Hidden Baldur's Gate 3 Side Quest Makes An Earlier Lose-Lose Decision A Lot Better

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has a lot of content tucked away that the player might not run into during a first playthrough, or even their first several playthroughs. This could be from taking different routes through the first acts, or from focusing on the main quests without looking for all the side quests that are scattered throughout the game. However, that can result in small moments being missed, such as finding a home for a stray cat.

It's easy to miss content in that isn't part of the main story when there aren't quest markers for side quests, and many of them require the party to speak with certain NPCs to begin. This is particularly true for content that starts in an earlier act, then continues in Baldur's Gate, where the city is large and quests aren't linear or always in obvious places. As a result, Tav can easily miss an apothecary side quest in Act 1, which then allows them to find a home for a stray cat that can keep a widow company.

If Tav and the party decide to explore the Underdark at the end of Act 1 before heading into Act 2, there's a chance they'll come across Derryth and her husband Baelen. Baelen is stuck among mushrooms with explosive spores while trying to retrieve Noblestalk in for Derryth, and he needs help from the party to escape. They work as apothecaries in Baldur's Gate and need Noblestalk for their shop, which is struggling with business, since Baelen used a lot of their money to fund his drinking habit.

Depending on what the party decides to do, there are several different endings to this section of Act 1. Noblestalk can be used to restore missing memories, so it can be given to Baelen to fix the condition that he ended up with after helping himself to the stock of the apothecary shop he owns, but it can also be