Where to Find Raphael’s Old Enemy in Baldur’s Gate 3
You’ll want to start looking for Yurgir, Raphael’s old enemy, after picking upthe side quest Kill Raphael’s Old Enemyfrom Raphael himself near the cemetery in the western Shadow-cursed Lands, just beforeThorm’s Mausoleum. Raphael will ask you to confront an old enemy of his, and points you toward the mausoleum.
How to Solve Thorm’s Mausoleum Puzzle
When you first enterthe Mausoleum, go north to finda room with three paintingsand numerous traps. Avoiding these traps, interact with thebuttons under each pictureto open up the northern wall, allowing you to exit this entryway and begin the Umbral Gem puzzle.
How to Solve the Umbral Gem Puzzle
After interacting with the Traversal Gem platform and descending into the next area, you’ll enter theGauntlet of Shar. Go through the northern stone doors to see a statue with a purple gem in the center.
However, rather than approaching it,sneak into the east and west side rooms to find levershidden in small alcoves. Pull these levers andinteract with the Mystic Thuriblesthat descend to extinguish them. You’ll have to do this eight times in total.
Once you extinguish the flames, run through the maze in the center, avoiding the purple walls along the way, and interact with the gem to complete the puzzle and move on to the next area. You’ll find a group of undead warriors, who you can either fight or sneak pastinto the eastern corridorto find Yurgir’s room.
Should You Defeat or Save Yurgir?
When you meet Yurgir for the first time, you’ll find numerous dialogue options that lead tothe following outcomes:
Thefirst two options fulfill Raphael’s task, allowing you to gain information from him in exchange for defeating Yurgir. However, if you want to betray Raphael and save Yurgir’s life, you can instead help him break the contract. Astarion will disapprove of this decision, though, so choose carefully!
If you want a specific outcome, below are the key dialogue options you’ll have to pick:
Attack Yurgir
Persuade Yurgir
From here, you can attemptup to three persuasion checks. The first, if successful, leads to Yurgir defeating his minions. You can do two more,each requiring a roll of 21or higher to eliminate the beast and, lastly, Yurgir himself. However, you can stop the persuasion checks and attack him instead if you feel that you’ll fail the checks.
Succeeding all three persuasion checks and defeating Yurgir with this method will still satisfy Raphael, so you won’t have to worry about failing the quest or angering him.
Save Yurgir
If you succeed in the persuasion check, you’ll begin a new quest to investigate the Gauntlet of Shar for clues to break Yurgir’s Contract. You’ll find various rats to defeat in the yellow quest circle, including one you can speak to to progress through the mission.After defeating the last enemy, you’ll complete the contract and save Yurgir, annoying Raphael along the way.
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Madison Benson
Madison was a staff writer at Prima Games who has played video games for over twenty years and written about them for over two years. Her love for video games started with turn-based strategy games like Heroes of Might and Magic and has since extended to casual farming sims, MMORPGs, and action-adventure RPGs.
