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Icewind Dale II Hints

Retake the Shaengarne Bridge.

  • 1 of 6: This is the first of your two big overall main quests for Chapter 1 and is first given to you by Lord Ulbrec near the end of the Prologue. You start on it by traveling from Targos' Palisade to Shaengarne Ford.
  • 2 of 6: To get to the bridge area, you need to travel from the river area to the woods, then to the pass, then the dam, and finally to the bridge. See the individual hint sections for those intermediate regions to find out how to get through them.
  • 3 of 6: In the Shaengarne Dam region, you have to destroy the dam in order to progress to the bridge area, so I count destroying the dam as part of this main quest.
  • 4 of 6: Once you reach the Shaengarne Bridge region, you need to immediately set about clearing the area. You don't actually *have* to save the bridge from destruction, but you get much more XP if you do. Your only essential goal is to retake the area by killing all the enemies in it.
  • 5 of 6: Once that's done, head back to Targos to report success.
  • 6 of 6: Talk to Shawford Crale in his Palisade house to get your money, then report to Ulbrec in Targos' town hall to get your XP and your next big main quest.