Baldur’s Gate 3The hardest difficulty, Honor Mode, is incredibly challenging, with harder bosses, a one save file limit, and the rule that players must start over if their entire party is eliminated. However, players have recently discovered that there is another way to get stuck in a race near the last obstacle.
Since players have been encountering this problem in Baldur’s Gate 3The third act is impossible to explain without touching on some spoilers. With that in mind, if you’re not yet diving into Act 3 and want to remain completely intact, consider this your Final spoiler warning.
On Reddit this week, two separate posts have been gaining traction from players who have crashed after attempting to save Orpheus, but forgot to bring the Orphic Hammer required to do so. With no way to leave the area and no backups to load, people have been stuck.
User JohnFrum explained that they had accidentally left the hammer with Karlach, who was swapped out of their party for Lae’zel before leaving. “We are in the red zone, we cannot camp and the Emperor closed the door when he left,” they wrote. “So now we’re all stuck here with only [our] I guess I’ll fart for company the rest of the time.
Earlier this week, another user had a similar experience after giving the hammer to Shadowheart, who was left at camp. “The scene with Raphael when you ‘lose’ the Orphic Hammer didn’t activate, and if I approach Orpheus there is only one dialogue option: 1. (end). So now all that is left to do is pray that Larian somehow fixes this interaction,” he -YeetDabMaster69- said.
The “scene with Raphael” they refer to is the usual failsafe that is supposed to activate if you accept his deal to receive the hammer first and then forget about it. He mocks the player’s “feeble-minded negligence” who “almost doomed the world at the last moment,” and at that point, he’s supposed to return the hammer directly to you, making it impossible to leave it behind. It’s unclear why the scene didn’t unfold for these two players.
Helpful users have also pointed out that if you are playing the PC version of Baldur’s Gate 3 and don’t mind using mods, fortunately there is a way to put the Orphic Hammer back in your inventory if you forget it, which should resolve the situation. However, as with any unofficial mod, be careful before installing anything.
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