Camp Events

During Baldur's Gate 3, many story related events happen at the Campsite. These are almost always triggered upon doing a Long Rest, but some of them automatically happen upon reaching certain triggers. Sometimes, several events can be queued if all of their requirements are met. If multiple camp nights have been unlocked, they play in order of priority.

Below is a list of camp events and their requirements, if there are any.

Act One

First ceremorphosis-related night

Consequences: This scene takes place before the player ends the evening. Recruited companions contemplate the situation and discuss next steps.

Second ceremorphosis-related night

Consequences: This scene takes place before the player ends the evening. Recruited companions contemplate transforming; many comment that it is strange that no symptoms have shown yet.

Third ceremorphosis-related night

Requirements:

• At least one of the following:
  • Obtaining the quest to find Halsin
  • Learning about the Goblin Priestess from Sazza
  • Learning about the Gith patrol from Zorru

Cancelled by any of the following:

• 1 long rest
• Crossing the Forest river
• Dream Guardian's visit

Consequences: Recruited companions discuss next steps now that the party has a lead for a potential cure.

First night contemplation

Requirements: None

Cancelled by any of the following:

• 1 night passing
• Leaving the crash site
• Entering the forest

Consequences: The player character contemplates all that's happened to them and path forward. Origin characters reflect on their backstory.

Astarion sneaks away from camp

Requirements:

• Recruit Astarion
• At least one of the following:
  • First night contemplation,
  • First ceremorphosis-related camp night
  • Entering the Grove

Cancelled by any of the following:

• Unlocking Astarion's bite night
• Learning that Astarion is a vampire through his verbal confession

Consequences: This event happens during one of the earlier Long Rests. Astarion can be seen sneaking away from camp while the party is asleep.

Astarion tries to bite the player character

Requirements:

• Recruit Astarion
• Entering the forest or the second ceremorphosis-related camp scene happened

Cancelled by:

• Learning that Astarion is a vampire through his verbal confession

Consequences: The player character suddenly wakes up and catches Astarion trying to bite them. Here, it is revealed Astarion is a vampire spawn. The player character can decide whether to let Astarion bite them, kill him, or banish him from the camp. There is bonus dialogue if the player character has spotted the exsanguinated boar Astarion previously drained in the Wilderness, or met with the Gur hunter.

In multiplayer campaigns, Astarion prioritizes biting the player who controls him.

Astarion and the player character have sex

Requirements: Accepting Astarion's proposal to have sex with him when he offers it.

Consequences: Astarion and the player character share a night of passion. Going through with the night starts a romance with Astarion.

Dream Guardian visits the player character in their dreams

Requirements: Either travelling to the Goblin Camp or going to the Mountain Pass and trigger the Artifact cutscene.

Consequences: First, the player character appears to be very sick. Then Lae'zel threatens to kill them, as she thinks the player character and everyone else are transforming into Mind Flayers. After talking her down, it is possible to go to sleep. During their dreams, the player character is visited by the Dream Guardian, who vows to protect them and suggests consuming additional Mind Flayer tadpoles to unlock new powers. After this event, the player character is able to unlock Ilithid Powers.

Elminster visits the camp to give a message to Gale

Requirements: Gale being in the party or camp. Finding Elminster near the entrance to the Shadow Cursed Lands at either the Mountain Pass of Grymforge and inviting him to camp.

Consequences: Elminster gives Gale a message from Mystra about the Orb and stabilizes it. This event is notable for triggering during daytime.

Goblin celebration

Requirements: Completing  Raid the Emerald Grove, while siding with Minthara and the Goblins. Then talking to Minthara to initiate the party.

Consequences: The Goblins appear at camp and throw a party. This event also allows the player character to initiate romantic encounters with the companions at a much lover approval rate compared to otherwise. This event is also the only time a sexual encounter with Minthara can be triggered.

Karlach and the player try to romantically connect

Requirements: Telling Karlach that the player character really likes her at Medium Approval.

Consequences: Karlach visits the player character at night and has a romantic talk with them. This event potentially starts a romance with Karlach.

Lae'zel and the player have sex

Requirements: Accepting Lae'zel's proposal to have sex with her when she offers it.

Consequences: Lae'zel and the player character share a night of passion. This event potentially starts a romance with Lae'zel.

Mizora appears at camp

Requirements: Having Wyll in the party and deciding whether to kill Karlach or inviting her to join the party.

Consequences: Mizora appears at the campsite to deal with Wyll. If Karlach is invited to join the party, Wyll is turned into a devil as punishment for failure to uphold his contract. If Karlach was killed, Wyll is rewarded with the Infernal Robe instead. After this, more dialogue options for Wyll are unlocked.

Owlbear Cub first appearance

Requirements: Encountering the Owlbear mother. Then, finding the Owlbear Cub at the Goblin Camp, freeing it from the Goblins, and inviting it to camp.

Consequences: The Owlbear cub visits the camp at night and asks for some food. If given some food, one of the companions scares it away. The player character can scare it away themselves, too. The encounter has different options if using  Speak with Animals active.

Owlbear Cub second appearance

Requirements: Offering some food to the Owlbear Cub during its first appearance.

Consequences: The Owlbear Cub returns and is wounded on one of its legs. If succeeding a skill check to heal him, the Owlbear Cub becomes a permanent Camp Follower. Like the previous event, the options differ using  Speak with Animals.

Shadowheart and the player character share a romantic evening

Requirements: Telling Shadowheart to connect some more with her at Medium Approval.

Consequences: Shadowheart and the player character share a romantic evening which can result in a kiss. This event can start a romance with Shadowheart.

Shadowheart and Lae'zel fight

Requirements: Lae'zel learns Shadowheart has a gith artefact.

Consequences: During the night, one of the two is awoken by the other, who holds them at knifepoint (this could be Shadowheart seeking to get rid of Lae'zel or Lae'zel demanding answers from Shadowheart). Things could turn violent, with one possibly killing the other and other party members possibly getting involved. Or they could bury the hatchet.

Tiefling Refugee celebration

Requirements: Completing  Defeat the Goblins or  Raid the Emerald Grove, while siding with the Tieflings. Then talking to Zevlor to initiate a feast.

Consequences: Zevlor and the Tiefling refugees appear at camp and start a celebration before leaving for Baldur's Gate. The choices prior to this event determine who appears during the feast. This event also allows the player character to initiate romantic encounters with the companions at a much lower approval rate compared to otherwise, and grants the  Guardian of the Forgotten to party members with the  Folk Hero background.

Wyll appears at camp and threatens Karlach

Requirements: Recruiting Karlach to the party before recruiting Wyll.

Consequences: Wyll appears at the campsite and threatens Karlach. This conversation plays out similarly if taking him to Karlach. He can be convinced easily that Karlach is no devil and can be invited as a companion. It is also possible to kill him or Karlach instead.

Act One Origin specific events

Dark Urge

Alfira visits camp and is killed by Dark Urge

Requirements: Crossing the Forest river

Consequences: Alfira appears after initiating a Long Rest. Her dialogue depends on how the party treated her, when they encountered her before. No matter the outcome of the dialogue, she stays the night at the camp, but is killed by the Dark Urge at night. The Dark Urge then has to either hide the body through succeeding a DC 12 Stealth or Strength check check or convince their companions they were innocent through succeeding a Persuasion check. The difficulty class for the persuasion check varies depending on whether or not the player character cleaned the blood off and depending on which options they choose to do so. It is also possible to blame Astarion if knowing that he is a vampire. Doing so causes him to lose approval. Alternatively, the player character admit to the murder.

If Alfira is already dead or knocked unconscious on the day this event is triggered, the campsite is visited by Quil Grootslang instead, and she is killed then instead of Alfira. If Alfira was knocked unconscious she later can be met at the place where she was knocked out and after the camp celebration, she can be encountered in the Last Light Inn in Act Two.

Sceleritas Fel visits the camp.

Requirements: Having experienced the previous event.

Consequences: Sceleritas Fel, the butler to the Dark Urge, appears before them and congratulates them on the murder of Alfira or Quil. He then gives the Dark Urge the The Deathstalker Mantle as a reward.

Act Two

Kith'rak Voss

Requirements: Visiting Crèche Y'llek then using the Mountain Pass to get to the Shadow-Cursed Lands.

Consequences: Voss arrives at camp and attempts to sway Lae'zel to his side after the events of the Creche. The player character can push Lae'zel to either agree or disagree, potentially putting her on her Orpheus path.

Raphael visits after killing Yurgir

Requirements: Completing Kill Raphael's Old Enemy.

Consequences: Raphael holds up his end of the bargain and explains Astarion's scars to him in exchange for killing Yurgir.

Visited by Ogres

Requirements: Getting Lump's War horn, agreeing to pay the Ogres and entering Act 2.

Consequences: The Ogres appear in camp, if the player character never called them and never paid their debt.

Act 2 Romance scenes

Gale's Romance scene

Requirements: Gale's romance scene coincides with the scene in which he and the player character have a heart to heart about his task to kill the Absolute by blowing himself up.

Astarion's Romance scene (post-Araj version)

Requirements:

• Dating Astarion
• Speaking to Araj Oblodra with Astarion in the party

Consequences: Astarion reflects on what happened, thanking the player if they supported him or being upset if they convinced him to drink her blood. Depending on the player's actions, results in a toxic breakup, remaining friends, or progressing the romance.

Astarion's Romance scene (post-Yurgir version)

Requirements:

• Dating Astarion
• Astarion having made a deal with Raphael (in front of the Mausoleum or offscreen)
• Killing Yurgir
• Raphael visiting camp to reveal the truth about Astarion's scars
• Having 70+ approval with Astarion
• Visiting Moonrise Towers

Consequences: Astarion confesses he only romanced the player character because he saw them as protection against Cazador, only to realize he was actually falling for them. The player character can either return his feelings, continuing Astarion's romance, or stay as friends and end Astarion's romance path.

Karlach's Romance scene

Requirements:

• Dating Karlach
• Using a second piece of Infernal Iron to fix Karlach's heart

Consequences: As she is finally able to touch other people, Karlach wants to celebrate this with an intimate night with her beloved.

Dream Visitor

Requirements: Going to Moonrise Tower.

Consequences: The Dream Visitor explains their struggle.

Act Two Origin specific events

Astarion

Astarion inspects his scars

Requirements: Long Resting during Act 2

Consequences: Astarion ponders about the scars on his back. The player can to an Investigation roll to see if they can find out more. If successful, Astarion realizes the scars are written in Infernal, pointing him to look for Raphael.

Dark Urge

Order to kill Isobel

Requirements: Long Resting during Act 2

Consequences: Sceleritas Fel appears before the Dark Urge and orders them to kill Isobel. If they do, they receive a great reward.

Killing your beloved/best friend

Requirements: Isobel is either abducted by Marcus, spared by the Dark Urge or survives until after freeing the Nightsong.

Consequences: Sceleritas Fel explains to the player character that their insatiable Urge to kill is now directed toward the person they care for most: their romantic interest or, if they have none, the companion with the highest approval rating. If the player character has multiple active romances, the companion with the higher approval is chosen. Minthara, Halsin, and Jaheira are excluded as potential targets. Gale is also excluded until his Orb is stabilized by Elminster.

After Sceleritas leaves, the player character can try to resist the Urge (DC14 Wisdom saving throw) and wake the companion, surrender to the Urge and kill them, or go to sleep.

If the Dark Urge successfully wakes their companion, they can warn them before succumbing to possession by the Urge. Their companion restrains them and tries to calm them down. Afterwards, the Dark Urge can explain to their companion about their urges.

If they do not warn their companion, the Dark Urge kills them. The player then has to make a DC 25 Deception check to convince their companions it was an accident. If they fail, the entire camp turns hostile to the player character.

Obtaining the Slayer form

Requirements: Either killing Isobel, the player character's romantic interest or the companion with the most approval.

Consequences: Sceleritas Fel appears before the Dark Urge and grants them the power to become the Slayer.

Act Three

Ambushed by vampire spawn

Requirements: Long resting during Act 3.

Consequences: Astarion's siblings attack the party at camp.

Astarion romance

Requirements: Romance Astarion, complete  The Pale Elf

Consequences: Romance scene with Astarion depending on the choices made at the end of his personal quest.

If the player character dissuaded Astarion from Ascending, they meet at Astarion's old grave, where he tells the player character that Cazador essentially killed the person that Astarion was before being turned into a vampire. He ends with a hopeful tone, believing that he can finally chase after his own desires, which include the player character. He tells them that it is finally time for him to start living again.

If Astarion did perform the Ascension ritual, he forces the player character to become his vampire spawn. This can be optionally preceded by sex, but the scene always ends with the player character being naked while Astarion bites them. If the player character refuses to turn into his spawn, he ends the relationship, saying that it is their loss to have turned down his "gift".

Emperor dream

Requirements: Learning about Belynne Stelmane's murder.

Consequences: The Emperor reflects on its past life. The player character can either comfort it or keep insisting they find it a disgusting creature, after which it mentions the player character reminds him of Stelmane. Another option is wishing for a dreamless sleep, which ends the scene prematurely.

Emperor romance

Requirements: Completing  Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout, knowing about Belynne Stelmane's murder.

Consequences: The Emperor appears in the player character's dreams and tries to seduce the player character into a romance scene. The player character can accept and have sex with it in either its mindflayer or Dream Guardian form. Or they can reject. If the player character tells the Emperor they find this disgusting, the emperor shows them that the alliance it had with Stelmane was actually it dominating her mind, and it threatens to do the same to the player character.

Gale romance

Requirements: Romance Gale, meet with Mystra.

Consequences: Romance scene with Gale. The dialogue options here determine the end of his  personal quest.

Halsin Romance Scene

Requirements: Recruiting Halsin, accepting Halsin's romance proposal.

Consequences: Romance scene with Halsin. May impact some relationships with companions. Astarion, Shadowheart and Karlach accept the player character romancing Halsin. Gale, Lae'zel and Wyll insist on remaining strictly monogamous.

Jaheira's and Minsc's reunion

Requirements: Long resting after Minsc and Jaheira have been recruited.

Consequences: After Minsc is rescued from the Absolute's domination, he and Jaheira have a brief confrontation at camp.

Karlach romance

Requirements: Romance Karlach. Upgrade her engine twice. Start a Long rest and talk to her when an exclamation mark appears above her.

Consequences: Romance scene with Karlach. Karlach and the player character go on a regular date at the Singing Lute, followed with either them sleeping or having sex with each other.

Lae'zel romance

Requirements:

• Romance Lae'zel
• One night passing after Vlaakith's visit
• Long resting in the Lower City.

Consequences: Romance scene with Lae'zel. Lae'zel wakes the player character to show them something, which turns out to be a sunrise. She explains that she learned to appreciate sunrises, as well as many other things Faerûn has to offer, most important of which is the player character. She asks them if they want to be her romantic partner. If accepted, Lae'zel names them "Source of her joy".

Mizora pact

Requirements: Recruiting Wyll. Talking with Mizora on Wyrm's Crossing bridge to Lower City after Enver Gortash's coronation.

Consequences: Wyll has to chose, if he wants the pact with Mizora to endure till the end of his life and save his father Ulder Ravengard, or if he wants to break the pact and ensure his father's death. This is part of  The Grand Duke and  The Blade of Frontiers.

Mizora romance

Requirements: Speaking to Mizora and allowing her to stay at camp.

Consequences: There is an option to have a sex scene with Mizora, potentially ending a relationship with a companion, if already partnered. Shadowheart and Astarion (if Ascended during  The Pale Elf) do not object at all. Astarion (after having refused Ascension) confronts the player character. If the player character is honest, they stay in a relationship with them, but leave if the player character does not take them seriously. Lae'zel, Wyll and Gale leave no matter what dialogue options the player character choose.

Orin kidnaps a companion

Requirements: Long resting after arriving in Lower City.

Cancelled by: Having already encountered Orin in the sewers.

Consequences: Orin abducts one of the companions or Yenna. She then tries to coerce the party into killing Enver Gortash by threatening to kill her victim should they come for her first. The preceding scene differs depending on who is abducted.

If Lae'zel is abducted, Orin appears as Lae'zel and threatens to kill Yenna, insinuating that the child is actually Orin in disguise. The party can either let her kill Yenna or persuade her into letting her go. Either way, Orin reveals herself and the scene continues as usual.

If Gale is the victim, Orin pretends to be Gale and threatens to use the Orb to blow up the city in hopes of taking the Absolute with him.

If Halsin is the unlucky one, Orin pretends to be Halsin and says that the corruption of the city causes him to lose control over himself, causing him to turn into a bear and attack Scratch.

If Orin abducted Minthara, she pretends to be her and starts to act all paranoid, saying Orin could be anyone.

If none of the above are available, Orin pretends to be Yenna and tells the party that she made some stew, which is actually made from Yenna's cat Grub.

Shadowheart romance - Selûne path

Requirements:

• Romance Shadowheart and partner with her in Act 2
• Shadowheart spared the Nightsong
• 40 Approval or higher with Shadowheart
• Knowing that Shadowheart cannot swim

Consequences: Romance scene with Shadowheart. Shadowheart tells the player character that she wants to take a swim in a nearby lake to cleanse herself from Shar's influence, as well as attempting to learn to swim and wants to take the player character along. This scene has two versions, depending if nudity is turned on or not in the accessibility settings.

If nudity is turned off, both Shadowheart and the player character meet at a beach, where Shadowheart asks the player character to get into the water. After a playful swim, the scene cuts to the pair on the beach again, fully clothed, where they start kissing.

If nudity is turned on, Shadowheart asks the player character to strip and gleefully looks on while they do. Both of them then walk into the water and enjoy a swim before returning to the beach, still naked, where they start to have sex.

A minor consequence of this scene is that Shadowheart, after falling into the water following the Netherbrain's defeat, mentions that she was lucky to have learned to swim.

Shadowheart romance - Shar path

Requirements:

• Romance Shadowheart and partner with her in Act 2
• Shadowheart became a Dark Justiciar in Act 2 by killing the Nightsong
• Complete  Daughter of Darkness

Consequences: Romance scene with Shadowheart. Shadowheart explains the player character that she wants to do a Nightfall ritual to gain Shar's blessing. This ritual requires the participants to do a wicked deed, followed by a feast. In this case, the wicked dead is smearing Aylin's blood onto a statue of Selune. This is followed by Shadowheart and the player character having sex.

Vlaakith visits

Requirements:

• Lae'zel as a companion or player character
• Lae'zel present in camp (not abducted)
• Long resting in any Act 3 camp

Consequences: Vlaakith offers a last chance for Lae'zel to do her bidding and kill Orpheus, promising ascension. If Lae'zel is chosen as origin, then the player character can do an insight check, which reveals that Vlaakith is actually lying.

Wyll romance

Requirements: Romance Wyll. Complete  The Grand Duke.

Consequences: Romance scene with Wyll.

Act Three Origin specific events

Dark Urge

Dark Urge receives vision of their true identity

Requirements: Long resting in Rivington or Wyrm's Crossing, without having entered Wyrm's Rock.

Consequences: The Dark Urge receives a vision which explains they are Bhaalspawn. The tone of the vision depends whether the player character embraced or resisted the Urge in Act 2. If resisted, the vision implies Bhaal is angry with them and they probably die at Orin's hands. Orin appears in this dream in slayer form, killing the Dark Urge.

If embraced, the vision is more triumphant, claiming the player character is at the cusp of regaining their birthright, with Orin being the only one in their way. It shows the player character turning into the Slayer, killing her.

This vision also happens without Long Resting, when the Dark Urge enters Wyrm's Rock Fortress for the first time, at which point they faint and experience the vision.

Jaheira confronts the Dark Urge

Requirements: Having experienced the previous vision. Jaheira must be in active party if said vision occurs during Long Rest.

Consequences: Jaheira or Jaheira and Minsc, if he is already recruited, confront the Dark Urge after learning they are Bhaalspawn. If the previous event occurs during a Long Rest, this one immediately triggers. In this event, Jaheira and possibly Minsc wake the Dark Urge up and confront them about knowing their identity. At first, Jaheira appears hostile, but can be talked down using certain dialogue options.

If the Dark Urge became the Slayer by either killing Isobel or their beloved/best friend, Jaheira can be intimidated into leaving the party for good. This way, she won't appear after the Dark Urge accepts Bhaal's blessing.