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Icewind Dale II Hints

Rescue Zack Boosenburry.

  • 1 of 11: You start on this quest by finding a note from Zack on the ground at a path junction near the west wall in the Ice Wall area. (If you can't find it, it's okay; just proceed with the quest.)
  • 2 of 11: Zack's been swallowed by a remorhaz, who's currently asleep in a cave near the SE corner of the area.
  • 3 of 11: First, you'll need to find something that will unlock all the Auril emblem doors around here.
  • 4 of 11: Then you'll need to get past the remorhaz queen and her ice barrier.
  • 5 of 11: Now head down to the SE corner of the map and look around.
  • 6 of 11: You'll find a sleeping remorhaz with a voice coming out of it.
  • 7 of 11: To rescue Zack, you'll have to attack and kill the remorhaz.
  • 8 of 11: Then Zack Boosenburry will be freed, and you can talk to him.
  • 9 of 11: You can get some bonus XP and magic items by finding his trained spider Aocha (in a small room with some other captive animals near the NW corner of the area) and telling him where it is.
  • 10 of 11: And you can buy lots of spells and some magical weapons from him.
  • 11 of 11: For lots of bonus XP, return to him and tell him what you've learned about the ice temple after you've finished doing the main quest.