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Icewind Dale II Hints

Save the Shaengarne Bridge.

  • 1 of 7: This quest begins as soon as you enter the Shaengarne Bridge area from the Shaengarne Dam area.
  • 2 of 7: You'll first see a little non-interactive scene in which two ogres are ordered to destroy the bridge by bashing its primary supports.
  • 3 of 7: They start on that immediately, so don't waste any more time than you have to in battling your way onto the bridge.
  • 4 of 7: When the sorceress Xuki talks to you to try to delay you, immediately say that you will not bargain with her. This will prevent you from wasting time talking to her and will get you some bonus XP.
  • 5 of 7: NOTE: If Xuki talks to someone with a very high Wisdom stat, you might be able to double your XP by parlaying with her (via the #1 dialogue options) until your wiseguy figures out that Xuki's promises of peace are too good to be true. Choose that option (it'll be #2) to get the bonus XP, and to still have a chance of saving the bridge.
  • 6 of 7: Have some of your characters concentrate on keeping Xuki busy while the rest get those lousy ogres who're trying to sabotage the bridge.
  • 7 of 7: Killing both ogres prevents any more harm from coming to the bridge, but you have to kill every hostile in the whole region to get credit for completing the quest. (Note that how much XP you get depends on how many of the two critical bridge supports survive.)