Every allied companion in Baldur’s Gate 3 comes with their own quirks. One needs fresh blood, another hellish metal, and yet another companion… desperately wants to absorb magical artifacts. In this article, we will name the most useless of these artifacts to feed Gale.
Why does Gale need magical artifacts? Without spoiling too much: Gale, the talkative wizard of your group, must consume magical artifacts at certain intervals to quench an inhuman, magical hunger that he cannot control.
If you agree to help him and regularly give him an artifact, he will be very grateful. However, if you let him starve, he will slowly but surely become a burden to the whole team, and in desperation, he might make a bad deal to improve his condition. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to sacrifice some artifacts for the companion. But which items can you sacrifice with a clear conscience? A player from the Steam community is ready to help.
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Feed your wizard before it’s too late
Where does the information about the most useless artifacts come from? A post by user Desamii on Steam presents a list of the most useless magical artifacts from the first act of Baldur’s Gate 3.
The mentioned artifacts are all found in the first act of the game, where Gale particularly needs help. It has also been ensured that you won’t miss them later in the game. So you don’t have to sacrifice your beloved longsword or the handy new armor to feed Gale. Just follow this list, and both you and your wizard will be satisfied.
Which items you need and where to find them
These magical artifacts are perfect to give to Gale due to their rather low usefulness:
- Komira’s Locket: You receive the locket in the Emerald Grove as a quest reward from Komira and Locke after you have rescued their daughter Arabella.
- Ring of Colour Spray: The ring is located in a (suspiciously large) nest on the beach near the Emerald Grove.
- Spiderstep Boots: The boots are located in the Whispering Depths, which you can reach via the Destroyed Village. You receive them as loot from the Spider Queen after defeating her.
- Ever-Seeing Eye Necklace: You can find this necklace in the tea house located in the swamp.
- Frayed Drow Hood: The hood, which apparently belonged to a Drow, is located at the western window of the Selûniten outpost in a backpack.
- Sunwalker’s Gift: You can obtain the ring by trading with Blurg. He is located in the Myconid Colony in the north of the Underdark.
- Amulet of the Unworthy: You receive the amulet as loot from a Minotaur in the east of the Underdark.
If these items are too important to you for any reason, you can, of course, feed Gale other items/artifacts.
They are marked with the note “Gale can absorb the magic of this item and destroy it.”
If you stay on the ball and invest the necessary resources in Gale, he can become a quite powerful wizard who supports your team with strong spells and deep conversations. If you always have an open ear and dedicate your time to him, he will appreciate it. And that could go beyond a platonic friendship: Baldur’s Gate 3: Gale Romance Guide – This is how you cast a spell on his heart
