Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Hey guys

Long time forum reader but I'm a first time poster. I would just like to send my thanks to the supportive team behind Divine Divinity--one of (if not) the worst RPG titles and yet one of the best RPG games (as well as the best supportive team I have ever encountered). Best supportive community bar-none. So thank you, Raze, Kiya, Macbeth, Dad, and everyone else I forget to mention. Thank you everyone.

Questions (I've studied the forums, but would appreciate active links and answers to my questions in this late day and age.)

I'm a level 30 warrior. Have no problems with my skills or defeating opponents, just the completion of quests.

1.) Sword in the Dark Forest -- I can kill the ghost that resurrects after I retrieve the sword, but he continues to respawn. How can I kill this ghost indeffinitely to retrieve the sword in the stone?

2.) The haunted abbey. I have read the forums, and have no problem getting to the basement, but upon doing so I am faced with two locked doors, neither of which I am able to pick (I belive I am level 5 lock pick at this point). I have retrieved a golden key, but it does not seem to open any of the doors in the basement.

3.) The whores in Verdistis. Whenever I walk into the tavern, I am encountered by the pair of brethren trying to score with prostitutes. Now, I have already triggered the scene with the upset towns' wife. How do I unite the horny (and, apparrently, partially retarded) brothers with the oldest job in civilization?

So, this is a long post, with multiple subjects, and I'm sure it breaches some protocol. Regardless, I would like to thank the Divine Divinity community, of which I am a late-comer. This hands-down falls in my top ten greatest games of all-time (I just wish to get the most out of it). So please respond with some form of decency, even if it is just links to previous posts I was unable to locate. I can't wait for the probable Divine Divinity 2 (they should still change the names of this game) arriving on Xbox 360, and plan to be a forerunner if and whenever that event occurs. I would also like to state, that as an American, most of the Divine Divinity supporters speak English better as a second language than most in my experience (including myself) speak it as a first and only.

Thank you everyone,
Aphex Twin

No, this post is fine, no protocol breach.

1. You can't. You can keep the sword permanantly, but evil entity will kill all non-main quest NPC's in that part of the map. If you don't want them to get slaughtered, you have to leave the sword behind. There are lots of other good swords around.

2. I think there are some levers or switches in the abbey basement you'll need to flip to open the last doors.

3. South of the park in Verdistis, you'll hear some women gossiping, they'll drop some names and mention Afrasm, the bartender in the local pub. Talk to him about those names, and he'll point you to someone else. Talk to that person about the names, and he'll tell you how to find the brothel.

Hello and welcome!

1) The only way to defeat the ghost is to place to sword back into the stone. If you take the sword, the ghost will roam free and kill all NPC's in the Dark Forest except for main-quest essential characters. It's a choice you have to make.

2) There are levers on the walls for these doors. Look at this map. (#'s 6a and 7a)

3) If you overheard the woman gossiping in the streets, then you know to ask for Magadalena or Yaniz. Talk to Afrasam at the Ducal Inn and reveal the passphrase. He'll direct you Leptine's store, and you should be able to manage the rest and report back to the brothers at the inn.

In the graphics options within DD, you can change the darkness setting to 50 to increase the light range, and maybe bump up the gamma a bit to lighten the screen. That should make it easier to see levers, loot, etc.


They did drop the 'Divine' from the sequels, both Beyond Divinity and the upcoming Divinity 2: Ego Draconis (which has an XBox/PC release forecast for this summer; no exact date had been mentioned).


Welcome to the forum.

Welcome to the forum!

If you really really want that sword in the stone and stop the ghost .. there is a cheat:

Spoiler: After you have taken the sword and killed the ghost, make sure the sword is in your inventory - save, and then drag out the sword of your inventory - and keep the mouse botton down while doing so and load (Ctrl + l) and you should have 2 swords. Put one of them back into the stone and the ghost is killing no more.

Ok thanks. Was able to do all three.

I used the duplication cheat to copy the ghost sword, put the original back, and ran around with the copy. Cheesy, I know. But fun anyways.