This article will guide you on how to complete the quest “Explore the Ruins” in the game Baldur’s Gate 3, released on 3 August 2023. This quest is only available if you didn’t free Shadowheart from the pod.
To initiate this quest, you must first reach the chapel entrance situated directly east of the Roadside Cliffs waypoint. Refer to the below map.
Find a Way into the Ruins
When you enter the ruins of the chapel, you’ll see various NPCs. Approaching them to start a brief sequence. You can use (persuasion, deception, intimidation, and class) to get them to leave the location. However, if you tell them you’re simply looking around… you’ll have to battle the NCPs.
Shoot the crane that’s suspending a large stone block to create a hole. Then you can jump down into the Ruins.
Investigate the Ruins
Inside the ruins defeat all the enemies. Go to the hallway to locate 3 little rooms. Head through the southern door to find a skull switch on the wall behind the statue.
Hit the skull switch to open the door inside the southwestern room of the hallway. Return to the previous hallway, go through the door, and go through the next one, which will take us to the Dank Crypt area of the ruins.
In the next area, destroy the Heavy Oak Doors.
Proceed down the stairs from the main room, where you’ll notice two paths leading north on the left and right sides. Follow the left path, where you’ll find a button on the wall that opens a hidden door.
Pressing the button will cause undead creatures in the area to rise, so defeat them before entering the opened door.
Open the Sarcophagus
Once inside, unlock the stone coffin to summon an undead creature.
Talk to the Strange Figure
The undead will ask you a question: “What is the worth of a single Mortal Life?” You can respond with either “That depends on a person’s deeds” or “No one life is worth more than any other; we all are equal,” and that will satisfy the undead.
