The Bloodied Stings of Barovia walkthrough

This is a walkthrough for the quest content added by the BG2 mod The Bloodied Stings of Barovia.
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This mod allows your party to visit Barovia, one of the Domains of Dread of the Ravenloft campaign setting.
The quest ↓ A Rift into the Unknown gets you there. The remaining quests are set there.
The quest ↓ Through the Dreadful Mists brings you back home.
== A Rift into the Unknown ==
* In the Graveyard district of Athkatla, enter the black door on a little mausoleum in the left portion of the outdoors map .You witness a mage opening an extradimensional rift, and dying. Optionally take his loot, and when you are ready, step through the rift.
* Your party arrives in an isolated, sparsely-populated part of Barovia – more precisely, in the southern clearing of the "crossroads" wilderness area.This starts the quest ↓ Through the Dreadful Mists.
== Through the Dreadful Mists ==
* When you first arrive in Barovia, you get a journal entry telling you that the rift you stepped through to come here from Athkatla has closed, so you need to find another way home.
* OPTIONAL: Feel free to explore.The crossroads map has four exits: West, north, east, and sourth-east, all leading to additional maps with optional content.
* Follow the quest ↓ The Bloodjackets of Barovia, until at its end, you get the Exquisite Key"Exquisite Key" [L#RVQUEE] (key for chest on ground floor of Bloodjacket Manor).
* Use that key to open the locked chest on the ground floor of Bloodjackets Manor, and pick up the Notes"Notes" [L#RVHOWT] (must be picked up once to advance the quest). from it.They contain a list of items needed for creating a portal back to the Prime Material plane.
* You can procure the five items in any order:
** Grave Dust"Grave Dust" [L#RVCOM1] (quest item).:Loot it from one of the three outdoor graves just to the left of Bloodjacket Manor.
** Jackdaw Feather"Jackdaw Feather" [L#RVCOM2] (quest item).:Loot it from the chimney on the roofReachable via the staircase on the second floor of the manor. of Bloodjacket Manor.
** Death's Head Tree Bark"Death's Head Tree Bark" [L#RVCOM3] (quest item).:Ask the farmer Tâneasr about it, and he unlocks a new area transition at the west edge of his farm area. Take it, to arrive at a small wilderness map containing a hostile tree"Crooked Death's Head Tree" and its minions. Defeat it, and loot the bark from its remains.
** Zombie Doe Heart"Zombie Doe Heart" [L#RVCOM4] (quest item).:From the crossroads area, go north to reach a tiny forest clearing area, and from there further northThrough a hard-to-see path bewteen the trees . to reach a lake area. Near the shore, you are attacked by a Zombie Doe that wasn't there previouslyIt only appears if you picked up the note with the list of five items at least once.. Kill it, and pick up its heart.
** Barovian Bloodstar Gem"Barovian Bloodstar Gem" [L#RVCOM5] (quest item).:Complete the mini-quest ↓ Barovian Tomb, and then loot the gem from the sarcophagus unlocked by that quest.
* Once you have all five items, the journal updates to confirm this.Return to the crossroads map, and place the five items into the newly-accessible ground container in the southern clearing where you first arrived. A rift portal appears above the ground container.
* You won't be able to return to Barovia after you leave, so check out the optional side-quests described below, first. Once you are ready, step through the rift portal to find yourself back in Athkatla and receive per party member.
== The Bloodjackets of Barovia ==
* To minimize backtracking, first travel east from the crossroads area to reach the well area, and interact with the well to start the mini-quest ↓ Fixing the Barovian Well.
* Travel west from the crossroads area, to reach the farm area where the farmer Tâneasr greets you.The conversation is interrupted by some swarms of bloodthirsty bees – defeat them, either using combatNormal weapons are very ineffective against the bees, but weapons with secondary Fire/Acid damage work well enough. Spells like Fireball also work. or by luring them to the fires near Tâneasr.
* Talk to Tâneasr again, to learn that the bee attacks may be related to strange goings-on at Bloodjacket Manor. Has asks you to investigate.
* To minimize backtracking. complete the mini-quest ↓ Fixing the Barovian Well (see below) now.Then climb down into the well, and pick up the Sturdy Silver Key"Sturdy Silver Key" [L#RVMKEY] (key for the front door of Bloodjacket Manor). from the body of the servant who fell into the well.
* From the farm area, travel south to reach a wilderness area with a small stream.(The interactible tree and locked chest here are part of the optional side-quest ↓ The Tree and the Vines.)
* Travel further south from the stream area, to reach Bloodjacket Manor.Thanks to the "Sturdy Silver Key", you can open the front door and enter the manor.
* The ground floor of the manor only contains optional loot for now.On the second floor, make sure to pick up the Blood-Stained Handkerchief"Blood-Stained Handkerchief" [L#RVPAP] (quest item). from the table in the back-right room .
* Use the door under the staircase on the ground floor, to reach the basement.Pick up the Bizarre Poison"Bizarre Poison" [L#RVPOI] (quest item). from the crate in the central room, and the Ritual Bowl"Ritual Bowl" [L#RVBOWL] (quest item). from the shelf in the right room.
* In the bottom-left portion of the basement, detectUsing a thief's Find Traps skill. and step through a secret door on one of the large barrels into a side room.Place the "Ritual Bowl" and "Blood-Stained Handkerchief" onto the altar here, to magically open a trap door behind the altar .The clue for this, is in the item description of the ritual bowl.
* Climb down the trap door to reach an underground hall. Walk forward, and Evemorî Ernica-Bloodjacket ("Lady Bloodjacket") initiates conversation. She reveals how she created the evil bee swarms, and no matter what you say, summons some minions and attacks:
** Fight her. Once her hit points are lowFrom her initial 83 HP down to 9 HP or less., she fully heals herself and summons more minions.
** Fight her again. Once her hit points are low again, she fully heals herself again and changes shape.
** Fight her a third time. This time, she dies normally ().
** She drops the Exquisite Key needed to continue ↑ Through the Dreadful Mists, her wedding ring"Lady Bloodjacket's Wedding Ring" [L#RVWEDB] (+1 CHA; also a quest item). which is needed for ↓ Love of the Bloodjackets?, and other loot.
* Interact with the nearby sarcophagus and select the option to pour in the "Bizarre Poison", in order to permanently kill the undead Lord Bloodjacket and stop the bee swarms from growing. You receive .(Optionally explore the rest of this level for more loot and combat.)
* Report back to Tâneasr at the farm area for , 1000 , and some gems1 Star Sapphire, 3 Moonbar Gem.
== Fixing the Barovian Well ==
* On the wilderness area east of the crossroads area, click the well to learn that its rope is gone.
* Travel to the farm area west of the crossroads area, and ask the farmer Tâneasr about the well. He gives you permission to use his rope to fix the well.Enter the farmer's hut, and loot the previously-inaccessible chest there for the Tâneasr's Rope"Tâneasr's Rope" [L#RVROP] (quest item). (and optionally other loot).
* Return to the well, and click it with the rope in your inventory to fix it ().
* ADDENDUM: You can now climb down the well, and explore the content down there:
** Right at the base of the well, you find a quest item for ↑ The Bloodjackets of Barovia.
** The top-left tunnel leads to the quest ↓ Barovian Tomb.
** The right tunnel leads to the shopkeeper ↓ Sjerhan the Vampire.
== Barovian Tomb ==
* After ↑ Fixing the Barovian Well in the wilderness area east of the crossroads area, climb down the well.
* At the bottom of the well, take the small north-facing tunnel opening to enter the spider caves. Fight your way through the spiders.
** OPTIONAL: Make a detour through the wall opening in the bottom-left section to reach a side-cave with extra loot.
* Step through the wall opening in the top-right section, to enter a tomb where an Undead Knight attacks you. Defeat him, and pick up the Moon Sigil"Moon Sigil" [L#RVRSIG] (quest item). and Sun Sigil"Sun Sigil" [L#RVLSIG] (quest item). he drops.
** OPTIONAL: The broken sword"Broken Sword" [L#RVBSW1] (quest item). he drops is part of the quest ↓ Barovian Blacksmith and the Broken Sword.
* Optionally click the large face at the back wall of the tomb to receive a clue for what needs to be done.Then place the Sun Sigil into the left one of the two smaller wall faces, and the Moon Sigil into the right one.This opens the previously-inaccessible sarcophagus, and you receive .
* ADDENDUM: The sarcophagus contains a quest item for ↑ Through the Dreadful Mists, and other loot.
== Sjerhan the Vampire ==
: (Optional side-content)
* After ↑ Fixing the Barovian Well in the wilderness area east of the crossroads area, climb down the well.
* At the bottom of the well, follow the right tunnel to reach the home of Sjerhan Povlac, a non-hostile vampire:
** You can talk to him and buy items from him.
** You can pickpocket the key he carries, or kill him and loot it off his body – it opens the treasure chest at the back of his room.
== The Tree and the Vines ==
: (Optional side-quest)
* In the wilderness area south of the farm area, interactBy clicking it while the selected party member is close-by. with the rose-covered tree in the top-right map portion , to learn that there is something behind the vines. Click it again with a party member who was 13+ STR or 13+ DEX, to remove the rose vines and reveal a face on the tree.
* Talk to the tree, to learn that it immortalizes memories of love and passion in the form of roses. It asks you to bring any "tokens" of these sentiments that you come across.
* There are three items you can bring to the tree, in any order:
** Lock of Hair and a Note"Lock of Hair and a Note" [L#RVHAIR] (quest item).:Can be looted from the locked chest on the same wilderness as the tree. Opening the chest requires the Human hand"Human hand" [L#RV05] (key). from the rock alcove on the Bloodjacket Manor outdoors map.
** Letter"Letter" [L#RVLET1] (quest item).:Can be looted from the tent of the central camp site on the crossroads map.
** Two Brothers' Locket"L#RVLOCK" [L#RVLOCK] (quest item).:Can be looted from the table in the home of ↑ Sjerhan the Vampire (see that section for how to get there).
* For each of the three items you bring to the tree, you receive . Once you brought all three items, the tree rewards you with a magic staff"Rose's Memoir +3" [L#RVRSTA] (quarterstaff +3; +1 AC; +2 Spell save; +50% Piercing resist.; special summon 1/day). and another .
== Love of the Bloodjackets? ==
: (Optional side-quest)
* After comleting ↑ The Tree and the Vines, show Lady Bloodjacket's Wedding Ring, which you can loot from Lady Bloodjacket at the end of ↑ The Bloodjackets of Barovia, to the tree. No matter whether or not you agree to let the tree keep the ring, you receive .
== The Lost Child of Barovia ==
: (Optional side-quest)
* Return to the crossroads area after visiting the farm area, to find the ghost boy Little Borniv by the central camp site.Talk to him, and he shows you his ghost friends. Agree to make friends with them, and your protagonist permanently receives a special ability"Call Child's Ghost" (summon with level-draining attack).
== The Bones of the Fallen ==
: (Optional side-quest)
* Travel south-east from the crossroads area, to reach a wilderness area with a large rock.Step through the opening in that rock to enter the lair of the werewolf boss Viâsz, the Loup Garou, who attacks you.Loot the Bones of the Fallen"Bones of the Fallen" [L#RVBNS] (quest item). from the puddle of water behind him.
* Open the item description of the bones in your inventory, and click "Speak with the bones" to learn that they are in pain and want to be put to rest.
* Return to the crossroads area, go north from there to reach a tiny forest clearing area, and from there further northThrough a hard-to-see path bewteen the trees .</ref> to reach a lake area.Talk to the Lady of the Bones Buried in Mud by the lake shore, and give her the bones. You receive and a magic quick-use item"Wooden Mirror of Roses" [SPSDIMPA] (damage and slow an enemy 1/day)..
== Barovian Blacksmith and his Journal ==
: (Optional side-quest)
* Travel east from the crossroads area to the well area, and from there further east to reach the forge area.Pick up the Blacksmith's Journal"Blacksmith's Journal" [L#RVBJOU] (quest item). from the tiny ground container in the top-left corner.
* Talk to the Blacksmith's Ghost who stands by the forge in this same area at night-time5:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.. No matter what you recommend he should do with it, he takes the journal, gives you , and adds a magic item"Dead Blacksmith's Staff +3" [L#RVBSM] to his store inventory.
== Barovian Blacksmith and the Broken Sword ==
: (Optional side-quest)
* During the quest ↑ Barovian Tomb, pick up the Broken Sword in the tomb.
* Bring the sword to the Blacksmith's Ghost in the forge area (see the previous section). He repairs it for you, giving you a magic sword"Ghostly Two-Handed Sword +2" [L#RVBSW2] (strikes as +5). and .
== Barovian Raven and His Treasure ==
: (Secret optional side-quest)
* From the crossroads area, go north to reach a tiny forest clearing area. Clear out all enemies, and then rest here twice.A talking raven greets you. Ask for aid, and it tells you about a magic blade hidden at a nearby farm.
* From the crossroads area, travel east to reach the farms area.Loot the previously-inaccessible ground container behind the bottom-left chicken coop for a magic sword"Raven's Dark Gift +3" [L#RVRAV] (bastard sword +3; insta-kills zombies; +1 INT; +3 Death save; cast Blindness 1/day)..
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