Moonrise Towers Prison

Walkthrough

The area in the order you play it. Tick things off as you go: they tick off in the checklists below too.

1. 1

   Infiltrate the Prison & Clear the Scrying Eyes

   When you descend the stairs from Moonrise Towers into the prison, the guards and patrolling Scrying Eyes remain neutral as long as you maintain your cover with the Absolute. Then, quietly ambush the isolated Scrying Eyes and patrolling guards one by one along the outer catwalks before initiating any dialogues, using thunder or burst damage to kill the eyes before they summon reinforcements. Before leaving the main corridor, pass a DC 14 Persuasion check if Adept Keris questions your presence near the holding areas.

   Key fight: The Warden and the Prison Guards

   Tip: Cast *Silence* around the Scrying Eyes to destroy them without alerting nearby zealots.

   Watch out: If a Scrying Eye successfully takes an action after detecting hostility, it sounds an alarm that pulls the entire prison guard complement into combat at once.

2. 2

   Intervene in Minthara's Interrogation

   When you enter the interrogation room off the main corridor, you find Questioner Sumera and Questioner Jasin torturing Minthara to erase her memories. Then, speak with the torturers to pass a Deception check taking over her interrogation, or attack Sumera and Jasin immediately to break her out. Before leaving the room, establish a telepathic link with Minthara and cast *Invisibility* on her (or disguise her) to escort her past the guards safely to the fortress exit.

   Tip: Casting *Invisibility* on Minthara lets you walk her right past the front guards without triggering dialogue checks.

   Watch out: Allowing the questioners to wipe her mind permanently renders Minthara an unrecruitable, mindless thrall.

3. 3

   Infiltrate the Warden's Office Tower

   When you approach the central two-story surveillance tower, shut the door behind you to confront The Warden in isolation. Then, defeat her to loot her personal belongings, and avoid pulling the central lever on the console behind her desk unless you wish to sound the prison-wide alarm. Before leaving the tower, climb the wooden ladder to the upper floor to recover the prisoners' confiscated gear and items lying on the upper tables.

   Spellcrux Amulet: Carried by The Warden in her central office tower (X: 569, Y: -650) Don't missWulbren's Hammer: Resting on a table on the upper floor of The Warden's tower (X: 575, Y: -647) Don't missBrowbeaten Circlet: from the Warden's central desk (X: 569, Y: -650), climb the wooden ladder to the tower's upper floor (X: 569, Y: -652) to find the locked Evidence Chest against the wallHow: pick the lock with Thieves' Tools or open it using the Prison KeyMissable because: lost if the prisoners are slaughtered during the Act 2 assault after entering the Shadowfell Don't miss New

   Tip: Closing the heavy office door prevents outside patrols from hearing combat with The Warden.

   Watch out: Interacting blindly with the lever console can trigger the central alarm lever, alerting every guard in the sector.

4. 4

   Secure the Escape Boat in the Hidden Caverns

   When you leave the Warden's tower, jump onto the rocky ledge along the outer edge of the prison to enter the rear caverns behind the cell blocks. Then, follow the cave path to the moored rowboat moored at the underground dock. Before freeing any prisoners, attack the two heavy iron chains tethering the rowboat to the docks with slashing or bludgeoning weapons so the vessel is ready for immediate departure.

   Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen: from the disposal chute behind the Warden's tower (X: 580, Y: -680), jump down into the Oubliette and head forward to the corpse of Zealot Krizt (X: 625, Y: -89)How: loot the corpse directlyMissable because: inaccessible once the main fortress assault completes and the colony transitions Don't miss NewHarp-Shaped Pin: from Zealot Krizt's corpse in the Oubliette (X: 625, Y: -89), walk south to the pile of viscera on the bloody floor (X: 621, Y: -98)How: interact with and search the viscera pileMissable because: inaccessible once Act 2 transitions into Act 3 Don't miss New

   Tip: Pre-breaking the boat chains prevents captive NPCs from getting stuck or delayed while fleeing.

   Watch out: Avoid pulling the cell door levers in the Warden's office, as open cell doors cause prisoners to run into the front hallway where remaining guards will massacre them.

5. 5

   Execute the Prison Breakout

   When you return to the cell front, speak to Wulbren Bongle in Cell 2 and toss him a blunt weapon through the bars (or retrieve Wulbren's Hammer from upstairs and throw it into the cell). Then, watch as Wulbren smashes the fragile rear wall of Cell 2, breaks into Cell 4 to free Lia and the tieflings, and leads them all through the rear tunnels toward the docks. Before leaving the area, run behind them to protect the fleeing refugees from any surviving guards and interact with the rowboat to instruct them to row straight to Last Light Inn.

   Prisoner's Journal: from the entrance of Cell 3 along the outer wall, walk inside to the stone benchHow: pick it up from the benchMissable because: lost if destroyed or missed before the end of Act 2 Don't miss New

   Tip: If you prefer, you can leap into the caverns and smash the back walls from behind yourself using bludgeoning or force damage.

   Watch out: Entering the Shadowfell to resolve the Nightsong at the Gauntlet of Shar before finishing this prison escape instantly kills every captive and locks the quest out permanently.

What you decide here and what it leads to.