How to Take Control of the Wizard Stronghold in Baldur's Gate 2
All of the classes in Baldur's Gate 2 can gain access to a stronghold that corresponds to their abilities. If you play through the game as a wizard you can take control of a plane-shifting magic sphere where apprentice wizards will come to learn from you and make magic items for your party to use.
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Instructions
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Begin a new game of Baldur's Gate 2 and create the main character as a mage or specialist wizard.
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Break out of the dungeon at the beginning of the game and enter the city of Athkatla.
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Take the party to the Government District of Athkatla and speak with the man named Madeen who is standing around outside the council building. He will tell you to speak with a Cowled Wizard named Tolgerias who is looking for adventurers to complete a quest for him.
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Speak with Tolgerias in the council building and agree to track down a man named Valygar, who is accused of murdering a couple of Cowled Wizards. Leave the council building and go into Valygar's home, which is just a few buildings over. Speak with Valygar's servant who will tell the party that he is in the Umar Hills.
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Go to the city gates and leave Athkatla. On the overland map, choose to go to the Umar Hills.
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Find Valygar in the Umar Hills. He will claim that he didn't murder the wizards but rather was defending himself. You can choose to either believe his story and let him join the group, or you can kill him and take his body. Either way will allow you access to the wizard stronghold.
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Return to Athkatla and go to the Slums District where the planar sphere is. Be sure to either have Valygar's body in your inventory or Valygar alive and in the group. Go inside the house directly next to the sphere and open the portal that will take you inside.
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Battle your way through the hallways inside the sphere, defeating all of the monsters inside. At the end of the sphere will be an undead wizard named Lavok who you will have to complete a short quest for, killing three demons and taking their hearts. Once this quest is completed and Lavok is able to leave the sphere, you will gain control of it as your stronghold.
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Tips & Warnings
After gaining the sphere as your stronghold, several wizards will approach you and offer quests related to the sphere, as well as giving apprentices to work under you.
You can only gain the wizard stronghold if the main character is a mage or specialist wizard. If the main character is of any other class, you can still complete the quest inside the sphere, but you will not get it as your stronghold.
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