candlekeep, there are several clues that something is not right. Investigation may reveal that certain NPCs are actually Doppelgangers in disguise!
Making our way into the Library we'll meet Koveras, who claims to be a friend of Gorion, and he informs us that the leaders of the Iron Throne are nearby and encourages us to attack them. While that's certainly an option for the player if they want the loot and experience, I felt that Gorion wouldn't approve and let them live. Also in the Library is a letter addressed to the player character from Gorion informing him of his divine heritage. Continuing to the top floor will trigger an event where the party is arrested upon suspicion of killing the Iron Thone leadership and it becomes clear the party has been framed.
After a cutscene we begin the Candlekeep Catacombs dungeon, which serves as the final dungeon of the base game. In the initial level are some trapped tombs which contain tomes which can increase wisdom and strength. Using Coran and Safana to disable the traps and locks and use the tomes on the Player Character. The stats for the player character would than be 19 Str, 19 Dex, 19 Con, 16 Int, 20 Wis and 3 Cha.
Advancing through the dungeon to encounter more Doppelgangers disguised as your friends from Candlekeep. However Arkansis and Deder are real, and will offer to fight beside us. Upon speaking with the fake Gorion and Elminster we can learn that Sarevok has disguised himself as Koveras and is responsible for your arrest. Continued accusations that Gorion is a doppelganger will eventually cause them to transform and engage in battle.
In the final level of the dungeon is a group of enemies which are very powerful. Using stealth and Algernon's, use a thief or ranger to charm Bor and have him engage with Prat. Prat has extremely powerful spells such as Lightning Bolt but Bor is very tanky and will absorb them all. With good positioning Prat will also hit his companions and himself with his own spells, but this is difficult to execute consistently. Once Prat is down, the party members can advance and focus attacks on the remaining spell caster, Sakul. Sakul can be shut down with Jaheira and her summons insects spell as demonstrated in the previous video. Once both spellcasters have fallen the remaining weakened fighters should be easily defeated.
The final challenge of this dungeon is a pair of Greater Basilisks, but these are easily defeated with a protection from petrification spell cast on the tank before engaging. Upon escaping the dungeon we are awarded with some narration and we enter Chapter 7, the final chapter of Baldur's Gate 1.
0:00 Return to Candlekeep
5:07 Getting Tomes of Strength and Wisdom
7:34 Killing Prat
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