

By clicking on Karlach, players share a moment with her right there on their bunk. You'll try and share a more prolonged intimate moment together before she'll stop you for fear of hurting you further. Afterward, head to your bedroll and interact with it to see that you have a choice to go to bed alone or to think of Karlach. Choose the appropriate responses to flirt with her and hint at wanting to risk the pain to be able to touch her. As mentioned previously, she will have no pretense about responding to your affections. To romance Karlach, players only need to be forward with wanting to spend more time with her. It's important to note that while it might not be a certainty, this might count as an attempt at romance already, and so while your relationship hasn't officially started by any means, it might lock you out of pursuing other Companions. Talk to her again and choose to test things out with a kiss. You can also do the same thing with a water barrel or anything similar you can interact with. Afterward, use any Spell or Action that creates ice or water and direct it at Karlach. Eventually, this will let you speak to her at camp and offer to have an idea to help with her little fire problem. This entails finding Infernal Iron and bringing it to the Tiefling Dammon.


One surefire way to increase affection with her is to follow her Companion Quest. At this point, your approval rating with her should be High so try to explore and do a lot of other things before tackling the Quest for more chances to get your approval up, if it's still lacking at this point. Your relationship with Karlach can officially begin during Act I even before the Quest Save the Refugees, unlike how it was in Early Access. Keeping the general guidelines in mind above, and eventually getting her approval high enough, players may approach her at the camp for a talk. She'll be sincere and upfront with her affection for you, so you only need to be the same. Part of this dynamic will be the fact that anyone she touches gets burned, which will have her yearning for your physical affection when you start being open about your feelings toward one another. Karlach is one of the easier Companions to create a bond with as she is not too closed off or secretive. This might put decisions that will gain her approval at odds with other Companions like Shadowheart and Lae'Zel.Īdditionally, her background (as someone who just escaped the Hells) attunes her towards outgoing people who take actions that express their love of life. As with all the Companions, whenever you can talk to Karlach, always scour the dialogue options for any new options, again still following the general guidelines above, where she'll slowly open up to you about things that will help you deepen your bond with her further and further. Gaining Karlach's approval centers around being forthcoming and somewhat heroic - showing compassion toward the wronged and almost uncompromising good. This will be updated as more is revealed throughout the game. In this Karlach Romance Guide, we explore the general path toward gaining Karlach's approval and what opportunities you have to share some moments with her. WARNING MASSIVE SPOILERS PAST THIS POINT. This can be done by exploring the Risen Road area, past the Blighted Village. To complete Karlach's questline, you'll first have to recruit her into your party. Next simply follow the river east, till you see blood on the ground, which will lead you to Karlach. If you come to the edge, you will be able to jump onto the rock in the middle and then to the other side of the river. After in which you can teleport back to druid's grove if you so wish.Įasier way is to head to Scratch then to the log north-east. You will land directly to the riverbank where Karlach is wounded and recruit her. In this Area, you can jump down to Karlach's area directly below and you can most likely see her at this point.Įither get a character or characters that can survive the fall or if you have the Feather Fall spell, use it to negate Fall damage. When you reach the cliff facing the Risen Road, to your right you will find a climable slope and at the top is a chest containing some items. In Act I, Go to Zevlor's room named the Secluded Chamber, from there use the ladder going up where you will find a Tiefling Zentry and overlooking the Risen Road area. Head down the road to your right, fight your way through the Hyenas and Gnolls, and continue down to the river where you will see blood on the ground and Karlach resting on the opposite side of the river.ĮARLY KARLACH SHORTCUT FROM EMERALD/DRUID GROVE Make your way through the Blighted Village, past the Gnome that is tied to the windmill, and jump across the gap in the bridge.
