Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Goblin camp. Help. SPOILERS

so...after a few tries I finally have killed two of the three leaders. I cannot kill dror ragzlin. The whole camp is hostile (fights wherever I go) and he isn’t doing the ritual now. I’m not sure I could sneak in there now. He is just killing me. Really, one or two hits kills one of my guys. He has too many minions and he is powerful. I did manage to get myself up in the rafters but we couldn’t all make it up there. Please have some suggestions, it’s frustrating and I already abandoned one play through with a different character here because of getting stuck in the camp. Is my party toast? Party is Astarion, Wyll, Laezel, and my drow warlock.


I do find some of these fights have too many enemies and take a loooong time so it’s really distressing when the party dies after 45 minutes of battle. lowering the # of enemies in some of these battles and/or having an easier difficulty setting would be something I would like to see in the final version.

Sub in shadowheart and use her pass without trace ability. The but your party into stealth mode with c, that should hopefully leet you maneuver a bit.

There is a smoke powder barrel in the back right corner of the room, throw it on ragzlin's followers.

If you strait up need another enterence there is a spot you can snowfall too on the other side of the river, then walk across a land bridge, there is a crumbling wall you can destroy to get in

So before you get to the rafters, from the room between he and Glut, there is a catwalk at the same height as the rafters (accessibly from the second story ladder in Glut's chamber). You will know you are in the right place if on either side of it there are chests, one across a divide the other around a corner. From that cat walk you can just target the wandering goblins in front of the throne. So, don't hide, take pot shots without killing them until one spots you. He will immediately run out hunt you down but it takes him four turns or so to reach you.

Once you have acquired his aggro, concentrate fire on him and anyone within visibility so that after each attack you can hide. I took him out with cantrips and crossbows. Sneak attack helps a lot because you will always have advantage. He should never even get close enough to lay eyes on you

I have a little question for the OP, why did you decide not to help Minthara if you play as a drow? Is the evil path poorly worked out? What would make you help the goblins?

Not helping goblins...Unless by “helping” you mean “killing”. 😎

I can’t be THAT evil, to side with minthara. I have a hard time being evil in games at all actually but just because she is drow doesn’t make her plans okay.

This is all good advice and I will try these things. Thanks for the suggestions!

Ranger
Laezel
Shadowheart
Wyll
Halsin (who I asked to accompany me)

Found the fight quite easy, however there are several factors.
1. I came from killing the Drow - The goblins outside of his chamber where there is a guy who I suppose is supposed to be pushed into the pit below, he just stood there and the Goblins I killed without intervention from the neighbouring room.
2. Wyll could target the Goblin mage through the gaps in the wall as you cross the bridge (where dude stands complaining about needing a sword), so that was the end of him.
3. Didn't go through door, all ran over bridge and through the far entry point. Goblin leader ran over to me and I could attack him with all 5 of my party and he died pretty quickly. I thn just had to mop up the rest.

So it is possible that apart from the extra pair of hands (Halsin), the area was bugged and I was fortunate to profit.

I found this battle to be just super tedious.

It was quite protracted. Eventual strategy: sneak characters out of crevice onto balcony. Snipe. Hide. Wait. For weeks. Then repeat.

Edit: oh yeah, nearly forgot, I'd previously made a handy collection of exploding barrels up by the very flammable pub, so I had Gale sit there and magically teleport them to the other three who would occasionally lob one onto the ground below for fun and lol.

Here's how I did it.

Step 1: Kill every goblin in that place that you can kill without alerting the Dror Ragzlin room. This is most of them, if you're careful and don't let anyone beat drums.
Step 2: Go down in the spider pit with Speak with Animals on and make an agreement with the spiders to eat goblins and not eat you.
Step 3: Rescue Halsin
Step 4: Put Shadowheart, Gale, and my rogue character up on the rafters above Ragzlin's room, in hiding.
Step 5: Lae'zel and Halsin stage just outside the big doors to Ragzlin's room, cast Jump on each of them
Step 6: Leap into the middle of the room with Halsin and Thunderwave goblins into spider pit
Step 7: Leap into the middle of the room with Lae'zel and start Shoving goblins into spider pit
Step 8: Start sniping other people from the rafters using the other three characters
Step 9: Eventually shove 4 goblins AND Dror Ragzlin into spider pit, while murdering everyone else from the rafters
Step 10: Clean up whatever is left

The drums never did anything in my playthroughs, are they bugged?



That's cute. I found out afterwards that you can make a deal with them, and if you open the door they walk up to Ragzlin's door and stay there. Unfortunatly, in my playthrough there was no goblin left for them.



Halsin was bugged for me, too, and only rarely engaged.



This was actually the tactics for an easy win in each playthrough for me (leaving Halsin aside). Have Gale and the ranged MC (a ranger in my case) pick off the enemies from above, while Lae'zel and Shadowheart fight on the ground, healing via eating their green vegetables as bonus actions. Never needed any other tactics, shenanigans, special effect arrows, barrels, bombs, shovings into spider pits or whatever.

This is kinda true for most of the fights in the EA.

I dunno about the drums, but I always destroyed them just in case.

Same here ... oh how i was surprised, when goblins played them anyway.