How to Sabotage the Goblin Party in Baldur’s Gate 3

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How to Make the Goblin Camp Fight Easier in Baldur’s Gate 3

In Baldur’s Gate 3, you can significantly simplify one of the challenging fights in Act One by poisoning the Goblin Camp. Located at the Shattered Sanctum, this camp serves as a launching point for the goblins to wreak havoc on the Sword Coast in the name of the Absolute. By contaminating their drinks, you will weaken their numbers, helping to shift the balance in favor of your party.

If you’re not playing through a villainous route, taking down the Goblin Camp is your best bet. There are numerous methods to achieve this, from launching a direct attack to employing stealth or negotiation. Skills like Persuasion, Deception, or Intimidation can help you infiltrate the camp and set up a surprise assault. While it’s difficult to bypass combat altogether without missing out on a rewarding quest, poisoning the camp can make the encounter much more manageable.

Finding the Goblin Camp

The Goblin Camp is located on the far western edge of the Wilderness map and is accessible during Act One. The game should naturally guide you there, but diversions along the way might slow your progress, especially if you’re exploring every area. To reach the camp, start from the Emerald Grove. Head west from its entrance. After crossing a bridge, you’ll come across Blighted Village, where various goblins and trolls are scavenging the ruins.

The Goblin Camp can only be visited during Act One, so you won’t be able to advance past the Underdark or Mountain Pass until you’ve dealt with it.

Poisoning the Goblin Camp

Before entering the Goblin Camp, you’ll see a large campfire where the goblins are cooking. Nearby, you’ll find a Booze Tub (coordinates: X: -99 Y:442). To poison the goblins, interact with the tub and add Basic Poison, Wyvern Toxin, or Drow Poison.

• Wyvern Toxin can be obtained for free from Healer Nettie at the Emerald Grove if you’re kind to her.
• Drow Poison is available from several vendors.
• Basic Poison is frequently dropped by various monsters.

If you’d like to avoid spending gold on poisoning, you can also create your own using the alchemy system. The ingredients for each type of poison are easily found in the game.

Stealth is Key

You’ll attract the goblins’ attention if they catch you trying to poison their drinks. The most challenging part is that you’ll often be surrounded by enemies. As you’re interacting with the Booze Tub, your party member will have a few dialogue options to avoid conflict, such as using Deception, Intimidation, or even Illithid powers. Characters with high Charisma, such as bards, excel in these skill checks.

If dialogue fails, try poisoning the tub while invisible. Potions and spells like Invisibility can help you sneak past foes unnoticed. Characters like bards, sorcerers, warlocks, and wizards can learn this spell as early as level 3. Alternatively, Scrolls of Invisibility or Potions of Invisibility, available from various traders in Act One, can also do the trick.

After Poisoning the Camp

Once you poison the drinks, a cutscene will trigger as the goblins eagerly fill their cups. You can choose to join in their toast, which may lead to various interactions:

• Spill your drink while pretending to sip it (DC 10 Sleight of Hand Check).
• Claim that it would be rude to drink before their hosts (DC 10 Deception Check).
• Actually drink the poisoned booze, with a chance of passing a DC 15 Constitution Check to avoid the poisoned condition.

Alternatively, you can simply take a drink and follow it up with an Antidote. If you’re worried about timing, switch to turn-based mode just before you poison the drink.

What to Expect After

After your toast, some goblins will fall ill, while others will retain some health. Quickly, the goblins will suspect foul play and either engage in combat or, if you succeed in dialogue checks, cease the festivities and destroy the Booze Tub while becoming alert to your presence.

If you confess to poisoning them, a fight will ensue, but if you can convince them otherwise through skill checks, you might just avoid extensive conflict. This encounter remains tough even with the poison’s help, as the goblin forces are still numerous, but managing to poison some of them is an advantage you won’t want to overlook.

Conclusion

Being strategic about how you handle the Goblin Camp fight in Baldur’s Gate 3 can enhance your chances of victory significantly. Utilizing poison is not just clever, but a tactical move that can provide you with the upper hand in what remains one of the more difficult early encounters in the game. Happy adventuring!

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