Minthara is a companion in Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3). Read on to learn more about how to recruit Minthara, her romance and approval options, quests, and key locations!
List of Contents
- Profile and Background
- How to Recruit
- Approval Guide
- Romance Guide
- Related Guides
Minthara Profile
Companion Info
| Minthara Overview | |
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| Class | Paladin (Oath of Vengeance) |
| Race | Lolth-Sworn Drow |
| Background | Noble |
Companion Ability Scores
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
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| 17 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 15 |
Who is Minthara?
Minthara is a Lolth-Sworn Drow of the Moonrise Towers, a Paladin sworn to the Oath of Vengeance, and a commander responsible for leading the Goblins to the Druid Grove. She is a True Soul serving under Ketheric Thorm.
You'll learn of her as early as Act 1 through clues scattered around the Druid Grove, and when you manage to meet her inside the Shattered Sanctum. It is still in Act 2 that you will be able to recruit her as an active party member.
Joining Minthara in raiding the Emerald Grove successfully will lead you to meeting her later at the Moonrise Towers. From there, you can choose to save her and recruit her into your party as an active member.
How to Recruit Minthara
| Recruiting Minthara |
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① Find Minthara in the Shattered Sanctum ② Join Minthara in Raiding the Emerald Grove ③ Dialogue with Minthara at Your Camp ④ Head to the Shadow-Cursed Lands ⑤ Save Minthara from the Moonrise Towers |
Find Minthara in the Shattered Sanctum
| Minthara at the Shattered Sanctum |
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| Shattered Sanctum X: 334, Y: 43 |
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Minthara can be found at the northeastern-most section of the Shattered Sanctum, which is inside the Goblin Camp. Clues leading up to her whereabouts are scattered across side quests in the Emerald Grove and surrounding areas.
Join Minthara in Raiding the Emerald Grove
If you are to side with Minthara, you will need to earn her trust by revealing the grove to her. She will read into your mind with her Illithid powers to check if you have seen the Emerald Grove.
Allow her to read into your thoughts. Once you have chosen to join her, she will ask you to infiltrate the Emerald Grove first. Finish up on whatever quests you have in the grove, then take a Long Rest.
Minthara will be waiting at the outside of the grove. Talk to Zevlor at the grove's entrance and betray him to start the battle. Complete the destruction of the grove by killing all of the Druids and Tieflings in The Hollow and Sacred Pool, as well as the ones inside the Secluded Chamber.
Dialogue with Minthara at Your Camp
When returning to camp after destroying the grove, Minthara and the goblins will hold a celebration inside your camp. Minthara will give you an Illithid Parasite.
Go to Bed to trigger a spicy scene with Minthara. There are two scenarios that can happen after your dialogue options with Minthara.
Accepting her advances is the easier of the two routes in this situation. If you refuse her advances and provoke her, you will be forced to fight her at camp. You can still loot her and the Spider's Lyre for the Shadow-Cursed Lands after this, but being able to recruit her ends here.
All Illithid Parasite Locations
Going to Bed with Minthara
| NPC Dialogue | |
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| Minthara: She told me to decide your fate, to determine if you are worthy. If you are, I am to send you into her embrace, at the seat of her power. | Dialogue Options | Dialogue Results |
| [DECEPTION (DC2)] I only wish to please the Absolute - send me to Her.** | Success: Night ends peacefully. Minthara gives you the Spider's Lyre. |
| [PERSUASION (DC2)] We're both worthy. Let's go to the Absolute together. | Success: Night ends peacefully. Minthara gives you the Spider's Lyre. |
| I prefer to decide my own fate. | Result: Triggers battle with Minthara. |
| If I go to the seat of Her power. It will be to destroy Her. | Result: Triggers battle with Minthara. |
Succeeding in the above will have the night pass peacefully, and Minthara will give you the Spider's Lyre without a fight.
Going to Bed without Minthara
The following are crucial dialogue options should you refuse her advances that night.
| NPC Dialogue | |
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| Minthara: Good - you are awake. I want to taste your fear. | Dialogue Options | Dialogue Results |
| [PERSUASION (DC12)] Don't make this personal. I am a servant of the Absolute, same as you. | Success: Goes to dialogue with her mission to send you to Moonrise Towers. |
| [INTIMIDATION (DC15)] You wouldn't dare kill - I'm a True Soul, same as you. | Result: Goes to dialogue with her mission to send you to Moonrise Towers. |
| I'm not afraid of you. | Result: Triggers battle with Minthara. |
| You're a coward. | Result: Triggers battle with Minthara. |
Dialogue above may vary per character and race.
Succeeding in the above dialogue checks will lead to Minthara revealing her mission to send you to the Moonrise Towers (and consequently the dialogue choices in the above section). If you accepted Minthara's advances previously, this dialogue table will be skipped.
Head to the Shadow-Cursed Lands
You can choose any of the two entrances to reach the Mountain Pass: from the Goblin Camp or through the Githyanki Patrol location east of Waukeen's Rest.
You can make it to the Shadow-Cursed Lands by traveling either through the Underdark or the Mountain Pass.
When going for Minthara, the Mountain Pass route is recommended for this since Minthara gives you a Spider's Lyre for summoning Kar'Niss in the Shadow-Cursed Lands as a guide.
How to Get to Shadow-Cursed Lands
Get to Moonrise Towers with Kar'Niss
| Kar'Niss Meeting Point |
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| Shadow-Cursed Lands X: 95, Y: -53 |
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When you arrive at the Shadow-Cursed Lands, proceed to a Goblin settlement there and speak with the half-orc Kansif.
Use the Spider's Lyre to summon Kar'Niss, and then introduce yourself as the True Soul. Kar'Niss will guide you on the path to the Moonrise Towers with a Moonlantern protecting your party from the Shadow Curse.
Save Minthara from the Moonrise Towers
| Moonrise Towers Location |
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| Moonrise Towers, Main Floor X: 153, Y: -180 |
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How to Get to Moonrise Towers
Minthara Prosecuted the Main Floor
| Minthara at the Main Floor |
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| Moonrise Towers X: 153, Y: -190 |
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The next time you find Minthara, she will be in the Moonrise Towers being prosecuted in front of Ketheric Thorm.
When meeting her, you can simply choose to watch in silence or proceed with other dialogue options. Whichever course of action you take, Disciple Z'rell sends Minthara to do the Moonrise Tower Prisons.
After the cutscene, choose whatever you want to do with the goblins and then head east to the stairway leading to the entrance of the prison.
Save Minthara from the Questioners
| Saving Minthara from Prison |
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| Moonrise Towers Prison (Moonrise Towers) X: 636, Y: -669 |
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Keep in mind that Minthara is unarmed. If you choose to watch her get mindwiped, you will no longer be able to recruit her. Attacking the Questioners after the mindwipe will also make her hostile to you.
Head inside the Moon Towers Prison. You can choose to get her out peacefully or kill the two Questioners (Jasin and Sumera) mindwiping her. Make sure to close the door first as to not alert the other guards.
| NPC Dialogue | |
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| Questioner Sumera: We are erasing her. | Dialogue Options | Dialogue Results |
| [PERSUASION (DC12)] I've been instructed to handle this prisoner myself. | Success: Go inside Minthara's mind. More dialogue checks (DC18). Failure: You must either kill the Questioners or watch her get mindwiped. |
| [INTIMIDATION (DC15)] Stand aside. I'm taking charge here. | Success: Go inside Minthara's mind. More dialogue checks (DC18). Failure: You must either kill the Questioners or watch her get mindwiped. |
| Excellent - I'd like to watch. | Result: Minthara is mindwiped. |
| Is it really wise? She's a valuable asset. | Result: Leads to more dialogue options. You can only do two things from this point: let her be mindwiped, or kill the Questioners to free her. |
| You're a coward. | Result: Triggers battle with the Questioners. |
Dialogue options above may vary depending on character. Killing the Questioners is the easiest due to some of the dialogue checks to free her having a Difficulty Class of 18.
When you exit the prison cell with her, one of the guards will question you. You can choose to attack them or persuade them through any of the dialogue options.
After freeing Minthara, choosing the fast travel waypoint on the map will cause you to ask Minthara to follow you or stay. She is still not your party member at this point, so make sure to completely leave the Moonrise Towers to finally get the option to recruit her into your camp or party.
Bring Minthara Outside of Moonrise Towers
| NPC Dialogue | |
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| Adept Merim: The General ordered that she be repurposed. Not freed. | Dialogue Options | Dialogue Results |
| [PERSUASION (DC12)] She's completely loyal to me. I'll keep her in line. | Success: Avoids battle. Failure: Battle starts. |
| [INTIMIDATION (DC15)] She goes where I take here - get out of my way. | Success: Avoids battle. Failure: Battle starts. |
| [Deception (DC15)] She's entirely repurposed, and has no will of her own.. | Success: Avoids battle. Failure: Battle starts. |
Succeed in any of the checks above and you can leave the Moonrise Towers unharmed.
The sentinel at the entrance of the Moonrise Towers Prison will question Minthara's prescence, you either must either persuade them also or kill them. Killing them will make you an enemy of the Moonrise Towers.
Walk past the Moonrise Towers Waypoint after they have been defeated, and a dialogue with Minthara will trigger. You will be able to recruit her into her your party.
Telling Minthara at any point that you just came to kill her will cause her to become hostile towards you.
Recruit Minthara at Camp
Once you have told Minthara where to find your camp, she will be ready to recruit into your party. Make room in your party by dismissing a member, speak with her at camp and ask her to join you.
Minthara Approval Guide
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List of Approval Actions
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List of Disapproval Actions
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Minthara Romance Guide
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Baldur's Gate 3 Related Guides
List of Origin Characters
List of All Origin Characters
| Character Guide | |||||||||||
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| Romance Guide | |||||||||||
| Astarion | Dark Urge | Gale | Lae'zel | ||||||||
| Karlach | Shadowheart | Wyll | |||||||||
List of All Non-Origin Characters
| Character Guide | |
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| Halsin |  Minthara |
| Jaheira | Minsc |
