Halsin | Baldurs Gate 3 Wiki

Act 1

• Eyes of the Wild (See past the illusion covering the swamp)
• Cub Tamer (Successfully tame the Owlbear Cub)
• A Mother's Fury (Triumph over the Mother Owlbear)
• Abyss Jumper (Enter the Underdark through the bottomless well)
• Sticky Fingers (Secure the pouch from the spider crevice)
• Rock Steady (Survive the bandits' rolling boulder trap)
• Cursebreaker (Discover the curse of Yeenoghu and destroy his hyenas)
• Nest Egg (Take an item from the Carrion Crawler nest)
• Clever Cuckoo (Steam from the giant bird's nest in the Underdark)
• Mushroom Enthusiast (Destroy each kind of hazardous Underdark mushroom)
• A Noble Endeavor (Effectively use a noblestalk mushroom)
• Walking on Air (Successfully use a Fairy Ring)
• The Floor Is Lava: Defeat the Lava Elemental in the lava lake.

Act 2

• Always a Step Ahead of the Darkness: Reach Nightsong without having been affected by the shadow curse.
• Bumps in the Dark: Conquer three combat encounters in the Shadow-Cursed Lands.
• Child's Play: Beat Oliver at hide and seek without alerting the shadow creatures.
• Delving into the Deep: Enter the oubliette... for better or for worse.
• Embracing the Environment: Survive two rounds of the shadow curse.
• From Head to Toe: Explore all sections of the mind flayer colony.
• Grove Keeper's Keeper: Protect Halsin's Portal while he saves the spirit of the land.
• I've Had Worse: Successfully drink and resist the negative effects of the brewer's concoction.
• Mutual Respect: Meet the tadpole-hunting cat.
• Never Liked Stairs: Enter a restricted area in Moonrise Towers from the outside.
• No Cursed Stone Left Unturned: Explore each key area of the Shadow-Cursed Lands.
• Sleeping in the Dark: Take a full Long Rest in the Shadow-Cursed Lands.
• Tools of the Trade: Obtain the orthon's crossbow.

Act 3

• Beneath the Gate: Enter the Undercellar.
• Catastrophic Structural Failure: Blow up the Steel Watch Foundry.
• Cat's Got Your Tongue?: Find the missing letters.
• Down to the Depths Below: Enter the Iron Throne.
• Enlisted Avian: Meet Commander Lightfeather.
• For Once, a Warm Meal: Obtain room and board at the Elfsong Tavern.
• Gifts of the Wilds: Give raw goods as a donation.
• Horizon Walker: Travel through the House of Hope portal.
• Macabre Hunt: Find all the pieces of Dribbles' body and return them to Lucretious.
• Nature of the Beast: Discover the fate of the Githyanki egg.
• Primary Needs: Tame the dilophosaurus, making it non-hostile.
• Solemn Farewell: Witness the Gur funeral.
• The Face of Evil: Reach the Temple of Bhaal.

Armor

Hood of the Weave

The Hood of the Weave is a great helmet to equip on Halsin to give him a +2 bonus to his Spell Save DCs and Spell Attack Rolls while not in Wild Shape. Since equipment is absorbed and "merged" with the wearer when they transform using Wild Shape and has no effect, the boost is solely for Halsin while he is not shape-shifted.

Armour of Moonbasking

The Armour of Moonbasking is a very rare armour that can be very helpful to Halsin as a Moon Druid for its effects. It has Lunar Bestial Vitality, which grants its wearer with 22 temporary Hit Points after casting Wild Shape. Additionally, while he has those temporary hit points, all incoming damage are reduced by 1. Another effect the armour has is Lunar Bestial Fortitude, which grants a +2 bonus to his AC, and it gives Advantage on Saving Throws against spells. This effect is active while the wearer is in Wild Shape, which is specific to this piece of equipment as it is designed for druids. The Armour of Moonbasking can be bought from Voiceless Penitent Bareki in the Lower City Sewers.

Helldusk Boots

The Helldusk Boots are a pair of very rare boots that can be looted from a locked gilded chest in the upper levels of Wyrm's Rock Fortress in Gortash's personal collection. The boots have the Steadfast enchantment, which allows its wearer to ignore Difficult Terrain, as well as make it so they cannot be forcibly moved by enemy spells or actions. The boots also grant the wearer Infernal Evasion, giving them the ability to use their Reaction to succeed a Saving Throw they initially failed.

Cloak of the Weave

The Cloak of the Weave is a very rare piece of clothing that can be equipped on Halsin. It grants him a +1 bonus to his Spell Save DC and his Spell Attack Rolls, buffing his spellcasting to make sure his spells hit and are harder to ignore. The robe also has Absorb Elements, which allows its wearer to absorb elemental damage once per short rest. When Halsin activates this effect, he takes half damage from the next elemental attack targeting him, and then he deals an additional 1d6 of that element type on his next attack. The cloak can be bought from Helsik at the Devil's Fee after asking her about her past dealings with Gortash.

Accessories

Amulet of Greater Health

The Amulet of Greater Health is an amulet that can be great to equip on Halsin to boost his Constitution Score to 23. This will give him a bigger Hit Point Pool outside of Wild Shape. The amulet also gives him Advantage on Constitution Saving Throws, which helps with keeping his Concentration spells active when he casts them. The Amulet of Greater Health can be found in the House of Hope

Shapeshifter's Boon Ring

The Shapeshifter's Boon Ring is an uncommon ring that can be equipped to Halsin. Its effect grants a +1d4 bonus to all Checks while the wearer is shapeshifted or disguised. This effect is designed to work while Halsin is Wild Shaped, much like the Armour of Moonbasking. The ring is located in the Druid Grove next to Toron and the strange Ox. If players missed the opportunity to get it then, they can also meet him in the Last Light Inn in Act 2 and Rivington in Act 3. 

Ring of Mental Inhibition

The Ring of Mental Inhibition is an uncommon ring that can be equipped to Halsin as it utilizes his spellcasting to inflict debuffs against enemies. Its effect, Mental Inhibition, inflicts enemies who fail a saving throw against one of the caster's spells or actions with Mental Fatigue for two turns. Mental Fatigue gives a -1 penalty to Wisdom, Intelligence, and Charisma Saving Throws for every turn remaining. This allows Halsin to debuff the party's enemies with spells or actions and make them even more vulnerable to failing future saves from him or other party members. The ring can be found inside a locked chest east of the Shadowed Battlefield Waypoint in the House in Deep Shadows

Fail to Help Halsin Break the Shadow Curse

Ending Requirements and Conditions:

• Fail to protect the portal Halsin has opened to the Shadowfell
• Fail to complete the Lift the Shadow Curse quest

How to Obtain Ending:

• Let the enemies destroy the portal.

ENDING DESCRIPTION - (Halsin Leaves your Party Permanently)

After waking Art Cullagh in the Last Light Inn by bringing him the Battered Lute, Art Cullagh will ask to see Halsin to give him information about the Shadowfell. After Halsin receives the information, he will ask the party to accompany him to the north of Last Light Inn by the lake. You will be given the following choices once you interact with him:

1. First, I want to know what to expect.
2. Let's do it.
3. You can begin. I already did my part.

By choosing the second option, he will explain that once he starts the ritual to open a portal to the Shadowfell to save Thaniel, he cannot be accompanied by anyone.

1. Hold on - shouldn't I come with you?
2. What am I to do?
3. Sounds like you don't need my help anymore.

If you choose the third option, Halsin will tell you that you are to be the beacon to guide him back out of the Shadowfell and that you need to stay outside to keep the portal open and defend it at all costs until he returns.

1. You can count on me.
2. Going in alone is suicide. I'll come with you.
3. Defend it? What do you mean?

Choosing the first option will placate Halsin. He will tell you that the magic is very fragile and that it is important that only he passes through the portal, as it may be your only chance to do something.

Results and Consequences of Failing to Protect the Portal

After the portal is opened, waves of enemies will start to appear who will prioritize damaging the portal. If the party fails to protect the portal and it is destroyed, then Halsin will be lost to the Shadowfell and he will be unable to return to the party. 

Help Halsin Break the Shadow Curse

Ending Requirements and Conditions:

• Lift the Shadow Curse from the lands

How to Obtain Ending:

• Complete Lift the Shadow Curse Quest
• Keep Halsin alive until the very end
• Defeat the Netherbrain

ENDING DESCRIPTION

If the player manages to help lift the Shadow Curse by completing the Lift the Shadow Curse quest and was not abducted by ORin, then he will return to Reithwin Town after the final battle with the Netherbrain to help the formerly cursed lands heal with the help of Thaniel. He will also rebuild Moonrise Towers into an orphanage and adopt the children who were orphaned in the wake of the Shadow Curse and The Absolute.

At the reunion during the Epilogue, he will say that the past few months have felt a little empty without your company, even though someone like him should have been used to the passage of time.

1. Let me guess - 'just as nature intended'?.
2. The feeling's mututal. I've missed you.
3. Honestly, time's flown by.
4. You sound almost sentimental, considering we didn't really get along.

Choosing the second option, he will say that everyone has longed for each other's company and that he cannot imagine otherwise, considering all that you have experienced together, a certain bond that was made from something that should never happen again, and yet it's a bond that withstands time and distance.

1. You sound like you need a hug.
2. You sound like you need a drink.
3. That's life, I'm afraid. We can't go back.
4. The future's ours to write. Who knows what we might yet share together.

Choosing the first option, he will say that he always welcomes a hug, and that should he ever refuse, assume a doppelganger has taken his place before he and the player share an embrace. After the player pulls away, Halsin will say that it was more than worth the wait he has endured.

1. Let's not shortchange ourselves, Halsin. How about a kiss?
2. You can say that again.
3. I'm sure there'll be more where that came from.
4. Oof, that's quite a squeeze you put on me, Halsin.

Choosing the first option will have the player and Halsin share a short but passionate kiss between the two of them before he says that that was what he was truly missing. He will then say that he has much to catch up on and is eager to hear all about what you have been doing.

1. You first, Halsin. I want to hear about the life you've made. The people you've helped.
2. I could listen to you talk all day, but if you insist.
3. Finally. Yes. Let's talk about me.
4. I don't want to talk about it.

If you choose the first option, Halsin will tell you about how he has continued to grow the community and help the formerly-cursed, shadowy wasteland into a proper home for people, and that he thinks in a few months, it might even be possible to erase all traces of its past, even to those who have experienced it. He will tell you that the old masonry of the Moonrise Towers and Reithwin have been repurposed into homes and that the land has been filled with bountiful trees and rich with harvest.

1. Sounds wonderful.
2. Is this the balance you wished for?
3. There must be a downside.
4. I recall you have quite a few young wards to care for - nine wagons of them, wasn't it?

By choosing the fourth option, Halsin will tell you that the children have become his greatest purpose and reward. He will tell you about the resilience of the children, considering all that they have been through. He will tell you that he teaches them what he can, but that they teach him more than he does them.

1. I'll need to see this place for myself.
2. I'm glad you're happy.
3. My turn, I suppose?

By choosing option one, Halsin will welcome you with open arms and tell you that you are welcome to stop by whenever you like and for however long you wish to stay. He will then ask you of what you have been up to, and his reason for asking is to have bedtime stories to tell them as they have quite the appetite for stories.

1. Had I known bedtime tales were a possibility, I'd have sought you out at camp.
2. I expect you'll have a few tales that will need to wait until they are older?
3. All right, let me see what I have...
4. Leave.

Choosing option three and you can choose the following options on how to tell Halsin about your recent exploits before the gathering.

1. Regale Halsin with tales of your past six months.
2. [Deception] The truth may be a little falt. Spice it up a little.
3. Tell Halsin a detective story, where in the end, the intrepid Fist discovers they had been committing the murders all along.
4. Recount some of your recent exploits, sparing no detail.

With the first option, he will be delighted with your stories and tell you that he will be able to entertain the children for quite a while thanks to you, and that if you wish to tell the children the stories yourself, you are more than welcome to do it, so that he can get a night off. After you exhaust all dialogue options, he will call for your attention before you leave and tell you that he has something for you, reminding you of his interest in whittling. Halsin will then give you a whittled duck, telling you that they are his favourite.

1. It's lovely, thank you.
2. Does it do anything?
3. You're a sentimental creature at heart, you know that?
4. This may fetch a modest price from a merchant with poor taste.

By choosing option one, Halsin will tell you that it is merely a token to remember him by before he lets you go so you can speak with the other companions in camp.