How To Romance Karlach in Baldur's Gate 3

02.11.2023 - 13:17 / screenrant.com / Emerald Grove

Karlach the Tiefling Barbarian is one of the most popular romances in and for good reason: she’s downright lovely to be around. Despite her tragic backstory, Karlach loves life and people, and openly wears her heart on her sleeve. An adorable romance is on the cards for anyone roleplaying as a noble hero, as long as you’re willing to handle a bit of tragedy down the road.

To romance a companion in , you need to win their Approval by picking dialogue and story choices they like. This is harder for some companions than others, and it can be tough to balance approval once you’ve assembled a full party of ragtag misfits. Luckily for anyone who wants to romance Karlach, winning her Approval is refreshingly straightforward: be a hero whenever and wherever you can.

Unless you’re roleplaying as an irredeemable villain, it will be difficult to actually make decisions that Karlach doesn’t approve of. She loves heroism, compassion, and justice, and likes it when the player character goes out of their way to help those in need.

Siding with the Emerald Grove in Act One is essential; Karlach will leave the party if you choose to raid the grove with the goblins.

You’ll also have lots of opportunities to win approval during certain quests, including:

This heroism even extends to animals; she loves it if you choose to save the Owlbear Cub and let it stay at camp. However, despite her softer side, Karlach also loves a good fight and will approve if you start fights and threaten enemies with violence.

Despite her love of fights, you can also earn Karlach’s Approval by using dialogue options to avoid violence. This includes Persuasion, Deception, and Intimidation, but also extends to more unusual dialogue options such as Performance.

Finally, you’ll also win Approval by supporting Karlach personally and completing her personal companion quests.

Karlach has a bit of a history with Wyll, another potential companion. It’s important that you support and recruit her during your first meeting, even though Wyll will suffer some unpleasant consequences as a result. Karlach will also reveal that her heart was replaced by an infernal engine, which makes her too hot to touch.

Over the course of the story, you’ll have the chance to help her fix the engine and cool off. To help her, you need to bring Infernal Iron to Dammon, a Tiefling smith, who has the skill to modify Karlach’s infernal engine heart.

You can do this in Act One by finding Infernal Iron in the same forge where you’ll work to craft a Masterwork weapon in the Blighted Village. This can be brought to Dammon in the Emerald Grove, where he can complete the first modification to the infernal engine. Dammon also appears later in the game, and he can make further