Baldur's Gate 3's rarest ending has only been unlocked by 34 players, and it requires an obscenely specific sequence of poor decisions (2024)

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How many endings are there in Baldur's Gate 3? ›

So, while BG3 doesn't really have 17,000 completely unique endings, there are at least 17,000 variations on the endings it has. Most players will probably never see the same exact ending variation twice, which makes each replay as interesting as the last.

The Upper City Is Missing From Baldur's Gate 3

This huge section of the city was mentioned specifically by Larian Studio's co-founder Swen Vincke in the final Panel From Hell on July 7, 2023, just four weeks before Baldur's Gate 3's full release.

Baldur's Gate 3 lets players have a maximum of four people in a party. This party member maximum includes your character, which means you can have three other companions join you.

Baldur's Gate 3 romances are not gender-locked either. For potential Dark Urge players, your violent intrusive thought generator doesn't have a huge impact on romance scenes, but it's worth considering when you go through character creation.

To get it, you have to give in to the urges and serve your evil "father", and then take control of the Netherbrain in his name. This dooms the world to be under Bhaal's control, making him the only one of the Dead Three to kind of come out on top here.

As reported by The Gamer, a secret ending will allow you to haunt your party in the epilogue as a ghost if you die and Gale sacrifices himself during the battle with the Netherbrain with his friends being teleported to a safe haven.

Rumors swirled before and after launch that the studio planned on adding the Upper City of Baldur's Gate 3 as a playable area – spurred on by Larian saying it would be playable early in BG3's production – though it looks like that's probably never going to happen now.

We spoke to Captain Grisly, who told us that Lora doesn't have a child - never did.

Despite the popularity of the class and it being lore friendly, there are a number of reasons why the Artificer class can't be added to Baldur's Gate 3 via DLC. Larian has made a name for itself for its relationship it has with its players, and adding classes via paid DLC has never been a popular move.

If you're a big Halsin fan, you're going to need some serious patience. Halsin will only join your party for real once you finish a major quest for him in act 2 — apparently, rescuing his entire grove and solving a refugee crisis isn't good enough for the First Druid.

Is Baldur's Gate 3 still level capped? ›

Baldur's Gate 3 is based on Dungeons & Dragons 5e but has a maximum level of 12, not the tabletop RPG's maximum level of 20. Expansion of the level cap is unlikely. Higher-level spells and stronger villains in late-game DnD make it challenging to continue Baldur's Gate 3 past level 12 in a video game format.

If you successfully fought off the Tieflings without Lae'zels help or convinced them to leave yourself, you must free her on your own. There is a short bow on the ground near the cage if you have no way to use a ranged attack. Pick it up or use Astarion to shoot at the weakened base of the cage.

But let's talk romance: while Baldur's Gate 3 has a number of intriguing romance paths, Shadowheart's is easily the most popular, with 51.3% players completing her romance arc (which you can find a walkthrough of here). It turns out she really is God's favorite princess and the most interesting girl in the world.

Most games that have romances don't tend to venture into polyamory, but Baldur's Gate 3 does, and consent is a very big thing for the characters. Polyamory in Baldur's Gate 3 is centered around trust and consent, with some characters being against the idea and others are all for it.

Haarlep will give you the location of the Orphic Hammer and a key to Raphael's safe if you sleep with him (or her, if you ask him to turn into the Archduch*ess Raphael instead). Refuse him, and you'll be forced to fight him and a bunch of annoying imp creatures.

To get the good ending (or the standard story ending), you'll need to defeat the Netherbrain in the final battle of Act Three then command it to destroy itself, along with all the Ilithid Tadpoles.

To summarize, players should side with the Emperor if they don't want to become Mind Flayers, and they should free Orpheus if they don't mind risking having tentacles on them or their companions.

For the Baldur's Gate 3 evil ending, your character must become the Absolute by dominating the Netherbrain. This might also mean killing a Mind Flayer ally (i.e. Emperor, Orpheus, or perhaps even Karlach). The rest of your group can't believe what you've done, but you soon control their minds as well.

Whether you evolve into an illithid or half-illithid in Baldur's Gate 3 is up to you, and while evoling into a half-illithid, evolving into a full illithid will result in an alternative ending.. You'll also run into the disapproval of your camp, but if you want to become a fully-fledged, sentient Mind Flayer, you can.