Deep in Baldur's Gate 3's mammoth patch notes for its fifth main update is a whammy of a line: "Minthara will still appear in Moonrise Towers if she was knocked out in Act 1." That's right, it's now easier than ever to recruit Baldur's Gate 3's "evil" companion without committing to an evil playthrough. Spoilers for Act 1 below.
About halfway through BG3's first act, you can side with either Silvanus' Grove or a marauding goblin tribe, with the former eventually netting you hunky druid Halsin as a companion, and the latter resulting in the friendship of Drow hardass Minthara. The goblin path is pretty heinous, so a lot of players (myself included) have missed out on Minthara's unique character arc and romance subplot—she placed dead last in our ranking of Baldur's Gate 3 companions for just this reason.
