Baldur's Gate 3: Should You Give Lady Esther The Egg? (2024)

After completing Act 1 of Baldur's Gate 3, players will gain access to the Mountain Pass area. Here you can meet Lady Esther, who will act as a merchant and quest-giver. She will request that you enter a nearby monastery and retrieve a Githyanki egg to give to her.

After finding the entrance to the monastery and making your way through, you'll come across the Githyanki camp. Deeper inside is the hatchery with a single egg. After obtaining the egg through whatever methods the player thinks of, you'll now need to decide what to do with the egg.

Should You Give Esther The Githyanki Egg?

After returning to Lady Esther with the egg, you'll be presented with a few different options. The first and most straightforward option is to give her the egg. She'll reward the player with a large sum of gold before closing up her shop and leaving for Baldur's Gate, inviting you to stop by when you're in town. Your other option is to decline to give her the egg. Saying so will make her hostile, and she'll immediately attack you.

If players have an Owlbear egg on them, they can give it to Lady Esther instead after passing a check. An Owlbear egg can be sold for more than Lady Esther will reward you with, but this can end up keeping the consequences of handing the egg over from happening later in the game.

Consequences of Handing The Egg Over

The consequences of this decision happen later in Act 3 of the game, so proceed with caution. While this may seem like a harmless side quest players can complete, you can see the effects of your decision should you hand the egg over. Later in the game, after you've arrived at Baldur's Gate, you can visit the Society of Brilliance. If you handed the egg over, you'll find that the society raised the child harshly, causing it to lash out and kill its keepers, including Lady Esther.

Where To Find The Society Of Brilliance In Baldur's Gate

Upon reaching the city of Baldur's Gate, players may remember that Lady Esther planned on bringing the egg here. Head to the far northeastern corner of the city to find the Baldur's Gate waypoint. From here, travel south to find building at the end of the street called The Lodge. The door is unlocked and the inside is covered with blood and dead bodies. Head upstairs to find a portal, with a very powerful mini-boss within, that you'll will need all sorts of bonuses to beat.

This boss is a level 12 enemy, and is arguably stronger than most of the bosses in the game. The biggest trick to this fight is knowing the portal is still active and party members can escape through it instead of trying to kill the endlessly multiplying enemies. It's also helpful to have everyone in your party have Misty Step to teleport away from the ghost enemies that keep multiplying. Use ranged attacks on the boss, then escape through the portal,earning the XP and living to tell the tale.