The Thorm Mausoleum in BG3 is a shrine to Ketheric Thorm. The place might not seem like much at first, but that’s before you solve a button puzzle to reveal the Mausoleum’s true scope.
There is a specific puzzle to solve in this area to reach the inside of the Mausoleum as each button in the room under a painting need to be pressed in a specific order. Read on to solve the first secret of the Thorm Mausoleum.
Steps to solve Thorm Mausoleum button puzzle in Baldur’s Gate 3
Thorm Mausoleum button puzzle is one of the easier puzzles in Baldur’s Gate 3. If your characters didn’t pass the perception checks to reveal any of the buttons, we recommend reloading your save and then trying again. Without passing the checks, you won’t be able to press the buttons.
The paintings have names, Grief, Moonrise Towers, and General. The order of the buttons in the Thorm Mausoleum puzzle is Moonrise Towers, Grief, General. Read below for more details.
Here is the order you need to press the buttons for the Thorm Mausoleum puzzle in BG3:
- If you’re standing and facing the lone painting on the northernmost wall, you need to press the button on your left first. This is located under the painting of Moonrise Towers.
- Next, press the button on the left. This is of Ketheric Thorm kneeling down at an altar, or the painting called Grief.
- Finally, press the button under the large portrait of Thorm at the backside of the room, or the painting called General.
Pressing the buttons in this order will reveal an illusory wall behind the portrait of Thorm that you are currently standing next to. Head through the painting to find a Traversal Gem, which leads you to an entirely new area in Baldur’s Gate 3.
Before heading there. we recommend having Shadowheart in your party since this new area is all about her.
