Baldur’s Gate 3: How to Get to the Lower City in BG3

Getting into the Lower City of Baldur’s Gate 3 requires some pretty significant legwork, if you’re trying to do it legitimately. Or it can take all of five seconds, plus a lockpick. Here are all the methods available to you.

• Complete the Open Hand Temple Murder investigation, then report your findings to Valeria in the Sharess Caress.
• Find the Suspicious Toys and then track down Arfur to the Sharess Caress.
• Get arrested by a guard then escape Rivington’s Wyrm Stone Prison.

Yeah, one of these options isn’t like the other.

Open Hand Temple Murder Investigation BG3

While we have a full guide on how to complete the Open Hand Temple Murder case, here’s a succinct summary. Head to the Open Hand Temple near the checkpoint and ask the gnome devotee what all the fuss is about. This will put you at the start of a murder investigation. Once you find enough clues to make a good argument, you’ll then need to find the flying yellow elephant, Valeria, in the Sharess Caress.

If you convince them, they’ll give you a Lower City Pass so you can tell their partner in Elfsong Tavern your findings. We highly recommend this route, even though it’s the most time-consuming of the three, because it leads to an even bigger side quests which eventually bleeds into the main story.

Find the Suspicious Toys Quest BG3

But if you prefer a faster option, Finding the Suspicious Toys is a good choice. This will only require you to go into Arfur’s basement, learn some terrible facts, and then investigate some toys in a nearby barn. From there, you just need to track down Arfur in the Sharess Caress. To avoid being sold out to the Fists, he’ll give you both money and a pass to the Lower City.

Go to Jail

The absolute fastest option is to get arrested by a guard and then sent to jail. This is easy to do. Just aggro a guard by going into any forbidden area (the door will be marked with red), get caught stealing, or assault someone. Choose to let the guard take you, and you’ll then be transported to Rivington’s Wyrm Stone Prison. While imprisoned from within your cell, you’ll need to lockpick your way out. Assuming you don’t aggro any guards on your way out, you can then make your way upstairs and pass over the bridge into Lower City.

How to Lockpick the Prison Door

Any Rogue will be able to lockpick the Wyrm Stone Prison door. The trick to lockpicking the Wyrm Stone Prison is to have a character who isn’t imprisoned lockpick the prison door. So make sure you keep a character away from the guards for this, so they can come in and bail you out. You will, of course, need lockpicks on your person to attempt this. The Difficulty Class of the lock is 15.