Free the Artist

Free the Artist is a quest in Chapter One's of Baldur's Gate 3. It can be started by speaking with Oskar at the Zhentarim Basement. It cannot be completed until Chapter 3. There are multiple ways to free Oskar from the Zhentarim.

This quest cannot be completed in Patch 9 of the Early Access.

Objectives

Objectives and journal entries may vary pending player decisions and outcomes.

• Help Oskar escape.
  • We met Oskar, an artist captured by the Zhentarim. He begged us to help him escape, promising that his patron will reward us handsomely.
  • We told Oskar we'd rescue him. Now to figure out how.
  • Brem agreed to sell us Oskar for a hefty sum of gold.
  • If passed persuasion check: It took some convincing, but we got Brem to lower the price.
  • If you chose to purchase Oskar: We bought Oskar from Zhentarium. We should tell him the good news.
  • If you chose to persuade for his release: We persuaded the Zhentarim that Oskar was more trouble than he was worth. They let him go.
  • Oskar told us his story. Caught up in a romantic scandal with a patriar of Baldur's Gate, he fled his engagement to her.
• Look for Oskar in Baldur's Gate.
  • Oskar left for Baldur's Gate. Who knows, maybe we'll see him there.
• To be continued at the first release.

Notes

• The player does NOT need to pay the additional 200 gold when freeing Oskar in order for him to show up in Baldur's Gate and continue the questline, the extra 200 gold is for changing around companion reputation.