Summary

  • Baldur's Gate 3 offers the option to avoid combat encounters with strategic gameplay.
  • Some boss fights can be won through stealth or tactical approaches rather than straight combat.
  • Difficult encounters in the game require strategic planning and proper positioning for success.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Baldur’s Gate 3 doesn’t want to force you into combat encounters — you can avoid them altogether if you play your cards right. Still, fights happen. You’ll get dragged into a bloodbath you desperately hoped to avoid — some being far𒁃 more difficult than oth🔯ers.

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You don’t have to fight every boss in Baldur’s Gate 3 — some can be taken down with stealthy moves or tactical know-how. Some force you into corners and then give you the fight of your life. Then, when you finally win (mayb๊e with the help of a bit of save-scumming), you feel waves of triumph.

Updated on March 19, 2025, by Alfredo Robelo: Baldur's Gate 3 has plenty of difficult fights, even if you won't see all of them in a single playthrough. We've updated this article to include even more grueling encounters, from ambushes in Act 1 to the final showdowns of Act 3.

14 Inquisitor Ch'r'ai W'wargaz

Baldur's Gate 3 W'wargaz talking to the player.

The Underdark is known for housing many dangers, but taking the mountain pass at the end of Act 1 can be just as dangerous. This is mostly due to the Githyanki Creche you can find within, filled with elite fighters that are on a quest to find t🐎he very artifact that protects you and your companions.

Leading the Creche is Inquisitor Ch'r'ai W'wargaz, a fearsome warrior capable of making your allies vulnerable and teleporting around with Misty Step, while being aided by four other Githyanki just as strong as he is. Being nice to him and delivering the artifact won't win you any friends, since neither him nor his lich queen plan to let you lea🐟ve this place alive.

If you're just trying to complete the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Blood of Lathander questline, you can avoid the fight with W'wargaz by not talking to hi🎶m and moving straight into the secret exit.

13 ♑ Orin The Red 💜

Baldur's Gate 3 Orin talking to the player in the Bhaal temple.

Orin is a shapeshifter and one of the main antagonists in Baldur's Gate 3, so it's no wonder sꦇhe's one of the toughest fights in the game. She can even kidnap one of your party members and kill them permanently if you don't play your cards right, making her a threat even before you roll initiative.

The fight can happen in one of two ways, depending on if you have the Dark Urge origin or not. Without it, you'll have to fight her as an avatar of Bhaal, entering the Slayer form and being made nigh immortal by her cultists; a🌸s a Dark Urge, you can challenge h🔯er to a duel, something that can be easier said than done if you have a squishy class.

12 🐼 The Netherbrain

Baldur's Gate 3 cutscene showing the netherbrain.

While Gale can 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:end this fight with a single orb-stabbing move, 🌃most players w🙈ill opt to fight the Netherbrain rather than not. This will have you fighting the full might of the Mind Flayers, nightmarish copies of your party (or the Dream Guardians if you ticked off The Emperor) and a mind-controlled Red Dragon, among other dangers.

This is such a large number of enemies because your goal isn't to fight them, but to subdue the Netherbrain with the Netherstones. This means that you'll have to be ext🅘ra tactical when dealing with the encounter, but still have enough fuel left in the gas to finish the Netherbrain off before it ends you.

11 Priestess Gut, Dror Ragzlin, Minthara, And The Goblin C𒆙amp

The goblin fight upon your arrival at the Emerald Grove's gate was just the warm-up. You'll soon be sent into the Goblin Camp on a rescue mission, and💜 it will also mean turning the entire camp against you and eliminating its three leaders — Priestess Gut, Dror Ragzlin, and Minthara. It's quite the tough early-game feat that sets the tone for future boss fights.

The good news is that you don't have to take them all on at once and will have to clear the camp room by room. Regardless, they have a lot of backup goblins that you have to fight, which can make things overwhelming, especially if the drums summon further reinforcements. Priestess Gut and Ragzlin are the harder of the three, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:with Minthara a lot easier to manage.

Always remember to destroy any goblin drums you see in boss areas, and watch out for the hazardous bridge in Minthara's room, which is easily destructible and will send you and your companions to y🦄our deaths.

10 Bulette

Bulette in combat in baldur's gate 3.

When you make it to the Underdark, you know right away that this is not a safe area. The Temple of Selûne entrance will automatically see the protective beams zapping a Minotaur coming your way and, just a few steps away, is already a Spectator that 🦩will absolutely crush you. Then, there's this beauty called Bulette that also 🍌will ruin your Underdark stay.

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Bulette has quite a chunk of health at 125 and the ability to dive underground during combat while also throwing you and your companions from ledges with its mighty leap꧙s. It's definitely one of the more🐻 perilous nail-biting fights for the claustrophobic and burrowing area alone.

9 The Spectator 𒅌

Baldur's Gate 3 - A Spectator, a one-eyed aberration monster.

Hey, speaking of. Do you want to have even more of a bad time? If you want to meet a Beholder/Spectator, there are two ways to do that: one, to stumble upon one in the Underdark, and two, to open up a strange iron flask you find in a lo🌱cked chest like a chump. Either way, you♔’re not going to have fun.

The Spectator doesn’t have much health or anything; it’s just that it is extremely capable of hindering your party, whether through fear or a paraly𒊎zing ray. At least they’re avoidable.

8 🅰 True Soul Nereܫ

True Soul Nere Leaves Trap And Kills Deep Gnome Slave in Baldur's Gate 3.

You could wait for True Soul Nere to die naturally in that poisoned pocket he’s stuck in, but then you’d be letting down the Deep Gnomes. Worse,ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ you’d be letting down your buddy Barcus W꧟root, and frankly, that’s unforgivable. So, after a bit of searching, you come back with some rune power, set to free this True Soul, and the Gnomes stuck with him.

Then, once you refuse to acquiesce to his demands, you fight him. And, if you didn’t play your cards right with the Duegar, you’ll fight them all, too. This fight can be made easier if you convince🎃 some non-believing Duegar to rebel, which lends you some much-needed muscle. If not, you may ಌbe stuck fighting many enemies, including Nere, who will make your life hell. At least you get a cool sword from it if you succeed.

7 🅺 Grymforge Guardian

Baldur's Gate 3 - Grymforge Guardian close up in cutscene.

It’s not that the Grymforge Guardian is that hard. It just has a bit of a learning curve. You can’t defeat this massive, mechanical creature in straightforward combat — you must use the space around you to the fullest. This can be difficult, considering there are no high places to perch, and y🔴our party sometimes runs into the lava basin to get a better shot.

You’ll need to lure the Guardian to the forge’s anvil and have a party member drop it. This only harms the boss when it’s superheated, so ൩it requires a loꦯt of strategizing to ensure everyone is in the proper position to strike. Add in some Magma Mephits, and you’re really cooking with gas.

6 ♉ 💝 Auntie Ethel

Auntie Ethel smiling in Hag Form in Baldur's Gate 3.

Can you simply shove Auntie Ethel, the hag that haunts the woods in Act 1, into a pit? Yeah, you totally can. But yo൩u’ll lose out on some quality loot — and a fun, if challenging, battle. Ethel clones herself after a turn or two, and each clone shares her full abilities, though they, thankfully, go down in one hiওt.

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Keeping track of the Ethel copies surrounding the arena while positioning your characters in the right places can be a lot more complicated than it seems. Especially if you’re trying to save Mayrina, too. But, 🎃the satisfaction of taking Ethel down is immense.

5 𝄹 Phase Spider Matriarch ﷺ

Baldur's Gate 3 Phase Spider Matriarch close up.

Be ready to quicksave more times than you can count when confronting this beastie. You’ll find more than a few Phase Spiders patrolling in the Whis🍨pering Depths. The webs around your paꦑrty make traversal difficult, and the Phase Spiders are more than happy to exploit that.

The Matriarch is the worst of them, and not just because you’ll likely encounter her accidentally early in the game. She hits hard and can awaken clutches of spider eggs to act as a vanguard. Accompanied by two ot൩her Phase Spiders, the Matriarch will bring your party to its knees if you’re not careful. Sometimes, the best move is to run. Just don’t get💃 trapped in a spiderweb on your way out.