Shadowheart’s Secret Score: How To Make Or Break Her Loyalty To Shar

So you thought you were just helping Shadowheart through her divine emo phase, but surprise: Baldur’s Gate 3 has been quietly keeping score of your every move – literally. Behind the cryptic dialogue, the moonlit brooding, and the inexplicable mushroom-based therapy lies a hidden counter that determines whether Shar’s most conflicted cleric starts doubting her goth goddess… or doubles down.

Shadowheart’s Secret Score: Shar, Scars, And The Algorithm Of Doubt

In a new deep dive into the code, YouTuber SlimX reveals that Shadowheart has her very own secret point system: the Nightsong Points. Score four out of six, and our favorite pain-worshipping amnesiac starts questioning everything she stands for – unlocking hidden scenes, dialogue, and a critical shift in the game’s most emotional confrontation.

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But don’t get too comfy. Just like with Gale’s bomb-o-meter, the path to earning these points is hilariously convoluted, easy to miss, and haunted by invisible flags, obscure DC checks, and one extremely judgmental wolf memory. Let’s unravel the madness.

To earn Shadowheart’s trust – and maybe stop her from stabbing a literal angel – you’ll need to build up a hidden tally of “Nightsong Points.” One of the most important sources? Her dreams. Specifically, a surreal flashback involving a wolf, a moonstone pendant, and a whole lot of religious trauma. But to even see this memory, you first need to collect a separate set of invisible “Wolf Dream Points.” Yes, Baldur’s Gate 3 contains hidden points that unlock the hidden points that unlock the real choice.

Pain Points And Memory Flares: Shadowheart’s Trauma Is A Minefield

The dream itself can earn you a point – if you play your dialogue options right and resist the urge to rush through it. But the real kicker is the flare system: Shadowheart’s cursed hand will react (painfully) whenever she does something Shar would disapprove of. Trigger that pain four times, and another buried memory bubbles to the surface, offering you a chance to push her further from her dark path. Unfortunately, several of these “flares” are bugged, misfire if triggered outside of dialogue, or break the system entirely if done out of order.

And because this is Shadowheart, a memory mushroom is also involved. Feed her the right fungus, and she recalls another buried scene – granting yet another point, provided you’ve already survived the bug gauntlet. A few more chances appear in Act 2: give her a special flower, let her click something spooky in a Shar temple, and pay close attention to subtle shifts in her body language at camp. Get four points and high enough approval, and you might just talk her down. Miss a cue, and well… cue divine execution.

How It All Ends: The Nightsong Showdown

Finally, we get to the big moment: the confrontation with the Nightsong. Whether Shadowheart spares her or stabs her depends on two things:

• Your Nightsong Point total (you want 4+)

• Your approval score, with three brackets: Below 20, 20–40, over 40.

If you’ve got 4+ points and 40+ approval, she’ll spare the Nightsong automatically – unless you convince her otherwise. But if you’re in that cursed 20–40 approval range, even having enough points won’t stop her from killing the Nightsong – because the dialogue options bug out and lock you into murder. Hilarious. Solution? Drop the Spear of Night on the floor before the scene starts. No spear, no stab. The event proceeds as if you chose mercy.

Shadowheart’s loyalty path is one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s most complex – and easily broken – systems. It’s a masterclass in invisible mechanics, conditional flags, and meaningful consequences hidden behind dice rolls and dialogue branches you didn’t even know you triggered. Thanks to SlimX’s sleuthing, we now have a roadmap. But don’t get too confident – the game’s still watching. And somewhere in the code, Shadowheart’s approval is probably ticking down just for reading this article.