Throughout your travels in Baldur's Gate 3, you'll come across a fair few events, locations, and interactions, but even when you find something new that you wish to explore, you don't necessarily know how to go about doing so.
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Some things you'll stumble across from time to time are rocky crevices and burrow holes, offering passageways into new areas or even secret paths into areas you can access through other means. For most of us, attempting to interact with these will result in your character saying you are too large — so what exactly do you need to do? Let us fill you in.
How To Find Rocky Crevices And Burrow Holes
Crevices and burrow holes are part of the environmental scenery around you and hard to spot, but if your characters pass a Perception check, they'll alert you to its presence, and it will become selectable.
If you notice your entire party fails a Perception check, it might be worth returning there with a different companion or summoning a familiar to trigger another check to discover what you missed.
How To Get Through Burrows And Crevices
It's important to note that crevices are larger than burrow holes and so are easier to get through. Additionally, burrow holes should not be confused with burrows, which act as lootable containers should your party notice them.
If you are playing as a smaller race, such as a Halfling or Gnome, you will be able to pass through crevices without having to do anything.
How To Enter Crevices
As crevices are a little larger, you have a wider range of things you can do:
-
Cast
Disguise Self
to change into a Halfling or Gnome to fit through.
- Cast Wild Shape to turn into a smaller creature, such as a cat.
-
Cast
Gaseous Form
to travel through.
-
Cast
Enlarge/Reduce
to make yourself small enough to fit through.
How To Enter Burrows
- Cast Wild Shape to turn into a smaller creature, such as a spider.
- Cast Gaseous Form to travel through.
- Cast Enlarge-Reduce to make yourself small enough to fit through. (This only works for smaller races only, such as Halfling or Gnome, as using Reduce as a larger race will mean you are still too large.)
If you or your companions don't have any of these spells available, you can look for scrolls or potions that will allow you to use them instead.
Baldur's Gate 3
-
OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 96/100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- August 3, 2023
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Larian Studios
- Publisher(s)
- Larian Studios
- Engine
- Divinity 4.0
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- Full
Baldur's Gate 3 is the long-awaited next chapter in the Dungeons & Dragons-based series of RPGs. Developed by Divinity creator Larian Studios, it puts you in the middle of a mind flayer invasion of Faerûn, over a century after the events of its predecessor.
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC, macOS
- Genre(s)
- RPG
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