14 Insanely Cool Secrets You May Have Missed in Baldur's Gate 3
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Timestamps
00:00 Create this Hidden Act 3 Ring
00:41 Isobel’s Hidden Mind Flayer Parasites
01:23 V Rising
02:38 How to Speak with Bane
03:12 Secret Ability For Any Class Unlocked by a Book
04:14 The Strange NPC Nobody Finds Alive
04:54 The Second Dark Amethyst
05:42 Hidden Bonus Weapon Effect
06:35 Hidden Spell Interaction
07:09 Slay This Hidden Squad of Skeletons for Inspiration
07:40 Astarian’s Hidden Immunity
08:23 Ring of Protection (Without Bloodshed)
09:25 Hidden Treasure in the Iron Throne
10:13 Discover Each Companion’s Unique Desire
10:43 “It’s Taking Something You’ll Never Get Back…”
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Create this Hidden Act 3 Ring
First up is a ring that is actually created by combining two items together - the gemless ring, and the ringless gem. Most players probably miss creating this ring because one component of the ring, the ringless gem, can only be purchased from Ferg Droger, a trader who will only trade with you if Shadowheart is not in your party at Rivington in Act 3. Once you’ve purchased the Ringless Gem from Ferg, you can find the Gemless Ring on the corpse of a refugee on the cliffs in the northeast part of Rivington. Once combined, the ring that is created is called the Tarnished Ring. Unfortunately, even though the ring is uncommon, it grants no bonuses, and appears to have no use despite the effort required to assemble it.
Isobel’s Hidden Mind Flayer Parasites
Next up is Isobel’s Hidden Mind Flayer Parasites. Most players will probably not discover that Isobel can actually grant you 2 Mind Flayer Parasites, granting more Illithid powers. In order to get both these parasites, you’ll need to side with Balthazar and bring the nightsong to moonrise. By completing that quest, which awards a mind flayer parasite on its own, another quest is unlocked called Capture Isobel the Selunite Cleric. By successfully abducting Isobel, you’ll earn a mind flayer parasite as a quest reward. Then later on you will encounter her again when you fight Ketheric. When you win that fight, on her corpse you will actually find yet another mind flayer parasite - one that is only there if she was abducted.
Ask Bane For His Blessing
Next up is how to speak with Bane, the Black Lord. Did you know that if you cast Speak with Dead on Gortash you can actually talk with Bane, God of Tyranny, Hate, Strife and a member of the Dead Three? Previously this dialogue did not have a voice over but as of Patch 6 it now does. Bane tells you that by seeking power you make him eternal and options for dialogue include asking what you can do to earn his blessing, why did he ally with myrkul and bhaal, where are the steel watchers assembled, and telling him that you are no agent of his, that you seek power for proper ends, not for its own sake.
Secret Ability For Any Class Unlocked by a Book
And next up is a secret ability for any class which is unlocked by a book which causes AOE Fear and Bleed! This ability is unlocked by reading the book called “Regarding the Slayer”. By reading this book during a Dark Urge Playthrough and after obtaining the Slayer Form, you will learn a new ability called Piercing Growl. This ability causes bleeding and fear for 2 turns in a 30 ft cone area of effect. Targets can be saved from these conditions if they succeed a constitution saving throw, but bleeding gives disadvantage on CON saves, so it’s perfect for a bleed build if you have a wild heart barbarian using Tiger’s Bloodlust in the party. By reading this book you also gain a passive called Slayer Knowledge which Grants advantage specifically against a Slayer's Relentless Lunge, and Piercing Growl abilities. Despite what the tooltip says, it grants advantage against the entire ability, not just the Frightened status. This book can be acquired by saving Volo outside the Steel Watch Foundry in Act 3 and talking with him back at camp.
Zealot Krizt’s Hidden Mind Flayer Parasite
Next up is a very rare conversation you can have with Zealot Krizt, and did you know that if you slay Zealot Krizt, she drops a Mind Flayer Tadpole too? Found guarding the side entrance to moonrise towers, this guard is one that most players probably don’t ever talk to, since she is only there if it’s the first time you’re entering Moonrise Towers, and if you take the main entrance, Krizt won’t be at the side entrance anymore. In fact, once you enter moonrise towers, Krizt immediately will start walking towards Moonrise...
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I am so buying V Rising for sure, I could make Astarion be a vampire lord there. XD
Astarion is a vampire. Under 5th edition DnD rules that makes him undead. The fact that he doesn't have an undead tag in game is either a bug, or was done for story reasons to keep his vampirism secret.
It's definitely for a combination of "at least _pretend_ to keep it a secret", and gameplay. Being classed as Undead instead of Humanoid makes a LOT of differences, and is a little _too_ unique for a playable party member compared to the other playable Origins. So, for the most part, he's classed as a Humanoid, but since each Origin character has their own unique tag, some benefits to being undead/a vampire are baked into the "Astarion" tag, or at least that what appears to be happening.
Which is funny, because in the early access days they never let it slip that Astarion was a vampire spawn until he tells you (there were some hints, like how he'd take damage crossing running water).
In the full release it's right there in the character creation screen blurb about him, much less secret.
Perhaps it could be explained as a side effect of the tadpoles? I mean, he doesn't have the other vampire weaknesses when he's infected, like sensitivity to sunlight or flame.
I don't think there was any attempt to actually hide what Astarion is considering the player can select him as the MC. The not being technically undead is handwaved by the tadpoles. The tadpole is essentially turning off the negative effects of being a Vampire Spawn (save for the hunger) while allowing him to keep the bonuses associated with consuming blood.
It's because astarion is essentially the 5e dhampir race from Van Richten's, his bite feature is almost identical to theirs.
For the second to last one, if you bring Minsc his unique option is 'Minsc'
😂😂😂 I seem to remember another line he has elsewhere something like “I will be the Minsc-est Minsc that ever was” and then Boo squeaked in agreement
I did not know this one. Thank you for sharing.
Ferg will sell you the secret items if you specifically have Shadowheart in your party and had her kill the night song.
You can also pass a roll (persuasion I think) if she is not in you party to get the secret items.
@@WayBackWayBackHome that one is the one most people are familiar with(outside of accidentally losing out on him because SH is the resident guidance caster)
He will also sell you even if you have her in your party but separated and she's far away
@@danielvasquez9216 selling actually useful items still locked behind a persuasion check unless sh embraced shar.
For the Ring of Protection, you can also steal the idol after you deal with Kharga and the Shadow Druids. Confronting her and the Shadow Druids by investigating the place in the swamp stops the ritual.
Yeah, you just need to make sure you pick up the steal the idol quest (just don't do the stealin' yet) before dealing with Kagha. Unless it changed in a patch, Mol won't ask you to steal the idol if the ritual is already stopped.
The use of tadpoles and illithid powers not having steeper consequences was the biggest missed opportunity in an otherwise great game. I don’t know why it was changed so much from early access.
Don't also forget how Omeluum quest reward of "Mind-shielding ring" was changed from ring that blocks tadpole influence to Advantage against charm. It was such a sad change, when we as EA players through that ring would be very important in the long run of we wanted to be "pure"(and yes i finished all game on tactician with this ring and without even unlocking tadpole menu on release).
@@sanderkiki I totally agree! That was very disappointing. They had an incredible story telling mechanic with the choice to use or not use tadpoles and now it’s a lazy power up that you don’t even need to beat the game once you understand how to optimise combat. The choice to release Baldur’s Gate 3 as it was, massively unfinished in its story is very disappointing and one I feel Larian is responsible for not Wizards of the coast/Hasbro. Act 3 is very disappointing, the cut content shows throughout Act 2 as well but its very obvious in Act 3. Larian studio had my trust up till the point they said they were going to scrap the DLC and sequels they were working on for BG3 to work on new projects under their own IP, it’s heartbreaking news. It’s hard for me to look at Larian as a studio that values creativity and their audience above all when they make decisions like this. I would gladly pay double for the incredible story we were promised from data-mined content and what we saw in early access, I wish Larian would reconsider their choice for their fans. Baldur’s Gate 3 is an amazing game, truly the best game I have ever played but its so sad to say goodbye to its story and captivating characters ❤️🩹
@@empressofdestinyholy cow relax. The game took 6 years to make and is incredible as is. You want to wait 10 years for a game that is marginally better?
@@mitchz465 It is a great game, no doubt the the best we’ve had. However to spend 6 years on a games story and characters and then to release it as it is with so much cut content especially in Act 3 which feels very rushed is just sad. It hurts the fans the most that Larian has decided to not make DLC or expansions, I wish they would reconsider.
@@empressofdestiny i mean, also need to consider the logistics of relying on WOTC for Larian's future titles. Hasbro's management of WOTC has shown over the past year to be less than stable, with Larian even saying that the majority of WOTC team members they worked with have been fired over the past several years. Combined with the fact that Larian needs to pay Hasbro for permission to even use their IP as part of Baldurs Gate, I can understand why they felt it would be better to take the massive surge of popularity BG3 afforded them and focus their efforts on their own IP, where they don't need to pay royalties or be reliant on a team as fickle as WOTC. Of course it's not all on Hasbro, Larian said it was as much due to a lack of interest as working with WOTC, and Larian also almost never makes DLC's, with only one of their games created ever receiving one. It's very disappointing, I too love BG3, but Larian almost never makes DLC's for their games, and there are plenty of good reasons BG3 wasn't meant to be the exception. Sad, but understandable.
Astarion's undead tag also comes in handy if you let Balthazzar take the Nightsong and then fight him under Moonrise. The vats you need to escape from suck the life out of you, but he has a special line about the quirks of not being alive if you let him stay there a couple of turns
About the last thing on the list. The first time any character uses their tadpole influence and succeeds, that character gets the Illithid Persuasion ability for free. I've checked it on 5 separate plays, it always works. After my second play through I've always switched to a new character for each dialogue just for the free power. So when it says it's taking something you won't get back, it's actually giving you the ability. You can even do this before you've convinced that character to use their powers, and they will have it when you do convince them.
I was shure that every caracter can use that power once per long rest but now i can't say if it is true, probably heard this in some video on yt and never checked myself
Also, if you use the illithid powers in blighted village, there's actually a interaction with all your companions about the powers and one of the few instances where companions speak to one another which is pretty rare.
Illithid Persuasion is unlocked by default on all characters with a Tadpole. It's what _allows_ you to use the [Illithid] dialogue checks in the first place.
@@Blazieth the illithid powers is not the point. The point is the companion reply not just your dialogue input, but having ACTUAL conversation cutscene with other companions in the party. Throughout the game, the only time companions talk to each other usually tend to happen when you exploring the map, not during a cutscene.
Jaheira also have (on her house) Khalid's Gift wich grants her imunity to all curses including spell rot
Also stops her getting cursed when she steals everything from the Stormshore tabernacle basement
I wonder if this also works with the Tav, seeing as you can ask astarion to turn you if you were romancing him and choose to ascend him.
@@ethanseaman5576No, it's an only-for-Jaheira thing. Gift from her late husband.
If you dont use your Illithid powers, once you get to Last Light Inn, you will have the option to tell Jaheira that the tadpole is tempting you to use its powers, but that you are resisting. She will ask you if you plan to resist in the future and if you say yes, she will believe you, since you are drinking the truth serum wine.
Nice small detail, not sure if it has consequences down the line.
I believe the check to resist using the astral tadpole is easier if you haven't used any tadpoles yet.
@@Zyquux You don't even have to make a check at all.
No Jaheria you dont understand I can turn into a big panther thing. I had to use it
Before the dream visitor was changed, in early access, overuse of illithid powers could cause a game over on your next long rest. Apparently a pretty cool one considering the descriptions online and that one of the major theme songs of the game, down by the river, is dedicated to that game over.
I kind of wish they had kept that. It was apparently taken out because they wanted people to use the powers.
I suppose players don't really like having powers made available to them then getting punished for using them.
And I understand why. The main drive of RPGs is the quest for power, and punishing players for it is a bit of a contradiction, at least in a video game where roleplay is not necessarily the focus from a player's perspective.
@@theslay66 The story tells us, power comes with a price. You can be a powerful warlock if you sell your soul to a devil. If Astarion ascends, or Gale becomes a god at the end, they lose their humanity. The game is still telling us it has consequences to use the illithid powers, but it hasn't. That's inconsistent, at least in a video game where tactical fighting is not necessarily the focus from a player's perspective.
@@Candy_McK I've never said it was the right thing to do. I'm just proposing an explanation for why they did it.
@@Candy_McK in both examples with Gale and Astarion it actually seems like they are better off and havent lost something valuable.
Being pushed in a Game over on the otherhand for using a power seems like to much though, so they locked the best power behind becoming a Mindflayer and losing your humanity too. which is a much better solution.
@@mermidion7552 You and I have obviously not the same values.
What are these marvelous powers good for? Beating the game a little bit faster - that's all.
I don't use the illithid powers and I will never let Astarion ascend.
About Mol's quest, it's actually faster to just save Arabella from Kahga's snake, then either pass the investigation check with Donni, or shapshift into a gnome to get in the side entrance to their hideout.
I knew about Bane through Gortash speak with the dead.. I made sure Karlach was there especially after her post-Gortash dialogue to cheer her up getting to hear that he was being eternally tortured by Bane.
However if his corpse is too badly damaged you can't do it: there was still a Monty-Pythonesque hand floating above his dead body and while Tav and Karlach moved away is still came down on top of him, making his body "unspeakable" after the fight :(
Your character can also benefit from the undead tag if you ascended Astarion and become a vampire spawn.
HUH? YOU CAN DO THAT?
Please tell me 😭
@@Dragonking3787 I think it's unique to romancing Astarion... and don't simp just because he's fancy. Ascended Astarion is every bit as bad as Cazador ever was and this is very much a _bad_ relationship for the player. He's manipulative, possessive, controlling, and shows every indication that he'll get abusive later on, just like Cazador.
@@Blazieth Yeah but I wanna see :)
I want to experience Neil's VA etc.
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I discovered the skeletons in moonrise towers from a very unusual interaction in my honor playthrough.
Lae’zel used a smoke power bomb which damaged either some property or a member of the fist which caused them to arrest me.
What’s funny is- they put Lae’zel into the prison of the place we were currently seizing. This was right after the first fight where you have the option to take Jaheira with you.
10:50 Seems to me that the first time a character uses the illithid dialogue option, whatever character is currently being used "unlocks" the very first illithid power (which happens to be Illithid Persuasion) which becomes a passive feature of that character. (as if you had used a mind flayer specimen to unlock a feat like you normally would in the menu) Currently I have yet to use *ANY* illithid dialogue options on Lae'zel in my current playthrough (post killing goblin leader who is performing the ritual in the goblin camp on the mind flayer) and when I press "B" to access parasites she does not exhibit the Illithid Persuasion feat, nor is that section of her brain greyed out as it is with my other characters on which I have made use of the illithid dialogue options in speech. I have never heard the "something stirs deep within you hungry and alert" dialogue from the narrator on Lae'zel as a result. By using the illithid persuasion dialogue option at any point BEFORE unlocking it with a specimen found in the open world, it acts as a "free" parasite and unlocks the passive feat "Illithid Persuasion.
Holy dick, I cant tell if that makes perfect sense or none at all. I'm fairly certain there is some sort of meat still on the bone to be had here, im just unsure what to do with it haha.
Awesome video as always. Any plans to do more build guides? I just finished tactician with your sorlock build and it was incredible.
Ive missed these so much!
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yeah in early druids could become the little brain thing if used this dialog 10:50
For the Iron Throne tadpole, it’s in the same room as Omeluum, so if he gets captured, you can grab it and have him teleport you back to the ship once he’s free
An easy way to steal the Idol from Mol is at the Tiefling party. She’s off on her own by the ruins with the mirror. Love her dialogue after it’s stolen.
Don't wait too long on getting the quest from Mol for the ring, I'm not sure exactly on the triggers but at some point she won't offer the quest anymore once you "save" the Tieflings. So get the quest before you actually save them.
If you romance Astarion and have him turn you into a vampire then your character is also immune to the spell rot. Considering how poorly implemented being turned into a vampire is otherwise (the happy buff your character gets still says Astarion for example) it was a neat little detail.
Using illithid powers actually does have a consequence. You'll have to do a hard skill check to resist becoming partial illithid at the end of act 2
Wow, i would need to do a check to...*checks notes* get even more power without consequences a the end.
@@sanderkiki well if you care about how your characters look it is a decent consequence. I think they should have gone farther on the grotesque nature of a partial transformation, and even have it come with negatives on charisma based rolls, but the transformation in game is definitely less than pretty, and is a constant reminder of what you traded for power.
I ran into Krizt at Moonrise my first playthrough lol
About the Ancient Lair: Astarion is not the only one immune to the effects. If you (or anyone in your group) are a Necromancy Wizard you are also immune. And unlike (canon) Astarion, wizards can actually benefit from this
7:48
The player is also unaffected if they are undead. So if you become Astarion's spawn, you also have nothing to worry about. 👌👍
Lol I was playing V-Rising last night w/ the wife. She absolutely loves it. Not a bad game :).
My o.h. played with other friends online in the testing and he would usually stay at home making sure all the curtains and staircases were appropriate to their idiom...
If you're fast enough you can steal the idol in broad daylight, immediately click go to camp, and come right back without the druids ever noticing. Gets you the ring very early in the game.
Astarions gains barbarian resistances from the circlet of bones(? I dont remember if thats what its called).
You forget to say, that skeletons battle is avaible only if you go there before battle at the main entrance.
Can you make full collectables videos per act based on progression so we can collect stuff 1 by 1 as we play?
The Dance Macabre has been more of a hindrance than a help, in my playthroughs.
It can split up turn orders and I lose out on synergies.
Is it possible to directly control their actions? Maybe I have missed something.🤷♂️
I thought using the Illithid powers means you need to make a save to reist the Astral Tadpole.
iirc if you've never used them, then you can ignore the Astral Tadpole without a save.
does anyone know if the memories recovered by Durge when Healed are the same or different as the when Durge eats a Noblestalk?
you can kill volo after he tells you about orin at your camp and hell drop the book, just dont let the doggy or owlbear see you or theyll go aggro
You can immediately steal the idol back from Mol. No need to wait until Act 2!
Just leave the cave and when you reenter she’ll be back be the river. Quickly head to that spot and when she walks by you enter turn-based mode and yoink it off of her.
Also, you can turn on non-lethal attacks and take it off of her unconscious body. This will break a paladins oath. (Can always have a party member do it)
@@davidwagner3710 Wait! What!?
Are you telling me my pally is going to lose her Oath, that which guides her life and her every action, just for beating up and knocking unconscious, a little girl!?
Man, this game just turned out to be utterly unplayable garbage…
_pikachupokerface.webp_
WAIT! Do you mean you can res your party members on the beach after the iron throne or everyone? It is sooo hard to save them all for me.
If you asend Astarion and he turns the player before going into the ancient lair the player also has the same immunity
Just a tip, but Mol won't trust you if you don't stop the mercenary from slapping one of the tiefling kids.
Brooo does Aura of Hate work on Astarion?? Does anyone know?
(8:55) Actually, Mirkon is down, down, down by the river.
Wish they made more Larian dnd games dunno why they arnt the market is hungry for it
There’s got to be more to that ring
It mght be a stretch but it might be an elden ring easter egg
@@ctheblacks2244 could be, I think there’s a lot of references in the game that fly over our heads. I see random NPC’s all the time with odd names and I’m like “oh that’s someone’s character from a pen and paper DnD session”
V rising actually looks good but they could’ve given u a code with free stuff 😭
My headcannon is that Shadowheart wants to be “hole” /simp
Not even Shar could pull me out
I found Krizt alive after i killed Ketheric, then i killed her
If you use the illithid powers too much in act 1 you will become a true soul
Which makes the illithid dialog option not require a wisdom check
I played Early Access a lot and im really disappointed how Larian butchered Illithid powers and deleted consequences to submitting to them T_T Dream Visitor was also much more interesting than what we got.
One of the coolest things in early access is when you kill someone with a tadpole, the tadpole would actually leave their body and slither away FAST. If you wanted to capture and consume it, you had to be READY to pounce on that thing as soon as it left the corpse and made a run for it.
astarion is undead, is a vampire bro... vampires are undead
if you become his consort you become too undead and you resist the curse, i did that quest and didn't had the malus
You can, 100% buy from Ferg with Shart in your party. For the love of god get your fucking info right.
man you really need to put *spoilers* tag on your titles
U must be getting tired of it by now
No one who's played Baldurs Gate 3 would say that!
@@michaelhall8440 i played it for months, but that was definitely enough for me.
@@kaboutertje1561 yeah, fair enough, I was just making a Simpsons reference. Each to their own.
Err if I abducted Isobel and screw over the night song I wonder if I'll still get that legendary spear 🤔👀 all for 2 parasites 🪱
When you get the quest from Mol, you can reveal the dark druid plot and after settling that, they won't need the ritual anymore which is the safest time to steal the idol without any consequences. After handing it to Mol for the ring, you can then steal it back from Mol right then and there as early as act 1 😝😂
Shadowheart leaves the party if you let Balthazar take nightsong