Okay, can we just talk about how Baldur's Gate 3 is STILL blowing minds in 2025? 🤯 I've poured hundreds of hours into this masterpiece, and what absolutely wrecks me is how Larian Studios hid an elusive Easter egg teasing their next game... and NO ONE'S found it yet! Not streamers, not data miners, NOBODY. It's like the gaming world's biggest scavenger hunt, and we're all clutching our d20 dice hoping for a critical roll. 🎲
Remember Swen Vincke's bombshell 2024 interview? The Larian boss casually mentioned a writer slipped clues about their new project into BG3. Months later? Crickets. 🦗 And here’s why it’s driving me nuts:
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Larian’s done this BEFORE with Divinity: Original Sin 2
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That Jar of Mind Maggots? Literally foreshadowed BG3’s tadpoles!
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Scholar Tarquin’s dialogue about "mind-eating aliens" was a neon sign pointing to mind flayers
People Also Ask: "How could something stay hidden in a game dissected by millions?" Honey, have you SEEN the Underdark? This game’s layers make onions cry. 🧅 Every crate, every optional dialogue tree – it’s all potential real estate for secrets. I once spent 3 hours clicking barrels just in case. 💀
The real kicker? Larian’s cooking up TWO new games (neither is BG4! 💔), but they’re radio silent until maybe 2028. So this Easter egg? It’s our only breadcrumb. Could it be:
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👾 A coded note in Githyanki script?
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🧙♂️ A spectral NPC only visible at midnight in-game?
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📜 That one suspiciously empty bookshelf in Cazador’s palace?
People Also Ask: "Why bury secrets where players might never see them?" Because Larian gets us. They know explorers who pet Scratch and talk to squirrels deserve rewards. 🐿️ That dopamine hit when you stumble on a Dragon Age reference? Chef’s kiss. ✨
So here I am, reloading saves near suspicious trees, wondering... will we solve this before Larian’s announcement? Or will it become gaming’s Voynich manuscript – forever mysterious? Either way, the hunt’s half the magic. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to interrogate every ox in Act 1. 🐄✊