Baldur’s Gate 3: 6 Best Weapons For Astarion (2024)

Rogues in Baldur's Gate 3 have a wide variety of choices when it comes to weapons, which makes sense as it is one of the most versatile classes in Dungeons & Dragons. Everyone needs a rogue in the party for sneak attacks, picking locks, and disarming traps.

Those Baldur's Gate 3 players who don't want to be Rogues themselves can recruit Astarion as a Companion and get him to do the thieving, spying, and stabbing instead. Astarion can be a great addition to one's party lineup, especially once he is given the most optimal weapons. All of the following weapons are great for Rogues in general, but there's something about each of them that's perfect for the Pale Elf.

6 Needle Of The Outlaw Rogue

Found Waiting In The Camp Stash

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• Stats: 1d4 + Strength or Dexterity modifier, piercing damage

There's a mysterious chest known as the Peculiar Clothing Chest waiting inside the Traveller's Chest at the player's camp, and it contains some unique items of Common quality that are more for aesthetic purposes than actual fighting gear. There's a bicorn hat, a lute, a flowing red cape, and a dagger called Needle of the Outlaw Rogue.

This dagger is one of the best weapons that Astarion can get in Baldur's Gate 3 because it has been waiting for him at camp from day one, making it an incredibly accessible piece of equipment. It's of common quality, but almost all pieces of gear available at this point in the story are. Astarion can also use the Needle of the Outlaw Rogue as a ranged weapon if players don't have a decent bow or crossbow for him yet.

5 Bow Of The Banshee

Provides A Handy Passive Effect

• Stats: 1d6 + Dexterity modifier, piercing damage, offers the Blood-Curdling Emission ability, which possibly inflicts the Frightened condition.

There aren't many Rare quality items that Baldur's Gate 3 players can find in Act 1, and the Bow of the Banshee is one of the few available. It drops from Corsair Greymon, the Duergar trader that the party encounters in the Grymforge.

Other than just being a really nice ranged weapon, this bow seems ideal for vampire-spawn Astarion because of the unique ability it grants: Blood-Curdling Emission. When the bow hits a target, in addition to the usual damage and the Hamstring Shot ability, it can inflict Frightened, which renders enemies immobile and improves damage and attack rolls.

4 Stillmaker

Dolor's Infamous Dagger

• Stats: 1d4 + Strength or Dexterity modifier, piercing damage, ability to cast Hold Person

A dagger of Very Rare quality, Stillmaker has a bloody past that Astarion would certainly appreciate. It's the weapon that was used in the Open Hand Temple Murders, and like most murder weapons, it can be found hidden in a cave underneath the temple.

Another nice perk with Stillmaker is that it would give Astarion the power to cast Hold Person, which sounds like something a vampire would typically do. Hold Person is a level two spell that can leave the target Incapacitated, preventing them from moving or making Actions or Reactions. Enemies hit with this spell will also have Disadvantage on attacks against them.

3 Bloodthirst

Orin's Dagger Of Bhaal Worship

• Stats: 1d4 + Strength or Dexterity modifier, piercing damage, +1 to AC, roll needed for a Critical Hit is reduced by 1

It's not just because it's the only Legendary dagger in the game; it's got some great stats and abilities that are ideal for both Ascended and Spawn Astarion, too. Bloodthirst is attainable fairly late in Act 3 of Baldur's Gate 3. Players can acquire it roughly around the time they face Cazador and make that big decision regarding Astarion's future. To get Bloodthirst, players must confront and defeat Orin in the Undercity Ruins, which is much easier said than done.

As long as it's equipped, this dagger grants the ability to cast True Strike. It is a Bound Weapon, so it can't be knocked out of Astarion's hand by attacks or spells. Bloodthist also grants different abilities depending on whether it's in Astarion's main or offhand. Exploit Weakness is available via the main, and True Strike can be accessed via the other.

2 Hellfire Hand Crossbow

Another Good Reason To Kill Yurgir

• Stats: 1d6 + Dexterity modifier Damage, piercing damage, provides the Hellstalker ability and the Scorching Ray spell

Being an orthon, Yurgir is mostly a ranged fighter, throwing bombs and hitting party members with bolts from his crossbow. This is the Hellfire Hand Crossbow, and whether or not players slay him or talk him into killing himself, he'll drop this handy weapon.

This is the only Very Rare hand-crossbow in the game, and other than being of high quality, it also gives Astarion the Hellstalker ability, which allows him to inflict the Burning condition on targets while he's hidden or invisible. Scorching Ray is a level 2 evocation spell that can do fire damage to up to three targets, and it also comes with acquiring this crossbow.

1 Trepan

Drops From The Nurses Who "Assist" Malus Thorm

• Stats: 1d6 + 1 + Strength or Dexterity modifier, piercing damage, provides the Trephination ability

Rogues can also equip a shortsword, but the drawback with this is that it normally doesn't allow dual-wielding. Astarion would make an exception for the deceptively simple Trepan, however. This is a shortsword found in the House of Healing, and it's perfect for when a bloodthirsty vampire wants to play doctor.

Here, players have the option to talk the nurses in the theater into killing themselves with their own weapons, and should the protagonist successfully convince them, they can loot their unique, medical-kit themed weapons. One of them is the Trepan, a tool used in operations like lobotomies due to its ability to bore through bone. It also grants Astarion the Trephination ability, which deals extra necrotic damage to the target.

Baldur's Gate 3

RPG

Platform(s)

PC , macOS , PS5 , Xbox Series X

Released

August 3, 2023

Developer(s)

Larian Studios