All Hidden Pets in Baldur’s Gate 3 (And How to Get Them)

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

I love how the spell description for Summon Scratch is "Summon the best boy". Because he absolutely is.

[@crysisfantal1825]

if he dies, will he be able to respawn?

[@jacej355]

​@@crysisfantal1825 yes as long as he doesn't die in camp.

[@emmajeema]

@@jacej355thank god I literally haven’t summoned him because I was scared he’d actually did

[@jacej355]

@@emmajeema I was worried about him too, so I saved before a combat and tested it.

[@TalesStahl]

@@emmajeema even then i feel bad if he just looses one hp.

[@user-fz2vq9rp2t]

fun fact: you can fail all the Necromancy of Thay checks and still get all the perks, just need to remove the curses later.

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

Thanks for letting us know!

[@MihaiCornean]

thats tue mirror curses not the book

[@MixedSnowFox]

@@MihaiCornean the mirror doesn't curse you, just spawns a fire-spitting floating ball

[@user-fz2vq9rp2t]

@@MixedSnowFox believe they're talking about the mirror from act 3. but the book does give different debuffs depending on how many checks you fail, which can all be removed. you still get speak with dead from the first page, and forbidden knowledge from the third.

[@micasa8421]

@@MixedSnowFox Get to act3 brother

[@KarmaHauntsYou]

Lump is one of my favorite characters. Just the idea of an intelligent ogre totally gets me. I love how if you kill him, you find out the reason his int was so high, was because of an item that was raising his int, making him smarter.

[@AMagicalTortoise]

Don't forget about the fact that in his journal, he mentions that the item was worn by someone he ate, and so that item is in his stomach affecting him.

[@levinstrategist]

@@AMagicalTortoise the item is actually his nose ring, I believe.

[@AMagicalTortoise]

@@levinstrategist I’ll have to check it again, but I could’ve sworn he wrote that he didn’t know why he was smart at first, but later realized it was because of someone he ate.

[@Loganz0]

​@@levinstrategistdude it is not the nose ring. Wtf are you talking about? LOL

[@DrDarkheart]

Its literally on the right side of his head

[@Bdakkon]

"Sctrach will play fetch with anything you throw" Yup found this oit thd hard way when i threw a bomb that had not gone off. Also when i tried blocking an vent trap. Scratch returned the item and the room exploded. Couldn't even stay mad at him. It was hilarious.

[@irishmudslide1544]

Yeah I found that out too when I tossed something to that dwarf in the under dark surrounded by those volatile mushrooms, scratch ran straight through it and caused a fuckin nuclear explosion Neither him nor the dwarf made it😂😅😅

[@vatrea2143]

can he respawn? @@irishmudslide1544

[@Allantitan]

@@irishmudslide1544so what I’m hearing is…don’t summon scratch if there is anything explosive around

[@ZolanskiT]

Not me throwing some magician's-hand-I-unexpectedly-got-at-the-beginning-of-my-journey, to play fetch with Scratch 🤣

[@TurboKnight865]

He did this to me when I threw a sussar bloom on an arcane turret in act 1. Like ummmm why is Astarion dying ? Oh no!

[@JobeStroud]

With the Ogre summon. You HAVE to use it in Act 1. If you try to use it later, it will say that they are too far away.

[@seanmckee6021]

not true it depends on ur location

[@ButcherGod]

@@seanmckee6021 So you are saying you can call them at Cursed Lands and BG in acts 2 and 3? cause I don't see anywhere you can there. and if you just meant the Mountain Pass, that's still act 1.

[@zaujik12]

@@ButcherGod i wonder if he means the curst lands. they do show up if you made a promise to pay them after the next fight demanding payment but thats it

[@juliuscrowe]

I tired to call them in the creche it didn't work. Tav said "too far to reach ogre ears" I'm not sure if will work in other parts of mountain pass.

[@zaujik12]

@juliuscrowe probably at the pass to moon rise is where your meant to use it.

[@DemonofTorment]

You can also convince Balthazar to give you a bell to summon his brother. I know he's not technically a permanent companion but still an honorable mention. :3

[@whoisturtlehomie]

Never used him, but got him. :’)

[@lavellan2312]

several of the ones in the video also aren't permanent

[@CapybaraConnoisseur89]

I got it always but I have killed Balthazar and his "pet" inside his sanctum. I know what he is up to later on.

[@lavellan2312]

@@CapybaraConnoisseur89 permanent as in re-summonable throughout the whole game once you get them.

[@onecampania7057]

I used the bell to summon him in the fight against Raphael's devil enemy. What I didn't pay attention to is that if he gets hurt by one of your attacts (he ran into my poison cloud) he aggros on you. So summon him with caution

[@nobuffer101]

I'm a little surprised summoning as many minions as possible wasn't some sort of achievement for Baldur's Gate.

[@theangrypotato2.031]

Its probably just because it explodes most peoples computers, even if they can run baldurs gate 3 at decent graphics, which would lock most people out of even being able to get it at all.

[@iamrolfie3755]

@@theangrypotato2.031 Waaaah waaaaaah! People who can barely run the game wouldn’t be able to get the achievement! Waaab

[@DragonGunzDorian]

​@@iamrolfie3755dude provides a sensible reason, and you act like a child. Grow up.

[@ThatGuyFromDetroit]

and what would that limit even look like? four lv12 necro-wizards all with their own legion of zombies, 'extra' summons, etc, all slots taken, including summoning the elemental that summons its own elemental? i think it would just be a logistical nightmare and barely even fun to play at that point. especially during combat. and then there would be some random guy who would figure out how to break the theoretical upper limit by glitching. take it from a guy who uses the Party Limit Begone mod, 'too many summons to be fun anymore' is totally a thing that exists. each round takes longer, and sometimes they won't/can't follow you across jumped gaps, or can't reach the enemy by the time your companions have done the job, or create a choke point in a doorway where every single person has to pass through it in an order that includes "not blocking the way, especially with an owlbear" etc. Or have 5-15hp computer lag is a secondary issue compared to "why even bother?". which, to be fair... i mean, 'jack of all trades' is an achievement. and it's not exactly the most ideal way to play. so w/e

[@notreallyheroic3364]

I just found out yesterday: if you throw Scratch's Ball outside of camp you summon him.

[@What_do_I_Think]

You don't need the ball. As soon Scratch brings the ball the first time to you, a button is added to your "common" actions tab, which summons him directly. But you need to keep the ball.

[@collectionbotanica]

@@What_do_I_Thinkbut it’s only per short rest, the “throw the ball method” might get over that? (Still have to try)

[@What_do_I_Think]

@@collectionbotanica Allow the best boy some rest!

[@Cyb3rM1nd]

@@collectionbotanica It doesn't. If you have summoned scratch, dismissed him and not yet short-rested, if you throw the ball he won't show and your character makes a comment. The benefit of throwing the ball is that after the short/long rest you can give the ball to a different character and have them throw the ball: you lose the summon scratch button and they instead have Scratch as a familiar and get the button added to their hotbar.

[@matturner8586]

Man I love Larian for this!!!

[@point-five-oh6249]

Out of all the unique familiars, Shovel is probably the most useful. Unlimited invisibility for surprise rounds, has silly dialogue, quite a few nice Resistances that are commonly used by enemies in the game that only gets amplified by using the spell Aid at higher levels, and Warlocks can take advantage of their Pact of the Chain bonuses with her. Took Shovel all the way to the end.

[@rahziqwilliams5795]

Was there a patch stopping the non wizard shovel tactic where you switch classes learn the spell then re spec again? I had just done that and I can’t find my Quasit Summon after I’ve already learned it as a Wizard

[@RankStankulon]

@@rahziqwilliams5795 If you learned the spell from the scroll as a wizard, you'll have to have 1 level in wizard to be able to prepare and cast it. If you learned it through dialogue with Shovel, then it will be always prepared even if you change class.

[@Zaxares]

Yeah, Shovel is mega-useful, although I think Us edges her out in terms of combat benefits. I REALLY wish you could give Elixirs and grenades to summons as well, since I would have her chug Elixir of Barkskin to improve her AC and then just have her chuck Alchemist's Fire, Smokepowder Bombs and Grease Bottles at foes. XD (And really, a Quasit would be smart enough to use those!)

[@raymurray3401]

Honestly it would be interesting to see shovel use grenades and such. I mean heck it wouldn’t be to difficult to balance it either as she’s a quasit which is a type of imp like demon they could make it so anytime she throws a grenade you have to succeed a saving throw or else she’ll “accidentally” throw it at you instead.

[@NoOneImportant777]

​@RankStankulon yeah that means you can have two people who summon shovel as long as you have 1 point in wizard

[@Zthewise]

Just as a warning. Any spore servant Glut has raised will turn hostile if he turns hostile.

[@DJMavis]

Yeah, I thought it was sucha good idea to have a pet Bulette, until suddenly it wasn't

[@deadlan2424]

Except losiir the gith that replaces lae’zel if you play as her because for some reason he is allied to you so if you attack glut he’ll help you

[@DJMavis]

@@deadlan2424 I didn't know that was a thing. What an unfortunate name

[@jekkin8972]

Us has died in all of my playthroughs. Tactician does not like us

[@ethnanboxman]

I keep accidentally blowing them up with the nautiloid tanks.

[@rollihd714]

lol he lived in tactician and honor mode in my play through

[@USSEnterprise3]

Bro lucky. Us always dies for me as I try and grab the everburn blade

[@jekkin8972]

@@CAiNiAC just pure dumb luck. Sometimes the dang things runs to the wrong spot or the AI just feels like attacking. Random

[@joey_diaz_clips]

​@benvargas2174 same, he died in my playthrough and I wasn't even able to get the sword, I'm hoping the game did register properly so he's still alive in act 2 but probably not

[@thekaxmax]

Something to talk about, if you haven't yet, is getting the Chest Of The Mundane and putting Sussur Blooms in it so you can carry them safely.

[@Sergio0hf]

weird... I am both a horder and an organized person in videogames... So in BG3 I always steal 1 of each chest type to organize my traveler's chest. and I remember trying to get the chest of the mundane and I couldn't... are you sure this hasn't been parcher or something?

[@thekaxmax]

@@Sergio0hf I have it, and got in the last few weeks and it still works. It's how I found you can carry the blooms safely.

[@sarajamesaerial]

Tried recently and it wouldn't allow us to pick it up.

[@thekaxmax]

@@sarajamesaerial tried sending to camp? Will it allow that? It's no use as a magic item if you can't keep it. If not, put a crate down in your camp way over to one side and put the blooms in that.

[@sarajamesaerial]

@@thekaxmax yup tried sending to camp - it was either grayed out or not even an option.

[@keegs1163]

I wish you could get the owlbear to be a summon! Ah well. The one that surprised me the most was the awesome rapier you get from mizora

[@92bagder]

the owlbear becomes a summon for the last mission. All grown up and armored

[@Asgaardiangatekeeper]

​@@92bagderNone of the summons are worth it in that fight.

[@irishmudslide1544]

​@@Asgaardiangatekeeper That is just simply not true at all lmao

[@Asgaardiangatekeeper]

@@irishmudslide1544 Dame Aylin can get one shot by almost everything. The Gur tribe are a joke, Astarion is a joke as an ally in this fight. Neither druid is worth anything in this fight. The Emperor can shoot two spells, and then is useless for the rest of the fight. Go ahead and explain to me how I'm lying or am wrong.

[@irishmudslide1544]

@@Asgaardiangatekeeper I used them in the final fight and it was fun and very much worth it. Sorry you're just strategizing poorly

[@TheHarvHR]

You don't need to learn the Quasit spell to make it permanent. If you speak with Shovel, don't change their name, and choose the generally positive dialogue options you can speak to them a second time and it becomes a permanent spell.

[@drhouse6165]

The Quasit can be kept permanently by Warlocks, Wizards, and Draconic Bloodline Sorcerers by talking to it after you summon it and passing checks.

[@TheEthanEdge]

and rogues

[@anotheryoutubed]

More terrible Internet half information. The scroll must be learned by a wizard first and then it can be learned by any other second character after talking to Shovel. I BELIEVE if a warlock or sorcerer (any sorc), learns it first you can also speak to Shovel after and you can learn it on a second character.

[@CMiY0]

@@anotheryoutubeddon’t forget the part where you have to go through the mirror door for him to give you the line that confirms it.

[@somdudewillson]

@@anotheryoutubedAs a warlock, I just have the summon spell permanently. No need for the scroll whatsoever.

[@christopherway2546]

Or as a fighter etc go and respec into the aforementioned and go get shovel then go respec back into fighter etc and have Shovel as a Paladin

[@BradleyFreakin]

Before a recent patch, if you launched the Matriarch spider into the hole then it fell into the Underdark where you could use animating spores on her! But I don't think this is possible anymore

[@cloudy978]

Can confirm. I killed the matriarch by shoving her in the hole accidentally with a thunderwave. I jumped down to loot her but the body was gone.

[@galmal1]

It is still possible

[@krisrolph1058]

Still possible

[@HSDJun]

It only doesn’t work in honor mode, if you push her she teleports back

[@SoulWhiteAngel]

or tactician@@HSDJun

[@aerynstormcrow]

"It's FISTING TIME!!!" --Shovel (aka Basket)

[@nalthanzo4648]

I was confused why the baby owlbear wasn't on this list, but I suppose he's not really a "pet", since he gets categorized as an "ally" for Act 3. Had no clue there was a spider ledge in Act 1, so that's a new thing to nab on all future playthroughs.

[@tonyjoseph707]

I beat this game 3 times, each time got the spider egg, and never considered throwing on the ground

[@logan9042]

The quasit can be gotten permanently by warlocks, mages, if you talk to it in lab. You basically select option one through the whole conversion minus the one that telling it its not allowed to kill people.

[@bleachlover221]

I believe you also can't rename them to get the dialogue trigger as well. Also if it doesn't work in the lab, try right outside the mirror. That's where I got the dialogue at least.

[@McHobotheBobo]

Just scribe the scroll Wizard 😎

[@elenalizabeth]

I just clicked on Gales spellbook and chose “learn scroll” on the Quassit scroll, only cost me 100 gold. Maybe that only works for Gale then? 🤔

[@bleachlover221]

@@elenalizabeth wizards can scribe the scroll, but shovel can teach sorcerers, wizards, and warlocks his summon as an "always prepared" spell power that doesn't take up a prepared spell slot as well

[@elenalizabeth]

@@bleachlover221 ah okay, good to know then. It’s a shame there isn’t a learning option for Druids though (as they can summon other creatures) and I like playing as Druid

[@shorgoth]

If you want to carry corpses there is an easy way to do it, in the tower in the underdark, on one of the balcony there is a magic chest you can carry on you, it makes the weight of every item you put in it 0.05 and turn them temporarly into mundane items like plates and forks. Once you get the item out they turn back into their real form.

[@stanislavkino]

you can demand the lantern from karniss in the harper ambush, they'll even have unique dialogue for it

[@noamto]

"They"? Karniss is male...

[@stanislavkino]

@@noamto are you serious.... you can use they for dudes.... what on earth are you talking about?

[@reson8]

@@stanislavkino You can use 'they' for dudes if there's more than one. Otherwise dudes are 'he'.

[@samuelsolheim6724]

When talking about the “Sights of the Seelie” scroll, you can’t actually learn the spell if you just have one level in Wizard. You need to be able to cast Wizard spells up to 5th level for it to work

[@Theorak]

Great list, had to look up a few, but got most after a third playthrough^^. There is one more, in Act III - Mystic Carrion quest, if you help his servant Thrumbo, he rewards you in the end with a ring that summons a mummy. Not as mighty as flying gouls, but a good additions for necromancers arsenal.

[@Asgaardiangatekeeper]

The mummy is a two part deal, so it is optimal to have the ring, as well as the spell on another character. They have a stun combo that is ruthless.

[@stephaniepeters2590]

Twice now I've saved up the Ogre horn, only to find out that they only work in Act I apparently, I always got "Why out of Orge earshot"

[@vc180191]

For Summon Ogre Hoard, there's a different check available for Paladin's (only class I've tried it with, may be possible for other melee centric classes) for an Intimidation check to threaten them to work for you for free. It's easier to pass than the Persuade, being only 15, turns out while the Crown of Intellect makes him hard to trick, he's still bluffable with violence.

[@andybodle7560]

Horde, dammit, horde

[@Asgaardiangatekeeper]

A vast majority if this list werent pets at all. Its essentially, bring this corpse to Glut.

[@nathanpfirman625]

I feel like the Larian Devs just said “we got no time limit so I’mma add in like 30 different companions you can get that nobody will know exist until like their third playthrough.

[@ShadowmancerLord]

Shovel is best girl tbh I did not expect to go into a fight and just have her scream "IT'S FISTING TIME"

[@ih6827]

So, spoiler alert: There is another summon that you can get in the game. If you roll well enough when you talk to The necromancer in The Gauntlet of Shar, you can get a bell to summon his brother during fights in the area. The bell is also broken in the game and when not in that area, it still allows you to activate all dash activated abilities in combat

[@ShugoAWay]

He has a name, Balthazar

[@blackhat4206]

@@ShugoAWay How dare you forget about the true hero of this post, Flesh!? That lovable oaf died so we could conquer the gauntlet and avoid dealing with him and Balthazar at the same time! /s

[@ShugoAWay]

@blackhat4206 bro, i was just trying to help as it makes it much easier to search if you have the name

[@blackhat4206]

@ShugoAWay No worries, bud. I was just making a joke. I didn't think you actually meant to sound like the people who stopped to correct everyone's spelling, grammar, punctuation, pronunciation, etc. That's why I added the sarcasm tag at the end. I just read it that way at first because you said, "He has a name" rather than "the necromancer is Balthazar." We all know Flesh is the true main character of Act 2! (That last sentence was also a joke).

[@ih6827]

@@ShugoAWay I appreciate it, and I was just keeping it intentionally vague to keep details discoverable for folks who want to try it out, but the name can't hurt for folks who wanna look it up

[@darthnihilus6211]

Tipp, for the shadow Lanterns wraith: you don't need a body, like the spell describes. The spell uses the dead pixi in the Lantern.

[@Czermet666]

Although I do think you need to keep it equipped, if you unequip the lantern the wraith will despawn.

[@P.e.d.r.oficial]

How to get second Marriage without a check Kill marina during the fight grab her body and Conor body together with the wand bring everything to glut Revive marina with glut then revive Conor with the wand The dialogue will start then just do as the video said

[@derekeaton1728]

Does anybody else wish He Who Was.....was a potential ally for your team

[@cixelsyd40]

supposedly he was tied to a bigger optional quest line that was cut tied to the Raven Queen

[@kinderdm]

@@cixelsyd40 Dang, that sounds cool as hell. Sad that it didn't make it in.

[@Xenovale]

there's also the summon imp scroll inside the lamp in the sorcerer sundries vault

[@ryudragon7]

I respec'd Shadowheart into a Conjuration Wizard since she already has firebolt(INT casting) in her racial bonuses. I had no idea she was going to get so many awesome 'pets'.

[@lolcerditorock]

Danse Macabre is so fun because 90% of the time the ghouls just act as sentient bombs

[@eviem5658]

Barely sentient most of the time. They never go where I want them

[@apeshitcrazyman]

Yeah, sometimes good, sometimes a little off course, and detrimental 😂

[@BoogyMushrooms]

90% of the time they explode next to me because I forgot to ungroup and play the game like I'm omnipotent and therefore we all start the fight at the end of the literal tunnel battle room you all just got teleported into the choke-point of.

[@spookieboogi6161]

But did they jump and explode?

[@HugeHerme]

You can also get the drider to become a shadow cursed undead by knocking him out at the Harper ambush instead of killing him and then coming back later

[@solsallee6638]

another bonus w Scratch is he can hide and help downed allies. I have him hiding in the wings in case someone is downed then he can run over and save a character without using up a more powerful character's actions

[@SoupEmperor]

My interaction with Lump was hilarious. I had to pay the 500 gold because I wasn't a fan of reloads, and tried to use the horn when fighting Dror Ragzlin. After careful positioning and preparation I summoned them in the room next to the throne room. They proceeded to kill 2 rats and a harmless goblin in a cage, after which they killed a total of two (2) weak goblin stragglers after Dror was already dead.

[@sassyskeletonking]

Ok, but the way he pronounced Revivify got to me on a personal level

[@MakinItRain24-7]

A Bard also gets unique dialogue options for the Necromancy of Thay dialogue checks, where you basically sing a song to resist the thing

[@SlothinAintEasy]

I will never risk scratch outside of my camp. Goodest boy must be protected at all costs.

[@Cyb3rM1nd]

While summoned as a familiar he cannot die, his summon will just end but he will be back in camp alive and well. He can only die when killed in camp.

[@ДмитрийИванников-ж6о]

Coolest thing to use animated spores on is spider matriarch, and all you need to do is breaking web to the underdark and it will be there (I think it despawns after long rest, I am not sure). It has GREAT damage

[@frogston.]

Here's a bit of convenience facts for y'all, if you want to get that mimic spore servant you don't even have to enter into act 2 to get it. In the Grymforge there are actually 4 mimics hiding off by a harper drop (right near that duergar that loves rocks) so you can have your mimic servants almost off the bat! Also! With Kar'niss you can still have that interaction with him, sending him off into the shadow cursed lands, with the harper ambush by your side. Just don't tell everyone to attack and instead make your presence known and you'll have the same dialogue tree, but if it goes wrong you'll still have the harpers right there to back you up! It's a win-win:)

[@twistednwarped314]

Us is precious and I protect him every playthrough

[@30ART5]

I genuinely did not know there was a legitimate way to get the Dance Macabre. I just Lost Woods'd the vault until i brute forced my way through.

[@Lichsorrow]

I wish you could toggle the sniff ability for Scratch. He's the bestest boy, but dear God he's walked right into encounters, or been ripped apart by the Shadow Curse because he just wanders off.

[@angelahooper4779]

I thought the brain was gonna try to kill me when I first started, so I killed it 😅

[@TheNoMoreGamer]

Ahhh the summoner secret class. I remember when the house of hope baths worked each time and you could just summon everything and buff them with max level aid and heroes feast. So busted, so goofy, so fun.

[@Sparkila]

I found out that if you summon the ogres and Lump dies, the other two just flee the scene 😂

[@A7XvDisturbed]

Tip: you can get past the mirror with a single dialogue option if you pick up and read one of the books in the room before it to get the Necromancy of Thay. It gives you the answer to the first question.

[@bleepbloop101010101]

Re Kar'niss you can convince them to give you the lantern even if you join the Harper ambush. They will leave on their own the same way and no fight starts, the Harpers just stay hidden. You'll find him later in the heavily cursed lands in the same area. And you can summon Balthazar's huge brother familiar in Act 2. I think if you're a Necromancer you can upgrade the ghouls summons to winged ones, but I can't remember if it's a Necromancy power or a feat. You can also get to the vault in Sundries from the bookseller's office.

[@DharmaPunk111]

As a gnome, gnome cunning gave me advantange on all the necromancy of thay checks. Didnt have to reset once. Gnome spellcasters are awesome

[@sonicducktheinoccent]

God i want animating spores on circle of spores druid

[@wrydrune]

You don't have do all that stuff in the tower for dance macabre. The portal to go into the sorcerer vault is inside the office on the second floor. Just a perception check for the button. No need to go up and do all the see invisible stuff.

[@facepalm2497]

Might have just been me, but I used Knock on both of the doors in the sundries vault and didn’t solve the puzzles for them at all

[@Blynat]

Fun fact "Us" died in my first play through and he was still in act 2 waiting to come on an adventure.

[@Blynat]

So basically I think he xan be killed in act one but you have to free him not harm him and then he CAN be killed by a cambion and still show up. You just need to NOT be the one that kills him in act 1.

[@angelstarlight6030]

Lump has a crown of intellect on him though that raises yours to 18

[@eyirzaun]

I made Gale a transfiguration wizard (I think that’s the name) and he can summon familiars sine level 2. The raven is also called Quothe the Raven

[@sweetscheme]

scratch is actually a letter delivery dog and I found out recently they can read scrolls you throw to them and they can cast them I've heard

[@CarlSaganRul3z]

"Right here right now" right after talking about Dance Macabre, I see what you did there.

[@Gigawolf1]

You can talk to the Harpers and still send the drider into the dark; it might require convincing them to hold off while you talk to the drider, but in my playthrough they were lying in wait in case things went wrong. Didn't know about using Control Undead on him though

[@alessandrogarofalo9951]

13:58 "This weapon is really rare and hard to get because WHO THE F*CK USE THAT HORNY MF OF WYLL?" 😂

[@elchjol2777]

Werid thing, I have a Eldritch Knight fighter (that has a level in cleric to boot) that can summon a raven familiar, said bird showed up with Quothe as its name. I though Tavs just got a unique named familiar for what ever one you summoned first. Guess its just a glitch then. Though I love the idea of a heavly armored siliver dragonborn with a raven on his shoulder. That bird even killed a goblin archer by itself once.

[@majorpaynegaming8080]

I grabbed the ogre saved it till I finished the golbin camp. Went back to the front after killing the leaders everyone outside was wanting my blood. I called the ogres they all fought bravely clearing most of the goblins but died and me and my party cleaned up. Didn't even have to pay them.

[@MasterofGames-xw5br]

I'm so happy to learn I can get my first-ever pet in this game back. I thought they were dead for good. ;w;

[@cfehunter]

FYI you can get in and out of the mindflayer colony without fighting Kethric. There's an entrance in the tower to get there early before the boss fight.

[@WildBillCox13]

I have wanted Us to be a companion since my first run. Thanks, man.

[@Sergio0hf]

Since you are including the Animated Spores as pets... you missed the Most POWERFUL of them all... You can kill absolute every enemy without them getting to attacking you! not just that but this Pet has different variants... And that pet is... the Tiefling kids from the Druids Cove 😅 I am not joking... they may deal very little damage, but guess what, kids can't enter combat mode 🙃 so you can attack all you want and they will just take it

[@deadlan2424]

That’s crazy smart

[@scottnunnemaker5209]

One fun thing aboit the ogres is you can also just promise to pay them right from the start, and then tell them you’ll pay more later, and if you ever think you are tired of it you just make sure they die in the next combat you summon them into and you are debt free. Also, you can get the second marriage thing even if you fail to save the girl.

[@BokehBard]

What happens if you use it in Minthara’s dead body? I had that thing hoping to bring her back, which sadly you can’t do, but I never tried to animate her through the spores.

[@Toyhouze]

Unfortunately Animating Spores can only be used on Monstrosity type corpses.

[@JondarKorric]

@@Toyhouze that's not true in the slightest. Animating Spores 100% works on Humanoids, it just prevents them from using spells and spell like abilities.

[@xnihil0zer0]

@@Toyhouze No, Animating spores can be used on almost any creature except for fae, fiends, celestials, constructs, undead, aberrations, or playable characters that were killed before becoming companions. So unfortunately you can't raise Minthara if you kill her while she's an enemy. You can raise companions, but it breaks them. Playable race children(except for Mirkon), are the most powerful things you can raise in the game. They can't participate in turn based combat, so they get unlimited attacks. Let Arabella die, steal her body, bring it to Glut in the Underdark. As of the most recent patch, you can give her any gear that shows an interact tooltip when a mage hand mouses over the name. In Act 1, the best of these include the Everburn Blade, Silver Sword of the Astral Plane, the Phalar Aluve, and the Hammer of Doom. Put these on her body before you raise her, or reverse pickpocket her, then throw them. For reverse pickpocket, after they are thrown, something else needs to be thrown, before they become interactable/equippable. You can bring her out of the Underdark by talking to Glut with one character, then switch to another character to use Arabella as an improvised weapon, and fast travel while carrying her. Further, if you have not had the dream visitor reveal scene(where you dream of meeting your guardian on the Astral Plane) during act 1, if you leave the main Act1 region using Arabella(or another spore servant light enough to pick up) with another character nearby, Glut will be pulled to your camp. After a long rest, if you leave camp while using Arabella as an improvised weapon, Glut will follow you to either the Mountain Pass or the Ruined Battlefield of Act 2. A recent vid on my channel shows this process. She's immune to Shadow Curse, so you can use her to grab waypoints and burn most of Act 2 to cinders, all by herself. Elixirs of Hill Giant Strength are permanent on spore servants, as they cannot long rest.

[@godlygamer911]

@@Toyhouze God you're a noob

[@sunbleachedangel]

@@godlygamer911 it even says on the spell what it can and can't res

[@SidneyPearls]

For the saving throws, use safeguard shield, elixir of heroism and guidance

[@f.m848]

Oh, I'm definitely putting a wizard level on my warlock to get that Deva summon.

[@CoffindodgerK9fister]

they summon 5 ghouls by upcasting it as level 6 using the Life Essence necro staff

[@PistonM01]

that's not true at all, it's the necromancer buff to raise undead that lets you raise an additional ghoul

[@CoffindodgerK9fister]

@@PistonM01 read my comment properly

[@bird__xyz9520]

​@@CoffindodgerK9fister Don't talk about things when you are clearly clueless.

[@ntgrv]

Instant like for starting the list without an introduction

[@baimer2491]

If you throw off the spider matriarh into the underdark, you can raise she as a spore servant too.

[@anatharone1221]

I did not know that animating spores could be used on so many creatures, even going from act 1 to 2 for them, I always just used them on Hook Horrors. The more you know.

[@tromar5758]

There are mimics in the grymforge so you don’t have to go as far

[@IrisGlowingBlue]

I like how the list starts with `Look at this creepy-cute brain kitty! And this lovable dog!` and then segues into ``Reanimate this grieving woman`s husband into a rotting puppet in front of her!`` (/jk) Thanks for the video~

[@mason157402]

I called the Ogres at the goblin camp and they died. They just soaked up the damage long enough for me to kill the goblins. But they died pretty fast which was annoying.

[@IandRsLoveChild]

Using a spell that controls something temporarily is not a summon or a pet.

[@grimmypoo-3192]

Us ended up getting 5 crits in a row on Myrkul during my friends and I honor run. Us actually carried so hard during that fight.

[@stfuKassi]

also Scratch will bring back weapons you throw at people

[@cixelsyd40]

If you are including temporary companions you could have mentioned that Flesh that is summonable in Shar's Gauntlet

[@jaredcousino5115]

I got the ogres on my team in my first playthrough. They were useful in helping me beat Nere.

[@jefthereaper]

I always convince the Ogres to fight for me, just to forget about the horn through the rest of the campaign.

[@jreliford34]

I didn't hear it mentioned, but I killed Lump and the ogres and got both the intelligence tiara and Lump's Horn.

[@skylermeade]

"the newly born knoll weighed the least, so i dragged his corpse down in to the under dark to offer it up to Glut" was crazy

[@TheSpectacularNobody]

If youre having trouble carrying corpses to glut there is a stool at the top of the arcane tower that if you sit on then break you get the club of giant strength putting you at 19 when equipped

[@nathanokeefe1027]

There is already a mimic in the underdark. I believe it's at the end of the path, after you take the boat.

[@joshbell1335]

For the skill checks for the book of necromancy if you’re a sorcerer, the roles are extremely easy, they’re 5, 10, in 15

[@desired397]

10:45 all this is possible even if you have the harpers with you, there is an option to basically tell them you will handle things, and then you just walk out alone. Just did it a couple days ago, though I can't remember right now if it was a skill check type thing to convince the harpers.

[@GrimDrago]

10:34 This is probably one of the very few times I've heard the term "unalive" where it didn't sound completely stupid.

[@mustardseed28]

The way I got the necromancy of Thay book was by using mage hand to throw it out of the cell (it somehow fits through the bars), the poor mage hand then got obliterated by the explosions. So if you don't have anybody who can use thieves tools or in my case where i just didn't know how to lockpick or disarm traps, its a way to get necromancy of thay without any skill checks to obtain the book.

[@aerynstormcrow]

Us is not pet...Us is FRIEND!!!

[@thejuggernaut1793]

If your a paladin u can convince the orges to fight for your oath (i found this out while playing a dark urge paladin)

[@Chonus]

PSA if you want to second marriage AND the hag hair in honor mode, do not cast guidance or any spell during the dialogue check, if you do she will spit into illusions and you will lose all rewards.

[@Shipiiiwp]

if you got the book and forget to pick the amethyst, there is a house in act 3 wth a npc that is very into necromancy but, if you search his place you can find another dark amethyst for the book, on my first play thru i missed the amethyst but i had the book. i found the amethyst in act 3 and then learned danse macarb for gale becuase i did not want to risk losing that spell. so anyone that didnt get it you still can in act 3 with some exploring, but dont get cought lol

[@joswald9160]

The pressure plate by the door just turns on lights :D if you don't want to disarm you can also place a skull on the pressure plate the book is on.

[@eiramg]

The ogres are not a one time summon? Dang it! I ve been resisting the urge to summon them to keep them for the final fight X'D