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Icewind Dale II Hints
Stop the flow of yuan-ti into Kuldahar.
1 of 12: When you enter the Kuldahar village area, talk to Iselore about moving along to find out how to get to Chult.
2 of 12: Once in Chult, you need to take Iselore's advice to either eliminate all the yuan-ti in the area or summon and kill the guardian of the "crossroads."
3 of 12: If you decide to go the elimination route, you need to kill every single yuan-ti in the Chult area, including inside the Serpent's Lair. This is the "simple" way, but involves a lot more combat, and you have to make sure you don't miss any. (You'll get a journal entry about breaking the strength of the yuan-ti once you've accomplished this.)
4 of 12: The other way is to find and kill the guardian of the "crossroads" to close the portal. The hints in the Chult section assume you're going to search out the guardian via sneakier means. See them for further guidance.
5 of 12: NOTE: There's no way to do it the sneaky way if you have a paladin in your party, since he'll be unable to don a certain essential disguise for some unknown reason.
6 of 12: Once you either finish off the yuan-ti or the guardian, head back through the crossroads portal to return to Kuldahar.
7 of 12: As soon as you get back, you have to fight a huge multi-wave battle against Madae's pet yuan-ti and her forces. (Good thing you got an auto-rest in!)
8 of 12: Stick close to Iselore and protect him as much as you can. He'll be able to cast helpful spells so that you can concentrate on fighting and not healing.
9 of 12: NOTE: If you didn't clear out the yuan-ti in the Kuldahar village area before, you'll have to do that now in addition to repelling the new attacks.
10 of 12: Once that's all taken care of, talk to Iselore about a way to get to the Severed Hand.
11 of 12: Now go explore those aborted pathways along the east side of the map.
12 of 12: The one a ways NE of the Heartstone Gem will now allow you passage to the world map, from which you can travel to the Dragon's Eye.
