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Icewind Dale II Hints
So how do I summon this "guardian" that I'm supposed to kill?
1 of 13: You actually do that outside the Serpent's Lair temple.
2 of 13: Look around while standing near the stairs that lead down into the lair.
3 of 13: There are six little pillars up there, one of which has an undamaged stele on it, one of which has a broken stele on it, and four of which are empty.
4 of 13: To get the four stelae for the four empty pillars, look around the outdoor area.
5 of 13: You'll find two in the crumbly little shrine in the center of the area, plus one more a ways to the east of it, and the fourth to the northwest.
6 of 13: Once you have them, click on the empty pillars on top of the Serpent's Lair to place them.
7 of 13: As for the broken-off stele, you need to find the broken-off piece inside the lair.
8 of 13: It's in the SE sector of the lair, in the room with the "heartless dead."
9 of 13: Return to the surface and click on the broken stele once you have the piece, and the guardian will be summoned. (Save your game first, and make sure to switch back to your armor if you're wearing initiate robes.)
10 of 13: NOTE: Even if you've taken the strategy of killing off the yuan-ti to accomplish your mission here, you can summon the guardian for extra XP (either now or later in the game when you're more powerful). However, once you summon it, you can't leave Chult until you manage to kill it.
11 of 13: Unfortunately, the guardian is a gigantic black dragon! You'll want to prepare yourselves (and save your game) before summoning him.
12 of 13: You may find this battle utterly impossible no matter what you do, so restore back to before you summoned the dragon and switch mission goals to eliminating the yuan-ti.
13 of 13: If you do manage to kill the dragon guardian, you'll need to very quickly make your way back to the portal at the NE corner of the region and leave before it closes forever.
