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Barcus Wroot
Companion & AllyBaldur's Gate 3
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Barcus Wroot is a Deep Gnome NPC, potential camp follower, and merchant. Players encounter him across multiple acts as he seeks to rescue his friend Wulbren Bongle and can eventually recruit him as an ally for the final battle.
- Type
- Companion & Ally
- Where to find them
- Act 1: tied to a windmill in the Blighted Village
- Act 1: enslaved by duergar at the cave-in in Grymforge
- Act 1: the player's campsite
- Act 2: Last Light Inn
- Shops
- Barcus Wroot: Acrobat Shoes, Gloves of the Automaton, Ring of Geniality, general supplies, arrows, and alchemical ingredients
- What's there
- Blighted Village Windmill: A windmill where Barcus is tied; pulling the "Brake" lever halts it to untie him, while pulling the "Release Brake" lever fatally launches him away
- Grymforge Cave-in: Rubble blocking True Soul Nere where Barcus is forced to dig, requiring explosives or force damage to clear
- Collectibles
- Barcus Wroot's Backpack / Heavy Chest: in the cellar beneath the Blighted Village windmill
- Missions
- Rescue the Gnome · side · Blighted Village
- Rescue Wulbren · side · Last Light Inn
- •Pulling the "Release Brake" lever at the Blighted Village windmill fatally launches Barcus away.
- •Following the resolution of the Steel Watch Foundry in Act 3, he can become the leader of the Ironhand Gnomes and be summoned for the final battle via the "Gather Your Allies" mechanic.
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