Baldur's Gate 3

Baldur's Gate 3

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Leave No One Behind - The final guide to answer all your questions
By Melichor
This guide is a short script of this video
I am going to be referring to the video sometimes, as it is explaining some ways you can cheese some encounters, so that the characters are in zero risk, if you're doing Honour Mode. I am not going to explain everything, but I am going to shorten what you need to do into concise information.
   
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The key video
All information is extracted from this video, which made all the research necessary, give them a view, you will probably need it anyways, my guide just shortens what you exactly need to do.
How does the achievement trigger
Basically there is a list of NPCs, if any of the NPCs die, you fail the achievement. After you finish the game, you get the achievement.

The list of NPCs is:
  • Alfira
  • Arabella
  • Bex
  • Cal
  • Cerys
  • Dammon
  • Danis
  • Ide
  • Lakrissa
  • Lia
  • Mol
  • Rolan
  • Umi
  • Zevlor
  • Zorru
So what do I need to do?
Some of the NPCs are in no danger unless you go for some very bad choices, some are in mild danger if you do a combat, that may include them, some of them are avoidable via dialog, and all of them are avoidable, if you check out the video. I am going to describe actions in each act that you need to take, if you need details, go to the video.
Act I
Rolan
You need to convince Rolan to stay in the camp.

Arabella
Save Arabella from the snake.

Alfira
Unless you are doing Dark Urge, no actions needed. If you're playing The Dark Urge, you need to knock her out before the cutscene to get a replacement NPC. There are plenty of guides on how to do this.

Goblin Camp
Take out the goblin leaders, duh. Preferably without them going to the Refugee camp.

Wait what about <insert random NPC here>
You don't need them, they may die and it doesn't fail the achievement, check out the NPC list or preferably the video!
Act 2
Fight against Markus
Try to avoid it. If you really want to do it, protect mainly Cerys, and avoid AoEs. Some of the NPCs may be in the area, but if you avoid AoEs, they should be fine, for more details check out the video!

Rolan Again
You need to meet Rolan at Last Light Inn and then rescue him from the wraiths. For minimal risk route, check out the video.

Rescue refugees from Moonrise Towers
Duh, you need to save them via the back route and get them to Last Light Inn. If you don't know this yet, you need to do this before the Shar Temple.

Arabella
You need to encounter Arabella, and tell her that you will find your parents to get her into your camp. Do not tell her that they are dead.

Zevlor
You don't need to rescue him from the Moonrise Towers. You can, but you don't need to. The dead Zevlor in Act 3 is different from the Zevlor that needs to survive.
Act 3
Rolan Again Again
He must not die during the Dame Aylin quest. If you want to do this quest and do it on Honour Mode, check out the video for the best routes on how to keep him alive.

Final Battle
Just don't let anyone die. Don't summon critical NPCs into the final battle preferably.

That's it.
That's it? I mean what about <insert another random NPC>. NO, you don't need them.

But you forgot to mention, that I must do the good ending.
You don't. You can choose any ending you like.

I've personally tested this, and used the ending, where Gale sacrifices himself. You need to convince him to do it at the stem.