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Astarion

Astarion is a recruitable High Elf Rogue companion and Origin character. Players seek him out for party combat support, stealth capabilities, and lockpicking or trap disarming services.

Type

Companion & Ally

Where to find them

• Act 1: Wilderness area on the Ravaged Beach near the crashed Nautiloid wreckage (approximate coordinates X: 170, Y: 287)

Services

combat support · stealth capabilities · lockpicking · trap disarming

What's there

• Nautiloid wreckage: Crashed Mind Flayer ship serving as the primary nearby point of interest
• Bushes nearby: Contains a trapped Intellect Devourer that Astarion uses as bait

Collectibles

• Thieves' Tools: Surrounding beach wreckage in lootable containers, corpses, and scattered supplies

Missions

• The Pale Elf · side · Act 1
• The Pale Elf · side · Act 2
• The Pale Elf · side · Act 3

In the guide

• Ravaged Beach
• Sunlit Wetlands
• Putrid Bog
• Reithwin Town
• Moonrise Towers
• Gauntlet of Shar
• Wyrm's Crossing
• Counting House
• Cazador's Palace

• •Resting at camp triggers an event where Astarion attempts to bite the player character, revealing he is a vampire spawn.
• •In Act 1's Sunlit Wetlands / Putrid Bog, the party encounters the Gur monster hunter Gandrel, who is tracking Astarion.
• •In Act 2, Raphael agrees to decipher the Infernal runes carved into Astarion's back in exchange for eliminating the orthon Yurgir in the Gauntlet of Shar.

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