Baldur's Gate 3 - How To Beat Orin The Red

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Drown this vicious killer in her own blood.

By Jason Rodriguez on

There are many deadly foes in Baldur's Gate 3, but few are as brutal as Orin the Red. Wearing the skin of her victims, her only wish is to carve you up nicely as an offering for her god. Our Baldur's Gate 3 Orin the Red boss guide discusses what you can expect from this battle, as well as what this entails for Dark Urge players. Likewise, please be aware that this article contains major spoilers.

The Baldur's Gate 3 Orin the Red boss fight happens in the Undercity Ruins, which is connected to the Lower City Sewers. You'll likely do a few quests along the way:

Moreover, an incident will occur during one of your long rests in Act 3. Orin, ever the cunning shapeshifter, will turn into one of your companions, and she'll attempt to kill a kid. If you see through this deception, it's revealed that your companion has been kidnapped. Our guess is that this is the party member with the lowest approval at the time. For us, it was Lae'zel.

In any case, once we cleared the Murder Tribunal, the game told us that Orin might not like what we did, so it's imperative that we rescue our companion. We only did one long rest (we were thinking that an untoward incident might occur, and we didn't want to cause time to advance further).

Upon reaching the Bhaal Temple in the Undercity Ruins, we found Lae'zel knocked out cold on an altar, ready to be sacrificed. Be sure to pre-buff with elixirs and spells (i.e. Guidance) since you'll be presented with a skill check: DC25 Deception, Intimidation, or Persuasion. Succeeding makes Orin ignore her would-be victim to focus on you instead.

After the back-and-forth conversation with Orin, you'll commence with the bout. Take note that we only