Non Spoiler Tips for Goblins Encampment?
I am struggling. Only have Shadowheart and my PC at level 3.
I love this game. As a BG1/2 fanboy and an overall hater of turn based games I felt betrayed when Larian got the IP and turned it into a Divinity clone, but I am having so much fun. It is like I am playing 5e by myself. Also talking to all the animals is so great.
Head back towards the Nautiloid and see who else is around. Don't be afraid to click on stuff. You've missed at least 3 potential companions already!
At the risk of minor spoilers: I had a full party at that point and still needed help. I refuse to kill innocent animals so I let the spiders out and let them do a good chunk of the killing for me indoors.
Are you on a challenge run?
I'm playing on medium (standard) difficulty, but I needed a full party at level 3-4 to clear that entire area. There are parts that are tough due to quantity of opponents, and parts that are tough due to quality of opponents.
I'm not sure how you'd clear it with only two characters.
Barrels of oil and smokepowder dropped from height works pretty well.
That is my problem! I missed the other companions.
Do you already have Withers in your camp? If so get 2 hirelings in the meantime. They only cost 100 or 200 gold. No reason to stay as 2. I too made a similar mistake and only had 3 party memembers for a big part of Act 1 until I got a hireling. And the game is just balanced around having 4 members in your party. It also doesn't affect XP.
I'd teleport to a waypoint outside the camp, find the other companions, maybe level up a bit, and then teleport to the underdark to get back inside the camp.
If you talk to Minthara, you can bait her into ::: spoiler assaulting the grove, at which point you can help the tieflings defend it. :::
You're also a bit under-leveled and should have a full party by now! Do some more exploring and don't try to rush the main quest, even if the game makes it sound super urgent.
I may have two advices: don't talk to the Drow if you want to clear the Goblin camp anyway.
If the enemies are too many and too strong (as the Hobgoblin and his brood) avoid an open battle.
Sorry for not getting clearer but you wanted it spoiler-free.
I'm impressed it's only the two of you at that level. Are you having trouble finding the others, or are you intentionally going at it as a duo?
Nope just an idiot that didn't explore! I will try to find Halsin and if not I will leave the fortress and find the other companions! This is probably what i needed to know!
I would come back after you open up a lot more of the map.
There's a lot more around there than it first appears.
I think I had unlocked 6 companions before I went back and cleared the Goblin Camp.
Did you poison the beer at the back of the area? If you do that then most of them die off and the rest are at low health.
It's impressive if you're only struggling with 2 char at lvl3 there!
You may find help in the goblin fortress if you explore a bit more. You can also wander around to get to lvl4 before you come back. Or take a long rest, but there might be consequences, I don't know. Underdark might be difficult but still doable too.
So I'm not sure what your character is class wise. But if they're good at sneaking and ranged attacks there's a way to get into the rafters above the Hobgoblin. Attack and immediately go into hiding. Rinse, lather, repeat. IF they do come out and chase you the platform that you have to get up to get to the rafters has only 2 ladders up. So you could use Shadowheart to push off (or at least try).
Is it by choice that you are only a party of 2?
Have you found Halfin the Druid yet? 😉
Why is it only you and Shadowheart?
By the time you get to the goblin camp, you should have encountered Asterion, Gale, Wyll, and Lae'zel. ::: spoiler Companion Locations The first two are near the crashed Nautiloid (tentacle ship), before the goblin fight in front of the grove. Asterion to the west of the ship, Gale to the east at the fast travel point. Wyll is easy to miss, but he's training the tiefling kids inside the druid grove. And Lae'zel got herself trapped by tieflings, south of the grove, should be on the way to the goblin camp. :::
Thanks that is probably my problem. I thought the game funneled me here but I probably just need to explore more.
Larian games tend to highly reward thorough exploration with much needed XP and quality gear.
Not exploring an area 100% counts as a punishment because you missed out on XP, gear and NPCs that could definitely help.
Huge portions of the game are set behind exploration so definitely comb the map.
They make it seem like it's imperative that you get to Halsten right away. I was afraid to even take a long rest when I started playing. If you go any direction other than the one they try to funnel you into, then you miss all of the companions. I did the same thing and was getting absolutely bodied at the Goblin Camp. Go back and find some companions and the fights will be 200% easier.
Maybe they failed the strength check to save Gale and didn't reload thinking they'd see him again. I'm still angry about this. One stupid failed roll less than an hour in... I'm 50 hours in and haven't seen him.