r/baldursgate • u/LufonatoDeUracilo • 1d ago
Rescuing Imoen Quickly
Hi everyone, I'm playing BG for my n-th time and this time I was thinking of rescuing Imoen from the Asylum as soon as possible. Normally, I don't include her in my party for BG2 because of the long time she's missing, but this time I want to do it differently. What do you think? How should I approach this? Thanks in advance!
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u/EmbarrassedPudding22 1d ago
Imoen pretty much needs to be in a good aligned party considering her story.
You can definitely speedrun to Spellhold to get her back. Only down side is the underdark will definitely be more difficult being you'll be lacking xp and gear. You can always do the Ann quests in Chapter 6, though it's a bit awkward narratively doing every little quest while your soul is on the line.
Alternatively there's a mod out there where Yoshimo's xp get transferred to Imoen in Spellhold once that storyline goes down which would address the root concern you're citing.
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u/LufonatoDeUracilo 1d ago
Thanks a lot! Normally Imoen is a must for me in BG1, but I always leave her behind because of those sidequests in BG2. Now I have her as a mage in BG1 and I want to keep her for the long run.
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u/Underground_Kiddo 1d ago
With Imoen you want to just make sure you hit the appropriate xp breakpoints for NPC level ups: 250k, 500k, 750k, 1 million, and 1.25 million.
Also some of the content in the Underdark you can come back and do in Chapter 6 (beholder cavern, Illithids stronghold, kill the lich in the center of the Underdark etc.)
If you are just running a vanilla instatallition, I would just grab the essential items like Vecna, Flails of the Ages --if someone can use it-- and and Mace of Disruption +2.
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u/LufonatoDeUracilo 1d ago
So I should complete Nalia's quest beforehand. Got it! I didn't know I could come back later to complete the Underdark, thanks!
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u/Norby314 18h ago
If you decide to sail with Samoen and go to the underwater city, can you still enter the underdark?
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u/orcheon 1d ago
Totally doable, getting gold will be the sticking point ,and you'll need high charisma to talk your way out of the underdark. Use the master thievery potions and fence for gold, side with Aran.
Note the combat will be much more challenging particularly spellhold because you won't have the levels or gear...optimize your party and CHARNAME. Good luck!
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u/EarthAfraid 1d ago
I’m currently in the middle of a trilogy run and I just did a rush to imoen.
Cleared out all of the Promenade to get the cash money (the adventurers in the inn have some decent loot which helps!) right as I spoke to Gaylen, which is fun even if it costs you 5,000 gp more than it should, grabbed Aerie at the circus but did no other quests.
I’m currently level 12 (was level 11 at the start of SoA coming out of SoD) at the shark city, and man having really limited gear and 5 or 6 levels fewer than I normally do at this point is making things a lot more interesting!
I intend to do the rest of the content I normally do in chapter 2 in chapter 6, but with imoen by my side…
…if I make it out of the under dark, that is!
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u/LufonatoDeUracilo 1d ago
Amazing! The fact that the increased difficulty makes it more interesting but still doable, solidifies my decision. Thanks a lot!
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u/bucketmaan 13h ago
Ez, I just did that recently. The only slight problem was Bodhi, she was stronger than I remembered. Unless you go against the thief's, but I never do..fuck em. Did it maybe twice. Just do the slavers in slums, or setting and you should be ok with money. Team is really up to you, but the whole thing is easier than you'd think
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u/J_Quailman 1d ago
Personally I like to do everything possible in ch2 before going to get Imoen and I typically keep her for the rest of the game. Current run I’m about halfway through TOB and she’s ~1mil experience behind my other 5 for reference. I don’t find it to be much of an issue.
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u/Suckage 1d ago edited 1d ago
Grab Aerie from the circus tent. Clear out the slavers in the slums. Pay the man. Do the required Ch.3 quests. Set sail.
Maybe finish Nalia’s quest for the FoA and grab Daystar if you’re worried about difficulty, but it’s doable without touching any of the major Ch.2 quests.