Oh boy, trying to snag that Fancy Footwork achievement in Baldur's Gate 3 feels like teaching a displacer beast to tango - theoretically possible but guaranteed to leave you with claw marks. Here I was, staring at Enver Gortash's smug face in his audience hall, knowing full well this glorified showroom is actually a death trap disguised as fancy architecture. Those Steel Watchers outside? Just the bouncers. The real party starts when Gortash decides to activate his wall-mounted surprise party favors - aka insta-kill contraptions that turn the floor into a blender. And the achievement demands I stop his trap-triggering dance moves before the DJ even drops the beat!

🧨 Pre-Party Preparations: Sabotage Edition

Turns out you can totally vandalize the venue before hostilities begin - like sneakily popping champagne correts before the wedding toast. The key is destroying:

  • 4 northern pressure-plate party poppers (they go boom not pop)

  • 2 shield-generating curtains near his throne (because nothing ruins a trap like removing its VIP section)

  • Those 3 mechanical Steel Watchers patrolling outside (their combat doesn't alert the hall - convenient!)

fancy-footwork-fiasco-outsmarting-gortash-s-deadly-dance-floor-image-0 Me pretending to adjust wall sconces while actually disarming death rays

After this creative redecorating, position your squad outside like paparazzi waiting for a celebrity meltdown. Have your stealthiest member deliver a "surprise" opening act (I used Astarion with a dramatic backstab flourish). Then? RUN. Dash out like the hall's on fire because technically it soon will be. When Gortash chases you outside, he loses his home-field advantage like a wrestler thrown from the ring - no more trap access, no more buffs. Just a very angry man in fancy pajamas ready for a beatdown.

🪦 Alternative Elimination Methods

The Balcony Bounce

  1. Post-coronation, send a lockpick expert to the western chamber balcony

  2. Have a cleric cast Spirit Guardians and slowly herd Gortash toward the balcony like an annoyed sheepdog

  3. CRITICAL STEP: Save scum before proceeding (unless you enjoy watching your barbarian miss the throw and accidentally launch themselves)

  4. Yeet the tyrant over the railing with your strongest character - extra style points if you shout "THIS IS SPARTA!"

  5. Finish him while he's prone with ranged attacks (my warlock may have cackled maniacally during this part)

💣 Explosive Interior Design

  1. Raid Felogyr's Fireworks shop (try not to burn it down - again)

  2. Collect smokepowder barrels like they're limited edition collectibles

  3. Surround Gortash's idle position with explosives when he's non-hostile

  4. Hide your party behind pillars (stealth mode mandatory unless you want new hairstyles)

  5. Light the fuse with a fire bolt and enjoy the fireworks display!

Strategy Risk Level Style Points Required Save Scums
Lure Out 🌶️🌶️ 💃 2-3
Balcony Toss 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 🕺💥 5+
Barrel Bomb 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 💣🔥 ∞ (but worth it)

Philosophical Afterthoughts

So here's what keeps me up at night: When we reload saves to redo fights, are we violating the spirit of the achievement? Or just exercising our divine right as players to bully tyrants via temporal manipulation? And why does nobody comment when you casually pile explosive barrels around a head of state? Baldur's Gate's citizens really need better situational awareness...

Me wondering if barrel-based assassination qualifies as 'fancy footwork'

Ultimately, this achievement exposes BG3's beautiful chaos - where physics, AI behavior, and questionable moral choices collide. Maybe the real fancy footwork was the friends we made while save-scumming? Or maybe it's about finding new ways to make villains regret their interior design choices. What's your most absurd Gortash takedown method? Mine involved a polymorphed badger and an ill-timed thunderwave... but that's a story for another tavern visit. 🍻