In addition to the various endings after the finale of Baldur’s Gate 3, there are also other moments during the game that can mean a quick end for you and your group due to a wrong decision. One of these is almost impossible to achieve due to its difficulty and admittedly foolish decision.
Spoiler alert! This article contains information about the final act, a companion character, and the final boss of Baldur’s Gate 3.
Where is the hidden ending? The situation is located in the third act of the game in the city of Baldur’s Gate. There is a grated gate that would lead to the upper part of the city. You can actually only enter this in the finale of the game with all Netherstones to make your way to the Elder Brain. Because these stones protect you and prevent the brain from dominating you.
Those who approach the gate without these stones will be teleported back a few steps due to the stun effect “Mindbroken.” This effect occurs from a failed Constitution saving throw with a difficulty of 99, and is required several times when approaching the gate. The only way to touch the gate is therefore only through multiple 20 rolls (critical successes) in a row, which is nearly unthinkable without cheats. However, the YouTuber SlimX wanted to see what would happen in this unusual case.
Here you can see the animated short film for Patch 8 from Baldur’s Gate 3:
Incredible luck is followed by absolute stupidity
What happens if you reach the gate without the stones? SlimX shows in his detailed YouTube video several hidden secrets in Baldur’s Gate 3 that you usually don’t see in the normal game.
Through cheats, he can master the necessary saving throws with reliable critical successes and touch the gate, where Larian has actually provided specific dialogue. Here you can see the hidden ending in his YouTube video:
The Emperor speaks up and wants to stop you from going through with this crazy decision. You would first need to find the hideout of the Elder Brain before you can confront it. Moreover, you are not adequately equipped yet. Therefore, he issues a clear warning:
“You do not have all the Netherstones. Without them, you cannot defeat it. Turn back. (…) You will be dominated, controlled. It will be the end of you, the end of me. The end of EVERYTHING.”
What leads to Game Over? Anyone who, after these words, this clear warning, still decides to continue will be confronted with the following:
“Of all the conceivable ways this could have ended … I warned you. The brain is too powerful here – my protection is insufficient. You have sent us to doom. All of us.”
And the brain will control you, leading to a premature end of the game – Game Over.
In a sense, it could be counted as another ‘evil’ ending, whereby the player, out of ignorance and stubbornness, leaves himself, his group, and the entire Sword Coast to the Elder Brain. On the other hand, due to the almost impossible saving throws, it is extremely unlikely that one could trigger this ending without cheats. But even for that, Larian has been willing.
Pretty creative, but with a similar level of stupidity, was another decision of a player that also led to an instant Game Over. Apparently, many players enjoy making the most nonsensical decisions to experience the subsequent consequences… or just to drive the Emperor crazy: Baldur’s Gate 3: Player destroys indestructible item with a trick, discovering a secret Game Over
