So you disable the guardian statues at the emerald grove and free Findal

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Early in Baldur’s Gate 3 you can find a cave where several guardian statues will quickly kill you. MeinMMO explains how to deactivate the statues, what you will find in the cave and what is the best way to proceed.

Disable Guardian Statues – Quick Guide:

  • Separate your best sneak from the group. If you don’t play a villain yourself, it’s best to use Astarion, who is an asset to the group anyway.
  • Sneak up and interact with the Eagle, Bear, and Wolf runes.
  • Get rid of the goblins and heal Findal with a simple spell like Shadowheart or use Aid.

    • How to get the runes: In total there are 3 entrances to the cave. In most cases you will come from “above” by entering the entrance right next to the gate to the camp in the Emerald Grove.

    You can find the door right after the fight with the goblins and use it as an alternative way into the grove. Right at the entrance, however, an eagle statue is waiting for you, which will finish you off with fire and lightning. Proceed as follows from here:

  • Separate your villain from the group so he acts alone. To do this, pull his portrait “away” from the others.
  • Uses the “Sneak” mode (“C” key). The statues will then not attack you.
  • Sneak past the statue and activate the eagle rune.

    • You will then encounter goblins that you must persuade or eliminate. However, they are not particularly strong and you should be able to deal with them quickly. Then move to the bear rune in the same way.

    For the wolf rune you have to jump onto the ledge in the middle (key “Y”). Sneak up to the rune below, activate it and loot the corpse lying right next to it. Heal Findal, who is lying unconscious among the goblins, and earn his thanks.

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    Statue Cave rewards you with plenty of loot

    With the key from the corpse – or a villain with “lock picking” – you can open a chest directly in the cave. The goblins also have some loot with them, especially weapons and armor that you can turn into gold.

    If you leave the cave through the other end, you will reach the refugee camp by the prison or by the supply shed. Watch out for exploding mushrooms! In both locations you can still talk to tieflings and get more loot, including useful potions.

    SPOILERS FOR THE FOLLOWING: Findal itself will only help you to a limited extent. He will support you later in an optional fight, otherwise you have only done a good deed, which may bring you encouragement from your companions.

    You should avoid the middle exit in the cave for the time being. Only traps and a door await you there, which you probably cannot open at the moment. But there is nothing behind it that you cannot get later in an easier way.

    But maybe you will find even more creative ways to solve it: Legendary genius stuns the boss of Baldur’s Gate 3, plays completely differently than planned – Shows how creative you can be

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