Wyll/Approval

Wyll likes acts of heroism and defending the innocent or defenseless.

Wyll dislikes villainous acts like killing the innocent or defenseless.

The actions and choices listed on this page will raise or lower Wyll's Approval.

For more information about the approval system, see Approval.

Greetings[edit | edit source]

Depending on their approval rating, Wyll may greet the player with:

Negative (<0):

"You've got something to say?"
"Go ahead."

Neutral and Medium (0 - 39) or Neutral and up in Act Two:

"Well met."

High and up (40+) in Act Three

"Let's talk."
"Always good to talk, my friend."

When spoken to by someone other than the player character:

"I'm all chatted out, I'm afraid - though I may have a word with the chief."

Approval[edit | edit source]

As a Companion character, the interactions listed below will cause Wyll to gain approval.

Act One[edit | edit source]

Act 1 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Ravaged Beach

When talking to the corpse of the Abducted Nobleman in the Crashed Nautiloid ship via Speak with Dead:
- Playing as a Bard, ask if he wants you to write his story +1
- Playing as a Cleric or Paladin, ask if he would like rites to be performed on his body +1
- Playing as a Ranger or Druid, ask if he wants to be buried +1
Demand more than apologies from Astarion after the spawn attacks you +1
Use Animal Handling to calm the Scared Boar found near Astarion's pod +1
- OR Tell it that you won't hurt it via Speak with Animals +1
Recruit Gale into the party +1

Roadside Cliffs

Convince the tieflings holding Lae'zel to leave (using Deception, Persuasion or Intimidation lines or unique Bard, Monk, Paladin, Drow, Githyanki options). +1
Speaking to Gimblebock near Chapel Entrance, choose the 'attack' dialogue option +1
- OR Resolve the encounter without violence +1

Emerald Grove/The Hollow

Convince Aradin and Zevlor to stop arguing without punching either of them (using Persuasion or Intimidation) +1
- OR Take a swing at Aradin during his argument with Zevlor +1
Promise Zevlor you will talk to Kagha about stopping the ritual +5 (either after the scene at the entrance or in his cave)
Tell Arka to seek vengeance and spill some goblin blood over Kanon's death +1
Assist Guex in training (using Athletics, Insight, Detect Thoughts or unique Githyanki, Barbarian, Monk lines) +1
- Tell Guex not to shout out his moves after helping him train +1
Order Lae'zel to stand down when talking to Zorru +1
Playing as a Paladin, Druid, Cleric or Bard, offer Pandirna to heal her (for free) +1
Playing as a Cleric of Tempus and after talking to Aradin, tell Remira that Liam earned a place in Warriors' Rest +1
Let Arka shoot Sazza +1
Talk with Rolan about his wizard master Lorroakan and agree to set up an introduction +1 (works if Gale is in your party)

▶ Note: This option appears only if you previously refused to help Zevlor, skipped talking to him, or he was knocked out by Aradin

While talking to/trading with Mattis, catch Silfy trying to pickpocket you (passive DC 10 Perception check), and tell her to relax (either straightaway or after successful DC 5 Insight check). +1
In the confrontation with Barth about the locket, stand for Meli +1

In the Sacred Pool and druid caves:

Tell Arabella's mother Komira that the druids are overreacting and you'll speak with them +1
Persuade Kagha to free Arabella +5
After resolving Arabella's fate, talk to Kagha and call her a monster OR accuse her of killing the child in cold blood +1 (either option)
- OR, Playing as a Drow, say you don't threaten/kill children +1
Convince Kagha to fight against the Shadow Druids (if uncovered her conspiring with them) +1
- OR Choose to attack Kagha instead of persuading her +1 (gains approval regardless of whether you've been successful convincing her to go against them or not)
Attack Kagha after speaking to Zevlor second time (about her demands) +1
Tell Silver the wolf you just wanted to give them your scent (using Speak with Animals) +1
- OR, playing as a Ranger or Druid, sit with Silver (without this spell) +1
Agree to kill the goblin horde's leaders for Zevlor +5
Help Alfira finish her song +1
If you are confronted about stealing the Idol of Silvanus return the idol and apologise +1

While the Emerald Grove is preparing for the goblin attack:

Convince Memnos to join the fight against the goblins +1
Tell Pandirna that they have something to fight for +1
Refuse to open the gate for Minthara +5
Successfully defend the Grove and then talk to Zevlor +15
Tell Lakrissa to buy you a drink to be even +1 (this point may be earned either before attack or after defeating goblins)

Forest

Tell Scratch to follow your scent to the camp, using Speak with Animals. +1
Playing as a Cleric of Helm, Ilmater, Oghma, Selune, Tempus or Tyr, say a prayer over the corpses near the bridge to Blighted Village, while talking to Aradin there +1

▶ Note: This scene appears only if Aradin has previously left the grove

Owlbear Nest

Spare the Owlbear Cub after killing the mother Owlbear +1

Sunlit Wetlands/Putrid Bog

When find Demir and Johl arguing with Auntie Ethel, tell them all to calm down, and then choose to defend Auntie Ethel +1
- While talking to Demir and Johl after Ethel disappears, offer to help them find their sister +1
When talking to Auntie Ethel and Mayrina at the Riverside Teahouse:
- Don't let Ethel steer the conversation away, and finally say that "This woman is clearly in trouble" +1
- OR tell Mayrina straightaway that Demir and Johl were killed (by you or Ethel) +1
When Auntie Ethel surrenders, answer that the best solution is a dead hag. +1
Reject Mayrina's locket as a reward for saving her +1
Resurrect Connor Vinderblad, and then hand Mayrina the Bitter Divorce wand OR leave keeping the wand +1 (either option)
- OR Attack Connor +1

Blighted Village

Gain entrance to the village by intimidating the the goblin guard at the southern gate +1
Attack Fezzerk and his gang +5
- Deliver the final blow to Fezzerk when confronting him near the windmill +5
- Untie Barcus Wroot off the windmill wing and tell him that he owes you nothing +1
Drop and prepare to destroy the Necromancy of Thay in the Apothecary's Cellar +1

Goblin Camp

At the front gate:

Fling worg dung at Sentinel Olak +1 (requires DC 10 Athletics check and triggers a fight with gate guards)
- If failed the check, wink and fling dung at all other guards +1 (triggers a fight, too)

At the outer camp:

Invite the Owlbear Cub to your camp +1 (if you spared him earlier at the his nest)
- Then speak to Krolla and convince her to let the cub go with you, using any check-based option +1

Talking with Crusher:

Successfully use Detect Thoughts on Crusher and say you'll let his boss know of his plans +1
Make Crusher kneel and kiss your foot instead, using Intimidation OR Illithid powers. +1 (either option)
If Crusher starts a fight, make him kiss your foot after defeating him. +1
- After Crusher begs for mercy, finish him. +1 (makes the whole camp hostile)

In the Shattered Sanctum:

If Warrior Trinzas questions you about the ruckus, tell her, it was the sound of her friends dying. +1
Pick a fight with Priestess Gut in the throne room +1 OR in her chambers +5
Attack Dror Ragzlin, straightaway or after interrogating the dead illithid +5
Tell Minthara that Sazza was too stupid to understand you prior +1
- OR, Playing as a Lolth-Sworn Drow, tell Sazza she should have seen a superior in you at once +1

▶ Note: These options are available if you have previously freed Sazza from the cage in Emerald Grove

Tell Minthara that the prisoner escaped and pass an Intelligence check to withhold the grove location +1
- OR, Tell her that Liam told you everything and pass the Deception check +5

▶ Note: These options are available only if you spoke to Minthara before interrogating and freeing Liam

OR, Playing as a Tiefling, answer that you won't betray your kind +5 (starts a fight with Minthara)

Provoke a fight with Minthara +5
Convince the spiders in the pit that goblins taste better than you +1
- OR, Playing as a Lolth-Sworn Drow, pretend to be Lolth herself in disguise and egg them on goblins +1

At the Worg Pens:

Stop the goblin children from throwing stones at bear by any means +1
After freeing Halsin, agree to kill goblin leaders to save the grove (either with or without him in bear form). +5
- If agreed, tell him to stay at pens (if you first asked Halsin to come with you, change your mind) +1

The Risen Road

Side with Karlach when Wyll confronts her and recruit her +20
- OR Kill Karlach +10
- If you spoke both to Karlach and to Anders, tell the latter you believe her, not them +1
When dealing with the dying hyena:
- Playing as a Ranger, mercy-kill the dying hyena +1
- Playing as a Druid, choose to "destroy the abomination" +1
Agree to fight gnolls to save Rugan +1

Waukeen's Rest

Agree to rescue Duke Ravengard when prompted by Counsellor Florrick +10
- OR As a paladin swear on your oath to Counsellor Florrick to rescue Duke Ravengard. +10
Save Benryn from the burning tavern +1

Zhentarim Hideout:

Successfully Intimidate the guard Salazon to let you go through the hatch to the hideout +1
- OR, Playing as a Rogue, show him single-hand sign "profit" +1
Refuse to help Zarys find her people/missing shipment +1
Free Rugan, if he survived Zarys's torture and your fight against other Zhentharim +1
Promise Oskar Fevras to speak to his captors +1
Purchase the artist from Brem for the price he asks initially +1
- Make Brem lower the price through Intimidation or Persuasion +1
- OR Make him let Oskar go for free, using any check-based option +1
- Give Oskar an additional 200 gold after freeing him +1

Underdark

When entering the myconid colony, tell Sovereign Spaw the truth about the parasite +1
- OR Succeed an Intimidation, Persuasion or Insight roll to enter the colony peacefully +1
- OR, Playing as a Drow, Duergar or Deep Gnome, say that the Underdark is your home and you don't need a permission to pass +1
Give Thulla an antidote or an Elixir of Poison Resistance (whichever you have) +1
Agree to Defeat the Duergar Intruders for Sovereign Spaw +1
- Refuse Glut to kill Spaw after defeating the duergar, saying that you'll have no part of this OR that you'll kill the treacherous myconid instead. +1 (either option brings approval and immediately starts fight with Glut)
Attack Gekh Coal at the beginning of the conversation +1
Offer to look for Derryth's husband, for a price or for free +1
Agree to help Baelen Bonecloak escape from the Bibberbang field +1
- If Baelen ate the Noblestalk himself, offer Derryth to help leave him +1
In Festering Cove, tell BOOOAL you won't let him enslave the Kuo-toa any longer +1
In the Dread Hollow, place autumncrocus on Myrna’s grave +1

▶ Note: this option is available only if you have found and read Letter from Amarith in the Arcane Tower

Grymforge

Convince the Deep Rothé to give in to their rage and attack the duergar +1
After finding Philomeen, talk to Lunkbug and say she's done for +1

When dealing with Ward Magmar:

Tell Magmar that he disgusts you +1
- Playing as a Dwarf, tell him that the duergar live up to their cruel reputation +1
Pay respect to the heap of deep gnomes' corpses after killing or deceiving Brathwen and Viss +1
Promise the deep gnome slaves that you'll do what you can to help them +1
Stand up for the deep gnome slaves when Nere, once freed, is going to kill them +5
Side with Elder Brithvar when confronting Nere +1
Convince Elder Brithvar to free the deep gnomes after the fight with Nere +1
If you killed the duergar (both rebels and Absolutists) before freeing Nere, plant a thought in Nere's mind about freeing the gnome slaves +1
After freeing Barcus Wroot, bid him farewell and good luck +5

Crèche Y'llek

Upon entering the crèche, playing as a Ranger, Intimidate Gish Far'aag to let you pass, saying you're hunting either mind flayers or the gith +1

In the Classroom:

Persuade Sa'varsh Kethk to let Youth Varrl go from training. +1
Playing as a Fighter, save Youth Varrl by whatever means, and then tell him that warriors fight for something, not just to kill +1

At the hatchery:

Successfully persuade Varsh Ko'kuu to let you take the githyanki egg, telling him:
- That you'll take it to a better crèche +1
- OR That you'll raise it yourself +1
- OR, Playing as a Githyanki, say you'll see it becomes the greatest ghaik-slayer +1

In captain's quarters and Inquisitor's chambers:

Ask Inquisitor W'wargaz how he knows so much about you. +1
Refuse to hand over the artefact to the Inquisitor W'wargaz, and convince Lae'zel to trust you by succeeding DC 21 Persuasion check. +1
Refuse Vlaakith's demand to enter the Mysterious Artefact or say you're going to free the person inside +1

Camp/Conversation

When discussing the tadpole and its lack of side-effects, choose any option besides the "poison mushroom" one +3
When Lae'zel intends to kill everyone to prevent them transforming, talk her out of it +5
Ask him if he's worried about his father's abduction +3
After talking about what it's like being a duke's son, say "Good wine? I'll toast to that" +1
Tell Wyll you should rescue Duke Ravengard +3
Pet Scratch when he first comes to the camp +1
Feed the Owlbear Cub when it first comes to the camp +1
Successfully attend to the Owlbear Cub's wound when it appears again at the camp +1
Pet the Owlbear Cub when it stays at the camp +1 (gains approval only the first time you do it)
Having invited Barcus Wroot to your camp, promise him you will find his friend Wulbren at Moonrise Towers +1
When Kith'rak Voss wakes you up at the camp during long rest to discuss the Mysterious Artefact (after the events at the Crèche):
- Encourage Lae'zel to trust him +1
- OR tell Lae'zel you'll support any choice of hers +1
- OR tell Lae'zel you believe Kith'rak and she should too +1

Raphael's Deal

When Raphael briefly takes you to the House of Hope, tell the devil:
- "You're mad if you think I'll make a deal with a devil." +5
- OR "Then fix it. Or die by my hand!" +1
Talking to Wyll afterwards, say you are not taking Raphael's deal +1

Personal quest

Ask him how he came to be the Blade of Frontiers +5
- Tell him that he must have been proud of saving a little boy from goblins +2
Ask him how he became involved with Mizora +5
Encourage him to get of out his pact with +5
- Encourage him further by saying you two can figure it out if you put your worms together +3

If Karlach died:

Say "Hail to the Blade"/"Hail to us" after killing Karlach +2

If Karlach was spared:

Tell Mizora not to lay a finger on Karlach during her first appearance +5
Ask him how it feels to be a devil +3
- Tell him he looks like a handsome devil or that you see the Blade of Frontiers +3

Act Two[edit | edit source]

Act 2 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Ruined Battlefield

If entering the Shadow-Cursed Lands from the Grymforge:

Playing as a Wizard, tell Lassandra that you can aid in traversing the darkness. +1
When the shadows warp Yonas, tell Harper Meygan, "Move. I'll take care of this." +1

If entering the Shadow-Cursed Lands from the Rosymorn Monastery Trail:

Convince the hyena in the convoy that it doesn't belong to goblins and should leave them. +1 (requires DC 10 Persuasion check and then DC 14 Persuasion check or DC 14 Intimidation check)

Free Dolly Thrice from the Moonlantern carried by Kar'niss
Accept He Who Was' offer

Last Light Inn

Show Jaheira the Mysterious Artefact when you first meet her. +1
Drink the spiked wine when talking to Jaheira inside. +1
Pay Mattis extra for the Tower-Shaped Key +1
After talking to Raphael and Mol (playing lanceboard), say you need to warn her away from Raphael +3
Ask Counsellor Florrick whether the Flaming Fist are just going to stand around +1
Playing as The Dark Urge, refuse your urge to kill the Strange Ox. +1
Tell Isobel that Marcus plans to kidnap her when he attacks the Last Light Inn. +10
- Playing as The Dark Urge, tell Isobel that your blood orders you to kill her, then chase off the urge, and finally ask her to forgive you. +1
Play the Lute to wake up Art Cullagh
Tell Halsin that he can count on you before he opens the portal. +1
- Successfully protect the portal while Halsin is looking for Thaniel. +1

House in Deep Shadows

Agree to play hide-and-seek with Oliver
Convince Oliver to reunite with Thaniel.

Reithwin Town

Agree to help Arabella find her parents
Agree to take Arabella in at your camp.

In the House of Healing:

Convince Malus Thorm to order his sisters to hone their blades on each other. +1
- Then persuade Malus Thorm to operate on himself. +1
OR Convince Malus Thorm to take the place of his patient and submit to sisters' curing. +1 (comes one point by another subsequently).

At The Waning Moon

Safely drink with Thisobald Thorm (rolling Saving Throw, either general or class-based) up to three times total +1(each time)
- OR successfully imitate drinking (rolling Sleight of Hand) +1 (gains approval only in first round)
Successfully entertain the brewer with your stories (through Performance roll), up to two times +1 (each time)

▶ Note: If Performance roll failed, successful subsequent Deception roll earns a point of approval, nonetheless.

By any means make the Thisobald Thorm drink his 'elixir' three times in a row, thus leading him to burst +1

Moonrise Towers

Tell Araj Oblodra that Astarion is his own person

Mind Flayer Colony

At the Tadpoling Centre, use the Neural Apparatus to release the inhabitants of the pods.
When talking to the Waking Mind via the Slack-Skinned Head in the Necrotic Laboratory agree to purge the mind.

▶ Note: This option is available only after successful passive DC 18 Insight check

Personal quest

In the Tadpoling Centre, tell Mizora you'll help her if she releases Wyll from his pact (Perception check required)

▶ Note: This option gains approval only if Wyll is in party when saving Mizora

- Then pass any skill check in response to Mizora asking why she should let her pet go
When Wyll tells you his story about entering the pact with Mizora:
- Allow him to share memories about Tiamat followers' ritual +5
- Tell him his choice was a brave one +1

Camp/Conversation

- After talking to Florrick at Last Light Inn, tell Wyll you can't let the Absolutists take Grand Duke Ravengard +5
When Wyll invites you for a dance with him, smile and bow. +5
Wish Wyll a good night or ask if he wants to spend the night together with you. +10
Recruit Halsin to your party after the fight with Apostle of Myrkul.
When Arabella says she misses her parents, tell her that her pain will heal with time. +1

Act Three[edit | edit source]

Act 3 Spoilers! This section reveals details about the story of Baldur's Gate 3.

Rivington

Talking to Yenna:

Give her some coin +1
Give her some food +1
Playing as a Cleric, tell her to try and find help in the nearest temple. +1

In the kennels of the Sword Coast Couriers:

Say "Woof" to Angry Mar'hyah twice. +1
- Make Angry Mar'hyah to let you keep Scratch, using Persuasion or Intimidation. +1
- Then force Mar'hyah to leave the kennels via Deception or Intimidation. +1

Elsewhere:

Tell Saer Grotpoll that his own accent sounds more Rivingtonian than Baldurian +1

▶ Note: This option is available only if your character is a Baldurian themselves, or has successfully deceived Grotpoll into believing so, if they're not

Donate gold to Manip Nestor. +1
Playing as The Dark Urge, refuse your urge to kill the Strange Ox. +1

▶ Note: Available if you haven't resolved interactions with the Ox in the Act Two

Dealing with Orin's guises:

If Orin is impersonating Fist Rowan, tell her that one can't just kill innocent people +1
- OR Tell her that you're going to report to the commanding officer +1
- OR, Playing as The Dark Urge, tell her that mindless slaughter is not the answer +1
If Orin is impersonating Gyldro Angleiron, tell her you would never kill someone you care about. +1

▶ Note: When playing as Karlach origin, this option will have an unique formulation, but still take its place (line 3)

Try to help the Dying Stone Lord Thug. +1

▶ Note: This option is available only if Orin is not impersonating the Thug

Circus of The Last Days:

At the entrance, convince Klaus to let you in, using Persuasion, Deception or any class-based option except pretending to be a friend of Gortash's +1
- OR, Playing as The Dark Urge, say you've used to be a murderer +1
- OR, Playing as an Archfey Warlock, first say that you never pass up a faerie mischief +1
When passing Zethino's trial, choose answers:
- First question: ★'Flagon of ale' +1, OR ★'Memories of our first night' +2
- Second question: ★'His father' +1, OR ★'Balduran' +2
- Third question: ★'Leaving his city' +1, OR 'Losing his father' +1, OR ★'Killing Karlach' +2 (the latter is available if Karlach died)

▶ Note: The ★ sign here marks the answers considered 'correct' for the purposes of the test.

Open Hand Temple

Offer to help Sister Yannis investigate Brilgor's death and prove his innocence.
Tell Brother Clements his god would be proud of Father Lorgan.

Wyrm's Crossing

Consent to be arrested when speaking to the Steel Watcher at the South Span checkpoint. +1
Refuse to deliver the gnome leader's head to Manip Falcäo +1
At Carm's Garm, when Naaber pretends to be a dog, choose "nobody likes Naaber" line. +1

▶ Note: It may take several sequential attempts to speak with Naaber to get to this dialogue.

At The Velveteen Elixir, talking to Stylin' Horst, choose lines about "heady top notes" OR "burning rothé shit" +1 (either option)
At Fraygo's Flophouse, tell Adventurer Drim that the word 'adventurer' doesn't mean anything anymore. +1
Get into Wyrm's Rock Fortress by either: showing the Admission Pass, showing Lower City Pass obtained from Valeria, using Nashkellan's report, bribing Blaze Elin ( DC 25 Persuasion check required), or passing any of class-based checks. +1

Wyrm's Rock Fortress

At the Flaming Fist barracks:

Convince the Flaming Fist quartermaster Arkleia Oloril to trade with you. +1
When you spot Fist Reynash trying to open a chest, give him 300 gold to take the ferry +1

Speaking to Manip Bakshi (regardless if you succeeded a check to discover Reynash's thieving attempt or not):

Successfully detect his thoughts and pretend to be a new recruit +1
OR Tell him you've spotted Reynash on stealing +1, and then:
- Tell not to be hard on Reynash +1
- Agree to leave barracks (or let him escort you out) +1

At the Audience Hall:

Speaking to Lord Amber's Bodyguard and attendants of Lady Durinbold and Lord Shattershield about the Steel Watch, say that the Steel Watchers will eventually turn on everyone. +1
Pass the Steel Watcher that confronts you at the coronation +3

▶ Note: This dialogue appears only if Karlach is not in the party

Approaching Duke Ravengard after the coronation:

Talk to the Duke +1
Ask what has happened to the city's great hero +1 (a Baldurian option)
Ask if the current state of the city is what they call tyranny +2
- After using any of these lines, explore Ravengard's mind with illithid check +3, and tell him Florrick sent you +3
- OR Initially tell the Duke that Florrick sent you +3, then probe Ravengard's mind to discover councellor's location and tell him that Gortash is a tyrant +2
Wake Ansur's spirit +10
Pick up the Helm of Balduran after defeating Ansur +5

Camp/Conversation

Say that Baldur's Gate has a responsibility to people in need. +3
When Vlaakith projection emerges at the camp, tell Lae'zel to stand her ground +1
Accept Mizora's offer for a night of lust but then change your mind and don't completely follow through with it. +10