How to Save Vanra & Find Auntie Ethel
This step-by-step will guide the reader on where to find Auntie Ethel in Lower City & How to Save Vanra in Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3).
Talk to Lora to start the quest
Proceed to the barracks located north of the Basilisk Gate waypoint in the Lower Cities. Speak with Lora (NPC) who is searching for help to locate her missing daughter named Vanra.
Investigate The Blushing Mermaid
Go to the Blushing Mermaid and speak with Captain Grisly. When you ask her about the missing girl, she’ll attempt to convince you to kill Vanra’s mother. Refuse it and she’ll transform into Auntie Ethel.
Confront Auntie Ethel and tell her to hand over the missing child. She will disappear again and afterward kill all enemies in the room.
Meet the Hag Survivors in Old Garlow’s Place
Talk to Adrielle in Old Garlow’s Place. She is looking after the Hag Survivors. Pass a [persuasion or intimidation] check to show her that you are on their side and searching for Auntie Ethel.
Meet Mayrina
Head upstairs and speak with Mayrina (the sheep). The sheep will instruct you to look around the house for a Voodoo doll.
Remove Curse from Voodoo Doll
You will find a Voodoo Doll near the northeastern wall of the room. To remove the curse, use the “Remove Curse” Spell.
Defeat all of the enemies that appear and then go downstairs to speak with Mayrina. (The sheep is transformed back into a girl).
Unlock Recipe of Hag’s Bane
Mayrina will instruct you to acquire the items needed to defeat Auntie Ethel from the safe. Open the safe below the stairs and take the Recipe for Hag’s Bane and the Ashes of Dried Frey Flower.
Find Essence (Craft Hag’s Bane)
Next, go to the Potion shop and buy something (like a Swarming Toddstool) from which you can extract its essence. The potion shop is located south of the Wyrm’s Rock fortress as shown below map.
Interact with the shop owner to buy Swarming Toddstool.
Go to your Inventory > Alchemy then select “Extract all Ingredients” to get an Essence.
Craft Hag’s Bane with any Esscense and Ashes of Dried Frey Flower
Find Auntie Ethel (The Blushing Mermaid)
Return to Blushing Mermaid and enter the basement to meet Auntie Ethel. After you finish the conversation she will attack you.
Save Vanra
During the fight use Hag’s Bane on her. Aunt Ethel will throw up the girl (Vanra).
Meet Lora (Lora’s House)
Go back to the barracks north of the Basilisk Gate waypoint. Speak with Lora to end the “Save Lora” quest.
Meet Mayrine (Old Garlow’s Place)
Finally, return to Old Garlow’s Place and inform Mayrine that Aunt Ethel is dead and that you have saved the children.
Even when Aunt Ethel dies, Connor will stay a zombie. Persuade Mayrine to let go of Connor since he will not change.