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  • Speaking in Forked Tongues is a side-quest in Divinity: Original Sin 2
  • You can acquire this quest from the chest between two fire breathing statues in Stonegarden or speaking to the lizard in Rykers Mansion.
  • Suggested level: 11
  • Act 2

Walkthrough

  1. The Chest needs a password that you only can get from the lizard in Rykers Mansion.
    • You need a lizard with the Pet Pal talent and Scholar tag.
    • Alternative: Destroy the Chest by attacking it.
  2. The quest ends when the chest is open.

Journal

  • Ignored By Salamander
    We encountered a salamander in Ryker's house. It didn't seem to take a liking to us.
  • Salamander Unknown Lang
    We tried to speak with the salamander in Ryker's house, but spoke in a strange tongue that we were not familiar with.
  • Salamander Speaked
    We spoke with the salamander in Ryker's house. It seems that it can only speak in a rare lizard dialect thanks to its deceased former owner, a lizard.
  • Knows Burning Words
    The salamander told us the words that will unlock a burning chest that once belonged to its former master.
  • Secondary Knows Burning Word
    The salamander told us the words that will unlock a burning chest that once belonged to its former master... but it seems we are not the first one to receive this information.
  • Salamander Dead
    The salamander is dead.
  • Chest
    We have found a magically-locked chest that demands a password.
  • Chest Info
    We learned that the late former master of the Salamander had a magical chest that could only be unlocked by uttering a phrase from an ancient lizard dialect.
  • Chest Opened
    We managed to open the chest.
  • Close Left R C Secret
    We have departed from Reaper's Coast, without dealing with the salamander any further.
  • Close Left R C Chest
    We have left Reaper's Coast behind, and with it, the burning chest.