How to Find (& Use) Soul Coins in Baldur’s Gate 3

The creatures of Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells, use a Soul Coin as their primary currency in Baldur’s Gate 3, crafted from those who find themselves breaking their infernal contracts. You might come across this strange money as you explore the different quests and locations seen in the game’s story Acts. This rare item has a unique purpose tied to one of your potential companions connected to the Hells.

A Soul Coin is worth 10 Gold Pieces and doesn’t weigh anything when included in your inventory, making it an item that most adventurers consider useless. However, reading “Soul Coin: A Treatise” sheds more light on these objects, providing details about their origin. With a high enough Arcana skill check with your character, you may also learn how the devils of Avernus use this item.

How To Find Every Soul Coin

There are 14 Soul Coins in Baldur’s Gate 3 to find, making it an incredibly rare souvenir of the Nine Hells that almost acts as a collectible. The easiest one to collect comes from saving the NPC Nadira from a Bugbear assassin outside the Emerald Grove. You encounter this Tiefling as they are looking through a microscope before being attacked, and receive the Coin by passing a Deception check in a conversation after the fight.

You do not have to save Nadira from the Bugbear to collect the Soul Coin; you can also loot it from her dead body or pickpocket her at any point to get the item.

The other Soul Coins are not found as Quest Items but as normal objects found in tombs or other dungeon locations. To locate all the Soul Coins in Baldur’s Gate 3, check out these places:

The official description for a Soul Coin reads, “Strange, incomprehensible whispers emanate from this coin, pervading your mind with rage and despair.” While this may cause you to worry, considering how other items are known to cause negative effects on your character in Baldur’s Gate 3, this ominous message doesn’t do anything. There are also no described actions beyond those of a normal item.

How To Use Soul Coins

Most of the time, the only thing to do with Soul Coins are to hear the strange sound they make when thrown on the ground, but the companion Karlach can activate a special ability when consuming this item. When you recruit the Tiefling Barbarian in Baldur’s Gate 3, she can gain a condition called Infernal Fury that spends a single Soul Coin. However, this only activates when she rages or is below 25% of her total health.

Once Infernal Fury starts, Karlach gains an additional 1d4 of Fire damage to her attacks unless she exits a rage or is knocked unconscious. This may not seem like a lot of extra damage, but every little bit of attacking power could mean the difference in a particularly difficult battle. Early conflicts in Act 1 especially could use this effect since both you and your foes likely have much lower health here in Baldur’s Gate 3.

Those who follow Karlach’s quests may worry that dampening the effects of her Infernal Engine might prevent the Soul Coin effect from activating as a result. Thankfully, the results of these missions do not change how Soul Coins interact with Karlach.

Since Soul Coins are consumed whenever you activate Infernal Fury, you only have a limited number of uses, even if you have gathered every piece of this strange currency. The best party compositions in Baldur’s Gate 3 can support Karlach without relying on Infernal Fury. Make sure to stockpile your Soul Coins and reserve their consumption to only situations where the extra damage would help the most.

When you find and use Soul Coins in Baldur’s Gate 3, keep in mind how many you have at your disposal compared to Karlach’s condition during a fight to get the best out of these infernal pieces of money.

• Baldur’s Gate 3

  Franchise:

  Baldur’s Gate

  Platform(s):

  macOS, Microsoft Windows

  Released:

  2023-08-31

  Developer(s):

  Larian Studios

  Publisher(s):

  Larian Studios

  Genre(s):

  RPG

  Multiplayer:

  Larian Studios

  ESRB:

  M

  Summary:

  Baldur’s Gate 3 is a long-anticipated sequel to Baldur’s Gate 2, released in 2000 from BioWare and now being handled by Larian Studios. Set 120 years after the events of Shadows of Amn, Baldur’s Gate 3 puts players in the role of a customizable protagonist who has been captured and infected with a parasite that will turn them into a mind flayer. Before the process is complete, the ship they are on crashes, leaving them on a quest to cure themselves as they meet up with other survivors. Gameplay is turn-based and can be played co-operatively online or tackled alone in a single-player campaign with NPC allies. 

  How Long To Beat:

  22h 21m

  Prequel:

  Baldur’s Gate 2