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'''Mind Flayer Tadpoles''' are a type of [[List_of_Creature_Types#Aberration|Aberration]] creature found in [[Baldur's Gate 3]].
'''Mind Flayer Tadpoles''' are an [[List_of_Creature_Types#Aberration|aberration]] creature found in [[Baldur's Gate 3]]. When encountered as a corpse, the creature's name is displayed as "Dead Mind Flayer Tadpole" instead.


== Interactions ==
== Appearance ==
A mind flayer tadpole will escape the first [[True Soul]] corpse that is examined. The player will have the choice of harvesting the tadpole from the corpse, or refusing, giving the hostless tadpole the chance to escape. If combat is turned on as it leaves, it can also be killed.
Faceless, limbless, slimy creatures that live and grow in pools of caustic brine, these tadpoles infect other living beings to transform them into [[Mind Flayer]]s, a process known as ceremorphosis. They slither behind their host's eye, burrowing into their brain.


There are a few possible locations this can happen:
When encountered in cutscenes, these creatures appear much larger than the [[Mind Flayer Tadpole]]s burrowed behind each True Soul's eye, despite being the same entities in-game.


* While looting the True Soul [[Edowin]] in the [[Forest]], West of the [[Emerald Grove]].  
== Involvement ==
* Looting [[Nere]] in the [[Grymforge]].
=== Act One ===
A mind flayer tadpole will escape the first [[True Soul]] corpse that is examined. The party can harvest the tadpole from the corpse. If refusing, the hostless tadpole has a chance to escape. If turn-based mode is entered as the parasite flees, it is possible to kill the tadpole before it disappears.


While at [[Moonrise Towers]], [[Steelclaw]] will be playing with a dead tadpole.
This can happen while looting True Soul {{CharLink|Edowin}} in the [[Forest]] west of the [[Emerald Grove]], {{CharLink|Flind}} along the [[Risen Road]], or {{CharLink|Nere}} in the [[Grymforge]].
 
=== Act Two ===
At [[Moonrise Towers]], the party can encounter several tadpoles. Both living and dead tadpoles are released from the {{SmRarityItem|Zhentarim Shipping Crate}} on the docks, if it is destroyed. Unless destroyed in turn-based mode, the living tadpoles scurry away rapidly and disappear in a puff of smoke.
 
Just around the rim of the towers, {{CharLink|Steelclaw}} is playing with a dead tadpole that he still regards as living prey.
 
== Gallery ==
<gallery heights="200px" mode="packed">
File:Mind Flayer Tadpole.gif|Captured Mind Flayer Tadpole after its True Soul host died.
</gallery>


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[[Category:Aberrations]]
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Latest revision as of 05:54, 13 February 2025

Mind Flayer Tadpoles are an aberration creature found in Baldur's Gate 3. When encountered as a corpse, the creature's name is displayed as "Dead Mind Flayer Tadpole" instead.

Appearance[edit | edit source]

Faceless, limbless, slimy creatures that live and grow in pools of caustic brine, these tadpoles infect other living beings to transform them into Mind Flayers, a process known as ceremorphosis. They slither behind their host's eye, burrowing into their brain.

When encountered in cutscenes, these creatures appear much larger than the Mind Flayer Tadpoles burrowed behind each True Soul's eye, despite being the same entities in-game.

Involvement[edit | edit source]

Act One[edit | edit source]

A mind flayer tadpole will escape the first True Soul corpse that is examined. The party can harvest the tadpole from the corpse. If refusing, the hostless tadpole has a chance to escape. If turn-based mode is entered as the parasite flees, it is possible to kill the tadpole before it disappears.

This can happen while looting True Soul Edowin Edowin in the Forest west of the Emerald Grove, Flind Flind along the Risen Road, or Nere Nere in the Grymforge.

Act Two[edit | edit source]

At Moonrise Towers, the party can encounter several tadpoles. Both living and dead tadpoles are released from the Zhentarim Shipping Crate on the docks, if it is destroyed. Unless destroyed in turn-based mode, the living tadpoles scurry away rapidly and disappear in a puff of smoke.

Just around the rim of the towers, Steelclaw Steelclaw is playing with a dead tadpole that he still regards as living prey.

Gallery[edit | edit source]