Baldur’s Gate 3 player discovers how to use soap (in-game)

Baldur’s Gate 3 has a way to clean your Tav after a long day of murder, but it’s taken players a while to figure out how to use it.

With all the things Baldur’s Gate 3 players get up to before a long rest, it’s not surprising that their characters end up covered in who-knows-what (it’s usually blood).

Larian Studios, in their infinite wisdom, predicted this would be the case, and decided to add a bit of personal hygiene to the game. After all, you can’t romance Shadowheart for the 6th time in a row if you smell bad. It’s a big red flag.

Still, leave it to Baldur’s Gate 3 players to not bother showering until months after the game’s release, because some players are only now realizing that soap has an actual use throughout the game.

Baldur’s Gate 3 player finally learns how to wash themselves

One player on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit highlighted the wonders of cleanliness, saying: “Just learned you can use a soap bar to clean yourself of dirt and blood. By browsing older posts I saw people saying to throw a bottle of water on yourself or long rest but I just stumbled upon a soap bar in the building next to the burning one in Act 1.

“By right-clicking it to inspect its value I saw you could “consume” it. I hilariously thought my Tav would eat it but instead was pleasantly surprised when it cleaned me of my dirty face. Soap also stays in your inventory after use!”

Another player added the revolutionary idea of using a sponge as well, suggesting: “You have a sponge in my inventory for this purpose and I use it surprisingly often. What the purpose of dying your clothes if they all look dark red after the first encounter? It took many people to make my clothes this red, yet it did not take long.”