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[[File:Newborn Mind Flayer Sleeping.jpg|thumb|A newly born Mind Flayer.]] | [[File:Newborn Mind Flayer Sleeping.jpg|thumb|A newly born Mind Flayer.]] | ||
'''Feed the Mind Flayer''' is a [[quest]] in [[ | '''Feed the Mind Flayer''' is a [[quest]] in [[Act Three]] of Baldur's Gate 3. It can be started by speaking with the starving mind flayer in [[Rivington]]. | ||
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==Objectives== | ==Objectives== | ||
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<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Kill a humanoid and pick up the body.</div> | |||
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* A ravenous mind flayer asked us to bring it a humanoid to feast on. | |||
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<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Bring the body to the mind flayer.</div> | |||
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* We killed a humanoid for the mind flayer - hopefully this will sate its hunger. | |||
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<div style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.6;">Quest Complete</div> | |||
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* We defeated the mind flayer. | |||
* We convinced the starving mind flayer to hunt for its food. | |||
* We left without helping the mind flayer. | |||
* The now-sated mind flayer granted us a boon of psionic power. | |||
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== Walkthrough == | == Walkthrough == | ||
Screaming can be heard from the abandoned windmill in Rivington (X:44, Y:-32). Lockpicking the old rusty door | Screaming can be heard from the abandoned windmill in Rivington (X:44, Y:-32). Lockpicking the old rusty door allows the party to investigate. A hatch leads to the windmill basement, with an unconscious [[Mind Flayer]] within. | ||
Interacting with the Mind Flayer | Interacting with the Mind Flayer provides the following choices: | ||
* It doesn't feel very fortunate. | * It doesn't feel very fortunate. | ||
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* [STEALTH] Sneak away. | * [STEALTH] Sneak away. | ||
Choosing to attack the creature | Choosing to attack the creature immediately starts combat with a level 8 mind flayer. Killing it provides a [[Mind Flayer Brain]], which can be consumed, as well as a Windmill Key, [[Ring of Truthfulness]], [[Bloodstone]], and Absolute Orders: Newborn. Consuming the brain grants one illithid potential. | ||
If the player chooses to wake the newborn, they can hear its demands. | If the player chooses to wake the newborn, they can hear its demands. | ||
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* I'm not going to bring you food. | * I'm not going to bring you food. | ||
=== Suitable Corpses === | |||
[[File:Dead Refugee Chapter 3.jpg|thumb|Dead Refugee which can be fed to the Mind Flayer.]] | [[File:Dead Refugee Chapter 3.jpg|thumb|Dead Refugee which can be fed to the Mind Flayer.]] | ||
If the party agrees to help the Mind Flayer, they | If the party agrees to help the Mind Flayer, they need to find a corpse. Any random corpse will do, including killing random NPCs. Previously existing corpses will also work. Some options include: | ||
* [[Dead Refugee]] near the Ironforge Gnome hideout (X:45, Y:66) | * [[Dead Refugee]] near the Ironforge Gnome hideout (X:45, Y:66) | ||
* [[Brilgor]] buried behind the [[Open Hand Temple]] (X:-106, Y:-19) | * [[Brilgor]] buried behind the [[Open Hand Temple]] (X:-106, Y:-19) | ||
* [[Father Lorgan]] in the Open Hand Temple (X:-57, Y:-22) | * [[Father Lorgan]] in the Open Hand Temple (X:-57, Y:-22) | ||
* [[Ffion]] on the upper levels of [[Fraygo's Flophouse]] (X:-13, Y:76) | * [[Ffion Goldgrind]] on the upper levels of [[Fraygo's Flophouse]] (X:-13, Y:76) | ||
The party | The party needs to pick up the corpse and bring it back to the Mind Flayer. After which, he unlocks one illithid potential. | ||
If the Mind Flayer is persuaded to get its own meal, it | If the Mind Flayer is persuaded to get its own meal, it simply leaves the windmill to go hunt. | ||
== Quest Rewards == | |||
* An additional point for the Illithid skill tree, either gifted from the Mindflayer or consumed from the Mindflayer brain. | |||
[[Category:Quests]] | [[Category:Quests]] |