Heart of the Golem

Heart of the Golem +2
Item
Other names	Dagger +2
Type	Dagger
Cursed	❌
Cursed	❌
Magical	✅
Magical	✅
Cold iron	❌
Cold iron	❌
Silver	❌
Silver	❌
Enchanted	+2b
Lore	20
Weight	1 lb
Acquisition
Area	See Locations
Obtained from	See Locations
Combat
Combat type	Melee
THAC0	-2 bonus
THAC0 modified by	Strength
Damage	1d4+2 (piercing)
Speed factor	0
Proficiency	Small Sword Baldur's Gate (1998) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate campaign. Dagger Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (2012) This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign.Baldur's Gate II Classic & Enhanced This icon indicates content from all games of the 2nd Baldur's Gate instalment – all editions and expansions. This may include The Black Pits II.
Wielding	One-handed
Requirements
Strength	3
Not usable by	Cleric Beast Master
Other
Item value	2,000
Technical information
Item code	DAGG03

Heart of the Golem (Heart of the Golem +2 in-game) is an enchanted^b dagger +2. When compared to a normal dagger, it does +2 more damage, has -2 THAC0 bonus and with a speed factor of 0, its speed factor is better. Only clerics can't use this weapon. In Baldur's Gate, this item is a small sword weapon, while in the other games, it's in the dagger proficiency. This item appears in Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, Baldur's Gate II, & Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition.

Locations

• In Baldur's Gate, it can be gained from Hentold in Area East of Carnival or when the assassin Marek is killed.
• In SoA, it can be obtained from killing the Dryad Vaelasa

Description

“

There are no records of this weapon's creator. Nevertheless, its existence can be traced back among thieves and murderers to before Dalereckoning. Its blackened blade was apparently forged from the arcane metals of an iron golem, giving the weapon an appearance as dark as its history.

”

Bugs

• Baldur's Gate (1998)
  This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate campaign. In the original Baldur's Gate, the Heart of the Golem is not an enchanted weapon, despite the -2 bonuses.

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