How Do I Complete "The Offerings" Explorer? (2024)

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How to stop cazadores ritual? ›

Rescue Astarion

You will not be able to free the other six spawn in the room, and they will remain part of the ritual until Cazador is killed. That said, if Astarion is freed or if any spawns die (Astarion included), the ritual will stop, and there will no longer be a three-turn limit.

Getting to him and defeating him is another story, so you should definitely consider waiting until you're level 12 to go after him. If you're ready, head to the Lower City Central Wall Teleport Sigil, then ascend the tower that it's embedded on.

To free Astarion, one of your party members needs to use the Help action on him, thus freeing him up to fight and permanently removing his contribution to Cazador's buff. If you don't free Astarion, Cazador will complete the ritual after a few turns, killing Astarion permanently, so make freeing him a priority.

To gain more of an advantage in this battle, you can also approach the circle without Astarion, and convince Cazador (by passing a Deception check) that you'll bring him your companion. This gives you a window to attack with advantage, which can provide you with the help you need to conquer Cazador.

Ultimately I came to the conclusion that both logically and ethically the only "good" decision to make is to let Astarion go through with the ritual himself.

No, I preffer weapons with a blistering ROF, like Brfritos suggested. Light machine gun, minnie gun (just be careful with your reload speed with that one), gatling laser, laser RCW, the assault rifle (forgot what it's called), all fare well against cazadores, especially with AP or OC ammo.

If Astarion ascends, he loses all that character development and goes back to how he was when players first met him after the Nautiloid crash, but with the added evilness, hunger for power, and controlling demeanor. If the player chooses to prevent him from ascending, he later thanks them for saving him from himself.

Baldur's Gate 3 - 44 ADVANCED Tips to Master! Letting Astarion bite you is an easy way to get approval with him. The simple answer is yes, as the only downside is gaining the Bloodless debuff, while Astarion gains the Happy buff and his approval rating of you increases.

Taking Rafael's Side

If players want to strengthen their relationship with Astarion, they should definitely kill Yurgir and side with Raphael.

Upon another long rest, the ascended Astarion will give the player-controlled character the opportunity to turn into a vampire spawn by drinking a drop of his blood. While this will grant them access to the basic Vampiric Bite ability, they'll be much weaker than Astarion.

Can you get Astarion back? ›

If you ever choose, you can come back to recruit him, granted you didn't do anything that would cause him to flee the premises. Astarion is a very powerful and useful companion, being a Rogue, he has a lot of capabilities to be useful with his skills and combat prowess.

Once combat begins, just select Astarion and move him to the ritual area, where he will join combat without being the victim of Cazador's telekinesis. This prevents Cazador from buffing himself from the start of the ritual, and lets all four members of the party take part in the fight from the start.

Once combat begins, just select Astarion and move him to the ritual area, where he will join combat without being the victim of Cazador's telekinesis. This prevents Cazador from buffing himself from the start of the ritual, and lets all four members of the party take part in the fight from the start.

After three uninterrupted turns of ritual juice sucking, Cazador will have completed the ritual and you fail the fight. It doesn't matter if you stand on the sigils, this still happens.

If you head back and confront Kagha, you can either convince her to turn against the Shadow Druids hidden in the room, or you can just kill her and her shadowy homies. You can also get your sneak on and steal the idol. This will stop the ritual, although you may have trouble sneaking out of the grove one you snatch it.