In this guide, you will learn how to disable the Arcane Turrets and activate the Tower Elevator in Baldur’s Gate 3.
You must be careful about getting near the Arcane Turrets, as they will shoot you with blue energy beams for extremely high damage.
How to Disable the Arcane Turrets – BG3
On the grounds of the Tower, you will come across 2 Arcane Turrets blocking your path. These Turrets will only shoot if you are in their line of sight. Below are the following strategies you can take to get past them.
Disable the Turrets and Activate the Tower
Use Feather Fall to safely leap out of the West side of the building to the garden below, then pick up a Sussur Bloom from the glowing blue tree. Place the Sussur Bloom inside the Power Generator at the lowest level of the Arcane Tower.
This is the recommended strategy as it disables all Arcane Turrets and activates the elevator.
Destroy the Turrets
Use the giant rocks nearby as cover, then shoot the turrets to destroy them. The Arcane Turrets are weak to Lightning Damage. Consider the following abilities that do Lightning damage.
- Arrow of Lightning (rare magic ammunition)
- Breath weapon of a Blue Dragonborn
- Chromatic Orb (1st level spell)
- Lightning Bolt (3rd level spell)
- The Shocking Hands cantrip
- Witch Bolt spell (1st level)
The Arcane Turrets have no resistance to Bludgeoning or Radiant Damage.
If you reached level 5 and progressed Shadowheart’s cantrips, you can simply spam Sacred Flame on the turrets.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a role-playing game developed by Larion Studios and released in 2023 for PC, macOS, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.