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}}'''Minsc''' is a [[Human]] [[Ranger]] [[Companion|сompanion]]. He is a returning companion from ''Baldur's Gate'' and ''Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn''. Minsc can summon his trusted companion [[Boo]] with {{SmallIcon|Spell Conjuration FindFamiliar Boo.png|link=Find Familiar}} [[Find Familiar|Find Familiar: Boo]].
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{{Q|If there is one thing Minsc hates more than beasts with bad breath - It is those who are tricksome with the truth! And turnips. But you are no turnip. Let that be of comfort, in your final moments.|Minsc, threatening [[Rakath Glitterbeard]]}}
| passives = Opportunity Attack
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'''Minsc of Rashemen''' is a recruitable [[companion]] with the [[Folk Hero]] background, returning from both ''Baldur's Gate'' and ''Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn''. He is a [[human]] and a [[Hunter]] [[Ranger]] first appearing during [[Act Three]].


== Act Three ==
After spending decades in petrification together, Minsc and his beloved hamster sidekick {{CharLink|Boo}} have finally been revived, and they seek a life of "butt-kicking" evildoers to serve as a force of goodness, justice, and glory. He can first be found in [[The Counting House]], where he has been mind-controlled by the [[Absolute]] into becoming a True Soul and criminal gang leader known as the '''Stone Lord'''. He is found again in the [[Abandoned Cistern]], and knocking him out in the ensuing fight allows him to be freed from his brainwashing and recruited into the party. He cannot be romanced by any character.
During Act Three, should you arrive at the [[Counting House]], and delve into the vaults, you will encounter Minsc, and a doppelganger imitating [[Jaheira]], with Minsc revealing himself by tearing his way out of the maw of a [[Mimic]]. Some time before the party arrived in [[Baldur's Gate]], he was infected by a [[Mind Flayer]] tadpole, leaving him under the influence of the [[Absolute]], hence his strange involvement in a bank heist.


You will be able to recruit him later in the [[City Sewers]], seemingly having his memory of [[Boo]] suppressed by the tadpole. You will need to fight him. '''''Ensure that you are using Non-Lethal Attacks when landing the final blow, or Minsc will die, and Jaheira will leave your group.''''' Once defeated, Minsc will be assisted by the [[Mysterious Artefact]], and be free from the [[Absolute]]'s influence.
Minsc is the only character with access to the spell {{SAI|Find Familiar|Find Familiar: Boo}}.
{{DiQ|If there is one thing Minsc hates more than beasts with bad breath - It is those who are tricksome with the truth! And turnips. But you are no turnip. Let that be of comfort, in your final moments.|Minsc|, threatening [[Rakath Glitterbeard]]}}


== Trivia ==
== Overview ==
===Starting class===
In ''[[Baldur's Gate 3]]'', Minsc has the [[Folk Hero]] background, and [[Ranger]] is his default class. At subsequent level-ups, his default subclass is [[Hunter]], but the player can fully adjust his character build as desired.
=== Personal quest ===
Minsc does not have a personal quest, but he is directly tied to two other quests. First, he is the unwilling antagonist of{{CharLink|Jaheira|Jaheira's}} companion quest {{Quest|The High Harper}}, and completing this quest allows him to join the party. Second, his ending in the [[Epilogue]] is determined by the outcome of {{Quest|Aid the Underduke}}, namely a conversation with {{CharLink|Nine-Fingers Keene}} afterward.


* Minsc is voiced by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2233310/ Matthew Mercer], replacing [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191906/ Jim Cummings] from previous games.
=== Recruitment ===
He can be recruited during Act Three, if Jaheira joined the party in Act Two. Progressing ''The High Harper'' will lead to a fight with Minsc in the [[Lower City Sewers]]. The only way for him to be recruited is to use {{SAI|Toggle Non-Lethal Attacks|Non-Lethal Attacks}} on the final blow, otherwise Minsc ''will die'' and Jaheira will leave the party.


* Unlike other companions, Minsc, alongside [[Jaheira]], was revealed in a trailer at the Video Game Awards 2022.
{{CharLink|The Emperor}} will argue that the rashemi is too stupid to be of use but can be persuaded with a DC 15 History or DC 15 Intimidation check to extend the mind shield of the {{SmRarityItem|Mysterious Artefact}} to free Minsc from the [[Absolute|Absolute's]] influence. If Jaheira had permanently left the camp or been killed, or never recruited before this point, the Emperor will mention that he is "too far gone" and Minsc will become hostile again with 1 [[Hit points|hit point]]. After killing Minsc in this way, when spoken to, the party members will behave as though Jaheira had just left, even if she had never been in the party since [[Moonrise Towers]].


* It was revealed in an [https://www.pcgames.de/Baldurs-Gate-3-Spiel-18525/News/Baldurs-Gate-3-Release-Minsc-Boo-Jaheira-Collectors-Edition-Patch-9-Panel-from-Hell-1409094/ article] that he and Jaheira will be recruitable, but won't be available as Origin Characters.
Approaching Minsc with the player character elsewhere and only Jaheira in the party can cause odd behaviour, possibly preventing him from being recruited.
* Unlike Jaheira, who's stats remained fairly consistant through the games, Minsc's [[Ability Scores]] in [[Baldur's Gate 3]] differ heavily from his stats from [https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/Minsc Baldur's Gate 1 & 2]. In every game, he is depicted as immensely strong, being able to punch through walls and break himself out of cages - but despite this, his stats within [[Baldur's Gate 3]] does not reflect this - likely due to the fact that while previous games use stat rolling, [[Baldur's Gate 3]] uses 27 Point-Buy, as well as allowing his Ranger abilities to function more reliably via his wisdom
** The closest to his original statistics you can get using [[Baldur's Gate 3]]'s system is to have STR 17, DEX 15, CON 15, INT 8, WIS 8, CHA 10. This leaves only STR and WIS as impossible to achieve at the start of the game, as his previous STR is 18 would require an ASI, and WIS his 6, which would be problematic for a Ranger in Fifth Edition.


==External Links==
=== Approval ===
{{main|Minsc/approval}}
[[File:Minsc Approval.png|44px|left|alt=Minsc Approves|link=|Minsc Approves]]
Minsc isn't the brightest but he is brave and loyal and has the cutest familiar - {{CharLink|Boo}}.<br>
 
=== Romance ===
Minsc ''cannot'' be romanced, remaining oblivious to any player character's possible attraction.
 
== Personality ==
Minsc is a skilled warrior but not particularly smart. He believes his friend Boo is actually a miniature giant space hamster and he is the only one who can talk to him. He views the world in absolutes - if there's evil then it should be defeated.
 
Despite her constant nagging, Minsc sees Jaheira as a dear friend and is very protective of her, going so far as to call her his honorary Wychlaran upon their reunion in [[Act Three]]. He intensely dislikes {{CharLink|Viconia DeVir}} and {{CharLink|Sarevok Anchev}} because of his history with the latter and because they are evil.
 
==Backstory==
{{hatnote|See {{FRWiki|Minsc}} for a more complete backstory}}
Minsc is a Rashemaar berserker from a matriarchal nation of Rashemen. As a young man he went on a dajemma - a coming-of-age tradition for Rashemi men to travel the world accompanying his Wychlaran - a young witch Dynaheir.
===The Iron Crisis===
In their travels they became separated and Dynaheir was snatched by gnolls. With the help of Gorion's Ward (the protagonist of the previous ''Baldur's Gate'' games) Minsc freed her and they travelled together, along with Imoen, Jaheira and Khalid.
 
They resolved the Iron Crisis and defeated the culprit - Sarevok Anchev.
 
===Shadows of Amn===
Sometime after Sarevok's defeat, the group parted ways for a while until they once again joined up alongside their friends: Gorion's Ward, Imoen, Jaheira and Khalid. At some point in their travels, captured in a forest by Shadow Thieves and imprisoned in a dungeon beneath the city of Athkatla in Amn. Minsc, Jaheira and Imoen survived, but Dynaheir and Khalid have already been killed. Their captor was Jon Irenicus - an elven wizard who wanted to steal the Bhaalspawn essence for himself. He eventually helped Gorion's Ward to defeat him.
 
===Petrified for a century===
[[File:Awaken, my Minsc1.webm|gif|thumb|left|class=notpageimage|Minsc's petrified statue]]
[[File:Awaken, my Minsc2.webm|gif|thumb|left|class=notpageimage|Combat in front of the statue]]
[[File:Awaken, my Minsc3.webm|gif|thumb|left|class=notpageimage|Awaken, my Minsc]]At some point in their travels Minsc and Boo were ambushed by someone unknown and petrified in the middle of marketplace in the [[Upper City]] of [[Baldur's Gate]]. For a long time Baldurians believed it was a statue, commissioned by a merchant to commemorate the city's renowned heroes. It became a popular landmark under the title "Beloved Ranger".
 
80 years later a wild mage Delina tried to defend herself against a gargoyle and accidentally struck the statue with a {{Pass|Wild Magic|wild magic surge}}. The surge dispelled  petrification and  Minsc and Boo returned to life, unaware of the passing of time. They joined together and travelled for a while.
 
Approximately 10 years later Minsc reunited with Jaheira and together they worked to uncover the mysterious [[Cult of the Absolute]].
They were the first to uncover information about the threat of the Absolute. Due to Minsc's eagerness to fight he got captured by the cultists and Jaheira, realising that they were severely unprepared and unarmed against the cult decided to leave him in order to share news about the cult.
 
Captured by the cult, Minsc was infected with a [[Tadpole]] and brainwashed into following a doppelganger imitating {{CharLink|Jaheira (doppelganger)|'Jaheira'}}. Under the tadpole's influence, he became a feared murderer under the moniker "Stone Lord". Minsc was also separated from Boo as the tadpole suppressed his memory of the hamster. Their latest crime is robbing the [[Counting House]].
 
== Events of Baldur's Gate 3 ==
During Act Three, should the party arrive at the [[Counting House]] and delve into the vaults, they will encounter Minsc and a doppelganger imitating Jaheira, with Minsc revealing himself by tearing his way out of the maw of a [[Mimic]]. When encountering Minsc in the Counting House he can either leave the building or stay and fight the party, though it is unclear what causes him to stay.
 
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==Related Literature==
* {{MdRarityItem|Domovoi Invocation}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Stolen Property - Reward Offered!}}
 
==Loot==
===Starting equipment===
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*{{MdRarityItem|Alchemy Pouch}}
*{{MdRarityItem|Camp Supply Sack}}
*{{MdRarityItem|Leather Boots}}
*{{MdRarityItem|Leather Gloves}}
*{{MdRarityItem|Longsword}}
*{{MdRarityItem|Minsc's Fantastical Relaxation Garb}}
*{{MdRarityItem|Leather Armour|override_icon=Leather Armour Minsc Unfaded Icon.png|override_rarity=common|Minsc's Leather Armour}}
*{{MdRarityItem|Tasteful Boots|override_icon=Generated_ARM_Camp_Shoes_Minsc_Unfaded.png|override_rarity=common|Minsc's Tasteful Boots}}
*{{MdRarityItem|Minsc's Underwear}}
*{{MdRarityItem|Potion of Healing}}
*{{MdRarityItem|Scroll of Revivify}} - 2x
{{div col end}}
 
== Development ==
Unlike other companions, Minsc, alongside {{CharLink|Jaheira}}, was revealed in a trailer at the Video Game Awards 2022. Minsc was initially slated to be a playable [[origin]], his scrapped content was datamined back in 2020. Tieflings in the [[Emerald Grove]] had special dialogue reactions to him and his hamster.
 
=== Changes from previous games ===
Unlike Jaheira, whose stats remained fairly consistent through the games, Minsc's [[Ability Scores]] in ''Baldur's Gate 3'' differ heavily from his stats from ''{{BGWiki|Minsc|Baldur's Gate 1 & 2}}''. In previous games, he is depicted as immensely strong, being able to punch through walls and break himself out of cages. However, his stats as a companion in ''Baldur's Gate 3'' do not reflect this. This is likely due to the fact that while previous games use stat rolling, ''Baldur's Gate 3'' uses 27 Point-Buy; it also allows his Ranger abilities to function more reliably due to his high Wisdom.
 
The closest to his original statistics you can get using ''Baldur's Gate 3'''s system is to have STR 17, DEX 15, CON 15, INT 8, WIS 8, CHA 10. This leaves only STR and WIS as impossible to achieve at the start of the game, as his previous STR is 18 would require an ASI and WIS his 6, which would be problematic for a Ranger in Fifth Edition.
 
The NPC Version of Minsc you encounter in the Sewers does use a stat-block that is reminiscent of the previous entries in the series, consisting of  STR 20, DEX 15, CON 15, INT 8, WIS 6, CHA 9. He swaps to his playable version after the conversation introducing Boo to the party.
 
==Minsc in official trailers==
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<embedvideo service="youtube" dimensions="480">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS_fzCWkoHc</embedvideo>
<embedvideo service="youtube" dimensions="480">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOWGnC3h9WQ</embedvideo>
</center>
 
==Gallery==
<gallery heights="250">
File:Minsc Model.png|Minsc's armed model.
File:Minsc Model No Weapon.png|Minsc's model
File:Minsc Camp Model.webp|Minsc's camp model.
File:Minsc Model Underwear.png|Minsc's underwear model.
File:Edward-vanderghote-minsc-portrait.png|Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote.
File:MinscVGA.png|Brainwashed.
File:Minsc and Boo.webp|With Boo.
</gallery>
 
==External links==
{{FRWiki|Minsc|long}}
{{FRWiki|Minsc|long}}


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Minsc of Rashemen is a recruitable companion with the Folk Hero background, returning from both Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn. He is a human and a Hunter Ranger first appearing during Act Three.

After spending decades in petrification together, Minsc and his beloved hamster sidekick Boo Boo have finally been revived, and they seek a life of "butt-kicking" evildoers to serve as a force of goodness, justice, and glory. He can first be found in The Counting House, where he has been mind-controlled by the Absolute into becoming a True Soul and criminal gang leader known as the Stone Lord. He is found again in the Abandoned Cistern, and knocking him out in the ensuing fight allows him to be freed from his brainwashing and recruited into the party. He cannot be romanced by any character.

Minsc is the only character with access to the spell Find Familiar: Boo Find Familiar: Boo.

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“
If there is one thing Minsc hates more than beasts with bad breath - It is those who are tricksome with the truth! And turnips. But you are no turnip. Let that be of comfort, in your final moments.
 „
— Minsc, threatening Rakath Glitterbeard

Overview[edit | edit source]

Starting class[edit | edit source]

In Baldur's Gate 3, Minsc has the Folk Hero background, and Ranger is his default class. At subsequent level-ups, his default subclass is Hunter, but the player can fully adjust his character build as desired.

Personal quest[edit | edit source]

Minsc does not have a personal quest, but he is directly tied to two other quests. First, he is the unwilling antagonist ofJaheira Jaheira's companion quest The High Harper The High Harper, and completing this quest allows him to join the party. Second, his ending in the Epilogue is determined by the outcome of Aid the Underduke Aid the Underduke, namely a conversation with Nine-Fingers Keene Nine-Fingers Keene afterward.

Recruitment[edit | edit source]

He can be recruited during Act Three, if Jaheira joined the party in Act Two. Progressing The High Harper will lead to a fight with Minsc in the Lower City Sewers. The only way for him to be recruited is to use Non-Lethal Attacks Non-Lethal Attacks on the final blow, otherwise Minsc will die and Jaheira will leave the party.

The Emperor The Emperor will argue that the rashemi is too stupid to be of use but can be persuaded with a DC 15 History or DC 15 Intimidation check to extend the mind shield of the Mysterious Artefact to free Minsc from the Absolute's influence. If Jaheira had permanently left the camp or been killed, or never recruited before this point, the Emperor will mention that he is "too far gone" and Minsc will become hostile again with 1 hit point. After killing Minsc in this way, when spoken to, the party members will behave as though Jaheira had just left, even if she had never been in the party since Moonrise Towers.

Approaching Minsc with the player character elsewhere and only Jaheira in the party can cause odd behaviour, possibly preventing him from being recruited.

Approval[edit | edit source]

Main article: Minsc/approval
Minsc Approves

Minsc isn't the brightest but he is brave and loyal and has the cutest familiar - Boo Boo.

Romance[edit | edit source]

Minsc cannot be romanced, remaining oblivious to any player character's possible attraction.

Personality[edit | edit source]

Minsc is a skilled warrior but not particularly smart. He believes his friend Boo is actually a miniature giant space hamster and he is the only one who can talk to him. He views the world in absolutes - if there's evil then it should be defeated.

Despite her constant nagging, Minsc sees Jaheira as a dear friend and is very protective of her, going so far as to call her his honorary Wychlaran upon their reunion in Act Three. He intensely dislikes Viconia DeVir Viconia DeVir and Sarevok Anchev Sarevok Anchev because of his history with the latter and because they are evil.

Backstory[edit | edit source]

See Minsc for a more complete backstory

Minsc is a Rashemaar berserker from a matriarchal nation of Rashemen. As a young man he went on a dajemma - a coming-of-age tradition for Rashemi men to travel the world accompanying his Wychlaran - a young witch Dynaheir.

The Iron Crisis[edit | edit source]

In their travels they became separated and Dynaheir was snatched by gnolls. With the help of Gorion's Ward (the protagonist of the previous Baldur's Gate games) Minsc freed her and they travelled together, along with Imoen, Jaheira and Khalid.

They resolved the Iron Crisis and defeated the culprit - Sarevok Anchev.

Shadows of Amn[edit | edit source]

Sometime after Sarevok's defeat, the group parted ways for a while until they once again joined up alongside their friends: Gorion's Ward, Imoen, Jaheira and Khalid. At some point in their travels, captured in a forest by Shadow Thieves and imprisoned in a dungeon beneath the city of Athkatla in Amn. Minsc, Jaheira and Imoen survived, but Dynaheir and Khalid have already been killed. Their captor was Jon Irenicus - an elven wizard who wanted to steal the Bhaalspawn essence for himself. He eventually helped Gorion's Ward to defeat him.

Petrified for a century[edit | edit source]

Minsc's petrified statue
Combat in front of the statue
Awaken, my Minsc
At some point in their travels Minsc and Boo were ambushed by someone unknown and petrified in the middle of marketplace in the Upper City of Baldur's Gate. For a long time Baldurians believed it was a statue, commissioned by a merchant to commemorate the city's renowned heroes. It became a popular landmark under the title "Beloved Ranger".

80 years later a wild mage Delina tried to defend herself against a gargoyle and accidentally struck the statue with a wild magic surge wild magic surge. The surge dispelled petrification and Minsc and Boo returned to life, unaware of the passing of time. They joined together and travelled for a while.

Approximately 10 years later Minsc reunited with Jaheira and together they worked to uncover the mysterious Cult of the Absolute. They were the first to uncover information about the threat of the Absolute. Due to Minsc's eagerness to fight he got captured by the cultists and Jaheira, realising that they were severely unprepared and unarmed against the cult decided to leave him in order to share news about the cult.

Captured by the cult, Minsc was infected with a Tadpole and brainwashed into following a doppelganger imitating Jaheira (doppelganger) 'Jaheira'. Under the tadpole's influence, he became a feared murderer under the moniker "Stone Lord". Minsc was also separated from Boo as the tadpole suppressed his memory of the hamster. Their latest crime is robbing the Counting House.

Events of Baldur's Gate 3[edit | edit source]

During Act Three, should the party arrive at the Counting House and delve into the vaults, they will encounter Minsc and a doppelganger imitating Jaheira, with Minsc revealing himself by tearing his way out of the maw of a Mimic. When encountering Minsc in the Counting House he can either leave the building or stay and fight the party, though it is unclear what causes him to stay.

Related Literature[edit | edit source]

Loot[edit | edit source]

Starting equipment[edit | edit source]

Development[edit | edit source]

Unlike other companions, Minsc, alongside Jaheira Jaheira, was revealed in a trailer at the Video Game Awards 2022. Minsc was initially slated to be a playable origin, his scrapped content was datamined back in 2020. Tieflings in the Emerald Grove had special dialogue reactions to him and his hamster.

Changes from previous games[edit | edit source]

Unlike Jaheira, whose stats remained fairly consistent through the games, Minsc's Ability Scores in Baldur's Gate 3 differ heavily from his stats from Baldur's Gate 1 & 2. In previous games, he is depicted as immensely strong, being able to punch through walls and break himself out of cages. However, his stats as a companion in Baldur's Gate 3 do not reflect this. This is likely due to the fact that while previous games use stat rolling, Baldur's Gate 3 uses 27 Point-Buy; it also allows his Ranger abilities to function more reliably due to his high Wisdom.

The closest to his original statistics you can get using Baldur's Gate 3's system is to have STR 17, DEX 15, CON 15, INT 8, WIS 8, CHA 10. This leaves only STR and WIS as impossible to achieve at the start of the game, as his previous STR is 18 would require an ASI and WIS his 6, which would be problematic for a Ranger in Fifth Edition.

The NPC Version of Minsc you encounter in the Sewers does use a stat-block that is reminiscent of the previous entries in the series, consisting of STR 20, DEX 15, CON 15, INT 8, WIS 6, CHA 9. He swaps to his playable version after the conversation introducing Boo to the party.

Minsc in official trailers[edit | edit source]

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Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Minsc's armed model.

    Minsc's armed model.

  • Minsc's model

    Minsc's model

  • Minsc's camp model.

    Minsc's camp model.

  • Minsc's underwear model.

    Minsc's underwear model.

  • Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote.

    Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote.

  • Brainwashed.

    Brainwashed.

  • With Boo.

    With Boo.

External links[edit | edit source]

Minsc on the Forgotten Realms Wiki

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