Baldur's Gate 3: Whispering Depths Walkthrough (2024)

There are optional locations to explore in Baldur's Gate 3 that are not mandatory for the progression of the main story. The Whispering Depths is one of these optional areas. You will want to prepare before venturing into the unknown, though, as you may bump into a boss fight or two.

There are multiple ways to enter The Underdark and one of them happens to be through the Whispering Depths. There is a catch, though, as you won't be able to enter The Underdark from the depths with ease. This guide will detail every important location in Whispering Depths and how to get through the entire map.

How To Enter The Whispering Depths

To enter the Whispering Depths you must choose the dialogue option to Investigatethe well located at Blighted Village. Investigating requires passing an Intelligence skill check with a difficulty class of 10. By passing the skill check, you will have the option of climbing down the rope.

Blighted Village is full of goblins. You can either kill the ones blocking your path or convince them that you can walk freely around the village.

Whispering Depths Walkthrough

Once you enter, you can walk straight and then take an immediate left into a small cave area. You will not have to fight anything just yet. This area is safe and contains a key item needed to best the Whispering Depths. On the way, you can find skeleton corpses and old backpacks full of gold and trinkets.

You can find Spiderstep Boots in the Heavy Chest. Spiderstep Boots allow you to walk on web surfaces without becoming Enwebbed and stuck in place. In the Wicker Chest, you can find four different scrolls.

This room also has journals around the area explaining that an elf has transformed into a queen spider in order to appease her deity. This is a clue as to what is to come later.

Now, no matter where you step in the rest of the cave you will probably start combat with some Phase Spiders ahead. Don't bank on fighting them in whatever location they are in as Phase Spiders can teleport at whim. You will need to utilize your movement well in combat because of these teleportation antics.

There is only one set of Spiderstep Boots, so you should choose who wears them wisely. Whoever wears them can stay on high ground and chase down teleporting spiders, while the rest can stay on low ground to decrease the risk of becoming Enwebbed.

Your biggest problem when fighting these two Phase Spiders and two Ettercaps will be reaching them. Ranged damage is optimal in Whispering Depths. Most of your team should have good ranged damage.

Being able to teleport yourself will allow you to be equal to your enemy. Misty Step spell or scroll can allow players to teleport at a whim as well. A scroll can only be used once and the spell can only be used until it consumes all of your Spell Slots, so you won't be able to teleport as much as the spiders, but enough is better than none.

Whispering Depths Secret Entrances

There are two secret entrances inside Whispering Depths that lead to a cellar within the Blighted Village. The first one can be found by climbing up the Cragged Rock at the beginning of the cave, near where you found the Spiderstep Boots. Head south east and use Jump to access the higher web-surface. Follow the natural path until you find a Cracked Wall that is immune to Slashing. Hit it with something like your bow and arrow to break it.

The other location can be found by heading to the center of the cave and steering off to the right. You can pass a Perception check at the end of this road to reveal a Cracked Wall you can break down, leading to the same cellar.

Phase Spider Matriarch

Heading further into the Whispering Depths will lead to a boss fight with the Phase Spider Matriarch. We have a guide covering how to best defeat this matriarch and her offspring. In this boss arena, you will be able to find Dark Amethyst which is related to the quest The Necromancy of Thay.

To enter The Underdark from the Whispering Depths, you will need to have Feather Fall. The huge chasm in this boss room will lead to The Underdark if you can safely jump down using Feather Fall.

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