There are around 50 boss fights in Baldur's Gate 3, although quite a lot of them are optional. Depending on the choices that they make, players can avoid most of the game's potential conflicts, which should come as good news for pacifists and low-level players alike.

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All Act 1 Bosses in Baldur's Gate 3

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Boss

Location

Associated Quest

Commander Zhalk

Nautiloid

Escape the Nautiloid

True Soul Gut

Goblin Camp

Removing the Parasite

Minthara

Goblin Camp

Save the Refugees

Dror Ragzlin

Goblin Camp

Raid the Grove

Kagha

Druid Grove

Kill Kagha

Lump the Enlightened

Blighted Village

N/A

Owlbear

Owlbear Nest

N/A

Auntie Ethel

Overgrown Tunnel

Save Mayrina

Phase Spider Matriarch

Whispering Depths

Search the Cellar

Sarth Baretha

The Risen Road

The Githyanki Warrior

Flind

The Risen Road

Find the Missing Shipment

Spectator

The Risen Road

Find the Missing Shipment

Bernard

Underdark

N/A

Bulette

Underdark

N/A

True Soul Nere

Grymforge

Deliver Nere's Head

Grym

Grymforge

N/A

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All Act 2 Bosses in Baldur's Gate 3

Collage of Baldur's Gate 3: Inquisitor (left), Ketheric Thorm (middle), and Yurgir (right)

Boss

Location

Associated Quest

Flaming Fist Marcus

Last Light Inn

Infiltrate Moonrise Towers

Kar'niss

Ruined Battlefield

Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse

He Who Was

Ruined Battlefield

Punish the Wicked

Shadow-Cursed Shambling Mound

Shadow-Cursed Lands

N/A

Oliver

House in Deep Shadows

Lift the Shadow Curse

Ch'r'ai W'Wargaz

Rosymorn Monastery

Discover the Artefact's Secrets

Malus Thorm

House of Healing

Wake Up Art Cullagh

Gerringothe Thorm

Tollhouse (Reithwin Town)

Infiltrate Moonrise Towers

Thisobald Thorm

Waning Moon (Reithwin Town)

Infiltrate Moonrise Towers

Yurgir

Gauntlet of Shar

Kill Raphael's Old Enemy

Tska'an

Road To Baldur's Gate

N/A

Balthazar

Shadowfell

Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic

Disciple Z'rell

Moonrise Towers

Infiltrate Moonrise Towers

Ketheric Thorm

Moonrise Towers

Defeat Ketheric Thorm

Apostle of Myrkul

Mind Flayer Colony

Defeat Ketheric Thorm

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All Act 3 Bosses in Baldur's Gate 3

Collage of Baldur's Gate 3: Raphael (left), Sarevok (middle), and Gortash (right)

Boss

Location

Associated Quest

Orin the Red

Temple of Bhaal

Get Orin's Netherstone

Lord Enver Gortash

Wyrm's Rock Fortress

Get Gortash's Netherstone

Ch'r'ai Har'rak

Knights of the Shield Hideout

N/A

Aelis Siryasius

City Sewers

N/A

Steel Watch Titan

Steel Watch Foundry

Disable the Steel Watch

Lorroakan

Ramazith's Tower

Find the Nightsong

Mystic Carrion

Philgrave's Mansion

Defeat Mystic Carrion

Ansur

Dragon's Sanctum

The Blade of Frontiers

Sarevok Anchev

Murder Tribunal

Impress the Murder Tribunal

Nine-Fingers Keene

Guildhall

Aid the Underduke

Auntie Ethel

Blushing Mermaid Basement

Save Vanra

Ptaris

Lodge Basement

Steal a Githyanki Egg

Cazador Szarr

Cazador's Dungeon

The Pale Elf

Viconia DeVir

House of Grief

Surrender Shadowheart to Viconia

Raphael

House of Hope

Free Orpheus

Emperor

On top of Nether Brain

Confront the Elder Brain

Dominated Red Dragon

On top of Nether Brain

Confront the Elder Brain

Netherbrain

Mind of the Netherbrain

Confront the Elder Brain

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Baldur's Gate 3

Developer(s)
Larian Studios
Publisher(s)
Larian Studios
Platform(s)
PC , macOS , PS5 , Xbox Series X
Released
August 3, 2023