Act 1: Mountain Pass
Step-by-Step Walkthrough
- Don't waste a long rest here, when you travel to the mountain pass you get a free one. One thing to note, we have Lae'zel with us. Once you take a few steps into the mountain pass, she will tell you she wants to go to the creche, and if you turn around now you will have a bad time. So make sure you wrap up any shopping or whatever you want before you head to the mountain pass. We won't be able to come back until we deal with the machine in the creche without losing Lae'zel.
- Head forward and take a right to find a merchant, Lady Eshter (left takes you to some path near the goblin camp) You can agree to get the egg, Lae'zel huffs and puffs but doesn't really do anything. Buy: The graceful cloth and gloves of cinder and sizzle for Astarion.
- Go N to find a cable car wheel that's stuck. Astarion should be strong enough to fix it. Ride it down to the next waypoint.
- Right next to the waypoint are some vines to climb. Go up and jump across. Shoot out the wood on the window, then have Astarion jump in to start a fight. The fight is against a bunch of magic rats, it's pretty easy. They are allergic to magic though, so just use physical attacks.
- In the N part of the top floor area, you'll find a locked stone wall (30 skill). I just use knock to open it. This key will get us a cleric weapon soon.
- Head east and jump over the gap/branch. The path wraps around and you should see some knotted roots that let you go further up to the top of the monastery. Kill the eagles for some xp.
- Head back down, continue on the path east through a door and down some stairs. Break some more wood in a doorway, head into the monastery front entrance area. Flip the switch to open the main door and go through it.
- Jump through the window on the right to find some drunk kobolds. Unequip the gloves of cinder and sizzle, because it will ignite the alcohol and cause you headaches. Also don't use fire with Lae'zel. You can sneak kill a few before the fight starts, then just kill off the rest. You can also hang out in the first room you jump into, and just wait for them to come to you.
- This fight got my team to level 6, woo. We are pretty much set for the rest of the act now. Make sure to turn on Astarions new damage boost. I use necrotic for now, since I imagine gith are resistant to psychic.
- You can head into the front door of the monastery. With Lae'zel, convincing them to let us be there is easy, so no need to sneak in the back.