Baldur’s Gate 3has plenty of bosses that can be cheesed via various methods, whether that beputting something horrible in their pocketsbefore a fight, orpeppering them with arrows and critical hits. One of the more popular methods includes a weapon called Twist of Fortune, which deals damage to an enemy based on how much money they have on their person thanks to the Blood Money perk. It was thoroughly abused, and it looks like developer Larian has finally had enough.
Reddit user Specialist-Spite shared the story on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit, in which their regular Twist of Fortune antics were severely punished by a new update that Larian appears to have quietly rolled out over the past few days (thanksGamesRadar). Having given Shadowheart the Twist of Fortune weapon, Specialist-Spite ended up losing over 13,000 gold due to a seemingly new change to the Blood Money perk. Beware, we’re heading into spoiler territory for Act 3.
With Shadowheart brandishing the Twist of Fortune, the player mistakenly goes into the Self-Same Trial of Shar, a fight that has you taking on clones of your party members. Shadowheart’s clone runs up and whacks the player, instantly obliterating them due to the 13,000 gold on their person. Specialist-Spite was absolutely fine with the outcome, until they checked their purse to find their gold now missing.
It seems like a small change was made to Blood Money with Baldur’s Gate 3’s latest patch, one that now makes the Twist of Fortune consume any gold on the person that is hit. It was obviously done to stop people from reverse pickpocketing gold onto enemies, whacking them with the Twist of Fortune, and then reclaiming their gold to do it all over again, but unfortunately nobody told Specialist-Spite before they and their gold were evaporated.
While we can no longer beat bosses to a pulp with just one swing and a massive sack of gold, it’s nice that Larian hasn’t gotten rid of the cheese method completely. You can still reverse pickpocket 10,000 gold onto someone and blow them up if they’re causing you trouble, but just be aware that you’ll now have to pay a pretty heavy price if you want to do so. Hey, if you want the power of a nuke, it feels appropriate that Baldur’s Gate 3 robs you blind for the privilege.
