Hidden Baldur's Gate 3 Item Uncovers Dark Lore Implications

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is a game that keeps on giving to inquisitive players and lore-lovers. Due to its long development period, inserted a veritable treasure trove of Easter eggs on the Sword Coast, such as new hidden areas and a secret love letter. Even after collective millions of hours in the world of Faerûn, players are still finding new items and new ways to play the game, including feats such as beating the game with a party consisting entirely of cats.

Nestled in the Underdark, the party can encounter many secrets. Tav can find plenty of useful loot and test their mettle against tough enemies like True Soul Nere in the subterranean zone. But in the underground, one player discovered an artifact tucked away in a far-out cave with disturbing implications.

The new find comes from Reddit user Impressive-Time8757, who claimed to find an item they had never seen after 500 hours of playing the game. The artifact in question is the Crooked Wand of Fireballs. Its description reads, ""

To find this item, the player must first go to the Decrepit Village in the Underdark section of Act 1. Once there, they must head to the coordinates X:56 Y:-183. The player will find three charred corpses, two duergars and one gnome, next to what looks like a caved-in mine shaft. Reddit user ProxyGateTactician, author of YouTube challenges such as the all-cat run mentioned earlier, explained, ""

The deep gnomes are currently being used as slave labor by the duergar. This item is a wonderful environmental storytelling device showing the last act of desperation by one of the enslaved gnomes, and also a fun way to blow a member of the party up. The player can also add a little world-building to the scenario. Was the wand originally unbroken and only broken after the attempt to blast away the captors? Was it already broken, and the gnome knew it had a chance to misfire?

The wand is exciting, as it’s the only one in In 5e, wands are magical items with a certain number of spell charges. For instance, if a