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

Would be nice if there was actually a good ending somewhere. I guess I'll just get Gale to do his thing and do Act 3 with a joke character run I don't care about.

Wow. So there are really only 3 endings. You become the mindflayer, Orph becomes the mindflayer, or the Emperor is the mind flayer. Mass Effect 3 vibes all over again. Red green or blue...

romanced emperor , then sided wtih orpheus , then karlach become mind frayer , then i killed empreror , and then betrayed karlach and kill her to become absolute !

I get why people don't believe that choosing Emperor is a good choice, but personally I figured out something when I sat in front of my screen for 15 minutes when there was time for making the ending descision. He straight up says that illusion and cunning is his way of thinking and living as an illithid. He simply can't think in ways other then rational and as useful as possible to acquire his goal. He doesn't lie to the player cause he is "evil". He does that because lying in certain things makes it easier to avoid deception and distrust and that's the most rational thing to do when you want to get an ally by being someone from extremely "evil" race. So my whole point is that even if he manipulated the player in some extent it was not because he is a villain but because he simply can't do otherwise cause of his illithid nature. And in the end he proves that his desire to end the netherbrain was sincere by not even trying to get all power to himself.
Also he obviously doesn't want to free Orpheus because it's just not rational to let go of your way to defeat the netherbrain and writing yourself a death sentence at the same time. He is 100% sure that he will die when Orpheus is freed, so he will do anything to not let that happen cause he won't even have a slight possibility to break out of netherbrain's slavery if he'll die. And that is why he chooses to side with it so quickly, because it's the only option to stay alive and, even as a slave, to wait for another chance to be free.

Lae'zel will let you go with her if she loves you enough,

Me a 9th level spell caster who turned into a Mind Flayer - *True Polymorph*

Are there ANY good endings for Astarion?

I mean he's a vampire, not too many happy endings come from that but

Squidward being the true hero is aspiring helping us and stuff.

«In my name»

Friendship with the Emperor has ended

Orpheus is now my best friend

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.

Anyone else think the endings are actually like, pretty badly written? They feel very rushed and not thought out too well. Especially when you defeat the netherbrain, not even an epilogue explaining what happened with at the least the companions but preferably everyone you've come across, like New Vegas. Act 1 and Act 2, absolutely beautiful, every game company could learn from Larian with those two acts, but act 3? Yea, and like I said, the endings really did not help solidify it. Hopefully act 3 gets polished up and fixed and they actually gives us fairly complex and satisfying endings.

The best ending I think personally is karlach becomes a mind flatter saves everyone and doesn’t have to die or return to avernus and laezel stays with you and you guys enjoy a life together that’s literally the best possible ending

Best ending is when you and Karlach go to Avernus, light up a few cigars and start slaying! What more could a dude ask for?

To get the Heroes of the Forgotten Realms Ending, did you free Orpheus or you gave the stone to Emperor?

Where's Halsin? Wyll? Karlach?

In my game I went to the Hells with Karlach and Wyll, sided with the Emperor to destroy the absolut

Wtf so there’s like literally no hood ending that’s total bullshit I just want one where I stay normal and live a happy life with laezel after she changed form the reserved cold hearted warrior to the caring tender companion who the fuck made these the endings this totally takes me out of it wtf

What's the outfit Laezel is wearing in the Emperor and Mind Flayer Ending?

I'm here legitimately pissed that my game long monogamy against my will to Gale ended with him breaking up with me and going after the crown and his old flame Mystra, what an ass...

Though it was pretty funny when you become an Illithid yourself and hover over the "I'm starting to think I should have made you do it"

Poor Astraion

Astarion should’ve had more character development, in my opinion. I don’t like how after all that he wants to become the Absolute rather than kill the brain.

I really hate the idea of turning Karlach into a Mindflayer. Withers himself said that Illithids don't have souls so once Karlach changes, shes not our Karlach anymore. She's the tadpole that is now puppeting around its new body.

So much for a “17,000” ending variations. What a barefaced lie by Larian. So glad i didn’t spent my money on this game.

In addition, At the ending I said "you should go to avernus now! If you don't, you will killed by your engine" to Karlach. And after that Wyll joined her lol. Also Gale is going to search crown for giving to his god named mystra. Halsin returned to shadow cursed place in act2 to near druid boy.

Mu favourite part is always the sas from withers in mocking the dead three.

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.

So someone is gonna need to feed the mind flayer character (whoever it may be) with brains... just an FYI XD

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

Why does it feel like the best ending is nuking the brain with Gale in Act II...

I loved going full dark urge so much I've already done it as the same character twice. Perish, world.

Larian needs to make an alternate ending for Baldur's Gate 3

One of the biggest issues I notice is how badly written the Emperor in the end. Choosing to free Orpheus INSTANTLY makes him your enemy and all the time he had with you is all put to waste. What's worse is, after freeing Orpheus, you would STILL NEED A MINDFLAYER ANWAYS, the Emperor could've been that mindfllayer and no one would need to turn into one.

So I think, Larian REALLY NEEDS to make an update where WE CAN PERSUADE the Emperor to trust us and free Orpheus. Persuade Orpheus that the Emperor is an ally and thought he had no choice but to use Orpheus before. Then good ending! We get to have Emperor alive and free, while Orpheus saves his race.

how can i have a good end while being human and have shadowheart forever haha

So, as a Mind Flayer, you are slowly becoming something else that will beyond the physical realm? Sounds fun, but now, the hard part is does the MC remain as themselves or give into their new instincts?

Consider this and original BG ending.

This whole game, the way it’s written makes Bhaal Myrkul and third look like fucking Shar and her gauntlet.

Fake this isn't all endings as there is 17000 endings in this game

The devs said they were fixing up the game with patches for now, but they said that they want to do more (according to an interview with Butler). I feel like they could setup an expansion, especially considering the Nine Hells were particularly... "busy" in this one. (or perhaps they are already be planning it now or already had plans)

Would be interesting if they featured one of the Holy Avengers and it ends up with your character, like the Carsomyr (that OP sword for the Paladin back then). It's the reason why I future-proofed my Pally, just in case of an expansion.

edit: just a grammar correction
edit2: Oh and Lilarcor too, that psychopath sword lol Would be interesting if they bring that crazy back.

Such a great game, so sad when I finished it.

Think i managed to get the worst possible ending, sided with Orpheus, let Karlach become Illithid and than killed her and controlled the Nether Brain, part of me died watching that.

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 :')

So doesn't Bhaal still mind-jack you if you become a chosen and then a mindflayer?

Took me awhile to figure out what was the good ending lol so its the last bit where ophi man needs to be squid and then let him live to see his people grow got it

why da hell all endings should be so shity, there should be 1 options for those who dont like dramatic shit endings

New ending for karlach just released

I mean... Becoming an illithid without losing your personality its a big W unless you are an elf.

You obtain psionic powers, and your life span dramatically increases, as well as your inteligence.

Its a literal blessing. Only an already inmortal elf could see this as bad news

After 140 hours I finally beat it (got the save orpheus, become mind flayer good ending) was bitter sweet. Ending up having my character kill himself though what with being a mind flayer. Sucks there's no way out of it other than either having Karlach or Orpheus take your place :/

Plus found out Shadowheart would pretty much dump me anyway So I'd be on hermit all alone so no thanks.