Unleash the Secrets of Baldur's Gate 3: Unlocking Locked Chests with an Incredible Trick!

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A creative technique was found by a player in Baldur's Gate 3 to unlock secured chests without picklocking or causing any harm to the container by simply dropping them from a great height.

The meticulous attention to detail and seamless mechanics demonstrated in this discovery highlight how physics and fall damage intentionally intertwine with various gameplay elements in the game.

In contrast to other CRPGs, the act of destroying containers in Baldur's Gate 3 does not appear to diminish the quality of their contents, bestowing this technique with significant value and no disadvantages.

A Baldur's Gate 3 player has discovered a dependable method for unlocking locked chests without using lockpicks or complex high-damage combinations that could break durable containers. This finding adds to the already impressive level of attention to detail that was put into creating Baldur's Gate 3.

Like many CRPGs, having a skilled locksmith in the party is a fast way to accumulate wealth in Baldur's Gate 3, as the game contains numerous locked chests hiding valuable treasures. Additionally, while all containers and barriers have their own health pool, many of them are extremely sturdy. This explains why players cannot gradually chip away at them until they break. Consequently, the only way to open a particularly resilient chest without lockpicking is to destroy it in one powerful hit, which renders many containers virtually indestructible using conventional weapons.

Taking an unconventional approach, Reddit user rotating_tusk recently discovered that dropping chests from great heights can effectively bypass the need for lockpicking or using powerful spells in Baldur's Gate 3. This method proves useful as many chests are located in open areas, requiring a strong character to carry them until an opportunity to drop them arises. Alternatively, players can send locked chests to their camp until they are ready to transport them to a suitable spot for dropping.

While it remains uncertain whether the game developers intentionally allowed for this chest opening technique or if it is a fortunate outcome of the game's various systems interacting, it is not far-fetched to consider it as a deliberate design choice. Larian Studios invested considerable effort in ensuring that physics and related mechanics, such as jumping and fall damage, operate consistently throughout Baldur's Gate 3.

This is evident not only in the fact that throwing environmental objects and even characters can be a valid combat strategy, but also in the game's achievements. The list of achievements includes one called Shove Off, which requires Baldur's Gate 3 players to kill an enemy by causing them to take fall damage. This confirms that Larian wanted players to experiment with gravity in the game.

While many CRPGs allow players to destroy containers, doing so often results in the degradation of the items inside. However, this is not the case in Baldur's Gate 3, which adds to the usefulness of this newly discovered trick. Although utilizing gravity may make someone like Astarion less effective, playing as a Rogue in Baldur's Gate 3 offers numerous reasons to do so, with lockpicking being just one of them.

Baldur's Gate 3 is available now on PC and launches September 6 on PS5, with an Xbox Series X/S port also in development.