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Mirror of Loss is a a large mirror found in both the Gauntlet of Shar (X-645, Y-735) and the House of Grief (X: -474, Y: -1650) in Baldur's Gate 3. Only the latter one is interactive and can grant you additional CHA score by offering your memories.
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Baldur's Gate 3 Information Mirror of Loss
When you first encounter a Mirror of Loss, either in the Gauntlet of Shar or the House of Grief, you will be presented with the option of either a DC 25 Arcana Check ("Study the mirror...") or a DC 20 Religion check ("An object of Faith..."). Succeeding on either of these checks will permanently reveal the purpose of the Mirror of Loss to the party, and is required in order to benefit from it.
Then, characters will be presented with two options:
1. Gaze into the mirror, intent on offering it one of your memories.
2. [Religion] Offer a prayer to the mirror.
The order in which you perform these dialog options matters greatly. To help ensure you receive the full benefits of the mirror, be sure NOT to perform the DC 25 Religion check ("Offer a prayer...") on any character until AFTER that character has received the Patriar's Memory (+1 CHA). Once you succeed the Religion check, the +2 buff becomes a very common outcome when offering a memory, after which you can no longer offer memories, an thus cannot receive the +1 CHA buff.
When offering a memory, you can choose to "sacrifice" 2 points of any Ability (Strength, Dexterity, etc.), which will result in the mirror granting you another memory. These memories can be from:
- A member of the city guard
- A heartbroken heiress
- A corrupt alderman
- A recently widowed merchant
- A jumble of memories not belonging to you
- A patriar (grants a permanent +1 CHA via a hidden buff called Patriar's Memory)
- Something ancient and unknowable (grants a permanent +2 buff to an Ability of your choice)
- Attempting to deceive the mirror will present you with a DC 20 Deception check, which will let you avoid sacrificing anything, but it will also never give you a buff. A successful check always results in the "jumble of memories not belonging to you" dialog.
- All of your "sacrificed" Ability points can be restored by a single cast of Remove Curse, or performing a Long Rest (as of v4.1.1.4251417).
Sacrificing Forbidden Knowledge from the Necromancy of Thay is guaranteed to give you the +2 buff, even if you haven't succeeded on the DC 25 Religion check ("Offer a prayer..."). Oddly, you don't lose the Forbidden Knowledge feature if you do this (bug?).
If you give away all six primary attributes, the mirror will no longer let you sacrifice anything, even if you still have Forbidden Knowledge available to give up, and even if you remove all the Stolen Vigour curses.
The game only acknowledges these Ability Score buffs within the respective ability score tooltips for that character. The +2 bonuses are called:
- Strength: "General's Memory"
- Dexterity: "Thief's Memory"
- Constitution: "Barbarian's Memory"
- Intelligence: "Wizard's Memory"
- Wisdom: "Mother-Superior's Memory"
- Charisma: "Bard's Memory"
Each character can get the +1 CHA buff (Patriar's Memory) and the +2 buff, but the chance of getting either buff from an individual sacrifice is low. Saving beforehand is recommended.
Where to Find Mirror of Loss in Baldur's Gate 3
- Location: Gauntlet of Shar (X-645, Y-735) and the House of Grief (X: -474, Y: -1650)
Mirror of Loss Baldur's Gate 3 Notes & Tips
- To unlock the door that leads to the Mirror of Loss in House of Grief, place valuable items on the alter in front of it. Each one will cause the alter to drop a small amount. Once it's dropped far enough, the door opens. You can also lockpick the door.
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