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Save Mayrina is a side quest involving Auntie Ethel in Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3). Read on for the quest details, how to find Aunti Ethel, and how to save Mayrina and finish the quest!
Auntie Ethel Guides | |
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Save Mayrina Quest Guide | Auntie Ethel Boss Guide |
Journal Entry | |
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Save Mayrina | |
Rewards | Auntie Ethel's Hair / Permanent Ability Score +1 Staff of Crones Second Marriage / Bitter Divorce |
Related Quest | Nautiloid Crash Region |
Recommended Level | Level 5 and up |
Location | |
Riverside Teahouse, Overgrown Tunnel |
The rewards will vary depending on the choices you made during the quest.
Auntie Ethel can be found in the cavern part of Druid Groves, selling potions and other items. Talking to her won't immediately start the Save Mayrina quest, but you will get an update on the Find a Cure quest, eventually leading you to that.
Emerald Grove Maps and Points of Interest
You won't be able to find Auntie Ethel if you kill Kagha in Druid Grove. You can leave the quest related to Kagha first and run straight to Auntie Ethel to avoid encountering this scenario.
But if that already happened, you can go to Sunlit Wetlands to find her.
You can also find Auntie Ethel in Sunlit Wetlands, being cornered by two men, accusing her of kindapping their sister Mayrina. Join them and interrupt their conversation. There won't be any Skill Checks during the dialogue with them, and anything you choose will result in those men, which are Mayrina's brothers, dying.
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Narrator Dialogue |
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''A chill runs up your spine. You feel like you're being watched' | Dialogue Options | Dialogue Results |
[Investigation (DC20)] Look for anything out of the ordinary. |
Success The environment will change into a swamp, filled with Red Cap creatures. Failure The environment will stay the same, with sheep and healthy grass anywhere you go. |
Head west and go to Auntie Ethel's Teahouse after talking to her in Sunlit Wetlands. Upon entering the area, there will be an Investigation Skill Check that will decide whether the environment will change or not. It will change later anyway, so you can just move on if you fail the check.
Enter the house once you get there to see Mayrina by the table, being forced to eat by Auntie Ethel.
The Save Mayrina quest is optionally tied to Act 1: Chapter 1, Find a Cure quest, where Auntie Ethel will try to remove the parasite on your head in exchange for damaging one of your eyes. We don't recommend sacrificing your eye, as Auntie Ethel will fail to remove the parasite. You will permanently suffer from Perception Checks and a disadvantage over Hag enemies.
If you tell Mayrina the truth about his brothers or attack Auntie Ethel immediately, the Find a Cure quest update won't activate (unless you talked to her in Druid Grove), and a battle will commence. You can choose to fight or follow her immediately once it starts.
Make sure to take a Short or Long Rest if you choose to fight to prepare for the upcoming battles on this quest.
Auntie Ethel will take Mayrina to her main base in the Overgrown Tunnel. You can follow her by putting out the fire on the fireplace and going into the gap and into the tunnel.
There will be a lot of interactable below, to explore more of Aunti Ethel's collection of people she “cured”. Immediately head to the gnarled door near the whispering masks (Note: Do note pick up and use the masks).
Converse wtih the Gnarled door until you exhaust its dialogue. You then need to click behind the Gnarled door to pass through it. Attacking the wall also reveals its simply an illusory wall.
You will encounter four masked humanoids after passing through the Gnarled Door. They can resist the mind-controlling effect of the mask from time to time, but it will fail at some point, so it's better to take the initiative and fight them off. It's highly recommended the healer first (the masked unit on the upper right corner of the map) as their heals are a regenerative effect and can heal twice in a single use..
Head towards the waterfall in the area and jump to the other side after beating them.
After jumping through the waterfall, you'll be immediately greeted by Poison Fumes. However, at a longer glance, you'll also notice red flowers on the ground. The Poison Fumes will inflict DoT on your characters when you come in contact with it but the flowers explode when it comes contact with something.
You may not be able to use a rope to navigate the map but at least you can use it as a throwable in these kinds of scenarios.
The first and more important step to take is to disable the Fumes. To disable gas fume type traps. You'll have to block the source that's emitting the gas but to find its location, you'll first have to succeed a perception check. However, it's also possible to block the location preemptively as long as you know each gas source's position.
The next step is to blow up the flowers. The same method used to block the fumes can work here, you can simply throw an item on a flower that has failed a perception check.
How to Beat Auntie Ethel |
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Position the team near the torch to get close to Auntie Ethel Apply Wet Status on the cage before starting the fight Destroy the illusions first Apply movement or turn debuffs on her if possible Consider playing on Explorer Difficulty to ease combat |
A cutscene will trigger the battle against Auntie Ethel once you get discovered in the Ancient Abode. She will also start burning Mayrina's cage, so try to put it out using items with ice or water properties. A Water Bottle works well here as it won't damage the cage.
She will try to offer you a deal, a permanent bonus on an Ability Score of your choosing, when she's about to die. You can refuse and continue attacking her until she's dead if you want to! However, letting her may lock you out of potential questlines in the future!
After being able to save Mayina, you can haggle with Auntie Ethel to gain power from her or save Mayrina. You have five choices and four possible results to obtain from this dialogue. Failing to save Mayrine will remove all options about Mayrina and simply becomes a haggle for power or killing her.
Auntie Ethel Dialogue | |
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''It's your choice sweetness" | Dialogue Options | Dialogue Results |
No good can come of this. Let Mayrina go. | Auntie Ethel lets Mayrina go and the questline to save Mayrina continues. |
Keep the girl. I'll take the power. |
Aunti Ethel gives you 6 variants of her hair which can be consumed to permanently increase the Ability Score of the hair type you have chosen. |
I think a dead hag is the answer here. | A fight to the death continues. |
[Deception (DC20)] My reinforcements are nearly here. Give me the girl and the power and they'll spare you. |
Success Mayrina gets saved and you get one of Auntie Ethel's hair. Failure You return to the three non-skill check choices |
[Barbarian] [Intimidation (DC15)] Girl, power, everything. OR I TURN YOUR SKULL INTO A PISSPOT. |
Go to the Acrid Workshop room after defeating Auntie Ethel and loot her items. The most important thing to grab is the Bitter Divorce, as you will need it to finish the quest. You can also get the Staff of Crones and several potions in her room.
Get out of the place using the Mushroom Circle in the Acrid Workshop and talk to Mayrina near her husband's coffin. You can choose one of the four options here, destroy the wand, take the wand, eliminate Mayrina and her undead husband, or give the wand. Selecting one of these will eventually end the quest but will affect the last reward you can get.
All Prologue Side Quests | |
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How to Free the Intellect Devourer | How to Free Shadowheart |
The Risen Road Quests | |
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Find the Missing Shipment | How to Rescue the Grand Duke |
Rescue the Trapped Man | How to Free Oskar Fevras |
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How to Get Volo's Ersatz Eye | Defiled Temple Puzzle |
Find the Nightsong | Ask the Goblin Priestess for Help |
Nautiloid Crash Region Quests | ||
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Dank Crypt Guide | The Dying Mind Flayer | Auntie Ethel Quest Guide |
How to Get Owlbear Cub | Spiderling Nest Guide- | How to Open the Selunite Chest |
How to Get Scratch | Should You Heal Pandirna | Underground Passage Guide |
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Steal a Githyanki Egg | How to Beat Gremishkas | How to Access Guardian of Faith Room |
Dawnmaster Puzzle Guide | Where to Find the Githyanki Creche | - |
This section is currently under construction. Check back later for updates!
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Gauntlet of Shar: All Trials and Umbral Gems | Kill Raphael's Old Enemy |
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How to Solve the Necrotic Laboratory |
Rivington Quests | ||
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How to Get to Wyrm's Rock Fortress | How to Find Dribbles the Clown | - |
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How to Get to the House of Hope | How to Get to Cazador's Palace | Rescue Orin's Victim |
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