Baldur's Gate 3
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Pest Control
Killed the Spider Matriarch before her eggs hatch - why do they have so many legs? Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
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How to unlock the Pest Control achievement in Baldur's Gate 3 - Definitive Guide
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Received this accidentally, when you get to the Spider Matriarch inside the well, wait until she is on one of her web bridges, and use a ranged attack with a push effect. If successful, you will insta kill her, by pushing her into the chasm.
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I used a arrow of thunder pushed her right off
By TheReaper2693 on 14 Dec 2023 11:48
Got this in a weird way: Matriarch was killed by knocking her into a chasm, found her corpse in the underdark, raised her corpse using Soveriegn Glut’s spore servant ability and when she died in a fight it gave the achievement
By Wicked Jei on 26 Jan 2024 04:13
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The developers of Baldur’s Gate 3 designed most questlines so that they may be completed in multiple ways. Thus, giving the players more freedom in how they approach situations. This guide represents one method that is confirmed to unlock this achievement.
Locate the Spider Matriarch inside the Whispering Depths under Blighted Village in Act 1. You can reach the Whispering Depths by interacting with the well in the middle of the village. Or, you may open the large locked door near the entrance (east side). If you go through the door, you will need to destroy a broken wall near the end of the cellar.
After clearing out the first set of spiders, make your way to a room in the south and interact with the chest. Collect the Spiderstep Boots.
When you find the matriarch on the west side of the area, toggle group mode off and sneak around with a rogue that has quiet ranged attacks. Make sure to equip the Spiderstep Boots to avoid getting stuck in webs and alerting the spiders. Destroy all 3 clusters of spider eggs (2 on the upper pillars and 1 below) to unlock the achievement or trophy. You do not need to kill the Spider Matriarch, but you do need to prevent her from hatching any eggs.
A full achievement guide is available here: https://tigorestips.com/dnd/baldurs-gate-3-achievements-trop...
Locate the Spider Matriarch inside the Whispering Depths under Blighted Village in Act 1. You can reach the Whispering Depths by interacting with the well in the middle of the village. Or, you may open the large locked door near the entrance (east side). If you go through the door, you will need to destroy a broken wall near the end of the cellar.
After clearing out the first set of spiders, make your way to a room in the south and interact with the chest. Collect the Spiderstep Boots.
When you find the matriarch on the west side of the area, toggle group mode off and sneak around with a rogue that has quiet ranged attacks. Make sure to equip the Spiderstep Boots to avoid getting stuck in webs and alerting the spiders. Destroy all 3 clusters of spider eggs (2 on the upper pillars and 1 below) to unlock the achievement or trophy. You do not need to kill the Spider Matriarch, but you do need to prevent her from hatching any eggs.
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Correction: I think Larian fixed the achievement. I destroyed all 3 nests and the achievement only popped when I killed the matriarch.
By CrazyNomad on 27 Dec 2023 19:02
Solution outdated achievement is fix you have to kill Queen to get this
By Mariano80PL on 30 Dec 2023 07:38
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The other guide, which details ditching the eggs before ever engaging in combat, is a good one, but here's another way: If you have an invisibility spell available to you, turn invisible and sneak right on over to where the Matriarch is walking around. Then, use a spell with some knockback (or possibly shove, though I'm not *entirely* sure that'll work) to push her into the endless-ish chasm below. I used thunderwave, and done, just a couple surprised little phase spiders to ditch after that. The eggs just sit there, undisturbed.
(Also, fear not, loot addicts, the body of the matriarch isn't lost forever.)
(Also, fear not, loot addicts, the body of the matriarch isn't lost forever.)
TheFloydianSlip
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Just a heads up, all the current Steam and early access guides list this as unlocking after destroying the egg clusters and then beginning combat with the matriarch, but this has been patched - you do indeed need to actually kill the matriarch now for this to unlock properly.
There are three clusters of eggs - one on the pillar where the matriarch stands, one on the pillar beside her connected with a spidersilk bridge, and one down a floor below underneath the third pillar. Use the Spiderstep Boots or similar to cross the silk bridges without alerting the enemies and snipe all the eggs before beginning combat.
Kill the matriarch after destroying all the eggs and the trophy is yours.
There are three clusters of eggs - one on the pillar where the matriarch stands, one on the pillar beside her connected with a spidersilk bridge, and one down a floor below underneath the third pillar. Use the Spiderstep Boots or similar to cross the silk bridges without alerting the enemies and snipe all the eggs before beginning combat.
Kill the matriarch after destroying all the eggs and the trophy is yours.
Spageddy
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Sneak in and hit her with repelling blast, or shockwave arrows to knock her into the abyss.
ConTagioN
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Sneak in and shoot the eggs before they can hatch. There are 3 batches of eggs, one next to where she spawns, one across the web to the right and one below the end of the web to the left.
HSmzg
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This guide was translated automatically.
Act 1
In the Whispering Abyss location, the boss of the spider matriarch.
There are 3 clutches of eggs in the arena, 2 on top, 1 below, all of them can be shot even before the start of the battle, one egg at a time, with long-range attacks. Then we start the battle, the boss will have no one to hatch, and we get a trophy.
The boss itself takes huge damage from destroying the webs under her feet, for example, by throwing alchemical fire, which helped a lot with tactics. On a light fall, it would probably kill her right away.
In the Whispering Abyss location, the boss of the spider matriarch.
There are 3 clutches of eggs in the arena, 2 on top, 1 below, all of them can be shot even before the start of the battle, one egg at a time, with long-range attacks. Then we start the battle, the boss will have no one to hatch, and we get a trophy.
The boss itself takes huge damage from destroying the webs under her feet, for example, by throwing alchemical fire, which helped a lot with tactics. On a light fall, it would probably kill her right away.
bhf
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For a trophy, if loot is not needed, it is done by one character with one poke.
She separated from the group, put invisibility on herself, reached the far column on which the spider was sitting, and with a thunder wave threw it into the abyss in the center.
I didn't touch the eggs.
Now you can reload and kill normally if you need loot.
She separated from the group, put invisibility on herself, reached the far column on which the spider was sitting, and with a thunder wave threw it into the abyss in the center.
I didn't touch the eggs.
Now you can reload and kill normally if you need loot.
