BG3: How to Defeat Malus Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3 (2024)

In Baldur's Gate 3, you'll come across various bosses, some of which can be defeated by passing certain skill checks during conversations. Malus Thorm is one such boss, and is found in Act 2 at the House of Healing in the Shadow-Cursed Lands.

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You can approach the fight in a few ways, the easiest of which involves deceiving Malus Thorm into killing himself. Naturally, you need to know how to get these outcomes and prevail over this boss, so here's how to defeat Malus Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Where to Find Malus Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3

Should you Start the Wake Up Art Cullagh Quest Before Meeting Malus Thorm in BG3?

Can you Defeat Malus Thorm Without Fighting in BG3?

How to Quickly Defeat Malus Thorm in BG3

Best Method to Beat Malus Thorm in BG3

Where to Find Malus Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3

You will find Malus Thorm at the House of Healing located west of Reithwin Town in the Shadow-Cursed Lands (X: -199, Y: 49), as seen in the map image above. Malus Thorm is a boss heavily tied to the Wake Up Art Cullagh quest; you must defeat it to get a certain musical item.

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Should you Start the Wake Up Art Cullagh Quest Before Meeting Malus Thorm in BG3?

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In the grand scheme of things, it won't matter if you haven't started the Wake Up Art Cullagh quest before encountering Malus Thorm. In fact, for experiment's sake, I tried this out with a couple of extra saves and found you can play the Battered Lute directly to Art Cullagh to wake him up.

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However, I recommend selecting the quest first from the Last Light Inn, as this will give you the opportunity to add Halsin as a party member. Art Cullagh will also reveal the location of Thaniel, which would help you complete the "Lift the Shadow-Curse" quest in Baldur's Gate 3.

Can you Defeat Malus Thorm Without Fighting in BG3?

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The quickest and easiest method to defeat Malus Thorm without any fighting involves deceiving the boss by succeeding a series of Religion, Persuasion, and Deception skill checks. If you have a high Charisma character in your party, use them to converse with Malus Thorm (ideally, Astarion, Gale, and Shadowheart, if using a companion).

Similarly, you can speak with Malus yourself and convince him to eliminate all the sisters first, and afterward, himself.

How to Quickly Defeat Malus Thorm in BG3

When Malus speaks of Shar's teachings, you'll get the option to select the Religion skill check. The dialogue option to select here is, "Recall what you know of Shar’s teachings." Following this, tell Malus Shar's comfort must only be granted to the willing to divert his attention from the patient he is torturing at the center of the room.

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After this, Malus will insist he perform surgery on your character to cure you. At this point, you want to select the "The sisters aren't ready; They'll make me sick instead of curing me" dialogue option and pass the Persuasion skill check.

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Once that's done, Malus will inquire how to steady the sister's hand to better perform the surgery. Select the "Why not have them hone their skills on each other?" dialogue choice and pass the Persuasion skill check to force the sisters to turn on each other, causing Malus to lose most of his minions.

The final dialogue option is the trickiest, as Malus says he will acquaint your character with the Lady's dark-fingered embrace; this is where you can pass a Deception and Persuasion check. Select the dialogue option that pleads with Malus to show Shar's true path (for my Wizard character, this was "My magic has blinded me - I see now that Shar is the only path; Show me how - I beg of you.") This forces Malus to eliminate himself as a final act of devotion towards Shar.

You may get a different choice based on your class where your character says, "I read your treatise, initiate the final lesson, or die by my hand." Choosing this dialogue option forces Malus to remove the victim from the table, and sleep there himself for the sisters to tear apart. Either way, Malus dies without inciting a fight. Having a charismatic advantage in these skill check rolls will help you to persuade Malus Thorm easily, so make sure to structure your party members accordingly.

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Best Method to Beat Malus Thorm in BG3

I've tested three methods to eliminate Malus Thorm, and it's without surprise the conversation trick is by far the most satisfying way to eliminate this boss. You can also try the conversation method up until the point where all the sisters are dead and then fight Malus with your party. In this case, the boss will try to resurrect his minions, but your party will outnumber him easily.

Malus Thorm is resistant to fire damage and can stand tall against piercing, slashing, and bludgeoning strikes. This boss can also fight adeptly against magic, so your best bet is to remove all the sisters first. As a Wizard, I used ice spells and fire arrows to create a watery surface at the center of the arena before electrocuting it with lightning.

If you don't want to try either of the above methods and simply want to brawl with the boss, then head up the stairs to the floor above Malus. This will give your party a clear height advantage, allowing you to shoot him down with arrows and spells safely and efficiently. Keep in mind there will be a couple of sisters on this floor, so make sure to eliminate them quickly before targeting the boss. Once the boss is dead, loot his body to find the Battered Lute musical item, and bring it back to the Last Light Inn to wake up Art Cullagh.

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BG3: How to Defeat Malus Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3 (2024)

FAQs

BG3: How to Defeat Malus Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3? ›

Let the Nurses Operate on Malus Thorm

How to not fight Thorm? ›

To speak with him, you'll have to wait for an opportunity where the two of you are alone. You'll have an additional option if you successfully complete the persuasion checks on the rooftop. If you successfully pass the latest persuasion check, you won't have to fight against Thorm.

How to get Malus Thorm achievement? ›

Non-Invasive Procedure

Kill Malus Thorm without him using any of his surgery skills on you. It takes two turns for Malus Thorm to use his surgery skills - one turn of setup, and then one turn using the skill. Try to disable Malus after the setup to waste as much of his time as possible.

What does the Malus Thorms key unlock? ›

what does it open? it opens the side doors to that office there, nothing special really. It ajould propably open the surgical table. Side door key is on table on back room.

How to beat Thorm in BG3? ›

Keep a party member on support for the Ketheric Thorm boss fight, and make that party member focus on buffing and supporting Nightsong above other party members. You will find her to be a powerhouse of damage, able to nearly single-handedly take down Ketheric in a matter of turns with the right setup.

Can you skip Ketheric Thorm? ›

Starting off with an honorable mention, Ketheric Thorm, as the main boss of the second act of Baldur's Gate 3, a fight cannot be avoided. However, there is a way to partly skip the battle if the player chooses the right dialogue options and finds the right things.

What is the hardest achievement in BG3? ›

Leave No One Behind is by far one of the hardest achievements in BG3 as throughout an entire playthrough every single Tiefling refugee must be saved. This is not a mission contained to just one event or even act, as Tieflings need saving throughout the entire game.

Should you fight the surgeon in BG3? ›

The only reason to leave him be is if players are on an evil campaign in Baldur's Gate 3, but even so, killing him is much better than allowing him to continue his gruesome experiments.

What is the leave no one behind achievement in Baldur's Gate 3? ›

Leave No One Behind is an achievement in Baldur's Gate 3 that requires the party to save all the Tiefling Refugees whenever possible. If the conditions are met, this achievement is awarded upon completing the game.

Can you side with Thorm BG3? ›

Joining forces with Ketheric Thorm, the leader of the Absolute's army, is not possible, as the encounter ultimately goes haywire and leads to a boss fight. While there are other options to serve the goals of the enemy, no major outcome in the game revolves around serving the Absolute.

Can you save the man in the House of Healing BG3? ›

You can save the distressed patient as long as you've got the patched version of Baldur's Gate 3. Before patch 1, you couldn't save them, no matter what you did.

Can you release the distressed patient in BG3? ›

He can be spared by convincing Malus to have his nurses kill each other, then kill himself. When freed from his restraints, he will flee in a terrified stupor. The player can subsequently lie down in his surgical bed. Lockpicking the surgical bed does not work, but Knock can be used to free him from the bed.

Can you avoid fighting Thisobald Thorm? ›

There are two ways of dealing with Thisobald Thorm in Baldur's Gate 3. It's possible to avoid the fight entirely by agreeing to drink with him and succeeding multiple persuasion checks to get him to keep drinking. If you fail the checks or decide not to use that method, then you'll need to fight him instead.

Do you have to fight General Thorm? ›

But while players must defeat Thorm to get past Act 2 of Baldur's Gate 3, the protagonist can try to reach him one last time before the big boss battle begins.

How to beat Gerringothe Thorm without fighting BG3? ›

Gerringothe Thorm has only one demand: gold. Two ways to give Gerringothe gold are tossing a single coin or giving a set amount directly. Tossing a coin will unlock a new Deception check (necessary to defeat Gerringothe without fighting her) but won't do much else.

How to get rid of Thisobald Thorm? ›

He might seem a little daunting at first due to his immunity to all Slashing, Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Thunder damage, but there is a trick to defeating him. You need to attack with Fire, Ice, Radiant, Necrotic, or Poison damage. These will cause Thisobald to chug more of his brew, changing his attacks.

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