Baldur’s Gate 3: How to get into the Elminster Vault in BG3

Exploring the Sorcerous Sundries library in Baldur’s Gate 3 is rewarding, especially when accessing the basement vaults. Among these, the Elminster Vault holds valuable loot. If you’ve reached the librarian’s office and need guidance on unlocking the Elminster Vault, this guide has all you need.

Getting into the Elminster Vault in BG3

For this to be as simple as possible, make sure you are starting in the main area with the Silverhand door and the two vault doors. From here, follow the steps below to unlock the Elminster Vault:

• Go through the Silverhand door in the main area.
• Enter the Evocation door in the following room to reach another room. 

• In the next room, enter the Wish door to find a room with a fancy lever in it.

• Use the lever and then exit the room through the way you came.
• Go through the Foresight door to reach the main area again. 

• The door to the Elminster Vault will be unlocked, and you can go inside to reach The Tharchiate Codex book. 

Interacting and reading The Tharchiate Codex book will result in your character being afflicted with the Tharchiate Withering curse. This curse lowers your Constitution stat by five points permanently. However, you can use the Remove Curse spell to get rid of the effect and replace it with the Tharchiate Vigor passive effect, which grants you 20 temporary hit points until your next long rest. This passive is permanent, so give it to whatever characters need extra HP the most. Make sure that specific character reads the book and you have the Remove Curse spell available.

Congratulations, you have successfully explored the Elminster Vault in the Sorcerous Sundries library of BG3. However, this is not the only vault worth checking out in BG3. Find out how to get into the Karsus Vault for more information on the Crown of Karsus and make sure to save the Gondians when exploring the city of Baldur’s Gate.