BalthazarCommander of the Reborn Dead Level 8 |
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| Location | Gauntlet of Shar | Shadowfell |
| Act | Act 2 |
| Quests | Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic |
Balthazar is a Boss in Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3). He is a level 8 necromancer and his Enemy Type is considered undead.
Depending on the choices player's make over the course of their time in the Gauntlet of Shar they might find themselves fighting Balthazar in his enclosure where they first meet him (X:-852, Y:-786) OR in Shadowfell at the culmination of the Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic quest. Both encounters will be detailed below.
Bosses in BG3 are powerful enemies that have increased health and pose a bigger challenge for players.
Where to find Balthazar in BG3
Act 2
- Gauntlet of Shar
- Shadowfell
BG3 Balthazar's Quests
BG3 Balthazar's Dialogue Options
- N/A
BG3 Balthazar Boss Guide
Balthazar Boss Tips
Gauntlet of Shar
Insert boss tips here.
Shadowfell
- If you surprise him with a sneak attack and proceed to cast Counterspell as he's trying to summon his undead, you'll have a very easy kill. It is also possible to push him off the edge and insta-kill him, but you won’t get any loot.
- With some careful positioning, it's possible to end the fight with Balthazar very quickly, before he summons minions. Before the final jump, Separate one member of your party. In stealth, manoeuvre them onto the cliff to his left, so that you're almost in front of him but still out of his vision. An Arrow of Roaring Thunder or similar can knock him out of the arena.
Balthazar General Information
Race: Undead
Health: 91
AC: 15 (Gauntlet of Shar) || 17 (Shadowfell)
Base speed: 0m
Size: Medium
Weight: 100kg
Attitude:
Balthazar's Conditions
- Undead Ward Aura
- Mage Armour
- Undead Ward
- Feather Fall
- Hastened (3 turns)
Balthazar's Passive Features
Alert
- You gain a +5 to Initiative and can't be Surprised.
Grave Magic
- Whenever you deal damage with a spell, deal an additional 1d8 Necrotic damage
Grim Harvest
- ???
Immune to Control Undead
Opportunity Attack
Turn Resistance
Undead Ward
Balthazar's Abilities
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 14
Constitution: 16
Intelligence: 20
Wisdom: 14
Charisma: 10
- Proficiency Bonus: +2
- Initiative: +7
Attacks & Spells
- Bone Chill (Necromancy Cantrip) 2~16 Damage (2d8 Necrotic)
- Ray of Sickness (Level 1 Necromancy Spell) 5~40 Damage (5d8 Poison)
- Misty Step
- Cloudkill (Level 5 Conjuration Spell) 5~40 Damage (5d8 Poison)
- No Rest for the Wicked (Level 3 Necromancy Spell) (Gauntlet of Shar ONLY)
Balthazar's Resistances
Slashing: Resistance (Slashing damage to this entity from magical and non-magical attacks is halved).
Piercing: Resistance (Piercing damage to this entity from magical and non-magical attacks is halved).
Bludgeoning: Resistance (Bludgeoning damage to this entity from magical and non-magical attacks is halved).
Fire: n/a
Lightning: n/a
Psychic: n/a
Poison: Immune (Poison damage against this entity is nullified).
Balthazar's Rewards
- 350XP
- Scroll of Speak with Dead x3
- Dagger
- Circle of Bones (Rare) "A coldness clings to this macabre circlet, like the chill of a grave." - Undead Ward: Allied undead within 6m are Resistant to Bludgeoning, Slashing, and Piercing damage. Animate Dead (Level 3 Necromancy spell/Action) 0.5kg/240gold
- Soul Cage Research "This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink." - [Rambling notes in a spidery, jagged fill the volume. They speak of a "soul cage" binding the lifeforce of one to that of another. The one of the left appears to have a dagger protruding from its chest, while the one on the right has a corresponding wound in its own chest.]
Notes and Tips
- If you choose to fight Balthazar shortly upon meeting him in the Gauntlet of Shar he will be surrounded by a handful of undead minions
- Ghoul Medic (Lv. 4) 46hp | AC 12 | Undead | 110XP
- STR 16 DEX 15 CON 10 INT 7 WIS 10 CHA 6
- Magical and Non-Magical Slashing/Piercing/Bludgeoning Resistance | Poison Immunity
- Conditions: Undead Ward
- Notable Features: Darkvision, Opportunity Attack
- Attacks: Claws
- Nere (Lv. 4) 46hp | AC 12 | Undead | 110XP
- STR 16 DEX 15 CON 10 INT 7 WIS 10 CHA 6
- Magical and Non-Magical Slashing/Piercing/Bludgeoning Resistance | Poison Immunity
- Conditions: Undead Fortitude, Undead Ward
- Notable Features: Darkvision, Opportunity Attack, Undead Fortitude
- Flesh (Lv. 7) 182hp | AC 11 | Construct | 180XP
- STR 20 DEX 9 CON 18 INT 6 WIS 10 CHA 5
- Non-Magical Slashing/Non-Magical Piercing/Non-Magical Bludgeoning/Lightning/Poison Resistance
- Notable Features: Aversion to Fire, Berserk, Darkvision, Immutable Form, Magic Resistance, Opportunity Attack
- Attacks: Multiattack, Slam, Corpulent Rage
- Ghoul Medic (Lv. 4) 46hp | AC 12 | Undead | 110XP
- If you fight Balthazar in the Shadowfell he will raise an mixed army of Apostate Skeletons to aid him
- 6x Apostate Sentinel (Lv. 3) Undead
- Ranged Attack
- 3x Apostate Destroyer (Lv. 7) Undead
- Main Hand Attack, Shove, Dash, Jump
- 8x Apostate Defender (Lv. 3) Undead
- Main Hand Attack, Dash
- 3x Apostate Librarian (Lv. 3) Undead
- Sleep, Blindness, Ray of Frost
- 6x Apostate Sentinel (Lv. 3) Undead
AnonymousWhat about fight with Balthazar in his necrotic lab, below Moonrise? Not a word about it. I think this case is rather good, with Minthara and Ragzlin naked zombies, and your team trapped in the pods %)
- Anonymous
Odd that he doesn't drop a Tadpole. I suppose he doesn't really seem like the type to willingly put a tadpole in his head.
- Anonymous
I love Balthazar. Fun to listen to and a total bastard. A bit silly how he thinks some hastily-risen squishy zombies can take out a party that killed an orthon with a demonic retinue.
I sneaked upon him and hit with a weapon made out of sussur bark. He gets silenced on successful hit and can't summon or cast anything naughty. Once you open the fight with silence, you can basically just melee him to death.
- Anonymous
Another easy kill:
-Trade with him and give all your gold.
-Then one-shot him with Twist of Fortune "Bloody Money" ( If not enough gold, make him vulnerable first )
-Collect your gold.
- Anonymous
when I engaged in the dialogue in front of the nightsong, I switched characters and chose karlach. walked her in front of him, and pushed him off the ledge. ez gg no re.
- Anonymous
If you attack him first in Shadowfell you can Counterspell his "Animate Dead" and get a free 4v1 fight. Easiest way to cheese him.
- Anonymous
i lolled in this fight, i cast hunger of hadar and spike terrain under his and his army, he walkin on it so hard and in so much pain just to be counterspelled by wyll when he about to cast misty steps, he stuck with me, hasted oathbreaker padlock with 8 fresh spell slot in her arsenal
- Anonymous
put some smoke bomb barrels and oil barrels around him when ifirst met him, proceed to fire ball him, instant death
- Anonymous
You can actually loot him with Telekenesis after he has been yeeted. His body is down there somewhere.
- Anonymous
> Balthazar runs up onto cliff, jumps onto platform overhanging abyss to try and get the high ground
>Gets shot twice with Eldritch Blast w/ repelling blast invocation, sent hurdling into the abyss
>No loot
>Worth it
- Anonymous
Returning pike may be glitched in the balthazar fight next to the nightsong. It wouldn't return during combat. Tried reloading but it still wouldn't return after throwing.
- Anonymous
I parked my party on the rock just before the main arena, popped off a flame ball to get him to target us and walk closer.
Applied scroll of fly to Karlach, flew her in and shoved him off the edge.
No loot, but it was damn funny.
- Anonymous
How to kill easily in the chamber (7+ lvl, any difficulty).
1- Use moderately high CHA to get the Bell for his flesh golem.
2- RING THE BELL in a fight that 100% kills him (there are some across the level)
3- Go back to his chamber
4- Either attack Balth and corner him/silence him OR Use AOE to weaken the ghouls. Fireball+Gunpowder barrel likely 1-shots them even in tactician.
6- Even if you didn't silence Balt, him being alone makes it a very easy kill.
7- Congrats!
- Anonymous
On easy only 2 Destroyers spawn and Karlach pushed both of them into the chasm...
- Anonymous
"If you surprise him with a sneak attack and proceed to cast Counterspell as he's trying to summon his undead, you'll have a very easy kill." - he can't be surprised due to "Alert" feature
- Anonymous
Highly recommend using one a Sussur weapon against him. Dude just starts weakly hitting you with his dagger once he's silenced.
- Anonymous
So I got the cleanest kill on him, or at least I think that is what happened. Mid conversation in the shadowfell I started piling up the skeletons so I could AoE them, turns out that if you throw them near him you lose some attitude points and he complains, but since he is mid convo he can't do anything. By the time I was finish, the conversation kinda bugged and I could only start by speaking to Nightsong, Balthazar is nowhere to be seen.
- Anonymous
Fought him in the Shadowfell and used a Telekinesis Scroll to yeet him over the edge.
- Anonymous
Fought this guy in his chamber, when my party was level 7... Tough fight. Killed him but Gael and Wyll died in the process (even though I tried to evac Wyll, Balthasar had some skeletons outside the room, previously friendly, turned hostile against me).
Well, once I killed him, I could not find any weaknesses on his colossal meat shield, Flesh. This guy was immune to everything (turn into sheep, control person, etc). I noticed only one thing. After Balthasar was dead, he and the skeletons were 'temporarily hostile'. I went invisible (had more than two potions, having never used them until now) with Shadowheart and my paladin, walked out of the room, the meat shield and skeletons forgot about me, and came back into the room to resurrect my pals, and loot his corpse!
- Anonymous
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