Baldurs Gate 3: Volo should remove your eye!

Shoud you let Volo remove your eye?

There are many purported cures for the tadpole parasites that plague the party in Baldur's Gate 3, and one of those is the bard Volo's experimental surgery. Players are liable to first meet Volo in the Emerald Grove, where he's interviewing a druid in Wild Shape about the recent goblin-tiefling conflicts. He twists their words to craft an exaggerated account of their recent battle before disappearing from the grove. As it turns out, Volo's been kidnapped by goblins and forced to perform odes to their leader Dror Ragzlin, leaving the blustering bard in dire need of rescue.

Once Volo has been freed from his goblin clutches, he'll start to appear back at camp. If Tav lets him examine them, he'll learn of their mind flayer parasite and offer to do a little research on getting rid of it. After a few long rests, Volo pipes up again: he's found a way to get rid of the parasite, and, armed with a needle, he's ready to perform the requisite surgery right away. All but the strongest-stomached players may have long since balked at the idea, but letting Volo undertake the treatment procedure can result in some interesting consequences.  

This guy is a bit ... strange

Yes you should

First, if Tav says yes to Volo's procedure, every single Baldur's Gate 3 companion will disapprove. Talking to Wyll after the procedure does result in a cute little piece of unique dialogue in which he welcomes Tav to the one-eye club, but that doesn't do much to recoup any affinity they've lost with him. But by the time all the disapproval popups fade away from the screen, Volo has already set to work with his needle.

There are a series of dialogue choices that follow; Tav can attempt to stop Volo midway through the surgery, which will allow them to get up from the operating table without any consequences. If Volo is allowed to proceed, however, he'll attempt the process with the needle before moving onto a more "robust" instrument - an ice pick. The scene mercifully cuts away before anything too gory happens, but Tav can curse, shout, or mumble through the procedure until Volo holds his ice pick aloft, triumphant. Except what's on the end of it isn't a parasite at all. It's Tav's right eye.

How Tav chooses to respond doesn't much matter, but most of the choices involve appropriate measures of panic and rage. The would-be surgeon cowers, and by way of apology, gives Tav a lovely little prosthesis called Volo's Ersatz Eye. This is equipped automatically, and has two permanent effects. The first is cosmetic; the false eye will always glow blue, regardless of the player's eye color choices during Baldur's Gate 3 character creation. The second effect is permanent application of the see invisibility spell. This affords the player chances to reveal hidden objects and enemies to the rest of the party.

Do it for the cutscene atleast

It's literally the funniest thing in the entire game. I'm pretty sure they hired some comedian for the draft of the script. Anything else is beyond imagination! We don't like to spoilter here but if you don't, Astarion will come for you ...

He is being polite here