Cazador Szarr’s home inBaldur’s Gate 3is filled with a myriad of mysteries just waiting for a nosy, sticky-fingered adventurer to explore where they are not welcome. Should this description fit you, you may have already found the odd attic in Szarr Palace or, at the very least, have a vested interest in learning its secrets.

If you’re anything like us, you might have even found the Silver Key and gone an entire playthrough without knowing what it goes to. We’ve gone through the lengths to figure that mystery out for you, and the truth reveals an entirely super-secret second dungeon lying further beneath Cazador Szarr’s first basement dungeon.

Player locates button inside the Storage Room in Szarr Palace Baldur’s Gate 3

Where To Find Cazador’s Attic

Beyond The Ballroom Door

You can reach the attic of Szarr Palaceafter you’ve opened the sinister doorto the ballroom. If you haven’t yet opened it, you can refer to ourofficial guide onhow to open the door.

Once the werewolves are defeated, you can accessa storage room to the right of the throne.

Player finds secret door to Szarr Palace Attic by pressing button in Baldur’s Gate 3

Before you progress on this journey, we recommend that you have a) aspellcaster capable of castingMage Handand b) one highly dexterous rogue or bard with severalTrap Disarming Kits.

You’ll notice there’s a button here that you can press that closes this door, but we’ll come back to it later. Instead,go up the ladder.

Second Button in Szarr Hidden Attic circled and highlighted on dark wall in Baldur’s Gate 3

In this new area, you’ll spy abutton on the wallon your left (southwest).Press it,and an entry into the attic will reveal itself to you.

How To Find The Silver Key

Climb The Ladder

Past the now-opened attic door,look down the long, far wall of the room on the left (south) side.There will beanother button you can pressthat opens the way to the next room.

In this large area, you’ll find numerous crates and boxes prime for looting, and there’s a casket with a letter that will explain the purposes of this attic space.

Player finds Silver Key in top of Szarr Palace attic in Baldur’s Gate 3

However, to find the key, you’ll need tolocate the ladder in the center of this newly opened space. Climb it,and you’ll find a bed and a wooden chest beside it.

Loot the chest,and you’ll find a Silver Key inside. Unfortunately, this key doesn’t come with an explanation of where to use it.

Player discovers door leading to secret meeting room in Szarr Palace in Baldur’s Gate 3

Where To Use The Silver Key

Unlock The Hidden Trap Door

Return to the storage roomlinked to the ballroom down below, leaving the attic entirely. However, before you leave the storage room, you’ll want a magical party member tocast Mage Hand.

After casting Mage Hand,leave the hand in the storage roomand have the rest of your partyexit into the ballroom.

Player finds chest with Counting House Vault key in secret meeting room of Szarr Palace Baldur’s Gate 3

Use the Mage Hand to press the buttonin the storage room. Doing so will close the storage room door but open anew door on the opposite side of the ballroom.

You may nowdismiss the Mage Hand summon and proceedinto the newly discovered secret meeting room.

Player moves chest in secret meeting room to reveal trap door underneath in Szarr Palace in Baldur’s Gate 3

Inside this room, you’ll find a corpse and a chest. The chest is unlocked and containsa key to one of the vaults in the Counting House.

While you think this may be the final prize, there is yet more to discover and a key that has yet to be used.

Minthara unlocks Szarr Palace Second Dungeon door by pulling metal crate onto pressure plate in Baldur’s Gate 3

Move the chest asideto reveal atrap door cleverly hidden beneath it.You mayuse your Silver Keyto unlock it and gain access to Cazador’s secret second dungeon.

How To Complete Cazador’s Secret Second Dungeon

A Series Of Pressure Plates

Unlike the primary dungeon above, this dungeon is thankfully a lot simpler - but can be extremely punishing (as well as deadly) for the unassuming adventurer.

As you reach the bottom of the ladder, you’ll find a locked door ahead and two pressure plates on the ground.Drag two metal crates nearby onto each of the pressure platesto unlock and open the door.

Astarion finds a Vent Trap inside Szarr Palace second dungeon in Baldur’s Gate 3

The following room is filled with several vents that will release gas and gargoyle heads to ignite that gas into a series of repeated explosions. Disarming these traps requires a hefty 25DC check, so be careful if you aim to disarm them before they become a threat.

Standing on all four pressure plates, bid the door to open, but you mustuse the nearby metal cratesto keep the door open for your party to advance.

Player stands in heart of Szarr Palace Second Dungeon filled with hanging cages in Baldur’s Gate 3

The next room is similar to the previous, withtwo pressure plates on either side of a cheston the far side of the room. You can:

Inside is a huge stash of goodies, including Black Diamonds, a hefty sum of gold, and rare potions.

With all your goods in hand, you’re able to now carefullyreturn to the start of this dungeon area and the ballroomto leave.

This area was intended to be longer and larger than it is. In previous versions of the game (prior to Patch 3), there was a lever puzzle that was meant to be used but was unable to be solved due to a bug in the puzzle’s design. After recent patches, the levers in the room were entirely removed.

For now, this dungeon area abruptly ends with the chest, though later patches may end up fixing earlier version bugs to use its intended cut content.

Baldur’s Gate 3

WHERE TO PLAY

Baldur’s Gate 3 is the long-awaited next chapter in the Dungeons & Dragons-based series of RPGs. Developed by Divinity creator Larian Studios, it puts you in the middle of a mind flayer invasion of Faerûn, over a century after the events of its predecessor.