Baldur's Gate 3: How to Find and Use the Chest of the Mundane (BG3)

Magical in more ways than one

The Underdark is full of oddities. Glowing drow swords, blue trees that sap your magic, talking mushrooms. But sometimes, the most mundane things are the most magical. And that’s certainly the case for the Mundane Chest, which also doubles as a Bag of Holding. Here’s how to find the Mundane Chest in Baldur’s Gate 3.

If you’ve found your way into the Underdark, there’s a very good chance you’ve encountered the well guarded Arcane Tower. This magical fortress has turrets out of the wazoo. And yet breaking through its defenses is well worth your time.

Especially if you want the Mundane Chest, which happens to be on the first-floor balcony, to the right. And if you’re a coordinates type of person, just head to X:37, Y:265.

To get to this balcony, you’re going to have to sneak past the magic turrets guarding the Arcane Tower, which can’t be destroyed by normal means. Fortunately, there are quite a few ways to do this.

I opted to ungroup my characters and have only one of them sneak in. I made this even easier for myself by using the spell Invisibility to avoid detection. If you don’t have Invisibility or Misty Step to help you navigate around the turrets, you can also enter turn-based mode and then press ‘c’ to crouch. By staying aware of the red zones, you can dash to cover and avoid any fire from the Magic Turrets.

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Once you’re at the Arcane Tower, you’ll need to find your way in. Fortunately, you don’t have to burst through the front door. There’s a perfectly good window open to the left you can jump through.

Unfortunately, the first floor also has its fair share of turrets. Continue avoiding them however you like, then find the balcony door to your right. On this balcony, you’ll find the Mundane Chest.

When you approach the chest, you’ll get a perception check. Pass it, and you’ll note that it’s absolutely steeped in magic. And while it isn’t apparent when you open it up (it looks like it’s filled with absolute rubbish), the magic happens when you loot it.

Everything you take from the chest will reveal its true form in your inventory. The real contents of the Mundane Chest are a Scroll of Protection from Evil and Good, Mystra’s Grace boots, Scroll of Mage Armour, a Gold Ingot, and a Hearthlight Bomb.

The Mundane Chest also offers one other utility. It reduces the weight of everything in it to a weight of .05. And if you’re hoarding every item you come across, this is exceptionally useful. But note there is a weight limit. I hit it after shoving 125 items into it, at which point it stopped reducing the weight of the items inside.

Once you’ve reached that point, it’s a good idea to find a merchant. Or start using your other characters as loot mules. Sorry, Lae’zel!

To do this, you just need to pick up the Mundane Chest, which weighs 20kg, and add it to your inventory. From there, select the items in your inventory that you want to store and drag it over the chest. You can fit a seemingly infinite amount of items within.

So, go ahead and loot to your heart’s content! But while you’re in the Arcane Tower, you might as well head into the super secret basement for even more magical goodies.

A lawyer turned game journalist, Daphne Fama spends an inordinate amount of time playing games across the spectrum but she'll always have a soft spot for horror and JPRGs. Want to see all the best animal pictures the internet has to offer? Follow her on twitter at @DaphneFama.