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The Counting House
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The Counting House is a banking and storage facility located in the Lower City of Baldur's Gate in Act Three. It is found along the southern coast of the Lower City, between Flymm Cargo and Old Garlow's Place.
Related Quests
Obtaining a Bank Pass
To enter further into the bank, you must show a Bank Pass to Cashguard Captain Faril. You can purchase a Bank Pass from Head Clerk Meadhoney for a large sum of gold, or if you succeed in a 
or a passive Insight check you get the option to persuade him into giving you a "temporary" pass which is, in fact, just a normal pass, or just steal one from the Head Clerk's office upstairs, on a cabinet at X: -102 Y: -180. After proceeding through Aid the Underduke, you can also make a Persuasion, Intimidation, or Deception to convince Meadhoney to give you a pass.
The Bank Pass will get you access to the lower levels of the bank, including the safes and vaults.
Subregions
The Counting House - Vaults
The Counting House Safes are found after a right turn immediately after proceeding down the stairs and through the Vault Door at X: -91 Y: -158. Each safe is tucked behind an ornate iron door that cannot be interacted with; bypassing each requires teleportation, like 
, or intangibility effects, like 
, keeping in mind that locks cannot be picked while under the latter condition.
These safes each have a 
DC 20 Sleight of Hand check. The keys for these vaults follow the naming convention "Counting House Safe n°X Key".
| Safe | Details |
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| Safe n°1 |
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| Safe n°2 |
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| Safe n°3 |
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| Safe n°4 |
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| Safe n°5 |
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| Safe n°6 |
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| Safe n°7 |
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| Safe n°8 |
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Through the door directly opposite the Safes, on the left-hand side from the entry corridor, are the Counting House Vaults. Sigil circles protect each vault, teleporting would-be thieves back to the entryway should they pass above them, including flying or jumping over them. These circles can be bypassed with effects like , careful jumping around their edges, or by disabling them by pressing the button located at X: -963 Y: 797.[1]
These vaults each have a DC 25 Sleight of Hand check lock. The keys for these vaults follow the naming convention "Counting House Vault n°X Key".
| Vault | Details |
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| Vault n°1 |
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| Vault n°2 |
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| Vault n°3 |
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| Vault n°4 |
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| Vault n°5 |
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| Vault n°6 |
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The Counting House - High Security Vaults
At the deepest part of the Counting House, beyond a vault door requiring a DC 99 Sleight of Hand check, are the High Security Vaults. This "impossible" lock can be bypassed in numerous ways:
- Entering the passcode to open the door by walking over four of the nine pressure plates in a correct order. Reading
Flintdigger's Abridged Dwarven History (in the Head Banker's office on the top floor, at X: -93 Y: -181) hints at the password being 1-3-5-6.
- Unlimited attempts are allowed, so it's possible to brute force the passcode until all four symbols are entered in the correct order.
- As hinted in
Cleaning Staff Note at X: -947 Y: 789 and 
Counting House Vault Rules in the stack of scrolls at X: -958 Y: 772, creating an electrified surface and short-circuiting the lock. - Brute forcing
Thieves' Tools on the door until a critical success is rolled.
Venturing into the High Security Vaults for the first time will trigger a battle between Bhaal Cultists and Counting House workers, with the cultists always hostile. Winning the fight and speaking to head banker Rakath Glitterbeard will initiate the quest Return Rakath's Gold.
These high security vaults each have a DC 30 Sleight of Hand check lock and Enchanted Security which prevents Knock spells from opening them. The keys for these vaults follow the naming convention "High Security Vault n°X Key".
| Vault | Details |
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| High Security Vault n°1 |
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| High Security Vault n°2 |
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| High Security Vault n°3 |
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| High Security Vault n°4 |
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| High Security Vault n°5 |
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| High Security Vault n°6 |
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| High Security Vault n°7 |
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| High Security Vault n°8 |
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| High Security Vault n°9 |
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Notable Loot
Loot not found in a vault:
Amulet of Restoration - Can be found in a chest titled 'Private Stash' X: -85 Y: -185 in the eastern room down the very first flight of stairs.- Loading Dock Chest Key
Notable NPCs
Counting House Staff
Cashguard
Artillerist
Basher
Captain
Cashier
Clerk
Cultists of Bhaal
Death's Head
Invoker
Reaper
Customers
External links
- ↑ This button can be activated with a ranged attack.