Find the Mushroom Picker |
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| Type | Quest |
| Act | 1 |
| Location | Underdark |
| Reward | Gloves of Uninhibited Kushigo Scroll of Invisibility |
Find the Mushroom Picker is a Quest in Baldur's Gate 3. Find the Mushroom Picker can be acquired during Act 1. Completing Find the Mushroom Picker will progress the story forward.
Find the Mushroom Picker Objectives
- Save the dwarf
- Speak with Derryth
Find the Mushroom Picker Walkthrough
- There's a dwarf trapped in the northwest corner of Underdark, surrounded by Bibberbang. These plants exhale poisons and explode when they sense vibrations. (You can give him Misty Step scroll to save him.)
- When you enter the line of sight of the dwarf he will open a dialog to explain the danger. You may then show a Misty Step scroll if your party has one. If you are near the dwarf, you can hand it to him. If you are farther away, you can pass a strength roll (10) to throw it successfully to him. This will save him.
- Turn-based mode in concert with Dash is an easy solution for navigating this area, because you can run right past the mushrooms without triggering them, and as long as you end each turn far enough away from the mushrooms, you won't set them off.
- There is also a series of elevated cliffs on the left side that can be used to get past most (but not all) of the mushrooms
- There's a noblestalk plant on the right side. If you trigger the Bibberbangs however, it will be destroyed.
- The dwarf requests that you get his backpack to him (or, you can give him a misty step scroll, and get the backpack later). The backpack contains a spell to make his escape easy. (You can use Mage Hand to get it, which won't trigger the Bibberbang)
- Once you saved the dwarf, he tells you that he must hurry and then leaves.
You can get the Noblestalk in the back right corner (quest item) and:
- Keep for yourself (Dark Urge origin can learn more about his/her past.)
- Give it to Derryth and she will keep it and welcome you at her shop at Baldur's Gate.
- She also gives Gloves of Uninhibited Kushigo (1d4 damage with Throw Attacks)
- Karlach (follower) is Inspired
- Give it to Baelen, he regains his memory. His speech is clear but authoritative- it's clear he thinks he's Derryth's superior. Derryth gets very nervous, telling herself that "It's going to be ok", and asking the adventurer "What did you do?". She refuses any attempts to help her leave Baelen.
- Give it to Shadowheart to unlock some of her repressed memories.
You can extort Derryth for an additional reward for the Noblestalk through an intimidation check even though she says she has nothing to give. She awards you a non-magic wedding ring that sells for about 115gp and then seems to not like you afterward. You also have the option to keep both the ring and the Noblestalk.
How to unlock Find the Mushroom Picker
- Derryth
- Northwest area of Underdark
Find the Mushroom Picker Rewards
- Rewards
Find the Mushroom Picker Notes & Tips
- An easy way to reach the backpack is to use the spell Misty Step to teleport to it. After that right click the backpack and throw it to the dwarf, being careful not to damage him.
- A strong character like Lae'zel can jump from safe spot to safe spot and reach both the backpack and Baelen without triggering the Bibberbang mushrooms.
- An imp (summoned by Wyll) can move the backpack and the torch that will set the poison fumes alight without triggering the Bibberbang mushrooms.
- The backpack contains several items beside two scrolls of Misty Step, so it pays to empy the backpack and then provide Baelen with a scroll of Misty Step - or just throw him a scroll the first time he speaks with you, and get the backpack for yourself.
- The Sovereign Glut can be used to navigate through the area to move both the Noblestalk and the backpack - you can then take the Misty Step scroll out of the backpack and move it back to Baelen without triggering the Bibberbang mushrooms. He will use it automatically when it is near him.
- As you walk across the branch to enter the Bibberbang field, look west right after crossing the branch/enter the field. There's a series of rocks to the west (-27,-81) that you can jump onto. Leads to a skeleton you can loot that has Explorer's Ring (+1 Nature, +1 Survival).
AnonymousYou can use Mage Hand to drag the Noble Stalk and the backpack. You can also use it to throw a water jug at the torch to extinguish the fire. Lastly, if you want to save Baelen, you can use it to shove or punch Baelon. He'll run away in fast speed and respawn in full health. You can then just trigger the trap as he has enough hp to take the damage.
- Anonymous
Warning to anyone who wants the Noblestalk: DO NOT BLOW UP THE BIBBERBANG FIELD. IT WILL DESTROY THE NOBLESTALK, TOO (it did for me, at least)
- Anonymous
as of 4.1.1.3735951 Karlach is inspired if you give the mushroom away to Derryth. If you opt to keep it after finding out about the shop's struggles, Karlach dislikes your choice. Shadowheart approves if you keep it.
- Anonymous
If you kill the Sovereign in the Myconoid village, he drops an orange item called "The Sovereign's Key". It gives you an aura which prevents you from triggering Mushroom traps in the Underdark. With it I was able to just walk though the field without triggering anything.
- Anonymous
Note you can still give Derryth the noblestalk when you meet in her shop in Baldur's Gate if you still have it by Act 3. She would then have more stock to buy in her shop the following day.
- Anonymous
Really liked the writing here honestly. I did find Derrith (the wife) to be thorny and dislikeable as a person but obviously that might stem from decades of horrible mistreatment. What limits my sympathy the most though is that Baelan's dementia gave her complete freedom to break free and end the marriage. He had a personality change for the better but there was no newkindled love there; why stay? Maybe misplaced feelings of duty or victimhood-mentality compelled her to continue the marriage and be his caretaker.
But as we see in the way she verbally abuses the now mentally deficient Baelan, there is too much bottled up contempt and spite. There is a role reversal as she becomes the new abuser in the relationship (to a lesser but still ugly extent). Maybe this is poetic justice to some, she's "empowered" and "liberated, but I think it is ultimately just an ugly and tragic situation.
- Anonymous
WTF, Baelan is a domestic abuser??? I spent hours trying to save the prick!
Is Derrith any better tho? She did use him as a mule...
- Anonymous
Just a note that you can give her the noblestalk for the reward then just pickpocket it back.
- Anonymous
Is it possible to keep the noblestalk and she still welcomes you in her Shop in the City later?
- Anonymous
How to talk to him dead, keep reading, make him revive with the mushroom expo, then go to another body of dead dwarves and revive another one, with that he will die and you can talk to him using the magic of speaking with dead (this it might be a bug, but it's the only way I found to talk to him dead ) "I hope as I wrote it was clear I used google translator."
- Anonymous
Meh. The reward is basically crap, so I just blew up the field.
- Anonymous
You can also use Dash while in TB Mode. As long as you stop in a safe spot before the end of your turn, you're good.
Once you pick up the torch, toss the bag to him, and talk to him so he will leave the area... Just shoot all the Bibberbangs with arrows. It takes a few minutes, but you can go get the Noble Stalk in safety and find (and dig up) the chest that is in the area about 10-15 feet from the Noble Stalk.
- Anonymous
If you jump along the left edge and grab his bag and the torch carefully you won't set off the shrooms. Then just jump to him and give him the bag once you've taken everything but one misty step. Next just drink a posion immune potion and walk over and grab the shroom you need the clouds wont hurt you... there is also a skeleton to loot and a weird ritual spot in the far corner (couldn't figure out anything about it yet).
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
If you loot the bag and take the scroll then throw the empty bag to Baelen, there would be some funny dialogue. You can then just throw the scroll itself to Baelen to save him.
My first instinct was to throw a fireball at the green bulbous plants to rid the area of anything poisonous or explosive. Now Baelen is a corpse that's "too damaged" to even cast "Speak with Dead" on. Quicksaved to often afterwards to undo this too. Any way to complete this quest now? With a bad outcome so it moves to the "Completed" section at least?
- Anonymous
I have a cheaper way. Throw a water bottle on the lit torch.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
if you go to the end of the rock path and make the last jump there will be a skeleton with a ring that as stats
- Anonymous
you can use a strong companion to jump along the rock ridge to the left to get to the backpack (i did Karlach), then throw the bag to the dwarf.
- Anonymous
Sovereign Glut the mushroom temporary companion can also navigate the mushrooms without setting them off. I was Oath of the ancient Paladin and recruited him easy but there are probably other ways to recruit him.
Alternately, You can throw healing potions at him too. and then throw a bottle of water at the torch to keep the spores from igniting. then, when you trip the spores, he will automatically leave the danger zone.
- Anonymous
You may give the Noblestalk to Shadowheart to restore a part of her memories with some convincing.
- Anonymous
Tip: Do NOT use magehand left click when clicking the Magehand, it consumes it rather than puts it in the inventory. Don't make my mistake!
- Anonymous
Entering turn-based mode makes it extremely easy to navigate through the Bibberbangs and grab the noblestalk and backpack. You can also use Shadowheart to heal Baelen (easier to do in turn-based mode since you won't trigger the Bibberbangs) and then set off the chain reaction and he'll be able to run out of the explosion on his own and you can keep everything in his bag without wasting a scroll
I did not expect what occurred in the scenario where I took the Noblestalk back to Baelen (at the Myconid camp, not in the Bibberbang patch) and got him to eat it. I remember the words "You don't know what you've done" and "you don't know what he's capable of" coming out of Derryth's mouth. It seems (as of this patch, at least) that the options for this quest are:
1. Kill Baelen (either accidentally or on purpose)
2. Rescue Baelen, but keep the Noblestalk for yourself. (Unknown how valuable this mushroom truly is until the game fully releases)
3. Rescue Baelen and give the Noblestalk to Derryth, who says she plans to sell it back in Baldur's Gate, but my suspicion is that she intends to dilute it and dose it out to Baelen so that he retains some mental clarity, but doesn't return to his former self. Derryth asks you to come see them in Baldur's Gate.
4. Rescue Baelen and then give the Noblestalk to Baelen to eat, which will cure him of his mental ailment and make him a jerk. He asks you to come see them in Baldur's Gate.
- Anonymous
"There's a noblestalk plant in this area, however to get it, you must not trigger the Bibberbangs."
Is there another noblestalk somewhere if you already blew this **** up 14 hours play time ago or is this quest just boned now?
- Anonymous
Mage Hand won't trigger the Bibberbang, makes for an easy quest. You can pick up the Noblestalk and give it to the dwarf to cure himself of his illness, surprises await!
- Anonymous
after playing around with room a lot if realized you can use the small leges to get to his pack and toss it to him then go back up to reach the glowing blue noble stalk plants on other side of the cave on the right also several loth candles are in a alcove on right as well - after he's gone if your relay bored lol cna shoot mushrooms out oen at time BUT remember to get the torch form the upper left of room first or whole rooms explodes and you loose the blue nobles stalk as well --its the torch fire that ignites the gas in the room mages hand also works for tossing bag but for some reason unless you toss it to him the mages hand toss doesn't work ---i tride
- Anonymous
What happens if you use Noblestalk on the dwarf? Would it cure him of his mind illness?
Mentioning this again because it has got buried pretty deep in the comments:
There is also a Buried Chest in this area, within the clearing in front of the Noblestalk. You need to pass a Survival check to find it.
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