Minthara

Drow Exile
Minthara Baenre
Stats
Level 6
STR 16 (+3) DEX 15 (+2) CON 14 (+2) INT 10 WIS 12 (+1) CHA 17 (+3)
Race	Lolth-Sworn Drow
Type	Humanoid
HP	52; 67TTactician
AC	16
Movement Speed	9m / 30ft
Size	Medium
Weight	75kg / 150lbs
Proficiency Bonus	+3
Initiative	+2
Passive features
Superior Darkvision  Opportunity Attack  Defence  Dual Wielder  Dual Wielder: Bonus Armour Class  Divine Health  Drow Weapon Training  Extra Attack  Fey Ancestry
Character information
Class	Oath of Vengeance
Background	Noble
Location	Shattered Sanctum, Moonrise Towers
Allies	Dror Ragzlin, Gut
Additional information
Voice actor	Emma Gregory
Models

Template:CompanionTab Minthara Baenre is a drow paladin of the Absolute and potential Companion or antagonist in Baldur's Gate 3. She can be found at the Shattered Sanctum inside the Goblin Camp, planning an attack on the Druid Grove in the name of the Absolute.

Overview

Background

Minthara is a member of House Baenre, and a True Soul and leader of the cult of the Absolute. She and her fellow cultists, Gut and Dror Ragzlin, set up a base of operations in an old Selûnite temple in the wilderness, in search for a mysterious artefact by order of the Absolute.

Minthara herself believed the artefact to be in possession of the druids at the Emerald Grove, sending out scouting parties to try and discern the grove's location.

Personality

Being a drow and follower of the Absolute, Minthara has a highly hostile and cruel attitude towards other beings, considering pretty much everyone as inferior. She has a special disdain for those who do not share her beliefs, and as a drow noble, she holds other drow characters in high regard.

Despite her apparent devotion, a player who romances her can find that she has doubts regarding the Absolute and its actions.

Recruitment

Although Minthara can be encountered in Act One, she cannot join the player's party as a permanent companion before reaching Moonrise Towers in Act Two.

In order to recruit Minthara, she must remain alive during Act One (it is not necessary to help her raid the grove, however). As of patch 5, knocking her out (must be temporarily unconscious) counts as keeping her alive for the purposes of this, allowing players who wish to save the Tieflings to still be able to recruit her. After reaching Moonrise Towers, Minthara will be sent to Moonrise Towers Prison, where she can be rescued and finally recruited.

Approval

Being a Drow and follower of the Absolute, Minthara has a highly hostile and cruel attitude towards other beings, considering pretty much everyone as inferior. She has a special disdain for those who do not share her beliefs, and as a drow noble, she holds other drow characters in high regard. However, as the story progresses and Minthara has shown her fears she needs the player's support.

Main article: Minthara/Approval

Gameplay

If recruited, Minthara will be at level one:

STR 17 (+3)

DEX 12 (+1)

CON 13 (+1)

INT 8 (-1)

WIS 10

CHA 15 (+2)

Abilities

If Minthara is recruited as a companion, she will already have access to several illithid powers:

•  Favourable Beginnings
•  Charm
•  Concentrated Blast
•  Psionic Backlash

Minthara also possesses an ability completely unique to herself:  Soul Branding.

Interactions

Romance

See Minthara/Romance

Minthara can be romanced.

Act One

Minthara is first found at the Goblin Camp, planning an attack on Emerald Grove. The player can choose to help her raid the Emerald Grove, but helping her in this instance is not required for recruitment. As of Patch 5, Minthara can remain available for later recruitment whilst still completing "Defeat the Goblins" by knocking her out. However, Minthara must be rendered temporarily unconscious rather than permanently so.

Note that raiding the Grove with Minthara will cause Karlach and Wyll to permanently leave the player's party.

Act Two

Alive

If not killed by the player, Minthara is next encountered in Moonrise Towers, where she is sentenced to death by Ketheric Thorm for failing to retrieve the Mysterious Artefact. Afterwards, she can be found in the Moonrise Prison. If the player helps her escape, she will visit the player's camp and ask to join their party.

Dead

If the player allows Balthazar to take the Nightsong, he will be tasked with abducting Isobel. Letting her get killed or knocked out will grant the player an audience with Ketheric Thorm who will allow the player to pray at the altar of the Absolute. Doing so will result in the player being imprisoned in a pod in the Mind Flayer Colony where Balthazar will try to recycle the player and their party into zombies. In the fight that ensues the player will find Zombie Dror Ragzlin (unless he survived Act One) and Zombie Minthara (if she died in Act One or if the player didn't rescue her from her prison in Act Two).

Act Three

Contrary to other companions, Minthara does not have an explicit companion questline. However, (if alive) Minthara has an implicit companion arch related to handle Orin and her fears in Act Three which contain character defining decisions (and approval options, see Minthara/approval).

Notable loot

• Spidersilk Armour
• Xyanyde
• Boots of Striding
• Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen
• Mace
• Drow Leather Gloves
• Spider's Lyre
• Minthara's At-Ease Clothes

Notes

• Minthara is voiced by Emma Gregory.
• If the player is a Lolth-sworn drow you have many unique dialogue options, one of which includes condemning Minthara and attacking her for abandoning Lolth.

Bugs

• Prior to Patch 5, a bug could be exploited to recruit Minthara even when siding with the grove. Minthara had to be knocked out in Act 1, after which she would recover after a Long Rest. Once the player reached Act 2 and acquired polymorph and dominate beast spells, they could return, turn her into a sheep and dominate her. The party then fast-traveled back to Moonrise towers and would smuggle Minthara as a sheep into the throne room, where the judgement would continue as if Minthara lived. After the cutscene she would be transported to the dungeon. The player would have to attack her quickly once imprisoned, (as she would begin to run away otherwise) and then turn invisible and exit combat. Minthara would then be part of the interrogation scene and her recruitment can proceed as normal. This exploit became unnecessary once Patch 5 made her recruitable simply by making her temporarily unconscious in Act 1.

Gallery

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  Minthara's appearance at the start of Early Access.

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  Minthara's appearance during Patch 5 of Early Access.

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  Minthara's appearance since Patch 6 of Early Access.

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  Minthara's appearance in Concept Art.

External links

Minthara Baenre on the Forgotten Realms Wiki