This article contains spoilers for a specific interaction in Baldur's Gate 3 Act 1. A creative Baldur's Gate 3 player has found a way to prevent one of the game's saddest moments through clever use of game mechanics. This Baldur's Gate 3 trick is actually surprisingly simple, and is a good way for players to stop a massive tragedy in Act 1 on subsequent playthroughs.
Baldur's Gate 3's sandbox is one of the game's biggest positives. Larian provided players with the tools to think outside the box in nearly every situation, and rewarded them for doing so. This is a dream for particularly creative players, but it also adds to the overall replayability of the game for others, who may only decide to look for less obvious solutions to problems on their second or third playthroughs. Since launch, there have been plenty of Baldur's Gate 3 players discovering new things after tons of runs of the game, which is a credit to Larian's attention to detail.
As spotted by TheGamer, Redditor FreshIndependent9430 has found a way to save Baldur's Gate 3's Owlbear Mother, who in just about every playthrough is doomed to either die by the player's hand or by the goblins who later enter her den to steal her cub. It's undoubtedly one of the saddest moments in the entire game, but as it turns out, it doesn't necessarily have to be the case.
Baldur's Gate 3 Player Finds a Way to Save the Owlbear Mother
By making peace with the Owlbear Mother, making her aggressive again, and knocking her out, the player could then remove the Head of the Spear item from her unconscious inventory. They then cast a basic Baldur's Gate 3 healing spell to remove the Owlbear Mother's Distressed status effect. After a Long Rest, she was gone, with no goblins coming to kill her later. Unfortunately, the Owlbear Cub was still taken by the goblins, separating the two permanently, but with no corpse for the mother, it's still a more pleasant fate than was otherwise possible. It's not quite clear if this is something Larian has actively considered in the game, or if it's just a glitch that the game simply doesn't know how to deal with.
Although Larian may be done with Baldur's Gate 3, players certainly feel as though the game has a lot of life left in it yet. There may be even more discoveries like this by the community in the future, where creative use of game mechanics can change the fate of certain characters. That's the joy of Baldur's Gate 3 though - there's always something new to discover, no matter how many hours a player has in it.
Baldur's Gate 3
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 96 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
- 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.
WHERE TO PLAY
- Genre(s)
- RPG
