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'''Feed the Mind Flayer''' is a [[quest]] in [[ | [[File:Newborn Mind Flayer Sleeping.jpg|thumb|A newly born Mind Flayer.]] | ||
'''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 defeated the mind flayer. | ||
* We convinced the starving mind flayer to hunt for its food. | * We convinced the starving mind flayer to hunt for its food. | ||
* We left without helping the mind flayer. | * We left without helping the mind flayer. | ||
* The now-sated mind flayer granted us a boon of psionic power. | * The now-sated mind flayer granted us a boon of psionic power. | ||
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== Walkthrough == | |||
[[File:Abandoned Windmill.jpg|thumb|Abandoned Windmill]] | |||
Screaming can be heard from the [[Abandoned Windmill|abandoned windmill]] in Rivington {{coords|44|-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 provides the following choices: | |||
* It doesn't feel very fortunate. | |||
* Wake the newborn mind flayer. | |||
* Attack the creature before it wakes up. | |||
* [STEALTH] Sneak away. | |||
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]], a random gemstone, and Absolute Orders: Newborn. Consuming the brain grants one illithid potential. Killing the Mindflayer will also earn the [[Inspiration|Inspirational Event]] '''Kill 'Em While They're Young''' ([[Haunted One]] background). | |||
If the player chooses to wake the newborn, they can hear its demands. | |||
* What do you need? | |||
* Was it you I heard screaming when I entered the windmill? | |||
* Attack! | |||
* Leave | |||
It needs a fresh brain to feed on. This can be responded to in a multitude of ways: | |||
* I'll see what I can do. | |||
* I can fetch you a corpse, freshly killed. Brain intact. | |||
* I never work for free. | |||
* [PERSUASION] Go find your own meal! Even weakened you're more powerful than anything out there. | |||
* 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.]] | |||
If the party agrees to help the Mind Flayer, they need to find a corpse. Any random corpse will do, including killing random NPCs. | |||
* [[Ferg Drogher]] is particularly apropos for this as he walks away to tattle on Shadowheart. | |||
Previously existing corpses will also work. Some options include: | |||
* [[Dead Refugee]] near the Ironforge Gnome hideout {{coords|45|66}} | |||
* Murdered Refugee in the Well in front of Sword Coast Couriers | |||
* [[Brilgor]] buried behind the {{coords|-106|-19|Open Hand Temple}} | |||
* [[Father Lorgan]] in the Open Hand Temple {{coords|-57|-22}} | |||
* [[Ffion Goldgrind]] on the upper levels of {{coords|-13|76|Fraygo's Flophouse}} | |||
The party needs to pick up the corpse and bring it back to the mind flayer, to be rewarded with one skill point for the [[illithid powers]] tree. If the mind flayer is fed, it will leave the windmill after a long rest. It will later re-appear in the [[Lower City]], killing a couple of NPCs. The mind flayer can still be killed for its brain after giving it a corpse, but consuming it at this point will not grant an additional illithid skill point. | |||
Feeding the mind flayer earns the [[Inspiration|Inspirational Events]] '''Unexpected Parenting''' ([[Haunted One]] background) and '''Newfound Subject''' ([[Noble]] background). [[Oath of the Ancients]] Paladins will break their oath if this option is chosen. | |||
If the mind flayer is persuaded to get its own meal, it simply leaves the windmill to go hunt, with no further reward. | |||
== Companion approval == | |||
* [[Barbarian|[BARBARIAN]]] '''WAKE UP, SQUIDFACE!''' {{Approval|Astarion|+1}} {{Approval|Lae'zel|+1}} {{Approval|Gale|+1}} {{Approval|Shadowheart|+1}} {{Approval|Wyll|+1}} {{Approval|Karlach|+1}} {{Approval|Jaheira|+1}} {{Approval|Minthara|+1}} {{Approval|Minsc|+1}} {{Approval|Halsin|+1}} | |||
* Kill the mind flayer {{Approval|Minthara|+1}} {{Approval|Minsc|+1}} {{Approval|Lae'zel|+1}} | |||
== Quest rewards == | |||
''Kill the mind flayer'' | |||
* {{MdRarityItem|Ring of Truthfulness}} | |||
* {{MdRarityItem|Mind Flayer Brain}} (grants one point for the [[illithid powers]] skill tree if consumed, just like a [[Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen]]) | |||
''Feed the mind flayer'' | |||
* {{MdRarityItem|Ring of Truthfulness}} | |||
* One point for the [[illithid powers]] skill tree | |||
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