Mintara the Night Guardian is a character in the game Baldur's Gate 3, available as a companion and also for romantic relationships.
< p>In the game, Mintara appears as one of the goblin leaders sent by Keterik Torm in search of the Mysterious Artifact. Mintara is also a faithful adept of the Absolute.
In this article, we will tell you how to find and recruit Mintara, create the best build and romance her.
Background
Mintara comes from the city of Menzobenrrranzan, located in the Underdark. After the Absolute adepts arrived in the city, Mintara became interested in a new cult. She gathered a squad and went with it to the Moon Towers.
Orin and Ketherick held a lavish reception for their new guests, which ended in disastrous results. Mintara was the only one from the squad who survived and with the help of the illithid larva Orin made her Faithful. Under the influence of the larva, Mintara renounced her goddess Lolth and began to worship a new deity – the Absolute.
Later, Mintara, along with two other goblin leaders, settled in the destroyed temple of Selune. Together they, on the orders of Ketheric Torm, developed a plan to search for the Mysterious Artifact.
The first time in the game Mintara can be seen in the cutscene, watching the fall of the Nautiloid from the Goblin Camp.
How to recruit Mintara
Help capture the Emerald Grove
In the first act, Mintara is in the Goblin Camp. You can get acquainted with her during the quest “Save the Refugees”. You can find her in the Broken Sanctuary (X:335, Y;43), where you need to start a dialogue with her.
From a conversation with her, you can learn that she is looking for the location of the Emerald Grove, where tieflings have found refuge. Mintara believes that it is behind the closed gates of the grove that the Druids hide the Mysterious Artifact. In order to recruit her, you will have to agree to help her find the grove and kill all its inhabitants. If you have already been there, open your mind to Mintara and let her find out where the grove is.
However, having agreed to help her cut out the grove, Will and Karlah will leave your party, and Halsin will also not be available in the future. Along with this, the tiefling quests and saving the Cursed Lands will also be unavailable.
Mintara will order you to go to the grove and open the gate for her squad. After talking with Mintara, a new task “Raid the Emerald Grove” will appear. Act quickly to get into the grove before the druids close it.
Move to the grove. The entry “Mintara is preparing an attack on the grove” will appear in the diary. She told us to wait for dawn. I should get some sleep.” Go to the camp for a long rest, then move to the gate opening mechanism (X: 203, Y: 447).
When you see the goblins approaching, Zevlor will start a dialogue with you. Admit to him that you brought Mintara with the goblins and the battle will begin. After it, your hero will open the gate and the next battle will begin in the Stone Hall, where you will have to kill Will, a potential companion. Then the battle will take place nearby in the Secluded Chambers, and the final battle will take place in the very center of the Emerald Grove, already with the druids.
Celebrate the victory
After capturing the Emerald Grove, you need to talk to Mintara and open your mind to her to see what she wants. After that, she will offer to join you at the camp and celebrate the victory.
Take a long rest and talk to Mintara again. This time she will invite you to be alone with her. If you decide to refuse her, it will not cause negative consequences in the future, although it will make her angry.
Having agreed to surrender to Mintara, a bed cutscene will begin, after which she will try to kill the sleeping protagonist. Pass a Persuasion or Intimidation check (15) to avoid combat.
After this, Mintara will advise you to go to the Lunar Towers to join the Absolute. She will tell you how to go through the Mountain Pass and give you the Spider Lyre to call a guide with a Moon Lantern. You will also receive a Gift from the Absolute – a flask with an illithid parasite.
Mintara herself will leave your camp and set off on her own. Read this article to find out how to call a guide, get a Moon Lantern and get to the Moon Towers safely.
Moon Towers
Once you reach the Moon Towers, head to the Throne Room, where you will meet Keteric Torm in person for the first time.
Ketheric will sentence a group of goblins and Mintara herself to death for failing the task. In order to recruit Mintara, you must save her by choosing one of the wisdom checks in the dialogue (16, 21). Mintara will be spared, but despite everything, she will be sent to prison.
The prison can be found next to the Throne Room. Going down the stairs, in the room on the left you can find two gnome adepts of the Absolute, who will try to erase Mintara's mind.
How to save Mintara, as well as how to recruit her while playing as a good character, read in this article. After rescue, Mintara immediately becomes available to be added to the main squad.
Mintara Build
Mintara initially has the Paladin class, Oath of Vengeance domain. Mintara is also suitable for the oathbreaker subclass, which can only be obtained by breaking an oath.
In this article we will look at the Oath of Vengeance Paladin build.
Unique actions
Mintara has a special action – “Soul Brand”. It increases the character's movement speed to 1.5 meters, and his next attack deals 3~9 fire damage. The condition ends after a successful weapon attack.
Mintara also immediately has some illithid abilities:
- Auspicious Beginning
- Charm
- Concentrated Blast
- Psionic Recoil
Mintara has the Aristocrat origin, adding benefits to history checks and persuasion.
Skills
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Maximum strength and charisma increase damage from melee attacks. Especially in combination with paladin spells. For example, with the “Divine Smite” spell.
Best equipment
Most of the ideal equipment for a paladin is described in this article.
First Act
< p>Bow with a titanium string – can be bought from Brem in the Zhentarim Vault (X: 294, Y: -250).
Caustic Ring – sold in the myconid colony from Derrit Bonecloak (X:49, Y:-97).
Third Act
Flesh Solvent Cloak – found in a chest in the healing house morgue ( X:33, Y:-924).
Amulet of Great Health – can be found in Raphael's collection on a pedestal in the House of Hope (X: -6548, Y: -2901).
Hell's Sunset Armor – drops from Raphael after the fight in the House of Hope.
Level up
Important decisions regarding the choice of necessary traits are only available on several levels.
- Level 4 – improved characteristics: +2 strength
- Level 8 – master of two-handed weapons
- 11th, 12th levels — multiclass with a warrior. The warrior's “Rush to Action” adds +2 additional turns.
If you want to continue developing the paladin class to the end, at 11th and 12th levels you need to take the ability improvement: strength +2, as well as the “vigilance” trait.
Approvals for Mintara
Mintara, along with Astarion and Laezel, approves of the cruel, evil or selfish actions of the protagonist.
Anything related to murder , deception and desire for power – will be approved by Mintara. For example, a large amount of approval can be received after defeating Ketherick, suggesting that she defeat Gortash and Orin and seize power together.
However, some obviously evil actions may be frowned upon. For example, in the Towers of the Moon, Mintara will try to find out from you why you decided to kill the tieflings. If you answer that you were prompted to do this by a thirst for murder, suffering, or simply a desire to do it, Mintara will react negatively. She will also not approve if you choose to let Marcus kidnap Isobel from the Last Light Tavern.
On the contrary, good intentions and helping others will be condemned by Mintara. Mintara does not like to show sympathy, especially to those who are weaker. She also won't like it if you show disrespect for the drow culture and don't agree with her opinions.
Mintara is monogamous. If your hero is in a relationship with her, then she will not approve of any hints of betrayal. For example, she will react aggressively to the offer of sleeping with the drow twins in Weasel Shares, an affair with Mizora, or starting a polygamous relationship with Halsin (if you have them in your camp).
Romance with Mintara
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A bed scene with Mintara in the first act will not be the beginning of a romance and will not guarantee a relationship in the future.
A direct romantic relationship with Mintara can only begin in the third act.
During one of the long rests, Mintara will want to talk to you. She will share her thoughts about trusting you and her fears. Mintara will ask you to open your mind in order to see how the main character sees her. It is necessary to introduce Mintara as a lover. This choice will be the beginning of your novel.
Mintara's quests
Mintara herself, unlike other companions, does not have her own personal quest. However, she is directly involved in the “Save the Refugees” quest, giving you the additional task “Raid the Emerald Grove.”
Also, in the Moon Towers, the task “Solve the Fate of Mintara” appears, which must be saved in order to complete your companion.
In the third act, Mintara may become a victim of Orin's abduction from the camp if she is absent from the main party during the quest “Visit the Emperor's Old Refuge.”
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Endings for Mintara
For Mintara, the developers have prepared two endings.
The bad ending includes submission brain at the end of the final battle with Absolute. Unlike the usual bad ending, where all the companions obey the main character, Mintara retains her mind and rejoices in gaining power.
If you get a good ending, six months later the Withered One will gather all the heroes for a party. Mintara will also appear on it and talk about her life after getting rid of the illithid larva. Read more about the good ending of Mintara and how to open it in this article.
