Baldur's Gate 3 Get these Best Items from Adamantine Forge | Full Questline Walkthrough

[@Zanian19]

Both the weapons and the shield will get replaced real quick. Do the armors instead. At the end of the game, some of your characters will most likely still be using them. Crit immunity is just that important, and there aren't that many items in later arcs that grant it.

[@NRProductionss]

What items give crits later on in the game? I have the heavy armor for my paladin but would love to crit more.

[@Zanian19]

@@NRProductionss I think you're confused. The armor makes you immune to being crit on by enemies. If you want to crit more often, you need gear that increases the crit range. There are a couple one-handed weapons that do (especially fun to dual wield them as a ranged, since the buff carries over to your ranged weapon) and a couple hats as well. If there are more, I don't remember. One of the weapons is in the gith base. Rest are in act 3 as far as I know.

[@varggaming6449]

I would actually make two scale armors, as you get good heavy armors earlier.

[@NRProductionss]

@@Zanian19 I was confused, but not about the armour, I know it doesn’t give crits but prevents them. Where I was confused was the weapons, as I thought they gave you crits, so that’s why I asked about weapons giving you crits as I thought you were saying you would quickly get similar weapons. I’ve looked it up and the adamantine weapons only give crits on OBJECTS not enemies so not as good as I thought! Thanks for answering though as it led to me clearing up the confusion and gave good advice on how to increase crits 👍

[@MareczqZglos]

Shield gives You crit. immunity too... and you can use it with yours spell-caster (what is really good). I prefer it then Medium-Armor , that most of time is for Clerics or Ranger - and they need more other buffs then crit. immu. But generaly the Heavy Armor is one of the best in game, sure ther are better in Act 3 - but not a lot of them, and still You can use this one if you need two Heavy Armors (I now run my 2nd. game with two fighters - Warrior and Palladin - and its super fun). Not sure its just me - and i missed something, but Heavy Armor are 2nd. "rarest" magic imtes in game... I even run normal 1x Plate Armor (and i had one Plate +1) when i got this one. The only more rare are "capes" for me - in my 2nd run, i just starts 2nd. ACT and i have ONE.... ONE :D Ps. Lets not forget we gets Healmet too in this quest - so its 3rd item that gives crit. immu.

[@AndrewJohnson-oy8oj]

Don't convince the Rothe to clear the rubble. Convince them to turn on their masters. It trivializes the fight with the dwarves, which you have to do anyway, and they still clear the rubble afterwards as thanks.

[@jamesjameson7384]

They help fighting and clearing the rubble no matter what. There is no difference, they will always do both

[@SharonCrader]

@@jamesjameson7384 Maybe the other way affects approval in a positive way. I know Karlach is not happy when you tell them to clear the rubble.

[@nathanieljefferies5491]

The dwarves turn on you either way…so convince the rothe to turn on the dwarves, everyone approves of this

[@IronCavalier]

They died too easily and I had to blow the rubble myself anyways.

[@SenjaiYT]

You do not need to raise the platform.. You also dont need to hammer him twice, if you set up your party since he starts with soiftened armor, you can frontload your partys damage quite heavily on turn one, just make sure the last person to hit him is standing in the middle. If you get him to half health or lower, he can die immediately the following turn. This prevents him from spawning the adds

[@adamskeans2515]

my monk beat the snot out of the thing,

[@reickuhibata]

Lae’Zel and My Tav with Warhammers and Shadowheart with a mace we all just pretty much bludgeoning him to death first two turns.

[@bouncerwolf2942]

I had my paladin/warlock and gale cast cloud of daggers in the spot where the adds spawn they only have 12 HP on balanced so it is a 1-2 hit kill so they never get to move if you kill grym within 10 turns you never have to worry about the adds

[@joeyflat1452]

I put the barrel of runepowder on the platform. That killed both him, and most of my party instantly.

[@DanH11]

I gave my Level 6 Berserker Karlach a two-handed maul (it's weak to bludgeoning), Enraged her, and smashed it to bits over four turns right by the grate it pops out of. Also popped an Oil of Accuracy right before starting the fight.

[@dechenthurman2708]

You don’t have to go all the way around. Go to Nere, and on the left you can jump or misty step to a cliff which has a adamantine mold, hit the waypoint and teleport the rest of the party it the forge. I always have trouble deciding whether to do Grym or Nere first. If you long rest too many times you miss your chance to fight Nere. Don’t worry, the Druegar and Gnomes politely leave his loot behind for you.

[@jairosimahan4986]

That's what i did, i used fly.

[@1SaG]

Forget about all the weapons - they're not worth crafting and a waste of the Ore. IMO, the shield and medium armor are the best options for most parties. The heavy armor is alright, I suppose, but the medium armor is *almost* as good protection-wise, plus it'll allow +2 to AC from DEX and more folks in your party can potentially wear it. The shield has been a given on all my play-throughs so far because it stays useful probably the longest out of all the items - and lots of characters can use it, even folks like Gale or Wyll who shouldn't be running armor. The only time I'd recommend the heavy set instead is if you have someone in your party constantly who needs heavy armor (basically for fighter-Tavs or Lae'zel fan-bois). Then again: Having 14 DEX for those +2 to AC is good for *any* class and like that, the medium set will grant the same AC as the heavy one. So I guess the only *real* scenario where I would craft the heavy set is if I plan to not use it at all but to sell it on. It does have the highest value of all the Grymforge gear.

[@Wienerbus]

instead of misty stepping back and forth you can just misty step the first time to the mould platform and then shoot either lever with a bow to activate them from there. on a fighter you can almost kill him in 1 turn with action surge and extra attacks.

[@kylescott7654]

Where you killed Nere just walk over to the left where the defaced statue is and get Lae’zel to psionic jump over to the corresponding ledge waypoint is right there. Or misty step whatever gets you over.

[@CarinaLubrecht]

I took a break from BG3 and when i got back i forgot where i was, so thank you so much for this video. I was so lost as to what to do with this damn quest so this was a great help! i made both armors as many people mentioned that the weapons where quickly outclassed. When i compared the stats i also saw that i already had better weapons. So thank you for the amazing guide!!

[@theultrasceptile]

16:10 Gale, open your eyes, *THATS A LOTTA DAMAGE*

[@nixzxin]

Not as much as what he could have done.

[@mgeldarion58]

9:05 It is possible to jump from the levers' controls location to the 'library' ruins further leftside, closer to the place where the Splint Mould is located. I used the forge to craft heavy armour and shield for my paladin.

[@nixzxin]

Yea. Those two are exactly what I made as well.

[@PaulRGauthier]

I made a shield and medium armour my first playthrough. It worked for my party composition, but I kind of regretted it later. The shield isn't a bad choice, It depends on your party composition, but but it became obsolete fairly quickly. One of each kind of armour is the "safer" option I think.

[@pauljackson1944]

@@PaulRGauthier Err...I thought you could only make 1 item?!! I only ever found one lump of Adamantine so I guess I assumed only 1 item could be made.

[@PaulRGauthier]

@@pauljackson1944 Heheh, it's easy to miss stuff in BG3. But yeah there are two mithral ore deposits.

[@pauljackson1944]

@@PaulRGauthier I'm on my thrird playthrough and I only NOW learn this?! Darn it! I think I'm too late to go back and make another item in this run as I'm at Last Light now. (Its also probably not worth it anyway) I'll go have a look to see if I can quick travel back anyway this evening and try to make something else if I can go back. I can easily see in a year or so that there are over 100 lumps of Adamantine knocking around really! We just havn't found them all yet and Larian are just having a laugh at us all struggling by with only one or two Adamantine items!

[@darkjgaimg]

You can just mist step to the forge from the area you kill nere at and unlock the waypoint and quick travel everyone.. from there you can back track if u want to get all the molds.

[@xxxizabela]

the ffxiv music at the end almost made me cry. ty!

[@rajidramsingh1375]

Ikr! I was like wait, is that FFXIV Music I hear at the end. lol. Good Choice too.

[@reickuhibata]

I went with 2 adamantite heavy armors. One for Dark Urge Fighter/Wizard and Shadowheart life domain cleric/bard

[@dmar3651]

wait, how did you do two of the same armour type with one mould?

[@reickuhibata]

@@dmar3651 use the ejection lever and grab the mold and re use it again.

[@annenym2222]

Made the two armors because I already have more weapons and shields than I can use. No one uses longswords or scimitars anyway. The heavy armor will go to Lae'zel when I take her in for the Crêche which I will do soon. She may be thankful for the extra protection.

[@almansour_82]

How on earth were you able to forge the second item????? Everything is stuck for me. Tried lowering it down and up again and down again. Nothing worked.

[@annenym2222]

@@almansour_82 Good thing I keep recordings (the one with Grym and the items still is raw and unedited, though). I just checked. Looks like after forging the first item and picking everything up, the chamber was blocked at first, but I could open it again after pulling the Mould Ejection Lever once more. Before I moved the platform up.

[@nixzxin]

There is a bug that could cause this. You will have to reload the last fight when that happens. There is a big at the end of the video I explained how to avoid the bug.

[@MrTrashRat]

THINK SMARTER NOT HARDER: I just used the scroll of flying to fly across and get to the forge instantly. Also! Just sneak to avoid encounters

[@chrisdubay7478]

Hey bro, I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for this wonderful guide. I got stuck in several parts and you really help me out. Also,, I really enjoy your narrative style. You’re slow enough so people can see where you are on the map. Don’t know how many continent craters rust through how to get someplace and 40 seconds into it. You’re stopping the video and going back and re-watching because you can’t keep up with them , that was not the case with you nicely done my friend you got a sub

[@nixzxin]

Thanks a lot for your wonderful words! Glad my walkthrough style helped you. And thanks for taking your time watching my videos:)

[@lrom5445]

Another solution to the bug is to go into turn based and pass turns for a couple of rounds. Then you can exit turn based and the valve works again.

[@ThinkingCap_]

I feel really bad for people who tried to use the adamantine forge without using any guides whatsoever. Can only imagine how many hours it took of savescumming trying to figure out why the hell it wasn't working. And if you hit that button before pulling the mould lever you're screwed lol, it's crazy.

[@bubblemum]

I was saying the same thing to my husband while watching this, after not figuring out how to get there. I didn't realize I could shoot arrows at controls...sigh. Thank you Nix Zin for the guide, it was really helpful and you have a cute accent- Grandma Jo

[@iyeetsecurity922]

8:52 You can all be on the platform(s) and shoot the levers.

[@kennethstephens992]

Loved the video. Super helpful. I ended up making the Heavy Armor and Shield for my paladin. Next play through I’ll make some other things.

[@kevinbarnard355]

If you use the shield AND armor on the same character, the wiki says it will interfere with applying the reeling condition. The shield is better if you want to focus on the reeling condition, since the higher your AC is the more likely the penalty will stay active. With the armor, once they hit, they'll have the penalty, and more likely to miss, which makes the penalty fall off.

[@daviddonahoe1303]

I like using the scimitar for my assassin build. but the armors are usually the way to go.

[@keithpalmer4547]

Scimitar ALWAYS critical hits and ignores slashing resistance. Nice!

[@Fenrir-el4ze]

If there are two veins and that dude has a chunk of the adamant one doesn’t that mean you can craft three items in total

[@LAFLAME1111]

You can’t use the small one you find from the skeleton

[@k.eden0]

Where you had the fight with NERE you can ealy use misty step and be at the lever (8:3O)

[@fancystacy]

Judging by the cost , it is best to make adamantine plate armor; you can forge two pieces. I'm wondering whether to make two armor (for a tank and a priest) or make armor and a shield. What do you think?

[@nixzxin]

Yea, the weapons are very easily replaced. I made the heavy armour and the shield. They lasted pretty long.

[@PaulRGauthier]

The shield isn't bad at all. I made it my first time through and it served me well for a while. But I kind of regretted by Act 3 and wished I'd made one of each kind of armour. There are some very good shields later on.

[@JafoTHEgreat]

You have a nice voice. Pleasant, soft tone, relaxed and easy on the ears for when I just want to listen.

[@Gael-x999]

The unintentional asmr goes hard

[@shhikens]

Awesome video used your 4 corners tip but avoided any spoilers ahead i beat the boss first try went with the heavy armor set looks dope thanks!

[@nixzxin]

Thanks! It was a good strat at the time of recording. There were so many insane ways of dealing with this boss since then. Power of the community.

[@eatsleepplayrepeat]

The game is bugged and didn't let me make the second item so this tutorial is no joke

[@swannyboii6169]

Did you re pour the lava into the forge??

[@gambinks3807]

onnestly i see lot of ppl hating on the weapons meanwhile if youre playing in a group that wants simular things these are amazing im playing a paladin one hand and shield wielding the sword as our ranger is getting all the crit item for his build both playing halforc as well onnestly works well that way whouldnt write them off as worst option all depends on your party

[@corbentimms9443]

With the lever and platform bit, if you dont care about scimitar mold, you can keep all 4 of platform, and kust shoot or use mage hand on the levers

[@jacklanson-z5o]

Christ bless you and thank you for the valuable info

[@JK13A]

You took some very difficult paths to these locations.

[@aiwenore89]

A nice video, clear and full of details. Well done

[@sasanr1]

Daaamn it after 1 hour of reloading and replaying and doing all researches i decided to change my scimitar for the shield . MFcker has given me 2 scimitar instead of the shield

[@oldmantex374]

Excellent content and very easy to follow thank you

[@tailuong6591]

I got a bug with the forge, I tried everything that possible but it wont work. Now I can only have 1 item out of the forge😢

[@fvlse_]

TIP FOR KILLING GRYM: Using shadowheart, or anyone with the “command” spell, makes this fight easy as hell. Command him to approach shadowheart when she’s on the edge of the hammer. If he gains resistances again, simply command him to flee. Then repeat. I was confused. I dropped the hammer on him, did a ton of damage, but then he gained his “immune to bludgeoning” and was unaffected. All you have to do it get him into the lava again, it will give him the superheated debuff. That debuffs his resistances for 2 turns. Side note: the weapons are garbage and get outclassed quick. Build the armor, even if you don’t have an immediate use for it. That armor will last all the way through act 3

[@perspicacity89]

Great video, thank you king!

[@edv8064]

This was great thanks!

[@RBCharger]

Great video. I'm just about to get on the boat to go over there now. I was disappointed to see that the shield is only +2 AC. I guess the shield bash is okay though. I'll get that for my caster. Reply

[@Sadeem2324-g9v]

Thanks for the helpful guide i really needed it

[@johnhoward1769]

Great job. Thank you

[@rajidramsingh1375]

Great video and Great choice of end music. FFXIV lol nice.

[@Paladin-119]

I can't even get to go down the first time, I've done everything this guys done and nothing

[@janih777]

Thanks. Great help

[@amenofonema9]

I can't use the forge once again, beacause I can't insert adamantite... the forge is no more interactive and I can insert only mold. I don't know why 😮

[@nixzxin]

That’s a bug that could happen making the forge stuck after first use. You will have to reload save unfortunately. Make sure to lift then platform up and back down again before inserting the second mold.

[@Swordmaster757]

Ironically, my issue is the exact opposite. I'm not able to insert the second mold, but I can insert adamantine. (I did remove the first mold also.)

[@codycrabtree3684]

Thank you

[@julianolima7215]

i always make the overpower shield and one armor... i like the medium armor.

[@Dcw-rp6ib]

I made the heavy armor should have made the other type also but I made a mace first.

[@solomonsignet]

Thank you!

[@deusvlad2.083]

Why did they change the stats of these weapond and armors?

[@nixzxin]

They have? Not sure from which patch. Was it for better or worse?

[@deusvlad2.083]

@@nixzxin Oh actually these are the newer stats, yeah the stats on these equips used to be rubbish before some patch made them good.

[@davido.1233]

I finally got the thing defeated, and all it took was to get a hireling.

[@nixzxin]

congrats!

[@jerryv4717]

Do we only get to pick two items? Since there's only 2 ores??? I'm tryna get and complete each and every quests in act 1 and yes I'm still in act 1 bought it 2 days early access since this game dnt have new game plus I wanna make the most out of it

[@nixzxin]

Yea. Unfortunately, you can only make two of them. So you will have to choose. Although the weapons are very weak, so you don’t have to consider them.

[@vond5829]

It's so obvious to do the armors since the weapons are really trash and you easily find better shit even in act one

[@philliprobertson]

For some reason when i tried to do this quest line i couldn't activate the boss match to make the armor and wasted the mithril i was so pissed

[@nixzxin]

Yea that forge has some bug that can render it stuck. Happened to me once in my first play through. I had to reload my save file. But I’m surprised they still haven’t patch it.

[@dragonstar2011]

Is there anyway to process the adimantine slag i have to get more ore? Or is it just useless? And if you answer my question please drop a like because KZbin doesn't tell me when you reply, but it will say when you like my comment.

[@pflernak]

So if I have a Rogue with +3d6 Sneak Attack damage and he crits does the Sneak Attack damage double too??? It becomes +6d6?

[@jconte2343]

The weapons look a little disappointing to me for what they’re hyped up to be. I’ve already got better or equivalent gear minus the resistance negation, but as far as that goes, I’ve either not ran into many enemies with resistance, or I just haven’t noticed it. Even if I run into an enemy with resistances up the ass, there’s going to be another way of killing them.

[@LordFyrestone]

my game glitched visually, so I didn't know tha tlava only lasted like two-turns. Needless to say, I still finished the fight regardless.

[@Beepbupbap]

is it better to just make 2 adamantine armors? or should i make 1 armor 1 shield? thank you

[@nixzxin]

I made heavy armour and shield. They lasted pretty long.

[@Beepbupbap]

just finished creating 2 armors for karlach and shadowheart hope its worth it but its making me think its better with astarion since when he wears it AC becomes 19@@nixzxin

[@rich1051414]

@@Beepbupbap Karlach is a barbarian and shouldn't wear armor at all. Barbarians get an AC bonus from not wearing armor. That AC bonus can be a like wearing plate, but with no negatives on saving throws.

[@taguro1006]

@@rich1051414maybe the dude likes to dress the red devil some cool clothes. You dont have to play the recomended thing everytime

[@kevinbarnard355]

@@rich1051414This guy is confused. Ignore him. There's plenty of reasons to wear armor on a Barbarian, like the special effects they provide or your stat allocation.

[@leekit8951]

I made the splint and shield

[@dr.therake475]

I crafted the scimitar and i'm unsure on which armor to craft

[@amarsaman9460]

Is there any first way cause I’ve done with the fight with nere

[@firstrule770]

You don't need to raise the platform in between.

[@JBNVZ]

Can you craft to middle armors? Want one for Karlach and another one for Shadowheart

[@nixzxin]

I think so, you can reuse the mold you slot in the first time.

[@jerematic]

12:11 "Easy Fight" It is bollocks! I keep getting a level 6 party wiped because of the stupid surprise round

[@povertyhitstheroad8663]

the scimitar is not there, only normal scimitar

[@JamieR2077]

GREAT WALKTHROUGH! I watched 3 or 4 before yours that were trash

[@christhompson9427]

Splint and shield

[@themudpit621]

I think you might be right.

[@gavinfoley8658]

So can I make two splint armors?

[@nixzxin]

Hmm. Don’t see why not. It gives you back the mold.

[@lordnico7]

What if your game says cannot fast travel from this area?

[@keyoke69]

Can you make two of the same item?

[@naterisawesome1]

The armor that i got was medium armor? Am i missing something?

[@nickhunter6700]

Very detailed nice video 👍

[@notemo7440]

The dwarves left before I cleared the rubble, what do I do?

[@nixzxin]

try blow it up?

[@awestrada]

FINALLY, SOME ANSWERS

[@DiagolonRider]

fak I'm on my something playthrough and i missed this entire area... twice! htf?! lol

[@sithemperorlucas7531]

Can sorcerer wear light armor?

[@shadow67492]

It only allowed me one item. Would not allow me to insert the next piece of iron

[@nixzxin]

It's possible that you encounter the bug that stuck the forge for you. See the end of the video, there is a specific order you have to do for the second piece.

[@fluxgameing8265]

i just hit the guardian with a tripping attack and it died instantly.

[@SirShadeyy]

Do the ore veins respawn?

[@nixzxin]

Sadly no.

[@Kinger_of_the_circus]

I played on easy so it’s not that hard of a fight 😅

[@OneEyedJack01]

Do it once for the experience, but the items are underwhelming.

[@Asghaad]

Adamantite splint is the best heavy armor until act 3 ...

[@PaulRGauthier]

Wrong. The armours are best in slot well into Act 3. The shield lasts a long time, too.

[@hvacnr]

are the dwarfs need for the process ?, i kill almost all the dwarf near the forge 😂😂😂, and free all the goblin, , i hate how the dwarfs talk to me 😆😆

[@MrKevin63000]

Where can u farm the mithril?

[@nixzxin]

You can’t. The 2 Mithril deposits showed in the video are the only two known in the game.

[@MrKevin63000]

@@nixzxin meh thanks for this info, it's too late for me then 😅

[@craigbennett7617]

Boss can be killed easily in 2 rounds with 2 tanks without using the hammer

[@bwho8101]

Don't know if I'd call it rare.

[@themudpit621]

where is the helmet mold?

[@nixzxin]

Hemet is dropped from the boss. Just loot him and you will get it. No need to forge.

[@trepke2849]

this tactic is not working for me...

[@themod0518]

So I used the forge once. Fought the Guardian. Picked up my Forged Armor and now can't use the Forge again. Any ideas?

[@reickuhibata]

That’s a bug. Always save beforehand doing anything in this game.

[@SleepaholicPanda]

Did you eject the mould?

[@Ostmown]

thats what happen if you do things wrong, dont forget to let the lava flow first Then you active the lever to hammer it down

[@Ostmown]

some peoples also said dont let the guardian died around the hammer thingy so just bait it away and dont forget always save before and after killing the boss just in case shit happens, tho in my playthrough, my armor was forged while i am fighting the boss

[@triplesectgravy3778]

🙏🙏🙏

[@jairosimahan4986]

Do i miss something important if i killed the both dwarves and the humanoid plants after completed their quest? I mean, saving the groove and killing the soverein spawn, and the Nere one (i completes them all but killed the both factions since i came to the conclusion both of them were evil) Thanks btw. That part of the map is kinda cryptic.

[@suntech5868]

You forgot to show how to use the forge.

[@EricSemenov123]

did u watch the end

[@borzak101]

Not worth the time and effort uless you want to for the roleplay aspect.

[@aleck.492]

so basically the elder scrolls and baldurs gate are the same game just one is 1st person life action the other is group turn based

[@meak5719]

why there is no fucking item for mage ? or any caster .. light armor stab etc .. im mad

[@Adam-FR]

Well it's adamantine, which is a metal, so makes a lot of sense for heavy armor and weapons. You have to look elsewhere for mage items. I think it's fine.

[@lingth]

​@@Adam-FRunless it's a adamantine quarterstaff.. lol or maybe a Bracers of Defense for +3AC?

[@themudpit621]

I made an adamantine eyeball, it helps me spot cranky people. It's working, found one!

[@Asghaad]

dont know about yours but my mage is happily wearing the Adamantite Splint armor and Adamantite shield 🤣

[@SleepaholicPanda]

The shield is something for the mages, I think.

[@TEHBRONX83]

This guide was amazing! New sub, ty!