This Cut Content From Baldur's Gate 3 Shows The Horrifying Fate Of Companions Who Leave The Party

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There are 10 beloved companions in who can be recruited at different stages of the game. Some of these characters can only join the player under specific circumstances, depending on certain choices they've previously made. For example, Minsc can only be recruited if Jaheria has already joined the player.

Likewise,there are also several ways for companions to relinquish their loyalty to the player — if their approval rate drops below -50, then they'll permanently leave the party, taking anything they had equipped along with them. Players will usually not hear anything about them again, which could leave them wondering what happened to them. However, some datamined content provides insight into the bleak and terrifying endings that the game has in store for them.

Those who have played since it was first released will likely remember thatthere was originally no way to recruit both Halsin and Minthara in the same playthrough. In the game's current version, players can keep both companions by knocking out Minthara in the goblin camp instead of killing her, and then continuing with Halsin's questline.

This was originally a different scenario that was planned to play out in this circumstance. It would instead result in Halsin presenting the player with an ultimatum, forcing him or Minthara to leave. This has been shown in datamined content, like from Merrin La's video on YouTube.

The developers of Baldur's Gate 3 made a mistake by not including this popular class in the Patch 8 update along with the 12 new subclasses.

The video shows both outcomes of the decision — if Halsin was told to leave, he thanked the player and gracefully left — this conversation would take place after the shadow curse has been lifted in Act 2, so Halsin would not have that to fear. He is also one of the few companions not harboring an illithid tadpole in BG3, which is very significant when considering Minthara's reaction if she was told to leave instead. Minthara would desperately tell the player