Baldur’s Gate 3: How to Complete Stop the Presses in BG3
21.08.2023 - 21:09
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Not everything in Baldur’s Gate is entirely true, and you might learn this while reading Baldur’s Mouth as you’re exploring Baldur’s Gate 3. The city’s newspaper likes to embellish some details, especially if a story is particularly good. During the final act of Baldur’s Gate 3, there’s a character named Estra Stir who you can speak with, and it turns out she’s a journalist for the Baldur’s Mouth.
She tells your character that you’re going to be the headline of the next edition and is excited for everyone to read about you. Unfortunately, she won’t exactly say what type of details she’s put into the paper and is eager for you to read it. You’ll have a chance to see it for yourself and make some adjustments in the Stop the Presses quest. Here’s what you need to know about how to complete Stop the Presses in Baldur’s Gate 3.
Table of Contents
- Where to Find The Baldur’s Mouth Editor in Baldur’s Gate 3
- How to Get Into Baldur’s Mouth Basement in Baldur’s Gate 3
- How to Create a New Headline Article in Baldur’s Gate 3
- How to Check the Next Edition of the Baldur’s Mouth in Baldur’s Gate 3
Where to Find The Baldur’s Mouth Editor in Baldur’s Gate 3
You can acquire this quest at the front gate of Baldur’s Gate, lower cities, to the southeast of Basilisk Gate. You’ll find the woman who gives you this quest, Estra Stir, standing next to a News Hawker, and you can speak with her. She does not have a quest indicator above her head, making her difficult to track down in Baldur’s Gate 3, but after you speak with her, you’ll start the Stop the Presses quest.
Your first task is to make your way over to the Baldur’s Mouth building, which is not too far away from your current position. You can find it to the east of your current position, and you’ll want to speak with the Baldur’s Mouth editor. The editor you need to find is Ettvard Needle, and you can find him on the ground floor of the Baldur’s Mouth Gazette, in the center of the room.
Because my character was a Monk and Rogue class, I had two specific options where I could formally request Needle to stop posting the article about my character in Baldur’s Mouth. When asking this, it turns out Needle was told that my character had been bringing unlawful Refugees to Baldur’s Gate, which is not something my character did throughout the Baldur’s Gate 3 campaign. Thankfully, Needle did share that all of the copies were down in the Baldur’s Mouth basement, but my party was escorted outside. We had the chance to fight, but I’d much rather complete this quest without bloodshed, if possible.
How to Get Into Baldur’s Mouth Basement in Baldur’s Gate 3
After speaking with Needle, and being thrown out of the Baldur’s Mouth, the next step is to try sneaking into the basement where all the