Steal a Githyanki Egg

Steal a Githyanki Egg is a Quest in Act One of Baldur's Gate 3. It can be started by speaking with at the Mountain Pass.
== Objectives ==
Objectives and journal entries may vary pending story decisions and outcomes.
== Walkthrough ==
Lady Esther can be found northeast of the Trielta Crags Waypoint in the Mountain Pass at . asks the party if they have seen the "stupid little hive" known as the crèche. She explains that she was chased off after trying to buy a githyanki egg. The Society of Brilliance asked her to acquire one of their roe so they can incubate it and, once it hatches, raise the spawn in their tradition. Esther asks the party to acquire an egg for her, and says she will reward the party handsomely for their service.
The party can insist on payment upfront with a successful , agree to do the task, refuse, or kill Esther outright.
=== Accessing the Monastery ===
The Rosymorn Monastery is accessed from the Mountain Pass. The party must find the Cable Car Wheel at and succeed in a to summon the it. After climbing on the cable car, the partry can use the wheel to move toward the Monastery. Following the path east to the doors of Rosymorn Monastery triggers a cutscene triggers where a group of githyanki warriors shoot down some cultists. Unfortunately, the doors are locked and magically enchanted, but there are broken windows that can be climbed through just west of the doors at . Once inside, a number of drunk Kobolds can be snuck past or killed. The party must move north to the giant crack in the wall, and then jump up the rocks to get higher up on the Monastery.
=== The Githyanki Crèche ===
From upper floor, the party must move north up the hall, then jump across the gap to the west. On moving north, then west the party can find a set of crumbling stairs. Jumping past the gaps allows to follow the stairs down. After descending the stairs, the party must move north, destroy the barricade on the western wall, and walk through. Moving north through the oak door and west past the statue of , the party can find a lever on the wall at that opens the monastery doors, which can make reentering the monastery easier.
After moving west and following the stairs to the north, the party can reach the monastery basement at to enter the Crèche Y'llek. The githyanki are suspicious of outsiders. If is in the party, she can smooth the way without any checks. Otherwise it is possible to gain access by persuading, intimidating, or deceiving the guards.
=== Acquiring the egg ===
The Hatchery northwest of the Crèche Y'llek Waypoint at is filled with a number of dangerous traps, as well as acid. To avoid getting damaged the party can use the rocks. The overseer, , can be met on the cliff overlooking the egg at . Speaking with him reveals that there is only one egg remaining, which has a limited time to hatch before it will be destroyed by .
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If choosing one of the first three options and passing a , Ko'kuu explains that the Kith'rak will come any day now to destroy the egg, as it is the last one left to hatch:
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If Ko'kuu is asked why he cares so much, he says he was the last one of his brood to hatch. He wants the egg to have a fair shot. Choose ". Let me help - I can take it somewhere safe" and Ko'kuu asks what the party will do with it:
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Choosing to raise it or to finding another creche lets Ko'kuu agree to relinquish the egg. Claiming to make an omelette or sell the egg turns him hostile.
If Ko'kuu is convinced to give up the egg, he provides , which can aid in approaching the egg, and the hidden traps in the room become visible. Once the egg is reached, the party must interact with it to get the chance to pick it up, step on it, or leave it. Stepping on it turns Varsh and the other Githyanki hostile.
=== Returning to Esther ===
Once Esther is returned to, there are several options:
* Esther can be given the egg, after which she rewards the party, or told the egg was destroyed, which turns her hostile.
* Esther can be given an and convinced to take it with one of the following options:
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* The Dark Urge has a unique option to kick the githyanki egg over the cliff right in front of Esther, which turns her hostile.
* The party can keep the egg for themselves and return it to the Lodge personally for a reward.
* The party can refuse to hand the egg over to Esther. If persuaded to pay upfront beforehand, she turns hostile.
== Rewards ==
* 449 Gold - if the egg is given to Esther
* 1000 Gold - if the egg is sold to Havkelaag in Act 3 (although the party might not get the full amount if they took the advance from Esther)
* 466 Gold - if succeeding a to convince Lady Esther to pay upfront (if the player character is a Githyanki or in a Githyanki disguise, the amount is lowered to 272 Gold)
* 485 Gold - if the owlbear egg is given to Esther and a to convince Lady Esther to deceive her employers
== Consequences ==
If Esther is given a genuine githyanki egg, it shows up in a portal at the Society of Brilliance Lodge in the Lower City in Act Three. The githyanki is now fully grown, going by the name . He reveals that he was raised by Lady Esther and a dwarf named , who sped up his aging. Ptaris murdered both of them (as well as other Society of Brilliance members such as Omeluum). He becomes aggressive to the party if he is not convinced that the Ptarian code, that he was raised by, was wrong. Additionally, if the egg is given to Esther, the quest does not appear during .
If the egg was taken and then given away, regardless of who it was given to, confronts the party about their choice if he is freed during .
If the egg was not given away and Lae'zel survives until the Epilogue, she reveals that the egg has hatched, and that she has named the boy "Xan" ("freedom" in the Gith language) and notes with pride that he will have the chance to choose whatever path in life which calls to him.
If the egg was not given away or left with Lae'zel, but is left in the camp chest of the Elfsong Tavern before the final battle, then the newspaper clippings in the epilogue have an article title alluding to the egg hatching, and the newborn Gith crawling around the bar.
== Bugs ==
* When speaking to Lae'zel after picking up the egg, she may demand that the party should not give the egg to Esther, even if Esther was killed while Lae'zel was present.
Category:Quests