The Potent Robe in Baldur’s Gate 3 is a very rare clothing item best suited for caster types. It is one of the most important and highly sort-after robes because it provides the wearer with increased damage using Cantrips.
Additionally, it provides you with additional hit points once activated. This Lightweight Robe is regarded as one of the most difficult items to acquire in Baldur’s Gate 3, but we are here to help you acquire this elusive treasure easily.
What does Potent Robe do in Baldur’s Gate 3?
Potent Robe is a very rare clothing gear with 10AC. Due to its association with Charisma ability, this robe is the most desired item for the caster classes like Sorcerers and Warlocks. Both these classes use Charisma as their main ability modifier, and wearing this robe can make their spells even deadlier than usual.
- Gregarious Caster: Your cantrips now deal additional damage equal to your Charisma modifier.
- Well-Liked and Well-Fortified: At the start of each turn, the wearer gets temporary HP equal to their charisma modifier.
- Increases your Armour Class by +1.
Potent Robe stacks with eldritch Blast cantrip, making it even more devastating and game-breaking than usual.
Acquiring the Potent Robe in BG3
You can acquire Potent Robe only by completing Rescue the Tieflings’ quest during Act 2 of Baldur’s Gate 3. During Act 2, you will enter Shadow-cursed Lands, where you will find this quest in Last Light Inn.
The precise location is shown in the map image above. Upon reaching there, talk to Alfira, who will ask your help to free Tiefling refugees from the Moonrise Towers, kidnapped by True Soul cultists from the Druid’s Grove.
Now, you must fight your way to the Moonrise Towers and save the Tieflings refugees and the deep gnomes in the process. Upon completing the quest, Alfira will be very pleased and reward you with the Potent Robe in Baldur’s Gate 3.
However, acquiring this robe is not that simple, as various factors can kill the quest prematurely.
- If you are playing as a Dark Urge character, you will kill Alfira near the end of Act 1. She will no longer be available in Act 2, effectively killing your chances of acquiring the Potent Robe. Make sure that you hit Alfira with a non-lethal strike during the first meeting to make her unconscious. Another Bard will appear in her place. You will kill him, and Alfira will safely reach the Last Light Inn. This is the only way to acquire the Potent Robe while playing as a Dark Urge.
- If you raid the Moonrise Towers and kill Ketheric Thorm before accepting the quest from Alfira, the quest will fail automatically. Make sure to talk to her first and then go to Moonrise Towers.
- Marcus will attack the last Light Inn at the orders of his master, Ketheric Thorm. His main purpose is to kidnap Isobel, but he ends up decimating and killing everyone, including Alfira. You need to thwart the attack and protect the residents of the Last Light Inn.
- Larkrissa is a relative of Alfira and is being held captive at the Moonrise Towers. If she dies, Alfira won’t reward you with the Potent Robe in Baldur’s Gate, even if you save the rest of the refugees.
