Rugan Restored - A Sweet Sight

⭐ ⭐ (373 endorsements) 📥 136,141 downloads 📌 v1.0.0.18 📅 7/4/2025
🟠 Updated over a year ago

By Nikjima · Miscellaneous

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 7/11/2025 📅 Created: 7/4/2025

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  • 👍 0.3% endorsement rate
  • 🏆 #24 of 122 Miscellaneous mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

Restores cut/bugged content for Rugan the Zhentarim, allowing him to appear in Act 3

Also available in the ingame Mod Manager via mod.io.

This mod restores some lost Rugan content - namely he will now appear in act 3!  No more disappearing after Act 1 after promising us a drink!  Sadly, he will not appear at the Elfsong as promised, but instead at the Guild hall with the other Zhents.

In good news though, there is a full conversation you can have with him, with dialogue options and even a dice roll to persuade him to leave his post.  He will head to the bar upstairs if you do so - that drink's so close you can almost taste it.

Rugan will only appear in Act 3 if the following requirements are met:

  • []You got rid of the Gnolls at the cave in act 1, and Rugan survived the encounter.

    []You did not take the locked chest/flask from him, and let him deliver it to Zarys in peace. (if he got tortured by the other Zhents and you have to free him he goes into hiding and will not appear in Act 3.)

    []You don't kill him in the Zhent hideout in Act 1, he must be alive to appear.

A new save is not needed, this will even work on saves when you've already been to the Guild hall, however if you load a save where the Zhents had already turned on the Guild, and the Guild won, Rugan will spawn in as hostile, you cannot speak with him in this instance and he will perish. :(

Notes for the dialogue itself:

  • []He has a unique dialogue option for rogues.

    []If you speak to him while he's moving between his original spot and the bar, he'll just stand there for a long while, he's not broken and eventually gets moving again.

    []If you don't try to convince him to leave his post during the first conversation, you cannot try to do so later.

    []If you do not convince him to leave his post before the Zhentarim turn on the guild, he will be involved in the battle and will die with the other Zhents if you side with the Guild.  If you convince him to abandon his post beforehand, he will sit it out and survive, regardless of the outcome.

Compatibility:

To create this I had to override the following OSI scripts, so this mod will not be compatible with other mods that alter them:

  • []Act3b_LOW_Guildhall

  • GLO_ZhentAgent001

    This mod was made using the official BG3 toolkit, so will not be compatible with versions of the game prior to patch 7/8.

    Credits:

    wingsofhegemon and Mouch30 for their invaluable help testing the mod

    The BG3 CMTY modding server, for moral support

    Mods used for my Tav:

    Tav's Hair Salon

    Horns of Faerun

    The dress is a private mod which will not be made publically available.  It was made by the talented Arideyya.

    If you'd like to see WIPs and posts about planned projects I now have a free Patr

📊 Mod Details

Game
Baldursgate3 Mods
Author
Nikjima
Version
1.0.0.18
Downloads
136,141
Endorsements
373
Category
Miscellaneous
Created
7/4/2025
Updated
7/11/2025

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