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Rurik was a [[dwarf]] with the [[rogue]] class found outside the [[The Risen Road#Toll_House|Risen Road Toll House]], in Early Access. He was a member of [[Anders|Anders']] group, hunting the origin character [[Karlach]]. Unlike Karlach, he was cut from the final game.{{ref|''Baldur's Gate 3'' Early Access.|name=ea}}

=== Cut items ===

*  Various items that were present in the Early Access are now unobtainable in the full release version, among them are the Non-Wizard Scrolls due to the fact that the wizard could add these scrolls to their spell list in the Early Access.

*{{RarityItem|Scroll of Heat Metal|40}}

*{{RarityItem|Scroll of Lesser Restoration|40}}

In Early Access, when you reached the Mountain Pass crossing, you were sent to the Overworld menu with the worldmap letting you click on icons of previously discovered locations akin to ''Baldur's Gate'' and ''Baldur's Gate II''. The map for the final version [[:File:BG3 Map.webp|still exists]], albeit only as a Digital Deluxe bonus image and isn't actually in the game.

[[Minsc]] may have at some point been intended to be an origin character available as early as Act One, with datamined dialogue in the Druid Grove of [[Guex]] talking with Minsc and mentioning an attack [[Boo|hamster]].{{cite web

=== Daisy ===

In Early Access, the [[Dream Guardian]] was known as the ''Dream Visitor'', and was portrayed differently than in the full release, wearing ornate dress similar to the [[Elegant Robe]] camp clothing rather than a set of armour.{{note|The Dream Visitor still uses the ornate dress in one of the dreams, likely as a callback.}}

Called ''Daisy'' in the game files,{{note|The Dream Guardian is still called Daisy in the game files.}} the Dream Visitor would grant the player character visions of domination and power, and became hostile should they resist these visions.{{cite web

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[[Isobel Thorm|Isobel]] was supposed to have been killed by [[Balthazar]], and Aylin was framed for her murder. Ketheric turned Aylin into Nightsong as an act of revenge. A century later, Ketheric tasked Balthazar with bringing Isobel back. This ritual also bound Isobel's life to Ketheric, sharing his immortality with her. If Ketheric was killed before unthethering Isobel from him, they would both go to the afterlife.{{cite web

An entire area of the [[Nautiloid]] ship in the [[Prologue]] was cut. This scene comes right after a slightly different imp battle{{cite web

|title = Walkthrough Part 1 - Prologue (Early Access): 26:05}} and provides a roundabout way to get to Shadowheart's room. It was available in Early Access but was eventually cut likely to shorten the Prologue chapter to enhance replayability.

A short cinematic will play as you walk out into open air, in which the nose of the Nautiloid in front of you is badly damaged by attacking red dragons. Thankfully this doesn't affect our route.{{cite web

* Various dead lesser imps and thralls can be looted around this whole area for minor riches and equipment, including a [[Studded Shield]]. One incinerated dead thrall all the way towards the nose of the ship has a Potion of Poison Resistance (where the "1" is marked on the map). You just have to jump over some fire to reach the body. She also holds on to yet another brain in a jar, and this one is called [[Our Mind]].

* Turning back, you can climb another set of stairs to reach an upper level of the Nautiloid, from either side.  An intellect devourer will tell you that you must go to the helm of the ship to provide assistance. You can choose to attack, but the ensuing fight may actually prove difficult as there are also two lively thralls here maintaining some cannons. If you want to kill them for the little XP you will get, ranged sneak attacks might be the best option.

* There are also two lesser imps towards the south here having some sort of argument, one of them already wounded. Just use some ranged attacks on them and you can easily finish them off. There's a [[Battleaxe]] lying on the ground here.

Talking to some of the dying Enthralled Cultists on the ground around this area can give you a little insight on how they think. One will talk about red, flying rats in the kitchen clawing at him, clearly referring to the imps who attack the thralls. Another will speak as if he's talking to his mother, saying that he's tired and wants to go to sleep early. Although talking to them reveals, rather tragically, that the thralls are just poor, regular humans under mind control, you can nevertheless finish them off for some very minor gold and XP (They are about to die anyway, might as well put them to rest).

The path forward is back into the Nautiloid via a corridor to our north, stretching east. There's a mucous membrane you just need to attack to break through, and then a door leading into the next major room.

In Early Access, illithid powers were much simpler. Instead of consuming other tadpoles to gain points to spend on powers, your tadpole grew more powerful as you used Illithid Persuasion options in dialogue. Once you'd used Illithid Persuasion three times, a special cutscene was triggered during your next long rest and each character gained a single illithid power unique to their class. Some of these abilities were reworked into the current illithid powers. A full list of Early Access powers can be seen below:

==Unimplemented items==

* '''More Coins''' - icons for various types of coins from Forgotten Realms can be found in the game files, matching their look from the Fifth Edition of D&D. It's possible the developers were initially going to implement the D&D coin system: copper > silver > gold > electrum > platinum. They were probably cut to make the money system simpler as the previous Baldur's Gate entries didn't have the other types of coin either.

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== Footnotes ==

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