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Honour Mode, respec, romance locks, multiclass rules, camp rests, and the act clocks each have a page. The Japanese PS5 dates stay on the overview.
- Honour Mode survival
- Multiclass breakpoints
- Camp supplies and rest
- Romance gates
- Companion roster
- Act 1 quest order
- Act 1 softlocks
- Act 2 shadow gates
- Act 3 priority
- What is Baldur's Gate 3
- Hirelings and companions
- Karlach's engine
- Illithid power gates
- Underdark or Mountain Pass
- Respec with Withers
- Silver Sword path
Answers
What happens if you die in Honour Mode?
Community Update #25 says the game shows how far you got. Continuing disables Honour Mode. The Golden D20 is for finishing with Honour Mode still on.
Does Haste give Extra Attack in Honour Mode?
The Extra Attack notes say no. The extra action from Haste does not trigger Extra Attack on Honour Mode. Action Surge still does.
How much is a respec?
Withers charges 100 gold. The character returns to level 1. Race, background, and appearance stay.
Can you romance every companion at once?
The romance overview says you can start with up to two origin companions, then one of them forces a choice. Halsin is the consent exception for some partners.
Can you enter the Mountain Pass before the grove is resolved?
You can, and the game warns you. Save the Refugees resolves on that exit. The tieflings are the usual loss if the goblin leaders are still alive.
Is a torch enough for the whole shadow curse?
A light covers the lesser curse. Dense ground, including the area around the Reithwin Town waypoint, needs a Moonlantern or Pixie Blessing. Isobel's blessing matches the lesser curse.
When do you go to the Iron Throne?
Before Gortash is defeated. Doing it the other way around destroys the prison. Going there also ends his alliance.
Where is the Silver Sword of the Astral Plane?
Voss gives it in Act 3 when you show him the Orphic Hammer, at Sharess' Caress or later in the Lower City Sewers. The Act 1 disarm is documented and unreliable after later patches.
bg3.wiki · Silver Sword of the Astral Plane (read 2026-11-01)
What is the level cap?
12. Multiclass levels share that cap, and each class only grants the features of the levels you actually took in it.
How many camp supplies does a long rest cost?
A full long rest costs 40 camp supplies. Tactician and Honour use 80. Custom can ask for up to 120. A partial rest is what you get if you skip that cost.
Which Japanese PS5 dates are printed?
Spike Chunsoft's product page prints 21 December 2023 for バルダーズ・ゲート3. PlayStation Japan prints 20 December 2023. This hub reports both lines and does not turn either into a worldwide release day.
Can hirelings use illithid powers?
Halsin, Jaheira, and the twelve hirelings are not infected. They have no illithid powers to spend. Origin companions use the gates on the illithid page.
When is Karlach's second engine upgrade?
Dammon does the second repair at Last Light Inn in Act 2. The partner scene is a later long rest after both upgrades. After The Chosen of Shar, that scene can no longer start. Leaving Act 2 before that scene ends the romance when Act 3 starts.
When do illithid powers start?
Cross the bridge toward the goblin camp, then take a long rest. The Dream Guardian visits and Embrace Your Potential starts. A parasite or recruiting Minthara opens the skill tree after that.
Do you take the Underdark before the Mountain Pass?
The notes do not require one Act 1 road before the other. Mountain Pass is the Rosymorn trail. The Underdark leads toward Grymforge. The grove popup on the named exits is what resolves the refugees.
Do you need a 13 in a stat to multiclass?
No. Community Update #21 removed ability score prerequisites. A level-up can start any class. Charisma 13 is not required for bard, paladin, sorcerer, or warlock.
Can you multiclass on Explorer?
No new multiclass level. Levels you already took stay if you switch down to Explorer, and Jack-of-all-Trades cannot be finished on that preset. Custom has its own Multiclassing switch, locked when the campaign starts. It defaults to on, and it starts off if you open Custom from Explorer unless you select another difficulty first.
Which ability do item spells use after a multiclass?
Class spells use that class's ability. A scroll copied into a wizard spellbook uses Intelligence. An item spell, or a scroll you did not transcribe, uses the ability of the class you most recently took a first level in. A fighter or rogue dip other than Eldritch Knight or Arcane Trickster does not change it. Unequip and re-equip the item after the class change.
What is Jack-of-all-Trades?
A level in every class in one playthrough, without asking Withers to change the character.
Does a partial rest play camp scenes?
Yes. Camp events start when a long rest begins, in priority order if several are queued. A partial rest still plays them and spends no camp supplies.
Does a long rest complete the Rite of Thorns?
No. The rite completes when you leave for the Mountain Pass or the Shadow-Cursed Lands with Investigate Kagha unfinished. Long rests are not what finishes it.
How many long rests until Florrick is executed?
Five, after you read the execution notices in the Lower City or Duke Ravengard reveals the execution at Gortash's coronation. She is executed after that fifth long rest.
Does a long rest kill Orin's victim?
No. Long rests do not kill the kidnapped companion. The companion is at risk once you speak to Orin in the Temple of Bhaal.
Does the character sheet show an approval number?
On the detailed view, yes, if you are using a mouse. The summary shows a bar and a word from Very Low to Exceptional. On a controller the number stays hidden. On consoles the bar is only for companions in the current party. The rating stops at 100.
When does Wyll's romance have to start?
At the tiefling celebration in Act 1. A failed kiss check does not close it. He refuses if approval is under 10, if the night is already promised to someone else, or if you are already dating two people. Siding with the goblins makes him leave.
When does Gale's Act 2 romance expire?
After the Moonrise Towers waypoint, talk to the projection at his tent before the Mind Flayer Colony. Defeating Ketheric Thorm removes the invitation. Walking away the next morning drops the romance back to before the flirt.
What locks Astarion in as a partner?
An Act 2 long rest after you back him with Araj Oblodra, or after Kill Raphael's Old Enemy if you never spoke to her, you have visited Moonrise, and approval is at least 70. Pressuring him for Araj ends it.
When does Shadowheart's romance become a partnership?
After she enters the Shadowfell with you, in the talk outside it. If she spares the Nightsong, she asks to stay with you. If she kills the Nightsong, she says Shar leaves no room for anyone else, and she stays if you insist.
What if you do not ask your partner about Halsin?
His offer closes for good if the next long rest arrives first. Shadowheart, Astarion, and Karlach can agree. Lae'zel, Wyll, and Gale do not. He cannot be romanced before Act 3, and only if Lift the Shadow Curse was finished before the road to Baldur's Gate.
Can Minthara take the partner slot without asking?
Yes. After she joins, 31 approval starts the camp talk. At 50 approval, or when Ketheric falls while you are dating her and not yet committed, she becomes the exclusive partner and the other romances end. Imagining her as a monster closes hers.
How much Infernal Iron does Karlach's engine take?
Two pieces, one for each upgrade. She has to be in the party. The first still leaves her too hot to touch. The second lets her touch people. If the first was in the grove, the second waits until Last Light. If Dammon is first met there, both can be done after a long rest between them.
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