Baldur's Gate 3: How to read minds? Baldurs Gate 3 guide, walkthrough

In Baldurs Gate 3, you can read minds of your interlocutors and gain unique information through it. On this guide page we explain how to unlock the Mind Detection spell and how to use it correctly.

Last update: 21 July 2023

In BG3, you can use a spell called Detect Thoughts. Here we suggest how to unlock this spell and how to use it. Reading the thoughts of interlocutors can lead to interesting discoveries, such as learning a secret password or knowledge about various events that would otherwise be hidden away from you.

• Obtaining Detect Thoughts spell or scroll
• Using the reading mind mechanic

Obtaining Detect Thoughts spell or scroll

1. The Detect Thoughts spell allows you to read the minds of other characters. This is a level 2 spell and it can be learned by the characters representing the Wizard, Warlock, and Bard classes.
2. An alternative way to use the spell is to use the Detect Thoughts scroll. The scroll can appear, e.g. in the offer of a merchant named Blurg in the Underdark, available in act 1. You can also obtain this scroll as loot. Unfortunately, every scroll is a one-time use item, so you should try to make the best use of it.
3. Yet another way to unlock Detect Thoughts is by acquiring the Uncovered Mysteries amulet - the spell is associated with it. You can find the amulet in the Arcane Tower in the Underdark. Then one of the party members must wear it.

Using the reading mind mechanic

1. The option of mind-reading is not used during battles, but during conversations with other characters. You can use this spell before initiating a conversation or wait for a dialog option to appear on the list.
2. Using Detect Thoughts allows you to gain additional knowledge hidden in the minds of speakers, which they do not want to share with you by default.
3. The game encourages experimenting with mind-reading. In most situations, these information will be of little use, but there are exceptions. An example of such a situation may be a conversation with Salazon in the Zhentarim Hideout. Correct use of the spell will allow you to obtain the secret password.