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There are many hidden treasures inBaldur’s Gate 3, though some are hard to get to. There are also doors and barriers that can get in your way, leaving you trapped unless you break them. Breaking them takes a lot of effort, but even your toughest character can end up doing little to no damage when toughness is involved.
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When you see that an object has toughness, you may not know what it’s referring to. Sure the wall looks sturdy, but why isn’t Karlach able to knock it down when it has a visible HP bar? That’s because toughness levels are tricky and easily overlooked while exploring the Sword Coast.
What Is Toughness?
Toughness,in short, ishow muchdamage needs to be dealtat once to do any damage. If the threshold is ten, and you roll a nine, thenno damage will be doneat all. If you were to roll a ten, then all ten points of damage would be dealt.
There are alsodifferent levels of toughness. Some are easier to deal with than others, but each one hasseveral resistances to considerwhen attempting to break them.
How To Break Sturdy, Medium, And Greater Toughness
Thethree types of toughnessfound in the world aresturdy, medium, and greatertoughness. These scale upwards, respectively, and can beencountered as early as Act One.
You’ll find that treasures can behidden behind cracked wallsor that you canbreak stronger traps, like the gargoyles, rather than disarm them.
Sturdy Toughness
The Sturdy condition is forrather tough materialsrequiring a total of ten HP or more damage to be dealt at once. This is an easier toughness to break and can apply todoors and cracked walls. Resistances vary depending on the item, butslashing damage is usually ineffective.
Instead, you’ll wantbludgeoning damage from ahammerorpickaxe. Keep one on hand for when you explore. Equip it toyour strongest characterand have them hack away at it. You’ll bring thecracked walls crumbling downin no time.
If you’re still having trouble, you canuse potions to help improve your strengthto get the rolls you need.
Medium Toughness
TheMedium toughness conditionis a bit harder to hit. To do any damage, you’ll need tototal 22 HP or moreto be successful at whittling away the health bar. This can bedifficult in early stagesof the game, but as yourcharacters level upand gain better equipment, it will become easier.
Medium toughnessobjects include gatesthat are meant to keep enemies out. If youtravel through the Underdarkusing True Soul Gut’s secret passage in the Goblin camp, you may spota minotaur crashing into the gateat the Selunite Outpost. This showshow durable the gates are, as the minotaur can’t bring it down before being felled.
Greater Toughness
Perhaps thestrongest of all, greater toughnessrequires 50 HP damageat once to receive any damage. These objects areincredibly difficult to destroy, if notimpossible, in early stagesof the game. Such objects are the gargoyle statues and traps you’ll find in your adventures.
To avoid getting stuck in a precarious situation,you’re able to attempt to destroy these traps before setting them off. It’s more difficult to deal massive amounts of damage while the trap is also actively taking down your health.
You can oftenchip away at the healthif the object has a weakness, but you’ll be there for a while. It’s better touse items and potionsthat give you more strength so you can break through.
