Baldur's Gate 3: How to recruit Karlach in BG3? Baldurs Gate 3 guide, walkthrough

In BG3 you can join the deviless Karlach as a companion. On this page of the guide we tell you where Karlach stays, how to recruit a female to the team and what are the basic statistics of the deviless.

Last update: 25 July 2023

One of the potential companions to recruit in the first act of Baldur's Gate 3 is a tiefling called Karlach. In our guide, you will find explanations of where to find the hiding Karlach, how to help the woman, and how to get her to join the party. You will also learn about Karlach's most important stats.

• Where is Karlach hiding in act 1?
• How to gain approval of the tiefling?
• Karlach and Wyll - confrontation
• Karlach's key stats

Where is Karlach hiding in act 1?

1. You can find Karlach in the first act of the campaign. The wounded woman hides by the river in the Risen Road region - the above pictures show this place. Get there from the west, by first crossing the Blighted Village and jumping over the damaged part of the bridge.
2. Paladins under the leadership of Anders are hunting Karlach, and this is related to the Hunt the Devil quest - we described it on a separate page. You can start this quest by meeting with the paladins or when you find the woman.

1. After starting the conversation, don't turn aggressive in response to the tiefling's flames. Keep talking and mention the parasite.
2. Agree to help Karlach - you'll need to handle the paladins. Do not choose the option to assist the paladins, because you will have to kill the woman.
3. You can recruit Karlach immediately. If you want to deal with the paladins sneakily, send Karlach back to camp and get rid of them without her. Otherwise, take Karlach straight to the tax house to the north, where the paladins are. Do not refuse her.

How to gain approval of the tiefling?

To get approval with Karlach, you can:

1. make decisions consistent with her beliefs;
2. support her in revenge on the people who made her a slave.

You can romance Karlach as any of the genders. We described the romance in a separate chapter of the guide.

Karlach and Wyll - confrontation

1. Karlah and Wyll start off hating each other. Wyll is supposed to hunt her. If you recruit both of them, they may end up confronting each other.
2. It can occur after returning to camp for a long rest. You can support Karlach in two ways - persuade Wyll to see reason (choose the first dialogue options) or just kill him. We don't recommend it, as you'll lose him as a party member.

Karlach - best stats

Karlach is a female tiefling. She is a barbarian and her default equipment includes a large axe and a crossbow.

Her base statistics are as follows:

1. Strength - 17
2. Dexterity - 13
3. Constitution - 14
4. Intelligence - 11
5. Wisdom - 12
6. Charisma - 8