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BG3 Ship Stats (fics/month)

This is a chart of all the ships with >500 fics, with the number of fics/month since the game launched in August '23 to present. Because it is so dominant, Tavstarion uses the right axis and is the thickest line; ships with >1000 are in the middle length, while <1000 are the lightest for legibility.

Of note is the fact that, most prominently seen in Tavstarion but also seen in other ships is a drop, with most peaking in October '23 and for Tavstarion and Tav/Gale falling fairly dramatically through '23 and gradually decreasing through '24.

Of these top ships, only Bloodweave and Wyllstarion don't show a decreasing trend, both overall staying consistent around their respective levels after an initial rise, although with notable individual peaks.

Ships separated for each companion, and by % ships instead of total counts, can all be found below the cut.

By Character

Tav is, unsurprisingly, the closest to the overall top ships due to the dominance of Tavships in the fandom. Again, Tavstarion is on a separate axis.

We can see that Gale is the other dominant, but while its peak is higher than the current Tavstarion values, it still is ~100 fics lower. Everything else is similarly lower than TavGale, with Halsin coming in at the third highest, then Shadowheart and Karlach staying fairly strongly above 100/month until just recently, and Wyll and Lae'zel rounding out the origins with lower values. Minthara is pretty even with Tav/Durge ships, and the others are very low and intermittent.

Durge ships are overall much lower values than Tav ships, but joining Astarion over on the right axis is Durgetash, which gets to be the top ship for a bit this July.

Of the secondary ships, Gale is unsurprisingly still the top, the other values are not nearly so clear - while Lae'zel is consistently the lowest of the Origins, everyone else has a moment at the top, including Wyll who was one of the lowest for Tav ships. Minthara also gets to make a stronger presence here, although Jaheira remains very low.

Lae'zel is dominated by Shadow'zel, which beats out Tav/Lae'zel consistently. Of the minor ships, Karlach/Lae'zel is the most prominent, followed by Durge/Lae'zel. Everything else is fairly inconsistent, but there's a notable spike of Wyll ships this past August.

Shadowheart is dominated by Tav and Lae'zel, with Shadow'zel becoming strongest early on and more recently as Tavheart falls. By far the strongest of the secondary ships is Karlach, although Durge and Gale both make a strong showing in early ''24.

Notable as a prominent NPC ship is Nocturne, who's placed similarly to Astarion and Halsin, but had a slower start, not getting much until a few months into the game (as more people found and got to know her, presumably).

Astarion, I've already talked about Tavstarion, and it and Durgestarion's fairly comparble decline. Bloodweave is notable for being fairly consistent (with large fandom event peaks keeping it from having as much of a drop), and is the highest of the companion ships, with Halstarion also high but strongest in '23, with Wyllstarion beating it out in May (for yet another fandom event peak)

Cazador is notable for beating out all of the girls, of which Karlach is the highest, with selfship fic on occasion beating out Shadowheart and Lae'zel.

Gale is a fight between Tav/Gale and Bloodweave, that Bloodweave has been gradually winning these past few months. Beyond that, Durge/Gale is the highest, although it has been decreasing. Galeheart and Galesin have a decent presence, both strongest spring of this year, with Bladeweave the other notable ship, highest more recently.

For NPC ships, we see Gale with Mystra, which is regularly higher than Bladeweave butgenerally staying underneath Shadowheart and halsin, although it has some notable presence in July.

Wyll had Tav as the highest ship early on close to launch, but has since become dominated by Wyllstarion, highest at the beginning of '24 but remaining the top ship save for August, where Wyllach beat it out. Wyllach is the only other shp of note, regularly higher than the others, including Durge.

Karlach has overall lower values and is fairly chaotic, but Tav is her main ship, like most highest closer to launch and falling to the wayside - in the past few months, it's reached the values of Wyllach, her other main ship, which has been fairly consistent. Of the secondary ships, Shadowheart is fairly high, then Astarion and Durge, with the occasional peak of Lae'zel.

Dammon is notable as an NPC ship, that is fairly strong in '23, rivaling Astarion and Durge, but has dropped off strongly through this year to be more at the level of Minthara and Gale.

Karlach is notable for having some of the highest amounts of Minthara, which comes close but doesn't actually beat out Durgelach this past month.

Halsin is dominated by Tav and Astarion, with Tav staying the highest ship and both falling lower after initial peaks following game launch last year. Everything else has much lower values, but notably Durgesin and Galesin have increased, finding their peaks early summer '24.

Other ships of note is mainly limited to Shadowheart in '24, although Wyll has a fairly consistent showing. Zevlor makes his mark as an NPC ship, mostly throug strong bursts in October '23 and early '24, although is still about the level of Wyllsin.

Minthara is the lowest of the main companions, but is interesting in having the smallest gap between Tav and Durge shipping, even if Durge never fully exceeds. Beyond that, Orin has a strong presence early on, falling away through '24 but staying one of Minthara's main ships, similar in values to Karlach, Shadowheart, and Gale.

Not included are Jaheira and Minsc due to the image limit + overall low values - Minsc getting his highest peak at 3 Tav/Minsc fics ina single month, Jaheira only slightly higher wit her Tav peak of 8.

% Charts

These are in %fics for month out of the sum of all the tagged ships for that month - so not taking into account

On the left is the %for the character in question (ie, of all Tav ships, how many are Tavstarion, GaleTav, etc) while on the right is for the opposite (ie, how common is Tavstarion of Astarion ships, and GaleTav of Gale ships)

Tav is mainly Tavstarion, although we see that it has been slowly dropping from the majority, crossing to <50% at the start of 2024; GaleTav has been the main ship rising to replace it, with everything else more consistent, hovering <10%

Aside from Tav/Tav and Tav/Durge, all the Tav ships are fairly high, staying mainly above 25%. Highest is Astarion, which started at a whopping 75% but has dropped to only 50%; GaleTav and Tavsin are more consistent around 50%. Karlach, Shadowheart, and Mintahra hover in the 25-50% range, with their highest points also being at game release in August, while Wyll and Lae'zel are overall lower - although Lae'zel reaches a high here in September.

Durge is mainly Durgestarion and Durgetash, with Durgetash rapidly rising through the end of 2023 for them to battle out. Other ships are <10%, although Durge Gale has risen to a peak of 14% this latest month.

Aside from a brief outlier in Minsc (due to single fics), Durgeships are overall much lower than Tavships, with only Jaheira and Minthara beating out 25%. The others are generally fairly consistent.

Lae'zel is majority shipped with Shadowheart, after the first month of launch staying fairly consistently >50%. Tav hovers around 25%, with other ships <10%, with notable Lae'zel/Astarion at a peak in August and Lae'zel/Karlach peaking both early and in March.

As expected, Shadow'zel is again the only Lae'zel ship of note, but it is not the majority ship for Shadowheart the way it is for Lae'zel. All other ships are <10%, although due to low counts Jaheira dips above. Minthara and Karlach are the other more consistent, although Wyll also got >5% last month in August.

Shadowheart is a battle between Tav and Lae'zel, both dancing around the 30% mark, with Tav strongest right after launch, and Shadow'zel coming in strong after.

Other ships are all <10%, save a momentary blip of Durgeheart in May - Gale has a strong showing early in the year, but otherwise they're all fairly even and low.

In terms of other ships, Shadowheart is the majority pairing for Lae'zel, and the others are all much lower - Karlach is the highest, and Minthara also peaks up as >10%.

Astarion is represented by an overall drop from Tavstarion and a gradual rise in Bloodweave - with early in this year Tavstarion falling <50%, and Bloodweave slowly rising to meet it, surpassing Durgestarion but not yet beating out the Tav ships.

Every other ship is fairly even and <10%, although there's a small blip for Wyllstarion in May.

Astarion is hotly shipped, wit several ships bouncing in the 1/3 range - Tav and Durge are teh highest, but were strongest close to game release, with Halsin, Wyll, and Gale fairly even. Astarion with the girls is far lower, although is most notable for Karlach.

Gale is a battle between Tav and Astarion, dancing around the 50% mark, with Bloodweave finally getting majority in these past few months. Everything else is much lower but more consistent, wit DurgeGale around 10% and everything else <5%

For other ships, Gale isn't in the majority save for a few individual Minsc fics, but is strong and rising presence for both Tav and Gale, getting >25% in the past few months. DurgeGale has also been gradually rising, the only one to cross over 10% save a brief peak for Galethara and Galesin. Other ships are mainly sticking <5%

Wyll has no true majority ship, although Wyllstarion was able to cross over briefly in May of this year. Like many Tav ships, WyllTav was strongest just after game release, but has been overtaken by Wyllstarion, with Wyllach a fairly constant other ship. Other ships stay <10%, with a notable peak for DurgeWyll in March, Bladeweave in April and July, and Lae'zel in August.

Wyll doesn't make much of an impact on other's ship charts either, with only Karlach >10% dancing around the 25% mark. Astarion has been solidly at the 5% mark through this summer, but otherwise only a few peaks of Jaheira, Minthara, and Lae'zel make much of a showing.

Karlach is another with no real dominant ship, the strongest presence Tav, which has steadily dropped moving away from game release. Wyllach has slightly risen, but stays <30%, with the others fairly even and mainly <10%, although Shadowlach is consistently higher and Starlach reliably crosses over. Karlach/Dammon comes closest, but is strongest early on, falling off through 2024.

Karlach isn't anyone's majority ship (although she comes close in November for Jaheira), but is the strongest for Wyll, with their pairing dancing around 25%. Shadowheart and Minthara are both regularly at and above 10%, and Lae'zel has a few peaks, but any other ship is solidly <5%.

Halsin is mainly a battle between Tav and Astarion, with Tavships dancing around the 50% mark. They came the closest together in November '23, but Halstarion has never crossed over into being the majority.

Durge/Halsin has had a general rise, getting >10% throug the late spring and early summer, but seems to be falling back again. Galesin is the only other ship to get >5%, with a notable peak in April.

While Halsin has a large number of tags, he's well overshadowed by Tavstarion such that both Tavsin and Halstarion are <10%, and not reliably >5% Jaheira gets some prominence due to her low values, but otherwise Durge is the only one to get >5%.

Minthara, with overall lower counts, is fairly chaotic. While not the majority, she is predominantly shipped with Tav, but notably has one of the closest gaps between Tav and Durge ships. Orin is the other main ship, highest early in September '23, dropping down to the level of other Minthara ships.

For pairings with companions, Karlach regularly crosses over 10%, with Shadowhert getting a recent high >15% in July, and Gale crossing over briefly in February. Halsin, Lae'zel, and Wyll have crossed the 5% mark as well, leaving Astarion for once the least shipped companion.

I have now hit the image limit, so will not be showing the % for other companions, but Minthara/Jaheira is the only one to break 5%, with Karlach the only ship that gets even close. Minthara ships are all fairly low.

If anyone is super interested in the Jaheira or Minsc graphs, they can be added, but these are all very low values, with moth ships being rare to get 1/month.

As a general rule, the fandom is dominated by OTPs, mainly Tavships and Astarion ships, with Shadow'zel and Wyllach the only real exceptions, and things getting weirder with the low counts for Mintahra, Jaheira, and Minsc.

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