Mini Walk-throughs


This section of the guide provides a very quick overview of how to complete the game, and suggests a path for your party to follow. For information and advice on how to overcome specific obstacles, check out the guide's detailed walk-through for each part.


Ulgoth's Beard

In this house south of the inn (guarded by the chicken) you can get a useful weapon.

Talk to everyone in town, and be sure to purchase some of the new items available at the inn if you have spare gold. Both the greenstone amulet and the ring of invisibility are worth their asking prices, although the latter item isn't anywhere near as powerful as it is in pen and paper AD&D. Still, it's a big advantage to be able to have an invisible thief checking for traps. If you don't have a capable thief in your party, pick one up (check out the chart of companion locations in this guide if you want to know where all of the companions are in the game). If you're still not comfortable with your thieving skills, pick up potions of perception and master thievery from sorcerous sundries in Baldur's Gate or from the mage's shop in High Hedge. Talk to Shandalar and accept his quest.

Island of Ice

This encounter right at the start of the dungeon is one of the toughest in this part. Notice how this invisible thief can get up nice and close to spot for spell attacks or to try a backstab of her own.

Head down into the cave, and take out or charm the winter wolf that will attack you. If you charm it, you can use an invisible character (preferably a thief) to scout for the wolf, which can then be used against the three mages in the next room. Fire several fireballs into the room with the mages to try to take them out quickly. Advance through the caverns, being careful to watch for traps (check out the detailed walk-through for this dungeon for information on the trap locations). The cloak you're looking for is on Dezkiel in the northwest corner of the dungeon. You'll have to fight all of the mages you run across in the dungeon. There's no way to negotiate a way past them.

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