Baldur's Gate Legacy of Bhaal Difficulty Guide Part 10 - How to Kill the Greater Wolfwere
18Happy Baldur's Gate day! 23 years ago today this wonderful game was first released! In honour of this special day I am showcasing one of the hardest challenges in Baldur's Gate 1, the Greater Wolfwere of Balduran's Island.
Before we face Sarevok we have to finish all of the content in the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion and head to Balduran's Island. On this Island we face the incredible difficult enemy - the Wolfwere. Wolfweres have high saves, magic resistance and immunity to normal ammunition and steel weapons. Only a select few Cold Iron weapons in the game can damage them, so be sure you have the Kondar Bastard sword from Aldeth which you get for Investigating the Merchants' League Estate in Chapter 5. You'll also need to stock up on Arrows +1 so your archers can contribute damage so grab a bunch before you set sail.
The first encounter with Wolfweres will be when Palin tries to trick you into an ambush. Simply ignore his cry for help so you can aggro the wolfweres individually. Make sure the Tank is using Kondar and the Archers have magic arrows equipped before engaging. Wolfweres are not immune to web but their high saving throws make it difficult to disable them. This can be remedied by using Jaheria to cast Doom and lower their saving throws and disable them. Using Bless and Web can help make sure your expensive arrows hit their targets. Take out the two western most Wolfweres one at a time before turning your attention to Palin.
Further north you'll find a cabin with a mage inside. Dialouge with Dradeel will give you a quest as well as a necklace which increases THAC0 and damage against the wolfweres. Equip the necklace on your tank before proceeding.
Once you get to the ship, have Safana go invisible than use Algernon's cloak to charm the single Wolfwere on the lowest level. Only the 2 Vampiric wolves can damage the wolfwere so it's a great way to tank and hold aggro for all the lower-level monsters. Make sure to cast Slow, as the two vampiric wolves can easily overwhelm your new charmed ally if you don't disable them with Slow and/or Blind. Once the Wolfwere has most of the enemy's attention you can buff and bring in the rest of your party. Focus on any monsters who are not attacking the Wolfwere before turning your attention to the Vampiric Wolves. Once the Vampiric Wolves are down the remaining monsters are no challenge.
Progressing up through the remaining levels with traditional combat won't work as there's no way to effectively deal with large groups of Wolfweres at once on Legacy of Bhaal difficulty. Instead, we will use Invisibility and the Wand of Monster Summoning to reposition the monsters and allow us to progress. Our final goal of this dungeon is to defeat the Greater Wolfwere at the top level, but the Greater Wolfwere has all the immunities to weapons the wolfwere does plus it's immune to magical arrows. We'll need additional Cold Iron Weapons before taking on such a difficult enemy. Repositing the enemy allows Coran to progress up the dungeon in stealth and secure the Warebane dagger on level 2 and the Sword of Balduran on level 4.
Have Safana use invisibility on herself, Jaheria and the Tank before resting and replenishing her spells. Make sure she has lots of magic missiles prepared as well as Invisibility Spells and the Haste Spell. Once invisible and rested, bring up the 3 invisible characters to the top level and hide in the captains’ quarters. Then have Coran and Kivan use stealth to join them. Equip your Tank, Coran and Kivan with Cold Iron weapons before carefully aggroing the Greater Wolfwere.
The Woflwere has high magic resistance and health regeneration, so we need to be careful and do as much damage as possible in a short period of time. Use the Wand of Paralyzation and Doom to disable the Wolfwere and use Haste and Bless to increase the parties DPS. Magic Missile allows Safana to contribute damage, don't use other wands as the magic resistance lowers their damage and magic missile is more consistent. Focus all your damage and you'll take it out. Then use Safana's remaining invisibility spells to escape.
0:00 Palin and the Monsters
3:23 Balduran's Ship
12:23 Greater Wolfwere
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