Baldur’s Gate 3: Arcane Tower Bg3 Walkthrough

What mysteries and dangers await players inside the Arcane Tower in Baldur’s Gate 3? And What rewards can players uncover in BG3’s Arcane Tower, and how do they impact the game? Let’s find out What unique enemies or challenges should players prepare for while exploring the Arcane Tower?

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Arcane Tower Bg3 introduction

Although visiting the Arcane Tower in Baldur’s Gate 3 is an optional activity unrelated to any quest, it does offer some helpful loot and intriguing environmental storytelling.

Players might find an arcane turret that begins shooting magic bolts at them while exploring the Underdark. This is the entrance to the Arcane Tower, which was formerly a Mystra cleric’s refuge. There is much more to do here than just collecting mushrooms, however players might end up exploring it to obtain ingredients for an optional portion of the main quest in Baldur’s Gate 3.

The main issue, of course, is that the arcane turrets are nearly hard to destroy and can be lethal. When Baldur’s Gate 3 players revive the tower, the turrets switch off, but overcoming them is the first stage.

In return for a potion that will inhibit the Tadpole, players will be tasked by the calm and relaxed Mind Flayer Omeluum to deliver him the rare magical ingredients. Before facing the Elder Brain, players must use their skill to get rid of the squirming Tadpole in this “Remove the Parasite” quest in Baldur’s Gate 3. If Tav is able to carefully investigate the Arcane Tower, they will also be able to learn more about the secrets of the Tadpole and its secrets.

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Baldurs Gate 3 Arcane Tower Bg3 location

The Arcane Tower is found in the Underdark, west of the Selunite Outpost and south of the Beach and Sussusr Tree Underdark regions. If you spot a Bulete burrowing in the ground, you’ll know you’re getting near.

A terrible Arcane Turret defending the Arcane Tower awaits you as you ascend the steps to the west of this region.

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The Arcane Tower Bg3 Location And Everything You Need To Know

The Arcane Tower Location and Everything You Need To Know | Baldur's Gate 3

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How to disable Arcane Turrets in Baldurs Gate 3 Arcane Tower Bg3

There is a far simpler method, even if you can get past the Arcane Turrets unharmed by manually switching to turn-based mode (Shift + Space) and doing a lot of dashing, jumping, and hiding behind structures in the environment.

In Baldur’s Gate 3, you must employ Sussur Blooms to quickly disarm Arcane Turrets. Arcane Turrets may be shut down by dropping these luminescent flowers, which grow in the Sussur Tree region directly north of Arcane Tower. Since the turrets are powered by magic and the Sussur Blooms block magic, this works.

Be cautious if you haven’t visited the Sussur Tree region yet, since you will have to battle Hook Horrors and Filro the Forgotten, a magic user. check our Sussur Bark location page to learn more about this place and how it connects to a side quest.

Gather at least three Sussur Blooms once your enemies have been defeated at the Sussur Tree. This will temporarily impair your own magic abilities, so after picking them up, return directly to the Arcane Tower since any deviations might be fatal.

Two Sussur Blooms may be found in the main Sussur Tree area, and one can be found near some poisonous gas on the northern cliff. To avoid poisoning yourself when picking up this flower, drag and drop the Sussur Bloom close to your character, then pick it up.

The character with the fastest movement speed should be sent towards the first Arcane Turret with the Sussur Blooms in their inventory after ungrouping by pressing ‘G’ back at the Arcane Tower entrance and switching to a turn-based game mode (Shift + Space). You can quadruple your movement and get to the turret in a single turn by using dash.

Drop a Sussur Bloom at this turret, then dash again in a turn-based fashion to drop another Sussur Bloom at the second Arcane Turret on the stairs. Now that the remainder of your party may travel about the area securely, press ‘G’ to group up once more.

Before or after exploring the Arcane Tower, you should loot the little nook behind the first turret. The chest is sealed and requires a lockpick to enter, but within is the Skybreaker uncommon light hammer, which has 1d4+1 attack damage and provides the Searing Smite spell. A letter, some ingots, a sickle, a Scroll of Stinking Cloud, and a dirt mount that may be dig up with a shovel for gold are among the other items in this area.

There are two additional Arcane Turrets waiting to blast your party when you use a lockpick to open the main doors, so you might wish to ungroup once again at the top of the Arcane Tower. We advise using turn-based combat to quickly return to the entrance without getting hurt after sending one character back to the second turret and grabbing the Sussur Bloom next to it.

Repeat the Sussur Bloom tactic on both Arcane Turrets and use dash to advance the character with the most movement ahead in turn-based combat in the Arcane Tower entrance area. When it’s time to conclude the turn, be sure to hide behind anything.

We advise you to study the Dusty Book in the northeastern corner once the turrets have been disabled. You can also find some Broken Machinery by looting the boxes and chests here.

Before continuing, we advise looking at the Chest of the Mundane and opening the northside door to obtain a Scroll of Mage Armour.

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Baldurs Gate 3 Arcane Tower Bg3 Chest of the Mundane explained

Although it appears to contain some quite uninteresting, useless loot, this magical box actually transforms items into fairly commonplace goods like cups and plates.

You can see that the Chest of the Mundane indeed has the following items when you add them to your inventory:

• Gold Ingot
• Hearth light Bomb
• Scroll of Mage Armour
• Double Silver Ingots
• Mystra’s Grace
• Scroll of Protection From Evil and Good

However, because the Chest of the Mundane transforms whatever you put in it to 0.5 weight items, it’s the ideal tool to store heavy items. You will receive your loot normally after removing it.

Therefore, if you wish to improve your inventory management, right-click on the chest and add it to your inventory.

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How to fix Bg3 Arcane Tower elevator generator in Baldur’s Gate 3 | How To Power The Arcane Tower Bg3

In order to obtain the finest loot and locate every item associated with the story being told through the numerous books and notes located on each floor, you must fix the elevator generator while exploring the remaining Arcane Tower. Take your time reading these notes since they are crucial to get all the greatest loot without initiating a fight.

1. Get to the floor below and loot

Jump down to the blue mushrooms below from the Arcane Tower entry room, then open the southside door and leap from the mushrooms to the next-floor balcony. This won’t result in any damage from falls.

The best loot in this area contains:

• Timmask Spores
• Camp Supplies
• A shovel
• Tongue of Madness
• Hat
• Brimmed Hat

The most crucial task in this second room is to read the Threadbare Book, which is located on a shelf in the western corner. If you don’t have a shovel, you should get one.

After you have finished your looting, proceed to the balcony located on the southern side of the building.

2. Get to the bottom of the tower

For this next section of the quest, you will need to either cast Feather Fall on your group or equip the Mystra’s Grace boots. If you’re going alone, we suggest sending someone who can conjure or transform into a tiny animal, like a rat, or who is skilled at lockpicking. likewise give them a shovel. Don’t worry about breaking apart; you’ll reorganize before any possible battles arise.

To leap down to the ground floor below without getting hurt, use the Misty Step spell, the Feather Fall spell, or the Potion of Feather Fall on the second-story southern balcony. If your character is healthy enough to sustain damage, you may jump without use any of these techniques.

Make careful jump right away after using Potion of Feather Fall so that its effects don’t wear off. We had to learn this the hard way.

3. Fix the elevator generator

There are Sussur Blooms blooming in the garden of the Arcane Tower, so don’t panic if you don’t currently have one. You need one to fix the elevator generator in Baldur’s Gate 3.

Pick up a Sussur Bloom near the end of the garden. You may also wish to gather the following ingredients and materials from the garden:

• Laculite
• Bullywug Trumpet
• Bluecap

Additionally, you can dig up the dirt mount located to the right of the little Sussur Tree if your survival level is high enough to obtain:

• Acorn Truffle
• Weavemoss
• Scroll of Stinking Cloud

There are two methods for returning to the Arcane Tower at this point:

• Use a rat to crawl through the hole
• Lockpick the door

High dexterity or roll boosts are necessary for lockpicking to function, but in order to go through the hole, you must either have a spell that can summon a rat or be able to transform into one yourself.

Go to the generator beside the elevator in the middle of the room after you’re inside the Arcane Tower’s bottom floor. Then, use a Sussur Bloom to fix the elevator and restore power to the whole tower.

If you’re interested, the best loot available in this room includes:

• Sylvan Stone
• Laculite
• Swarming Toadstool
• Lolth’s Candle
• Bullywug Trumpet
• Dragon Egg Mushroom
• Nightlight Frond

After the electricity has been restored, use the elevator to travel back up the stairs and rejoin your party, but be sure to open the Gilded Chest on the little table across from the elevator first! It includes the Uncovered necklace Uncovered Mysteries, which enables the owner to detect thoughts.

Following grouping your party, read The Roads to Darkness on the table on the southeast side of the elevator that leads to the entrance room.

The best loot in this room contains:

• Alchemists Fire
• Gold
• Mage’s Friend Ring
• Scroll of Flaming Sphere
• Camp Supplies
• Carnelian Ring

The Roads to Darkness book, which we suggest reading for more stories, is located next to the table with the Handwritten Letter and An Open Letter on Oppression and Peacocks. There is also an interesting tidbit about bears being kept as pets in Baldur’s Gate.

You can’t do anything with the strange button next to the bed until you equip a dog collar that you obtained while digging up a grave near the Sussur Tree. We won’t reveal what this does, but don’t worry—you won’t lose out on any worthwhile loot.

You can ride the elevator to the top level and talk to Bernard as long as you’ve read The Roads to Darkness and the Threadbare Book.

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Baldurs Gate 3 Arcane Tower Bg3 Bernard riddle solution

Bernard, a mystical construct, awaits you at the summit of the Arcane Tower. You won’t be hurt as long as you read the content mentioned in the preceding section since Bernard becomes angry if you don’t choose the right dialogue options.

It takes a perception check to The correct riddle solution to Bernard’s questions in Baldur’s Gate 3 is:

1. Or art thou friend, a rescue from my lonely wake
2. How can I trust? How can I ever know? / How can I show myself, my darkest me?

In order to access the basement of the Arcane Tower, Bernard must place the Guiding Light ring on the desk to the west.

If you prefer the Light of Creation rare Glaive, which has a 1d10 +1 attack with extra 1d6 Lightning damage and has the potential to stun the wielder, you can battle Bernard instead.

The best loot besides the Guiding Light ring in this room contains:

• Trap Disarm Toolkit
• Scroll of Magic Missile
• Broken Machinery
• Scroll of Dimension Door
• Scroll of Grease

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How to get to Bg3 Arcane Tower basement in Baldur’s Gate 3

Once you have the Guiding Light ring on, return to the elevator to uncover a secret button that will transport you straight to the basement of the Arcane Tower.

The Staff of Arcane Blessing is located next to a table and bookshelves; up the stairs to retrieve it. With its 1d8 (1d6) attack, Bless Enchantment Spell, and Mystra’s Blessing, which adds 1d4 to Saving Throws and Weapon Attack Rolls and an additional 2d4 to Spell Attack Rolls, this is a rare quarterstaff.

Additionally, we advise opening the Gilded Chest on the staff’s right, which has the following contents:

• The Sparkswall
• De Hurst’s Diary
• x118 Gold
• Elixir of Vigilance
• Agate
• Greater Elixir of Arcane Cultivation
• Scroll of Slow

As for the rest of the room, the best loot besides the staff and gilded chest includes:

• Scroll of Enlarge
• Timmask Spores
• Scroll of Bestow Curse
• Scroll of Magic Missile
• Scroll of Scorching Ray
• Basilisk Oil
• Scroll of Grease
• Scroll of Fly
• Tongue of Madness
• Scroll of Web
• Scroll of Feather Fall
• Scroll of Crown of Madness
• Scroll of Protection From Evil and Good

You will have thoroughly explored the Arcane Tower by the time you have finished looting the basement! You have three options: use a waypoint to go to your next adventure quickly, exit the elevator, or go out the basement door to return to the room with the generator.

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All Loot In Baldurs Gate 3 Arcane Tower Bg3

All Loot in Arcane Tower - BALDUR'S GATE 3

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The Rooftop Constructs In Baldur’s Gate 3

To get to the top floor of the Arcane Tower, ascend once more. Players who have read The Roads to Darkness can reply with the following sentence when a construct named Bernard challenges the party with a couplet from the play. Players may have to engage in a difficult battle with a level 5 construct and four animated armors if they say anything else, since Bernard cannot understand any other reply.

Four other stanzas that are scattered around the tower are also addressed by Bernard. The final one is located on the table south of Bernard’s position, on the Patched Parchment. What they do is as follows:

Bernard’s commands:

Line	Action	Book Location
“Or art thou friend, a rescue from my lonely wake?”	Bernard will see the player character as their master, and remain passive.	The Roads to Darkness (third floor bedroom)
“How can I trust? How will I ever know? / How can I show myself, my darkest me?”	Bernard will give Guiding Light to the player character.	Threadbare Book (first floor  greenhouse)
“These empty sheets are all that’s left of you. / The last of all the thoughtless gifts you gave.”	Bernard will give the player character a Potion of Greater Healing.	Patched Parchment (table next to Bernard, forth floor)
“There is a light in every living thing. / It’s crawling t’wards the surface to survive.”	Bernard and the nearby Animated Armours become hostile and attack.	Evil’s Ascent (second floor main entrance, marked as Dusty Book before reading it)
“The silence stretches on – I’m all alone. / Please, can I hold your hands, for just a while?”	Bernard will hug the player character and reassure them.	Torn-Out Paper (third floor / bedroom)

In addition to Bernard, players will discover a bookshelf containing scrolls and Broken Machinery, an alchemy ingredient on this floor. There are no more secrets in the Arcane Tower, although players can now explore the basement if they haven’t before (there’s a shortcut from the roof to the basement on the arcane elevator while Guiding Light is equipped).

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Why Should You Unlock Arcane Tower Bg3?

With amazing loot in Act 1, the Arcane Tower is an essential part of the Underdark. The Staff of Arcane Blessing and the Club of Hill Giant Strength are the two most crucial pieces of gear. You can weld with one hand when you increase your strength to 19 with the Club of Hill Giant Strength. Thus, you may use it with a shield to increase your strength significantly without doing any feats. The Titanstring Bow with a Ranger build make the greatest combo. Act 1’s uncommon bow will get a +4 bonus to attack and do the greatest damage when used as a range weapon.

Another potent item is the Arcane Blessing staff, which produces a free use of the Bless spell. Also, Mystra’s Blessing enhances this form of Bless. You get an extra 2d4 for spell attack rolls and an extra 1d4 for saving throws and weapon attack rolls. This is the primary incentive to clear the content since it not only saves you spell slots early in BG3, but it also gives you a considerable boost in spell attack roll.

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How to Defeat the Guardians of the Arcane Tower Bg3 Bernard

The construct, Bernard, and other constructs on the uppermost level of the arcane tower defend it. He also has the basement key to the Arcane Tower. Constructs are challenging opponents, so before facing them at the highest level, save your game. Bernard is a strong opponent since he is resistant to many forms of damage. Right-click on them and select the “explore” option to find out what kind of resistance constructs they are.

Find The Roads to Darkness and the Threadbare Book while exploring the tower, then read them with your character if you want to resolve this issue peacefully. To gain Bernard’s trust, go to the top level, select the dialogue option “How can I trust…,” and then quote the book. He will indicate a calm conclusion by setting the Guiding Light ring on a table.

Bernard and the other constructions will attack you if you select the “There is a light…” option. Although fighting these constructions might be difficult, there are ways to overcome them. Use arrows, abilities, and spells with lightning or cold damage to target the constructs’ weaknesses. By rendering certain opponents immobile, crowd control spells will also aid in combat management. Watch out for Bernard’s lightning area-of-effect ability and powerful melee attacks. Therefore, be careful to get your range characters off the elevator platform as soon as you can. Your squad will have an edge while attacking from range since there are steps leading up to the wooden platform.

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Top Loot from the Arcane Tower Bg3

• Club of Hill Giant Strength: 4th floor under Stool of Hill Giant Strength.
• Skybreaker: in front of tower Coordinates X: 27 Y: 298.
• Guiding Light: get from Bernad, use to enter basement secret.
• Mage’s Friend: chest on Third floor.
• Light of Creation: from Bernard or use Command Drop.
• Uncovered Mysteries: 1st floor.
• Mystra’s Grace: 2nd floor northern balcony.
• The Sparkswall: Basement secret room use Guiding Light ring on top to access.
• Staff of Arcane Blessing: Basement secret room use Guiding Light ring on top to access.

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what are Arcane Tower Bg3 layout

Level	How to access	Notable elements
Ground floor (Generator)	Outside the tower, you can teleport, jump, or fly to reach the exterior garden. The back door or a hole in the wall provide access to the locked first floor itself.	includes the generator that enables you to bring the tower’s power back. The remainder of the basement lies below the elevator, which is situated on a mezzanine.
1st Floor (Greenhouse)	Reachable by elevator, flight, or by teleporting or jumping on the mushrooms outside the tower.	includes the quest-related items Timmask Spores and Tongue of Madness. The party just needs to visit this one floor if they don’t wish to explore the remainder of the tower.
2nd Floor (Main Entrance)	is reachable through the Main door. Or, if coming from a higher level, take a flight and an elevator.	includes two Arcane Cannons and the Chest of Mundane with Mystra’s Grace and two Scrolls.
3rd Floor (Bedroom)	can be accessed via flight or the elevator.	includes vital elements that enable a calm dialogue between the party and Bernard and other constructs.
4th Floor (Roof)	can be accessed via flight or the elevator.	Bernard and the Guiding Light ring, which is one way to enter the basement, are located on this level.
Basement (Secret Room)	accessible by the elevator equipped with the Guiding Light ring, by flying or using Misty Step through a gap from the first floor, by activating a lever beneath the staircase with the Mage Hand, by activating the lever beneath the staircase through the staircase with a bow, or by activating the lever on the fourth floor hidden next to a bookshelf.	includes a variety of treasures, including as the Sparkswall, the Staff of Arcane Blessing, and additional quest items like Timmask Spores and the Tngue of Madness.

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