Where is the Thorm Mausoleum in Baldur’s Gate 3?

Near the end of Baldur’s Gate 3’s second act, presuming you’re trying to accomplish everything you can in one playthrough, you’ll eventually find yourself looking for Thorm Mausoleum. It’s the prologue to what is a pretty lengthy and admittedly difficult dungeon, Shar’s Gauntlet. 

But, it would be an understatement to say that the shadowlands are labyrinthine in nature, and you might have a difficult time finding your way to this decrepit area. Read on to learn the precise location of Thorm Mausoleum, and in turn, Shar’s Gauntlet.

Where is Thorm Mausoleum?

I mentioned it earlier, but Thorm Mausoleum is located at the most northeastern point of the shadowlands, directly north of the House of Healing, where you (might have) taken out Malus Thorm, and directly northeast of the Mason’s Guild. In order to reach this area, you’ll have to locate and cross a bridge into Reithwin Town. 

If you haven’t been in this area before, you’ll encounter Raphael again, who will warn you about a particularly tough battle you can attempt once you make it to Shar’s Gauntlet. Use this as your waypoint — if you see the cutscene with Raphael, you’re literally right there. Just follow the path and you’ll arrive in Thorm Mausoleum.

How to solve the Puzzle in Thorm Mausoleum?

Once you’ve made it into Thorm Mausoleum, you’ll be faced with a particularly easy challenge, so long as you know what you’re doing. In the northernmost room will be an empty coffin surrounded by traps of all types, and three elegant paintings with buttons underneath them, in the shape of a triangle (two on either side of the entrance and one in front of you).

The idea here is to press the painting buttons in a particular order, but it can get tricky if you don’t disarm the traps first, so do that. Once that’s done, redirect your sights on determining the correct order to press the buttons. You can find a STAINED BOOK in the alcove to the right of the Mausoleum’s entrance that will give you a hint: ‘From splendour, to tragedy, to infamy.’

Return to the room with the paintings and look at each; in my experience, my character would comment on each painting, giving me an idea of which is splendour, which is tragedy, and which is infamy. I am unclear if this line is triggered merely by approaching the painting or by pressing the buttons. You’ll notice each painting has a name, which will help us to determine the correct order: Moonrise Towers, Grief, and finally General. 

It’s important to note that the buttons are a little finicky; make sure they are highlighted white before you interact with them, because that’s the only way they’ll recognize you’ve pressed them. Also, if you input the incorrect order, the entire room will fill with black fog that inflicts damage, and it won’t go away — I had to just hurry up and press the buttons in the right order after I messed it up once. It was particularly stressful, but upon the correct order being input, the doors next to the General painting will open, revealing a path to Shar’s Gauntlet.