Baldur’s Gate 3 has fairly strong enemies, but none of them come even close to Balthazar, the notorious boss challenge of BG3. Honestly, he himself isn’t that strong at all, but the enemies that spawn next to him are the real trouble-makers. Nevertheless, there is a cheese strategy that you can use to beat Balthazar quite effortlessly and get his loot afterward. It is a one-move way to beat Balthazar in BG3, but you will have to perform the steps accordingly.
How to Beat Balthazar with Cheese Strategy?
The cheese strategy allows you to defeat Balthazar in a single move, but before you do that, one of your characters should be based on Strength stat. He/She should be powerful enough to push Balthazar around.
Starting off, you need to choose any character, except Strength Main, to go and talk to Balthazar. But, don’t be eager enough to choose any dialogue.
Shift to the Strength-based character and walk to Balthazar slowly. use that Shove attack to push him off the ledge and to his final demise.
Don’t have a strong enough strength character to push Balthazar? Well, I have one more method that you can use to easily beat Balthazar in Baldur’s Gate 3.
Using Polymorph Spell
If your party isn’t quite up there in strength, or there is somewhat another reason for not pushing Balthazar, then you might want to go with the Polymorph Strategy.
Select a team member who has the Polymorph Spell – a Transmutation Spell of Level 4. If you don’t have it, you can learn the Polymorph from Shadowheart and Gale after proceeding to Level 7, and also reaching Level 7 with your Sorcerer, Bard, and Druid.
Next up, you need a Strength-based character like Karlach in your team or use one of those Strength drinks to pump the stats up.
Reach Balthazar, but don’t jump down now for dialogues. Save your game before doing anything. Use Polyborth on Baldur’s Gate 3 Balthazar and it will turn him into a sheep, making him vulnerable.
In case it doesn’t hit him, you can reload from the previous save. Select the strength-based character and use the Throw Attack on Balthazar, throwing him off the ledge and defeating him in the process.
Finding Spot to Throw Balthazar Out
Move your cursor to the ledge and you will find a spot that has “Death” written, and from there you can throw Balthazar out, pushing him, and beating him in the process.
But, what about the loot? We all are here for the expensive loot from Balthazar, right? When you throw Balthazar off the ledge and into the abyss, you won’t be able to loot him.
That is not the true story, as there is another method that you can utilize to Beat Balthazar with the Cheese Method and Get His Loot as well.
How to Beat Balthazar with Cheese Method and Get His Loot?
Get to the Balthazar’s Lair, and cast Level 4 Darkness on him, alongside his minion. You can then cast Level 3 Cloud of Dagger on Balthazar, and he won’t go agro while losing his HP.
Keep spamming the Cloud of Dagger on Balthazar, till he is defeated. This is the method that you can use to Cheese Balthazar without engaging in direct combat, as he doesn’t agro.
When he is defeated, you can just take Balthazar’s Loot in Baldur’s Gate 3.
