12 Hidden Secrets in Patch 7 of Baldur's Gate 3

[@Toyhouze]

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[@pepelopez8912]

Gas e ous form lol

[@aricitsad8143]

Hi! How do you hide the cursor at the cutscenes? It bothers me at playing T-T

[@horizonbumpy2828]

you do not know the difference between ''sercrets'' and glitches? disliked and don't recommend channel

[@anything_idc_]

Dude! What happens if you beat the nether brain as alfira while all your companions are dead??? And you've set it up in a certain way where the game uses that character as the default character for a cinematic

[@scottlambert9074]

I love that Larian had posted something like "Player's didnt seem to get the hint that she was temporary" for Alfira, and players were like "No, Larian, YOU didn't seem to get the hint that we wanted Alfira permanently" XD

[@ItsRagingRay]

yeah like the original notes absolutely sounded like she was meant to be permanent

[@MandalorV7]

Yeah I want her to be recruited as a companion regardless of what origin you play. Complete with her own side quest and relationship arcs. She has become that NPC that the DM had intended to put in for a session but the party just becomes so engrossed with the character.

[@TheCultOfShepard]

Fate spins along as it should.

[@lesterpadilla2220]

​@@MandalorV7Life literally imitated art with this.

[@michaelwintermantel9127]

​​​@@MandalorV7 the craziest thing is that she's "cut content" not in the sense that she was cut out for time reasons, but rather that she was cut out for other reasons, although this probably happened pretty early. A couple lines of dialog in act 3 at least at one point had coded tags for (alfira approves) and (ketheric disapproves). Suggesting she was originally intended to be a companion. So it's more like she's the npc you planned to send along with the party, decided it would detract from your abilities to DM so you made her more temporary, and then the party kidnaps her anyway😂

[@thekingcactus8193]

You were always able to bite off Crusher's toe as Durge, it's not part of Patch 7.

[@Jin-uy7ji]

Hidden stash of topaz in groove as well!

[@arrankharchkrall2916]

Confirmed. This option has been available since launch. I have only ever played as DUrge. By the time I finished the first playthrough, though, Patch 3 had launched.

[@amirshahsaid3122]

Goes to show how till this day, people are still finding out things. What a game!

[@marjase9172]

​@@amirshahsaid3122Yea this game is amazing

[@WitherDJ]

pretty clear Toyhouze doesnt play Durge

[@antoniof1463]

Alfira pulling a reverse uno card on Durge.

[@clarencewalters338]

call an ambulance! but not for me!

[@euruskreacatoa2370]

Well deserved honestly, during my first durge play through (which is still ongoing) she asked to join my camp, me fresh off a happy ending as a tav where nothing went wrong went "yeah of course, what's the worst that could happen?" Then boom, next morning she's dead and i fucking killed her. I did not know that could happen and i was overwhelmed with guilt that i killed my durge character thrice with Karlach. Since it's an honour run I can't save scum. A waste of resources sure but a price to be paidfor getting away with murder

[@Sigismund-von-Luxembourg]

Alfira was the true Bhaalspawn all along!

[@PandaStyle07]

I'm almost certain they added Alfira as a timed companion to make it easier for modders to properly add her as a companion

[@Cruddyhorse]

No, they did it to twist the knife further.

[@Gwilherm]

​@@Cruddyhorseboth...

[@DarksideGmss0513]

I love that they did that. It's so deliciously evil. ​@@Cruddyhorse

[@buggart]

It makes so much sense to add her though. The only character we are missing in our band of misfits is a bard!

[@graysenm1320]

Alfira as a companion is something I’ve always wanted from Larian. Wish we could’ve gotten a fully fleshed out character from her

[@blackfox4138]

My personal theory is that Alfira was one of many potential companions that would've been part of a "Single Alignment Only" playthrough. Like how Minthara was original for an Evil Only playthrough, Alfira would've been for a Good Only playthrough. There's also plenty of Absolute Cultists who appear as though they were made to be party members, and there is a "Ketheric Disapproves" line in the game code. So definitely it was something that was conceptualized, but left on the cutting room floor.

[@toprak3479]

Alfira and Kagha definitely should've been companions. Both are much more interesting than, say, Wyll. They could've even added Zevlor, Sazza, Dror Ragzlin & Gut, Nere and Isobel as companions. Would've preferred any single one of them over Minsc who had honestly already outstayed his welcome by BG2.

[@asliceofloaf1984]

Larian got screwed over by Hasbro, otherwise theyd have likely given us DLC and way more companions

[@dacksonflux]

Durge eats dwarf meat and heals from it. When you eat dwarf the first time you get the "Long Pig" inspiration.

[@AintNobodysBusiness]

That's not new

[@ryudragon7]

That was covered in an old video, pre-patch 7.

[@sneakybawls]

First it was Minthara....now Alfira. We will always find a way, Larian. LOL

[@MasterDracer]

Time for Orin xD

[@Sigismund-von-Luxembourg]

Well with Minthara I suspect that was something that was always planned to be an option

[@hallyuniverse]

@@Sigismund-von-Luxembourg She was always a companion (was even coded as a companion in EA like Karlach), but it was only mean to be possible to see her in Act 2 if you sided with the goblins or ignored the grove quest all together. But people found several ways to recruit her regardless + non-lethal attacks were bugged when it came to quest progression, so they adjusted Minthara slightly so Halsin and her could coexist in camp and they fixed non-lethal attacks.

[@Lichdemonz]

You forgot to mention how using the exploit to permanently recruit Alfira breaks act 2. When you go to act 2 with her still alive as Durge, you get stuck in a developer room. Forever. XD

[@anthonyheman4621]

It's easy to get out of. Go to camp, then fast travel back to mountain pass (or anywhere). You can still get to act 2 normally after (in my experience). Also the glitch only happens sometimes, probably based on the game having to teleport Alfira somewhere.

[@Lichdemonz]

@@anthonyheman4621 ah

[@northofself]

So happy hearing about the savage attacker feat working on sneak attack!

[@mystraker3400]

“Not great against enemies that can deal damage” well that’s useful

[@toprak3479]

She is good against all 0 enemies who don't deal damage!

[@kyuven]

Alfira's HP doesn't increase and you can't rez her because she's still flagged as an NPC, just one that joins the party. I THINK this is the same trick they used for the Githyanki nobody that joins the party if Lae'Zel is your origin character.

[@sagestark3784]

Revive her will make her mostly functionable, but lose all her dialogues.

[@anthonyheman4621]

Her HP does change, but it's based on the NPC rules for the difficulty. On tactician she gets a +2 bonus to all attacks and has normal HP.

[@MarieCurtis92]

I always wondered what that dirty bird's key was for. Now I know, and that chest will never again go unopened. 😊

[@QwertyChavez]

It's always been in the game though, I don't know why he's reporting on it like it's new

[@anthonyheman4621]

Scrolls don't work, but Withers can still resurrect Alfira. I assume her HP changes as a neutral NPC or something similar.

[@SunbleachedAngel]

yeah

[@warchiefballer8809]

What if: You want to keep Alfira as an NPC for Moonrise, so she could provide the Improved Bardic Inspiration passive feature? Well, I'd like to knock out Alfira in the grove, then let Quil take her place, then is it possible to make Quil a permanent companion like with Alfira? Because then it means you have both Alfira and Quil alive, but without the durge cloak, and getting the bardic inspiration from Alfira after defeating Kathric.

[@procyonia3654]

Alfira should have been an origin companion

[@sagestark3784]

Revive Alfira will make her completely a common player character without any dialogue, so it's recommended to do so after warlocks got their robe.

[@sagestark3784]

@@warchiefballer8809 If Quil can join party like Alfira, I believe it can be done.

[@DieGurke_]

Larian: Fixes Vendor Bug Players: You Sure?

[@Katalmach11b]

The Savage Attacker update is going to make Orc Rogues insanely powerful, they really needed that. Imagine how high you can pump that single attack per round with Orc crits, Savage Attacker and Bhaalist Armor in act 3. Fantastic!

[@GypsyBladeFB]

Not an update, it's done this since launch

[@Katalmach11b]

@@GypsyBladeFB Not according to the rest of the community and my own testing, so idk what drugs you're on but I want some

[@WCOG93]

Have done crusher's toe before patch 7, but man I love that dual wield bug LOL. Great video!

[@TheDrazial]

So a bug, not a secret

[@creativename2567]

Bugs are technically secret.

[@nickrubin7312]

Exploit, not a bug (software), and not a glitch (hardware), since all mechanics and functions work as intended

[@BRADDERZ2K8]

@@nickrubin7312 it is infact a bug to teleport the party to the mountain pass by picking up the durge corpse

[@rascalthecat666]

@@nickrubin7312shut up man lol

[@arfirik]

@@BRADDERZ2K8 no, thats an exploit

[@Koyu_Ruh]

You don't need to walk out of a radius for giving the foes reverberation again. Talk to the amulet, disable and enable whatever passive you have - and you don't even need to waste movement, just time. A lot of it!

[@joshuawilliams8310]

Got to the Creche with Alfira before noticing that she doesn’t have all the common actions, she can only Dash, Jump, Throw and Shove. I had to make her a Rogue just to get her to Hide with Cunning Action 😅. For the death thing, in a Spud the King video he mentioned picking up her body and having Withers resurrect her, but that was more so when you’re full resting, but could work for combat deaths. Also, that dual wielding glitch happened to me when I was trying to equip a shield on Alfira. I simply thought it was an Alfira companion glitch.

[@30ART5]

Durge biting the toe was pre patch 7. I did it a couple times while playing with friends.

[@SakazakiRyo]

I've been using that dual wield trick for a long time but mainly to equip two long swords at once, granted they can be wielded with one hand. And Aradin the Elder has been there before patch 7, it was hilarious when I found it the first time.

[@Lrbearclaw]

I suspect that with that bug, people will use it as the basis of a mod to make her permanent.

[@TheLastShadow45]

That duel wield bug has been around for months. Used it in my last playthrough to give my Barb/Monk 6/6 Karlach the Rhapsody dagger in her off hand so that she can still do unarmed attacks and get it's +3 to attack and damage rolls.

[@Shae_Sandybanks]

For the last one (the birds chest), you can use mage hand to shove it off the pillar. Then you're free to pick it up (and if you failed the dialogue with the bird or cant be bothered with them)- get a rogue to unlock it from within your inventory

[@becominghero9754]

Love seeing that I am not the only person who thought Gale looked better in Astarion's clothes XD

[@hawkingbishop]

Man, I was so excited when I saw the thumbnail. 😭 I haven’t played in months and if she was actually a party member I’d wanna play again. 😅

[@Shrubblord]

With the first one, if u fast travel back to the emerald grove, all the alfira and all the other tieflings are dead and the ritual is complete

[@peterfabell154]

Larian office after patch 7: "They did WHAT?!"

[@Marianojoey]

The reason behind the HP with the difficulty is because: In EASY mode, the characters have 2x first level, and enemies and neutrals have 1/2x first level. In BALANCED, everyone has 1x But in TACTITIAN/HONOR, your characters have 1x, but enemies and neutrals have 2x. Since Alfira is a neutral (same as Us in the Nauthiloid), her HP depends on the difficulty and not in the class. She's an NPC, after all, even if you have her for a while.

[@SombraCakes]

I do also want to note, if you do the Alfira trick you will go into the dev room when you enter Act 2, softlocking the game. *IMPORTANT FOR HONOR MODE *WINK WINK**

[@skylerdama]

I don’t get what you mean about honor mode

[@SombraCakes]

@@skylerdama Meaning you can’t go back and you end up losing all your progress over a stupid bug

[@skylerdama]

@@SombraCakes okay, was making sure 😂

[@aiugiamos3057]

Use your map

[@SombraCakes]

@@aiugiamos3057 you’re technically right, but it doesn’t let you get out of act 1

[@ArneBab]

Waiting for the "True Companion Alfira" mod with cool text lines (likely not voiced yet; though maybe people can collect money to hire the original voice actor?) and regular main character features ☺

[@dylancross1039]

I'm salty that we got two druids, BOTH circle of the moon, and no bard

[@Terioth]

Here's a tip. During the fight with Yurgir in Shar's domain (or whatever) in act 2, he eventually drops 14 Orthon explosive bombs. You can actually just pick all of them up, and they are disarmed and can be used. They're incredibly powerful, doing basically a combined 50 damage split between fire and force. Not even joking, these 14 bombs allowed me to cheese the fight with the Netherbrain on honor mode. Ran in there and unloaded all 14 bombs for the kill in the first turn. I'm actually curious if you can just leave him alive and farm him for these bombs, maybe something for your testing?

[@PuskasMarton]

The bird chest has been there since the beta, same with the toe biting being there since Durge was released.

[@Luckysquirrel1256]

Most of these aren't new at all to patch 7, but it is still cool seeing things i never thought of, or weird intwraction between items.

[@dinospfc]

Caustic surface (acid bulb) also works for the infinite item trigger, and void bulbs are also a great candidate for throwing onto a surface to setup for AoEs

[@justdoingmything]

Topaz’ key and stash has been around since before patch 7

[@mattie3875]

For a very long time

[@Erinlikeshiking]

You don't even have to go invisible to steal from philomeen. Just walk by her with your rogue character (astarion), position behind her and THEN stealth, then steal from her and move your rogue to the back of the room. She won't even react. I just did this last night.

[@red-merlin]

Doesn't she react in convo if you bluff her into igniting it lol? Could have sworn that was a thing lol

[@Erinlikeshiking]

@@red-merlin yeah, I just meant react as in react like normal NPCs do when you steal from them. There's just no reason to pop invisibility for this, was my point.

[@red-merlin]

@@Erinlikeshiking oh i gotcha. Dude did kinda do things backwards. I never stole the powder so i didn't know. Also Astarion has probably the funniest thing to say in that exchange lol. "Woah, let's not do anything hilarious" lmao

[@masterpainter78]

Didnt know Savage Attacker was not working properly prior to patch 7! Uh yes it is supposed to work with all damage done through a melee action this would include a sneak attack or even stuff like a paladin smite. Edit, also crits done with melee. So it can be a really good pick at level 4 over say GWM or even just standard ASI or Half ASI feat.

[@jokuma5798]

I wish she would become an hireling after death, or maybe there could be a mod that replaces an hireling by alfira. I've seen it being done with antagonists like gortash and orin

[@claudeb3673]

Weell its basically a glitch... hope they will add as a complete companion with dialogues, story and romance option someday. Would be cool to have a bard without respec

[@sagestark3784]

Nope. They expect mod makers to do that.

[@claudeb3673]

@@sagestark3784 yeah i guess they will but i wished for the same voice actress, animators, etc

[@toprak3479]

@@sagestark3784 One of the only good things to come out of the new developments in AI is that modders cant actually replicate the voice acting. Would be amazing if they modded some of the more prominent characters as fully fledged companions.

[@CaidhpBhais]

2:20 you dont need to go invis to get Runepowder barrel. Just crouch and use the entrance on the left side (Philomeen's right,) she'll he facing the door. Just jump behind her and grab the barrel. Also, with Crusher, after the toe incident, you can still get his ring. You get into a temp fight w him. Focus him, but let him live. Afterwards he moves to the bridge & you can attack him repeatedly without him going aggro.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

That chest has been there for a bit already but it's good to know if someone didn't already.

[@moboly6673]

00:29 Not really. Before the night when Alfira is supposed to arrive, the player must initiate the transition to the Mountain Pass. During the transition, the party will go on a long rest and only from this moment the bug begins to work.

[@gamer_hempy]

Literally everything but the first 3 things that Toyhouze talks about were already in the game

[@jonlucich2854]

for the phalar aluve thing, you could just be a monk and use the infinite jump ability. Then you can jump infinite amount of times using the hammer that does thunder damage each time you jump.

[@EALoArt]

4:18 this is the best one I've seen in a while. Not that I've been looking for ways to do murder or get around combat or anything. I would never. That would be almost as bad as walking around, distracting guards and then shoving them in pits. I imagine you can also just have the mage hand drop the acid vial so you don't get blasted.

[@MorganaEvelyn]

not me spending the next 100 hours trying to figure out how to make savage attacker and sneak attack goated

[@blujyuh3410]

someone must have cast scroll of gayseous form on me when i was younger

[@purplepenguin43]

lol, i was just trying to figure out the alfira thing last night, as soon as i saw she was a party member and could be controlled i knew there had to be a way.

[@bluejay5234]

Probably already posted, but you know the modding community will have the Alfira problems fixed in no time... they are amazing people like that.

[@douglashenrique188]

Dude, after 1 year of beating alfira up or killing at camp, to see that she actually now beat Durge and reverse it, so crazy lmao

[@carolyndaniels9045]

I saw that tombstone a few months ago, so it isn't new with Patch 7. Still hilarious though!

[@Geminias]

I mean.. from the moment you meet her, Alfira just looks cool and she has a great character intro reel with the song. Why wouldn't players want her?

[@TenchiKun016]

Now we’ll get Update 8 just to get her as a permanent companion

[@quentin932]

The infinite movement speed and reverberation thing has been in the game for ever im sure

[@AmuUshiromiya]

I'm still waiting to take that damn beer in The Elf Song with Rugan. LARIAN YOU DID DIRTY TO ME, WHY I'M A SWEET SIGHT BUT I DON'T SEE HIS PRETTY FACE ANYMORE. And: Karlach should have the possibility of dating Dammon, like, C'MON. That guy is into her (and mommies) so bad that he can't hide it.

[@AgentHK-47]

You can steal the rune powder barrel without going into dialogue and using a second character. Just go invisible and jump over to it

[@ItsRagingRay]

so i tried the trick fist be defeating my Durge with Alfira, but didnt think about looking her(my Durge) and taking her body lmao

[@marksminis]

Quick question from a previous video: Can I still get Glut out of the Underdark? (I have Arabella Spore Servant) Thanks!

[@jameshealan2881]

I like how the solution to murder is more murder

[@dreadqueenmaeve]

That chest above topaz and the key have always been there I collect it in every play-through, it’s not new.

[@nexzenoxes4589]

i found you can get Portrait of Ifan ben-Mezd at the orge eating corpse location in Act 1, you need to go up the roof there a small room and there the portrait and with the same time a perception check you able find the hidden board hiding something

[@ovogaming-ff3cu]

larian studio is always have the most cool unintentional exploits I think they should keep the exploitsin in the game, if smart enough if you're smart enough to find like a in game cheat code, I truly I want her to be a permanent companion.

[@2367ruben]

Can't wait to try some of these once it gets patched in console!

[@apexghost1294]

Little weird. Don’t know if a mod screwed something up or not(not that I have any that ‘should’…), but Scratch decided to show up in the Ancient Lair in Act 3(he was not summoned and I didn’t give him away). He is the normal camp Scratch and just sits in the back of the room. I am playing on a patch 6 save, so I don’t know if that changes anything.

[@swunglerd1261]

My guy is using glitches and is acting like larian added some sick new feature lmao

[@patrickmontie9583]

I was so excited to see her show up in my camp during my Durge playthrough. Lets just say it didnt end well for her. 😢

[@timtengo5750]

TheOneTrueSirSalty tested this. If you bring Alfira to Act 2 you send up in developer land and can't advance the game.

[@mortdeath1674]

Topaz’s key and chest have been there since EA

[@brucebrantley5692]

You can go into stealth and just sneak past the ochre jellies.

[@dinospfc]

I'm surprised the dual wield cheese wasn't found earlier, considering all the other tricks done by swapping equipment, or is this a new thing in Patch 7?

[@annenym2222]

Wish I had kept a savegame from immediately before Alfira appears. I would have tried this immediately. This sweet girl also deserves to get her revenge.

[@MysRyuza]

Watching this after Patch 7 arrived, but Alfira already died prior to the patch :’)

[@Ascisana]

i wish they would have implemented alfira as companion without glitching, but I guess this would have meant more work for larian and I rather have them working on a new amazing game

[@six6572]

The chest & topaz thing has been in game since launch

[@acewavilind6671]

I done that since game launch and did not record and show to the public, now they probably gonna remove Alfira soon. just like how you will get headless Karlach last time. Thou the rest of the way you play is sick.

[@lendial]

with the unlocked modding kit and AI voice generation surely we would see a full Alfira companion in time, it would just take months and months to build.

[@mnkyman478]

the dark urge part has always been in the game.

[@jrcperes]

I'm pretty sure Savage Attacker was working prior to patch 7 at least on smites and damage increase from items

[@paladin-ksai7667]

Alfira should have been a companion from the start. or at least when you finish the quest where she rewards you with the robe at last light.

[@dexcal8009]

Wow i love Alfira

[@BSizzle26]

The chest for the bird key has always been a thing

[@superkdude8D]

Someone has seen that video where the guy beats the game by just walking :3

[@hanatimaru]

Well, sad for Alfira!! I wish we had a Bard companion!

[@red-merlin]

So the nest key and chest above has definitely been around for a while. At least since a year ago when i got into the game. But serious question now. I do a ranger/rogue gloomstalker/assassin build for astarion, i usually pick feats sharpshooter and athlete or just stat improvement. You kinda need at least a half feat to round off that dex to 18 but now I'm wondering if i want to ditch sharpshooter for savage attacker or deal with 17 dex and maybe find equipment to push the stat up. Any suggestions anyone

[@XGiveMeLibertyX]

I’m gonna try this infinite damage trick to complete an honor mode run

[@owlamancer]

Alfira> So anyway i became the dark urge

[@mahnameisj]

I'm in act 3 with alfira. I did the opposite of you. Went to the mountain pass to trigger her recruit scene but killed her instead and picked up her body. Same thing happened here. Had withers revive her then I killed her again and picked her up, went back to act 1 and long rested until durge killed the other bard. Then Alfira can be taken to act 2 onwards

[@skylerdama]

What about her quest in Act 2?

[@mahnameisj]

@@skylerdama her dialogue triggered after i rescued the tieflings but the potent robe wasn't given. The kids also speak as if she's alive after the ketheric battle

[@xandroy1273]

Luckily Alfira has very little voice lines, so it would be easy for an ambitioud modder to voice her and add content without too much rework

[@santosic]

I'm sure someone will figure out how to use her current companion recruting code to make her a fully fleshed companion that has all of the actions you'd expect a companion to have, plus proper Bard and Tiefling abilities to boot. If you then do the exploit her to make her permanent, at least you have a decent companion now lol. Eventually after that, someone will figure out how to make her truly permanent, and always recruitable. This is more likely now that the modding toolit has been fully unlocked by the community.

[@dannydanggang1675]

Now with a bit of help with the modding community, we should get her properly with patch 7

[@757reaper]

That last one has been here from the beginning

[@TheCultOfShepard]

I tried all this during the beta test but keeping Alfira alive doesn't work for me, she always wakes up dead, even with Durge in her pocket.

[@anthonyheman4621]

Are you triggering the event during the mountain pass (or Grymforge to Shadowlands) transition?

[@TheCultOfShepard]

​@@anthonyheman4621 Thank you, it does indeed work for me on the Mountain Pass transition, though my butler has taken off in a huff.

[@GypsyBladeFB]

Savage Attacker has been this way since the game launched

[@stez.9198]

What build are you playing?

[@garrettcarter5622]

Number 1 is going to get patched out SO FAST I’m surprised he put it in.

[@blargminton]

can you respec alfira? if yes i can imagine ways she can be useful, max range eldritch spam for example.

[@mahdiabr3019]

As a dark urge if you donate 1000 gold to Halsik as she jogs your memory multiple times you will have a buff while near her.

[@clearlypellucid]

The bird's stash has been in the game since launch.