10 Clever Easter Eggs In Baldur's Gate 3 You Might've Missed
18.11.2023 - 21:37
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contains many references to other works of media. While some of them are certainly expected, like the recurrence of characters like Minsc and Jaheira from prior games, others truly come out of left field, subtle enough to fly directly over players' heads.
Indeed, is full of hidden mechanics and Easter eggs, many of which will pass completely unnoticed if players aren't looking for them. Its pop culture references are some of the easiest to notice, since they're often playing on the most well-known facets of movies, TV shows, music, and literature. But even still, their subtlety makes them hard to grasp at times. Here are some of the most intriguing referential Easter eggs for players to discover in .
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When the party encounters Alfira at the Last Light Inn in Act Two, they can choose how to respond to her despair. Providing a measure of hope grants a point of Inspiration to characters with the Hero background, Wyll included, with the title, "" This is a reference to a line spoken by Haurchefant Greystone at the end of the expansion for. When the player character regards his injury with fright, Haurchefant laughs and says, "" Not everyone will catch this one, but for those who do, it cuts deeply.
Another referential Inspiration caption is "" This refers to the catchphrase of one Jimmy Neutron, protagonist of the 2001 film and its spin-off series. In order to see this one, players will need to have a character with the Sage background in their party while solving one of the hardest puzzles in : the neural node puzzle in the Necrotic Laboratory.
A third point of Inspiration references the famous "" soliloquy from William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Actually called "," this point is awarded to Haunted One characters who kill the Mind Flayer pinned under a piece of rubble near the Nautiloid Crash Site in Act One. It's more relevant than it may seem at first glance. In the context of the soliloquy, Hamlet is speaking of the afterlife as a series of dreams.
As an offhand comment, Gale is known to sometimes say, "" This is another one drawn directly from Shakespeare, in this case, from . The line is famously delivered by Puck, a fairy, as he watches several of the play's human characters devolve into petty squabbles over their various love affairs. It's perfectly fitting for the worldly and sometimes pretentious Gale, a known lover of poetry.
This is another Inspiration description, awarded to Guild Artisan characters when they discover how the Moonlantern works in Act Two. This is a line directly out of Disney's Peter Pan, but it has a much darker context in the Forgotten Realms. As it turns out, Moonlanterns are powered by