Lieutenant badges

The six lieutenant badges are the insignias of Poquelin's lieutenants in the Icewind Dale game.

Purpose

They were given to the lieutenants by Revered Brother Poquelin as a token of his authority.

During the main quest of Icewind Dale, the party must acquire these badges in order to confront Revered Brother Poquelin.

List

	Badge	Main quest step
	Krilag's Badge	chapter 4 ► Getting Krilag's badge (35,000–91,000 exp)
	Joril's Badge	chapter 5 ► Getting Joril's badge (80,000–340,000 exp)
	Marketh's Badge	chapter 6a ► Getting Marketh's badge (150,000 exp)
	Malavon's Badge	chapter 6a ► Getting Malavon's badge (337,500 exp)
	Maiden Ilmadia's Badge	chapter 6a ► Getting Maiden Ilmadia's badge (225,000 exp)
	Brother Perdiem's Badge	chapter 6a ► Getting Brother Perdiem's badge (150,000 exp)

Optimal quest order

The six main quest steps for getting the badges (see table above) can be completed in any order.

It makes sense to complete the chapter 4 and chapter 5 ones when the party travels through those chapter's areas anyways, to avoid having to backtrack.

For the four chapter 6a ones, the side-content of the respective areas comes into consideration:

Detailed considerations

There is only one piece of side-content that requires visiting two lieutenant badge areas in a specific order: Order Benefit Marketh before Malavon Golem Building Book from Marketh's Palace is required for Commanding Malavon's golems [EE only] (up to 45,000 exp) while confronting Malavon. In all other cases, the order in which you visit the lieutenant badge areas merely affects how soon you get access to cross-area side content, how easy that content is to discover, and how much you have to walk back and forth for it: Order Benefit Marketh early Sack of Potatoes from Marketh's Palace is required to unlock the optional content starting in the Oubliette of the main cavern: Food for Tarnelm (80,000 exp) Finding the hidden gnome camp Rescuing Guello (80,000 exp) Restoring the arboretum ► items 3+4 (168,000 exp) Malavon early Oil of Null Effect from Malavon's Dome is required in Marketh's Palace to complete: Freeing Ginafae from Malavon's curse (80,000 exp) Seeds from Malavon's Dome are required to complete: Restoring the arboretum ► item 2 (150,000 exp) Brother Perdiem early Completing The Voice of Durdel Anatha in the Fallen Temple is a prerequisite for finding Pale Justice +4 in the Artisan's District. [EE only]