Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3): Avoid combat entirely by defeating all Thorms with these dialogue choices (2024)

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Can you avoid fighting Thorm BG3? ›

End Of Act Two

Starting off with an honorable mention, Ketheric Thorm, as the main boss of the second act of Baldur's Gate 3, a fight cannot be avoided.

When Apostle of Myrkul comes out of the pit, you will be officially initiating Phase 3 of the boss battle against Ketheric Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3. You can actually skip this entire part if you successfully persuade Ketheric to repent for his sins in the conversation before the fight.

If a fight is not mandatory, simply run away and press the camp button to end combat and spawn safely in camp. Combine the spells Enhance Leap and Feather Fall to jump past encounters and cover large distances, avoiding combat and puzzles.

Gerringothe Thorm has only one demand: gold. Two ways to give Gerringothe gold are tossing a single coin or giving a set amount directly. Tossing a coin will unlock a new Deception check (necessary to defeat Gerringothe without fighting her) but won't do much else.

There are two ways of dealing with Thisobald Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3. It's possible to avoid the fight entirely by agreeing to drink with him and succeeding multiple persuasion checks to get him to keep drinking.

Joining forces with Ketheric Thorm, the leader of the Absolute's army, is not possible, as the encounter ultimately goes haywire and leads to a boss fight. While there are other options to serve the goals of the enemy, no major outcome in the game revolves around serving the Absolute.

Keep a party member on support for the Ketheric Thorm boss fight, and make that party member focus on buffing and supporting Nightsong above other party members. You will find her to be a powerhouse of damage, able to nearly single-handedly take down Ketheric in a matter of turns with the right setup.

You must speak to her before you can continue. When fighting Ketheric Thorm, it can be tempting to have Jaheira lead the army of Harpers, but your best bet to keep her safe is to have her fight alongside you.

During this dialogue, he can be talked down from fighting with a DC 18 Persuasion check, which will only be available if party members laid the conversational groundwork during the prior conversation on top of Moonrise Towers. On a success, Ketheric will kill himself and the battle will skip directly to phase two.

The game rewards you with the same XP for an encounter, whether you win it via a fight or talk your way out of it. No it's not false. Take the Orthon fight for example; if you talk your way out of it you get like 150xp. If you kill the whole group you get closer to 1500xp.

Can you dual wield in BG3? ›

Dual-wielding in Baldur's Gate 3 is done by following these steps: Go into your character's inventory. Equip two weapons with the "Light" property in both melee weapon slots. Press "R" or the little UI button marked above, right between melee and ranged options, to toggle Dual-Wielding on/off.

When in combat, the Camp icon is replaced by an icon of someone running. Highlighting this button will provide the following information: You can flee from combat and go to camp if you are far enough from your enemies. What this means is you must be a specific distance from your enemies in order to flee combat.

Sparing Ketheric Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3

If you successfully pass the latest persuasion check, you won't have to fight against Thorm. Unfortunately, saving him is impossible, as he will toss himself into the pit. Additionally, Myrkul will still want to fight you and your squad, which is unavoidable.

If you choose to give her all your gold, she will fight you anyway if your gold totals less than 6,000. If you give more than 6,000 gold, she'll give you the "Signed Trade Visa" and leave you alone. This item turns a creature into solid gold after three turns.

As players of Baldur's Gate 3 explore Reithwin in the western half of the Shadow-Cursed Land, they'll come across three members of the Thorm clan who are lording it over their twisted undead minions. Each member of the Thorm clan has a massive pile of hit points, and fighting them is far from easy.

If you do it fast enough you would not need to fight the guards. They still will try to capture you and will be hostile but only in prison, the rest of the moonrise tower will act as if nothing happened.

He might seem a little daunting at first due to his immunity to all Slashing, Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Thunder damage, but there is a trick to defeating him. You need to attack with Fire, Ice, Radiant, Necrotic, or Poison damage. These will cause Thisobald to chug more of his brew, changing his attacks.

Unfortunately, the game is not possible to complete without combat.