While working on the Explore the Ruins quest in Baldur’s Gate 3, you will come across a sturdy door in the Refectory area of the Overgrown Ruins. When attempting to open this particular sturdy door, your character will note the absence of a lock or handle and question how it can be opened.
It’s important to note that this door has two possible ways of opening, depending on which side you’re on. As such, in the following Baldur’s Gate 3 guide, we will provide you with all the information you need to unlock the Refectory door and learn what’s beyond.
Where to Find the Refectory Door in Baldur’s Gate III
You will encounter the Refectory door during the Explore the Ruins quest under the Nautiloid Crash Region category of your journal. There are two ways to access this door, either through the Dank Crypt or by using the Chapel Entrance above the ruins.
However, you must first defeat both the tomb raiders and the bandits in the Refectory in order to reach it if you go through the Chapel Entrance. So, if you lockpicked the Ancient Door near the Overgrown Ruins, you should reach this side of the Refectory door as shown in the image below.
First, let’s learn how to unlock the door from this side. Afterward, we can proceed to explore the other side too.
How To Unlock the BG3 Refectory Door
As you look around this tiny and dimly lit room, you’ll see not much to work with besides an altar with a handful of flickering candles. Nothing happens after interacting with them, and the door is still locked tight.
But if you look closely at each side of the door, you will notice two candles concealed in the dark.
Interact with each candle to light them up. The door will automatically open immediately after you light up the second candle. Be prepared to fight a gang of bandits. We recommended a minimum party of 4 members, each having at least level 2.
If you have reached the door through the Chapel Entrance area, whether by going through the hole on the floor or entering through the door at the back, it means that you have successfully defeated the tomb raiders and the bandits in the Refectory. In the southern part of the Refectory, you will come across a library with many books with lore.
Also, you will notice a statue of a mage with two unlit Iron Candelabrums on either side. Lighting up the candelabrums will reveal a hidden lever or switch located behind the statue, as shown in the image below.
Interact with this lever to open the locked Refectory door and access the Overgrown Ruins’ Dank Crypt area.
If it’s your first time inside the Dank Crypt, you should check how to disable the Sarcophagus trap puzzle before venturing inside and getting your party wiped out. That’s everything you need to know about how to open the locked Refectory door in Baldur’s Gate 3. If you found this guide helpful, be sure to visit our Wiki Hub Page for more informative guides.
Welcome to Faerûn and our Baldur’s Gate III game hub, containing various guides, walkthroughs, tips, and tricks we’ve put together to help you navigate the rich world developed by Larian Studios. Set 120 years after the events of Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn and only several months after Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus, Baldur’s Gate 3 is the latest installment in the Baldur’s Gate franchise.
The video game, released on August 3, 2023, for PC, is one of the most expected titles of the year, while the PlayStation 5 version was scheduled for September 6, 2023. Baldur’s Gate III is a role-playing video game featuring turn-based combat elements similar to those experienced in Divinity: Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin II. Unlike the latter, however, the combat is based on the D&D 5th Edition rules.
Our collection of Baldur’s Gate III guides contains in-depth tutorials and how-to’s for the trickiest side-quests, puzzles, and objectives you may encounter while exploring Faerûn, as well as recommendations on the best decisions and dialogue choices you can make if you want to get the most out of the latest video game published by Larian Studios.
How To’s & Walkthroughs:
- How To Change Class and Respec Your Character
- Should You Free or Destroy the Brain?
- How to Rescue Shadowheart
- How To Open the Ravaged Beach Overgrown Ruins Ancient Door
- How To Open the Dank Crypt Sarcophagus
- How To Open The Refectory Locked Door
- How To Escape the Enclave Library
- Where To Find Harper’s Map Treasure
- How To Get Through the Gnarled Door
- Where To Find Soul Coins
- How To Get Through the Overgrown Tunnel Noxious Fumes
- How To Disable and Destroy Arcane Turrets
- How To Power the Arcane Tower Elevator
- How To Get to the Arcane Tower Basem*nt
- How To Rescue Volo
- How To Save the Goblin Sazza
- How To Rescue the Trapped Man
- How To Rescue the Gnome
- Where To Find the Missing Boots
- Where To Find Explosives
- How To Blind the Absolute
- Where To Find Philomeen’s Hiding Spot
- How To Open Rosymorn Monastery Doors
- How To Steal a Githyanki Egg
- How To Finish the Masterwork Weapon
- How To Rescue Wulbren and the Tieflings
- How To Find Arabella’s Parents
- How to Investigate the Selunite Resistance
- Where To Find Rolan in the Shadows
- How To Open the Owlbear Nest Gilded Chest
- How To Open the Ebonlake Grotto Guardian Gate
- How To Deliver Nere’s Head
- Where To Find Zevlor
- How To Enter Candulhallow’s Tombstones
- How To Kill Balthazar
Puzzles & Solutions:
- Enclave Library Wolf Statue Puzzle Guide
- How To Solve the Defiled Temple Stone Disk Puzzle
- How To Solve the Statue Plaque Puzzle in Reithwin Town
- Rosymorn Monastery Dawnmaster Puzzle Solution
- Inquisitor’s Chamber Statue Puzzle Solution
- Blood of Lathander Secret Chamber Puzzle Solution
- Grand Mausoleum Puzzle Solution
- Gauntlet of Shar Umbral Gem Puzzle Solution
- Gauntlet of Shar Soft-Step Trial Puzzle Solution
- Gauntlet of Shar Self-Same Trial Puzzle Solution
- Gauntlet of Shar Faith-Leap Trial Puzzle Solution
- Silent Library Riddle of the Night Puzzle Solution
- Necrotic Laboratory Brain Puzzle Solution
- Bernard Answers and Loot Guide
Spells:
- How To Use Selune’s Dream Cantrip
- How To Use Divination Spells
- How To Use Tasha’s Hideous Laughter
- How To Use Acid Spells
- How To Use Crusader’s Mantle
Conditions:
- Frenzied Strain Condition Guide
- How To Cure Blindness
- How To Cure Bane Condition
Items:
- How To Get Champion’s Chain
- How To Use Onyx Gemstones
- How To Use Spoon of Saltiness
- How To Use Planetar Feather
