The entire Gauntlet of Shar location in Baldur’s Gate 3 is complex and difficult to navigate, and few puzzles are more confusing than the one in the Silent Library. This area is easy to miss, but it’s essential to visit if you want to finish Shadowheart’s questline. If that’s not important to you, solving the puzzle still yields nice rewards.
Below, find out exactly how to solve the Silent Library puzzle in BG3.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Riddle of the Night: How to silence the Nightsong
The Silent Library is located one door down from the Faith-Leap Trial in the Gauntlet of Shar. This is one floor down from the first two trials, the Same-Step and Soft-Step. In the library, you will immediately be attacked by some masked enemies and the door behind you will be sealed off with some kind of magical barrier.
Defeat the enemies, which includes the glowing purple portal in the middle of the room, to move on with the puzzle. I actually recommend dealing with the purple portal first, as it can spawn enemies for you to defeat.
Once the enemies are done and dusted, you can head west in the library and unlock a giant gate that guards a smaller chamber. This chamber has a massive portrait of Lady Shar on the back wall and a pedestal in the middle of it. By interacting with the pedestal, you will hear the riddle, “What can silence a Nightsong?” and need to insert an item that answers that question.
Make sure that you mind all of the traps scattered around the room. Even after the enemies are defeated, those traps will stay behind. If you want to avoid a nasty bit of damage while exploring the room, make sure to disarm said traps.
The item you are looking for is a book called “Teachings of Loss: The Nightsinger.” This book is located on the north wall of the library, as seen in the screenshot below. Pick up the book after disarming the traps on the bookshelves and bring it back to the pedestal to insert it into the box that appears on your screen.
This will make the portrait of Lady Shar into an illusory wall, allowing you to go behind it and pick up the Spear of Night as well as a Dark Justiciar helmet. The spear has vital significance to Shadowheart, but any character can wield it. The sword plays a role in the upcoming quests with the Nightsong, so make sure to have it in your inventory at the least.
Here are the specific stats associated with the loot:
- Spear of Night
- 3-10 damage
- +1 weapon enchantment
- Shar’s Blessing: “If Shar allows it, use this spear to kill Nightsong.”
- Dark Justiciar Helmet
- +1 to Constitution Saving Throws
- Medium Armor
- Magical Durability: “The wielder has a +2 bonus to Saving Throws against spells.
- Covert Critical: “While obscured, the number you need to roll a Critical Hit while attacking is reduced by 1. This effect can stack
