Baldur’s Gate 3 offers a lot of dialogue due to its sophisticated characters and the many different choices available. However, one fan wanted to know more and finds out which companions are particularly talkative.
How much dialogue is there in Baldur’s Gate 3? The player Everwhite-moonlight wanted to find out one specific thing in “honor of Larian’s work and all the great voice actors,” and she did this as thoroughly as possible, as she shared on Reddit: She summarized all spoken dialogues of the game. In doing so, she discovered that there are a total of 173,642 voice lines in Baldur’s Gate 3.
These 173,642 voice lines fill a total of 236 hours, 55 minutes, and 45 seconds, meaning you would have to spend almost a full 10 days listening to them all.
The majority of the dialogue is provided by Amelia Tyler, the narrator of the game, who narrates all the events and actions in the game, as a Dungeon Master would in Dungeons & Dragons. This is understandable, yet the fact that one companion in the game takes up almost as much time as the narrator brings a smile to the community.
The community is not surprised which companion talks the most
Which companion talks the most? The companion with the most dialogue in Baldur’s Gate 3 is the vampire spawn of the group, Astarion. Overall, he claims 9,658 voice lines, taking up a little over 13 hours, spending that time talking to companions, mocking NPCs, and slowly but surely addressing his past in conversations with Tav.
Closely followed by Shadowheart (with 9,459 voice lines and about 12.5 hours), the two account for most of the companion dialogue, though there might be a specific reason for this, as the community recognizes.
What justifies the amount of dialogue for both characters? As vikio and Reddit user kiss-kiss highlight, Astarion and Shadowheart are those who can take two significant and different paths due to an important decision each. Shadowheart can become a Dark Justiciar and Astarion a powerful ascended vampire.
Because of these very different perspectives, which also affect their personalities, the characters have suitable dialogue options and voice lines available for both decisions. Therefore, while the two have the most dialogue files, they do not necessarily have to have the most speaking time in a normal gameplay run.
Moreover, the community is quite sure that another particularly talkative candidate should be named the biggest chatterbox of the camp: “How is it that Gale isn’t at the top, given that he always has so much to say?” (Big-Salamander-2158 on Reddit).
Fans of Baldur’s Gate 3 seem particularly motivated based on their own research to learn everything about their beloved game. Another player took the trouble to find out if it is really worth opening all the chests in the game. To do this, he examined over 17,000 assets: Player examines all 17,412 chests in Baldur’s Gate 3, so you don’t have to.
