Gale/approval

Gale approves of doing good and helping those in need. He approves of solving conflicts with diplomacy and appreciates thoughtful or pragmatic solutions.

He dislikes harming innocents or destroying or wasting valuable knowledge or lore.

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

For more information about the approval system, see Approval.

Greetings[edit | edit source]

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

Negative (-10): ^{[Needs Verification]} ^{[note 1]}

"Yes?"
"Did you need something?"
"What is it?"
"You need me?"

Neutral and up (above -10):

"How can I help?"
"Go ahead, I'm listening."
"What's on your mind?"

Flirting:

"Always a delight to speak with you. What can I do?"
"I do enjoy our conversations. What do you need?"
"Tell me - What can I do for you?"

Partnered:

"My time is yours. What do you need?"
"Whatever you need, you have only to ask."
"Anything I can do for you - consider it most enthusiastically done."

Partnered - following Act Three romance scene:

"Is something on your mind? You can always unburden yourself with me."
"Are you alright? If you have need [sic] me, just say the word."
"Yes, my love?"

Broken up:

"Yes. What is it?"
"You need something of me?"
"What do you need?"

When spoken to by someone other than the player character:

"Sorry, if I'm to engage in banter, I prefer it to be with the leader of our troupe."

Approval[edit | edit source]

When he is a companion character in your active party, the following interactions will cause Gale 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

Demand more than apologies from Astarion when meeting him +1
Use Animal Handling to calm the Scared Boar found near Astarion or tell it (Speak with Animals) that you will not hurt it +1

Roadside Cliffs

Deceive, persuade or intimidate the tieflings who captured Lae'zel to leave (Bard, Monk, Paladin, Drow, Githyanki have extra options.) ( +1)
Recruit Lae'zel into the party +1

Chapel Entrance

Solve the encounter with Gimblebock outside the Crypt without violence +1

Druid Grove

Persuade Aradin and Zevlor to stop fighting +8
- As a cleric of Tempus and after talking to Aradin, tell Remira Liam earned a warriors rest +1
Tell Zevlor you will talk to Kagha about stopping the ritual (immediately after the conflict with Aradin or later, in Zevlor's cave) +1
Agree to help the Tieflings for Wyll
Recruit Wyll into the party +1
Use Athletics/Insight or Detect Thoughts to help Guex train +1
Defend Meli from Barth over Meli stealing the locket +1
Use Persuasion to convince Rolan, Lia, and Cal to stay in the Grove +1
Talk about Rolan's wizard master Lorroakan and agree to set up an introduction +1
Offer to heal Pandirna. Must be a Paladin,Druid. Cleric or Bard +1
Step between Arka and Sazza +8 (works if Gale has been recruited but is not an active member of your party)
Use Persuasion/Intimidation or Detect Thoughts to convince Arka to not shoot Sazza +1
While talking/buying from Mattis, catch Silfy trying to pickpocket you, and see her tears as genuine +1
After agreeing to steal the Idol of Silvanus for Mol and obtaining it, tell her you will be keeping it +1
Tell Arabella's mother Komira that the druids are overreacting and you'll speak with them +1
Save Arabella by talking to Kagha or her viper +8 (works if Gale has been recruited but is not an active member of your party)
When speaking to Kagha after Arabella is freed or died
- Say "You killed a child in cold blood" OR "Only a monster would threaten a child" +1
- As an Drow say you don't threaten/kill children +1
With Speak with Animals, tell Silver the wolf you just wanted to give them your scent OR as a Ranger or Druid, sit with Silver (without speak with animals) +1
Persuade Kagha to fight against the Shadow Druids +1
Agree with Zevlor to kill the goblin horde's leaders +1
Play with Alfira or convince her to finish her song +1

While the Druid Grove is preparing for the goblin attack

Convince Memnos to join the fight against the goblins +1
Refuse to open the gate for Minthara +5

Forest

Crush the tadpole leaving True Soul Edowin
While using Speak with Animals tell Scratch to follow your scent to the camp. +1
While talking to Aradin on the bridge, say a prayer over the corpses as a cleric of Mystra +1

Owlbear Nest

Convince the Owlbear to let you go without fighting +1
If you fight and kill the Owlbear, spare the Owlbear Cub +1

Blighted Village

Enter the village without violence +1
Persuade Fezzerk at the windmill to leave peacefully +1
Save Barcus Wroot and tell him that he owes you nothing +1

Sunlit Wetlands

Stand up for Auntie Ethel when she's confronted by Johl and Demir +1
After Auntie Ethel leaves, tell Johl and Demir you'll bring Mayrina home
Tell Gandrel that Astarion is under your protection and refuse to reveal his whereabouts
Drink from the well outside Auntie Ethel's house +1
When talking to Auntie Ethel and Mayrina, say "something isn't right" and insist "this woman is clearly in trouble"

Goblin Camp

Don't talk back when Dror Ragzlin orders you to report to Minthara +1
Convince Minthara to spare Sazza +1
Pick a fight with Minthara +5
Persuade Klagga to give you the Dwarf's Poem +1

Riverside Teahouse

Drink from the well outside the teahouse (works regardless of whether illusion is active)
Resurrect Mayrina's husband and give her the wand

The Risen Road

Side with Karlach during Wyll's confrontation with her +2
Pass the check to order Flind to feast on other Gnoll +1
Pass the check to order Flind to kill herself +1

Waukeen's Rest

Agree to rescue Duke Ravengard when prompted by Counsellor Florrick +1
Saving Benryn in the burning building +1
Successfully intimidate Salazon guarding the hatch to the Zhentarim Basement +1

Zhentarim Basement

Free the artist Oskar Fevras from the Zhentarim hideout
Agree to pay the artist Oskar Fevras an extra 200 gold after freeing him

Underdark

When meeting the Myconids in their settlement, Choose any peaceful means of resolving the encounter
Place autumncrocus on Myrna’s grave
Inform Sovereign Spaw once you have killed the duergar at the beach +1

Decrepit Village

Attack Absolute follower Gekh Coal at the beginning of the conversation

The Festering Cove

Tell BOOOAL you will kill him and take his power +1

Myconid Colony

Tell Spaw "Sure, I can handle those Duergar nearby" +1
Give an antidote to Thulla +1
Tell Spaw the truth about the parasite
Defeat the Duergar Intruders and report back to Sovereign Spaw +1

Grymforge

Express your disgust toward slavery while talking to Ward Magmar +1
Stand up for the deep gnome slaves once Nere is freed +1
After agreeing to kill Ward Magmar and Ward Pistle, tell Skickpit to "Go find somewhere to hide..." +1
Convince the Deep Rothé to attack the duergar via the Persuasion check "Give in to your rage.."

Crèche Y'llek

Persuade Sa'varsh Kethk to spare Youth Varrl
Persuade Varsh Ko'kuu to let you take the githyanki egg and suggest you'll take it to a better Creche or raise it yourself
Give Kith'rak Therezzyn the Mysterious Artefact
As a Warlock, try to bargain with Ch'r'ai W'Wargaz in giving him the Mysterious Artefact
Ask Ch'r'ai W'Wargaz how he knows so much about you
- The approval gain from this option is shared with the Warlock option above; approval is only awarded once if selecting both options
Refuse Vlaakith's demands to enter the Mysterious Artefact

Camp/Conversation

Respond to him saying "Go to Hell" with "And good evening to you too" +1
Sacrifice a magic item to keep him stable +10
Say you're gratified to hear he trusts you +1
After speaking to Lae'zel, talk to Shadowheart and tell her you agree
Tell him you're happy to help him find magic items to consume +2
Agree to not ask questions when he asks you to not ask questions
Pet Scratch
At night, when Lae'zel intends to kill everyone before turning into mind flayers, talk her out of it +5
Tell Mizora not to lay a finger on Karlach during her first appearance +1
Threaten to kill Mizora during her first appearance +1
Tell him he is among friends when he says he has something to tell you
Feed the Owlbear Cub when it arrives at the Camp
Successfully skill check to heal the Owlbear Cub when it appears again at the Camp
At camp, promise Barcus Wroot that you will find his friend Wulbren at Moonrise Towers
Question why the Gods don't directly intervene when Elminster comes to your camp
Tell Arabella her parents would be proud +1
After staking Astarion, say bringing him was a mistake +1
When you find Gale conjuring an image of Mystra, pass an Insight check and say "there's more to it than that" +1
When Gale says that Mystra "is all creation"...
- (Wizard-only) Tell him you agree and that "there's no greater deity" +5
- (Cleric of Mystra only) Tell him "no other god comes close to her divinity" +5
Allow Gale to help you experience the Weave +5 (Class-specific options also give approval)
When experiencing the Weave with Gale, and given a choice of what to imagine:
- Picture kissing him. +10 (starts romance)
- Picture taking a romantic walk with him. +5 (starts romance)

Raphael

Tell Raphael you need to think it over or tell him to fix it or die by your hand +1
Ask Gale for advice on how to deal with Raphael +1

Act Two[edit | edit source]

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

Ruined Battlefield

When Yonas is captured by the shadows during the first shadow ambush:

Say "Move. I'll take care of this." +1
Get ready to fight +1

Free Dolly from the Moonlantern carried by Kar'niss.
When judging with He Who Was choose any response to Madeline, that judges her actions; either that she is not to be forgiven or that it wasn't her fault (formulation of answer is based on class).
When judging with He Who Was, choose to stop Madeline from stabing herself; at any point.

Last Light Inn

Play the lute to wake up Art Cullagh
Warn Isobel that Marcus plans to kidnap her +10
As the Dark Urge, after Marcus tries to kidnap Isobel, tell her that your blood is telling you to kill her, resist the urge, and then tell her, "I'm not going to follow my order. You will live." +1
Tell Halsin he can count on you before he opens the portal +1
Protect the portal Halsin enters +1
As a sorcerer, say to Rolan while he is drinking at the bar "Keep drinking like that and you won't be able to read your spellbook, wizard."
After Rolan gets upset at you for filling his siblings heads with "all that self-righteous heroic crap" respond with "Then it's my responsibility to bring them back."
When talking with Mol and Raphael while they are playing lanceboard, if you succeed on a Sleight of Hand check to Jostle the board Mol's way, Gale approves once Mol wins.
Tell Raphael to stay away from Mol

Reithwin Town

Reunite Oliver with Thaniel

The Waning Moon

Drink with Thisobald Thorm +1 and tell him stories. +1

House of Healing

Persuade Malus Thorm to have the Sisters practice on each other +1
Persuade Malus Thorm to have the Sisters practice on on him +1

Moonrise Towers

Distract Z'rell with your yearning for Gale (relationship) +1

Mind Flayer Colony

Purge the Waking Mind +1

Camp/Conversation

Invite Halsin to join your party
Tell Arabella her parents would be proud of her

Act Three[edit | edit source]

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

Rivington

Give Yenna coin, food, or offer to go find a guard +1
Tell Fist Rowan "They're innocent people. You can't just kill them!"
Try to help the Dying Stone Lord Thug +1

Circus of the Last Days

Say "What a corny joke" to Dribbles the Clown +1
Volunteer any companion except Gale for Dribbles' show +1

Wyrm's Crossing

Refuse the Deal with the Gnomes quest from Manip Falcäo +1

Sharess' Caress

Tell him his body looks great when he expresses doubts about the drow twins (romance) +1
Persuade him to join you in an orgy with the drow twins (romance) +1
(If you take Raphael's deal) Tell him you only said what Raphael wanted to hear +1
(Whether you take Raphael's deal or not) Tell him going to Sorcerous Sundries sounds like an excellent idea +1

Wyrm's Rock Fortress

Convince the Flaming Fist quartermaster Arkleia Oloril to trade with you. +1
When confronting Fist Reynash in the Flaming Fist barracks:
- Give him 300 gold to flee. +2
When asked your opinion about the Steel Watch, tell Lord Amber's bodyguard and the attendants of Lady Durinbold and Lord Shattershield:
- You have seen the army of the Absolute and that no where's safe, Steel Watch or not. +1
- You should not trust the Steel Watchers because they will turn on everyone. +1

Lower City

When rencountering Araj, ask Astarion if he wishes to leave +1

Grey Harbour Docks

Persuade Captain Sleam to take the entire Brislen family +1

Sorcerous Sundries

After obtaining The Annals of Karsus, tell Gale "I won't stand in your way" or the "crown sounds promising" +5
Tell Lorroakan you're here to stop him when you bring the Nightsong to him at Ramazith Tower +1

House of Hope

Persuade Helsik to offer a free sample +1
Tell Haarlep you are there to kill them or attack Haarlep +1
Refuse to remove your clothes for Haarlep +1
Refuse to pledge your body to Haarlep +1

Camp/Conversation

After rescuing Gale from Orin, ask him "Are you hurt? Did Orin harm you in any way?" or "She made a grave mistake in taking you. [...]". +1