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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@sneakybawls]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@ErinHinnen]

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

[@ErinHinnen]

@@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]

@@ErinHinnen 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

[@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!

[@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.

[@MarieCurtis92]

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

[@DieGurke_]

Larian: Fixes Vendor Bug Players: You Sure?

[@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

[@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!

[@Lrbearclaw]

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

[@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

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@becominghero9754]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@30ART5]

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

[@blujyuh3410]

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

[@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.

[@peterfabell154]

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

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

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

[@TenchiKun016]

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

[@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.

[@einheisenburg]

I've had 4 playthroughs of Baldur's Gate 3. Got burnt out. BUT, I will replay the game again if Larian makes Alfira an actual permanent companion (romanceable is a bonus) with actual dialogue throughout the story. I just want a damn bard companion without having my custom/origin character become one.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@alessandrogarofalo9951]

7:43 the "I play as a female for smaller hitboxes" has got an upgrade. Now I play a female character to hit twice 😂

[@quentin932]

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

[@Manavine]

you know what they should do? Roll with it. Alfira ends up eating Durge's tadpoles for this, and is cursed into bhaalspawn and fucking *brutalizes* Durge after you do this, losing her control. Basically, making her your new avatar pc, but while you no longer have durge's background, you still carry the knives.

[@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. 😅

[@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

[@Kryptic245]

I found a glitch when playing yesterday. It's how to destroy the Grove and not lose Wyll. Let the Druid leader have her snake attack the kid, then go to the teifling leader and let him offer to pay you for taking out the Druid leader. Return to the Druid leader and tell her about it. This will trigger an attack on The Grove. Then, take out all the Druids. Once the tieflings are celebrating. Start taking them out, too. The game will bug out, and they won't attack you. They'll run away but not attack. The only ones you can't remove are the kids because they're immortal, but if you talk to Alfira first, she will go to their lair, and they will vanish. Then you can unalive Alfira. After doing this, the game treats it like you saved the tieflings, but everybody is dead except for the kids. I don't know how this would affect the Minthara part of the story because I haven't gotten there yet. I imagine you can still take her Quest to destroy the Grove and instantly win it, 😅, but then you will lose Wyll.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@gamer_hempy]

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

[@bullywags397]

I hope Larian realises people want the ability of Alfira to join as a permanent companion.

[@jameshealan2881]

I like how the solution to murder is more murder

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@dreadqueenquinn]

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

[@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

[@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 ☺

[@timtengo5750]

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

[@MorganaEvelyn]

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

[@hanatimaru]

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

[@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.

[@PuskasMarton]

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

[@mortdeath1674]

Topaz’s key and chest have been there since EA

[@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.

[@lewd2851]

Heres the thing right, Alfira is great and all but theres literally no point in making her a permanent companion and possibly breaking a quest or hard lockign yourself in act 2 just to do so when she has no lines for anything beyond her recruitment, at that point make a tiefling hireling and just slap her appearance on there, the effect is the same

[@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.

[@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.

[@2367ruben]

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

[@dannydanggang1675]

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

[@GoldStandard8774]

They should add a content patch specifically for Alfira.. You should be able to get her as a Companion regardless. We have no bard 😭 There should be an option to get Quil instead of Alfira that doesn’t have you knocking out Alfira

[@GoldStandard8774]

Alfira is the best character in the whole game tell me I’m wrong! Exactly. You CAN’T!

[@757reaper]

That last one has been here from the beginning

[@garrettcarter5622]

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

[@jasonhendricks4562]

Does this Alfira trick stop her from being able to give you potent robes in act 2?

[@anthonyheman4621]

Someone already figured out you can do something to get the potent robes involving sitting her on her chair in last light.

[@jasonhendricks4562]

@@anthonyheman4621 that's awesome!

[@Littlepup93]

Wait, but you could bite off Crusher's toe for a while now. I make a point of it in my durge runs.

[@superkdude8D]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@solitaregames]

Or you can get a changeling hireling to transform into Alfira and pseudo have her permanently in the party.

[@aliwantizu]

Sometimes this dude has the oddest pronunciations. Gay-see-us form? It's Gaas-ee-us form, Gaas as in gas for your vehicle...and of course the 3 forms of matter: solid, liquid and gas.

[@tiomcgregor7057]

my one pet peeve with this channel

[@justdoingmything]

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

[@Shinarock]

that "secret stash" has been there since aeons ago :P

[@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?

[@jrcperes]

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

[@normy6801]

lol spending their whole lifetime fixing vendor, but players can always get away with it

[@euca04]

Way of the Shadowheart monk

[@jesterhyzukus3828]

I thought savage attacker all ways work with sneak attack. It's dice rolled on an attack. Works with smite

[@clearlypellucid]

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

[@carolyndaniels9045]

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

[@lafreeman]

So now all we need is a fix Alfira's health mod...

[@Braver-Seven]

Hidden and secret have lost their meaning in these videos..

[@dexcal8009]

Wow i love Alfira

[@shootits48]

I liked Ellyka as a companion

[@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.

[@aaaa-ni9hc]

The trick for Alfira did not work for me. When Alfira joined my camp, I couldn't ask her to join my party and couldn't control her. Having someone else kill and pick up Dark Urge didn't do anything.

[@HuNtOziO]

Don't keep Alfira permanently, it bricks your run. Someone tested it and reported it on reddit.

[@justinguidry2946]

Biting crusher toe off isn't a new thing. I recently did it on Xbox which doesn't have patch 7 yet.

[@Chewie571]

Alright I just started this video. If the first tip is just saying Alfira is going to fall to the Durge again then im going to be disappointed. Edit: i was not disappointed.

[@jotun5383]

Well, the warlock-trader method does not work on console (PS5). You can put your bound weapon into wares but on the screen to select wares to sell you simply don't see your pact weapon anymore. I doubt that patch #7 will introduce that method on console.😂

[@TheLordLanre]

It works.. I do it often. Usually use the druid gear trick instead, but the warlock weapon trick works too. Just have to make sure to add something else to the wares along with the bound weapon and then just hold square to sell wares, over and over.

[@victoriavvc]

The infinite movement speed and phalar illuve thing is not new to patch 7 either.