ACT 2
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Save her
When you arrive to Moonrise Towers, you’ll find Minthara in the main hall towards the back.
– Chose dialog options that favor her
– She’ll be taken below to the prison
– Deal with the goblin group
– Go to the basement (door on right) to find Minthara
– Find her in the first door on your left
– Interrupt the gnomes and try talking with Minthara
– Choose dialog options that favor her
– Fight or fake your way out of the room
This act is a big turning point for Minthara. You can save her and escape from Moonrise, then recruit her into your party. Go to Moonrise Towers ASAP so you can recruit her and start gaining approval.
Escape
Now that Minthara is with you again, it’s time to escape Moonrise. It’s best to avoid going back up stairs, the enemies are numerous.
The best escape (fewest enemies) is by doing it with another quest that breaks the Ironhand gnomes out of prison. If you saved the Tieflings, you’ll see them locked up and they’ll join the break out too.
– Talk to the gnome named Wulbren
– Throw him a bludgeoning hammer
– They’ll break out and free the tieflings
– Fight off the guards if needed
– Loot the prison
– Go through hole in wall to find Wulbren near a boat
– Suggest going to the Last Light Inn to escape
If you’re not doing the gnome breakout quest, then you can escape the prison through some large doors that lead to the side of Moonrise Tower. Once outside, walk until you see a small broken bridge and jump over it back into the Shadow-cursed lands.
Recruit her
Once you’re off Moonrise Towers property, Minthara will ask if you have a place to camp. Tell her you do to recruit her.
It’s now safe to return to camp. She’ll have her own tent. If you’re using mods and recruited Halsin, they stand near the same tent.
Now that she’s in your party, you can start earning approval from her and build up towards a romance if desired.
You need at least 30 approval points to start romance dialog with Minthara.
Minthara approvals in Act 2
Some romance scenes may not show until Act 3. These approvals are from the BG3 Parsed Dialog (1.0), BG3 wiki, or personal experience. They have not all been tested for accuracy.
| CONTEXT | DIALOG OPTION | POINT |
|---|---|---|
| Last Light Inn | Refuse to drink Jaheira’s truth-serum dosed wine | 1 |
| Last Light Inn | Inform Isobel that Marcus is a true soul. | 1 |
| After rescue | Minthara: There is much we must discuss. Do you have a safe place to camp nearby? Player: Tell her where to find your camp. OR (after saying you’re on your own, you get another chance to recruit) Player: Fine – go to my camp. | 5 |
| Ask about Gortash | Minthara: No matter what I do, the people of Baldur’s Gate will always see me as an enemy. Player: Their opinion doesn’t matter. | 1 |
| House of Healing | Convince Malus Thorm to have his nurses “operate” on each other. OR Attack. | 1 |
| The Waning Moon | Refuse to drink with Thisobald Thorm. OR Successfully drink with Thisobald Thorm. | 1 |
| The Waning Moon | Tell Thisobald of defeating the Phase Spider Matriarch when asked for a tale. | 1 |
| Reithwin Tollhouse | Select “I bring death” when talking to Gerringothe Thorm. | 1 |
| Reithwin Tollhouse | Successfully defeat Gerringothe through dialogue. | 1 |
Ask about the Absolute | Minthara: I take no responsibility for the lives I took. I did nothing in the Absolute’s name – I was merely a weapon that it wielded. Player: To lose your free will, and be forced to kill. That must be horrible. OR Player (dark urge): I’ve lost control of myself before – I hate it. | 5 |
| Ask about her home | Minthara: When I came of age, she tried to take my life herself, and I gave her fresh scars to match those she earned protecting me. Player: A dangerous upbringing. It made you strong. | 1 |
| Moonrise Towers – kitchen | Ask Kinsella to have Barnabas do something (such as dance). Linsella: NO, Barnabas! We talked about this. Player: [WISDOM] Sever her control once and for all. | 1 |
| Gauntlet of Shar | Persuade Nessa that her ‘love’ for Yurgir is the result of being magically dosed. | 1 |
| Gauntlet of Shar | Encourage Shadowheart to kill the Nightsong. | 1 |
| Talk about Ketheric | Minthara: Ketheric expected us – expected me – and I fell for his flattery. Player: Pride can be a great weakness. OR Player: Understandable. He gave you the welcome you felt you deserved. | 1 |
| Mind Flayer Colony | Purge the pods in the Tadpoling Centre. | 1 |
| Mind Flayer Colony | Consume the mind of the githzerai Waking Mind. | 1 |
| Mind Flayer Colony | Tell the Fresh Mind it will never wake again. | 1 |
| Mind Flayer Colony | After reading the bugbear’s mind (the one who’s chopping body parts), say “Why don’t I send you to join all these creatures you butchered?” | 1 |
| After kill Ketheric | Nightwarden Minthara: You killed the dead man. I’m impressed. Nightwarden Minthara: And now your path takes you to Baldur’s Gate. I shall walk that path with you. Player: I hoped you would – we make a good team. | 5 |
| After kill Ketheric | Nightwarden Minthara: I will never tire of sitting on dead men’s thrones. Player: And I’ll never tire of killing their previous occupants. We make a good team. | 10 |
| After kill Ketheric | Nightwarden Minthara: I will never tire of sitting on dead men’s thrones. Player: It suits you. | 1 |
| After kill Ketheric – Orin | Nightwarden Minthara: I will find her, I will murder her. And I will smile. Player: Once she’s dead, the cult will need new leadership – perhaps we can take her place. | 5 |
| After kill Ketheric | Nightwarden Minthara: When we killed the tieflings, at the grove, I was not in control of my actions. You do not have that excuse. So I ask you – why? Why kill them? Player: To impress you. | 5 |
| After kill Ketheric | Nightwarden Minthara: When we killed the tieflings, at the grove, I was not in control of my actions. You do not have that excuse. So I ask you – why? Why kill them? Player: I was hoping to earn your trust so that I could learn more about the tadpoles. | 10 |
| After kill Ketheric | Player (dark urge): A violent urge drives me. I wasn’t in control of my actions. Nightwarden Minthara: But you had the Prism, did you not? So the Absolute was not the cause. Nightwarden Minthara: Are you in control of your actions now? Player (dark urge): Completely. Nightwarden Minthara: Good. Whatever afflicted you, we can leave it in the past, like the corpses in the Grove. | 2 |
| After hear her personal story | Nightwarden Minthara: Why come to Moonrise, where the cult’s power is strongest? Why not walk away? Player: Coming here was my best chance to learn more about the tadpole. Possibly even cure it. OR Player: I want revenge on those who did this to me. | 10 |
| Talk about Orin | Nightwarden Minthara: It is as if you read my mind. Perhaps you did. Player: I’m with you. Nightwarden Minthara: I expected you would be, but know this… | 5 |
| Ask about her home | Minthara: When I came of age, she tried to take my life herself, and I gave her fresh scars to match those she earned protecting me. Player A dangerous upbringing. It made you strong. | 1 |
| Talk about brain | Nightwarden Minthara: The power of the enslaved elder brain could reshape the world. We could reshape the world. Player: It’s going to be glorious – I can hardly wait. | 5 |
| Romance begins, if approval > 30 | Minthara: But I would like to touch your thoughts again, now that my mind is my own. May I? Player: Only if I can see your thoughts as well. | 3 |
| Romance begins | Minthara: I did not expect you. Player: You’re rather special yourself. OR Player: I’m flattered. | 3 |
| Romance begins | Narrator: What does she see? Player: A lover. Narrator: The cold shell of Minthara’s mind melts away, and you are drawn into the heart of her – warm, passionate, and dangerous. | 10 |
| Talk about Orin | Minthara: And then she placed the tadpole in my eye herself. Player: You’ll have your revenge. | 5 |
| Lost alurlssrin (love) | Minthara: Do you have the courage and conviction to do what is needed when the time comes? Player: I won’t let you down. Trust me. (pass charisma roll) | 5 |