Wyll/Approval

Wyll likes acts of heroism and defending the innocent or defenseless.

Wyll dislikes villainous acts like killing the innocent or defenseless.

The actions and choices listed on this page will raise or lower Wyll's Approval.

For more information about the approval system, see Approval.

Greetings[edit | edit source]

Depending on their approval rating, Wyll may greet the player with:

Negative (<0):

"You've got something to say?"
"Go ahead."

Neutral and Medium (0 - 39):

"Well met."

High and up (40+) - After Gortash coronation in Act Three

"Let's talk."
"Always good to talk, my friend."

When spoken to by someone other than the player character:

"I'm all chatted out, I'm afraid - though I may have a word with the chief."

Approval[edit | edit source]

As a Companion character, the interactions listed below will cause Wyll to gain approval.

Act One[edit | edit source]

Act 1 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Ravaged Beach

When talking to the corpse of the Abducted Nobleman in the Crashed Nautiloid ship via Speak with Dead:
- Playing as a Bard, ask if he wants you to write his story +1
- Playing as a Cleric or Paladin, ask if he would like rites to be performed on his body +1
- Playing as a Ranger or Druid ask if he wants to be buried +1
Demand more than apologies from Astarion after the spawn attacks you +1
Use Animal Handling to calm the Scared Boar found near Astarion's pod OR tell it that you won't hurt it via Speak with Animals +1 (any option)
Recruit Gale +1

Roadside Cliffs

Convince the tieflings holding Lae'zel to leave (using Deception, Persuasion or Intimidation lines or unique Bard, Monk, Paladin, Drow, Githyanki options). +1
Speaking to Gimblebock near Chapel Entrance, choose the 'Attack' dialogue option +1
- OR Resolve the encounter without violence +1

Emerald Grove/The Hollow

Convince Aradin and Zevlor to stop arguing without punching either of them (using Persuasion or Intimidation) +1
- OR Take a swing at Aradin during his argument with Zevlor +1
Assist Guex in training (using Athletics, Insight or Detect Thoughts) +1
- Tell Guex not to shout out his moves after helping him train +1
Order Lae'zel to stand down when talking to Zorru +1
Playing as a Paladin, Druid, Cleric or Bard, offer Pandirna to heal her (for free) +1
Playing as a Cleric of Tempus and after talking to Aradin, tell Remira that Liam earned a warriors' rest +1
Let Arka shoot Sazza +1
(If Gale is in your party) Talk with Rolan about his wizard master Lorroakan and agree to set up an introduction +1
Agree to help Zevlor (in his cave) to try to convince Kagha to stop the ritual. +5

▶ Note: This option appears only if you previously refused to help Zevlor, skipped talking to him, or he was knocked out by Aradin

While talking to/trading with Mattis, catch Silfy trying to pickpocket you (passive Perception check), and tell her to relax (either straightaway or after successful Insight check).
In the confrontation with Barth about the locket, stand for Meli +1

In the Sacred Pool:

Tell Arabella's mother Komira that the druids are overreacting and you'll speak with them +1
Persuade Kagha to free Arabella +5
Tell Kagha that she killed a child in cold blood OR call her a monster ( +1 any option)
Playing as a Drow, say you don't threaten/kill children +1
Persuade Kagha to fight against the Shadow Druids (if uncovered her conspiring with them) +1
- OR Choose to attack Kagha instead of persuading her +1
Tell Silver the wolf you just wanted to give them your scent (using Speak with Animals) +1
- OR, playing as a Ranger or Druid, sit with Silver (without this spell) +1
Tell Zevlor you'll kill the goblin's leaders +5
After being confronted about stealing the Idol of Silvanus, return the idol and apologise +1
Help Alfira finish her song +1
If you are confronted about stealing the Idol of Silvanus return the idol and apologise +1

While the Emerald Grove is preparing for the goblin attack

Convince Memnos to join the fight against the goblins +1
Tell Lakrissa to buy you a drink +1
Refuse to open the gate for Minthara +5

Forest

Tell Scratch to follow your scent to the camp, using Speak with Animals. +1
Playing as a Cleric of Helm, Ilmater, Oghma, Selune, Tempus or Tyr, say a prayer over the corpses near the bridge to Blighted Village, while talking to Aradin there +1

▶ Note: This scene appears only if Aradin has previously left the grove

Owlbear Nest

Spare the Owlbear Cub after killing the mother Owlbear +1

Sunlit Wetlands

When find Demir and Johl arguing with Auntie Ethel, tell them all to "Calm down", and then choose to defend Auntie Ethel +1
- While talking to Demir and Johl after Ethel disappears, offer to help them find their sister +1
At the Riverside Teahouse, tell Mayrina straightaway that Ethel killed Demir and Johl +1
Reject Mayrina's reward for saving her +1
Resurrect Connor Vinderblad, and then hand Mayrina the Bitter Divorce wand +1
- OR Attack Connor +1

Blighted Village

Gain entrance to the village by intimidating the the goblin booyahg at the southern gate +1
Attack Fezzerk and his gang +5
Deliver the final blow to Fezzerk when confronting him near the windmill +5
- Untie Barcus Wroot off the windmill wing and tell him that he owes you nothing +1
Drop and prepare to destroy the Necromancy of Thay in the Apothecary's Cellar +1

Goblin Camp
At the front gate:

Fling worg dung at Sentinel Olak (triggers a fight with gate guards)

At the outer camp:

Make Crusher kneel and kiss your foot. +1
- OR Make Crusher kiss your foot after defeating him in a fight. +1
- Continue to attack Crusher after he is defeated, if he attacks you +1 (Makes the whole camp hostile)
Successfully pass a check to take the Owlbear Cub from Goblin Krolla

In the Shattered Sanctum:

Pick a fight with Priestess Gut in the throne room +1 OR in her chambers +5
Tell Minthara that Sazza was too stupid to understand you prior +1
Tell Minthara that the prisoner escaped and pass an Intelligence check to withhold the grove's location
Convince the spiders in the pit that goblins taste better than you

At Worg Pens:

Stop the goblin children from throwing stones at the bear
After freeing Halsin, agree to Defeat the Goblins and tell Halsin to get to safety +1
- OR Ask Halsin to help you kill the goblin leaders in a bear form.

The Risen Road

Kill Karlach +10
Side with Karlach during Wyll's confrontation with her +20

Waukeen's Rest

Agree to rescue Duke Ravengard when prompted by Counsellor Florrick +10
Save Benryn in the burning building

Zhentarim Hideout:

Successfully intimidate Salazon to let you go through the hatch to the Zhentarim Hideout
Free the artist Oskar Fevras from the Zhentarim hideout +1
- If bargaining with Brem about Oskar, get him lower the price +1
- Give Oskar an additional 200 gold after freeing him

Underdark

Convince the guards at the Myconid Colony you are a traveller seeking adventure (using Persuasion or Intimidation).
Give an antidote to Thulla
Agree to Defeat the Duergar Intruders for Sovereign Spaw
When speaking with Glut after defeating the duergar, refuse saying that you'll have no part of this or that you'll kill the treacherous myconid instead. (immediately starts fight with Glut)
Offer to look for Derryth's husband, for a price or for free +1
Agree to help the trapped Baelen Bonecloak in the field of Bibberbang mushrooms
In Festering Cove, tell BOOOAL you won't let him enslave the Kuo-toa any longer +1

Grymforge When dealing with Ward Magmar:

Tell Magmar that he disgusts you +1
- Playing as a Dwarf, tell him that the duergar live up to their cruel reputation +1
Pay respect to the heap of deep gnomes' corpses after killing or deceiving Brathwen and Viss
Promise the deep gnome slaves that you'll do what you can to help them
Stand up for the deep gnome slaves when Nere, once freed, is going to kill them
Side with Elder Brithvar when confronting Nere
Convince Elder Brithvar to free the deep gnomes after the fight with Nere +1
After freeing Barcus Wroot, bid him farewell and good luck

Crèche Y'llek

Persuade Sa'varsh Kethk to let Youth Varrl go from training. +1

At the hatchery:

Successfully persuade Varsh Ko'kuu to let you take the githyanki egg, telling him:
- That you'll take it to a better crèche +1
- OR That you'll raise it yourself +1
- OR, Playing as a Githyanki, say you'll see it becomes the greatest ghaik-slayer +1

In captain's quarters and Inquisitor's chambers:

Ask Inquisitor W'wargaz how he knows so much about you. +1
Refuse to hand over the artefact to the Inquisitor W'wargaz, and convince Lae'zel to trust you by succeeding DC 21 Persuasion check. +1
Refuse Vlaakith's demand to enter the Mysterious Artefact +1

Camp/Conversation

When discussing the tadpole and its lack of side-effects, choose any option besides the "poison mushroom" one +3
Tell Lae'zel that "No one is dying tonight. We still have time." +5
Ask him if he's worried about his father's abduction +3
When asking what it's like being the duke's son, say "Good wine? I'll toast to that"
Tell Wyll you should rescue Duke Ravengard +3
Pet Scratch +1
Feed the Owlbear Cub when it first comes to the camp
Successfully heal the Owlbear Cub's paw when it appears again at the camp
Having invited Barcus Wroot to your camp, promise him you will find his friend Wulbren at Moonrise Towers +1

Raphael's Deal

When Raphael briefly takes you to the House of Hope, tell the devil:
- "You're mad if you think I'll make a deal with a devil." +5
- OR "Then fix it. Or die by my hand!" +1
Talking to Wyll afterwards, say you are not taking Raphael's deal +1

Personal quest

Ask him how he came to be the Blade of Frontiers +5
- Tell him that he must have been proud of saving a little boy from goblins +2
Ask him how he ended up making a pact +5
Encourage him to get of out his pact with +5
- Encourage him further by saying you two can figure it out if you put your worms together +3

If Karlach died:

Say "Hail to the Blade"/"Hail to us" after killing Karlach +2

If Karlach was spared:

Tell Mizora not to lay a finger on Karlach during her first appearance +5
Ask him how it feels to be a devil +3
- Tell him he looks like a handsome devil or that you see the Blade of Frontiers +3

Act Two[edit | edit source]

Act 2 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Ruined Battlefield If entering the Shadow-Cursed Lands from the Grymforge:

Playing as a Wizard, tell Lassandra that you can aid in traversing the darkness.
When the shadows warp Yonas, tell Harper Meygan, "Move. I'll take care of this."
Free Dolly Thrice from the Moonlantern carried by Kar'niss
Accept He Who Was' offer

Last Light Inn

Show Jaheira the Mysterious Artefact when you first meet her.
Drink the spiked wine when talking to Jaheira inside.
Pay Mattis extra for the Tower-Shaped Key +1
After talking to Raphael and Mol (playing lanceboard), say you need to warn her away from Raphael +3
Ask Counsellor Florrick whether the Flaming Fist are just going to stand around +1
Playing as The Dark Urge, refuse your urge to kill the Strange Ox. +1
Tell Isobel that Marcus plans to kidnap her when he attacks the Last Light Inn.
Play the Lute to wake up Art Cullagh
Tell Halsin that he can count on you before he opens the portal. +1
- Successfully protect the portal while Halsin is looking for Thaniel. +1

House in Deep Shadows

Agree to play hide-and-seek with Oliver
Convince Oliver to reunite with Thaniel.

Reithwin Town

Agree to help Arabella find her parents
Agree to take Arabella in at your camp.

In the House of Healing:

Convince Malus Thorm to order his sisters to hone their blades on each other. +1
- Then persuade Malus Thorm to operate on himself. +1
OR Convince Malus Thorm to take the place of his patient and submit to sisters' curing. +1 (comes one point by another subsequently).

At The Waning Moon

Safely drink with Thisobald Thorm (rolling Saving Throw, either general or class-based) up to three times total +1(each time)
- OR successfully imitate drinking (rolling Sleight of Hand) +1 (gains approval only in first round)
Successfully entertain the brewer with your stories (through Performance roll), up to two times +1 (each time)

▶ Note: If Performance roll failed, successful subsequent Deception roll earns a point of approval, nonetheless.

By any means make the Thisobald Thorm drink his 'elixir' three times in a row, thus leading him to burst +1

Moonrise Towers

Tell Araj Oblodra that Astarion is his own person

Mind Flayer Colony

When talking to the Waking Mind via the Slack-Skinned Head in the Necrotic Laboratory agree to purge the mind.
At the Tadpoling Centre, use the Neural Apparatus to release the inhabitants of the pods.
Tell Mizora you'll help her if she releases Wyll from his pact (Perception check required)
Pass any skill check in response to Mizora asking why she should let her pet go

Camp/Conversation

- After talking to Florrick at Last Light Inn, tell Wyll you can't let the Absolutists take Grand Duke Ravengard +5
When Wyll invites you for a dance with him, smile and bow +5
Wish Wyll a good night or ask if he wants to spend the night together with you +10
Recruit Halsin to your party after the fight with Apostle of Myrkul.

Act Three[edit | edit source]

Act 3 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

When passing Zethino's trial, choose answers:
- First question: 'Flask of ale' +1, OR 'Memories of our first night' +2
- Second question: 'His father' +1, OR 'Balduran' +2
- Third question: 'Leaving his city' +1, OR 'Losing his father' +1, OR 'Killing Karlach' +2 (the latter is available if Karlach died)

Wyrm's Crossing

Reject the Deal with the Gnomes quest from Manip Falcäo +1
Gain access to Wyrm's Rock Fortress by showing Elin an Admission Pass

Open Hand Temple

Offer to help Sister Yannis investigate Brilgor's death and prove his innocence.
Tell Brother Clements his god would be proud of Father Lorgan.

Camp/Conversation

Say that Baldur's Gate has a responsibility to people in need. +3
Accept Mizora's offer for a night of lust but then change your mind and don't completely follow through with it. +10