Balthazar’s Room – How to find the room and solve the bookshelf puzzle

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In Baldur’s Gate 3 there is a special room in the Towers of Moonrise that belongs to Balthazar. We will show you how to enter this room and solve the puzzle surrounding his bookshelf.

Where are the Towers of Moonrise? On your journey through Baldur’s Gate 3, you will come across the Towers of Moonrise in Act 2. So follow the main quest until you reach this location.

Once there, you will find a locked door on the first floor of the towers, near Z’Rell’s room. This door leads you to Balthazar’s room and a puzzle.

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How to open Balthazar’s room

According to the coordinates, Balthazar’s room is located at point X: -132, Y: -182. You will receive the key from Z’Rell himself to open the door to his chambers. Then open the room and look around. In the room you can loot a moon lantern that will protect you from the curse in the Shadowlands.

To the west of your location you will find a special bookshelf. You must now open it.

How do I solve the bookshelf puzzle?

To solve the bookshelf puzzle and open Balthazar’s secret room, follow these steps:

  • The easiest method is to interact with the book row in the bookshelf, which is located at the top right. Be careful: if you don’t do this and interact with the wrong row, you will encounter traps.
  • So if you have touched the correct row, you now have the opportunity to interact with the altar, which is located to the right of the bookshelf.
  • Your task is now to take the heart of the corpse that is near you. Once you have the heart, go to the altar and place the heart in it. Make sure that you put the heart in the construct, not on it, otherwise the mechanism will not work.

    • What is in this secret room? In Balthazar’s secret room you can find scraps of lore and an interesting but locked chest that is easy to open. Inside you will find an elixir and a wizard’s hat.

    In addition, in the same room to the north there is a ritual circle on a wooden table. Now you have two options if you have Gale with you:

  • Destroy the circle with Gale, giving him a permanent buff to his concentration checks.
  • Or: You build a shadow lantern. With the lamp, you can summon a shadow spirit after every long rest to support you in battle.

    • That was everything you need to know about Balthazar’s room. What did you choose and did you solve the puzzle yourself? Let us know your opinion in the comments!

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