Neverwinter Nights Main Campaign Chapter 2 Walkthrough
Chapter 2 starts you out in the town of Port Llast inside of Kendrack's Barracks. The first thing you'll need to do here is speak with Aribeth and Aarin Gend to start The Search for the Cult quest and update it. Also, you can start Aribeth's Tale or Aarin's Tale depending on your character's sex.
For the first part of this chapter the overarching story quest is going to be The Search for the Cult. In order to advance the story forward you will need to collect 3 "good" pieces of evidence and show them to Aribeth. Showing her 3 pieces will reveal that the cult headquarters is in Luskan and allow you entry into the city.
In my experience the items you get from people who ambush you (Soloman, Vardoc, Neva) aren't enough to convince Aribeth of anything. You'll need to obtain Ganon's, Relmar's and the Charwood Journal to advance the story. When you return all 3 of these journals that mention Luskan as the base of operations you'll trigger an update in the quest and also be allowed into Luskan.
I would describe Chapter 2 as the side quest chapter of this game for the most part. The Search for the Cult is a very loosely organized quest and it seems to be designed specifically for you to spend a lot of time running around doing side quests. With that in mind, it's really entirely up to you what order you'd like to tackle the side quests in and how many you'd even like to do.
Below you'll find a complete list of all the quests you encounter throughout Chapter 2. To learn more about a specific quest simply click on the link to be taken to that page.
Main Quests:
Side Quests:
Charwood: The Village of Eternal Night
East Road: A Troll Head Trophy
East Road: The Simpleton's Mother
Neverwinter Wood: The Druid's Circle
Neverwinter Wood: The Missing Druids
Neverwinter Wood: The Spirit of the Wood
Neverwinter Wood: The Witch's Mirror
North Road: Mutamin's Challenge
Port Llast: Five Tomes of Imaskar
Port Llast: The Serpent's Gems
Port Llast: The Werewolf Hunter
South Road: Closing Wanev's Portal
South Road: Peter and the Wolves
Henchman Quests:
When you are ready to proceed to Luskan you'll want to advance The Search for the Cult far enough to unlock Luskan. To do this you'll have to bring 3 conclusive pieces of evidence to Aribeth in Port Llast; once you've done this she'll update your quest and unlock Luskan.
You can find the gate leading into Luskan by following the North Road map as far north as you can go. The gates leading into Luskan will be found on the North Road - Green Griffon Inn map; use my map in the screenshot above if you need help locating this place.
Important: Make sure you finish all of the quests that you want to finish before proceeding into Luskan! Once you enter Luskan you will never be able to return to this portion of Chapter 2; this is a one way trip.
Once you're inside Luskan you should do some exploring as there are a few side quests that you can pick up and complete here. A list of all these side quests is found below, follow their links to learn more about them. When you're ready to advance the story forward you'll want to complete The High Captains quest.
Luskan: Colmarr's Fantabulous Contraptulator
Luskan: Erb's Delicate Problem
Each of the 2 High Captains in Luskan will have a High Captain's Seal which is found in a chest in the same room they are in. When you return the High Captain's Seal to Aarin Gend in the Temple of Tyr he'll forge the documents you need to access the Host Tower. For more details about this part of the quest be sure to check out The Search for the Cult quest walkthrough.
The Host Tower is a pretty large dungeon, there are 10 floors in total if you count the bottom floor and the pinnacle. I cover the story aspects of this dungeon on The Search for the Cult walkthrough page. For this guide the only thing I will say is I highly recommend you explore this entire dungeon as there is lots of EXP to be had and over a dozen magical items you can find throughout.
Once you witness Aribeth becoming a Blackguard all that's left is to return to Aarin Gend and speak with him to complete Chapter 2. Head on over to my Chapter 3 Walkthrough to continue with the game's main story!
Continue to Chapter 3 Walkthrough