Alright so I finally got around to dealing with this damn clown in Baldur’s Gate 3. Wanted to find Dribbles, right? Supposed to be some big circus attraction or whatever. Sounded easy enough at first. Boy was I wrong. Started in the Circus of the Last Days, just wandering around like an idiot. Talked to every single brightly colored weirdo there. Learned about magic tricks, listened to terrible jokes… but zero sign of Dribbles himself. Pissed me off. Just gimme the clown, game! Nope.
Spent probably a full hour just running in circles around that circus tent. Asked Popper the kobold, pestered the Djinn running the spinny wheel game, even tried pickpocketing the lady selling potions. Found nothing but junk and random useless circus gear. Felt like I was going crazy. Where the hell was Dribbles hiding?
Finally, talked to this super sketchy fortune teller lady again. I kinda clicked through her spiel the first time. Big mistake. Second try, actually listened. She mentioned something vague about Dribbles being… in pieces? That was weird. Gave me a quest marker pointing towards the Temple of Bhaal way down South. Seemed totally unrelated, but okay, game. Off I went. Felt like a wild goose chase.
Got down into the sewers under the city, near where you find that weird cult temple place. Dark, damp, smelled bad through my speakers. Started exploring every gross corner. Killed a few rats. Stepped over plenty of bodies. Then I stumbled into a room that looked like maybe someone butchered a lot of pigs. There were body parts laid out on tables.
Grossed me out. Got closer. One piece was a foot wearing a stupidly large, floppy red shoe. Recognized that style. Another piece was a hand with pale white makeup still on it. Then I found a torso stuffed into a ridiculous glittery shirt. Had this dumb, painted smiley face on it. Oh. My. God. That wasn’t pig parts. That was poor old Dribbles. Chopped up.
Here’s the stupid part you gotta do:
- Find the Head: Took me forever. Wasn’t on the tables. Finally spotted it just… lying on the floor near a pile of muck in a side passage. Looked like someone just tossed it aside. Had the big red nose, stupid green wig. Collected it.
- Find the Torso: This one was the easiest, right on the main table like the centrepiece of a horror meal.
- Find the Left Hand: Smaller than I thought, half-hidden under some bloody rags on a side bench.
- Find the Right Hand: Similar to the left, tucked away under a broken crate near the torso. Easy to miss.
- Find the Left Foot: Big red shoe gave it away, propped up against the wall next to a rusty knife.
- Find the Right Foot: Found it buried under a bunch of old bones in a different corner. Digging required.
- Find the Left Leg: Leaning against the wall behind a barrel. Thought it was wood at first.
- Find the Right Leg: Stuck under one of the main butcher tables. Gotta crouch down and look carefully, it blends with the shadows.
After crawling around that grimy sewer basement for what felt like ages, I finally had every damn piece of poor Dribbles in my inventory. It’s literally a quest about gathering a chopped-up murder victim. What a lovely circus quest, Baldur’s Gate 3! Really cheerful. The worst part? You gotta carry all these limbs around. Just lugging a dead clown’s head, legs, and hands across the city. Not exactly hero work.
Anyway, took the whole bloody puzzle back to the Circus. Handed them off to that Boney dude at the circus gates. Thought maybe they’d put him back together magically, do something cool. Nope. Guy just thanks you, says the show must go on, and gives you some gold and experience. Dribbles stays chopped up. Mission accomplished, I guess? Still kinda bummed I never actually got to meet the clown when he was whole and performing. Just got to play detective in his murder scene. Weirdest side quest ever.