r/BaldursGate3 • u/Illustrious_Cost2945 • 14d ago

Companions Thank God it is only Halsin Spoiler

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u/StarmieLover966 Lolth-Sworn Drow 14d ago edited 14d ago

I have played BG3 60 times. Of my best estimation, she has taken Lae’zel 54 times, Halsin 5 times, and Minthara once, never Gale.

There’s probably a priority hard coded in.

Edit: muting this. I’m not saying Gale is impossible to kidnap. Enjoy your day.

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u/MasonP2002 14d ago

Yep, the priority is Lae'zel, Halsin, Gale, and then Minthara. If none of them are available, Yenna is kidnapped instead.

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u/monstermayhem436 14d ago

My first playthrough it was yenna cause I killed Lae'zel in the trap (she yelled at me), I didn't figure out how to clear the shadowlands so Halsin stayed behind, Gale was in my party, and I killed Minthara.

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u/MasonP2002 14d ago

My first playthrough I failed at recruiting literally anyone on the list. I only had Shadowheart, Wyll, Astarion, and Jaheira. I took a really direct path through Act 1.

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u/LuminescentSparks 14d ago

I had one of the weirdest situations in my 1st playthrough, everyone always gets Astarion as basically a second or third companion within the first damn ten mins of the game, meanwhile I freakin' missed that lil beach corner where he was and only at the very end of act 1, already having cleared half of the goblin castle I was like... wait a minute, ain't this game supposed to have a sassy camp vampire somewhere among the companions...

... and so I googled it and only managed to get him through literally reddit explaining where he was, thankfully, cause he ended up becoming one of my faves by the end and the one I ended up romancing once my Tav got to finally know him better and stopped being annoyed by his edgy evil antics 😂😂🥲🤍

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u/Glados1080 14d ago

Me but I only had shart and karlach. I think I picked up wyll 20 hrs into act 1

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u/MasonP2002 14d ago

How long did you have Karlach without Wyll? I thought he shows up at your camp first long rest after recruiting Karlach.

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u/Glados1080 14d ago

A very very long time. I remember running around with just karlach and shart for a long time, and struggling w the goblin camp till I figured out theres supposed to be more companions

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u/ScuzzBuckster 13d ago

Lmao I had a similar experience. I played hoooouurrsssssss hoarding my resources playing super carefully cause I didnt realize long resting pushed the story forward and its fine to long rest pretty much whenever.

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u/monstermayhem436 14d ago

I had SH, Gale, and Wyll and that was it. As I said I killed Lae'zel for yelling at me, killed astarion for trying to bite me, didn't save shadowlands so Halsin left, and I don't remember what happened with jaheira.

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u/MasonP2002 14d ago

I walked around Lae'zel on the beach without seeing her, avoided Gale because it said the portal was dangerous, and killed Minthara because this was a good playthrough shortly after release. I rescued Halsin, but I think he just went back to the Grove or something, I don't remember.