Can You Be A Vampire In Baldur's Gate 3?
doesn't make all available character options — including whether it's possible to become a vampire — clear from the very beginning. The degree of freedom provided when making a custom character is unprecedented in the video game space, only rivaled by a tabletop game with a very patient DM. However, the choices don't end with character creation. The character a player ends up with might turn out totally different from the one they started with, depending on the opportunities they take throughout the game.
[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3.]
There is a vampire-adjacent character in — the high elf rogue Astarion. Astarion is an interesting, multifaceted character, so it's tempting to follow him down his dark path. However, whether it's actually possible to become a vampire in is a more complicated question.
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It is possible to turn Astarion into a vampire, but not the main player character — at least not fully. Fairly early in the game's campaign, Astarion will startle the player-controlled character during a long rest with a bite on the neck, but as it turns out, he's only a vampire spawn, not a full-fledged vampire. This is effectively the equivalent to a thrall: he's controlled by a master vampire, and may be able to become one himself if he drinks that master's blood. As a non-vampire himself, Astarion doesn't have the ability to turn people completely, either, but that all changes in one very specific path in the game.
During "" quest, upon killing his former master, Cazador Szarr, Astarion will be granted the choice to finally ascend to full vampire status. However, in order to do so, Astarion must
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