Important takeaways
- Companions in Baldur's Gate 3 have varying morals – some leave if you're too evil, and others condone or support your actions.
- Characters like Minsc and Jaheira have specific customizations that affect their reactions to your evil choices.
- Some companions like Shadowheart and Lae'zel are more likely to support your evil deeds than others, which enhances the role-playing experience.
Baldur's Gate 3 has a variety of companions to choose from with varying levels of morality. From angelic to downright evil, your party members elevate the role playing of the game. You can greatly influence the people around you to deteriorate or improve themselves.
When you play your evil playthrough, some characters will simply refuse to support your horrible deeds and leave your party. Then others will either help or tolerate your aggressive and violent nature. Here are the best people to have in your party for a wicked Baldur's Gate 3 run.
Wyll and Karlach will leave your party if you make too many evil choices, like siding with the trolls, so they're not in it.
Spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3 below.
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When you first meet Minsc in Baldur's Gate 3, he is a brainwashed crime lord under the influence of The Absolute. His healthy and naive temperament stands in stark contrast to his initial violence.
With a Chaotic Good orientation, he understands that brutality is sometimes necessary to achieve your goals. However, he will be upset if you side with The Absolute in Act 3, so he is not the best choice for an evil playthrough.
6 Jaheira
Much like Minsc, Jaheira leans towards a neutral orientation, so she will tolerate a certain amount of morally ambiguous behavior. Depending on your choices, you may still be able to recruit the Wayward Druid.
It's easy to lose her, though, with many of the choices in Act 2. While it's possible to have her in your party with an evil streak, her recruitment becomes much more difficult.
5 Storm
Gale, while power hungry, is Neutral Good, so he may need some convincing to tolerate your evil deeds. He is one of the few “good” companions you can persuade to stay in the party even if you slaughter the tieflings in Act 1.
While he sometimes cares about the problems of others, he is mostly focused on his own ambitions, making him easy to manipulate down a darker path in Baldur's Gate 3.
Ascend him to divinity for the best end of your evil escape.
4 Shadow heart
Shadowheart's worship of Shar, who is neutral evil, makes her susceptible to more evil actions. She also tends to condone deception and even torture at times. Although she is not violent or vengeful, her occasional cruelty can be increased by persuasion.
If you encourage her to give in to Shar's darkness, she will make violent sacrifices in the name of her goddess, completing her arc in the darkest way possible.
Encourage Shadowheart to Kill the Nightsong to avoid a neutral good alignment.
3 Lae'zel
Lae'zel is Lawful Evil, so she's a companion more likely to approve of your evil deeds. Although honorable in her own Githyanki way, she prefers reckless decisions and will often condone aggressive and violent actions.
She tends to be more self-serving than willing to help others and will support your cruelty or selfishness in most situations. Even if you can talk her into being more lawful or lawful neutral, an evil character would only feed her cold, ruthless ways.
2 Astarion
When you first meet Astarion, he tries to manipulate you and holds a knife to your throat, so it's clear he's not the most honorable of companions. Although you can encourage him to become more trusting and good, an evil player can lead him down a darker path.
In general, he is self-serving, he dislikes selfless, charitable acts and laughs at mockery. If you want Astarion to become the most evil, selfish version of himself, encourage him to become a Vampire Ascendant in Act 3 of Baldur's Gate 3.
1 Minthara
Minthara is introduced as the major villain in Act 1. Pragmatic and ruthless in her pursuits, she embodies a dark moral alignment. As a Lolth-sworn Drow, she encourages violence and cruelty. She is the most likely companion to wholeheartedly support your evil choices.
The best way to recruit her into an evil run is to side with the goblins and slaughter the tieflings in Act 1, one of the most heinous choices in the entire game.
She is recruitable without killing the Tieflings by simply knocking her out during the fight, but for an evil playthrough we recommend joining her side in Act 1.
