Over in Nightsong Prison, where Baldur’s Gate 3’s Shadowheart will certainly go through significant story factors in her personality arc, one gamer has actually uncovered a game-altering strategy for making the battle with Balthazar a hell of a great deal simpler. The suggestions? Tidy up the bones.
*Story looters for Baldur’s Gate 3 in advance!*
“I just discovered something…” the heading keeps in mind on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit. GamerAnimeMum had spotted a number of stacks of spread bones populated concerning the location where the notorious Balthazar battle is readied to take place. Before butting in with her Spear of Night and Umbral Crystals in hand, the initial poster stops momentarily, and makes a decision to try something cutting-edge.
“After noticing the placement of bones in the Nightsong Prison, that the adds (the skeletons) spawn from the piles of bones… and I thought to myself: ‘I wonder if I can move these…?’
“And presume what? You can!”
Simply shifting the bones into a neat pile somewhere within range meant that, once the Balthazar boss fight begins, she had more enemies concentrated into a small space, making them more susceptible to spells with a large area of effect.
Rather than splitting the party to deal with Balthazar’s risen goons, this little trick means players can whip out their cloud of daggers or hunger of hadar spell, and knock ’em flying.
That sure is one way to set up a strike in skittles.
For me this is what Baldur’s Gate 3, or RPGing in general, is all about – finding clever, hidden ways to defeat enemies using simple, humble moves like cutting a rope to release a chandelier, or indeed simply brushing some bones out of the way.
Reddit user ImhotepsServant revives a long-dead Castlevania line in the comments to encapsulate the moment. “What is a guy, however an unpleasant heap of tricks?” I couldn’t help but chuckle. Having been using that line to test microphones for years while working on PC Gamer’s hardware team, I never thought I would see the line used in such a perfectly appropriate context.
Here are some general Baldur’s Gate 3 tips and tricks for obtaining one of the most out of the game.
Source: gamesradar.com
