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The Temple of the Open Hand inBaldur’s Gate 3can be found in Rivington just before entering Baldur’s Gate itself. Once a popular stop of respite for refugees and clergy, its doors have been closed to conceal a most heinous happening in need of a nosey adventurer.
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Under the watchful eye of Ilmater, you’ll embark on your own mystery-murder case. Solve the case, and you’ll be rewarded by being thrown into a vat of conspiracies and murder plots so thick you won’t be able to Misty Step from. Sounds fun, right?
Investigating Inside The Temple: Getting Started
Facing the South Span Checkpoint, the Open Hand Temple isin Rivington on the left side of the main road.Enter, and you’ll learn that Father Lorgan, leader of this establishment, has been murdered.
An investigator working the case, Valeria, can be foundnear the altar in the main congregation room.He’s speaking with a halfling woman.
Listen in on their conversationand then speak with the woman, Sister Yannis.Accept her requestto look further into the matter and succeed where the investigator failed.
There are several points of investigation to find within the temple. Your first stop should be in thefurther room through the left doorwhere a woman is looking after Father Lorgan’s body.
Speak with the woman andask her how Father Lorgan died.
For the next two points of evidence, you should find a way to access oruse the spell Speak with Dead.Cast it on Lorgan, andask these questions:
After,travel to the graveyard area behind the temple.Turn left once you enter the graveyard proper and on the right side of the small building, you’ll find a grave marked Brilgor.
Dig up Brilgor’s grave and castSpeak with Dead.Ask him these questions:
After questioning both of the deceased,enter the kitchen areaof the temple. You can choose to speak with the cook, but he doesn’t have anything helpful to add.
Open the wooden hatchin the kitchen where the blood stains lead andtravel below.
Investigating Under The Temple: Where To Find The Murder Weapon And Flower Key
Follow the bloodin the basement area until you reach a large prayer room. Continuedirectly across the roomto open a wooden door.
Inside the next pantry, you will find several lootable containers, including a display case that is booby-trapped.Loot it,and then turn your camera tolook at the gaping hole behind the bookshelf.
Jump over to the hole and then across the gapon the other side. Follow the new path until you reach a split.
We advise youtravel leftto the stone dead end. You can open ashortcut doorby using thelever to the left of it.
This lever can be tricky to see, but you do not need a check to find or highlight it. We recommend, if you cannot see it, topress Left ALTwhen playing on PCor press in the Left Joystickwhen playing on controller.
Once you’ve opened the shortcut, go back to the splitting path andtake the stony path on the right side(not the side on the wooden platforms leading to the speaking people ahead).
In the area with the lootable crates and boxes,toggle the Group Hide function.You can thensneak upbehind the talking individuals andattack them;they’ll be hostile no matter what you do.
Each of theseenemies are Shapeshifters.They’re not too much of a hassle, but their Morphic Ambush can be annoying to deal with for its raw damage.
Take them out, and thenloot all of their corpses.One will have the needed"Key with a Flower Motif"item.
For the murder weapon, you’ll need to pass apassive Perception checkas you walk towardpast the arranged corpses and toward the large, open doorwayat the base of this area.Stillmakercan be foundinside the found hole.
The arranged corpses will have thetorso of Dribbles the Clown, an item required for the optional miniquest.
Wyrm’s Crossing: Where To Use The Flower Key
To continue this questline, you’ll need tomake your way into Wyrm’s Crossing.This means you’ll need toget past the gate guards of South Span Checkpointsomehow.
If you speak with the guards, you’ll be attacked by the Steel Watch if you sided against the Absolute in the Shadow-Cursed Lands. In this case, we recommend casting a level five Invisibility spell and walking through the checkpoint.
On the other side,enter the first large building on the leftwhere customers can be found speaking outside. The building is calledFlaygo’s Flophouse.
Walk upstairsand into theroom on the rightwhere you can find aladder leading to the attic.
There are two vampire spawn speaking on the second floor as well. Speaking with these vampires will progress the Astarion and Cazador questline.
In the attic,interact with the wardrobeto unlock it with the Flower Key. This will transport you inside asecret attic roomwhere you mustgather the following, important pieces of evidence:
Where To Find Investigator Valeria
To finish the quest,head across the streetfrom Fraygo’s Flophouseto Sharess' Caress.
You can speak with the manager of Sharess' Caress about Ffion and possibly receive some compensation for undertaking her mini-quest, and after,go upstairs one flightand find Valeriasitting at the table.
You can share with Valeria all your points of investigation, but only one will end the quest:
“Father Lorgan’s murder is just one part of a bigger plot, a Bhaal plot.”
Share with Valeria what you’ve discoveredwith the target list and then state that you have theproof to prove the Bhaal plot.
Valeria shall give you apass to the Lower Districtwhich you can use to enter the larger area of the city. The quest is finished from here, but itcontinues in a new quest, “Investigate the Murders,“which will begin when you enter the Lower City, enter the Elfsong Tower, and speak with Gauntlet Devella Fountainhead.
