Fire Agate Gem

Gems CMISC16 Description image BG1.png
Item
Type	Gem
Weight	0 lb
Acquisition
Area	See Locations
Obtained from	See Locations
Special
Stack size	20
Other
Item value	10
Technical information
Item code	MISC16

Fire agates are gems in Baldur's Gate and Shadows of Amn.

Often found in the possession of inhabitants of the Sword Coast or citizens of Amn – either in their pockets or hidden at home –, for the weary traveler they serve only one purpose: being sold to a merchant, and thus funding the next night's rest.

Description

“	Fire Agate is the name given to chalcedony which contains thin lines of iridescent goethite. When properly cut, the iridescence displays red, brown, gold, and green hues, and the finest specimens are partly translucent.	”
— Fire Agate Gem

Locations

In all games, fire agate gems can be found as random treasure.

Baldur's Gate

In the original Baldur's Gate, it's possible to find or steal 14 gems at fixed locations and to pick pockets (or murder) for another 1.
A further 1 might be stolen or looted in the Enhanced Edition, depending on how Gorion's Ward solves a certain quest, one of the possible new companions carries 1 fire agate around, one might even create a gem once per day.

• Beregost, first floor of the northernmost house: found in a locked⁽⁴⁵⁾ drawer, together with a spear and 13  ^{(AR3339 | 349.88)}
• Kagain's Shop:
  • found, together with 58 , in the barrel to the left of the counter (×2) ^{(AR3353 | 252.301)}
  • found, together with 73 , in the bag in the sideroom (×3) ^(510.146)
• Beregost, southwesternmost house: found in a locked⁽⁵⁰⁾ chest, together with some other gems ^{(AR3354 | 307.206)}
• Baldur's Gate:
  Enhanced Edition (2012)
  This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. Carried by Faltis,⁽¹⁰⁾ one of the three men involved in the Silke Dilemma
• Baldur's Gate:
  Enhanced Edition (2012)
  This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. Carried by Neera in her gem bag (×1)
• Nashkel Mines, third level: found in a crate in the eastern dead end ^{(AR5403 | 3705.774)}
• Gullykin, basement of the most central house: found in the desk, together with 11  ^{(AR4010 | 474.210)}
• Cloakwood Mines, third level: found in the first room of the corridor to the north:
  • behind the middle door of the wardrobe (×1) ^{(AR1802 | 959.827)}
  • in the drawer on the center of the northern wall (×3) ^(1231.802)
• Baldur's Gate, north: found in a table on the second floor of the house in the middle between Ramazith's Tower and the temple of Helm ^{(AR0013 | 302.352)}
• Baldur's Gate, east: carried by "Lady" Alyth Elendara,⁽⁵⁰⁾ the owner of the Elfsong Tavern ^{(AR0706 | 192.422)}
• Baldur's Gate:
  Enhanced Edition (2012)
  This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. May be created once a day by Baeloth Barrityl's Burden, though only with a certain chance

Shadows of Amn

Only about half the amount can be found in the successor Shadows of Amn: 7 in fixed locations and 1 to loot or to be picked.
The Enhanced Edition only adds further to the random treasure.

• Athkatla, Waukeen's Promenade: found in the bag in Cernd's former home ^{(AR0708 | 565.188)}
• Athkatla Slums: carried by the Slaver Guard⁽⁵⁰⁾ at the entrance to the Slaver Stockade ^{(AR0400 | 2837.774)}
• Athkatla, Bridge District: found on the table on the second floor of the Balthis Estate ^{(AR0528 | 213.314)}
• Athkatla Docks, Mae'Var's guildhall: hidden and locked⁽¹⁰⁾ in the wall behind a trap^{(50 | Agannazar's Scorcher)} on the second floor, at the eastern end of the training objects ^{(AR0303 | 1174.318)}
• Mae'Var's guildhall, third floor: found in the left one of two locked chests⁽⁶⁰⁾ in the backroom ^{(AR0304 | 826.274)}
• Athkatla Graveyard, lower tombs: hidden in a vase at the first crossing in the southern dungeons ^{(AR0802 | 534.1292)}
• Windspear Hills: found in a pile, right in the bottleneck that has to be passed to get to the entrance of Firkraag's Maze in the northeast ^{(AR1200 | 3632.1340)}
• Trademeet, Tiris' Home: found in the chest ^{(AR2006 | 173.149)}

Notes

• Baldur's Gate I & II Classic
  This icon indicates content from all original Baldur's Gate games, extensions included. Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition – Shadows of Amn (2013)
  This icon indicates content from the Shadows of Amn campaign of the Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition. As many other gems, the file for the fire agate gem, MISC16.itm, has a magical item ability attached. This, however, has no effect and is not present in the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.

Lore

• Fire agates belong to the category of ornamental stones, the least valuable stones to be found in the Realms. They are one of the several variants of chalcedony, named by their color.
• According to the underlying Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition ruleset, agates originally might serve as one possible material component for the spell Infravision. Material spell components, however, weren't implemented in the Baldur's Gate series.

Gallery

Artwork

Original Baldur's Gate I and Baldur's Gate II	Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition	Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear	Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition

Inventory

Ground

Original + BG:EE	BG:SoD + BGII:EE

External links

• Fire Agate Gem on the Icewind Dale Wiki, a wiki for the first Icewind Dale game.
• Fire agate on the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms.