10 really nasty boss fights in Baldur’s Gate 3 and what makes them so dangerous

Bosse aus Baldur's Gate 3 mit Orin

The world in Baldur’s Gate 3 offers many opportunities to test your skills in combat. From monsters and cultists to enchanted frogs, everything is included. But which enemies are the most dangerous and what makes the fight against them so difficult?

Spoiler warning! This list mentions characters and fights from Act 1, 2, and 3 of Baldur’s Gate 3.

Which bosses are presented? These are hostile enemies in the game that can be defeated in combat, but pose a significant challenge.

It is not about their overall power or impact on the story of the game, but purely about the difficulty of the fight. Some of the boss fights can be significantly easier with special tricks or builds, but this is not taken into account in this ranking, rather the pure game design of the enemies and the corresponding fight.

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Auntie Ethel

Auntie Ethel, the Vettel from Baldur's Gate 3
Auntie Ethel, the Vettel from Baldur’s Gate 3.
  • Location: Tea house in the sunlit swamps (Act 1), “Blushing Mermaid” (Act 3)
  • Related quests: Save Mayrina, avenge the survivors of the Vettel, save Vanra

Auntie Ethel, the Vettel, can be fought twice in the game. Once in the first and once in the third act. In both fights, she uses illusory duplicates of herself that all function as individual enemies, but whose damage taken does not hurt the real Vettel.

Especially in the first act, the Vettel is quite a challenge when the group is still at a low level. The path to her is full of traps and guards that attack immediately. Additionally, she can pretend to be the Mayrina to be rescued during the fight, which can accidentally lead to a quick end of the rescue mission.

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