Find the Missing Boots

Find the Missing Boots is a Quest in Act One of Baldur's Gate 3. It is initiated by speaking with at the Decrepit Village in the Underdark. 
==Objectives==
Objectives and journal entries may vary pending story decisions and outcomes.
== Walkthrough ==
Gekh Coal can be encountered within the Decrepit Village north of the Underdark Beach Waypoint. Immediately upon entering Coal's proximity, he confronts the party, calling them "sun-scum" who are too loud. He says he plans to "hush" the party before they draw in something hungry with their noise and draws his axe. Coal can be made to stand down with a variety of dialogue options:
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However, Coal never stands down if the player character is a Deep Gnome, as he believes they are another runaway slave. Drow have an easier time convincing Coal to stand down (DC 10 vs 15), as he assumes they are a True Soul. Additionally, if the party recruited as part of , then Coal attacks on sight. He is joined by a group of duergar, and a few undead minions.
If the party manages to stop Coal from attacking, then he tells them not to get in the way of his hunt. If asked what he's doing down here, Coal responds that a runaway slave stole his superior, . The slave is hiding amongst the Myconid Circle and he's waiting for her to eventually make a break for it. The party can offer to help Coal track down the missing boots, or tell him it's not their problem, in which case he attacks.
 is the deep gnome slave taking refuge in the Myconid Colony. She can be found on the same mushroom platform as . When the party first encounters Thulla, she is afflicted with Duegar Poison and has had her health reduced. Once the party speaks with Thulla, she must be cured within three Long Rests. After the third Long Rest, Thulla dies and becomes a myconid husk. The boots cannot be pickpocketed off Thulla if she becomes a myconid husk, but they can be looted off her corpse if she is killed. If the party cures Thulla as part of , she relinquishes the boots as a reward. Otherwise, choosing "[INVESTIGATION] She's helpless. Check if she has anything worth taking" (DC 10) and choosing "Take the boots" allows the party to take them by force.
Returning to the Decrepit Village and speaking to Coal, results in him saying that he'll stay and clean up while the party should return the boots. Interacting with the boat on the dock lets the party enter Grymforge even if Coal is dead. During the trip over, a group of duergars on another boat led by questions the party on what they're doing on Coal's boat:
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Succeeding the check lets Corsair stand down, telling the party to speak with Sergeant Thrinn. Once docked, another duergar, tries to extort money from the party. Telling her "I’m not giving you a single coin" results in her backing off immediately.
Thrinn is in front of a cave-in in the . If speaking to her about the boots she rewards the party with a choice between two items. She also informs the party about a trapped True Soul, , starting .
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== Quest rewards ==
* The party can choose either or if the boots are returned to Thrinn.
== Notes ==
* Once the dialogue with Gekh Coal is exhausted, the duergar can be fought and killed while still being able to complete this quest, since the character for turning them in is in Grymforge.
* The boots can be retrieved from Thrinn, should the party turn on her during .
Category:Quests
Category:Underdark Quests