Can you Remove the Parasite in Baldur’s Gate 3?
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If you don’t want to turn into Mind Flayer, you may want to find a cure fast to remove the parasite in your head in Baldur’s Gate 3. The Mind Flayer parasites are feared as sadistic aberrations for their innate psionic abilities in Baldur’s Gate 3. However, they are respected by many creatures of the Underdark, such as Drow and Duergar.
You will meet companions such as Astarion, Wyll, and Gale throughout your travels. Once your companions learn of your troubles, they will assist you in any way possible. But you may want to escape your fate before you become one! So, follow this guide to find out if you can remove the parasite in Baldur’s Gate 3.
How to Remove the Parasite in Baldur’s Gate 3
In Baldur’s Gate 3, you will go on a long quest to remove the Illithids Tadpole Power infecting your mind. However, throughout the course of your journey, you will be offered various ways to remove the parasite without much luck. On the Nautiloid Wreckage, you will soon learn you have been affected by some type of parasite. This is also where you will meet Shadowheart, a cleric trapped in a pod. After the ship’s crash, you’ll find yourself on Ravaged Beach, where you will begin your quest to remove your parasite.
However, at the end of the Removing the Parasite quest, you will obtain the Ring of Psionic Protection to protect you from further damage from the larva. As a result, you will not be able to remove the parasite during Chapter One of Baldur’s Gate 3.
Different methods you will use to remove the parasite in Baldur’s Gate 3
You will meet many companions during the main quest line to help remove the Tadpole from your brain. However, most will be useless, and some even harmful. Once you free Lae’zel, she will suggest you be cured at Githyanki Creche.
Next, you can go to Druid Grove and meet a Druid healer called Nettie. However, she instead tries you poison you once she learns of the parasite in your head. You can then talk her out of it by using the Persuasion Check.
After this, you can try the Goblin Priestess Gut. Of course, nothing is ever easy, and you soon find out the larva also infects the Priestess. Like many women you will meet, the Priestess also offers to take care of your Tadpole problem, but once again, you are poisoned. If you do get drugged, you will have to pass the Acrobatics checks to get free.
After that, you can try Auntie Ethel, a hideous Green Hag that has imprisoned Mayrina, a young pregnant woman. She won’t offer this service for free, so you must make a deal with her. Once she uses her magic, she will take your eye, not your parasite. Though, do make sure to loot her lair, as she will have plenty of valuable potions.
You can also get help for the Druid Halsin; during the Save the Refugees quest, you’ll have to travel to the Goblin Camp. Once you save Halsin, he will suggest you go to Moonrise Towers.
You will also ask Omeluum in the Underdark. He is a Mind Flayer that will communicate with your larva once you obtain the necessary ingredients. Of course, nothing is helpful; however, he will provide you with the Ring of Psionic Protection.
