Psionic OverloadClass Actions 1~4 Damage 1d4Psychic Your attacks deal an additional 1~4 Psychic damage, but you take 1~4 Psychic damage every turn. 10 turns Short Rest |
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Psionic Overload is an Action in Baldur's Gate 3. Psionic Overload is an ongoing buff that adds psychic damage to your attacks at the cost of receiving damage every turn. Actions can be used in both exploration and combat to maneuver across the battlefield or to harm or aid Characters. The actions that a Character can perform are based on their Class and Equipment.
Psionic Overload Baldurs Gate 3 Information
Your attacks deal an additional 1~4 Psychic damage, but you take 1~4 Psychic damage every turn.
- Type:Action
- Duration: 10 turns
- Recharge: Short Rest
Baldurs Gate 3 How to unlock Psionic Overload
Psionic Overload can be unlocked by the following:
Tadpole Locations for Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3). Each parasite consumed unlocks one new Illithid Power within a skill tree of 25 powerful mind-flayer-inspired abilities, completely separate to the options you have when you level up in a traditional sense. These are divided into five branches themed around manipulation, health restoration, psionics, and abilities that can inflict immense damage and torment enemies to gradually weaken them over time. Some abilities can be used to control those around you, pushing them to say things in dialogue they would otherwise not. Others endow you with the power to push and pull enemies like ragdolls during battle.
Tadpoles locations in Baldur's Gate 3
You can collect additional Mind Flayer tadpoles to advance your Illithid Powers, here is a list of where you can find more tadpoles:
Tadpoles in Act 1
- One can be found on the dead True Soul in Forest (X139, Y444), do not resist the tadpole to acquire.
- One can be found by defeating Flind, the Gnoll Warlord (X33, Y594) (Quest Find the Missing Shipment).
- One can be found in the Druid Grove (X445, Y-17), it would be on a table in Halsin's/Nettie's Secret Research Lab next to the Dissected Drow body.
- One can be found by defeating True Soul Gut (X297, Y-12).
- One can be found by defeating Minthara.
- One can be found by defeating Dror Ragzlin.
- One can be found by defeating True Soul Nere.
- If you side with the Absolute, you can get as many Illithid Powers as "Gift by the Absolute" as you missed by not killing the true soul bosses.
- If you play nice with True Soul Nere until his second conversation ends and he gives you a Gift of the Absolute, you can then kill him for a bonus Tadpole.
Tadpoles in Act 2
- One can be found by defeating Fist Marcus.
- Three can be found in the Infirmary of Crèche Y'llek, next to the Zaith'isk.
- One can be found on Linsella, in the Moonrise Towers kitchen.
- Two at Moonrise Towers' docks, inside the cylindrical Zhentarim Shipping Crate (X70, Y187). Destroy the crate to access them.
- One on a body named Zealot Krizt in Oubliette (X:628, Y: -92).
- Three at the front entrance of Moonrise Towers from Disciple Z'Rell, Zealot Malik, and Adept Merim.
- One in a brine pool (X678, Y45) in the Mind Flayer Colony (requires passing perception check).
- One special tadpole (Astral-Touched Tadpole) can be acquired after you helped the Dream Visitor before reaching Baldur's gate.
Tadpoles in Act 3
- Another special item that gives a charge is the fresh mindflayer's brain in the Abandoned Windmill in Rivington. (X44, Y-38)
- One on a beach northwest of Rivington, on a barrel next to the Stone Lord thugs about to fight the Guild members. (Near X-225, Y108)
- A further two on the ship the Stone Lord thugs arrived in, in the big 'Storage' unit. (Near X-212, Y129)
- One from killing Avery Sonshal at Felogyr's Fireworks, Baldur's Gate Lower City.
- Two can be found on Enver Gortash's Parents, the Flymms (X-30, Y-116), Baldur's Gate Lower City.
- One can be found in High Security Safe n6 (near X-715, Y882) in the high-security vault of Counting House.
- One can be found sitting on a table on the ground floor of Sorcerous Sundries (X-8, Y-91).
- One can be found on the second floor of The Lodge. (X-207, Y-87)
- One on a table in the Sanguine Laboratory, entered from Baldur's Gate's Lower City down a hatch (X-92, Y-91)
- Six can be found on a ship protected by Steel Watchers, in front of the Steel Watch Foundry. (X-202 Y-125)
- One additional one can be found on the body of Churg Elvek, who is preaching next to this ship.
- One can be found in Iron Throne, on the table near Omeluum. (x-45, Y17)
- One can be found on a desk in the Steel Watch Foundry - Lab Level. (X-1940, Y447)
- One can be acquired from Manip Edenosa in Bloomridge Park.
- One can be found in the basement of the Blushing Mermaid. (X-2336, Y-120)
- One can be found in a locked chest in Gortash's office, on the roof of Wyrm's Rock Fortress.
Baldurs Gate 3 Psionic Overload Tips & Notes
- The damage you take from using this will break any concentration spell you're currently using on your character.
- Notes & Tips go here.
- Anonymous
It doesn't seem to do anything with my magic missile. Am I missing something or is this melee only?
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
With multiattack and other bonus damage sources the 1d4 self-damage is comically trivial. The one issue is potentially losing concentration on spells like Hex (which you're probably using if you're minmaxing damage). This damage can crit and benefits from damage multipliers like the half-orcish racial. The action cost is what truly holds it back but there are means of fixing that or working around it.
- Anonymous
Will this damage have a chance to break my own concentration? I am considering this on a warlock if I can combine it with Hex.
- Anonymous
Psionic overload + Misty Escape. Big boom, take overload, turn invisible. Next turn get advantage on another big boom. Short rest repeat.
- Anonymous
This is actually pretty good for a Great Old One Warlock, you can get resistance to psychic damage passively, so you deal an additional 1-4 damage while only taking 1-2 damage.
- Anonymous
This can be used to basically guarantee a full uptime Rage, right?
Doesn't seem to work with Strange Conduit Ring (1d4 psychic on attacks when concentrating). I only get 1d4 psychic but I should get another one when using this illithid power.
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