8 New Discoveries that will make you replay ACT 1 // Baldur's Gate 3.

[@GAMOTALK]

2nd part of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXSbn5KNmdxrmK8

[@AnimeeNoa]

6:20 the shard can unlock some dialouge options with the gemlins/dwarfs(near the forge) or whatever near the side where they dig to free neer? the one evil guy who is enclosed in a poison room. and its a hint to kill the golem with the hammer

[@dr._dice1099]

Baldurs Gate 3 is the only game where videos claiming that you have probably never seen this before are actually correct

[@potatoman7594]

rdr2

[@Toyhouze]

It's actually crazy how much there is in this game!

[@alooiuc2941]

witcher 3

[@spctvl03]

AGREEEEED!

[@pitbullnamedcupcake8485]

Elden Ring is like that too. BG3 still beats in just due to the sheer amount of unique interactions you can have based solely on your class or race

[@KollbjornYT]

When even Astarion and Lae'zel are sad over someone/something dying you know you're a monster

[@choikevin4294]

The mystery NPV you mentioned on number 2 is a fail safe NPC. He doesn’t have another objective but to prevent soft locking yourself during ACT 1

[@Toyhouze]

I believe the cutscene is to distract you while the tieflings get into their celebratory positions :)

[@guunarlarsensmith7148]

You are thinking of Zevlor's replacement: Asharak or (if he too has fallen) Cerys. Gerson is only there to allow the ai to teleport to position without breaking immersion

[@sintanan469]

​@@Toyhouze You're right. The cutscene forces the player(s) into a cutscene while NPCs teleport around in the background to their pre-party night positions.

[@Erydanus]

@@guunarlarsensmith7148 This guy is actually unique, I believe he's "Gerson the Bent" according to an article I read about rare NPCs. If I ever play a Tiefling I'd like to get his sliders! I like his look.

[@ShipsGalore]

I was just revisiting Act 2, and you find Ashakar's corpse with a few other tieflings and an absolutist

[@bunnyboygamille]

As a FF14 player.... on my first playthrough, when I saw "memory shard," I immediately saw clicked the "use" option on it. I know a lore-dump crystal when I see one 😅

[@wildfire160]

Same..

[@rapipanmanoch6470]

Yeah and when it glows I was like “*crack mommy*”. It never left my bag ever since. I’m a warrior of light now

[@NajarinPrime]

Lol my thoughts exactly

[@lethos8811]

if the spectator fight last long enough so that it unpetrifies all the drows, and you dont kill them during the fight (its easy because a bit of damage wakes them up and they help you), they stop being hostile when the monster dies and they can speak to you. if dhourn is dead they will simply thank you and tell you they will go back home. of dhourn is alive they will tell you to talk to him. if you do he questions you about the forge and if it was found yet. if you are a female drow you can humiliate him and bully the shards off his hands. if not regardless of how the convo go he will order the rest to kill you. you can also get the password to the crystal from him before triggering the fight and you dont need to pass an arcana check later

[@potatoman7594]

also you can try using speak with dead to get the password if he passed in the fight

[@samuelmikler]

aaand you can also use basilisk oil to un-petrify him. Idk why but i think lot of people never used the item, there is a few chances in the game

[@MandalorianRevan]

If you're a female Drow and Dhourne is still alive, you can demand he hand the memory shard to you and he just hands it over.

[@NB-qb8fw]

he will let you leave if you have met at least one of the other wizards he betrayed and lie that you didn't find anything from them

[@WereCatStudio]

@@samuelmikler You can also use basilisk oil on the petrified dwarf in the old hags Tea House basement

[@kissalude9032]

My favorite part about Dourn, besides berating him as a female drow, is to talk to him AFTER the grymforge. It's like yup, I just found it while exploring. Realllllly makes him angry.

[@timeandspace6951]

For Harper Yonas, even if you dont manage to save him you can take his sword and return it to the girl who is mourning over his grave, and is implied to have been in love with him. Didnt even realize in a lot of other playthroughs. I must have always sold it before i got to her. But in my tactician playthrough i was running around for inspiration and the option popped up when i talked to her. I thought it was sweet that i could return it ❤

[@jordans2977]

On the "hail fighter" one I snuck behind them *from the crypt side* and when the cutscene triggered, I was able to convince them I was a ghost from the crypt and scared them off.

[@ThePontoniusz]

If you play as Astarion you can convince them you are a vampire using this method

[@Toyhouze]

It's amazing how many failsafe characters there are, I'd love to see how many more we can find!

[@GAMOTALK]

❤️❤️❤️ Yet a lot more to discover.

[@quasarsword7479]

Best game ever No 2 play through can be the same

[@Alexander_0385]

you can kill the graverobbers after telling them to leave for double xp. you need to switch to roundbased modus right after the talk with the gome is finished, hit the stone and finally kill the other two.

[@jmbs9586]

There is a scene that is also unique scene where you can dance with Zae, a Tiefling who only appears if Lakrissa has been killed or knocked out.

[@Mallwan]

7:52 there is an option for warlock like that as well. no checks, just make them scared by saying the ship is infested.

[@AMagicalTortoise]

I forget what the voice line is about, but there's also one for Half-Orcs. It's something intimidating, whatever it is.

[@tootsiestamlin]

Over 500 hours and didn't know about a single one of these. Subbed

[@LadyArakune]

Maybe you are not very curious ;)

[@victorhugo-rf7py]

The tieflings excited for the goblins death I just discovered I knew everything else

[@theredeft5319]

Something interesting I noticed that no one seems to have mentioned on any of the fact videos I’ve seen is there is a corpse under the building where the fake paladins of Tyr are that you can speak with dead on. The interesting thing is the take for the line “the corpse regards you lifelessly” is different than the normal one. It seems it’s a leftover from the early access when there were different takes and lines when you cast speak with dead.

[@MyNameIsBucket]

EA also had that placeholder Karlach in the area. Her quest was probably one of the last things put into Act 1, along with it tying into Wyll's story.

[@LadyArakune]

Like different different? I mean they just added some variants of that sentence to the game. She says it differently everywhere now.

[@ningenKami]

For those who are still unaware - You don’t HAVE to kill all 3 goblin leaders) You can kill 2 and knock out Minthara that is considered dead by the script which makes you successfully finish quest and recruit her in Moonrise towers)

[@nigeltucker4202]

Another way you handle some of the examples. #1. Instead of moving far away to use command, then fog cloud and fast travel, you can break the door and follow the guards upstairs to a blocked door where counselor Florrick is trapped behind. Instead of breaking the door first, cast command drop on the guard with the sword. Once dropped break the door and they will all run away. Run after them and trigger the cut scene with Florrick. Afterwards the guards run off given their orders. You can safely walk back upstairs and pick up the sword. #8. If you stealth up from the lower side where the would be tomb raiders are talking, you can also shoot the rope holding a heavy slab. It will drop and break ground next to them, killing them both instantly. This does start combat with the remaining 2 but it also opens another entrance to the tomb. #8-part2. Be warned, the other group in the tomb will hear the noise and come to investigate. If you enter the tomb this way, get everyone inside before moving towards the door. The upside to entering the tomb this way is when the door between the room you jump down into and the rest of the tomb is opened, combat will start with the opponents all standing around an explosive barrel. Shadow or Astarion can cast firebolt as a racial spell,. Gail may if you picked firebolt as a cantrip, or use a fire arrow if you have found one. You can take out most of the group in 1 shot.

[@GergelyGyurics]

Addition to #8-part2: if you play in tactician mode, have your defenses up (like mage armor for gale if he has it), because they might very well roll higher initiatives than you, and just bomb you with alchemist's fire and arrows before you even get a turn. The long way around is safer in Tactician / Honor mode.

[@nigeltucker4202]

@@GergelyGyurics on honor mode I use the main door and did throw and range attacks then closed the door and lock it. You can also let one or two out into the dining hall area then lock the door behind them. If you have an alchemist fire or something burning next to the door they won't come up to brake it down.

[@GergelyGyurics]

@@nigeltucker4202 good to know, thx, I will try it next time. I swear with my 424 hours of gameplay, I never once used lock.

[@nigeltucker4202]

@@GergelyGyurics not the spell, the switch to the left of the door

[@GergelyGyurics]

@@nigeltucker4202 ah, gotcha!

[@ssaberwolf]

Astarion said something different on my playthrough re: the dead Mama Owlbear just now... he said "I actually kind of liked her"

[@susiepazoosie2401]

the memory crystal actually also has a speak with dead related thing, the corpse in the miconid colony has the information to open it with no cheks

[@Jackrazorus]

Just minor addition to the noble burial, if you have Karlach in your party when that happens, she approves.

[@ningenKami]

What are the terms of even seeing this corpse? The only corpse inside the crashed ship is the mindflayer and I am pretty sure I searched all the area inside out in 3 playthroughs

[@mewmew34]

I hope they never patch out the option to "save" Yonas. Ever since seeing your video on it, I've made sure to save him every time via turning him into a sheep. Once his sheep form wears off he's cured, and is no longer hostile but instead helps take out the shadow creatures.

[@raccoonaa7744]

5:22 sharded cutscene. if you kill the Spector without killing the people it unpetrified they will lose hostility because the Spector lost control over them, it leads to dialog and getting shown the shard and have a few options to go from, i found this out accidently on my first playthrough and well ended up killing him for the shard anyway xD

[@tehb357]

There's a lot of interactions if you manage to keep the drow in the spectator fight alive too, or cure the petrification, though nothing that really amounts to anything worthwhile.

[@spctvl03]

Fast travelling away from Waukeen's Rest will kill Florrick so play that command drop game very carefully. Plus if you save Yeva in the mindflayer colony later she'll be disarmed. The second guy is just a contingency plan in place by Larian to load the grove setting and get the NPCs to the correct placement. Lol the memory shard, how do people miss that? You just double click it lolol. Love your vids thank you for your deep dives, this is my favorite game and I have over 3000 hours in it :P

[@nigeltucker4202]

I made a comment about this but didn't know fast traveling away would kill Florrick. Instead, before busting Florrick out, Command drop on the Fist at the door. Then bust Florrick out and do the cut scene. Follow everyone outside and complete the second cut scene. After the Fist are sent off on their mission and you can walk back upstairs and pick up the sword.

[@spctvl03]

@@nigeltucker4202 Exactly... well in theory lol unless she just picks it back up

[@nigeltucker4202]

@@spctvl03 she's never picked it back up the times I've done it. It may be due to the location. Same reason if she passes the spell save they don't attack.

[@arioalfiando8055]

I finish this game 13 times!!!! How did i still find new, finding??????

[@aristoeldesarmado]

In past patches you could save Yonas just puting a light sphere in the area while being invisible. Now, if you do that, the fight ends inmediatly and the game takes it as if you participated in the battle. Also, the cutscene trigger area became bigger to avoid you cast light sphere from distance. However I haven't tried yet a Sorcerer with distant spell + turn based mode

[@hayleydanhirschfeld4862]

Nice video! I killed all the flaming fist at waukeens rest (pretty tough fight Yeva is lvl 6 i think). Anyway, got her sword Svartlbee woundseeker. Councilor Florrick still thanked me for saving her lol.

[@Aci_yt]

Did you know about the gnomes in the final battle at high hall you can save? :) There's a door at the back left side of the first battle field that will trigger a cutscene!

[@GAMOTALK]

Yes and as far I can recall, the Gnomes give you a reward for saving them.

[@Nadfin]

Ive replayed the first act like 100 times already...welp here's to 101

[@BumpingRabbits]

Great video- they are always so fun :)

[@princeopumpkins]

8:01 Warlock also gets a special dialogue that just gets them to leave - [WARLOCK] That ship's full of poisonous vapours. Probably demonic. I'd stay away. There is a similar skill-checkless option for Durge, Githyanki, and those with high STR.

[@ocskopf]

Random Pro Tip: Wide sturdy chests are broken. They cockblock the two cambions on the prologue and the graverobbers inside the building too, if placed well. You can lock them away from you, making it a completely ranged fight... which you should aim to do, if it benefits you. I believe the barbarian graverobber is the only one being able to damage sturdy chests with very high attack rolls.

[@riskybitness]

Wow, I COMPLETELY missed the Kagha stuff.

[@MonkeyMind69]

7:32 - EXTRA EXPERIENCE POINTS! If you talk your way out of combat and make the Gnome and his party leave, you'll get experience points. However, if you go into turn based combat mode before they have a chance to run away, and attack them, then combat will ensue and you can get experience for taking them down as well!

[@sjoerddz]

Surprisingly I only knew the fighter and the shard one. Goof effort!

[@weissendrachen]

Oh man. I just learned about that first sword the other day. We're doing our first honor mode run and we used barrels to blow up all the fists and just looted it. I guess Drop would have been easier lol.

[@angelofrngesus8618]

For number 1, I believe warlock also has a dialog option that has no roll but makes them panic and leave the ruins as well. Something about poisonous gas I believe.

[@ChalkyMonkey6]

The memory shard IS for the forge it does as it says gives you a small description of the adamantine forge just another way you can learn about it

[@Salt-Upon-Woundss]

When it comes to the looters at Jergals temple my favorite way to deal with them is to exit the temple and do the dialogue checks where you pretend to be some sort of awoken undead

[@kittyslyfox4180]

I f-d up act one I didn’t intend to kill the Druid camp but did but went ahead with my play through realized I can’t in fact pick up Karlach if they die so here we are redoing it all again with a few mods. (I have more fun with a larger party as it makes it easier on me I’m here for story not fighting but I want to multi class so I can’t do story mode that’s my dilemma

[@KollbjornYT]

Druid Tav: Your body will attract scavengers. Should I bury you? Abducted Nobleman: Let them come... Me: Frostmourne hungers!

[@greenchilistudioz4537]

For the sword as first thing on video, you can disguise self, command drop weapon, drink invisibilty potion and move far enough for not to detect you and sprint away (all alone), and you get the early "OP" weapon lol

[@kalythai]

I thwapped a shadow druid rat and missed. This caused them to flee and removed from the game. When I confronted Kahga and the shadow druids, in every single scenario, the shadow druids never entered the fight. So if you convince Kahga to side against the shadow druids, the battle against them do not initiate and the journal gets funky but the quest is completed.

[@Helbereth]

You can learn how to see into the Memory Shard if you use speak with dead on Dhourn.

[@kristijanzikic1970]

I mean, you can also get Woundseeker if you save the counselor Florrick, get the reward and just follow them. Once gauntlet Yeva separates from them, just follow her a bit, once she's isolated, just knock her out (not kill), and loot the sword.

[@hsuan2323]

alt strategy for number 1: lure the githyanki from the bridge over to here and they will fight the fist soldiers for you, then you fight whoever wins that fight. you can still save Florrick and get that quest reward after wiping everyone out if you time it right.

[@nigeltucker4202]

Easier alt way, follow them upstairs. Cast command drop while they are around the door that Florrick is trapped behind. They don't aggro.-5 favor if she succeeds the save. Free Florrick, follow downstairs. Do the cut scene and get your spark item. After that, the fist are all sent away on their mission. Simply walk back upstairs and pick up the sword.

[@Ajar37]

You can get very good sword on mindflayer ship in prologue, just kill commander Zhaik or whatever this devil's name is. With the help of the mindflayer he is fighting, you will have time to reach the controls.

[@amaruhouston6006]

D*** I had no idea about that sort, but I just take the flaming one at the very start. If I remember correctly, it's still better than this sword. And the best sword you'll possibly get till midway, act two

[@Thalseum]

Hail Fighter: you can also have them leave without a check while playing a half orc, instead of fighter you will have half-orc option and their lines are the same.

[@SketchySkullKnight]

Please do one for each act!

[@aarons2557]

regarding the last one, you can also be a half orc to get gimblebock and the bandits to leave without a check

[@ironstranger314]

What if you kill all the goblins before returning to the owl bear?

[@vipanoire262]

The orphaned owlbear baby still appears in the goblin camp. It sadly doesn't change wether or not you approach the mama. :(

[@ironstranger314]

@ damn

[@twisteddreams4345]

the subtitles not being multi colored is great, tyvm, still dont need them baked into the video when youtube has that feature, but great vid and content

[@ghostphoenix1995]

So with the new update from Patch 7, does the new content get implemented in the existing game files? So for example, I got a Dark Urge safe game where I am at the very beginning of act 2. Do I have the chance, to see the new Cutscenes at the end or do I have to start a new play through?

[@Hagen024]

You can avoid the Arcana check to use the memory shard if you Speak with Dead on the drow to find out the password.

[@Tokiomy]

After 700h this game stil blows my mind

[@leonardoordonez8285]

The mistery NPC also appears at the Last Light Inn to warn you about not leaving the safe place without being blessed by Isobel. The way to make him yo appear was by leaving one party member at the inn while the others are at the moonrise tower when I tried to leave with the one left behind, the npc appeared

[@Scallers813]

FYI: you can activate the memory shard without an arcana check by getting the password from Dhorn or however u spell his name. I killed the spectator with Dhorohrn alive, he talked to me then attacked me. The. I used speak with the dead on him. He has a password.

[@deannekellogg8514]

The shard crystal, I always click use, and it shows me the forge. This was in 4 playthroughs. Maybe there was an update? I dk. I don't recall having to roll anything. I just thought it was to give you the forge quest.

[@alessandrogarofalo9951]

Probably you used speak with dead on the owner of the crystal to get the password. That way, you don't need the arcane roll

[@bunnyboygamille]

​@@alessandrogarofalo9951 this, you can speak with the dead or if you survive the fight, there is a way to persuade him into giving you the password before he aggros on you.

[@Nightingale_time]

I had to stop watching at #3 because WHAT!? I've been playing Act 1 wrong, holy shit

[@stormvexed]

Or you could just kill the cambien on the nautiloid and get the bright burn blade which is a two-handed weapon that will carry you through act 2

[@JLeeRiddell]

Noble burial - there's a special response to clerics of Lolth. it may apply to all clerics for evil deities.

[@starrychan33]

Using the class specific dialogue on the dead nobleman will give you approval from Karlach if she is in your party when you do it

[@Quantum_Bluntz]

Idk why I never thought of just breaking the door 😅

[@thunderspud4181]

On the memory shard, if you use speak with dead on the drow you take it off of, he gives you the password to activate it!

[@Pickle_Maniac]

You can carry Olodan into Netti's room and throw her on the ground, enter turn base and use Astarion to sneak attack. She'll be 💀 before the game can recognise combat lol

[@gfuuniverse121]

Have that teifling npc say "by azura by azura". flash backs to elder scrolls oblivion

[@flithbrin]

You can side with the grove and not kill Minthara, just knock her out, can even take her armor, and rescue her in act 2, she'll still join you.

[@grizzlybeargames859]

Rangers get the same option as Druids with regards to burying the dead nobleman.

[@Suzanne_sf]

Hi. Thank you for your videos. Where did you get Shadowheart's outfit at the beginning of your video? Green looks so pretty on her!

[@lukasbeyer2649]

I think that guy in the grove cutscene can act as a fallback character if zevlor is dead.

[@leerobbo92]

On the Owlbear mother death, I'm absolutely certain that on my first playthrough I got a line saying "She deserved better..." from someone: maybe Karlach or Shadowheart? Implies that there are multiple possible responses from each character, if I'm not hallucinating.

[@MoonsongReverb]

Saving Yonas does actually do nothing. If he dies, you get at least a hidden mini quest. Take his Harper sword and go to Last light Inn. There’s a female harper friend of his you can give it to

[@ETVPEL]

if you kill the beholder but keep the owner of the memory shard alive he has a conversation with you about the forge

[@Say10n]

Паладин клятвопреступник может своей абилкой подчинить Миркула. Это ломает появление катсцены и приводит вас в тупик.

[@kylevanderwolf4446]

On the last one. Warlock also gets an instant pass for the dialogue check

[@psychlycan]

Gimblebock (the gnome looter) also won't need a dialog check if you're a warlock and say the ship is full of poisonous vapors

[@trilly889]

Unfortunately things like fog cloud, darkness, etc. These will now trigger combat with any npc that walks into it

[@RAWR26633]

Ill do you one better about the memory shard. If ur a female drow u can convince him to give you the shard, and a goofy password to use it without a check to get this password.

[@AVBRIZE]

If you force the duo you found to attack the owlbeast mother, and run from the fight, rest & comeback, you find the duo dead, and the cub is gone

[@trevorsreya8277]

Something I found out about the drow leader at the spectator fight; the guy he was meeting, the one who summoned the spectator, is the unalive drow in the myconid colony, the one that has part of the mourning frost staff. I found this out first by talking to the drow leader while he was alive. He mentioned the other guy by name and asked me about him. I hadn't checked the unalive drow yet so all I could do was say I didn't know him. I don't remember if I was a fem drow during this dialog or not. Then later, I used speak to unalive on the unalive drow, asked him his name, and he gave me the same name that the drow leader had mentioned. If you could, could you see if there's a change in dialog if you speak to unalive on the unalive drow, then do the dialog with the drow leader?

[@KazekSquarepants]

I think you can also easily intimidate guys in temple with Barbarian.

[@Forkontheleft]

If you're a half orc you also get a dialogue option garenteed to scare off the grave robbers

[@jacobbowser1158]

The Ranger Class also has the dialogue option to offer to bury the Nobleman.

[@kawaiimarty1016]

I found the kagha one by accident because I thought it would be funny to kidnap the rats

[@Honed-]

i knew about the shard scene.. thats new? im pretty sure others have tryed it before lol...

[@CJAFTER5]

i thought the mysterious Tiefling only appeared when you killed Zevlor and Asharak...

[@pimpstaajack]

I was recently able to kill Voss in act 1, I’m not sure what triggered the glitch but he decided he wanted to stay and fight the squad, my duo and I nuked him with Barrels, I’m not risking an honor mode run fighting a level 12 at level 5, we did leave act 1 without tying up loose ends so that might have something to do with it, I clipped it

[@GAMOTALK]

What about the Red Dragon?

[@pimpstaajack]

@@GAMOTALK I couldn’t manage to kill him, he has 500 hp and on every hit he retaliates with a legendary action and heals back to full

[@7on]

If you play a female Drow and Dhourn is alive, you can force him to show you the memory shard.

[@maxsparza6944]

Good vid, some parts are a bit hard to understand what you are saying though

[@bizutable8452]

God what this guy have with spiders...

[@ceeesik1436]

Does she still get chopped down on Honour Mode?? Curious minds are wondering 😅

[@unncommonsense]

Onyx the Fortuitous Tiefling

[@200crazyz3]

Anyone else ever wonder who the guy is sneaking in the camp when you have the camp party it act 1 anytime u get close he disappears

[@GAMOTALK]

Korilla

[@lgduncan3341]

Is there an easier way to get the sword from the guy at the beginning

[@DarthDaddy-cg6ro]

Thanks.

[@pianistshowtoplaycompimpro8093]

good videos

[@Ryan-ij3ge]

It was a little hard for me to hear the dialogue with the game music, but maybe it was just me.

[@johnhopkins9885]

#1 can also be done as a half orc without a fight.

[@SinisterSlay1]

Go through the withers temple in reverse for funny dialog.