Mind Flayer's colony question

[nub]

Could I return to the Shadow Cursed lands after drop down to Mind Flayer's colony area? Because I didn't finish everything in the shadow cursed lands.

[kbiz]

It's a point of no return.

[nub]

I was gonna come back to Shadow Cursed lands to beat the archers after leveling up more because they'r level 9 and I'm level 8 and they're too difficult to beat.

[nub]

Do I miss much if I don't beat them?

[nub]

Any help?

[EricHVela]

There are many things that close off. Which archers?

There are scattered enemies that aren't tied to anything storywise who will still be there after.

There are many story-specific people who'll either move or just become unavailable.

[nub]

The ones I'm talking about are the veteran archers. Some have crossbows.

[Simple Kind of Man]

only lvl 8!??!?!? on the way out of act 2 is waaaay to fast

i am lvl 8.5-9 when i GO to act 2

[Jaeleth]

Originally posted by nub:

Could I return to the Shadow Cursed lands after drop down to Mind Flayer's colony area? Because I didn't finish everything in the shadow cursed lands.

I think that the point of no return is a bit back, BEFORE you went to Moonrise towers to confront Ketheric. When you enter Shadowfell to face Balthazar and release or kill Aylin the whole world changes and you might not finish those quests. So ask yourself if it is worthy to get THAT back.

[Chaosolous]

It's a point of no return. I'm pretty sure it explicitly tells you that when you click on the hole.

[Pat Fenis]

You can do more shadowlands after, but once you go to baldur's gate there is no return.

[nub]

Wait so I can go back before Baldur's Gate or I can't? There's mixed answers.
If I can go back, how could I go back?

[Maraxus]

You go back to SL before going to BG but as far as what quests you can do in that time before you go to BG I am not really sure... you can still visit the inn and such though.

[nub]

I wanna level up and come back to beat the veteran archers.

[Duetzefix]

Originally posted by Quis sum? Solus sum.:

i am lvl 8.5-9 when i GO to act 2

I was level 7 when I went to Act II, and I did everything before that. Where did that XP come from, did you just kill every single neutral or friendly NPC as well as the enemies?

Originally posted by nub:

I wanna level up and come back to beat the veteran archers.

I don't think anyone here knows who "the veteran archers" are supposed to be. If you need help with specific enemies you need to be specific enough so we can know what encounter specifically you are talking about.

Also, yes, after you did the Oubliette and fought against Ketheric Thorm you enter a portal that takes you to Moonrise Towers. From there the Shadowlands are open to you again so you can finish quests that you didn't finish before fighting the act boss.
Some quests cannot be successfully finished by that point if you didn't finish them before the cut-off point. But the cut-off point was when you entered the Shadowfell at the end of Shar's Gauntlet, which was quite some time ago.

[nub]

The name is Ch'r'ai Tska'an. She's the leader of the group.