Does Astarion get a happy ending?

Astarion seemingly becomes more confident and happy. Astarion expresses his gratitude for your guidance in helping him make the "right decision." If you are currently romancing him, during a following long rest, a cutscene will occur where he leads you to his "grave" and explains how he was turned by Cazador.
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What happens to Astarion at the end of bg3?

Astarion's Good Ending Comes With A Cost In Baldur's Gate 3

While this gives Astarion the benefit of being free from Cazador's control and lets him keep the others used in the ritual alive depending on dialogue choices, he'll remain a Vampire Spawn for the foreseeable future.
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Will Astarion still love you if he ascends?

Astarion's Romance Takes a Drastic Turn

Unlike his Spawn self, who is caring and treats the player as his equal, Ascended Astarion will become controlling over them. There is still affection and deep down he loves them, but his desire for power and control turns those feelings into a hungry obsession.
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What happens if you let Astarion finish the ritual?

If you allow Astarion to complete the ritual, he'll become much more abrasive, though he gains an improved bite and extra necrotic damage on his spells. Power corrupts absolutely, and it's no different for Astarion, who failed to break the cycle of torment established by a vampire ages ago.
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Will Astarion break up with you?

Players can pick whichever option they feel suits how they want their relationship with Astarion to be. Picking options that manipulate Astarion into having sex with you simply for pleasure will be followed by a cutscene where Astarion breaks up with the player.
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Baldur's Gate 3 - "Good" Astarion Romance Ending

Can you romance Astarion if you don't sleep with him?

You don't need to sleep with him at the party! If you get his approval high enough, he'll proposition you on his own at some point during act 1 when you talk to him. So your friend just needs to keep getting his approval up and it should trigger eventually, though it should probably be done before moving on to act 2.
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Will Astarion get mad if you sleep with Halsin?

They could even had all origins being ok with him but they decided it would only be ok for Astarion and Shadowheart. Astarion even says that Halsin isn't something serious, so Astarion basically is only ok with sharing Tav because he sees Halsin as a fling.
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Can Astarion become a full vampire?

It is possible to turn Astarion into a vampire, but not the main player character - at least not fully.
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What is the best ending for Astarion?

Astarion's best ending involves completing his personal quest and gaining a newfound resolve, but it also means he can no longer stand in sunlight. Despite giving up the ability to see the sun, Astarion's emotionally satisfying ending allows him to live knowing his tormentor is gone and he has people who care for him.
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Is Astarion worth keeping?

Astarion, the party's elven rogue in Baldur's Gate 3, is highly valuable due to his unparalleled rogue abilities, especially in picking locks, pickpocketing, and combat.
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Should I let Astarion become vampire lord?

This is a small price to pay for such abilities, so if players don't care about the lives of 7,000 vampires, then it's definitely worth letting Astarion become a Vampire Ascendant.
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Can you keep Astarion without ascending him?

If you stop the ascension, you just became his new Cazador. You are now telling him what he can and cannot do. You are responsible for making all of his decisions for him, since you didn't trust him enough to make his own. Or you spend your life making him second guess himself.
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Does Astarion become evil?

A Conflicted Vampire Spawn

How evil Astarion gets depends on how the main character decides to play his storyline, with a redemption arc available for those following a more benevolent path.
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Is Ascended Astarion bad ending?

The ascension ending for Astarion perpetuates a cycle of abuse and is considered his "bad ending" by many players, but he is at least making some kind of progress. Leaving Cazador alive and under his control is a much worse path for Astarion, causing him to live in perpetual fear and regression.
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How do I not lose Astarion?

For real though, if you want to stop the ritual but keep Astarion in your party:
  1. Talk to the spawn in the cages before you enter the main hall.
  2. After defeating Cazador, tell Astarion either that he shouldn't do the ritual because it will kill all the spawn in the cages or tell him that the ritual will consume him.
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How to marry Astarion?

Astarion Approval List
  1. Supporting his desires.
  2. Being supportive of his nature and condition.
  3. Aligning yourself with creatures of evil nature, such as goblins or devils.
  4. Being ruthless to people he views as weak.
  5. Demonstrating your power over others.
  6. Appreciation for the fine arts.
  7. Being cruel to others.
  8. Letting him bite you.
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Can you romance Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3?

As you begin to romance Astarion, you can check up his approval rating of you on the character sheet. The goal is to gain high approval, and it's best to gain Astarion's approval before the Rescue Druid Halsin quest. In a normal playthrough, it may take you about 20 hours of gameplay to reach this point.
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Do I give Astarion blood?

When you let Astarion drink your blood, you'll wake up with the Bloodless debuff. Until you long rest again, you'll have a -1 on all checks. The only way to avoid the debuff is to let him kill the character. You can always use a Scroll of Revivify the next morning or pay 200 to have Withers bring you back to life.
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What happens if I let Astarion ascend?

The Narrative Consequences Of Astarion's Ascension

Despite being vocally grateful to you, he will quickly become much more arrogant and power-hungry, even noting in the following conversation his desire to subjugate the world, now that he has obtained this power.
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What happens if you give Astarion the tadpole?

Once you or Astarion (he has no issue with leveraging a bit of grossness into more power), eat the first tadpole, you gain a dialogue option with everyone where you can try to persuade them to use them as well. If you succeed, that person also gains access to tadpole powers.
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Can ascended Astarion walk in the sun?

Due to his unique infestation by a modified mind flayer tadpole, Astarion could move freely during the daylight hours, move through running water unharmed, and enter homes uninvited; none of which a vampire or their spawn should be able to do.
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Can you romance Astarion as a male?

Companions are interested in you regardless of your gender, though Astarion has hinted that he likes both men and women, making him explicitly bisexual. You can flirt with more than one companion, but during the romance scene after the 'Rescue Halsin' questline, you can only pick one person to share the night with.
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Can I romance both Wyll and Astarion?

Wyll is probably the type to not be into polyamory so you're forced to pick between the two, but Astarion is fine with poly.
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Can you sleep with Karlach and Astarion?

No, but you can sleep with astarion and helsin at the same time. Next best thing, right? Karlach is monogamous. She doesn't take to polyamory at all and an easy way to seriously upset her is to sleep with someone else after you get the Act 2 relationship scene done.
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Should you let Astarion complete the ritual?

Ultimately I came to the conclusion that both logically and ethically the only "good" decision to make is to let Astarion go through with the ritual himself.
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