Baldurs Gate 3: Search the Cellar walkthrough Baldurs Gate 3 guide, walkthrough

Last update: 04 November 2020

On this page of the guide to Baldurs Gate 3, you will find a walkthrough for the Search the Cellar quest. We describe how to obtain the book, how to answer the mirror's questions, and how to disarm the trap.

• Quest objectives
• Walkthrough

Quest objectives

1. Find the Ancient Tome
2. Unlock the Ancient Tome (optional);
3. Destroy the Ancient Tome (optional);

Walkthrough

There is a hut in the abandoned village, right next to the fast travel point. Inside, you can find a hatch leading to the cellar. Enter it - you'll see a cave full of chests. There is an undead in each of them. If you interact with them, you will be attacked.

On the opposite side of the room, you will find a mirror with which you can have a conversation. At some point, it will ask you about the lich. To make it let you pass, you must confirm that you are its servant, and then choose the following answers:

1. " A foul lich. May he die a thousand more deaths.";
2. "To clean a wound?";
3. "I’d look for whatever spell will rid me of this worm in my head.";

If you give a wrong answer, you will be attacked.

There is a workshop behind the mirror. On the table located straight from the entrance, you will find a book describing experiments.

Look at the book behind the bars.Destroy the door, open it with a lockpick or use the key you can find in the room adjacent to the workshop (you can destroy the wall to get to the next room). Before you enter, disarm the long trap in front of the bars. The next trap release mechanism is right under the book, but you can safely take it in two ways:

1. Disarm the trap under the book (perception skill check required),
2. Replace the book with another item - you can throw one of the items from the inventory on the table.

It turns out that you need a key to open the book. You can deal with this in two ways.

Destroy the book.

The first option is to destroy the book. This variant is very easy. It requires you to cast a spell that deals light damage on the book (Shadowheart can do that).

Find the key.

If you decide to open the book, you must go to the Whispering Depths. In the Blighted Village, you will find several passages:

1. a well located next to the fast travel point;
2. a hole in the rock located in the basement of the building opposite the pharmacy.

In the caves you will encounter a group of phase spiders. These are some of the more difficult opponents in the game. They are able to teleport and can inflict great damage. In addition, they are led by a Phase Spider Matriarch, a powerful opponent. There you will find the Dark Amethyst, which is required to complete the task. You can try to sneak past her or fight her (tips on how to defeat her can be found on a separate guide page).

After finding the key, you can activate the book in the inventory. You also have to decide whether you want to keep the book for yourself and learn the Speak with Dead spell or give it to Gale or Astarion.