Question about story content (act 2)

[Cryptic]

So my friend and I have a playthrough and we are currently in the beginning of act 2. We went through the underdark and didn't realize that the mountain pass was also an option. We would like to explore the content there either way, so is it possible for us to go back and play through that area to see everything there? I believe we can just teleport back and then go there and explore. Is this correct? If anybody could help me out with this I would really appreciate it

[Cryptic]

Basically, what we are thinking and hoping is possible is that we would like to teleport back out of where we currently are and then just play through that area and then continue with the story later

[BeautifulFlowerField]

yes you don't get locked out of act 1 until the very very very end of act 2 as long as you don't take the portal at the end of "gauntlet of shar" dungeon you will still be able to access everything. once you go through there you will not be able to leave the shadow cursed lands, the mountain pass and act 1 area will be removed. you will also be warned again before entering the portal.. Besides that you can take all the time you want doing everything else.

[Pieshaman]

you can as long you not entered the shadowcurse lands, otherwise say bye bye to get dexterity gloves

[Cryptic]

Originally posted by BeautifulFlowerField:

yes you don't get locked out of act 1 until the very very very end of act 2 as long as you don't take the portal at the end of "gauntlet of shar" dungeon you will still be able to access everything. once you go through there you will not be able to leave the shadow cursed lands, the mountain pass and act 1 area will be removed. you will also be warned again before entering the portal.. Besides that you can take all the time you want doing everything else.

That really sucks. Yes, we are in the shadowlands right now. We have actually just gotten here.

Oh wait I think I misread. If we just got to the shadowlands, can we still go back?

[Cryptic]

If we just got to the shadowlands, can we still go back?

[BeautifulFlowerField]

Originally posted by Cryptic:

If we just got to the shadowlands, can we still go back?

Yes, what I'm saying is that once you go through the portal at the end of the shar dungeon you will be locked to ONLY the shadowlands until finishing act 2. As long as you don't finish the final dungeon of the shadowlands, you can continue traveling to the mountain pass and any act 1 area. You will be warned before progressing through the point of no return but it's pretty obvious, it's the end of the shar dungeon with a pool of water that warps you to the ending sequence of act 2. As long as you do not go into that portal at the end of the dungeon you will not be locked out of anything. the other poster is wrong, you don't get locked by just entering the shadowlands in fact you can complete 90% of it while still going freely back to mountain pass/act 1 areas. Larian did a terrible job of communicating this, they left in messages from EA that confuse the players and make them think they either can't do both underdark/grymforge and mountain pass or that they're soon to be locked out of act 1 areas when in reality act 1 and act 2 are basically merged until the last few boss fights. you shouldn't be receiving any kind of warning until you reach the end of the shar dungeon imo they should really patch that out.

[Cryptic]

Thank you so much for your answer and for actually giving us details. I am extremely happy to hear that we can go back and access that stuff. I think we are going to try that tonight