Baldur's Gate 3

This missable achievement requires you to gift a specific flower to Shadowheart. It may seem like a simple task, but it requires some time investment through the main story and certain decisions must be made. The first opportunity to find a Night Orchid will be in Act 2, but it’s possible further into Act 3.

Below you'll find a guide about your companion: why this is missable, how you can increase your likeness with her, flower locations and other stuff. There will be spoilers regarding Shadowheart's arc to explain certain situations. Please bear with me!

1. Requirements:
*= See more optional info and plot development clicking the spoilers below.

- Play on a file where your main character isn’t Shadowheart.
- You must save Shadowheart the first chance you got (which is "Prologue: Escape the Nautiloid") and recruit her in your squad. There will be several encounters if you miss or ignore her after this, but ultimately, it will shift her attitude against you.*
- During “Gauntlet of Shar” dungeon in Act 2, don’t let Balthazar take Nightsong.**

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2. Getting to know Shadowheart:

With Shadowheart in your party, you’ll need to work on getting your approval up with her. She generally likes being a kind person, some examples are: if you choose to help others, use deception / persuasion to avoid combat and show kindness to animals. You can also gain free approval from asking about her (just don’t pry when she gets defensive) respecting her boundaries.

Once her approval is relatively high, she will come forward and tell you she is a Shar worshipper. React calmly and tell her you don’t care who she worships.

From here, you’ll be able to ask about her again and this time an option should come up saying you want to know about her outside the parasites and her Shar worship. If done properly, she’ll tell you that she loves night orchids and can’t swim.

Now that you know this, you’ll have the ability to gift her a Night Orchid.

3. The search for the Night Orchid:

Note that you will only need one Night Orchid to complete the quest. Act 2 has fixed locations where the flower appears, whereas Act 3 have a bit of random places which vary from player to player.

Act 2 Locations:

Act 3 Locations:

These are all the locations I could find. It should be enough, but feel free to share more if you want once you have discovered them.

4. Giving the flower to Shadowheart:

Once you pick up a Night Orchid, talk to Shadowheart and there will be a special dialogue option. Choose to bring up Night Orchids and then gift the one you found to her. Doing so, you will gain her approval and the achievement. She’s a softie after all, huh?

TLDR:
- Don’t choose Shadowheart as your main character at the start.
- Save her as soon as you can (Prologue) and recruit her in your party.
- Gain her approval by being a kind person throughout the story.
- Be supportive when she opens up to you about her past.
- Decide the fate of Nightsong but don't let her be kidnapped by Balthazar.*
- Find a Night Orchid in any of the suggested locations.
- Gift her the flower you’ve collected.

*Only applies if the achievement has not been unlocked before the "Gauntlet of Shar" dungeon in Act 2. Or if you want to give the flower to Shadowheart later in Act 3 by whatever reason.

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