Baldur’s Gate Enhanced – Understanding the Rushed Experience

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I'm new to this series, and enjoying it a ton. However I know that the in game calendar is important and I'm feeling rushed. I've already had an NPC urge me to hurry up.

How do I know when I can freely explore, and when I need to scurry to the next plot point?

Please no spoilers. I'm just finishing BG1 chapter 2

Best Answer

The main storyline does not have a deadline.

Various sidequests do have deadlines. A number of possible party members will join you on the condition that you help them with a quest. You should do this reasonably quickly after they join you, or they'll leave to do it themselves:

  • Minsc's quest
  • Coran's quest
  • Eldoth's quest
  • Safana's quest in the Enhanced Edition, but not in the original.
  • Kivan's quest in the Enhanced Edition, but not in the original.
  • Kagain's quest feels like should have a time limit, but it doesn't. (And when you finish it, you'll find out why it doesn't.)

Every other sidequest I know of with a time limit makes it explicit (eg. "you'll be dead in a week").

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