Baldur’s Gate 3’s Orphic Hammer Falls Short of Its Legendary Weapon Status

Baldur’s Gate 3 features near-limitless choices that allow players to customize the adventure to their liking, and one quest features some of the game’s toughest choices. Baldur’s Gate 3 players who are intent on following Lae’zel’s quest will need to choose whether to free or kill Orpheus within the Astral Prism. However, a necessary step in this quest is to obtain the Orphic Hammer needed to break the crystals containing Orpheus from Raphael, but the lengths players will need to go through to get this legendary weapon don’t justify how weak it is compared to other late-game options.