This article will guide you on how to reach the basement of Arcane Tower in Baldur’s Gate 3. To reach the basement you need to activate the generator of the elevator and then read three books.
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Activate Elevator
Place the Sussur Bloom on the generator which is located in the center of the room. Click on the generator so the combined item screen appears, then drag the Sussur Bloom into the empty slot. This activates the generator and deactivates the Arcane turrets.
Level 2
After activating the elevator, go up the stairs then enter into the elevator and press once to ascend to level 3.
Level 3
At level 3, read the Threadbare Book just outside the elevator.
Level 4
Return to the elevator and ascend to the fourth floor. Interact with the lever to let your team in.
Read the Dusty book which is placed on a table.
Level 5
Return to the elevator and ascend to the fifth floor. Read the Torn-Out Paper placed on a table near the elevator and also read the book Roads to Darkness.
Level 6
Go back to the elevator and go up to the 6th floor, which is the top floor. There, you’ll encounter Bernard, an electrified automaton. Bernard will challenge you with a couplet and the solution for it lies in the three books that you read earlier.
Select below lines
“Or art thou friend, a rescue from my lonely wake?”
“How can I trust? How will I ever Know? How can I show myself, my darkest me”
Choosing this option will lead him to put the Guiding Light directly onto the table beside him. Equip this ring on your finger reveals a secret button on the elevator that opens the basement.
Go to the go the basement. Here, you can get some extra loot from boxes and bookcases.
Two important items you can find at the basement are Staff of Arcane Blessing and Sparkswall which can be found inside a Gilded Chest.