It's been a year since Astarion stole our hearts and became the Internet's boyfriend (we partially blame Neil Newbon for this). Now that Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 is out, there is a lot to unpack, and we don't blame you for wanting to skip to the stuff that concerns only the vampire companion. In this article, we will focus solely on the changes revolving around Astarion in BG3 Patch 7.
- Check out the full BG3 Patch 7 Notes here
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Astarion Changes Patch 7
Here’s a breakdown of everything that’s new for Astarion in BG3 Patch 7:
- Astarion now has idle animations at camp that aren't just him reading a book.
- Companions should now be more sympathetic to Astarion fleeing from the sun.
- Polished facial expressions and emotions across companion dialogues, including to the facial animations of your character during some kissing cinematics, including with the Vampire Lord Astarion.
- Non-Vampire-Ascendant Astarion now has something to say after you spend the night with Mizora.
- Added a dialogue option to tell Astarion about meeting Ulma if you met her without him. Astarion also has a new line in your dialogue with Ulma if you first meet her without him and then talk to her again with him in the party.
- Fixed a bug where you could get locked in combat with Cazador if Astarion was alive and incapacitated in his ritual position, one of the other spawn was dead, and the rest of the party was defeated by Cazador. Now combat ends correctly with a Game Over screen.
- Fixed a bug in Cazador's fight where it was possible to get more than 1 extra Bonus Action per turn for the same character by stepping on and off the pentagram in front of Astarion several times per turn.
- Fixed a bug where Astarion wouldn't comment on being killed by the lance at Rosymorn Monastery after being resurrected if the resurrection happened outside of camp.
- Fixed a bug where agreeing to spend a night with Astarion in a conversation with him during the camp celebration and then deciding to sleep alone instead could still result in a romance scene with him.
- Fixed a bug where, if you promised Cazador to bring Astarion to him and Astarion was in your party, you could go to Astarion at camp and tell him to replace himself in your party.
- Avatar Astarion will now correctly roll a passive Perception check to recognise the scar on Sebastian's face.
- Killing Cazador and then Ulma without Astarion in your party will now correctly close the 'Investigate Cazador's Palace' quest.
- Fixed some hand jitters on tall players when planting a kiss on Astarion.
- Added a fade-to-black to improve the transition after Astarion says 'Let's see where the night takes us' at camp in Act I.
- Fixed a pop and an awkward pause in Astarion's recruitment dialogue.
- Astarion will no longer forget to ask you if you 'know anything about these worms' in his recruitment dialogue.
- Fixed Astarion looking like he's floating on steps and, separately, like he's frozen after the battle with the Netherbrain.
- Fixed Astarion's awkwardly long pause after he responds to you asking him if this is how he used to live, in reference to the spawn at Cazador's palace.
- Tweaked some timing and animations to avoid Astarion's hand clipping into the player character's neck and collar in the dialogue with Dalyria and Pale Petras.
Check out the rest of our BG3-related articles and stay tuned for all upcoming news.
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