You also unlock a new memory if you cast HEAL on the Dark Urge. But since this is a 6th level spell, you probably won't be able to do so until the end of the game.
@@Snarkyat2am It caught me completely off guard when I did it. I was just trying to heal my Dark Urge's wounds, and then suddenly they get a flashback.
@@ShadowmarkReturns In BG 2, in that expansion dungeon which holds Demogorgon, there's also an insane wizard trapped on one of the floors. If you cast HEAL on him, it restores his sanity.
As someone who suffers from Tonsil stones, tonsil stone pickling water is the foulest thing I could have possibly imagined. For some reason, THATS what gets me about this scene. Not the screaming vivisection of a living sentient being, not the pickled organs or the realization that dark urge is TRULY already an evil bastard, but the idea of the true unholy stench of pickled tonsil stones, and the idea of someone *drinking* that
@@kitten_with_bad_breath sometimes just genetic. If your tonsils are particularly porous things collect. Sometimes its bad hygiene, sometimes its health problems, sometimes its a bad diet. Can be many things.
@@kitten_with_bad_breath Regular tonsillitis during young age can cause the tonsils' surface to become porous, with many "crypts" appearing throughout the organ. Saliva, food, drinks etc. are then trapped in said crypts, causing them to harden and expel foul smell. Good hygiene can extend the time needed for the stones to form and minimize amount of bacteria preying upon the debris, but won't get rid of them, this can only be achieved by surgery (i.e. tonsillectomy, cryptolisis)
I just pulled the stones out. They haven't came back. I also had one get stuck in my gland under my tongue for years. Finally came loose and out it went.
The idea of literally the most vile and disgusting murderer ever to grace Faerun, stumbling his way into becoming a hero is so compelling And it's all thanks to his jealous sister, lol
If I had a nickel for every time that getting lobotomized made someone into a better person in bg3 I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot but its weird it happened twice right?
@@AlexisTheDragon But the story is clearly written for you to be good. The evil choices in this game are laughably cartoony and there's objectively way less content. Accepting the urge was an afterthought.
I'm playing a goody-two-shoe drow dark urge. It was pretty depressing for her to return to the Underdark and walk through what was supposedly her home with no memory of it. She got the noblestalk for herself without even considering giving it to the couple who risked everything to find it or to give it to Shadowheart who was suffering the same affliction as her. It was the first truly selfish thing she could remember doing, all in a desperate attempt to prove that she was more than a depraved murderer. I know I shouldn't have been surprised. And yet.
I think it's worth noting that if you eat the noblestock before meeting the butler you get a different memory. I was honestly surprised seeing this scene because in my first playthrough I hadn't met the butler before I got to the underdark, so seeing this cutscene was completely new to me
@@aistisnarmontas4515 I'm doing a Half-Orc Rogue for mine...slice and dice them slice and dice them and prob a good stew from the bits and pieces. It will be a Dark Dark Urge. Later I'll try to do a Light Dark Urge (resist the urge)
@@sindraalthewolf9256Perhaps that's the reason why Bhaal made a dragonborn spawn. Their need to be perfect in their craft and because when he was doing bhaalspawns the "normal" way there weren't dragonborns on the planet yet.
@chillax319 totally agree with that, actually. Though doing an evil urge playthrough, if you question Scleritas after you defeat Orin he will tell you that you weren't born and have no mother, Bhaal literally crafted you out of a part of himself which is wild.
@@TheBayzentwell, The Nameless One had hundreds, if not thousands, of years to be an awful person to everyone he brought close to him, not to mention all the shadows of people across the planes who died in his place to keep him immortal.
It's crazy how easy it is to miss and how many potential applications it has. It can be eaten as DUrge, you can have Shadowheart eat it and regain some memories, you can have Baelen (was that his name? The addled dwarf right there in the mushrooms) eat it to regain all of his memories that his wife was poisoning out of him, and lastly you can give it to said wife for her alchemy business. There may even be more. Kinda wild!
I wish I liked playing Durge more I played through it once as a Durge obsessed with power but still trying to be better for his friends and while sometimes it’s funny how hilariously evil you can be it’s also exhausting playing such a terrible person
Noblestalk is a damn powerful cure for amnesia and brain damage (if you give it to Baelen he completely recovers his personality and cognitive abilities). What the hell must have happened to the Dark Urge to still have memory loss after eating the Noblestalk? Refrain from answering, I'm still in act 2.
The Noblestalk has a similar effect on Shadowheart, who also has amnesia but also knows why she does (Her Goddesss, Shar, sealed them away). That's all I'm telling you.
Most of the dark urge revelation happens in act 3 . But look around because in certain area in act 2 (I won't tell which ones) there is some hidden books linked to your story
It's funny how Durge can stumble into becoming a benevolent hero by the end of the game if the player so chooses, although, not as benevolent as a normal person can be but benevolent for a person who was the most disgusting, vile serial killer to ever grace the lands. If his sister had not done what she had done to Durge, there'd be no risk for such a thing happening. lol
I feel like the memory durge has isn't very telling of them aside from "duh he's your butler" but Shadowheart instead recovers a memory of someone who was close to her when she was in the House of Grief
I loved playing durge so much. Because all of your companions have mad backgrounds and playing a normal tav seems strange. But it does make sense thzt tav is the leader in this situation, being the only bot crushed from the past. But with durge, while playing i felt more connected to the character, understanding each other
Interestingly, I managed to get the noblestalk before the butler made himself known (other story-essential beats kept popping up during long rests and delaying him) and the memory recovered was completely different. Strange...
You find it in the underdark among all the bibberbangs where you rescue a dwarf. You need to put out the torch on the ground with water then destroy the bibberbangs, if you dont put out the torch the bibberbangs will explode and destroy the noblestalk. Once you have removed the bibberbangs the noblestalk should be close to one of the walls.
@@camelwars You can also buy more in act 3 if you give the noblestalk to the Bonecloak couple in Act 1, though it doesn't let me give the noblestalk to Shadowheart for some reason (not sure if bug).
I kept the noblestalk as durge because of the full heal. Campaign goes smoothly until I'm fighting cazador and I'm really low so I pop that boy and i have the flashback in the middle of the fight 😂 I just like to imagine a fight in which your opponent is like hol up and just eats a mushroom and has a mini trip midfight, then keeps fighting as nothing happened lol
While I get the mockery of Goody two shoes lawful stupid I still don't want to be as vile as the opposite. I guess it must be funny for some people, like subverting a trope but I'm far done with subversions.
@@vespenegas261I tell you no spoilers but most people believe that Playing as Dark Urge goal is eather you become your old evil self or overcome your evil nature
My understanding of the character is that the white dragon born is the 'canon' race for the dark urge. My first durge run is white dragonborn and totally giving into every temptation he gets lol.
@@ShakkatakaWhat's wrong with dragonborn? Nothing really expect the race Is kinda weak. The damage resistance It gives you isn't great, neither is the breathe attack
@Snarkyat2am You mean if he is a Sorcerer? I made mine a Bard, and she wasn't wearing that, which is a shame as that is basically what I wanted to wear.
@@NGCDragoonFighter ahhh true! Yes must be sorc specific I guess! I switched it out after getting the spellcasting robe from the forge. Made me wish there was a transmog feature.
@@NGCDragoonFighter Honestly, the sorcerer robe is why I end up playing through the Nautiloid as a storm sorc every other time then speedrunning to Withers for a change of class.
@@SpiraSpiraSpirathe third option is giving it to the dwarf husband who you rescue from the bibberbang field where you first find the noblestalk. He has memory problems. His wife doesn't want to give it to him, though, she just wants to sell it, so you have to keep it for yourself and then give it to him. Apparently he's abusive or some shit and she prefers him staying the way he is. Also I'm pretty sure it's not the only one that exists. I think the dwarf lady sells more of them at her shop in Baldur's Gate.
@@WraithReaper09 which doesn't actually make sense cause how can they be Lolth-sworn (even cleric of Lolth if you really want to) while being Bhaal's Chosen?
@@sunnyhill7919 ya but you dont remember whose chosen you are when the game starts. You can rationalize it by the psychic damage you suffered from being almost killed and then turned into a thrall. so your brian just randomly selected Loth-sworn
You must not like reading books, huh? It's exposition, useful flavor. Not everything needs to be for something specific, for some kind of profit. It's a story.
You also unlock a new memory if you cast HEAL on the Dark Urge. But since this is a 6th level spell, you probably won't be able to do so until the end of the game.
Oh sweet, good tip! I'm on my second playthrough so i'll be sure to check that out later on.
@@Snarkyat2am It caught me completely off guard when I did it. I was just trying to heal my Dark Urge's wounds, and then suddenly they get a flashback.
@@NyrufaYeah if you read the description of it in the original games it makes sense.
Damn core memory unlock
@@ShadowmarkReturns In BG 2, in that expansion dungeon which holds Demogorgon, there's also an insane wizard trapped on one of the floors. If you cast HEAL on him, it restores his sanity.
Well that explains why Dark Urge origin has medicine
Nothing helps you break something better than understanding how it works.
As someone who suffers from Tonsil stones, tonsil stone pickling water is the foulest thing I could have possibly imagined. For some reason, THATS what gets me about this scene. Not the screaming vivisection of a living sentient being, not the pickled organs or the realization that dark urge is TRULY already an evil bastard, but the idea of the true unholy stench of pickled tonsil stones, and the idea of someone *drinking* that
How do they occur tho? Is it due to health problems or bad hygiene?
@@kitten_with_bad_breath sometimes just genetic. If your tonsils are particularly porous things collect. Sometimes its bad hygiene, sometimes its health problems, sometimes its a bad diet. Can be many things.
@@kitten_with_bad_breath Regular tonsillitis during young age can cause the tonsils' surface to become porous, with many "crypts" appearing throughout the organ. Saliva, food, drinks etc. are then trapped in said crypts, causing them to harden and expel foul smell. Good hygiene can extend the time needed for the stones to form and minimize amount of bacteria preying upon the debris, but won't get rid of them, this can only be achieved by surgery (i.e. tonsillectomy, cryptolisis)
@@NakimesisXthey always come back, I normally flush them out with the syringe I used for the wisdom teeth holes
I just pulled the stones out. They haven't came back. I also had one get stuck in my gland under my tongue for years. Finally came loose and out it went.
Eating the mushroom gives a different memory if you have not met the butler yet.
yep of baby eating
yum@@LaZyREBaL
@@LaZyREBaLWhat.
@@chillax319exactly, wtf
@@LaZyREBaL First, what.
Second, how did it taste?
Pro-tip. Give the Noblestalk to the lady. Then in Act 3 she will sell you more and they refresh.
Won't be the same item, though, those won't restore memories.
You can also give her the Noblestalk and then pickpocket it back.
The idea of literally the most vile and disgusting murderer ever to grace Faerun, stumbling his way into becoming a hero is so compelling
And it's all thanks to his jealous sister, lol
I mean, there is choices, it's not set in stone.
If I had a nickel for every time that getting lobotomized made someone into a better person in bg3 I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot but its weird it happened twice right?
@@AlexisTheDragon But the story is clearly written for you to be good. The evil choices in this game are laughably cartoony and there's objectively way less content. Accepting the urge was an afterthought.
The urge was design to be redeemed. His origin intro even say so as much.
....yes.
"Hero."
I'm playing a goody-two-shoe drow dark urge. It was pretty depressing for her to return to the Underdark and walk through what was supposedly her home with no memory of it. She got the noblestalk for herself without even considering giving it to the couple who risked everything to find it or to give it to Shadowheart who was suffering the same affliction as her. It was the first truly selfish thing she could remember doing, all in a desperate attempt to prove that she was more than a depraved murderer.
I know I shouldn't have been surprised. And yet.
Somehow "tonsil stone pickling water" was the most disgusting part of this to me D:
There's also a cat in Moonrise Towers and if you can talk to it it remembers you because you've been there before.
I think it's worth noting that if you eat the noblestock before meeting the butler you get a different memory. I was honestly surprised seeing this scene because in my first playthrough I hadn't met the butler before I got to the underdark, so seeing this cutscene was completely new to me
Moral of the story: Save-edit yourself a dozen Noblestalks.
@awhellnah__ I ain't replaying the game for a single optional dialogue that has absolutely no consequence for the story, mate.
So, my take away from this video is that I need to make my Durge proficient in medicine for lore reasons.
you can't choose the background of dark urge because it is pre-written and they have medical proficiency
Well... It already has it 😮😮😮
My dark urge is a Drow. And his smile captivated me while he seen a first mangled corpse just after a crash 😅
@@aistisnarmontas4515 I'm doing a Half-Orc Rogue for mine...slice and dice them slice and dice them and prob a good stew from the bits and pieces. It will be a Dark Dark Urge. Later I'll try to do a Light Dark Urge (resist the urge)
Durge already has medicine proficiency because of lore reasons
Wow. Such nice collection was there. Dark urge is very interesting path. If Bhaalspawn has some traits of father dedication to work is one of these.
Being a dragonborn probably helps, the race does come with a preinstalled need to put all possible effort into what they do
@@alexandrewildfire6405 I hope you know that the Dark Urge is the only customizable origin character in terms of race / appearance.
@Maityist while this is true I think the white dragonborn is "technically" the Canon option
@@sindraalthewolf9256Perhaps that's the reason why Bhaal made a dragonborn spawn. Their need to be perfect in their craft and because when he was doing bhaalspawns the "normal" way there weren't dragonborns on the planet yet.
@chillax319 totally agree with that, actually. Though doing an evil urge playthrough, if you question Scleritas after you defeat Orin he will tell you that you weren't born and have no mother, Bhaal literally crafted you out of a part of himself which is wild.
Ahh, the Planescape Torment school of making you go "I did WHAT??"
Still not as Practical
Weirdly less horrifying despite the Dark Urge being a psychopath and the spawn of the God of Murder.
@@TheBayzentwell, The Nameless One had hundreds, if not thousands, of years to be an awful person to everyone he brought close to him, not to mention all the shadows of people across the planes who died in his place to keep him immortal.
Damn, i just blew up whole mushroom room and called it a day.
Right? fr me too
It's crazy how easy it is to miss and how many potential applications it has. It can be eaten as DUrge, you can have Shadowheart eat it and regain some memories, you can have Baelen (was that his name? The addled dwarf right there in the mushrooms) eat it to regain all of his memories that his wife was poisoning out of him, and lastly you can give it to said wife for her alchemy business. There may even be more. Kinda wild!
*Le sigh* its just so satisfying but dam i missed that.
I wish I liked playing Durge more I played through it once as a Durge obsessed with power but still trying to be better for his friends and while sometimes it’s funny how hilariously evil you can be it’s also exhausting playing such a terrible person
I love the "Gentleman's GentleGoblin".
Drow dark urge felt particularly unsettling
Noblestalk is a damn powerful cure for amnesia and brain damage (if you give it to Baelen he completely recovers his personality and cognitive abilities). What the hell must have happened to the Dark Urge to still have memory loss after eating the Noblestalk? Refrain from answering, I'm still in act 2.
The Noblestalk has a similar effect on Shadowheart, who also has amnesia but also knows why she does (Her Goddesss, Shar, sealed them away). That's all I'm telling you.
There's a reason why those headaches are so bad for Durge, you'll find out more.
@@hyfryd6677thats subtle😅
Most of the dark urge revelation happens in act 3 .
But look around because in certain area in act 2 (I won't tell which ones) there is some hidden books linked to your story
@@ilyia_ In Act 3?
I just finished Durge and I am pretty sure I was told basically everything by the end of act 3.
Definitely explains his "medicine" skill. Guy is basically Jack the Ripper.
TIL that the Noblestalk *exists*.
I blew it up as Karlach because it gave me an inspiration point, not realizing I could have gotten that from blowing up any other bibberbang 😭
I'm sorry are we just gonna gloss over the TONSIL STONE PICKLING WATER comment
Fr, this shit is so nasty i had to stop eating to recover from the shock of conceiving this scene
Blonde Dark Urge Halfling girl called Buttercream coming right up chief
It's funny how Durge can stumble into becoming a benevolent hero by the end of the game if the player so chooses, although, not as benevolent as a normal person can be but benevolent for a person who was the most disgusting, vile serial killer to ever grace the lands. If his sister had not done what she had done to Durge, there'd be no risk for such a thing happening. lol
Drown the butler in the victim's open bladder cavity'
JESUS CHRIST!
Who among us hasn't gotten drunk on tonsil pickling water while vivisecting our latest victim?
Maybe it's not as impactful as we would've hoped, but still the fact it's these is very pleasing
Dang is it better for the Urge to eat it or to give it to Shart because that unlocks an additional thing for her story once you reach the city
I feel like the memory durge has isn't very telling of them aside from "duh he's your butler" but Shadowheart instead recovers a memory of someone who was close to her when she was in the House of Grief
Even if shadowheart doesn’t eat the mushroom you still can find the person in the same spot as if you ate the mushroom. Unlocks new dialogues was well
Shart… hahaha. That’s pretty good. I’m almost disappointed that is not used to tease her in game.
Give it to the woman who gives the quest and she will have them for sale in act 3. Apparently you can then get an endless supply
This lore is the reason why I collect a bunch of bottled specimens, skulls, and flasks and display them at camp.
bruh youtube is addicted to recommending me fkn spoilers for this game lmao
Good to know that Durge has OCD or is at least a neat freak
Isn't that technically what his condition is, having obsessive intrusive thoughts...?
Just came to comment I thought it said "What happens if The Dark Urge eats Nickleback?"
Will honestly watch later when I actually play the game. ;)
I loved playing durge so much.
Because all of your companions have mad backgrounds and playing a normal tav seems strange. But it does make sense thzt tav is the leader in this situation, being the only bot crushed from the past. But with durge, while playing i felt more connected to the character, understanding each other
Why is noone mentioning the fact you somehow teleprot to the crash on the beach eating this mushroom?
OH MY GOOD LORD "TONSIL STONE PICKLING WATER?!" THATS VISCERAL
Interestingly, I managed to get the noblestalk before the butler made himself known (other story-essential beats kept popping up during long rests and delaying him) and the memory recovered was completely different. Strange...
What is this Noblestalk and where to get it? Ah, nevermind, found the answer in your earlier comment. I completely missed it in my first playthrough.
You find it in the underdark among all the bibberbangs where you rescue a dwarf. You need to put out the torch on the ground with water then destroy the bibberbangs, if you dont put out the torch the bibberbangs will explode and destroy the noblestalk. Once you have removed the bibberbangs the noblestalk should be close to one of the walls.
@@camelwars You can also buy more in act 3 if you give the noblestalk to the Bonecloak couple in Act 1, though it doesn't let me give the noblestalk to Shadowheart for some reason (not sure if bug).
@@camelwars Just tried to grab it with mage hand earlier tonight. The hand had it, then next turn, it disappeared.
I keep burning it up lol
Months later and people are still finding so much depth to Baldur's Gate 3. The developers did an amazing job
_"Drown the Butler in the victim's open bladder-cavity._
This might just be one of the most vile options I've ever seen in a game.
He's drunk on FREAKING WHAT
explain a gith bhaalspawn, how does that work even?
Something something gods did stuff in dnd?
A wizard did it
I kept the noblestalk as durge because of the full heal. Campaign goes smoothly until I'm fighting cazador and I'm really low so I pop that boy and i have the flashback in the middle of the fight 😂
I just like to imagine a fight in which your opponent is like hol up and just eats a mushroom and has a mini trip midfight, then keeps fighting as nothing happened lol
god this game is great
I see durge also a fan of tonsils stone removal videos
So if you eat the mushroom you have a really bad trip
Holy shit i did not even think of this
i didnt even think this was possible wtf !!!
While I get the mockery of Goody two shoes lawful stupid I still don't want to be as vile as the opposite. I guess it must be funny for some people, like subverting a trope but I'm far done with subversions.
I don't think you understand what the Dark Urge actually is...
@@feyefall4855 You're right. I didn't play the game yet. Maybe on holidays I'll finally find some time
@@vespenegas261I tell you no spoilers but most people believe that Playing as Dark Urge goal is eather you become your old evil self or overcome your evil nature
@@Darth-_-Maul So constant "will" checks I presume
@@vespenegas261 no, just ur decision
Why does he get a collection and I just got a dead baby?
How come everyone plays Durge as dragonborn? Does nobody know you can change his race too?
Pretty sure everyone knows that, but it's the default. People probably think it's more "canon". Besides, what's wrong with dragonborn?
the red of the blood contrasts nicely with the white of the scales, and there is official art of them.
My understanding of the character is that the white dragon born is the 'canon' race for the dark urge. My first durge run is white dragonborn and totally giving into every temptation he gets lol.
You can find a white dragonborn in Orin's chambers killed. White Dragonborn is the canon dark urge.
@@ShakkatakaWhat's wrong with dragonborn? Nothing really expect the race Is kinda weak. The damage resistance It gives you isn't great, neither is the breathe attack
Tonsil stone pickling water, what the fuck.
Is that drip modded in or is it in the base game and where can I find it?
This is the default armour for the Dark Urge, select him as your origin character and you'll be wearing it from the start!
@Snarkyat2am You mean if he is a Sorcerer? I made mine a Bard, and she wasn't wearing that, which is a shame as that is basically what I wanted to wear.
@@NGCDragoonFighter ahhh true! Yes must be sorc specific I guess! I switched it out after getting the spellcasting robe from the forge. Made me wish there was a transmog feature.
@@NGCDragoonFighter They said default. Yes, if you change from the default, you'll have different gear.
@@NGCDragoonFighter Honestly, the sorcerer robe is why I end up playing through the Nautiloid as a storm sorc every other time then speedrunning to Withers for a change of class.
i'd really like to see it
Where the heck do you get noblestalk?
In the underdark near the myconid colony. It can be found in the bibberbang field!
Act 1 underdark or if you finish the quest and give it to the dwarf she sells them in act 3
To note, you have to get it without the Bibberbangs going up in flames as this will destroy the only Noblestalk.
Also, I think it is the only one that exists so you have to choose between eating it yourself or giving it to bae Shadowheart
@@SpiraSpiraSpirathe third option is giving it to the dwarf husband who you rescue from the bibberbang field where you first find the noblestalk. He has memory problems. His wife doesn't want to give it to him, though, she just wants to sell it, so you have to keep it for yourself and then give it to him. Apparently he's abusive or some shit and she prefers him staying the way he is.
Also I'm pretty sure it's not the only one that exists. I think the dwarf lady sells more of them at her shop in Baldur's Gate.
What robe is that?
Default occultist garnement you start with
Not sure why most of you played as dragon thingy when doing your dark urge.
Doesn't fit.
The default durge is male white Dragonborn sorcerer.
@@rustyjones7908 I take it you played stock Tav too then huh?
@@zer00rdie tav doesn't have a default. If you feel the need to argue further, go bother Larian
@@rustyjones7908 Naa, I'll let you think so.
I blew it up :(
So to be the Dark Urge you have to play this stupid Gorn, er, Dragonborn race?
You don’t have to, you can change the appearance
The only thing about the Durge that you can't customise is the Background. Everything else you can. My Durge is a Loth-Sworn Drow Beast Master Ranger.
Nah, it's just the haunted one background. The rest of the character can be whatever you want.
@@WraithReaper09 which doesn't actually make sense cause how can they be Lolth-sworn (even cleric of Lolth if you really want to) while being Bhaal's Chosen?
@@sunnyhill7919 ya but you dont remember whose chosen you are when the game starts. You can rationalize it by the psychic damage you suffered from being almost killed and then turned into a thrall. so your brian just randomly selected Loth-sworn
I mean it is a nice addition but has no impact on anything.
You must not like reading books, huh?
It's exposition, useful flavor. Not everything needs to be for something specific, for some kind of profit.
It's a story.
No way! Addition background and story in a (checks notes) story-focused game?! Who'd've thought!?
Would you feel better if a popup appeared shouting "+500 Points!" or something
Brother it's an RPG. Do you not know what the RP stands for? Lmao
@@CreativeUsernameEhhe wanted to be promoted to master sergeant or something😂
You can also give it to shadowheart to unlock some unique dialogue.
I gave it to Shadowheart and 2 hours later I realized I could have take it as I'm playing as durge