All Chests in the Mountain Fort in Gothic 1 Remake – Where to Find and How to Open Them

Mountain Fort is an abandoned fortress in Gothic 1 remake, where many chests are hidden. It is located in the southern part of the Colony and is guarded by ferocious harpies. The area is open for exploration at any time, but according to the story, the hero and his companions come to the ruins in the third chapter to retrieve a unit for the Supreme Commander. water circle mage Saturas.

Where is the mountain fort located?

The easiest way to reach the mountain fort is from the Old Camp or the Brotherhood. From the overpass leading to Orcish crypt, head south. This will lead you to a stone bridge with a Bridge Golem wandering across it. It guards the approach to the area associated with these missions:

• side quest from Santino Curiosities;
• story mission "Junior from the Mountain Fort".

Recommended do not take away unitor and the deed of sale for the land before the story passage of the location in the third chapter, because these actions cause bugs and often lead to softlock.

How to open all chests in the Mountain Fort in Gothic 1 Remake

Before you go exploring the location, make sure you are properly prepared:

1. Use the weapon с crushing damage type (only they can defeat the Bridge Golem) and bow/crossbow, unless you're learning magic (for fighting harpies). If you have a mount, you can run past it.
2. Buy at least 1 scroll with a common spell "Transformation into a Hornet" у merchant-mage (Torrez in the Old Camp, Kronos in the New Camp or Idol of Kadar (in the Swamp Camp). Without it, you won't be able to get to the chest behind the broken bridge.

   

   

3. Raise your mana to 10 or equip ring/amulet to increase it - to use the scroll of transformation you need from 10 manaIf you haven't visited the Ore Baron's Domain before, you'll find mana-boosting jewelry along the way, so there's no need to spend ore on it.
4. У mentor Study Theron movement skill "Climbing" - Without this skill you won't be able to reach the top of the tower.

Chests in the basement

Once you reach the main tower, turn left in the corridor. In a small storage room, you'll see a staircase—go down it to find yourself in the wine cellar.

There are two passages at the end of this room. First, take the one on the left: fight a group of skeletons and examine the corpse of a Sleeping Brotherhood acolyte to collect basement keyYou can pick it up even if you avoid combat. If you're low level, just run past the skeletons; it'll help significantly. learned skill "Acrobatics".

Now choose another passage—this will take you to the dungeon. Open the doors and examine the contents of the wooden crates:

• from the left one you will get a number of consumable items: iron wood ×1, leather strips ×4, arrow ×11, magical energy extract ×1 (a drink that restores 50 units of mana);
• From the right one you will take a piece of ore ×14, a scroll with the regular spell "Beacon" ×2, a healing essence ×2 (a drink that heals for 50 units of health), an amulet of magic (gives +30 units to mana).

Chest on the second floor balcony

Return to the main corridor with the long red carpet and head toward the spiral staircase. When you reach the balcony, turn right immediately. There's an unlocked chest on the landing, which contains:

• parchment ×5;
• Elixir of Magical Energy ×1 (restores 70 MP).

Chest in the library

Continue climbing. You'll soon reach the entrance to the dining room, where you'll see an unusual painting. It depicts the Colony's wild creatures in a precise order: swamp gobbler → wolf → mole rat. With this in mind, head to the library.

Here, near the music stand, there is a box containing a small number of consumables: lockpick ×1, beer ×2, torch ×1.

Chests in the laboratory

Solve the bookcase puzzle: interact with the bookcases containing the swamp-eater, wolf, and mole rat statues in sequence. This will reveal a secret passage behind the fireplace leading to the alchemy lab. This room contains two chests.

The contents of the first box are drinks that restore HP: essence for 50 ×4, extract for 70 ×2, elixir for 100 ×1.

From the second wooden storage, take out the jars that fill the magical energy scale: extract 50 ×2, elixir 70 ×1, essence 30 ×3.

Breaking the first box (levels "no skill" и "master"):

The process of breaking the second lock on video:

Chest in the attic

Climb the stairs to the next level of the location. You'll find another crate in the attic. Inside are some useful consumables: Lockpick x3, Arrow x4, Bolt x9, Torch x3.

Chest in the bedroom

Jump down through the huge hole. There's a fork in this area: the left one leads to the ore baron's bedroom, the right one leads to the continuation of the spiral staircase, where you'll need skill climbing.

There's another passage in the chambers—it leads to a small room with a shelf and a chest. It can be opened with a special key found in box at the top of the towerInside you'll find a Royal Guard's armor, parchment x3, and a piece of ore x12.

Chest at the top of the tower

To reach the top floor of the mountain fort, take a different path (there's a crate next to it containing 11 pieces of ore). Near the wall press "F"to use Climb and reach the higher hole.

Continue climbing, killing harpies along the way. You'll soon reach a chest with a hard-to-lock lock.

The reward will be:

• key to the chest, located in the baron's chambers;
• Healing extract ×3 (heals 70 units);
• Ring of Enlightenment (gives +30 to max health and +30 to max mana);
• rune with the normal spell "Fist of the Storm" (requires 4th circle of magic);
• One-handed sword "Bringer of Victory" (+46 cleave, requires 36 strength).

If you encounter difficulties, watch the video:

Chest behind the destroyed bridge

To get this crate, return to the attic and climb out through the hole onto the roof. From here, you'll see an area with a statue of the gods.

Place the "Hornet Transformation" scroll on your panel. Make sure you can use it—it requires 10 mana (if you don't have enough magical energy, use the Amulet of Magic or Ring of Insight found earlier).

1. Activate the spell. When you become a hornet, hold down Space to gain altitude.
2. Then accelerate with "Shift" and glide towards the chest.
3. Once you're in place, drop down (press "C" to do this) and cancel the spell effect (press "LMB" by default).

Solution algorithm for minimum and maximum hacking levels:

From the last chest, located behind the broken bridge in the Gothic remake, you will get:

• Potion of Superiority (gives +4 strength and +4 dexterity);
• combat crossbow (+120 pierce, requires 80 dexterity);
• ironwood ×1;
• bolt ×10.

If you encounter problems, you can check your actions against the video:

If you don't want to miss other secrets, use interactive map, where all the points of interest and collectibles of the Valley of Mines are marked.