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Old 10-03-2004, 04:38 AM
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Underdark

Is it possible to go back to the Underdark once you've left? Meaning, could I leave some of the dungeons and come back to do them later?

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Old 10-03-2004, 05:39 AM
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Afraid not.
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Old 10-03-2004, 10:08 AM
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You can leave the dungeons and come back to them anytime you want, but once you're back on the surface (Underdark Exit, Elven Camp), there's no going back.
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Old 10-03-2004, 11:22 AM
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Why on earth not?

I do know that you can re-enter the antechamber of the Underdark - why not the lower reaches? Chateau Irenicus, the spellhold area & the Sahaugin city are the only ones you can't go back to, AFAIK.
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Old 10-03-2004, 04:39 PM
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I'm pretty sure you can come back into the underdark after you've left and do any of those 3 quests outside of the Drow city.
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Old 10-03-2004, 05:15 PM
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I'm pretty sure you can come back into the underdark after you've left and do any of those 3 quests outside of the Drow city.
Not so. I attempted that once, and found out that only the antechamber was available to you.
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Old 10-04-2004, 01:40 AM
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What?? I am almost certain that I have done it... I may remember wrong though.
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Old 10-04-2004, 06:12 AM
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Check it out yourself. You won't be able to return to either the main Underdark chamber, or the three side quest areas.
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Old 10-04-2004, 08:00 AM
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...but you can always go back with

CLUAConsole:MoveToArea("AR2100")

This may have some unintended side effects, although I don't think the main Underdark chamber or the side quest areas are problematic.
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Old 10-05-2004, 11:32 AM
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Just so you know, it *is* possible, and you don't even have to cheat. I left the Underdark (after having done every quest and raided every 'dungeon' in there), got interrogated by Elhan, dropped by Athkatla and returned. And not just to the ante-chambers, but the Underdark proper. Even went to have a chat with some deep-gnomes.

And if you were wondering, no, I did not cheat, nor am I using any mods.
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Old 10-05-2004, 05:44 PM
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Can't see how you did it, then, provided you ran no mods and had the requisite patches. There was a thread about this also up on the Bioware boards a number of years ago, and the consensus (confirmed by the developers) was that they deliberated made the area impossible to return to, later. They wanted people to feel as though the Underdark was a mission, while they were inevitably drawn back to finish things in the main city.
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Old 10-06-2004, 01:03 AM
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Second

I also went back, but that was because one of my people had been imprisoned in the beholder dungeon. I found a Freedom scroll from a Cowlie, and came back.

But then, my game has been buggy in other things, maybe this is just a happy bug?
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Old 10-06-2004, 04:10 AM
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As I said, I am almost certain that I have returned as well, I was looking to kill more drow I think.
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Old 10-06-2004, 08:12 PM
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I returned too... because I was looking for Solaufein (I told him to "Wait me here"). I just came back at the entrance of the Drow City, grabbed him, and head back to the surface. This was after the interrogation of the Elf.
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Old 10-09-2004, 09:56 PM
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. . .Fable is right. . .not possible unless you CLUA'd.
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