Overgrown tunnel in Act 1. The main part of the location is hidden behind a crooked door - inside the dungeon you will find formidable enemies and deadly traps.
In the guide we will tell you how to get through the Overgrown Tunnel and open the crooked door in BG3, what obstacles await you on the way and how to overcome them with minimal risk to the lives of your squad . We will explain whether it is possible to save enchanted people and how to do it.
Where is the Overgrown Tunnel?
Go to Tea house by the river in the southwest of the map, located near the teleportation point of the same name, and go down into the dungeon through the fireplace - there is an Overgrown Tunnel. To get to the basement, talk to Aunt Ethel and then engage in battle.
How to get through the Overgrown Tunnel in Baldur's Gate 3
In the first room of the Overgrown Tunnel in BG3 you will find a petrified dwarf and a frightened elf - there is no way to help them yet, so move on. The entrance to the main part of the location is blocked by a crooked door - behind it are hidden several masked opponents and dangerous traps.
How to open a crooked door
Like the fireplace in the house, this barrier is just an illusion, and there are several ways to dispel it.
the test
This option involves multiple skill challenges. Interact with the door, after which an automatic magic test will take place; if it es, the following dialogue options will appear:
- “I can see through you. I can just go in and go in." – when choosing this option, a short cutscene will play, but the door will not open.
- Intimidation: “Open up, otherwise I’ll burn you to the ground.” – the charisma test [CS – 10], but even if successful, the door will still remain closed.
- Belief: "If I kill the hag, you will be free" – here you also have to the test of charisma [KS – 10], but success again will not affect anything.
At the end of the dialogue, a vision will appear showing the hag walking through the crooked door. Do the same: hold down LMB and move the mouse away from the character behind the illusion to get to the next room.
This option is the simplest and will work even if all possible checks have been failed, but there is another way.
Use a whispering mask
Take whispering mask, lying on the table to the right of the crooked door, and equip it on any character in the squad. Please note that the artifact will quickly stupefy the hero's mind, so to avoid fighting with your ally, do the following:
- Enable Walk Mode using a keyboard shortcut Shift + Space default.
- Right-click on the mask and select an option Equip.
- The illusion at the door will dissipate and you can freely through it with one of the characters.
- Open your inventory, remove the mask and only then leave turn mode using the same key combination Shift + Space.
These actions will allow you to avoid battle with party and safely through the illusion.
How to remove a poison cloud
The overgrown tunnel in the dungeon is guarded by 4 hag minions with whispering masks: kill them or quietly go around to save them in the future. Do not try to stun enemies or remove artifacts from their faces - in this case they will simply die. If you leave opponents unconscious on the ground, they will still be considered dead after the battle with Ethel.
Go west to the waterfall and jump over it to the next room. The entire road is strewn with traps in the form of poisonous clouds and fiery flowers, which, when interacting with characters, create an explosion that causes a ton of damage.
Toxins emerge from the gratings, which can be detected with a successful Perception check. It is impossible to disarm the traps and it is problematic to by them, so the only safe option is to close them with any object of suitable size.
The whispering masks that were lying near the crooked door are ideal for this task and will allow you to remove the poisonous cloud in Baldur's Gate 3. Open your inventory, right-click on the item and throw him to the bars. As for fire traps, they can be easily byed. The next stage is the battle with the hag.
In a separate article they described in detail how how to defeat the hag and save Mairin.
Is it possible to save enchanted people in the Overgrown Tunnel?
It is possible to save the enchanted people at the entrance to the basement, as well as 4 minions with whispering masks. To do this, it is enough to defeat Ethel, after which the curse will disappear from the victims. When you defeat the hag, return to the first room where you opened the crooked door and talk to the dwarf Efrin and the elf Lorin to learn more about the parasite.
If you managed to get past the 4 masked minions without killing them, you can go back and try to talk to the characters:
- Mask of Slavery won't believe a single word.
- Mask of Horror will not believe that the hag is dead.
- Mask of Vengeance will immediately attack after the conversation, and the others will her.
- Mask of Regret the only one capable of conducting an adequate dialogue.
Thus, all the characters can be saved, but not all of them will retain their intelligence to continue to exist independently.
We hope this guide helped you learn how to get through the Overgrown Tunnel in Baldur's Gate 3, open the crooked door, by the poisonous clouds and save all of Aunt Ethel's victims. If you have any questions, ask them at comments, also read other articles on Baldur's Gate 3 in the relevant section of our website.
