How to Save Mayrina in Baldur's Gate 3

Updated: 6th Nov 2023 by Team SuperCheats

How to Save Mayrina in Baldur's Gate 3

How to Save Mayrina in Baldur's Gate 3

Save Mayrina is a side quest in Baldur's Gate 3, it can be found in the southwestern Nautiloid Crash Region. This How to Save Mayrina in Baldur's Gate 3 guide will tell you how to avoid the dangers of Auntie Ethel's lair, how to defeat the hag, and the rewards you will receive for rescuing Mayrina.

How to Start the Save Mayrina Side Quest

To begin the 'Save Mayrina' side quest in Baldur's Gate 3 you need to go west from the Druids' Grove until you reach the stone bridge, and then turn south. Along the way, you will encounter a pair of brothers accosting an old woman named Auntie Ethel, blaming her for their sister's disappearance.

To start this quest, you must align yourself with the two men. This is when Auntie Ethel will expose her true nature, which is not as kind or vulnerable as she appears, and she will vanish. A conversation with the two brothers afterward will explain the situation and they will decide to rescue their sister from Auntie Ethel's clutches.

Whether you offer to help or not, the side quest will be added to your quest log. Although the entry doesn't provide a specific direction to follow, you need to head into wetlands until you reach the swamp and then go west. If you continue going west you will eventually see a large Riverside Teahouse which belongs to Auntie Ethel, it is here where you will find Mayrina.

Riverside Teahouse

Upon arriving at the teahouse you will engage in conversation with Mayrina and Ethel. When Mayrina disappears Ethel will bring up your Mind Flayer Parasite. She will offer to remove it in exchange for an eye. However, if you are planning to continue the quest, it is not recommended to go for this option as it will give you a disadvantage when fighting hags later on.

Regardless of your decision, your next move should be to enter the fireplace, but make sure to switch it off first. You will find an illusory wall behind the fireplace in the teahouse. Sneak through it while avoiding detection from Ethel and take the stairs down into the Overgrown Tunnels to save Mayrina.

Finding Mayrina

How to Save Mayrina in Baldur's Gate 3

The Overgrown Tunnels is a room filled with information about Auntie Ethel's various victims and evil deeds. The most important item to grab is the Whispering Mask from the table, but don't put it on immediately. Follow these steps to progress through the tunnels:

• To prevent being possessed you need to cast Protection from Evil and Good on yourself, and then equip the Whispering Mask.
• Walk through the wooden wall with the face that is revealed to be illusory.
• Take off the mask once you're through so you don't get possessed.
• In the next room, you'll find a group of mask-wearing people who did get possessed. You can attempt to pass through quietly, but you will likely have to engage in combat with them. Switch to non-lethal damage in your Passives if you decide not to kill them.
• Jump through the waterfall and climb down the ladder. Keep making your way down by jumping and avoiding traps until you spot Mayrina in a cage.

Before engaging in combat with Auntie Ethel you can sneak around to the right and enter the Acrid Workshop. Here you will find all sorts of loot, including an amulet, a powerful staff, and a Mushroom Circle that will teleport you back outside if you want to camp and rest before this boss fight.

How to Defeat Auntie Ethel

The moment the confrontation begins, the hag will set Mayrinna's cage ablaze which will mean you have a limited time to get to the Control Orb to lower it and let her out.

The best thing to do is sneak up to the Control Orb or use Invisibility and lower it before the fight begins, doing this will mean you can focus on defeating Auntie Ethel. When it comes to the fight itself, listed below are some important tips and stages to keep in mind:

• Auntie Ethel will summon clones of herself around the room, so you want to use Silence on her as quickly as possible. If she does create clones, they each disappear when you deal one instance of damage, so spells that cast multiple projectiles are handy.
• If you use melee attacks Auntie Ethel will be unable to use her most powerful spells.
• Around midway through the fight, Auntie Ethel will grab Mayrina and transform into her, leaving you to guess which is which. Focus your attack on the Level 5 Mayrina as that one is the hag.

Auntie Ethel will try to bargain with you at around 20HP. The hag will offer you a gift in exchange for sparing her and letting her have Mayrina. If you take the gift, you will get a piece of Auntie Ethel's hair that adds +1 to an ability score. You can also convince her to leave you with the gift and Mayrina. If you decide to kill Auntie Ethel you will get:

• Tarnished Charm (Amulet):

  Makes it easier for the wearer to succeed at Death Saving Throws.

• Corellon's Grace (staff):

  You gain +1 to unarmed attack rolls and damage. While the wielder is not wearing armour they receive +2 to saving throws.

Your reward for helping Mayrina is the Bitter Divorce wand you can now find in the Acrid Workshop on the table which will give you the Animate Dead spell which is a Level 3 Necromancy Spell. This spell allows spellcasters to animate a corpse to create an undead servant.

Take a look at our collection of Baldur's Gate 3 Cheats and Tips to get help progressing in this game which is set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons.