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Icewind Dale II Hints
What do I do with the modified root once I have it?
1 of 11: Report back to Nheero in the level 1 prison area for a hint.
2 of 11: You need to find the alchemical laboratory on level 2.
3 of 11: Go south from Nathaniel's tropical oasis to get to the ziggurat room, then find the entrance to the alchemy lab in the SE corner of that room.
4 of 11: Kill everything in the area except the guy named D'hey-jazerrion. He's the alchemist and won't attack you.
5 of 11: Exploring the alchemy lab and library, you'll find lots of scrolls in the library (including a rare Protection from Magic scroll) and two tables in the lab.
6 of 11: One of the tables has a mandrake root on it (and maybe an unidentified histachii brew), so it's clearly the one you need to put the modified root on.
7 of 11: Take the original mandrake root and drop the modified one on the table. That'll set up the process of making a sabotaged histachii brew.
8 of 11: Wait for D'hey-jazerrion to go throw the big switch that's south of the ziggurat, and then wait for the alchemy tables to stop flashing green.
9 of 11: NOTE: If D'hey-jazerrion is dead or missing (or if you just like doing things yourself), you can have someone with an Alchemy skill of 16 or more get the notes scroll from the shelf near the mandrake root table and then go hit the switch. You can do this multiple times to get more than one sabotaged potion, though this isn't necessary.
10 of 11: Open up the mandrake root table and take the modified root and sabotaged potion, then put the real root back in.
11 of 11: You now have the sabotaged histachii potion and should receive quest credit and XP for it.
