Baldur’s Gate 3 players shocked that party ‘doesn’t care’ when companions die

Baldur’s Gate 3 companions can permanently die depending on the choices you make, and players are shocked that it doesn’t seem to affect the story as much as it should when they do. 

Companions in Baldur’s Gate 3 each have an in-depth backstory that forms part of the larger quest. Depending on the choices players make, there is a chance that companions can die because of their ties to the larger story in Faerun. 

For example, in Act 1, if you don’t stop Shadowheart and Lae’zel from killing each other one night in camp, one of them will die and remain dead for the rest of the game. These kinds of events can happen throughout the story. 

Players are noticing, however, that when companions die, it doesn’t inspire much of a reaction from the other party members. 

In a post on Reddit, ‘strandviol’ said, “So I failed all the roles to save Lae’zel from Orin and she died. My Tav could pay his respects after the fight but literally no one else had any dialogue about it?” 

“Girl got her eyeballs plucked put and you got nothing to say tf ?? They where like ‘phew glad Orin was taken care of, no we got one less freak to worry about. Time to head home!’”

Lae’zel is one of the companions who can be kidnapped by Orin in Act 3. Orin will appear to the player as the kidnapped companion and will demand the player kill Gortash. If the player does so, they will have to face Orin in a Muder Tribunal and save their companion. 

The OP’s post inspired other Baldur’s Gate 3 players to share their experience with events like this, too, and their discoveries were similar. 

“Companions leaving or dying in general really isnt given enough gravity in this game,” one player commented. “I kicked Gale out of the party and nobody said anything. Shadowheart killed Lae’zel and people had one line where they went ‘that sucks but oh well’ then kinda just moved on with things, while her body just lay there in the dirt for the rest of Act 1. It’s quite jarring.”

Players discovered that, despite the general case of Baldur’s Gate 3 having good attention to detail, this was one area where they felt the story fell flat. 

As another fan put it, “I keep hoping that the extra VA they were doing a couple months ago will lead to some fleshed out lines for these things eventually.”

If you want to know more about the less intense parts of Baldur’s Gate 3, make sure to check out our guide on where to find Gale’s cat Tara, or you can find out how to get an OP monster from the Iron Flask.