How do you move the bookcase in the cellar found inside Baldur Gate 3’s Blighted Village area? What is the hidden solution to this unexpected puzzle?
Baldur’s Gate 3’s locations aren’t all straightforward. Many of them require you or your characters to keep an eye out for small details and the Blighted Village cellar containing a mysterious bookcase is one such example.
You can either discover the cellar on your own, while exploring the Blighted Village and dealing with the goblins within, or be directed there by the Apprentice’s Journal found in a backpack inside the Whispering Depths.
BG3 Blighted Village Bookcase Cellar
One way of reach the Whispering Depths by clicking on the well inside the Blighted Village. Finding the journal starts the quest Search the Cellar.
To reach the BG3 Blighted Village bookcase and the cellar that contains it, look for a two-story building with shabby wooden doors.
Open them, go inside, then interact with the hatch. You’ve now reached Baldur’s Gate 3’s Blighted Village cellar. You also shouldn’t have any trouble spotting the bookcase.
When near it, your characters will roll for passive investigation checks. If successful, they’ll spot marks on the side. Trying to have party members push it doesn’t seem to work, at least at the moment.
To persuade the Baldur’s Gate 3 Blighted Village bookcase to move and reveal what the cellar really hides, find the boxes stacked up on the left.
Whether you choose to channel your inner barbarian and break them or move them away, that’s up to you. Either way, you’ll find a lever behind them. Interact with and the bookcase will move, revealing a door.
With the Baldur’s Gate 3 Blighted Village bookcase and cellar now covered, also check out our guides on proficiencies and Owlbears.
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