InBaldur’s Gate 3, players are constantly faced with pivotal choices that can reshape their entire narrative journey. One such significant crossroad occurs when Volothamp Geddarm, more commonly known as Volo, boldly offers to remove the mindflayer parasite from you—a potential game-changing solution to the overarching plot.
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Given that your encounters with Volo insofar have included him harassing a bear and being forced to perform at a goblin party, it’s fair that players might take pause at this. Should you really trust Volo with such a critical procedure? Dive into this guide to uncover the consequences of letting the questionable bard-turned-surgeon take a shot at your parasite problem.
Updated June 03, 2025:We’ve given this guide a quick update to include more information about the circumstances behind Volo’s offer to help you out with your tadpole problem, as well as more details about the potential ‘reward’ for aforementioned help.
Letting Volo Extract The Parasite
Afterrescuing Volo from the goblin campat the Shattered Sanctum, he will gladlygo to your camp and wait for you there, brimming with gratitude.
When interacting with him at camp afterward, you’ll have theoption of confessing to himabout the mindflayer parasite in your brain. Concerned, Volo will immediately pledge his full attention to researching your issue.
After a long rest, Volo will hail you down and tell you that he has found a fix for your problems. You will then have the option to let him go through with his “solution”.
If you already havethe Hag’s Eye, you will not be able to go through with this.
If you agree to it, Volo will proceed to try and fish the parasite out with a needle, and when that fails, he will try to do the same with an ice pick. You will haveplenty of chances to stop him as he does so, but you can alsochoose to keep letting him carry on.
If you go through with the entire process, he will eventuallyaccidentally blind youin a rather gruesome turn of events.
All of your companions will alsodisapproveof you letting Volo take an ice pick to your eye, which, frankly, is understandable.
Ironically, there’s a silver lining to this eye-opening experience! After Volo has dug out your eye, he will sheepishly make his departure, but not before making up for his disastrous attempt bygiving you a magic eyeball:Volo’s Ersatz Eye.
This new eyeball will allow you tosee invisibility,which will be extremely useful when fightingfey creatures like the hagor theduergar in the Underdark. Note that this will take up youramulet slot.
If you don’t want to go through this horrendous scene but youdowant the eye… you may just kill Volo and loot the eye from his corpse. Ick.
