Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Help Tips & Tricks Shadow Cursed Map.... No Lantern = Game Over???

Hello Wizards... Warlocks and Warriors....

Sadly..... it would seem that I am stuck in the Shadow Cursed map.

I play an EEViLLL Drow Rogue... and when I first got into the map....
I crossed path with a nice Dryder who was kind enough to escort me to the Moonrise Tower.

Once we reached the Tower....
the Dryder disappeared and I never saw it again.

As it turns out..... it would seems like the Lantern was needed to be able to travel in this map???

I foolishly thought that we could use the torches which I did use at first.
Or that we would be able to find some other Lantern??...
And I even got the Blessing of Selune..... which sadly is no better then the torches.

Is using the Lantern really the only way to travel thought this map??

We keep on seeing in interviews how there is 17 000 endings.... 73 000 000 cinematics......

But only ONE Lantern that is mandatory to cross the map??

Please.... tell me there is some other way to travel across the map??

Or please.... make a Hotfix and add a Lantern or 2 to various vendors on the map??

Having only ONE lantern..... and having the map impossible to explore without that ONE Lantern seems like a very very very very very poor design choice???

Any help would be appreciated.

Yes.... the obvious solution would be to restart a new game.... but I am 70 hours into the game.... I spent many many many hours looking for a way across the map..... all my saves are after I met the Dryder.... so not too crazy with the idea of starting again.

And restarting again..... how can I know that there are not other game breaking/ game stopping issues later in the game??

Should probably just uninstall the game instead??.....

Any help would be appreciated.

Sorry for the long post.... and thanks.

you sure you have no quicksave slot before the drider? check again. as for lantern. yes afaik its the only way.

There are two available;

Even if you don't have a lantern initially, you can still get to Moonrise easily by going as far south along the coast as you possibly can and then rushing to Moonrise docks. Drink a necro-resist potion or use Loviathar's mace which has the passive resistance and run like hell. Karlach even has an inspiration for reaching both Last Light Inn and Moonrise without ever using a lantern.

I am about 70 hrs into the game.....

About half of that was spent looking and looking and looking for a way through the Shadow Cursed map.

So even my oldest saves are wayyy after I first entered this map.

Oh well....

Thinking of all the praise this game received for having multiple ways to complete quests.....

And then having an Area like the Shadow Cursed map....
and having only ONE Lantern???

That a very very very rookie mistake from the Devs.

And even worse seeing how it is very very very easy to end up not having the Lantern.

Very disappointing.

Guess this is the last time I play a Larion game....
and now I have a long list of Youtubers who I now know not to trust their game reviews,

Thank you for your reply.... much appreciated.

I got to Moonrise Tower fine.

The nice Dryder escorted me there.
But then he disappeared and I never saw him again.

Reaching Last Light Inn was simple enough....
I found the boat beneath Moonrise Tower.

The problem I have is reaching the area labeled Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic.
Even with potion of haste...... healing potions.....
or using Shadowheart with a potion of haste and healing herself,,,,,

None of my characters could cover the distance before going down.

Found the Lantern in the Necromancer room.....
Thank you.

Can't believe I did not see it before..... I looked and looked everywhere.....
Or so I thought.

Heck I even killed half the NPCs in the Tower thinking one of them mught have it..... I was getting desperate.

Again.... thank you.... you are a life saver....
Thank you.

Again guys.... thank you.

I suspected that it was a user error on my part....
It was hard to believe that the Devs would have put only the Dryder Lantern....
but all the videos I saw pretty much mentioned that you had to get the lantern from the Dryder.

Some did mention a second lantern that is broken and that you cannot repair.

I saw no one mention that second lantern.... until now.

Again.... thank you.