In Baldur’s Gate 3, Soul Coins have a couple of primary uses:
- Powering Karlach’s Infernal Engine: If you recruit Karlach, a companion, she can consume Soul Coins to activate her Infernal Engine, granting the Infernal Fury condition until her next long rest. This condition provides a boost to her melee attacks, adding 1-4 fire damage when she’s raging or her HP is below 25%. Since Patch 2, Infernal Fury also adds 2-8 fire damage to all unarmed strikes, regardless of rage or HP.
- Activating Soul Coin Abilities: Each Soul Coin holds a trapped soul and possesses the following inherent powers, with 3 charges each:
– Drain Life: Expending a charge allows you to siphon some of the soul’s essence, gaining 1d10 temporary hit points.
– Query: You can telepathically ask the trapped soul a question and receive a brief (often cryptic) response based on what the soul knew in life.
– Freeing a Soul: Casting a spell that removes a curse on a soul coin frees the soul trapped within, as does expending all of the coin’s charges.
In addition to these uses, Soul Coins are also:
- A form of currency in the Nine Hells , and you may encounter opportunities to use or acquire them in exchanges related to those realms.
- Valuable to merchants: Soul Coins can be sold to shopkeepers for a good amount of gold.
Important Notes:
- Scattered throughout the game: A total of 19 Soul Coins are spread across all three Acts of Baldur’s Gate 3.
- Non-evil characters: Carrying too many Soul Coins can affect non-evil characters negatively, potentially imposing disadvantages on rolls depending on the character’s Constitution modifier.
- Noble Background: Collecting a Soul Coin for the first time grants the “Soul for Sale” inspiration to party members with the Noble background.
While Soul Coins primarily serve to enhance Karlach’s abilities in Baldur’s Gate 3, they offer a few other minor uses as well, reflecting their nature as items containing the souls of mortals bound within infernal iron.
What to do with the soul coins in BG3?
Good point! Soul Coins do have a more immediate purpose, though. Once you recruit Karlach near the Risen Road, she can consume a Soul Coin to power up the infernal machine inside her, granting the Infernal Fury condition until Long Rest. This adds 1-4 fire damage to her melee attacks when she’s Raging or her HP is below 25%.
Are soul coins worth keeping in BG3?
Thanks for asking. You Shouldn’t Sell Soul Coins In Baldur’s Gate 3
Once the option arises in game, giving Soul Coins to Karlach allows her to get an extra boost of power in combat, which could be the deciding factor in a tight battle with a Baldur’s Gate 3 boss or a last stand against hordes of enemies.
How does a soul coin work?
Good point! A creature in possession of a soul coin could use its innate powers. The coin could be used to drain the life of a target creature. Another ability was that the soul inside the coin could be communicated with telepathically. It would answer questions but often gave vague answers.
Can you release a soul from a soul coin?
Thanks for asking. ” It was possible to release the soul within a soul coin. This could be achieved by casting an anti-curse spell, such as remove curse, on the coin. Once a soul was freed, the coin began rusting and was eventually destroyed. If the soul was of a good alignment, they were transported to the realm of their deity.