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How to get through noxious fumes in Baldur's Gate 3

How do you get through noxious fumes in Baldur's Gate 3? Whether it is just your average garden poison cloud or something a little more enchanted and exotic, any trap involving some airborne threat can usually be sourced to a vent. Your party will need to use their passive perception to spot the vent in the first place, but once they do, there are ways to deal with it.

Baldur's Gate 3 has all sorts of little obstacles such as this that require some quick thinking. It's why, in our Baldur's Gate 3 review, we relish every challenge the world of Faerûn has to offer. In this case, you'd be forgiven for thinking you need an expert Rogue, one of the many Baldur's Gate 3 classes, to deal with this threat. However, the real answer is far more *checks notes* mundane.

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Baldur's Gate 3 Last Light Inn - how to save Isobel

Where is the Last Light Inn? You'd be forgiven for wanting to get in and out of the Shadow-Cursed Lands as quickly as possible, so visiting a tavern in the middle of an actual nightmare might not be high on your to-do list. Be careful when you do find the inn, though, as this safe haven houses one of the toughest fights you've encountered so far. After meeting a band of rangers on a road through the Shadow-Cursed Lands, they will direct you toward their current base of operations - thankfully, a short walk from where you stand.

Spoilers ahead for those who haven't yet played Baldur's Gate 3 - and if you haven't, I suggest you read our BG3 review - but here's how to find the Last Light Inn, what it contains, and how to defeat Flaming Fist Marcus so he doesn't kidnap Isobel and ruin the entire plan before it's even had a chance to formulate.

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How to break cracked walls in Baldur's Gate 3

How do you break cracked walls in Baldur's Gate 3? You may have encountered some of these in your adventures and not know how to dismantle them to find what lies beyond. Perhaps you can find a secret passage to your next objective or even some valuable treasure that you'd otherwise miss out on. You'll never know until you bring down the wall.

But the main question is: how? You'd be forgiven that a cracked wall in Baldur's Gate 3 would have some mechanism you need to activate to bring it down, making it one of many puzzles that, according to our Baldur's Gate 3 review, makes for a "layered and complex" world. Actually, the solution is far simpler and relies on the innate abilities of the BG3 class of your hero or any of their companions to overcome these challenges.

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What to do with the Iron Flask in Baldur's Gate 3

What can you do with the Iron Flask in Baldur's Gate 3? If you've managed to get your hands on the Iron Flask featuring a glowing red face on the bottle, you may be wondering what this container holds. Using Arcane abilities, you soon discover this flask is a powerful magical item, capable of trapping and holding a creature.

The Iron Flask contains a Spectator, a spellcasting Beholder with the strength to wipe your entire party unless you've picked the best class and builds to survive. You now have access to a powerful monster whenever you want to summon one, just remember it will attack anything and everything in sight. Our review mentions how easy it is to make mistakes in Baldur's Gate 3, and how you end up using the Iron Flask could become one of those mistakes.

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Can you skip fights in Baldur's Gate 3?

Can you skip fights in Baldur's Gate 3? For those looking to play nice with the denizens of Faerûn, you will be pleased to know that there are some ways that you can avoid conflict. However, you may find that different approaches will work in certain situations and, in some cases, require clever use of your abilities to keep your party from harm.

Skipping fights is one of many reasons why, as per our Baldur's Gate 3 review, we're eager to dive back in at every opportunity. The fact there are multiple different paths to every objective you can take in Baldur's Gate 3 means you evade some fights completely. However, there are times when combat seems almost inevitable, and that's where good use of any Baldur's Gate 3 class powers that you or your companions have to hand can make all the difference.

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