Dark Seduction is a unique playable character in the game Baldur's Gate 3. He differs from other characters with a backstory in that he can be completely customized by players .
Dark Seduction suffers from memory loss and a strange thirst for violence: “I need to find out who I am and what happened to me. Until my trembling hand draws tragedy in blood.”
In this guide we will tell you in detail about the best build, all the key events, features of the passage and various endings of the Dark Seduction quest.
Best build for Dark Seduction
Best race
By default, Dark Seduction is a white Dragonborn with some distinctive characteristics: the Frost Breath effect (2~13 damage) and resistance to cold damage.
We recommend focusing on this canonical choice. Other good options would be a half-orc, a dvergar, a tiefling zariel, or a githyanki.
Choose a class
Dark Seduction initially has the Sorcerer class, subclass “Enchantment of the Storm.”
The best option for Dark Seduction is the Oathbreaker Paladin class. Learn more about how to break your oath and become an Oathbreaker in this article.
Compared to the Sorcerer, the Paladin has more powerful attacks and spells. Also, the story of the Oathbreaker echoes the dual nature of the Dark Seduction.
Good options for choosing a class would be: Necromancer Wizard and War Domain Priest. Oath of Allegiance Paladin would be good for roleplaying as a good Dark Temptation resisting his lust for violence.
Level Up
- Level 1 – Oath of Vengeance Paladin
- Level 2 – Two-handed weapons
- Level 3 – Oathbreaker Paladin Subclass
- Level 4 – Two-Handed Weapon Master
- Level 5 – Magic Weapons
- Level 6 – Low Restoration
- Level 7 – Challenge to a Duel
- Level 8 – Vigilant
- Level 9 – Multiclass Rogue
- Level 10 – Sneak Attack
- Level 11 – Thief Subclass
- Level 12 – Furious Attacker
After leveling up the Paladin to level nine, you need to add the secondary class of the Trickster. Next you need to pump it up to the fourth level.
The Paladin and Trickster multiclass is ideal for Dark Seduction with high charisma.
We recommend taking deception skills and knowledge in the field of intimidation and persuasion. It's also useful to get extra sneak attacks.
Origin
Pursuit is a unique origin only available when playing as Dark Seducer. Gives a bonus to passing medical and intimidation tests.
Points and abilities
Best distribution of Dark Seduction stats:
- Strength: 17< /li>
- Agility: 10
- Stamina: 14
- Intelligence: 8
- Wisdom: 8
- Charisma: 16< /li>
In skills you need to choose persuasion and athletics. Persuasion works in conjunction with Dark Seduction's increased intimidation, and Athletics will be useful in combat.
Best Equipment
Acts One and Two
- Helmet Beatings – Found at the Selunite Outpost in one of the locked chests (X: 163, Y: -248).
- Deathstalker's Cloak – Given to Dark Temptation by the butler for the first kill.
- Adamantine Plate Armor – can be crafted in an Adamantine Forge. How to find a forge and craft the armor is described in this article.
- Gloves of the Growling Dog – can be found in the treasures of Dror Razglin in the Goblin Camp (X: 298 Y:66).
- Crumbling Nightsteps – can be found with Faithful Nere in Grimforge (X: -635, Y: 312).
- Ring of Hrup – found on the goblin Hrup in the goblin camp (X: -74, Y: 438).
- Moon Pendant – Found in the Selunite chest in the Bear Owl Cave (X: -327, Y: -135).
- Blade of Justice – found on the paladin Anders on the upland road (X: 106, Y: 562).
- Bow of Awareness – Sold by Roa Moonlight in the Goblin Camp (X: 275, Y: -29).
Third Act
- Balduran's Helm – found on the altar next to the dragon Ansur (X: 636, Y: -964).
- Baalist armor – sold in the Murder Tribunal, provided that you have joined the Baalists.
- Gloves of the Legacy of the Masters – possible buy from Dammon at the Forge of Nine in the Lower City, provided he survives to the third act.
- Boots of Hell's Sunset – found on the top floor of the Serpentine Fortress in a locked chest (X: -32, Y: 219).
- Ring of Assassin's Love – found in the Shar Temple at the location of the Trial of Self-Repetition (X: -833, Y: -729).
- Ring of Regeneration – sold in the Magic Supplies store in the Lower City.
- Amulet of Bhaal – can be obtained from Sarevok Anchev in the Murder Tribunal.
- Balduran's Giant Slayer – obtained by completing the Serpent's Path trials in Serpent Rock Prison.
- Dark Flame Shortbow – sold by Dammon in the Last Light Tavern (X: -35, Y: 169).
Best companions
The best companions for Dark Seduction will be characters prone to evil. They are the ones who will definitely not leave the party based on your evil decisions.
Example:
- Mintara is the Priest class of the knowledge domain (bonuses to ability checks, healing and control of opponents). If you wish, you can replace her with Shadowheart, Shar's employee.
- Astarion – Rogue class (pick locks, disarm traps and ranged combat).
- Laezel – Wizard or Sorcerer class (area damage, control and magic damage).
Personal quest of the Dark Seduction
Throughout the game, in addition to the quest to get rid of the illithid larva, the Dark Seduction has his own personal quest “Seduction”.
Here we will talk about the key and unique moments of roleplaying for Dark temptation.
Act One
Meeting Gale
Waking up on Nautiloid, Dark Seduction will understand that he does not remember who he is and who he is. However, the first time he notices an uncontrollable craving for violence is as soon as he finds the portal with Gale.
Suffice it to select “Imagine how nice it would be to cut off this hand”, a scream will be heard and After the cutscene, Gale's Severed Hand will appear in your inventory. In the future, the wizard himself will no longer appear in the game.
Arabella
When visiting Emerald Grove, Dark Seduction also faces some unique choices.
In the Emerald Grove, while looking for a healer, you will see a scene where Kaga, who led the circle of druids, accuses the tiefling girl Arabella of a crime.
The Dark Temptation will have a unique choice – “Point the girl with a look to the exit: Run!”. In this case, when Arabella runs to the exit, the snake will pounce on her and bite her.
Tear off the wings of a bird
In the chambers of the healer Nettie, when you first meet her, you will see her healing a wounded bird. After talking with Nettie, when interacting with the bird, Dark Seduction can choose to Tear off its wings.
Kill the squirrel
While exploring the Emerald Grove, Dark Temptation will see a squirrel named Twig (X:237, Y:467). When trying to interact with a squirrel, Dark Seduction will kick it and will not even understand how it did it.
Finish Pandirna
In the tiefling supply warehouse there is a girl named Pandirna, whose legs have become paralyzed after the Hag’s potion. Dark Seduction will also have the option to take advantage of the girl's helplessness and kill her on the spot faster than she calls for help.
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Alfira
After meeting Alfira, on one of the long holidays she will appear in the camp. The girl will ask us to take her into our squad, and will tell how meeting us inspired her to do great things. Regardless of what you choose: drive her away or allow her to stay, something irreparable will happen.
The dark temptation will wake up in the middle of the night in blood in front of the lifeless corpse of Alfira.
You can choose any scenario: tell your companions or hide the evidence. In any case, no one will leave your squad. Withered, resurrecting dead companions in this case will refuse to resurrect her.
If you don't want to kill Alfira, there is one option to keep her alive. As soon as you visit the Goblin Camp for the first time, save without taking a long rest. Return to the Grove and knock out Alfira with a non-lethal attack. The level of Alfira's attitude towards you will decrease and during a long rest another bard will come to replace her – the dragonborn Quil Grutslang.
Quil will also ask you to accept her into your squad and in any case will die at the hands of the Dark Seduction.
Skeleritas Gnus
After killing the bard, during one of the long rests, an old acquaintance of the Dark Seduction named Sceleritas Gnus will visit the camp. In the past, he served our hero and finally found him by the smell of blood.
Gnus will repeatedly appear in the camp and push the hero to do terrible things necessary to complete the personal quest “Temptation”.
Bite off the goblin’s finger
Not far from the rune circle “Goblin Camp” you can find a goblin named Hrup (X:-74, Y:438), who will offer Dark Temptation to kiss his feet. It is worth choosing “Mentally imagine what his finger will taste like if you simply bite it off”, how the Dark Seduction will do it.
Love scene with Mintara
In the Goblin Camp you will meet Mintara – a potential companion who can be recruited into your squad if you play as a bad character. At the party to celebrate the capture of the Emerald Grove, Mintara will invite your hero to spend time together. Having agreed, after a short love cutscene, Dark Seduction can wring Mintara's neck.
Dobroshroom
In the Underdark, during the quest “Find a Mushroom Picker”, among the Bibberbangs you can find Dobroshroom – a mushroom that can restore memories.
Since Dark Seduction suffers from amnesia, after taking Dobroshroom, he may vaguely remember some of his atrocities.
Also, Dark Seduction can restore part of the memories if you cast the Healing spell on it.
Second Act
Kill Isobel
One of the key events of the second act is the murder of Isobel during the quest “Temptation”.
Skeleritas Gnus will appear in the camp again, this time persuading the Dark Temptation to deal with Isobel. However, if you agree, you will have to fight everyone from the Last Light Tavern, as without protection they will fall under the influence of the dark curse.
Jaheira will suspect you of killing Isobel. Several checks (16 and 18) must be passed to convince her that Isobel's death was an accident. Only by convincing Jaheira of your innocence can you subsequently recruit her into the squad.
Kill an important companion
If you refused to kill Isobel or previously killed Nightsong in the Shar Temple (which leads to the death of Isobel and everyone in the Last Light Tavern), Dark Seduction will have to commit another murder.
Gnus will appear in the camp and will persuade Dark Seduction to kill his closest companion. Unfortunately, this time it will not be so easy for Dark Seduction to cope with the lust for murder.
It is necessary to pass a check (14) in order to restrain the first impulse, and then several more checks (18) in order not to kill a party member. But not a single companion, whom the Dark Seduction was supposed to kill, will abandon the main character, but, on the contrary, will provide moral support.
If you decide to kill a companion, then in the morning you will have to pass a check (30) so that the rest of the team members do not attack you.
Kill the pixies
As soon as the Moonlight Lantern of Karnissa is in the hands of the Dark Seduction, free Dolly-Dolly-Dolly. After freeing the pixie, Dark Seduction will want to kill her in the first second of her release, without receiving help against the dark curse.
More details on how to get the Moon Lantern are written in this article.
Strange Ox
In the Last Light Tavern you can find the Strange Ox, which could previously be seen in the Emerald Grove in the first act. If he is persuaded to reveal his secrets, the ox will show Dark Seduction the memories of his bloody deeds. Dark temptation can make a unique choice “Now show the ox the depth of your corrupt thoughts” and attack him with a dagger. After death, the ox will take on its real appearance.
If you missed the conversation with the ox in the second act, then in Rivington (X: 40, Y: -148) you can see him again and kill.
Meeting with the Absolute
Climbing up the beams on the first floor of the Moon Towers, you can find a cracked wall (X:-130, X:-177). Dark temptation will note that there is something living in the wall. By choosing to reach out and then do nothing, the Dark Temptation will enter and end up right in front of the Absolute's heart.
It turns out that the Absolute knows well who the Dark Seduction is, and will also try to summon him. If you give in to the call, the entire team will go straight to the Illithid Colony under the Lunar Towers.
There in the Colony, in the Larval Implantation Center, you can stumble upon an old illithid capsule (X: 676, Y: 35), which contained the Dark Seduction itself.
Cressa the Bone Daughter
B north-eastern part of the Illithid Colony, in the barracks you can stumble upon a character named Cressa Bone Daughter (X: 728, Y: 27). She immediately recognizes the Dark Seducer and talks about how she found his body with an illithid larva in a mountain of corpses. Cressa re-sewed the body of the Dark Seduction and wanted to keep it for herself, but he suddenly disappeared.
Kill the cat
While exploring the Lunar Towers outside, you can stumble upon a cat named Steel Claw (X:-136, Y:- 224). You need to talk to the cat using the “Talk to Animal” spell. The cat will immediately remember the Dark Seduction and will be aggressive towards him, threatening to deal with him. If you select “Try to remember what was forgotten”, Dark temptation will kill the cat.
Act Three
Meeting with Gortash
Lord Gortash will invite you to his coronation at the Fortress on Snake Rock. There he will tell Dark Seduction that before the loss of his memory, they were allies. Gortash will also tell you the whole plan to capture Baldur's Gate with the help of the Crown of Karsus, and how Orin prevented this plan. She decided to take all the Netherian stones for herself and get rid of the entire trio. Next, he will offer to renew the alliance, kill Orin and bring the matter to an end together.
Murder Tribunal
On the quest “Investigate the murder in the Temple of the Open Hand” and “Impress the Murder Tribunal”, Dark Seduction will meet Sarevok Anchev – judge of the tribunal, spawn of Bhaal and part-time grandfather of Orin.
It turns out that Sarevok also knows the Dark Seduction. He will talk about how Orin got rid of the Dark Seduction out of envy, since he was the beloved spawn of Bhaal.
Sarevok offers to kill Orin, becoming an Unholy Assassin in front of him. Whatever the outcome of events, you will know where to find Orin and how to get to the temple.
The Devil's Share
Dark Seduction will have unique dialogue in the Devil's Share store. Unlike the normal playthrough, Dark Seduction does not require any magic checks to find out what the shop owner is really up to. Helsik immediately recognizes our hero, since he was her client in the past.
She will immediately give us the hat of the butler Skeleritas Gnus, which remained there from the last visit of the Dark Seduction.
If you ask Helsik to talk about the past, she will try to extort money (1-1000 gold) in exchange for information. Dark Seduction learns that he and Gortash asked Helsik to open a portal to hell in order to steal the Crown of Karsus kept by Mephistopheles.
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Orin the Red
Orin will be located in the very heart of the Temple of Bhaal. You will see her with a blade next to the victim she stole from our camp.
When we meet, she will tell you that it was she who planted the parasite in the brain of the Dark Seduction on the very day when his plan was supposed to work. Then the battle will begin and only one chosen of Baal will have to remain.
How to defeat Orin and save the victim, read in this article.
Unique equipment and abilities
Cloak death hunter
After killing Alfira, Sceleritas will appear on one of the nights of the long rest and reward you with the unique Death Hunter's Cloak. It gives the owner invisibility for two turns after killing one of the enemies.
Assassin Form
The Slayer form can be obtained in Act II, after killing Isobel or your companion. If you saved both, Skeleritas will reveal that the Dark Temptation is a spawn of Bhaal instead of giving you the Slayer form.
It can be obtained a second time in Act III, after defeating Orin. Only if the hero accepts Bhaal's legacy will he gain the ability to transform into the Slayer.
Transforming into a killer, in addition to his monstrous appearance, Dark Seduction gains the following attacks:
- “Multi-Attack” – attacks enemies with its claws, tearing them into small pieces (4~16 points of cutting damage).
- “Luxurious bloodbath” – open the enemy's vital arteries. They begin to bleed, and the flow of blood constantly heals your wounds (3~30 points of slashing damage).
- Let the Carnage Begin – Brand nearby creatures with the Mark of Bhaal, making you harder to kill when they die.< /li>
- “Ruthless Leap” – Suddenly jump on enemies and crash into them. However, you can make them fall flat for up to two turns (11~31 units of crushing damage).
Are romances possible
Playing as the Dark Seducer, you also have the opportunity to start romances. The only difference will be in the approval of some companions, since playing an absolutely evil character, it will be more difficult to build relationships with some.
Dark Seduction will receive the most approval from Astarion, Mintara and Laezel, so create a pair with any of it will be easier for them.
If you kill Isobel during the Dark Seduction quest, Halsin will not join you in the future and you will not be able to build a romantic relationship with him.
Also, don't forget that if you don't kill Isobel, Sceleritas will force Dark Seduction to kill a companion with whom there may be a romantic interest.
Full background story of Dark Seduction
Since the character is actually an amnesiac Bhaalspawn, the backstory begins long before the action of Baldur's Gate 3. The Bhaalspawn are known from the first game in the Baldur's Gate series.
The difference between Dark Seduction and other spawns is that that he was created artificially – from the dead flesh of Baal himself.
As a child, he was raised by a family, until at one point he killed his adoptive parents.
Already in adulthood, as soon as Dark Seduction became the leader of the cult of Bhaal, he created an alliance with Ketheric Torm and Gortash. The plan to take possession of the Crown of Karsus and sow the cult of the Absolute in the world is an idea that belongs precisely to the Dark Seduction.
However, things didn't go according to plan. Orin, also a spawn of Bhaal, became jealous of her brother's success. The dark temptation had no equal in the number of murders and he was the most beloved creation of his “Father.”
It was Orin who was responsible for infecting the Dark Seduction with an illithid larva. After torture and memory loss from Seduction, he was sent to Nautiloid, where his story begins in the game Baldur's gate 3.
All endings of Dark Seduction
Bad ending
In the Temple of Bhaal, after killing Orin, Dark Seduction will have the most important choice in the entire game – accept the legacy of his “Father” or become free.
Sceleritas Gnus will congratulate temptation on his victory over Orin and on the fact that only one chosen one remains. Next, a cutscene will begin where Gnus is pierced with knives and Baal himself begins to speak through a pool of his blood.
In order to accept the legacy and play as the evil Dark Seduction, in dialogues you must choose“I obey you, Father. This world will be gutted to the end.”.
Acceptance
After the battle with the Absolute is completed, if the Dark Seduction, who accepted his heritage, decided to save Baldur's Gate, at the very end there will be several options for the development of the event.
If you choose “Whatever it is, this is what you deserve” or “Power you don't have to borrow. You have defeated the Netherian brain. Can't you defeat the Lord of Murder?” In this case, Baal will decide to punish his offspring and make him completely insane.
Prison
Choosing “You cannot be released. You will be sent to the dungeon and asked to be shackled with the strongest shackles that are there”, a cutscene will begin. The Dark Temptation, shackled, is in prison and later comes to him Withered. After a short conversation, the game ends.
Death
“This will not happen! To resist to the last is to commit suicide.”The dark temptation dies and the Withered One meets him on the other side.
If you choose to accept Bhaal's punishment or go to prison, Dark Seduction will appear in the epilogue at the party. Completely distraught from the constant killings, he hides in the bushes, waiting for his former friends to fall asleep and have the opportunity to finish them all off.
Good ending
After defeating Orin, Dark Seduction will have a chance to escape from under the power of Baal and reject him. At the same time, Baal kills the Dark Seducer and he dies.
Suddenly, the Withered One, who has been in your camp since the first act, appears and resurrects hero, now completely free from the oppression of his dark heritage. Only in this case can you get a good ending to the game after the final battle with the Absolute.
This is the entire guide to the Dark Seduction in Baldur's Gate 3, indicating his best build, key moments in his story, optimal equipment, main features and endings.
