Baldur's Gate 3 Fans Shouldn't Miss Out on Two Niche Quests

Summary

Baldur's Gate 3 includes two quests that lovingly parody standard RPG tropes, such as fetch quests and rat-killing quests.
The fetch quest involves finding the dismembered parts of a murdered clown named Dribbles, which are scattered around Baldur's Gate.
The rat-killing quest is a fun throwback to the original Baldur's Gate game and offers a straightforward late-game challenge with multiple achievement opportunities.

There are over two dozen quests players can complete in Baldur's Gate 3. These range from epic battles against powerful foes to deep explorations of characters' secrets. Two of these quests, both encountered in Act 3 of Baldur's Gate 3, are particularly easy to miss but absolutely worth taking for one reason: they lovingly parody standard tropes and elements of RPG quests.

Baldur's Gate 3's Truest "Fetch Quest" Is For Dead Clown Parts

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"Fetch quests" are a tradition in RPGs dating back decades. Players are challenged to hunt down items across the map, like Final Fantasy's ship fuel. Baldur's Gate 3 features one extremely traditional fetch quest; players must find seven items hidden around the city.

However, the items they have to find aren't potion ingredients or weapons. They are the dead, dismembered parts of Dribbles the Clown, the star entertainer at the Circus of the Last Days. Dribbles was murdered by Orin the Red and replaced with a doppelganger, but ringmaster Lucretious - a necromancer - asks players to bring her Dribbles' body parts, as she can still make use of them. The pieces are found at Orin's murder sites throughout Baldur's Gate.

Part	Location
Head	In the Undercity Ruins on the path to the Temple of Bhaal
Torso	Tunnels underneath the Open Hand Temple
Arm	In the boarded-up house behind Sorcerous Sundries
Hand	Popper the Kobold's table at the circus
Pelvis	Behind a locked door in the Elfsong Tavern alley
Leg	In Lavernica's House near the city wall
Foot	In Rainforest's Home next to Beehive's General Goods

This loving tribute to fetch quests is downright hilarious, from Lucretious's nonchalant attitude about Dribbles' death to various characters' disgusted comments upon discovering each part. Karlach, in particular, is downhearted that the beloved clown was killed in such a terrible way. Plus, the reward for this quest is great - the Spellmight Gloves, which let wearers sacrifice -5 to spell attack rolls in exchange for 1d8 damage.

BG3's Act 3 Rat-Killing Quest Honors The Series' Roots

Baldur's Gate opened with the player character, Gorion's Ward, asked to eliminate rats infesting a storehouse in Candlekeep. It was players' first taste of combat, and rewarded them with a paltry 5 gold. Baldur's Gate 3 includes a humorous reprise of this quest - but not as an early-game combat tutorial.

Instead, "Roveer's Storehouse" - which bears a similar name to the BG1 quest - is picked up in the Lower City's Elfsong Tavern. Players are asked by Roveer, a chef whose name is clearly inspired by Candlekeep's Reevor, to eliminate the rats clogging up his basement. (Players can also instead use Speak with Animals to accept the quest directly from the tavern's lazy, imperious cats.)

There are 36 rats to kill, each with a single hit point. This would not be a challenge even for Level 1 players in Baldur's Gate 3, but, by this point in the game, players have gained several levels and might even be maxed out at Level 12. The quest does not pose the slightest challenge, and its 347 gold reward is laughable, but is still worth taking because it is a fun throwback to the series' history. Plus, this straightforward late-game quest is a great opportunity to unlock multiple Baldur's Gate 3 achievements in one fell swoop. Many players have used this quest to complete one or more of the following:

Kill Two Birds With One Gnome - Use one enemy as an improvised weapon against another
Fists of Fury - Kill an enemy with an Unarmed Strike
Punch Drunk - Defeat twenty enemies in a single playthrough while a character is drunk

"Find Dribbles the Clown" and "Roveer's Storehouse" may not be the most epic quests in Baldur's Gate 3, but they are fun tributes to past games and RPGs in general, so players should definitely try them.

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Released: August 3, 2023
ESRB: M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence
Developer(s): Larian Studios
Publisher(s): Larian Studios
Engine: Divinity 4.0
Multiplayer: Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op
Cross-Platform Play: Full cross-platform play.