While playing Baldur’s Gate 3, you’ll notice your inventory filling up with various items. You may have a use for most of them, but there may also be mystery items like Soul Coins, making players wonder how they can use them.
Soul Coins were discussed frequently within the BG3 community before the game’s release as it wasn’t clear how players could use the item. Though developers dropped a few hints since then, players had to meet Karlach to discover a use.
How to use Soul Coins in Baldur’s Gate 3
Soul Coins can be used to fuel the Infernal Engine Karlach has instead of a heart. When Karlach uses a Soul Coin, she receives a passive buff called Infernal Fury.
| Infernal Fury: Karlach’s attacks with or without weapons gain anywhere from 1 to 4 additional Fire damage during Raging or when her health is below 25% |
Players advancing with Karlach in their party should prioritize having a Soul Coin in her inventory, so she can use it whenever needed.
At the time of writing, Soul Coins’ only use case seems to be a damage buff for Karlach, which means the item has a very niche use. If you don’t have Karlach in your party, you won’t have a reason to carry around Soul Coins.
Related: Baldur’s Gate 3: Karlach’s location and how to recruit them in BG3
It’s possible for Soul Coins to have more use cases, but we haven’t run into anything that suggested it in our playthrough. Considering we didn’t know its use case until the game’s full release, Larian Studios could also introduce more ways to utilize the item.
Where to find Soul Coins in Baldur’s Gate 3
You’re likely to collect a Soul Coin or two naturally as you progress through BG3. There are a few places you can check out to find more Soul Coins:
- Save Nadira in Emerald Grove or loot her body to receive a Soul Coin as a reward.
- The Dank Crypt near the crashed Nautiloid on Ravaged Beach has three Soul Coins all within different sarcophagi.
- Inside Wither’s sarcophagus in a secret room behind a large statue
- In a smaller sarcophagus in a smaller room to the west of the room with the large statue
- In the Dank Crypt’s southern portion in a smaller sarcophagus near a giant sarcophagus
- Visit the south of The Risen Road waypoint and check Toll Collector’s house.
- Speak to Lann Tarv while Karlach is in your party in the main hall of the Moonrise Towers.
- Listen to each story Lann Tarv has to tell, and you’ll get three Soul Coins
- In the Lower City, two Soul Coins are located in a safe in the basement of Peartree’s Home.
- To enter the house you’ll have to break boards off of it.
- Once inside, the passage to the basement, and the Soul Coin, can be found underneath some luggage
- In the House of Hope, five Soul Coins are sitting in a safe in Raphael’s bedroom.
- To get to the bedroom you need to pickpocket a bedroom invitation from an archivist.
- You’ll then need to sneak into the bedroom, disarm the large painting trap, and break into the safe.
