Ghoul Town - Baldur's Gate II

This guide will walk you through Ghoul Town in the Temple District Sewers of the city of Athkatla in Baldur’s Gate II. This area’s codes in the game files are AR0201 and AR0206.

baldurs gate 2 map ghoul town — Map of Ghoul Town

Overview

In this part of the sewers, you’ll encounter a variety of ghasts, ghouls, and mummies.

1 – Starting Point

This is where you’ll arrive from the Cult Compound. You won’t be able to climb back up from here. To return to the upper part of the sewers, you’ll have to use the exit in the Pit of the Faithless (Exit B).

2 – Zombie

When you approach this spot, a zombie will spot you and rush inside to “warn the mayor.” If you’re quick, then you can kill the zombie before it raises the alarm, but this won’t make much of a difference. Nothing will change when you battle the mayor — aka Theshal (#4) — except the zombie will either be there for the fight or not.

3 – Major Battle

In this room you’ll encounter a large group of undead creatures: a bone golem, two ghasts, three mummies, a greater mummy, and two skeleton warriors. You’ll earn over 44,000 xp for defeating them, and you’ll find Gauntlets of Dexterity: The Brawling Hands in the corpse pile next to them.

4 – Theshal

Theshal is the mayor of this community of ghouls. He’ll start out friendly enough, but eventually your smell will tempt him too much, and he’ll attack you. You’ll earn about 4000 xp for defeating him and the ghoul lord next to him, and you’ll find Skin of the Ghoul +4 on his corpse.