How To Free Orpheus In Baldur's Gate 3
02.12.2023 - 16:33
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Orpheus is an essential character tied to several story-defining decisions that could see your party save the royal figure or cause his demise. Captured by the Emperor, the Githyanki Prince only has a short time before the Mind Flayer consumes his brain. Your choices throughout your adventures might make saving Orpheus easy or a tragic sacrifice.[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3.]The quest appears in 's Act 3 as part of a personal mission tied to the potential companion Fighter Lae'Zel. This Githyanki warrior has remained loyal to Orpheus despite their circumstances and has no doubt been reminding your character of the Prince's plight during your journey. You'll discover that Orpheus has been trapped in the Astral Prism, with his powers used to suppress the Absolute's influence.
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There are two pathsthat help you free Orpheus in, either using the Orphic Hammer to break his chains or sacrificing a character to become a Mind Flayer. Before thinking about this, you must travel towards the Elder Brain hidden far below the Lower City in Act 3. Traveling through the sewers near the Basilisk Gate Waypoint will lead your party to the Undercity Ruins and, eventually, the Temple of Bhaal.
After you face the dangers in each of these places, your group should reach the Morphic Pool Dock, an area you must take a boat across to reach the Elder Brain. As you get closer to the source of the Mind Flayer hive mind, everyone in your party will have to succeed in Saving Throws against the Brain. Failing these rolls could cause a character's mind to be broken before you can even reach Orpheus in .
Make sure you have someone in your party cast a spell like Guidance on characters to give them an extra d4 to add for the Saving Throws made to resist the Elder Brain.
To travel across the Morphic Pools, you must have collected all three Netherstones from the events of 's main story. Defeating Ketheric Thorm, Orin the Red, and Lord Gortash are steps your party must complete before trying to rescue Orpheus. When you get close enough to the Elder Brain, you can dominate it usingStrength orIntelligence to reveal it and the Emperor.
Confronting the Emperor reveals that the Brain is being transformed into something far worse, if possible. The monstrous leader offers to take your party to Orpheus, where the choices mentioned earlier finally come to fruition. To free the Prince from their bonds, you must provide an alternative character to be turned into an Illithid or even choose to turn into a Mind Flayer yourself in .
One of the options The Emperor will give you to free Orpheus is to hand over the Netherstones, but while this choice does