How To Beat The Guardian Of Faith In Baldur’s Gate 3

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Beating the Guardian of Faith in is essential if you want to unlock one of the strongest weapons in the game. The enemy is something of a mini-boss that can be encountered and killed in the Rosymorn Monastery, just before entering the Githyanki Crèche at the end of Act 1. The Guardian of Faith is an optional opponent but is connected to the Blood of Lathander in , so if you want the Legendary weapon with Radiant powers, you must get past the knight.

At the feet of the Guardian of Faith is the Ceremonial Battleaxe, an item that is needed to solve the first puzzle in the Blood of Lathander quest. This is one of the four weapons that need to be placed on the respective pedestals on the upper floor of the Rosymorn Monastery. Accurately solving the puzzle will eventually grant you the Dawnmaster’s Crest, which allows you to retrieve the divine mace in the Githyanki Crèche in . Before this, however, you will need to kill the Guardian of Faith.

Once the Guardian of Faith is encountered in its locked room in the Rosymorn Monastery, it can be battled. The opponent will not actually engage in a fight unless one of your characters tries to grab the bones or the Ceremonial Battleaxe within its range in. This lack of an initial engagement is a great opportunity to start positioning your characters around to room to face the Guardian of Faith. The ultimate strategy to defeat the Guardian of Faith is to make it destroy itself. To do this, however, you must understand how it operates.

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The main gameplay mechanic used by the opponent is the ability, also called Guardian of Faith. This allows the enemy to deal Radiant Damage in, but only to characters that are