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Icewind Dale II Hints
How do I get past the logjam that's just west of where I start?
1 of 9: You need to rescue someone who can clear the jam magically from a distance.
2 of 9: Explore around the area that you can travel in and kill orcs until you find a guy named Dereth Springsong.
3 of 9: He's being held in the northern-most orc camp in the limited area that you can explore at first.
4 of 9: Talk to him to be counted as rescuing him.
5 of 9: However, he'll insist that you kill all the orcs in the area currently accessible to you before he clears the logjam.
6 of 9: On your way north to Dereth, you should have gotten two scenes in which Torak appears and threatens you, followed by big orc battles. If you finished off all of those orcs, that's all you need to do.
7 of 9: If Dereth holds out on you, head back south to see whom you missed.
8 of 9: Once you get them all, he'll open the logjam to the SW for you. A non-interactive scene will show you where the jam is in case you didn't notice it earlier.
9 of 9: Dereth can then be found standing outside his house nearby. You can talk to him to buy healing and to rest.
