Quick Links

  • How To Start The 'Find The Missing Shipment' Quest
  • How To Defeat The Gnolls
  • How To Deal With Rugan
  • What Happens If You Open The Caravan Strongbox?

As you come across the Risen Road in Baldur's Gate 3, just a little northwest of the Blighted Village, you'll find some trouble on the road in the form of some hyenas and Gnolls. There are civilians to save and rewards to be had, though, so get your party in gear and get ready for some action.

If you get involved, you can unlock the 'Find The Missing Shipment' quest. Here's everything you need to know about how to start and complete this quest so you can get the best rewards.

How To Start The 'Find The Missing Shipment' Quest

There are a few ways to pick up this quest. When you reach the Risen Road, you cross the broken bridge and come to the crossroads at (X:-10, Y: 513) with a path leading left, straight ahead, or to the right.

If you head to the left, you'll find Waukeen's Rest, and if you know where to find the Zhentarim Hideout, you can speak to Zarys inside and obtain the quest that way.

However, we recommend heading to the right, where you'll come across a bunch of hyenas bloated on the ground. A cutscene will start, and you should choose to kill the hyena when given the option, as waiting to see what will happen will result in a newborn Gnoll bursting out that you'll have to defeat.

Your priority here should be killing the sole hyena that is not bloated on the ground, as otherwise, it will run and alert the Gnolls are the top of the hill and bring them into the battle.

Use your best firepower to eliminate the able-bodied hyena and all the bloated hyenas on the ground before they can give birth to the Gnolls.

You can loot all the nearby bodies and containers, and reading the Shipment Orders you loot from the Dead Caravan Agent will kickstart the 'Find The Missing Shipment' quest.

You can also use Speak with Dead on the Dead Caravan Agent to ask what happened and learn about the Wizard's Shipment. If you don't have this spell, you can get it by obtaining The Amulet of Lost Voices from the Overgrown Ruins.

If you didn't read the Shipment Orders, this will also begin the quest.

How To Defeat The Gnolls

Your next aim is to defeat the Gnolls at the top of the hill. You can do this from the path that leads up from where the hyenas were or backtrack and take the centre path across from the bridge to reach them.

Dispatch these Gnolls as quickly as you can, then head to (X:31, Y: 591) to find the rest of the Gnolls who have the remaining caravan survivors corned in a cave.

If you get close to the Gnoll named Filind, you can control it with your Illthid powers (your brain worm). You can choose to divert her to the survivors hidden in the cave, but we recommend that you choose 'Search her mind for the source of the voice'. as this will make the battle much easier.

If you want to control her straight away, use Hide or Invisibility to draw close enough without the battle starting.

Afterward, do an Illithid Wisdom Skill Check with the 'You are of the same pack - command her to devour the other gnolls.' option, which has an easy difficulty class of two. This will send Filind to attack the other Gnolls on your behalf.

Once the Gnolls are defeated, Filind will still be hungry. You can choose to perform a Wisdom Skill Check and dominate her to make her feed on herself, a Wisdom Skill Check to make her leave, or prepare to fight.

We recommend making her feed on herself to save yourself the hassle, which has a difficulty class of ten. You'll have to double down and perform another Wisdom Skill Check with a difficulty class of 15.

If you fail, you'll have to defeat her in battle, but at least she will be alone.

Once Filind is dead, make sure you loot her corpse for the Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen, as you'll need this later.

Afterward, approach the survivors and speak to Rugan.

How To Deal With Rugan

Rugan can be dealt with in a few different ways, most of which will result in you having to go to the Zhentarim Hideout eventually. On your way to Waukeen's Rest, be sure to loot the wagon for goods.

We have a full guide on where to find the hideout here.

Help The Survivors

After helping the survivors, Rugan will tell you where to find the Zhentarim Hideout and give you the password.

If you head there, you can easily get in. Speak to Zarys to receive the Harold light crossbow and some gold, and Brem's available wares will expand, too.

Extort The Survivors

You can choose to demand some coin rather than just hospitality, which Rugan will begrudgingly hand over. Then you can head to the Zhentarim Hideout and claim your rewards.

We recommend this option as you get some extra coin, and still complete the quest without angering the Zhentarim, and get the rewards and access to Brem's wares.

Strike A Deal With Rugan

If your characters can pick up on the fact Rugan is part of the Zhentarim, you can strike a deal to sell the cargo elsewhere and split the profits. If you do this and then go to the Zhentarim Hideout, you discover Rugan and Olly were discovered, and the Zhentarim want you all dead.

You can talk your way out of the situation, but Zarys will want you to kill Rugan to make up for your mistake. You'll then have to take the cargo to Baldur's Gate in his stead.

Failing to convince Zarys to let you live or refusing to kill Rugan results in you having to fight the Zhentarim.

Kill The Survivors And Take The Chest

You can choose to lay claim to the cargo and kill the survivors to steal the chest from within the cave. Then, you can choose to take it to Zhentarim Hideout at Waukeen's Rest (its intended destination), or you can lockpick it open.

What Happens If You Open The Caravan Strongbox?

If, at any point, you lockpick the Caravan Strongbox, you'll find an Iron Flask, 18 gold, and a Viridian Crystal within. You'll need to pass a Dexterity skill check of 20 and have some Thieves' Tools on hand to do this.

If you inspect the Iron Flask and pass an Arcana skill check of ten, you discover it's a magical item that is capable of holding a creature. Throwing the Iron Flask will cause a particularly strong Spectator to appear that you must defeat.

We have a full guide on what the Iron Flask does here.

8 Images 8 Images Close

Your Rating

close 10 stars 9 stars 8 stars 7 stars 6 stars 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars 2 stars 1 star Rate Now 0/10

Your comment has not been saved

Like Follow Followed

Baldur's Gate 3

RPG 5.0/5 24 9.4/10 Released August 3, 2023 ESRB M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence Developer(s) Larian Studios Publisher(s) Larian Studios Engine Divinity 4.0 Multiplayer Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op Cross-Platform Play Full cross-platform play.
Where to play Close

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

Baldur's Gate 3 is the long-awaited next chapter in the Dungeons & Dragons-based series of RPGs. Developed by Divinity creator Larian Studios, it puts you in the middle of a mind flayer invasion of Faerûn, over a century after the events of its predecessor.

Platform(s) PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC, macOS Powered by Expand Collapse Next

Baldur's Gate 3: How To Find A Shovel

A shovel is an essential item in Baldur's Gate 3, here's how to get your hands on one.

Posts