The Goblin Camp is one of the major areas inBaldur’s Gate 3Act 1 where you’ll do battle against Dror Ragzlin, Minthara, and High Priestess Gut.
These goblin leaders can be hard to defeat. Here’s our guide to the entire Goblin Camp, including defeating the goblin leaders, to help you out.Note:To defeat all three goblin leaders, you’ll needthe best party class compositions inBG3.
Baldur’s Gate 3 guide: Entering the Goblin Camp
The Goblin Camp inBaldur’s Gate 3isfar to the west of the Druid Grove. There are a couple of encounters at the outer rim of the Goblin Camp, and you may tackle these whichever way you’d like.
I snuck around to the left and behind the camp. Once the goblins eventually found me,I used the hornto call the ogres I made friends with at the Blighted Village. They made quick work of the goblins here which allowed me to continue forward. Other tricks you can use include stealthily poisoning the booze tub, which I did as a Dire Raven to take out a bunch of exterior goblins and weaken others.
When you do reach the center of the Goblin Camp, it’s as though no one cares (mobs aren’t hostile). There’s even a fast travel point in the courtyard. If you start a fight, all the goblins will join in, which might be your cue to load your last quicksave. Continue forward into the goblin temple which is called Shattered Sanctum.
To get into Shattered Sanctum, I highly recommend quicksaving before interacting with the goblin guards inside.Speak to the guards with the character with the highest Charisma. Pass a Persuasion or Intimidation check and you’ll be able to walk around Shattered Sanctum without enemies turning hostile immediately.
Sneaking into Shattered Sanctum
I also found out that you cansneak into the Shattered Sanctumby climbing up to the area above the front door and attacking the loose wall. You’ll need to defeat the five drunk guards, but they aren’t hard to dispatch. With them out of the way, use an explosive or Eldritch Blast to knock the wall down.
Some things of note:
To eliminate the goblin leaders, you need toenter the goblin temple called Shattered Sanctum.
If you don’t pass the Persuasion check, I honestly think you should reload your save and try again. The goal here is to be able towalk around Shattered Sanctum freely, and if you may’t do that and get into a fight instead, eliminating all three goblin leaders is going to be tough. If save-scumming isn’t your bag, now’s as good a time as any to whip out Lump’s War Horn!
Inside the Goblin Camp inBaldur’s Gate 3
There area lot of secrets and sidequeststo participate in in Shattered Sanctum. Here are just a few that I found.
How to defeat High Priestess Gut and enter the Underdark inBG3
At the center of this large area, you’llfind High Priestess Gut, one of the goblin leaders you need to eliminate. She claims that she can heal your affliction and get rid of that “eye tadpole.” However, all your companions will disapprove of the High Priestess’ methods.
Anyway, if you agree to get cured,High Priestess Gut will lead you to her roomand, if you drink the potion that she gives you, she’ll initiate a battle. Looks like it was a ruse all along, but luckily, this is the perfect place to quickly and quietly eliminate her.
Once I reached her room,I chose the dialogue option to attack her. This allowed my entire party to kill her without the other goblins becoming hostile.
Notes to consider about High Priestess Gut
Note 1:High Priestess Gut is one of three goblin leaders that you need to eliminate if you want to save Halsin and the Druid Grove inBaldur’s Gate 3.
Note 2:you may pick up a key from Gut’s corpse. It’ll open her chambers and you need to fight her ogre bodyguard, Polma. Following this route will lead you to theDefiled Temple’s Moon Puzzleand, eventually, the Underdark area where the“Find the Nightsong” questis supposed to be.
Note 3:The nearby small room houses a couple of elves and a dwarf. I’m not sure what they’re doing here, but they do ask you to leave. It won’t matter if you offer them gold because they’ll still attack you. you’re able to use the barrels found inside to blow them all up, though.
The dwarf has some nifty loot including several upgraded items and a couple of keys and scrolls. If you open the nearby chest, you’ll get a whopping 3,737 gold.
How to defeat Minthara inBG3
Atthe northeastern section of the fortress, climb a couple of ladders to reach the room of the drow, Minthara (the second goblin leader). Make sure you destroy any nearby war drums so reinforcements aren’t called.
Speak with her. A Deception check lets you convince her of your motives andshe won’t be hostile. Minthara tells you that she plans on attacking Druid Grove.You could help herwith the act, help her, and then betray her, or attack and kill her now.
Minthara cheese method
Killing Minthara yields the Xyanyde (rare mace) and the Amulet of Misty Step (rare; gives the “Misty Step” spell). As far as I know, even if youattack her in her chambers, or drop her to her death, the goblins won’t notice.
I found Minthara to bethe easiest Goblin Camp leader to defeat inBaldur’s Gate 3since she’s isolated. Bully Minthara with high damage and you’ll beat her fairly quickly.
How to defeat Dror Ragzlin inBG3
The third and final goblin leader inBaldur’s Gate 3is Dror Ragzlin, a hobgoblin who’s obsessed with speaking with a dead Mind Flayer. He isfound west of Mintharain the northern part of the temple. If you have Shadowheart selected, you’re given the option of talking to the corpse yourself (since Shadowheart is a Cleric).
There are several dialogue options here, mostly cryptic information about the Absolute. There’s alsoa Persuasion checkto prevent Ragzlin from turning hostile immediately.
Anyway, he does ask you to visit Minthara and follow her orders (if you already killed Minthara, he won’t know about it). You could even decide to attack him, but there will be half a dozen hostiles surrounding you.
Dror Ragzlin strategies
The Dror Ragzlin fight is a hard one, but to beat it, I recommendthree crucial steps:
Note:You can also get creative anduse shove to push Dror Ragzlin off the cliffinto the chasm below.
After looting Dror Ragzlin, you’ll find the Faithbreaker (rare martial mace) and a key that opens a small nook behind the throne room. A chest has an Amulet of Selûne’s Chosen (gives the “Selûne’s Dream” cantrip) and you’llfind a big pile of gold.
Looks like you’re done here. Return to the Druid Grove to remember totake all the parasites to grow your Illithid Powers.
