The most common chest in Baldur's Gate 3: where to find and how to get it

The most common chest in Baldur's Gate 3 — a “cheating” artifact that allows you to ignore the weight of objects and avoid overload. You can find it in the Ruined Tower of the Underdark, but the path to the treasured chest can be difficult and confusing.

In this article we will tell you how to take the most common chest in BG3, after going through the halls Magic Tower. Read on to learn how to use the artifact and why it might not work.

What is the most common chest for?

The most common chest in a magic tower allows the adventurer not to suffer from overload. The item turns all contents into utensils, thereby reducing the weight of the items in it to 0,05. If things are taken out, they again become weapons, armor, etc.

The chest can be placed in inventory, and “righteously acquired” items can be stored in it. The artifact is convenient for those who like to collect all the loot that comes along the way, but have not put all the stat points into effect. Tests have shown that the chest can hold a maximum of 125 items. Until the last patch comes out Every BG3 player considered it his duty to mention a unique artifact as a “must have” of the first act.

How to get the most common chest in Baldur's Gate 3

You can pick up the most common chest in Underdark. You can follow him as soon as you get to the location. The simplest way is from the Selunite outpost, the entrance is located in the ruined temple, which has become a refuge for goblins.

В Destroyed Tower will be sent on a quest. The quest is given by the benevolent illithid Omellum. The scientist proposes to rid the hero of the larva in the brain, for which he needs to find mushrooms: timmascus spores and the tongue of madness. The illithid will mention that both will be found in the tower. The location will be marked on the map.

Where to find

To pick up the most common chest in BG3 you need to go to the Ruined Tower. The Tower itself is not difficult to find, but it is the patrimony of a powerful magician. If Gale is present in the party, he will warn about magical traps.

The main danger is the turrets firing beams. The cannons in the courtyard can be broken with ordinary arrows by hiding behind stone pillars. Nothing will work with the internal ones: they are vulnerable only to electrical damage.

For a solo walk around the tower, it’s worth taking someone who has “Misty Step” and “Smooth Fall”. For example, Gale or Astarion with scrolls, because you will have to break open doors. The magician has lightning spells and will be able to destroy the turrets using brute force. A more elegant way is to go down and turn off the guns. To do this you need:

1. Separate the character from the party. Prepare the spells “Misty Step”, “Flight” or “Smooth Fall” in advance. Take several sets of master keys.
2. As soon as the group enters the tower courtyard, the game will switch to turn-by-turn mode. This will help you understand where the turret is hitting.
3. Using “Misty Step” you need to direct the hero to the entrance. Hack the main entrance door, the difficulty is small. Then again, “Misty step” to the left - to the balcony and to the large mushrooms, you need to go down along them. The “Misty Step” spell will allow you to teleport to the desired point and hide behind columns from the turrets.
4. Next up is “Smooth Fall”. You can safely jump down without fear of breaking.

Downstairs we go to the garden to pick a sussur flower. It blocks magic, but the enchantment is not needed yet. We break open the door to the basement, the difficulty is low, even a sorcerer can handle it. Place the sussur flower in the hole on the mechanism. The action will turn off the magical protection, the turrets will stop firing, but the elevator will work. The time has come for the squad to unite and explore the Tower. By the way, the mushrooms are on the penultimate floor from the bottom.

How to lift the most common chest

The most common chest is located on the first floor of the Tower - the one you get to immediately from the main entrance. The artifact is stored on the left on a small balcony. You need to a Perception check to suspect that the chest is “unusual.”

The item is heavy, so only a character with a good level of Strength can pick it up. Take Laesel or Karlach. Additionally, you can drink the Hill Giant's Elixir. Inside the chest are ordinary utensils that turn into weapons and equipment when taken out.

What to do if the most ordinary chest stops working

Unfortunately, after the release of one of the patches in BG3, the “Most Common Chest” does not work. It turned out that the ability to turn heavy objects into dishes and carry them in a magic chest was a bug and the developers fixed it. There are still options to ignore overload. The simplest option is carry weight mod. The modification is installed once, there is no need to configure it later.

You can increase the carrying weight without codes and modifications if you upgrade your character’s high strength. An alternative way is to distribute the load among several heroes or store food supplies in the camp chest.

We hope the guide helped you take the most common chest in Baldurs Gate 3 and find out why it no longer works. If you have any questions, ask them at comments. In the corresponding section of our website you can also familiarize yourself with other Baldur's Gate 3 guides.