The main floor of the Aquatic Museum of Wyrm's Tooth is an optional map in the Icewind Dale game.
Description[]
This is the main hall of the ancient Aquatic Museum, containing exhibits of various sea creatures frozen in ice:
- a huge whale (central floor display)
- two sharks (floor display near the entrance)
- a giant squid (floor display in the bottom-right)
- jelly fish (floor display on the left)
- various fish, turtles, etc. (wall exhibits)
Now, the frost salamanders under Kerish's command have made this their base of operations. Together with their pets, they roam this entire level – except for the temperature control room in the top-left corner, which is too warm for them to survive.
Bodies of unarmed humans litter the corridors, attesting to a slaughter that occurred here.
Exits[]
| Bottom-right hallway: | back to the main outdoors map |
|---|---|
| Bottom staircase: | down to the basement library |
Plot[]
Strictly speaking, your party does not have to enter this map in order to complete the Icewind Dale main quest – only the connected basement library is relevant to the plot.
However, it is worth coming here for the optional content.
NPCs & quests content[]
When you first enter the map, one of the unnamed frost salamanders initiates dialog, and insists on taking you to their leader, Kerish.
The salamander king Kerish stands in the top-right corner. Talking to him starts the side-quest:
- The slaves and the salamanders (up to 320,000 exp)
In the last corridor on the left side of the map, an unnamed frost salamander and the human thief Vera are involved in the side-quest:
- Shadows and whispers (80,000 exp)
The unnamed frost salamander by the whale display in the center has some nice flavor dialog. The remaining monsters don't have much to say.
Enemies[]
Initially, all the monsters on this map are neutral towards the party. But they turn hostile when you complete The slaves and the salamanders the "good" way, or if you simply force-attack one of them.
There are 51 monsters on Core Rules and below, and 65 on Hard and Insane:
| Creature type | Count | Loot | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Wolf (lvl 6) | 8 | minor loot | |
| Greater Ice Troll (lvl 7) | 16 | minor loot
| |
| Frost Salamander (lvl 8) | 8 | minor loot
| |
| Frost Salamander (lvl 9) | 8 | minor loot
| |
| Frost Salamander (lvl 10) | 10 | (24 on Hard/Insane) | minor loot
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| NPC: Kerish (lvl 12) | 1 |
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Traps[]
None.
Lootable containers[]
None.