8 SECRET DISCOVERIES that will make you replay ACT 1 (Recruit Halsin early) // Baldur's Gate 3.

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@kimosterhout3242 Ай бұрын

Once, I smashed a potion of feather fall and it covered everyone except Wyll, I toggled on turn-based mode and then jumped, planning to have Wyll swig a potion of feather fall on his turn. Apparently, the cutscene canceled the turn-based mode and I saw three characters land safely at the bottom and Wyll just kinda splats. I like Wyll, but I laughed so hard when this happened.

@nancycariker-moon9890 28 күн бұрын

You forgot to ungroup Wyll before jumping…I’ve done that before (but wasn’t Wyll)

@Cyb3rM1nd Ай бұрын

Volo doesn't talk about afterlife, he's just being poetic about the fact he's dead. With Speak With Dead, the target only knows what it knew in life - and you're technically not talking to the soul, only the memories that remain.

@lawrencefosterjenkins8216 Ай бұрын

pretty sure the goblin was telling you to wake up the bugbear so he'd kill you, not so the two of you could have a conversation

@kimosterhout3242 28 күн бұрын

Too bad. I have a soft spot for bugbears. In “Wilds Beyond the Witchlight” campaign, I played a wholesome bugbear named “Mouse”who was raised by a halfling and protected everyone who was smaller than he. He was a rogue-cleric who worshipped Tymora, goddess of good luck. He was one of my favorite characters to play, thus a lot more information than anyone was looking for.

@jb111082 8 күн бұрын

@@kimosterhout3242 I played a Goblin dad who practically adopted the party

@kwdblade4683 Ай бұрын

Volo is a Weave Anchor (although this isn't known to him) so killing him should be almost impossible. The fact Elminster doesn't step out and cast a heightened disintegration spell on you for the attempt is a missed opportunity on Larian's part.

@Cyb3rM1nd Ай бұрын

Weave Anchors can die. They're immortal in terms of "age" - they'll live forever, but can be killed and therefore die. This is why Mystra made multiple anchors.

@ArakkoaChronicles Ай бұрын

@@Cyb3rM1nd They also get incredible luck and special protection. In the game, this usually manifests in you always being there whenever he's in trouble.

@Juniper_Rose Ай бұрын

also resurrection is a thing! if he's so important, mystra will send a cleric

@GoldenIrishRose Ай бұрын

The dank crypt crew freaks out if you unlock the push button door. It's absolutely hilarious to sit and watch them. They congratulate their lock Picker but she Is scared witless. Trying to let them know it wasn't her

@rachelhughes8487 Ай бұрын

Bro kidnapping Halsin while he's tied to you for the Goblin camp isn't recruiting him early

@dyslexicLLM Ай бұрын

Agreed. Speak to dead is amazing. The dead don't lie and combined with disguise you can find a lot of hidden dialogue. Some of their answers are heartbreaking and some are just disturbing. Like how many cultists are still brainwashed after death, hinting at the main conflict of the story.

@Lernos1 Ай бұрын

According to D&D: "The corpse knows only what it knew in life... This spell doesn’t return the creature’s soul to its body, only its animating spirit. Thus, the corpse can’t learn new information, doesn’t comprehend anything that has happened since it died, and can’t speculate about future events." So asking a corpse about the afterlife is pointless with this spell. It's unable to know. I guess you could learn how they felt up to the very moment of death, but not a millisecond later.

@dyslexicLLM Ай бұрын

@@Lernos1 Interesting, but irrelevant. Death should break the spell of mindcontrol, which in the case of the absolute it doesn't. Withers has a whole monologue about it, because it's part of the main plot.

@J720X-L Ай бұрын

@@Lernos1 I wouldn't bother their name is dyslexic and judging from the reply they have low reading comprehension... I blame the schools.

@agirlnamedmichael1670 Ай бұрын

@@dyslexicLLM I believe it does. Just because a corpse says it was doing something for the Absolute doesn't mean the mind control wasn't broken. "Serving the Absolute" is a neutral statement of fact. The people we can hire via Withers were clearly not in agreement with the Absolute and their minds were freed once they died. =)

@dyslexicLLM Ай бұрын

@@agirlnamedmichael1670 Yes, your quote is neutral. Does that reflect all 'speak to dead' dialogue? No. Npcs who were killed in an instant have shown to change their mind after death; "Nothing matters anymore...", while others answer questions about their current state aka dead. Fact that they refuse to talk to their killer even when they never saw them and then can be fooled by a disguise proves they learn after death. If these were 'recordings' of the soul they wouldn't do any of these things. Remember BG3 took some liberty with the D&D rulebook. These are not 100% the same.

@ArakkoaChronicles Ай бұрын

RE: "My mother's son". I'm not sure how true it is in the Forgotten Realms, but in real European history, and in much else of the world, people would usually call themselves by their father's name. I.e. Simon, son of Joseph, Halfdan Ragnarsson, etc. Using the name of your mother, or calling her out first, would often imply you either don't know who your father is, or you don't particularly care about the person they were. Which could be a source of great shame in those times, or it could be turned around, like being the son of a known criminal and proclaiming yourself "your mother's son", trying to imply you did not follow in your father's footsteps. And IIRC, Volo did have some daddy issues.

@kylevanderwolf4446 Ай бұрын

In patronomic cultures if your mother was exceptional your name could reflect that as well , actually.

@Littlepup93 Ай бұрын

I constantly forget that not everybody plays drow constantly like I do, so seeing the Under Elf convo be treated like a "not many players know this" was a disappointing surprise. In the early game, you also have a bunch of other unique interactions as a drow: *Aaron's greeting is slightly different, adding "and now even a drow!" *If Zevlor wasn't knocked out after his argument with Aradin, he mentions that it's brave of you not to hide your heritage and promises to let everyone else know you helped at the gate. *Aradin's conversation in the grove can also be different (if he didn't leave, I know this happens specifically if you defused tensions with him and Zevlor), where he'll remark "Well if it ain't the friendly drow!" and just be an ass about things. You can remark that people like him less than they like you, and even tell him to "feck off." *When you speak to Sazza, she assumes Minthara sent you to come collect her. *Mattis' greeting is a little different upon meeting you, where he's a little wary but curious, asking if the stories are true that drow drag kids away. *Volo is surprised to see you, since drow aren't often seen outside the Underdark. *A few of the druids sound more suspicious towards you too, namely the druid that tells you you can't enter the grove and Nettie. *Kalga takes the fact that a drow is here in her grove as a sign. "Who better to understand a watchful brood mother than a beloved child of Lolth?" If you're a seladrine drow, you can tell her you have no love for the Queen of Spiders. TL;DR if you wanted a lot of race specific dialogue, drow and tiefling are your best bets.

@msguccidiamonds Ай бұрын

I'd say Drow and Githyanki have the most frequent race specific dialogue.

@Littlepup93 Ай бұрын

@@msguccidiamonds Omg, I forgot about Githyanki -- that makes a lot of sense.

@ZhenJiPi Ай бұрын

Iam so glad that i chose Drow for my first playthrough, because of the many extra dialoge choices I got (without knowing that before, so it was a nice surprise)

@whitneypatterson8744 27 күн бұрын

I played Drow for my second play and it was so much fun just being able to get through stuff without fighting or having to pass a roll check.

@annelyle5474 4 сағат бұрын

I've played drow and half-drow a few times, but I confess I can never resist the urge to punch Aradin for calling my character an underelf, so I've never had the subsequent conversation. Maybe I'll try it next time!

@gugadone Ай бұрын

Really nice video! Thats not recruiting Halsin, he going through the portal is a bug.

@obscureproduction Ай бұрын

God the detail in this game is massive .. Entering the village from the other town, most of us just slaughtered them! Gotta love larian !

@owlamancer Ай бұрын

Fun fact about the bandits in act 1, if you enter through the crypt and invisibly open the door, the scout will talk about how this wasn't open before and asks the group to come check it out., therse more dialogue passivly then.

@obscureproduction Ай бұрын

Bg3 is a game, that you can play 1000 hours and always discover something new!

@thomasgormly6941 Ай бұрын

I feel like I've done that much just replaying act 1. More so with the console mods dropping.

@Checkman282 Ай бұрын

A buddy of mine started playing around with improvised weapon and figured out right-click before the action completed. It's blown my mind just how strong and useful improvised weapon can be.

@HardlyBardly Ай бұрын

I'm laughing my ass off at the idea of a gnome just hefting Halsin up over their head and running off with him thanks to that exploit XD

@bunnyboygamille Ай бұрын

That's literally the entrance to the Underdark I always use because I like to hurl myself down there as soon as I'm done dealing with Khaga to go pick up better items and level myself a bit before heading to Ethel and the gobs... Because I sneak around a lot I've always heard those convos from the people in the crypt. I spoke with the dead to Volo in an early playthrough when I didn't think about the fact that he was strapped to a mountain of smokepowder with a trail of fire creeping towards it 😬. Didn't matter much since I wasn't playing as Durge anyway and it was balanced so his knowledge of the slayer buff or his endgame buff weren't really necessary. I do like the idea of jumping into the blighted village to try to be sneaky just to immediately be caught anyway. I wouldn't exactly call that recruiting Halsin. It's like adding Jaheira to your party for the siege on Moonrise. A nice meat shield and extra set of hands but oh man if you let them die you can't rez them.

@GermyVee Ай бұрын

Wake up the bugbear with the food that has the knife stuck in it. Enter turn based mode, throw it on the table, put the knife back in. Once he wakes up he will think it is from the Ogre because of the knife. tell him where she is, then enjoy the drama.

@GAMOTALK Ай бұрын

The meat (food) is not even movable. How can you throw it? Could you be a bit more specific?

@Lufa01 Ай бұрын

idk how a normal drow gameplay count as a "secret discovery" tbh, or that feather fall can save you when jumping into the hole, or cursed reactions when in reality they happen in every playthrough, the stuff with bandits i personally hear every playthrough too since i am choosing to shoot the stone basically killing 2 and then starting fight, bugbear part also didnt show anything aside from goblin mentioning him..., about Volo - others already said its a corpse so what he can know are only the things up to his death point - still it was mildly interesting to hear it, about Halsin - honestly not surprising that there are no reactions, after all many things are scripted. all that being said, out of those 8 SECRET DISCOVERIES, there are maybe 1-2 things at most at least for me. I mean talk with Volo corpse and mention of the bugbear by the goblin, sorry but the rest are either obvious, or are happening in every playthrough

@ryleeaerison1763 5 күн бұрын

for the Lae'zel thing, a similar dialog happens when you approach them as a Gith

@obscureproduction Ай бұрын

The effort they put in this game is insane!! ..

@slipperynickels Ай бұрын

not just the amount of effort, but also how well-focused the effort was.

@dyslexicLLM Ай бұрын

I know it's not worthy of a video, but some of the quest descriptions are just too funny. I paraphrase, but "Priestess Gut could've helped us with the cure, but being a goblin proved fatal for her." I'm sorry, but it's so blatantly racist I don't even know what say in my defence.

@Frazec_Atsjenkov Ай бұрын

7:39 If I remember correctly, Duergar and Githyanki also get a unique dialog.

@rollandingo760 Ай бұрын

I didn't know about the secret underdark entrance. Thanks bruh

@thomasgormly6941 Ай бұрын

There is another one underneath Walkeen's rest but you have to get past the Zamerthem thieves and discover the invisible wall in the back of the hideout. There is a locked lift that takes you there. Another invisible entrance is under Ethol's hut but you need to be wearing the accursed mask. Either kill Ethol first or cast protection from good and evil before equipping it. It only reveals itself that way and there's a mushroom circle that acts as a teleporter.

@Ed_man_talking9 Ай бұрын

now i want to jump down the hole the wrong way as a half-orc.

@sublimefanaticsf8616 Ай бұрын

7:18 This also works with any flying skill (Like the spell fly) , and in that case it won't give you experience either.

@trevorsreya8277 Ай бұрын

I remember in one of my earlier playthroughs, I could use Halsin as early as the day after I saved the grove. But in a more recent playthrough, he only joins my camp. Did they change something?

@woofmail7082 Ай бұрын

I don’t know what version you played, seeing as there’s early access or before different patches (there are 7). Halsin is only recruitable in Act 2, but he does join the camp after Act 1 because he wants to come along for the ride. It’s pretty cool because he’s one of the best characters narratively to be the tour guide. After ridding the Shadow-Cursed Lands of, well, the shadow curse-he becomes officially accessible.

@trevorsreya8277 Ай бұрын

@@woofmail7082 It wasn't early access. That much I'm sure. I just don't remember what patch this was.

@m003100 Ай бұрын

What if you fill a bucket with water from the pump and dump it on the bugbear? I haven’t tried this but just an idea

@andybodle7560 Ай бұрын

Sadly you cannot fill the buckets. At least, I haven't yet managed to

@02091992able 27 күн бұрын

Actually, got the phase spider matriarch to fall down that hole once. Its corpse was at the bottom.

@dakotahondalock5621 14 күн бұрын

You can resurrect the Matriarch with glut if you do that as well

@spicynips8466 Ай бұрын

If you jump near a sleeping npc it'll wake them up, maybe that'll work? Since its not a direct action against him.

@z771p Ай бұрын

god, this game just has so much

@FreeSpirited66 Ай бұрын

What's being thrown at Halsin? Are you knocking him out then picking him up?

@tipziegurl7998 Ай бұрын

Right? This video is crap. It doesn't show the whole thing. "Once hes picked up..." OK BUT HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN DUDE?! Ive tried so many times and he just keeps getting thrown and killed. 😐

@dakotahondalock5621 14 күн бұрын

@@tipziegurl7998 he’s using a waypoint while he has halsin picked up which brings halsin with him, it’s an exploit that can be used on any npc that can be carried, it’s important to waypoint before you finish the improvised weapon attack because if you do you’ll just end up failing the exploit and attacking the npc

@therealdadoom7509 11 күн бұрын

did you try throwingwater on the bugbear?

@134Z 5 күн бұрын

You should consider reading the text you select out loud as it's too small to read on my phone.

@rayne93 Ай бұрын

The comments made when entering the Shadowlands differ a little once again if you play a drow Tav. A comment about how the shadows are unlike any Tav's ever seen, even in the Underdark, if I remember correctly.

@obscureproduction Ай бұрын

How did you discover the early halsin recruit man xd!

@agirlnamedmichael1670 Ай бұрын

It's not really an early recruitment so much as breaking the game a bit. You aren't supposed to be able to recruit Halsin until you've killed the goblin leaders, so I think this qualifies as a sort of exploit. You'll still have to go back and kill the goblin leaders for Halsin to be able to interact with NPCs after that.

@foxxknight8847 Ай бұрын

We're really stretching the definition of "secret" here.

@dustinavant2003 Ай бұрын

I just recognized Gale's voice as the British general in Outlander.

@sublimefanaticsf8616 Ай бұрын

7:25 This also happens if you are a Gith or a half orc.

@Turantula Ай бұрын

Ok now what if you kidnap Halsin then immediately go to the Mountain Pass so the Grove closes off...

@xxfireages Ай бұрын

if you are not there to defend the Grove then halsin will leave your camp shortly after act 2 starts

@tiendaweii 29 күн бұрын

I appreciate your insight and content! But... these don't make me want to replay Act 1. In fact, something I've been struggling with lately is why I felt compelled to put more hundreds of hours into Divinity 2 than BG3. Am I getting older? Is it being annoyed with the main male characters? Is it because I started playing XCOM2 Long War of the Chosen with Modjam (next, Tedjam!) and Requiem? Still working on this. And my Legend campaign that feels categorically more impactful... ?!

@Suzanne_sf Ай бұрын

Watch out for spoilers! At least one. :)

@palexanderrice Ай бұрын

There is a second bugbear in that area

@tipziegurl7998 Ай бұрын

If you're going to make a video about something can you at least show the whole thing? You don't show how you managed to get Halsin picked up and teleported to a different location without throwing him and killing him. 😐 Ive done what you said sooooooo many times and it just keeps ending up the SAME way every time.

@GAMOTALK Ай бұрын

Hi! Try to watch the video with full concentration and you won't need to ask a question. The video says to "Use improvised Melee action on Halsin". If you do this then your character picks up Halsin. As soon as Halsin is picked up, fast travel to another location. I hope this answers you question.