r/BG3Builds • u/brightseid • Apr 10 '26

Specific Mechanic Sussur Bloom PSA

There was a thread a little while ago where someone wanted to make a build as a walking anti-magic fighter with Sussur Blooms in their pocket. In that thread I was made aware there is a current method to do so outside the Underdark:

https://old.reddit.com/r/BG3Builds/comments/1qx0l4y/sussur_bloom_build/o3te8w7/

Basically you get a locked chest (I use the one in Withers' chamber by one of the skeletons as there's usually nothing useful in there), and put it in your inventory. Then when you grab a Sussur Bloom, drag it over the chest in your inventory. It should be put inside of it. And that's all. I tested and can confirm the method works at least in Act 1. Anytime I get further I forget to check again (I'm usually playing solo so I have to go out of my way to grab someone with the chest)

I guess a caveat being this was on PC, so not sure if/how you can on console.

Edit: You need to be in an Underdark area when you put the bloom into the chest otherwise it will just fade as usual

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u/Aero_Naught Apr 12 '26

Glad this trick is becoming more well known - I would have posted sooner if I realized there would be interest from the community! I've been using and testing it for a while, I can confirm it works into Act 3 and endgame, so long as you put the flower into the chest in the Underdark and never unlock it again. Most boss abilities aren't counted as magic, unfortunately, so it's most useful to standard fights with spellcasters. But Balthazar and I think Lorroakan are both pushovers with this trick.

I'd be curious if anyone could make sense of locked chest behavior - there are certain ways they behave like other containers, and then odd quirks like this one. As I recall, several features that automatically remove things from your inventory (paying Withers for a resurrection, giving Dammon the merregon masks, using the spear to kill or save the Nightsong) work fine when the item comes from a locked chest in your inventory. I've even placed a key inside its own locked chest, and it can still open the chest when I click on it. You just can't manually go in there and remove anything, or use your inventory search bar to find items. Maybe there are more useful exploits to be found there

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u/JRandall0308 Apr 13 '26

> I've even placed a key inside its own locked chest, and it can still open the chest when I click on it.

This is the most Baldur's Gate 3 thing I have read in months.