168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Baldur’s Gate 3 has a lot of confidence in its secrets. Where many other games push you towards, or even force you into, their best storylines, Baldur’s Gate 3 is content to let you miss them if you don’t wander far or wide enough. That’s what happens with Act 1’s best quest, and I 🎃very nearly missed the whole thing entirely.
After about 13 hours, I had beaten all of the quests I was given in Act 1. Some would clearly carry over across the game, but I was done with the game’s opening chapte🐓r. On the trail of the githyanki, I headed for t🌺he Mountain Pass, only to be told I was under-levelled. There were still some black spots on the map of unexplored sections, so I sought to fill them in. Might as well, right?
First, I fought the gnolls on the road, and into their den. Most people discover this fight on the way to Karlach, but having us⛄ed TheGamer’s guide on where she is, I was able to reach her the sneaky way. Once those were dispatched, I made my way to an abandoned town square and freed someone trapped in a burning building - their ominous ‘thank you’ suggested they would return later in the game. I fed Gale anot💫her magic wand. I was done.
But I’d only gone up a single level, and entirely unrelated, had decided that githyanki stink and are boring, actually. So off to the Goblin Camp, and beyond it, the Underdark. But hang on, I haven’t been down to this bit yet, have 🦩I?
To the south of the Goblin Camp, there was another black void on the map - the only one remaining. I had assumed it was just the edge of the explorable area, but as I got closer, I saw it was possible to jump down. Doing so would cost half my health, but it was possible. I doubled back, and then time headed directly south from the Blighted Village, where two men were arguing with an old lady, asking for the return of their sister. If you don’t know this quest, do it first, then head 𝓰back here.
This encounter begins the quest. An Insight check told me the old lady was lying when she claimed to have not seen her, so I believed one of the men when he told me she was a hag. I followed her into the grove below the Goblin Camp, and sure enough, right there in her lair, I found the missing woman. Something sinister🥃 was afoot - the woman was not chained or captured, but was being force fed.
As you’ll know, having definitely listened to me and gone to play that quest, the woman is indeed a hag, and the quest takes you through the various magical corridors of her lair, including her brainwashed minions. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The final battle sees✨ her clone herself, forcing you to us✱e some clever identifier to keep t♎rack of the real one (I used Witch Bolt), all while the woman you’re there to save sits in a blazing cage.
You’ll need to manage your attention in battle, targeting the powerful hag while also either extinguishing or lowering the cage. It forces you to think about how to approach the batt😼le rather than just chipping away at your enemy’s health before it chips away at yours. Me🔥chanically, this is the high point of the quest and going into Act 2, it’s important that you experience the challenge of prioritising and thinking ahead in battle.
Narratively, however, the fun is just beginning. Assuming you free the girl (you can defeat the hag and then take a different reward if you feel selfish), she is not grateful. In fact, she hates you. She is pregnant, and with her husband dead, was going to trade her baby to the hag for her husband's return to the living. If you search the hag’s lair, there’s a way you can still complete the ritual, but like all deals formed with hags, there’s a catch.
On the off chance you d🅘idn’t listen to me, I won’t spoil that catch. But the quest isn’t just a necessary lesson mechanically. It also has one of the best slices of world building inside its narrative. It brings the fantastical realm of Faerun down to earth - not concerned with destinies or brain worms, but relatively normal people coping with relatively normal problems in a very abnormal world. It is crucial to understanding what Baldur’s Gate 3 is, yet it’s hidden at the bottom of the map.
But ༺then, that’s important to understand too. Baldur’s Gate 3 isn’t just going to give you its secrets. If you want to experience everything in this world, you’ll need to search for it. More fool you if you miss something. Baldur’s Gate 3’s willingness to allow you to be surprised is its greatest asset, but🦋 make sure you don’t miss the hag in the southwest of Act 1.