Baldur’s Gate 3 has the option for players to romance their favorite party members and companions. One of them is Shadowheart, the loyal cleric of Shar. If players are swooned by her charms here is a Baldur’s Gate 3 Shadowheart Romance Guide to sweep her off her feet.

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Shadowheart Romance

“A High Half-Elf Trickster Domain Cleric, and one of Shar’s dark disciples, Shadowheart was sent on a suicide mission to steal an item of great power. While wrestling with her faith and strange, untamed magic, Shadowheart has enemies on all sides – and a long-buried secret to uncover”

Personality

• Enjoys privacy and boundaries but rewards curiosity.
• Heart of gold under tough exterior.
• Doesn’t enjoy Side Quests but does not mind being sidetracked and does not gain disapproval from doing so.
• Hates acts of unnecessary cruelty.
• Sometimes more than willing to do bad things if the justification is good enough.
• Approves of deeds of self-Interests in which Astarion actually shares with some.
• Enjoys witnessing and committing thievery.
• A lot of her approval instances require Persuasion, Deceit, Religion, and Insight Checks. 
• A lot of her approval instances have an inconsistent pattern.
• Her most important scenes require successful insight checks. Will actually gain disapproval if you don’t pass some of them. 
• As a worshipper of Shar and also by default a cleric of the trickery domain. Following her principles of secrecy, indirect approach, and deceit as a consistent principle is a good way of gaining approval with Shadowheart
• To avoid disapproval companion is left in camp

Intro Area/Ravage Beach/Dank Crypt

• Telling Shadowheart in Camp that making finding the healer your top priority rewards you with Approval. 
• Either passing an Animal Handling check on the frightened Boar or telling it to calm down with Speak with Animals
• Persuade the adventurers to leave outside of the Overgrown Ruins
• Agree with Shadowheart after fighting the undead scribes in the Dank Crypt
• Successfully make a Religion check on the Book of Dead Gods
• Successfully Deceive Lae’zel’s captors when she’s in her cage.
• Asking Lae’zel to say “please” before letting her out.

Druid Grove

• Show Guex in the Druid Grove your sword fighting technique
• Persuade Zevlor and Aradin to stop fighting in Druid’s Grove
• After saving Nadira from the Bugbear Assassin in the Grove, use Deception to convince her to give you the soul coin.
• Prevent the Tieflings from killing the caged Goblin Sazza, because she’s worth more information alive
• Within the Emerald Grove, allow Silver to take your scent.
• Successfully persuade Kagha to let Arabella go
• Tell Kagha that protecting your own sometimes requires cruelty
• Swear to use the vial of Wyvern poison Poison Nettie gives you
• Agree with Shadowheart after you swear to use the poison
• Using the bard interactions with the bird making its nest in the grove while using speak with animals

Blighted Village Proper and Druid Grove

• Crush the Tadpole outside of the Druid Grove
• Telling Edowin’s siblings to leave.
• Convince the Owlbear not to kill you in its cave
• Let the Owlbear Cub live after killing the mother in its cave
• Tell Scratch that he can come to your Camp if his friend doesn’t wake up.
• Listening to her when she tells you to leave the Selûne chest alone in the owlbear cave.

Blighted Village

• Pass the Very hard Persuasion check and hire the Ogres for free
• After Helping the Gnome in the Windmill, Ask for compensation

Risen Road

• When you first meet Karlach, choose either dialogue that does not say you were sent by the paladins. After that, pass either Intimidation/Persuasion Check.
• Using the Bard Persuade option with Rugan to give you their cargo

Sunlit Wetlands

• When the player emulates the roar of a mind flayer while talking to Lorin.
• Say “This is nothing to do with me. Goodbye” when you encounter Auntie Ethel and the brothers upon trying to enter the Sunlit Wetlands
• After Auntie Ethel is found out, tell Johl and Demir this is their problem.
• When entering the swamp pass succeed in the perception roll, then baa at the redcap when you speak to them

Goblin Camp

• Make Novice Crusher kiss your foot in the Goblin Camp
• After the 1st Tadpole Dream, tell Lae’zel you resisted in your dream.
• After the 1st Tadpole Dream, tell Shadowheart you refused/resisted in your dream.
• Use intimidation the 2nd time to force Novice Crusher to kiss your foot
• After telling Novice Crusher “I’d Sooner spit in your face” and then winning the fight, make him kiss your foot.
• After telling Novice Crusher “I’d Sooner spit in your face” and then winning the fight, try to finish him off.
• Convince Tracker Klagga to give you the poem from the dead dwarf
• Telling tracker grikka you can get answers from the prisoner.
• Take Shadowheart, Lae’zel, and Astarion to the chicken chase area. Talk to Shadowheart’s area dialogue prompt and agree with her to prioritize Halsin
• Win in Chicken Chase, convince Krolla to give your money without using illithid powers, Invite the Owlbear Cub to camp and then when you ask to take the Cub to camp from Krollo, use the Illithid power.
• Convince Krolla to give the Owlbear cub after talking to the Owlbear cub. Paying will not earn his approval.
• Invite the Owlbear cub to the camp
• With Speak to Animals and while playing Chicken Chase. Convince the Owlbear to help you win.
• When Krolla refuses to give your winnings for Chicken Chase, Use Illithid powers
• Telling the Goblin Child Eight in the Outdoor Goblin Camp, “I’m sorry for your loss”
• Agree with the Loviatar priest’s ritual
• Torture Liam for Torturer Spike without Wyll
• Sucessfully Tortures Liam For Wyll. Need Persuasion Check
• Intimidate Torturer Spike to tell you the information.
• In the Shattered Sanctum With Wyll in the Party, express interest in joining the game with the trio of Goblins talking about the blade.
• Tell Minthara you know the location of the grove but win the intelligence roll to hide the location.
• After Finishing torturing Liam, tell Minthara the prisoner revealed the location and win the Deceit Check.
• When First meeting Halsin, Tell Him you will help him with the goblins
• Tell Halsin to stay in the Worg Pens

Underdark

• Fight the fake god Boooal in The Festering Cove.
• Take the Boots of Speed from Thulla
• When talking to the Myconid king, succeed in the Persuasion

Camp

• During the first Tadpole Dream Camp Event, Convince Lae’zel to stand down.
• Shadowheart likes to see Scratch Petted
• After the 2nd Tadpole dream, telling the group to stop using the Tadpole’s powers.
• Saying you regret your choice after the 3rd tadpole dream
• Refuse Raphael’s/The Devil’s Deal
• After the conversation with the devil tell Shadowheart you would never trust the devil
• After a successful persuasion check when talking about Shar , say “Remind me” or “She doesn’t sound appealing, going by her titles”, after this she will explain Shar. Important choices are to either say “I won’t cast judgments on your beliefs” or “I’d be lying if I said it didn’t sound convincing……”
• Tell Shadowheart you don’t care what she worships
• Ask her about shar worship and persuade her you have no problems with it
• Talk Shadowheart about her missing memories, tell her you want her to show her the flowers she likes
• After a successful persuasion check when talking about Shar , say “Remind me” or “She doesn’t sound appealing, going by her titles”, after this she will explain Shar. Important choices are to either say “I won’t cast judgments on your beliefs” or “I’d be lying if I said it didn’t sound convincing……”
• When Shadowheart has a weird magic event, choose to change the subject.

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