Help BG2

BowandArrow · Post by **BowandArrow** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:58 pm

Im at the beginning of BG 2, I'm currently doing the Windspear Hills Quest where I search for the kidnapped boy in the caves. However, every enemy I encounter seems to be immune to my weapons, i have +1 weapons and a +3 axe. Where can i find better weapons this early in the game?

roller1234 · Post by **roller1234** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:58 am

+3 weapons can damage everything but one enemy in soa, so the problem is somewhere else.

Isilion · Post by **Isilion** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:29 am

which enemies are you talking about specifically?
+1 weapons can hit the majority of enemies in the game, only a few need +2 and even fewer need +3
sometimes it's not the enchantment on the weapon but the type of damage that monsters are resistant to. for example clay golems can only be damaged by blunt weapons.

Garriath · Post by **Garriath** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:03 am

For my advice, if you haven't already, stay around Amn a little more before going to Windspear. Particularly in the slums, there are a number of easier quests that offer some nice loot. The De'Arnise Keep is also a good questline for lower-level parties, and the Umar Hills should still be a little easier than Windspear.

Hope this helps!

BowandArrow · Post by **BowandArrow** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:37 pm

Thanks guys. I have a +3 axe but none of my characters are proficient with it. I faced Ruhk the Transmuter and beat him and now some Golem is kicking my butt. Think I will take the advice and do some easier quests first.

Ares2382 · Post by **Ares2382** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:50 pm

If I remember correctly that area has an Adamantine Golem. You really need blunt weapons to kill him. A good staff should do the job. You can get him stuck in the entrance to that area and just have someone with a staff hit him. A staff has long enough reach where you can hit him, but he won't be able to hit you.

Magic missiles work well too, though you'd need a lot of them.

I would agree with other's though. Windspear is probably one of the harder quests in Chapter 2. I usually leave it to last.

roller1234 · Post by **roller1234** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 8:58 am

pretty much every area in the game has some enemy needing +3 weapons. Most notably golems, yes. Getting +3 weps is moderate-high priority. Ribald sells a +4 staff, the central tavern has a +3 great sword lying somewhere. Helping Nalia with her quest gives such a weapon too.. The Axe you have, would that be a Battle Axe +3: Frostreaver? If thats the case check Nalia's Stronghold again for a surprise weapon.

Isilion · Post by **Isilion** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:14 pm

i dount he is facing a adamantite golem. the golems scale with level and the adamantite one is the high level one, being the strongest golem in SOA
he is probably fighting a stone golem
both of those have the same weapon requirements to get hit, but the adamntite one also has VERY high resistances against damage
stone goleme need +3 or better to get hit
you have a +3 axe, i suggest you use that one, proficient or not. give it to a fighter/ranger/paladin to minimize the penalty. make up with buffs for teh rest. bless, chant, haste, strength potions, you have a lot of choice

vaypah · Post by **vaypah** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:00 am

Isilion wrote:i dount he is facing a adamantite golem. the golems scale with level and the adamantite one is the high level one, being the strongest golem in SOA

In Windspear Hills there is 1 Adamantite Golem that always spawns, no matter your level. It in on the second level of the dungeon in the secret room.

Isilion · Post by **Isilion** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:26 am

vaypah wrote:In Windspear Hills there is 1 Adamantite Golem that always spawns, no matter your level. It in on the second level of the dungeon in the secret room.

ah right, that one
i was thinking of the first golem encounter, much earlier
if he has a weapon to pass a stone golem, he can hit the adamatite one as well. so i still think he is refering to the stone golem
that adamantite is easy, as long as you have some kind of ranged +3. all you need is patience

but for either, use your +3 axe if you have nothing else, even if your fighter isn't proficient. just make sure to buff him adequately