If you’ve managed to get hold of the Waking Mindwhile playing Act 2ofBaldur’s Gate 3, you’ll eventually be faced with a choice to make. As with most in-game decisions, each option you choose will have certain consequences, so it’s best to be prepared to pick the best one possible. In this guide, we will tell you if you need to consume or purge the Slack-Skinned Head Mind inBaldur’s Gate 3after you insert the Waking Mind into the Mind-Archive Interface.
Once you have inserted the Waking Mind into the Mind-Archive Interface, you will start a dialog with the Slack-Skinned Head. This talk will tell you many interesting details about its history, and the Head will beg you to erase it from the world by clearing its mind, and offer its knowledge as a reward. Of course, this will be a rather difficult ethical decision, so let’s talk more about the consequences of the choices you may make.
If you decide that the Slack-Skinned Head is not worthy of your help and decide to consume its mind after a dialog with it, you may be disappointed with the consequences of your choice.We recommend you not to choose this option, as you won’t get any benefit from doing so. In addition, you will be disapproved of by all the companions who do not support the ethically bad choices. However,you will still get the approval of characters like Astarion.
Instead, we recommend that you make the other choice, as it can give you a good reward without losing your companions' approval rating. If, as a result of the conversation, Slack-Skinned Head convinces you to help it, and you choose to purge its mind,you will receive an Advantage on Intelligence Saving Throws that will be permanently locked on you. Additionally, ifyou have companions like Wyll or Karlahin your party, you will have them approve your choice.
BG3: How to Get the Waking Mind
If you haven’t yet gotten the Waking Mind to insert it into the Mind-Archive Interface and speak to the Slack-Skinned Head, you need to do the following:
