In Baldur’s Gate III, you’ll come across personal quests tied to your main character. Our Baldur’s Gate III Personal Quests guide will list quests and cover what you’ll need to do to complete them.
Discover the Artefact’s Secrets
To get this quest, you’ll need to speak with goblin leaders in the Goblin Camp to learn that they are looking for an artefact. This will prompt your party to want to know more about why they are searching for it. You’ll then need to travel to the Mountain Pass and locate the Creche in the basement of the Rosymorn Monastery which can be found in the northeastern part of the area.
Once you reach the Creche, head to the Captain’s Quarters and speak with her. You can then ask her about the object they are seeking making a face prompting her to ask if you have it. You’ll then have to pass a deception check to say no resulting in you not being granted an audience with the inquisitor. If you say you have it but won’t give it to her then you’ll have to fight all of the Githyanki. She’ll then have a Gith Shard you can loot to lower the barrier allowing you to reach the inquisitor. Saying yes will have her take the object from you only for it to return on its own. She’ll then send you to talk with the Inquisitor a little deeper in the monastery. He too will ask for the artefact. If you hand it over to him, the queen will make an appearance and ask that you kill the blight (aka your dream guardian) tainting it.
If you agree, you’ll have to enter the relic. Approach the Beckoning Cave for the Dream Visitor to speak with you. They’ll ask to talk alone and offer you the choice to kill them or not. If you tell them you’re not going to kill them, they will say their trust was well placed in you and will tell you that the queen is lying to her people. If you do choose to kill them, they don’t actually die and will heal saying that you broke their trust. Exit the Astral Prism will complete the quest.
Discover the History of Prince Orpheus
You can start this quest by having Lae’zel (or your character if you’re Githyanki) read one of the Githyanki forbidden books about Prince Orpheus. You’ll then need to track down the other volumes to progress the quest. We have listed below where you can find them. This quest will be completed at the beginning of Act III after exiting the Astral Prison.
Orpheus, Prince of the Comet, Part One: Betrayal
The first book on Prince Orpheus can be found at the Arcane Tower in the Underdark. You’ll need to activate the elevator and take it up to the bedroom just before the roof. There you’ll find the text lying around.
Orpheus, Prince of the Comet, Part Two: Sacrifice
The second part of the book is located in the Githyanki Creche at the Rosymorn Monastery along the Mountain Pass. Make your way there then head for the Classroom. The instructor will be beating up one of his students. Intervene by passing a skill check to get the instructor to back off and then speak with the student. You’ll need to pass a couple of skill checks to convince the lad to hand over the text.
Orpheus, Prince of the Comet, Part Three: Resurrection
Part Three of the Prince Orpheus saga can be found in Balthazar’s room in the Moonrise Towers during Act II. You will be granted access during the main story if you side with the Absolute or at least pretend to. It will be on a bookshelf near the entrance to his room.
Embrace Your Potential
This quest starts after meeting the dream visitor for the first time or coming across a Mind Slayer Parasite Specimen. The visitor will tell you that you need to become stronger with the powers you get from the Mind Flayer. When she visits you the second time she will tell you that absorbing other parasites will make your powers grow. There are a number of them that you can find listed below. Once you absorb them, you’ll be able to make your Illithd power stronger.
Act I
- Looted from Dror Ragzlin in the Goblin Camp
- Looted from True Soul Gut in the Gobling Camp
- Looted from Nightwarden Minthara in the Gobling Camp
- Absorbed from Edowin in the forest northwest of the Druids’ Grove
- Looted from Flind the Gnoll Warlord
- Looted from Nere in the Underdark Grymforge
Act II
- Looted from Fist Marcus at Last Light Inn
- Looted from Linsella in the kitchen of Moonrise Towers
- Looted from Adept Merim at Moonrise Towers
- Looted from Zealot Malik at Moonrise Towers
- Looted from Disciple Z’rell at Moonrise Towers
- Loot from Zealot Krizt in Oubliette (jump down hole in Moonrise Prison)
In Act III, you’ll have the chance to turn into a Mind Flayer while keeping your mind intact via a special Astral-Touched Tadpole. It’s up to you to do so if you wish, but keep in mind that everyone in your party will not approve.
Free Orpheus
You’ll get this quest in Act III after defending the Githyanki assault on the Astral Plane. You’ll then need to meet up with Kith’rak Voss in the Sharess’ Caress which can be found past the South Span Checkpoint north of Rivington. He’ll be in the Devil’s Den where you’ll end up meeting with Raphael. The Devil will offer you a way to Orpheus if you agree to deliver the crown of the Absolute to him in exchange. There are multiple ways to go about this and we’ll cover ours in our The Githyanki Warrior companion quest guide for Lae’zel.
Help Kith’rak Voss
You’ll get this quest after the events at the Githyanki Creche. Voss will show up at your camp asking to aid you in taking down the queen. You’ll need to accept his help, not kill him and agree to meet up at Baldur’s Gate.
When you begin Act III, head to the northern part of the map to reach the South Span Checkpoint. Pass through and continue down the road a bit to find Sharess’ Caress. Enter the building and make your way to the Upper Floors where you’ll find the Devi’s Den. Head inside and Voss will be there with Raphael. The rest of this quest can be found in our The Githyanki Warrior companion quest guide for Lae’zel.
Help Your Protector
You’ll get this quest automatically when you rest in your camp at the beginning of Act III. A squad of Githyanki will ambush you while the Absolute tries to take control of your mind. You’ll have a few turns to defeat them and reach the portal before the Absolute takes over. Keep in mind that only one member of your party needs to reach the portal. Interact with it to be transported inside the artefact which the Githyanki is also attacking. You’ll need to work your way toward the giant skull to find the protector who will ask you to help. Upon discovering the truth about them, a choice will be presented: attack them or not (we didn’t). After the fight, talk with your protector. They will then offer you a choice: turn into a mind flayer (keeping yourself intact) or don’t. Doing so will get disapproval from the whole party. We chose not to. After the conversation, leave the Astral Plane via the portal to complete the quest.