How to Recruit Minthara Without Killing The Druids
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For a long time in Baldur’s Gate 3, one of the harder choices players had to make was choosing between recruiting Minthara or recruiting Halsin. Both characters had no ‘legit’ way of being recruited in a single run, forcing players to resort to looking for extremely niche exploits in order to recruit both.
Baldur's Gate 3: How To Get Halsin To Join Your Party
Recruiting Halsin to your party as an active member is only possible in Act 2 of Baldur's Gate 3. Here is a guide on how to make that happen.By popular demand, Larian Studios has added a method to recruit Minthara without killing the Druids and the Tiefling refugees in Patch 5. Now, instead of resorting to carrying polymorphed Minthara across the map, you can recruit the Drow Paladin in a much easier way.
Updated by Hamza Haq on December 31, 2023: This article has been updated with a tip explaining to players the most thing to pay attention to when trying to recuit Minnthara without going the 'evil' route.
Baldur's Gate 3
- Released
- August 3, 2023
- Developer(s)
- Larian Studios
How to Recruit Minthara As A Good Character
There is one main way to recruit Minthara without resorting to killing all the Druids in Emerald Grove as of Patch 5: Knock her out in the Goblin Camp without talking to her, and she’ll appear in the throne room in Moonrise Towers during Act 2 being interrogated by General Ketheric Thorm and Z’rell. From there, the method of recruiting Minthara is the same as ever. Find her in the underground prison and release her to recruit her to your party.
To avoid complications, don’t talk to her, as this triggers her quest to kill the druids, which might result in her not appearing in Moonrise Towers in Act 2.
How to Knock Out Minthara
To recruit Minthara with this method, you’ll need to use Non-Lethal Attacks to reduce her HP to zero. Non-Lethal attacks can be turned on by clicking on the Passives button on your hotbar and then clicking on the ‘Non-Lethal Attack’ icon. You’ll see who in your party has non-lethal attacks toggled on by the indicator next to the portrait.
When this setting is on, if you drop an enemy’s health to zero using a melee attack, they don’t die but enter the Knocked Out status, essentially becoming unconscious. Magic does not work with Non-Lethal attacks, only melee attacks. Using magic to deal damage to Minthara when her health is low will directly kill her if her health falls to zero. The safest bet is to make all your characters switch to melee weapons with Non-Lethal attack turned on and have them take out Minthara. Or, only have your Spellcasters cast buffing/healing spells on allies.
The most important part of the entire process is that Minthara gets the 'Temporarily Hostile' status before you knock her out. If you don't see the status, she won't be recruitable.
If done correctly, she’ll be knocked out instead of dead, completing the related quest for Zevlor while still keeping her alive. Progress through the game until you reach Moonrise Towers in Act 2, and you should find her in the main room.
If Minthara’s story ever reaches the point where she sets up an attack on the Tiefling Camp to wipe them out, she cannot be recruited unless you side with her. Knocking her out here doesn’t result in her appearance at Moonrise Towers during Act 2.
There are some reports that players need to steal something right in front of her to make her temporarily hostile before knocking her out. While this method does work, it’s just adding extra steps that are not needed as of Patch 5.
