The Jungles of Chult – Demon Stone

This guide will help you complete The Jungles of Chult, Chapter Five of Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone.

The Jungles of Chult Walkthrough

When you arrive in the Jungles of Chult, the explosion emerging from Khelben’s tower will destroy this side of the portal – thus sealing the characters in an unknown region of the dense primeval forest. Before you can ponder the fate of Khelben, however, Illius is attacked by a Shambler and Rannek and Zhai are forced to defend themselves. When you’ve bested all the nearby creatures, Illius will regain consciousness and use his divination skills to determine that the Demon Stone you’re after can be found to the East.

Move down the next path to find even more of the beasts awaiting your arrival. If you find yourself taking a lot of damage, use any of the characters’ ranged attacks to bust open the healing plants hanging from the foliage above. Not much farther down the path, your way will be obstructed by a large web, from which several small spiders will drop down to attack the party. Kill them (and the Shambler just beyond), then proceed a little further to find an old dilapitated building.

After you break down the double doors, more spiders will descend upon the party and both Illius and Zhai will be “webbed” against the wall, forcing you to take the role of Rannek to free them. Keep the spiders at bay as best you can while offering your party members assistance by simply hacking away at the webs that have immobilized them. Once Zhai is free, use her to jump up to the second floor while Rannek and Illius take care of the spiders. Not only can you reach additional spider sacs and healing plants, but you can score a book and a chest filled with gold up here. You’ll also want to ransack all five barrels on the main floor for their gold before killing the last of the spiders. Once all spiders are dead, the three companions will be dropped down through the floor to a level filled with Shambler and more spiders.

This floor has a large water wheel and gear system that can be used to your benefit. If you’re having trouble with any of the Shamblers, simply push them into the churning waters and watch them be ground into the gears. There are a handful of barrels and another chest to search here, then prepare for a quick onslaught from the first Yuan-ti of the game through the large door at the end of the room. Take down all of the Yuan-ti that emerge from the river just beyond and then use a ranged attack to drop the last Yuan-ti on the other side of the water. The three adventurers will then attempt to use a rope to pull a raft across the river, but will be attacked and forced to travel the rapids downstream.

During the first leg of the river ride, you will be constantly assaulted by Shamblers that emerge from the river. Even though the foes will keep you occupied, there will be times when you’ll be forced to hack a rope obstacle out of the way to keep the raft moving. After traveling down the river a ways, you’ll float underneath a bridge and be forced to use ranged attacks to take out the creatures firing down upon you. Make sure you find time to burst the healing plants, though, otherwise you may find your characters running very low on health.

The last leg of the river ride will take you through a cavern filled with spiders. Once you’ve hacked through the first web obstacle to keep the raft moving, a huge queen spider will crawl across the ceiling toward your raft. She fires poisonous globules at your party, and although they can be blocked, you’re also going to have to attend to the smaller spiders dropping down on you as well. You can only reach the queen with ranged weapons, so use up Rannek and Zhai’s ammo supply and then finish her off with Illius’ best combat spell. Once you’ve bested the queen, the raft finally reaches a shoreline at the end of the cavern and you’ll be set to begin Chapter 6.