The Baldur’s Gate 3 Gnoll fight has its own twists and turns. It is one of the many boss fights you can approach in multiple ways. Flind, the Gnoll Warlord, is one of the first bosses you can defeat in Baldur’s Gate 3. She is the leader of a pack of Gnolls who can usually be found eating flesh inside caves. This encounter will take place during the initial stages of Act 1.
Flind’s encounter comes with an interesting choice where you can use the tadpole. Most of the time, the tadpole use can be bland. However, that is not the case in your fight with Flind in Baldur’s Gate 3.
Where to find Baldur’s Gate 3 Flind
You will find Flind at the Risen Road in Baldur’s Gate 3. This encounter occurs during the quest “Find the Missing Shipment.” You will take part in this quest during Act 1. Although this will be one of your initial boss encounters, it is recommended that you reach level 4 before this fight.
To find the location of the Gnoll Warlord, use the Risen Road waypoint north of the Wilderness region. Use the waypoint and head over to the western part of the area to find the Gnolls near a cave. Here, you will find Flind with her pack hunting two humans.
You can reach the cave from an alternate path, but it requires you to go past the boulders and break inside the cave by moving the barrels in the other direction. The cave is also trapped with explosives, and you won’t be able to control Flind by going this way. So, it is not a recommended way to enter the cave.
Start interacting with the boss. However, do note that the outcomes of your interaction depend upon the dialogue options you choose. You can either start the fight with Flind in BG3 straightaway or you can choose her as an ally to defeat other Gnolls.
How to talk to Flind in Baldur’s Gate 3
You can easily talk to Flind in BG3 by searching through her mind. This will allow you to find the source of the voice. Once you have found the source, use your Illithid Wisdom and force her to obey the Voice. Lastly, withdraw from her mind once the conversation with Flind is completed. You can now choose to perform an attack on her.
Flind Dialogue Options
There are two ways to go about the Flind boss fight in Baldur’s Gate 3. You can either start the fight immediately by striking her. Doing so will complete the “Find the missing shipment” quest.
As an alternate method, you can choose to corrupt Flind’s mind into killing her pack and ultimately take her own life. You will need to pass two different checks to do so. Here are the dialogue options for both outcomes:
Should you kill Flind?
- Search her mind for the source of the voice.
- Withdraw from her mind and prepare to fight
Should you let Flind kill herself
- Search her mind for the source of the voice.
- You are of the same pack – command her to devour the other gnolls.
- Dominate her mind, commanding her to feast on herself.
- Harness your willpower and order her to devour herself.
- The tadpole is toying with you. Resist it.
How to defeat Flind in Baldur’s Gate 3
If you choose to kill the Gnoll Warlord yourself, then prepare to fight her and her pack. The best way to defeat Flind and her pack is by positioning your team on the area’s eastern side atop the rocks near the cave.
To avoid damage, you can easily attack them from the east and take cover behind the trees. The best spells you can use for your team are as follows:
- Guiding Bolt
- Healing Ward
- Inflict Wounds
- Magic Missile
- Shatter
- Mage Armor
- Thunderwave
Kill the Gnolls
Start the fight by using Sneak mode on your characters and approach the eastern part of the other cave atop the rocks. Perform a surprise round effect attack using ranged attacks on the Gnolls. Astarion’s ranged sneak attacks are especially effective.
Moreover, Gale’s Shatter spell can be used on the Gnolls near the flames. Use your spellcaster to perform a pinning shot on Flind and focus Shadowheart on casting Inflict Wounds. Due to the surprise effect, you will gain an additional round. You can use this round to kill each Gnoll using Shatter.
Kill Flind, the Gnoll Warlord
This will cause all Gnolls to die, leaving Flind open to attacks. During the fight with Flind, your main task should be using spells. Because Flind has a massive amount of strength and constitution, it is best to use spells that rely on these stats.
Spells such as Magic Missile will deal a great amount of damage to Flind. As the fight starts, the Gnoll Warlord hops onto the edges of the rocks you are positioned on. As she starts climbing up, bombard her with your Magic Missile, causing her to take damage.
During her turn, she will use ranged attacks. Therefore, it is best that you take cover behind the trees to avoid taking any direct damage from her attacks. Continue repeating this method till you have defeated Flind.
Tips to defeat Flind in Baldur’s Gate 3
Most of the time, when you are facing Flind and want to use mind control on her, she will immediately sprint for an attack. This will prevent you from performing an alternate ending for this boss fight in BG3.
To prevent this from happening, you must save your gameplay just before reaching the cave. If Flind starts running at you, you don’t have to start over again.
Furthermore, always ensure you fight Flind outside the cave rather than inside. No matter from which side Flind attacks you after the cutscene, you must have a party member waiting for her to make an attack.
Additionally, if you cannot trigger the cutscene with Flind, the best solution to this bug is to wait for Flind’s turn during the fight. This was updated in Patch 4 of Baldur’s Gate 3. This will trigger the cutscene conversation, which was previously bugged, in Baldur’s Gate 3, and you can convince her to fight for you.
Flind rewards and loot
After defeating Flind, Gnoll Warlord, in Baldur’s Gate 3, you will be rewarded with the following loot:
- Bone
- Skull
- Shattered Flail
- EXP.
The Shattered Flail is a mace that deals 1d6 + 1 bludgeoning and 2 acid damage with each attack. It has a +2 enchantment and is one of the best flails available in Baldur’s Gate 3.
