{"id":21132,"date":"2025-01-28T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/should-you-help-balthazar-in-baldurs-gate-3-best-ending-explained-dexerto\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:40:00","slug":"should-you-help-balthazar-in-baldurs-gate-3-best-ending-explained-dexerto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/28\/should-you-help-balthazar-in-baldurs-gate-3-best-ending-explained-dexerto\/","title":{"rendered":"Should you help Balthazar in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3? Best ending explained &#8211; Dexerto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Should you help Balthazar in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3? Best ending explained Larian StudiosOne key Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 decision is whether you should help or fight Balthazar. So, here\u2019s how to get the best ending and what will happen if you make the other choice. Depending on the choices you make in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, you\u2019ll either run into Balthazar in Shadowfell or the Gauntlet of Shar but regardless of where you find him, you\u2019ll need to decide between helping or attacking him. If you\u2019re struggling to choose or simply want to know the outcome of helping Balthazar, we\u2019ve got you covered right here. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3: Should you help Balthazar? Yes, you should definitely help Balthazar in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, especially when he asks you to find the hidden relic inside the Temple of Shar. Once you choose to help him, you\u2019ll get the option to obtain the Summon Golem Bell from the boss. The Bell summons Flesh Golem which makes your journey within the Gauntlet of Shar easier, and the item is only functional here. Another useful item that you can get by helping Balthazar is a Moonlantern. It\u2019s a quest item, a unique lantern that looks like a Club, is Light and Versatile, and inflicts Bludgeoning damage. It shields you from the Shadow Curse in the Shadowlands area in Act 2. However, if you choose to attack Balthazar, you do get some useful items. What happens if you attack Balthazar in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3? If you attack and defeat Balthazar in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, you can loot his body to get the rare Circle of Bones headgear, uncommon Warped Headband of Intellect, and Animate Dead, a level 3 Necromancy spell. Attacking Balthazar is the second choice related to the boss in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3. You may either choose to fight him in Gauntlet of Shar or Shadowfell. Remember, fighting him in either of these has its own challenges, so the choice is up to you. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 has a vast roster of characters to romance, check out our guide on who voiced the characters and where you\u2019ve heard them before. You can also check out the best build guide for Sorcerer, Bard, Rogue and Fighter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Should you help Balthazar in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3? Best ending explained Larian StudiosOne key Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 decision is whether you should help or fight Balthazar. So, here\u2019s how to get the best ending and what will happen if you make the other choice. Depending on the choices you make in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, you\u2019ll [&hellip;]<\/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-21132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21132","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=21132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}