In Baldur’s Gate 3, players have extreme freedom. One of them has now used this to explosively eliminate 3 annoying wannabe wizards. And in the process, pushed his graphics card to its limits.
What did the player do? In a post on reddit, user j_mcgay shares a 01:07 minute long video. It shows how he places hundreds of oil and explosive barrels in Act 3 of Baldur’s Gate 3 in front of Sorcerous Sundries
, a shop for magical artifacts, just to eliminate three annoying NPCs as spectacularly as possible.
The aforementioned three NPCs stand in front of the shop around a well and perform magic tricks around the clock without regard for losses. This annoys a significant number of players, which they express on Steam, among other places.
j_mcgay’s solution? He blew them up. But not just like that:
The redditor planned the attack back in Act 1 – he collected all the explosive barrels he came across from the very beginning, for hours on end. The resulting explosion even temporarily causes the game’s framerate to drop to a maximum of 1 frame every 10 seconds. According to his own statement, the poster even anticipated that the game or the PC would crash.
NPCs so annoying that players become hoarders
How annoying are the three NPCs? The characters that annoy people so much are Astoundo the Greater
, Astoundo the Lesser
, and Salamander
. The three entertain a crowd with their magic tricks. They are extremely loud and incredibly self-important.
Those who search for the three on Google find no wiki entries but primarily posts about how annoying they are and how community members get rid of them:
No more magic tricks outside Sorcerous Sundries
is the title of reddit user Reddie25’s post, in which he gets rid of the three.Finally some peace and quiet
names Beneficial-Chard6651’s video on reddit, in which he provides that peace and quiet with a significantly smaller explosion.- In the steam post linked above, even more players are annoyed about the three wizards.
So the trio is really annoying.
How does the community like the latest solution? j_mcgay receives broad support for his action. Players celebrate the absolute overkill with which the player tackled the problem
. This is reflected in the now over 9,000 upvotes and 480 comments.
LostCaptSiniseAgain is surprised that the graphics card survived the spectacle. Commentator the-truffula-tree expresses surprise that his iPhone managed to display the video. Mawgac jokes that this is the first time a fake explosion has triggered real explosions. He is presumably referring to the smoking graphics card after the sequence.
Ok-Row-6131 and wolvesight joke about the city guards attacking the player characters. City guards are known for taking on a group that ignites mini-nukes in Baldur’s Gate.
Big explosions have thrilled the Baldur’s Gate 3 community since the game’s release. The first real spectacle was provided by a gnome player just a few days after the official release, when he blew up the goblin camp: Baldur’s Gate 3: Player collects explosive barrels for 8 hours for 1 minute of fireworks
