Baldur’s Gate 3: Act 3 checklist

Are you on the verge of completing Act 3, the final Act? Well, you should really check out this Act 3 checklist for Baldur’s Gate 3 before you head into the final quest.

Since there’s no going back after completing the final mission, you should make sure you’ve finished up everything there is to do in Act 3.

Everything to complete in Act 3 before the end of Baldur’s Gate 3

There is quite a lot you can do in Act 3, since it’s the finale of the main and side stories, along with all the characters’ arcs. Before heading to the point of no return, you should take a look at this Act 3 checklist for Baldur’s Gate 3.

While this may not include every little thing and quest you can complete in Act 3, it should list everything vital for a great playthrough and easily missable areas or quests. Luckily, we have a ton of guides on nearly all these quests for you to jump into.

Main quest checklist

• Get Orin’s Netherstone
  • Investigate the murders, rescue Orin’s victim, impress the Murder Tribunal, beat Orin.
• Get Gortash’s Netherstone
  • Make/consider his bargain, disable the Steel Watch, defeat Gortash.
• Free Orpheus
  • Find the Orphic Hammer.
• Confront the Elder Brain
  • Gather your allies, destroy/control the Netherbrain.

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Side quest checklist

Rivington

• Find and bring Yenna to your camp.
• Explore the Circus of Last Days.
  • Get the Nyrulna trident by cheating Akabi’s spin-the-wheel game.
  • Find all Dribbles the Clown’s body parts.
• Investigate the Open Hand Temple murders.
• Speak to Ferg Drogher in Rivington who asks about Shadowheart (will lead you to the House of Grief).
• Investigate the suspicious toys by reading the letter in the basement of Arfur’s Mansion.
• Find Tara the Tressym (through the “Find the Missing Letters” quest)
• Kill or absorb the newborn Mindflayer in the windmill basement.
• Discover the Wyrmway inside Wyrm’s Rock Fortress to find Ansur the Dragon.
• Help the Cursed Monk using the Sentient Amulet.

Baldur’s Gate

• Find Mol in the Guildhall.
• Break Counsellor Florrick out of prison.
• Recruit Minsc inside the Abandoned Cistern.
• “Avenge the Drowned” quest at the Water Queen’s House.
• Find Lorroakan and defeat him in Sorcerous Sundries (or give up Dame Aylin to him).
• Save Vanra from the Hag by talking to her mother at Basilisk Gate Barracks (coincides with helping the Hag survivors).
• “Stop the Presses” quest by talking to Estra Stir in the Lower City.
• Disable the Steel Watch Foundry.
  • Rescue the Grand Duke (Wyll’s father), Omeluum, and the Gondians from the Iron Throne.
• Head to the House of Grief in the Lower City and defeat Shar’s followers (or hand over Shadowheart).
  • Either have Shadowheart kill her parents or keep them alive.
• Enter Cazador’s Palace and find your way to Cazador’s ritual.
  • Stop the ritual, and either have Astarion ascend or stop the ritual.
• Find out who the doppelganger is at camp (leads you to rescuing them from Orin).
• Explore the Counting House and break into the High Security Vault.

By the way, we do have an Act 1 and Act 2 checklist for you to check out if you’re in a different playthrough and still need those!