In Baldur’s Gate 3 you can enter into romances with your companions. You strengthen your bond, and perhaps there will be some physical closeness. However, before you can exchange bodily fluids, you must keep a few things in mind for each companion. We will show you what you need to know to end up with your companions.
What is a romance? In Baldur’s Gate 3, you can enter into a romance with your companions. This means you can get closer to them both mentally and physically and win them over as partners. This can even go as far as kissing or even sleeping with them.
The companions that can be seduced include the following eight companions:
- Lae’zel (female)
- Shadowheart (female)
- Gale (male)
- Wyll (male)
- Astarion (male)
- Karlach (female)
- Halsin (male)
- Minthara (female)
To enter a romance, you will need to appeal to the person. You can do this by doing or saying things that please them. Depending on how your hero behaves, your relationship with the individual companions can improve or worsen.
For this reason, we reveal to you the things you need to pay attention to for each companion so you can get closer to them. Let’s start with Lae’zel.
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Lae’zel
Lae’zel has an aggressive nature, and you must either submit to or even imitate this to please her. This means do not ignore confrontation and always take the bloodiest path. And do not contradict her.
To please Lae’zel, you should:
- Make statements for the Githyanki
- Cooperate with her
- Be efficient
- Have combat experience
- Be aggressive
What you should avoid with Lae’zel:
- Non-violent approaches
- Disagreeing with her
- Distractions
- Making statements against the Githyanki
- Meaningless altruistic behavior
Shadowheart
Shadowheart has a warm heart for children, the poor, and animals, so be kind to these beings in need. She also cannot stand the Githyanki; any approval for Lae’zel will worsen your relationship with Shadowheart. So be nice and avoid direct unnecessary confrontations.
To please Shadowheart, you should:
- Make statements against the Githyanki
- Use manipulation and trickery
- See through lies
- Be kind to animals
- Be kind to the poor
- Be kind to children
What you should avoid with Shadowheart:
- Being deceived or manipulated
- Unnecessary bloodshed
- Making statements for the Githyanki
- Belittling beings
- Being kind to the wealthy
Gale
The good Gale likes intellectual beings. He wants to avoid unnecessary conflicts and does not like it when people judge his condition. So help him out of his predicament and be nice.
To please Gale, you should:
- Be intelligent
- Have knowledge of magic
- Non-violent approach
- Be friendly
- Have poetry
What you should avoid with Gale:
- Unnecessary violence
- Poor intelligence
- Lack of curiosity
- Judging his condition
We also have an extensive guide on Gale for you:
Wyll
Wyll is the hero par excellence, and he wants to see exactly that with his partner. Always act selflessly and avoid siding with goblins and devils. This way, you can also win Wyll’s heart.
To please Wyll, you should:
- Be heroic
- Be selfless and help beings in need
- Fight villains and scoundrels
What you should avoid with Wyll:
- Collaborate with villains and scoundrels
- Be selfish
- Do everything for devils and goblins
Astarion
Astarion wants you to demonstrate your power and show no weakness. However, behave in an exciting manner and refrain from comments about his condition. Instead, help him cope and try to work with monsters. This way, you can also soften him up.
To please Astarion, you should:
- Demonstrate your power
- Act ruthlessly
- Be dramatic
- Take the side of monsters
- Focus on the beautiful things in life
What you should avoid with Astarion:
- Show weakness
- Act selflessly
- Demonstrate boring behavior
- Be reserved
- Judge his condition
Here you will find our detailed romance guide for Astarion:
Karlach
Karlach values her freedom, fighting power, and courage, and that is exactly what she wants to see in you. So don’t be a coward, but don’t overdo it with your cruelty either. Demonstrate your power in battle, but do not seem overly confident in your control. And avoid anything that suggests devils; she does not like that.
To please Karlach, you should:
- Have freedom
- Appreciate life
- Not be ashamed
- Possess fighting power
- Be brave
What you should avoid with Karlach:
- Be a coward
- Be needlessly cruel
- Give in to threats
- Be able to control yourself
- Anything that suggests devils
Halsin
Halsin is a bit more complex. You can only recruit him in Act 2 after you have helped him with his quests up to that point. You need to defeat the goblins and Minthara and assist him on his journey. When you have time in Act 3, you can talk to him at the camp and engage in an open relationship where you can hook up with multiple companions without any issues. However, be honest and clarify this with your other partners.
To please Halsin, you should:
- Stand by him
- Help him with his journey and quest
- Defeat the goblins and Minthara
- Free him and the tieflings
- Be honest
What you should avoid with Halsin:
- Collaborate with the drow or goblins
- Be deceitful
Minthara
Minthara also has a quest that you must follow to woo her. For this, you need to betray the druids and raid the grove with the goblins and her. If you successfully carry out the raid, you can celebrate your collaboration with her and the goblins and party in your camp. Talk to her at the party. Now you can say that you belong to Minthara and go to your bed to share this with her.
To please Minthara, you should:
- Work together with the goblins and her
- Follow her quest
What you should avoid with Minthara:
- Double-cross her
- Destroy the goblins
- Eliminate her
Are same-sex relationships possible? Yes, all companions only care about your character. Their gender does not matter to them.
That was our guide to all companions and how you can trigger a romance with them. Which companion did you seduce first, and would you even go over dead bodies to get closer to them? Let us know in the comments!
Romances are not easy to achieve; one player shared: “Just like in real life” – player in Baldur’s Gate 3 gets rejected by his companions 4 times in one night
