The Cruel Sting is a Sword in BG3 that enables Drow wielders to deal extra Poison damage, making it a worthy addition to many builds.
Baldur’s Gate 3 has a wide variety of useful weapons that players can use to complete and enhance their character and companion builds, with plenty of these weapons including special bonus effects or stats. Ensuring that players select a weapon that comprises certain aspects of a character, such as their Race, Class, and Feats, can maximize effectiveness for their playthrough and ensure each character operates to their full potential.
Among these useful weapons is the Cruel Sting, a Longsword that deals extra Psychic damage as well as additional Poison damage if the weapon is being wielded by a Drow character. The Cruel Sting is among some of the most powerful Longswords in the game and one of the best weapons available for certain Drow character builds. For this reason, players will want to ensure they don’t miss out on the chance to claim it for their inventory and use it within one of several unique build options during their adventures in Faerun. How to Get the Cruel Sting in Baldur’s Gate 3
To get the Cruel Sting in Baldur’s Gate 3, you will first need to ensure that you have completed Act 1 in its entirety, as the Cruel Sting only becomes available upon entering Act 2 of the game. This means that you’ll need to wrap up any side quests from the Druid Grove, Goblin Camp, Underdark, and Mountain Pass areas, such as the Save Mayrina / Auntie Ethel, Phase Spider Matriarch, Githyanki Creche, and Myconid Colony quests, just to name a few.
While finishing up tasks in Act 1, there is one key item that you will need to ensure you obtain along the way. This item is known as the Spider’s Lyre and can be acquired from Minthara or Nere through one of several different pathways or techniques. To obtain the Spider’s Lyre, you can kill Minthara during the quest to save Halsin and take the item from her corpse, or side with her (and potentially romance her) to gain the item as a gift. Alternatively, you can obtain the item from Nere in Grymforge by either killing him and looting the item from his corpse or by allowing him to live and convincing him to assist your party through the Shadow-Cursed Lands, which will result in him gifting the item to you.
Once you’ve completed everything you wish to do in Act 1 and the Mountain Pass / Underdark (which is often considered to be an Act 1.5 stage of the game), you will need to progress through to Act 2 through either the path located near Rosymorn Monastery via the Mountain Pass, or the entrance located in Grymforge via the Underdark. Doing so will mark your arrival at the Shadow-Cursed Lands, which will soon stand out for being much more of an environmental threat than previous areas of the game.
