In Baldur’s Gate 3 there are ten different characters you can recruit on your journey. Unfortunately, Alfira, a tiefling bard, is not one of them, even though many fans have taken her to heart. However, one player managed to achieve the seemingly impossible and explains how you can still get Alfira as a companion.
Who is Alfira? Alfira is a tiefling bard with purple hair. Early in the game, you can meet her in the Emerald Grove, where she is working on her song at one end. If you play your cards right, Alfira may even teach you how to play as a bard yourself – regardless of your own class.
The bard is so charming all the time that many players wish they could recruit her as a traveling companion.
- So far, Alfira is not an official companion.
- A romance with Alfira is also not possible, as this can only occur with companions.
Warning Spoiler: The article contains spoilers regarding Alfira and the “Dark Urge” character.
The Long Procedure – How to Get Alfira
Even though you can’t officially get Alfira as a companion, there is a trick to have her in your team.
Who can get Alfira? For the trick to work, you must play as the “Dark Urge” character. Only then will you get the chance to invite Alfira (temporarily) to your camp.
How to get Alfira? To get Alfira as a companion, several steps must be followed. cenalexis_01 explains in a Reddit post how he managed:
- Do not take a long rest
- Complete Act 1, Goblins vs. Emerald Grove
- Go to the Adamantine Forge
- Have Alfira join the camp (make sure you have enough space for her in your party), kill the Dark Urge character and stash him away. The player says he did this with a Tav in multiplayer and has no idea if it works with other companions as well.
- Go to the “Inn at Last Light” and talk to Alfira, who is sitting in her chair there, talk to her and receive her quest: Save the tieflings in the “Towers of Moonrise” (still no long rest)
- Receive the robe as a reward
- Kill Alfira and stash her away
- Take long rests until Quill comes to your camp (since the scene was delayed and not skipped, she will appear), kill Quill and rest again until Sceleritas Fel appears and gives you the cloak
- Revive Alfira with Withers
The result of the procedure is shown here, Alfira is now in your party:
Will Larian Give In Soon?
In the comments of the Reddit post, players joke about how unnecessarily complicated this method is:
- “It’s overly complicated, unnecessary, and totally nonsensical. Or in short: I love it!” (Dimirosch via Reddit)
At the same time, some speculate whether there might soon be an official way to get Alfira as a companion:
- “It will be a comical cat-and-mouse game with Larian until they finally give in and let us recruit Alfira, just like with Minthara.” (geologean via Reddit)
- “The method will be perfected in the coming weeks, and then there will be a patch with an official, much simpler way to recruit her. We call this the Minthara theory.” (AtlasFlynn via Reddit)
Whether Alfira will actually become an officially playable companion at some point remains to be seen. There has been no official information from the developer “Larian Studios” yet.
If you play as Dark Urge, Alfira’s fate is usually very tragic. A father found this out when he accidentally broke his 14-year-old son’s heart: A gamer plays Baldur’s Gate 3 with his 14-year-old son and accidentally breaks his heart
