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Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark Hints

How can I free the prisoner in the fire elemental cave?

  • 1 of 11: Check your journal. You get an entry for "The Prisoner" when you first use the demonic grappling hook to visit one of the four small platforms that are near the large central prisoner platform up in the NE part of the cave.
  • 2 of 11: The prisoner is suspended up there by something.
  • 3 of 11: You can't travel to his platform, but you can see some of the items on it from a distance.
  • 4 of 11: There are four prison anchors on the ground on the prisoner's platform that keep him firmly in place. Destroy them, and he'll be free.
  • 5 of 11: The game won't let you attempt to bash the anchors with arrows, so try using something else that can manipulate things at a distance.
  • 6 of 11: How about the demonic grappling hook? Maybe it could even carry you over to the prisoner's platform.
  • 7 of 11: Well, it can't, but it can grab onto the prison anchors and destroy them.
  • 8 of 11: To destroy an anchor, you'll need to be on the small platform that's nearest it. When you are, face the anchor and activate the demonic hook.
  • 9 of 11: NOTE: You can't travel directly from one of the four little platforms to another, but instead need to use the side areas that are nearby as intermediate stops.
  • 10 of 11: After you destroy all four anchors, the prisoner's body will fall and go splat. This is good, though, since you want his super-great magic ring (which you can nab with the demonic grappling hook).
  • 11 of 11: Among other good effects, that ring makes you 50% resistant to fire and frost damage. Put it on!