Speak to Strange Ox in Baldur's Gate 3 Guide

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The Strange Ox is an unusual NPC found in The Hollow within Druid Grove. To have a meaningful conversation with it, you'll need to use a 'Speak with Animals' ability.

Walkthrough

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Locate the Strange Ox in The Hollow, Druid Grove.
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To speak with the Ox, you must have a 'Speak with Animals' ability. This can be obtained through:
- The 'Speak with Animals' spell (available to Bards, Rangers, Druids).
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The 'Beast Speech' Warlock Eldritch Invocation.
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The Wildheart Barbarian subclass (at Level 3).
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The Oath of the Ancients Paladin subclass (at Level 3).
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A Potion of Animal Speaking, sold by Arron in Druid Grove.
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Activate your chosen 'Speak with Animals' method and speak to the Strange Ox.
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You can initially discuss trivial matters with the Ox.
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Attempt an Arcana Intelligence Check (DC 10) to learn more.
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If successful, you can choose to pry deeper with the dialogue option: "there’s more to you than meets the eye. Care to explain?".
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This will trigger a Persuasion, Intimidation, or Deception check (DC 10).
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Upon succeeding any of these checks, the Ox will reveal it is escaping to Baldur’s Gate.

Tips

If you attempt to speak to the Ox without 'Speak with Animals', you can only make an Arcana check (DC 10) which yields no significant information beyond the Ox being strange.
The Potion of Animal Speaking is a convenient, non-class-specific way to gain the ability.

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