Secret Merchants in Act 3 – The Unexpected Merchants
In Act 3, you can unlock two more hidden merchants and also meet old acquaintances from the previous acts again: If you have gotten along well with Araj, she will be out and about in Baldur’s Gate. You can also meet Barcus again in Act 3, but he will no longer be a merchant.
Echo of Abazigal
The Echo of Abazigal belongs to the Cult of Bhaal: He is a Bhaal spawn. If you want to unlock him, you must join the cult. Successfully complete the quest Impress the Murder Tribunal
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The quest comes at the end of a series of tasks that need to be completed in Rivington. First, you need to clarify the murders in the Temple of the Open Hand. This is the prerequisite for starting the quest Investigate the Murders
, during which you must take out the red-clothed dwarf Dolor.
If you catch Dolor, you can call four severed hands your own. With these, you can gain access to an underground passage between the Elf Song Tavern and the Basilisk Gate. There, you must show a Death Knight the hands.
In the face of the tribunal, you must now pass a few checks to prove that you were indeed the murderer of the four former hand owners. Next, you have to decide whether to kill Inspector Valeria or confront the tribunal.
Only if you sacrifice the inspector will the tribunal accept you as a true Bhaal cultist into their midst. And only then will a robed dragonborn appear – the Echo of Abazigal.
Tara
The last secret merchant you can unlock is none other than Tara, the animal companion of Companion Gale. However, Tara is not just any cat. She is a so-called Tressym, a cat-like, intelligent, and magical creature with wings.
If you have chosen Gale as your player character, Tara will first appear to you in Act 1. She also remains at the camp. No matter which character you primarily play: In Act 3, you identify her as the reason for the disappearing carrier pigeons. To do this, follow the quest Find the Lost Letters
in Rivington to the roof of the Temple of the Open Hand.
If you have Gale in the group during the confrontation with the well-fed Tressym, there will be some special dialogue options. Only after that conversation will Tara be unlocked as a merchant.
You will find her from now on on various roofs in the Undercity. Be warned: You can only pay Tara with magical items or fish.
That concludes our presentation of all the secret merchants known to us. If you have found another one that is not listed, feel free to let us know in the comments.
On page 1, you will find the secret merchants from Act 1, on page 2 the merchants from Act 2.
