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Icewind Dale II Hints

How do I get to the Ice Temple in the NE corner of the area?

  • 1 of 8: First, you'll have to find a way to unlock the Auril emblem doors.
  • 2 of 8: Then you need to get past the queen remorhaz and her ice barrier.
  • 3 of 8: Once you're past that, there are two routes that will get you into the Ice Temple.
  • 4 of 8: If you follow the path leading north to the temple's front door, you'll have to fight Sherincal and her many minions now.
  • 5 of 8: If you'd prefer to put off the battle with Sherincal until later on, after you've leveled up more, you can instead find a secret back entrance to the temple.
  • 6 of 8: Such an entrance is past the locked door that's along the east wall of the region.
  • 7 of 8: Past that is a door that you can only open if you have a character of a smaller race (gnome, halfling, or dwarf) in your party. If you don't, you can ask Zack Boosenburry to do it for you after you rescue him and find his spider mount.
  • 8 of 8: NOTE: If you take the back way in, be sure to have everyone fully healed if you don't want to fight the white abishai inside the starting room in the temple. They automatically attack anyone who's injured at all.