MyMMO tells you how to open Selûne’s Gilded Chest in the Owlbear Cave in Baldur’s Gate 3 without dying.
Open Gilded Chest of Selûne – Quick Guide:
How to open the chest: Early in Baldur’s Gate 3 you will find an injured priest named Edowin and his two acolytes on the street. You learn that they were attacked by an owl bear.
The corresponding cave is just a few steps away across the river. If you enter the cave, your character will quickly realize that the owl bears are still there. These creatures are legendary in D&D and actually extremely dangerous.
In the left passage of the cave you will find a statue with a gilded chest in front of it. An Arcana throw will tell you that the chest is enchanted. Don’t open it yet! Otherwise you will take a lot of damage. Instead, do the following:
What’s in the chest?
In addition to a few trinkets that you can sell and a few lore items, you will find a statue of Selûne and the necklace “Moondrop Pendant”. If you wear these, you will not provoke attacks of opportunity if you have less than 50% life points. Ideal for offensive melee combatants.
Here are some tips for all classes straight from the developers:
Investigate Owlbear Den without dying
If you explore the cave a little further, you will find a mother owl bear and her chicks – or whatever the children are called by the beasts. She doesn’t attack you right away because she’s hurt. So that she doesn’t kill you, you have two options:
The owl bear then warns you, but lets you go. You can even explore a little more in the cave, but you must not get too close to her egg, otherwise she will attack. Tip: each character in the group can talk to her again “from the beginning”.
The fight against the owl bear isn’t too hard either. Since she’s already injured, she rarely hits and takes a lot of damage. You can easily kill them, but that makes you chicks very sad. You can choose to kill it as well or spare it.
The brutal variant is particularly worthwhile for greedy players: you still get good, medium-heavy armor to start with and a decent amount of gold for the egg.
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