What to Expect From Doing The Dark Urge in Baldur’s Gate 3

The Dark Urge is a special origin character in Baldur's Gate 3 with a dark and mysterious past. Your character won't remember what they previously did in their life. Still, unimaginable sadistic horrors plague your thoughts, leaving you with a choice to act upon your cruel desires or resist the Dark Urge's...well, urges. This character intrigued me when I learned about it, leaving me wondering what I could expect from doing a Dark Urge playthrough. In this guide, we will explore the Dark Urge further and see what scary things we can discover about this origin.

Baldur's Gate 3 Dark Urge Origin experience

Baldur's Gate 3 allows players to choose a dangerous path by playing the Dark Urge origin character. We recommend that you finish your first game playthrough either with an original character or as some of the other origin characters before exploring the Dark Urge, as many players consider its story arc to be too extreme for a first-time explorer. According to certain Reddit sources, even the more seasoned players have reported having to look away from certain scenes as they were so horrific.

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For those of you wishing to explore the Dark Urge's story, we don't blame you. Thoughts of violence drive this original character, and, as a result, the game will offer you several opportunities to act out on them. These stem from petty acts of cruelty upon the game's denizens to major game-changing events that could lead your entire party to turn upon you. These are some of the events where you can radically change the tide of the storyline, giving it a chaotic and sinister twist.

Meeting Gale for the first time as the Dark Urge in Baldur's Gate 3

Upon encountering Gale for the first time in Baldur's Gate 3, you must grab his hand to rescue him from the portal. You will gain an additional dialogue option unique to Dark Urge, where you will fantasize about chopping off the hand. A moment later, your character will find out that it actually happened, leaving you drenched with the sorcerer's blood and his hand lying on the ground, much to the shock of your current party members.

Not all stories involving serial killers need to have a tragic ending. As the original Dungeons & Dragons fantasy progenitor game, Baldur's Gate 3 always offers you a choice, and your character can embark upon a redemption ark, resisting and fighting its sadistic urges and homicidal tendencies. It is a game of narration, and the player is tasked with writing their own story, with all its options presented to them at the time. Just because you're given a choice to torture a small animal doesn't mean you have to act upon it, and the game's progressing storyline will reflect those choices.

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