Baldur's Gate 3 - All Endings (Good, Evil, Dark Urge, Mind Flayer)

Withers is so cool man You die to deny Bhaal his champion, and Withers just walks in and says “nah” and brings you back SOLELY because he hates Bhaal that much

Doing an evil Dark Urge playthrough, pledging yourself to Bhaal but in the end deciding to deny Bhaal, kill the Elder Brain and kill yourself as a mind flayer afterwards is one of the most satisfying endings in a game ever. "You've butchered so many before - each death a gift to your Father. But this one, you will take from him. This one is just for you."

The fact that the Emperor instantly turned to the Netherbrain when we denied him made me stand firm in my decision. If he can turn to the enemy THAT FAST then he was never a true ally to begin with. Orpheus is a huge W

Oh yeah, Withers is absolutely Jergal. No one else could have that kind of disappointment and contempt for the Dead Three, no that kind of admiration for someone defying them.

The fact that the Emperor doesn't betray you in the end in any way really surprises me. He lied all the way through the story, asking for trust while never giving an inch of that same trust he wanted from me. Constantly discovered details that would have been good to know about his past. Always pressing me to use the tadpoles and "evolve". I mean...yes...he never lied on anything that could really harm me. But still...I found him lying every 5 seconds, letting me think, of course "What of the lies I did not see...if there are more", because there were always more. More lies, left and right. I never wanted to kill him, and I was never sure about his intentions, good, bad, or grey, but that was the point. Someone had my fate in his hand and I really was unsure about his ultimate intentions. So, when he asked to consume the Prince, to kill someone right then and there, someone that did not have a chance to demonstrate his real stance towards us and the whole situation, I stood firmly and said NO. I asked the Emperor to at least give Orpheus a chance. I wasn't antagonistic, I never threatened him. I just wanted him, for once, to consider other people opinions on this matter and the nature of what he was suggesting to do. He immediately joined the absolute. Yes, he rationally explained why, but I got this as an ulterior sign of insincerity from him. That he really was sincere, really surprises me. Good writing tho. He is an Illithid. He is smart, intelligent. But he can't understand trust. So he acted not like a rational idiot...but like an EMOTIONAL IDIOT all the time. It must take a lot of effort to write something so intelligent, but alien, in a convincing manner.

That bit with Withers ruthlessly roasting the dead three, lmao

>Get to the ending as a villain >Minthara, Astarion and Shadowheart want me to seize power so we can all rule together >Get no option to form a new evil group >I just mind control them all and sit on the throne while they floss and fortnite dance around me I cracked up so fucking much.

There's also an earlier different ending if you make Gale activate his nether bomb at Moonrise Towers in Act 2. Gives you the completed game achievement on Steam.

I became the absolute without going mindflayer. Feels like the true Dark Lord ending

There is another ending if you take Karlach with you. She will say that her infernal engine will kill her soon and offer to become illithid in your stead. Doing so has you retain your body and saves her life in the end because it removes the infernal engine.

it's a shame you can't convince the Emperor to work with Orpheus

I refuse to reach the end until Larian adds an ending where we and Astarion live happily ever after.

I like to imagine, in the Heroic ending, that everyone eventually goes to a tavern to celebrate and toast Karlach, then Astarion shows up and askes that they get together at night from now on.

Karlach becoming a minflayer feels like the best ending sadly. The Githyanki people can be free of a tyrant with a new leader who can actually thwart future mind flayers. Karlach gets the chance to live a new life without dying a horrible death or going back to Avernus which she hates. Bittersweet but the adventure along the way was to die for :')

If nothing else, thank you for confirming that critically succeeding at dominating the Netherbrain does nothing and the plot continues as if you failed.

Bro that last redeemed dark urge option to pull the last second 180 is crazy that they included that

What a game! Technologically advanced and with so many endings. Most companies would have put out much less and added the rest as DLCs. No wonder it took so very long to finish making BG3.

i always thougth Astarions ending was always really cruel if he didnt became pure evil. He decided to be good and not kill 7.000 innocents, gets a last glimpse at the sun before the tadpole effects wear off and then he has to flee its a shame sadly

Tch, no way of getting the Emperor and Orpheus to work together? That ought to be the golden ending, with no new tentacle faces.

Thanks for this ending overview. I finished the game first changing into Illithid and destroying the Netherbrain. Now I simply had to see all possible endings.