You can play Baldur’s Gate 3 almost entirely the way you want and even have the option to be wickedly evil. One player wants to take it to the extreme and shows how you can extract the most evilness in just one playthrough. However, some are not satisfied with that …
Spoiler Warning: We will discuss the stories and fates of all companions in Baldur’s Gate 3. If you are not familiar with their personal stories, you will be spoiled here.
What are these things? The user lalo___cura has compiled a list on Reddit of the worst fate for Shadowheart, Lae’zel, and others. Important: you must play as the evil Dark Urge and can complete everything in one run.
The idea is to harm the companions’ souls to the maximum, similar to the ultimate betrayal of Shadowheart – but for all companions. A small warning: some of these fates are really, really horrible:
Lae’zel
Corrupt her with every single larva until she becomes a part-Illithid in the hope of freeing the Githyanki. Then let her watch as the Emperor slurps Orpheus’s brain.
Shadowheart
Help her kill Viconia and free her parents before selling her to the Shar worshippers. Alternatively: kill her parents.
Astarion
Hand him over to the Gur so they can take him to Cazador. There, he will be skinned alive and sacrificed.
Gale
Kill him and use his body as a weapon. Gale is a walking magical bomb. Occasionally revive him so he doesn’t blow up the whole world.
Wyll
Enter into a romance with him and make him believe that you are together forever. Convince him to sell his soul to Mizora to save his father. Then sleep with Mizora and kill his father.
Karlach
Make her become a mind flayer to destroy her soul – or just kill her, that at least gives a nice robe as a reward.
Halsin
Let Minthara attack the grove without helping – otherwise, Wyll and Karlach will leave you. Then kill Art Cullaugh, but let Halsin live so he is alone in the world and can never defeat the Shadow Curse.
Minthara
Let the Absolutists break their spirit in Act 2.
Jaheira
Destroy the inn and make her think it was an accident. Convince her that you can resist the Dark Desire, take her to the Murder Tribunal, and sacrifice her.
Minsc
Take him with you and let him watch Jaheira die. Then kill his hamster, and finally, him.
As a bonus, you can mutilate the brain companion “Us”, leave the owlbear cub to the torture of the goblins and leave Scratch to the mean instructor in Baldur’s Gate. Alternatively, you can let Scratch die, that triggers special dialogues with the companions.
To lighten the mood, a bit of bear sex to uplift the spirits:
“This is even infinitely worse”
In the comments on the thread, some users find even more, far worse ideas to torment the companions. However, some of them cannot be completed in the same run. These include:
- Let Karlach become a mind flayer, and then stab her in the back (and in the face) at the crucial moment.
- You can make Minsc kill Jaheira himself – a woman he has accompanied for decades. If you then kill Minsc, his hamster Boo will appear to mourn. You can also kill that one.
- Jaheira also has children who … well, are mortal. You know what to do.
- If you lure Minthara into your bed, you can kill her right after sex, after she has opened up to someone for the first time in decades.
There are probably more truly evil ways to hurt your companions (and more). For some of them, death would even be preferable to what you can do to them.
Why should I even be evil? A wicked walkthrough through Baldur’s Gate 3 rarely happens because the player is inherently wicked, but more out of curiosity. People want to see what is possible.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is considered a masterpiece, in which Larian has truly thought of everything. Since the voice acting of the voice actors is celebrated by almost everyone, players simply want to know what scenes they might miss if they are “only good”.
Nevertheless, many find it difficult to be truly evil. Understandable, yet it can be worth it:
Baldur’s Gate 3: Players explain why it is so good to be evil
