Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players love the game\u2019s \u201coptimal\u201d useless equipment Larian StudiosWhile there are plenty of rare and powerful items in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, players are amused by a seemingly good but useless piece of equipment. Like many other RPGs, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has lots of items for players to collect. Outside of Legendary weapons, spell scrolls, and armor, you\u2019re bound to pick up plenty of junk that\u2019s only good for selling to vendors for some gold. Among these are the game\u2019s fishing rods. Though fishing mini-games have become common in video games of late, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 doesn\u2019t actually have one. Still, Larian Studios has given players reasons to interact with some useless items thanks to clever item descriptions, including one that has players amused. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 fishing rod teases a helpful effect Reddit user Immrlonely98 shared a screenshot of the Fishing Rod of Alertness, calling it the \u201cMost optimal piece of equipment in the game.\u201d Based on the item\u2019s name, description and uncommon status, it at first appears to be more useful than other fishing rods. It says \u201cThe wielder of this rod cannot be Surprised,\u201d referencing a status condition that gives the opponent an additional round of combat. Posts from the baldursgate3 community on Reddit Having immunity to Surprised is really useful, but the item does come with a pretty big caveat: \u201cunless something unexpected happens.\u201d That, of course, is the very definition of surprise, making the Fishing Rod of Alertness just as useless as every other rod in the game. It\u2019s a pretty funny joke item, but at least one player was fooled by it. \u201cI actually bought this in my first playthrough and was surprised when got ambushed,\u201d said one commenter, prompting another to joke \u201cAll sales are final.\u201d For those who actually want a way to avoid being surprised, the Alert feat does that while also giving an incredibly helpful +5 boost to Initiative. Others have pointed out additional useless items with funny names or descriptions, such as the Ring of Resistance to Ants. \u201cNeedless to say, I\u2019ve never been bothered by ants,\u201d said one player. Items like these are pretty minor and easy to overlook in a game as huge as Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, but it speaks to the attention to detail put into every aspect of the game and why it has won so many Game of the Year awards. If you liked this, be sure to check out the rest of our Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 coverage, which includes the latest news, guides, and much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 players love the game\u2019s \u201coptimal\u201d useless equipment Larian StudiosWhile there are plenty of rare and powerful items in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, players are amused by a seemingly good but useless piece of equipment. Like many other RPGs, Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has lots of items for players to collect. Outside of Legendary weapons, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}