Curious about the consequences of opening the Caravan Strongbox in Baldur's Gate 3? For those who don't know, this segment is part of the Find the Missing Shipment quest. Here you'll meet 2 Zhent employees, Rugan and Olly. You can help them deliver the Caravan Strongbox to the Zhentarim Hideout. However, there is another option that will allow you to obtain the chest. Since it was meant to be delivered to the Zhentarim Hideout, opening the chest will have consequences. Check out below whether or not you should open the Caravan Strongbox chest in BG3.

Opening the Caravan Strongbox will make the Zhentarim extremely unhappy, meaning you may lose all future quests and interactions with the Zhentarim people. Once you unlock the Caravan Strongbox with a Thieve's Tool, you'll receive some gold and an Iron Flask. Keep in mind that the box will still be considered open if you haven't collected the rewards. Also, the Caravan Strongbox will welcome an uninvited guest for you in Baldur's Gate 3. Basically, interacting with the Iron Flask will spawn a creature called a Spectator. And defeating the Spectator won't grant you anything special.

Additionally, you can choose to be noble and take the Caravan Strongbox to the Zhentarim Hideout. By doing so, a Zhentarim employee will be impressed and offer you to work for them. Also, Rugan and Olly will be tortured and killed, as they were the ones who were supposed to deliver the package.

You can also keep the Caravan Strongbox and split the winnings with the two Zhent agents in Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3). However, this will make all Zhentarim missions unavailable. Rugan and Olly's existence barely matters in the game, so you can go ahead and take the Strongbox to the hideout.