MeinMMO tells you how to open the Golden Chest of Selûne in the Owlbear Cave in Baldur’s Gate 3 without dying.
Open Golden Chest of Selûne – Quick Guide:
- Enter the Owlbear Cave right next to the entrance to the Guardian Cave at the Emerald Forest.
- Take the left path to the chest and the statue of Selûne. Jump over the rock crevice and retrieve the prayer behind the statue.
- Stand in front of the chest and read the prayer from your inventory. Here’s the guide in pictures:
How to open the chest: Early in Baldur’s Gate 3, you will find an injured priest named Edowin on the street along with his two acolytes. You learn that they were attacked by an owlbear.
The respective cave is only a few steps away across the river. Once you enter the cave, your character will quickly notice that the owlbears are still there. These creatures are legendary in D&D and truly dangerous.
Spoiler: Should I help the stranger?
Edowin will ask you to watch over his flock. However, if you do not intend to make a pact with your parasite and take an evil path, fight the two directly or send them to die in the cave. They are not nice fellows.
In the left tunnel of the cave, you will find a statue with a golden chest in front of it. An Arcana roll will reveal that the chest is enchanted. Do not open it yet! Otherwise, you will take a lot of damage. Instead, proceed as follows:
- Jump over the small chasm (key “Y”).
- Search behind the Selûne statue in the rubble for a “Selûnian Prayer Scroll.” Shadowheart has a snarky comment about this and wants to stop you. Ignore her.
- Return to the chest and open your inventory.
- Use the “Read” function on the scroll and you can open the chest without dying.
What’s in the chest?
Besides a few trinkets that you can sell and some lore items, you will primarily find a statue of Selûne and the necklace “Moon Drop Pendant.” Wearing this, you provoke no opportunity attacks when you have less than 50% hit points. Ideal for offensive melee fighters.
Here are some tips for all classes directly from the developers:
Investigate Owlbear Cave without dying
If you explore the cave a bit further, you will find a mother owlbear with her cubs – or whatever the kids are called in those beasts. She does not attack you immediately because she is injured. To avoid being killed, you have two options:
- a successful roll on “Handle Animals”
- the spell (or potion) “Speak with Animals”
The mother owlbear will then warn you but let you go. You can even explore a bit more in the cave, but do not get too close to her egg, or she will attack. Tip: every character in the party can “speak” to her again from the beginning.
The fight against the mother owlbear is also not too hard. Since she is already injured, she rarely hits and takes a lot of damage. You can easily take her down, which makes her cub very sad. You can choose whether to kill it or spare it.
The brutal option is especially rewarding for greedy players: you will receive a good medium armor for the start and decent gold for the egg.
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