The ULTIMATE Spore Druid Guide for [Baldur's Gate 3] - Chapter 4 of the Necronomicon [Lite Spoilers]

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Greetings mortals! I'm Remortis, welcome to the channel. This is my fourth entry of my Necronomicon for Baldur's Gate 3! There will many more chapters detailing EVERYTHING about Necromancy. Including Necromancer Wizards, Spore Druids, Oathbreaker Paladins, their Spells, and how to play as a Necromancer with the 3 classes listed before, and 3 others that I'll reveal at a later chapter. There will also be chapters for items and tips for the early/mid game as well.
Today we delve into the Circle of Spore Druid itself and going over EVERYTHING about them. Including how to play them in each act, different strategies or playstyles to employ, or even different multiclass options too! Hope you enjoy!
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
1:06 Spore Druid Overview
4:15 Stat Options!
7:28 Act 1 Tips/Strats
9:18 Level 6 Powerspike and Strategy shift.
11:10 Act 2
12:47 Act 3
16:07 Multiclass Options!
18:39 Leveling Build for 6 Spore/6 Necro
25:00 Closing Remarks
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I will also be adding other notes here that I didn't mention in the video. Please comment down below if you have any critiques, questions, or just to say hey!
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All music other than my Intro/Outro are from Larian Studios. All rights and such belong to them.
Many thanks to Koa from @Mumble Etc. for allowing me to use your rendition of Danse Macabre, one of my favorite classical songs of all time. Here's a link to their youtube channel for other songs, / @mumbleetc
#baldursgate3 #guide #necromancer

[@remortisgaming]

Sorry for the wait everyone! Took a bit longer with the editing in this one. Hopefully it paid off. (I'm still amateur at it). Next on the dock will be my Minsc build. After that, it's up to you guys! What kind of builds would you like to see?

[@Foliash]

Glad im not the only one saddened by the lack of spore druid options in the SPORE village.

[@remortisgaming]

Yeah I was pretty upset.

[@daddyyahweh9328]

honestly it was ridiuculous the FAITHWARDEN got a line of dialogue while spore druid got nothing with the myconids

[@King_Kei]

It would’ve been sick if you could wild shape into those spore animals like the horror in the myconid colony

[@remortisgaming]

If only!

[@deadkridnapper1135]

@@remortisgaming i just wish that the symbiotic entity changes your stats a little bit and changes your appearance and you could only use spore spells in the form (maybe even have a new one however that would probably be unbalanced)

[@sawyeratkinson]

They should get a plaguetoad or rotfly form...papa nurgle style

[@deadkridnapper1135]

@@sawyeratkinson yeah that could work also maybe adding more spore zombie types too also papa nurgle da best im totally not indoctrinated

[@alexw4482]

I’d recommend 11 Druid 1 Wizard with staff of cherished necromancy. Use your spell slots to summon woodland creature and a lvl 6 summon elemental. Use the free spell slots from the staff to summon your undead at lvl 6, summon your spore minions, summon deva from the scroll in sorceries sundries, and then buff the whole party and ALL the summons with Heroes Feast (it stacks with Aid also). Then just use the staff spell slots to spam blight.

[@Hekk.]

Good one! As someone who started carrying corpses with me for no reason lately, I've been enjoying the necromantic arts quite a bit.

[@diabolo3214]

This was the first time that I've watched one of your videos, and I was thoroughly impressed! I've been a DM for 5 years, so I knew how Druids worked in 5e, but I did not know how that would translate to playing one in BG3. You did an excellent job of breaking down all that info into easy to digest chunks. Looking forward to going through your backlog of videos and seeing what other great content you've made!

[@remortisgaming]

Thanks man I really appreciate that!

[@edwardcrow6385]

Fun trick, you can pick up the two weapon fighting feat. This lets you dual weild staffs, letting you gain the benefits of both. So you can wield to two staffs each giving you different bonuses. I used a combo like this before with staff of power and staff of the magai.

[@remortisgaming]

hell yeah. Feels so dirty, doesn’t it?

[@Lvl1Critters]

currently playing a circle of spores druid, a lloth sworn drow guy who's using the powers of the underdark to free himself from lloth's tyranny

[@DeathofFlash]

one alternative to war caster is starting with 17 con 16 wisdom, and then taking resilient: constitution to bump your con to 18 and give yourself proficiency in ALL constitution saving throws, not just concentration ones.

[@remortisgaming]

Definitely agree with how limited Warcaster is with the reaction spell

[@user-vt9xr6fe5h]

I played Durge spore druid as a main character and role playing wise . It’s really fun because of the necromancy stuff could be linked to Bhaal

[@heatran1919]

Im very strongly considering a 11 Spore Druid / 1 Wizard build for Wyll on my next honor mode attempt. As a human he gets shield proficiency, and with him in the squad we can grab the Infernal Rapier for a summoned Cambion. At Wiz 1 i can grab Shovel right out of the gate, and still have the ability to scribe that Lv5 Summon Deva spell in the sorcerous vault.

[@patb6438]

I enjoy your build videos. Thanks buddy.

[@remortisgaming]

Thanks for watching them. Just hoping I make each vid better than the last one.

[@necromancer0616]

You forgot about Cleric. Specificly the WAR cleric. Combining them with Spore Druid will let you get multiple attacks like a fighter and a really cool Divine ability that gives you +10 to hit oncer per short rest. Combine that with Luck of the Far Realms is pretty much a auto hit for any spell or attack.

[@remortisgaming]

War Cleric would make great sense. And you’d be using wisdom. Also, crusaders mantle is pretty neat with all of your minions! My next chapter is actually regarding clerics as necromancers, and of the vanilla bg3 selections, I think War is the best contender. Though I may even showcase the Death Cleric subclass mod for that one too as comparison.

[@Mare_Man]

​@remortisgaming It really is a shame we don't get the Death domain normally. We got one of the explicitly evil DMG subclasses, why not the other one?

[@kevalxndr8304]

great video !

[@thatguy9088]

Thanks for the video, starting my Drow Spore Druid Dark Urge Tactician play through. And just to funsies I'm making Gale a necromancer. PS - Another fantastic item for druids at the start is a plain Torch. It counts as a club, does fire damage plus is enhance-able with Shillelagh.

[@remortisgaming]

Same with Salami too!

[@christiaanbruin4989]

Drow Spore Druid is also really strong, because you get handcrossbow proficiency. This way you can stay at a safe distance, wrecking havoc with dual handcrossbows with added necrotic damage, while your zombies frontline for you

[@AttisSoul]

Dark Urge spore druid here i come

[@dtczyk8976]

Symbiotic entity ends early if you enter wild shape

[@SticksNStoneGaming]

What about going 3 lvls cleric for AID. Adding a ton of hp to all your summons 😮

[@RancidPunx]

Good guide!, still waiting for your drizzt build! :P

[@remortisgaming]

Soon! (TM)

[@CandyAmble]

you can just throw a thing of water on someone before using a lighting or cold spell and it's bonkers

[@bobnewkirk7003]

Because of the heavy investment motivation I prefer 10/2 over 6/6. the wizard scribing is available at level 1 so even a 1 level dip will give you access to any scroll you come across. as a full caster your spell progression will continue to 6th level slots, and personally I only ever really up-cast my summons (notably the elemental) with my 6th level slot so missing out on those spells doesn't bother me. for the last level I like cleric for the heavy armor and shield to give the druid itself a bit of durability. for my progression i would probably start druid till 8, then go back to withers and do cleric 1, wiz 1 and druid 6. You fall behind on 2 levels of progression, but hopefully have stockpiled some interesting spell scrolls by 8 and can lean into them while you wait for your druid level to get back up. you can play the build with INT investment for casting from wizard, run items to boost your INT, or just focus on support skills from cleric/druid to use WIS and leave the blasting to another part member. the biggest problem with the class is just preserving the temp HP from symbiotic, especially on a melee build. To that end I play the Spore druid as a mid-range support in most cases, focusing on concentration and support buffs. once you manage this downside I find Spore to be the most versatile and enjoyable of the druid subclasses and a great option for party "support" away from the traditional "healer". It also thematically fits with a "Dark" playthrough and can be used instead of a cleric for some interesting team comps.

[@remortisgaming]

Definitely agree with all these points. The only reason to go to 6 necro is for the buffed minions, but even then they’re not THAT great of buffs. 10 Spore/1 Cleric/1Wiz Or 10 Spore/2Fighter could be great too. Honestly starting 1 level as Fighter or Sorc could be solid for that juicy con save. .

[@bobnewkirk7003]

@@remortisgamingEntirely agree on the cons save. You get shield and heavy armor on both the Fighter and Cleric (war/life) so they are a 1-to-1 swap, plus you technically get your 6th slot at 11, so the last point is a freebee as long as the other single is full caster. Action Surge on Fighter 2 makes for a juicy first round, but with the limited action economy already on druid and sacrificing the Myrmidon for it makes it not worth it for me. I tend to play in the "Dungeon-Crawler" mindset and try to take as few Long Rests as possible. Though it sounds like many players rest after every encounter, so you might be able to argue the other way in a more "greedy" playstyle.

[@naerolf09]

What I like to do is going for a double torch melee strategy as Shillelagh and Symbiotic Entity both work with both of your torches meaning at level 2 your main weapon does 6-21 damage and if you put one level into fighter and choose the Two handed weapon power as fighter your second torch does 6-17 damage plus you can use your reaction to cast halo of spores to do 1-4 damage 2x which is super broken so what I do is I put 2 levels in to spore druid then 1 into fighter then continue maxing druid until you reach level 5/6 to re-spec into full druid and going for a full necromancy strategy If you decide to go Drow as well you can go double cross bows and go for a ranged build if you already have a front liner What you could also do is put one level in to fiend warlock for the +4 temp health whenever you kill something if you want to stay healthy while front lining

[@remortisgaming]

That sounds pretty fun. I always forget that Torches count as clubs!

[@drunemeton]

Elixir of Bloodlust lasts until long rest, and: "Affected entity has entered a murderous state of bloodlust. Once per turn, when it kills an enemy, it gains 5 temporary hit points and an Action." Of note is that the 5 THP will refill your Symbiotic Entity THP pool!

[@InnocentLock-er6et]

⁠@@drunemeton thinking about doing this as a Durge build. I thought temp hit points couldn’t stack. Typically, temp hit points of a higher value over write previous temp hit points. Did you test this or have a video link I can watch?

[@drunemeton]

@@InnocentLock-er6et In regular D&D they 100% don't stack, but Larian has treated them a bit differently in that they have different 'kinds' (sources?) of THP and the same kind doesn't stack, but different kinds do, in that they'll 'refill' your pool. "Shandrens Corner" on KZbin is where I learned this and his build video, "BG3 Act 1 Build - Insane build to rule the early game. Solo Honor Mode (no stealth) Spore Druid" explains the mechanic. He also has several videos using this build where you can see it in action. (Sorry, but whenever I try to post a link in YT comments my post gets deleted.) I'm trying this build now in my play through in Act 2, but unfortunately it seems when my Tav takes damage, it is so much that it just obliterates my THP pool! (Note: I respec'ed two days ago and have played less than an hour since, so not a lot of time to test.)

[@drunemeton]

@@InnocentLock-er6et As of today I finally got a chance to test this: Down 2 THP I killed a gobbo and the Bloodlust elixir's +5 THP topped me up and I got the additional action.

[@bobnewkirk7003]

Yo Remotis, did you see the buff to Wolf Barb with this recent patch (#6)? "Wolf Wildheart barbarians will now grant Advantage to allies nearby for unarmed melee attacks (not just melee weapon attacks), including unarmed spell attacks". This should mean that a wolf barb will give all zombies advantage. hopefully they continue these fixes and hit up AOH next. :D

[@whoopontrose2517]

Honorable mention would be paladin, for the different auras (besides oathbreaker, the dmg aura aint working besides the cambion)

[@remortisgaming]

It does work on Death Shephards and any other undead you control undead though... if they have a weapon lol.

[@dharmeshmistry342]

How do you have 500 zombies automatically running towards a designated target? Is it a mod or am I dense as rocks?

[@remortisgaming]

You’re not dense! When your zombies attack they inflict a disease called crawling gnaw. When a unit dies with that disease active, they’ll turn into a “newborn zombie” which are identical to your controllable zombies, except they only have 10 hp and the AI controls them automatically, with the horde ai.

[@1SaG]

I just started to play around with multi-classing Jaheira following your guide for her and, unless I'm too dumb, I do need to sacrifice a feat for that Spore Druid 7 / Fighter 5 build, correct? I mean... one feat for Druid 4 and one for Fighter 4 and after that I cannot hit another feat-level in either class. Or am I missing something here? And Fighter level 5 seems like a bit of a must-have due to that second attack. I suppose I could go Druid 6 / Fighter 6 but then I'd miss out on that sweet, sweet level 4 spell-slot.

[@remortisgaming]

That is correct. You’ll only have 2 do you *need* 3 feats? The jaheira build doesn’t really need 3 in my opinion. And really the 4th level slot is mostly used for woodland being, which is probably my fav 4th level Druid spell :)

[@1SaG]

@@remortisgamingWell... a summons that can summon another summons.. what's not to like? :D Yeah, I was just thinking I was missing something obvious here.. thanks for the answer, dude! While I have you here: WIS as high as I can get it, DEX just high enough to get the +2 armor bonus, right? So both feats into WIS, probably? Because from what I understand both Flame Blade and Sylvan Blade use Spellcasting (WIS), not DEX and AFAIK, Belm in the off-hand will scale off whatever the main-hand weapon scales off. Then buy her Armor of the Sporekeeper and start spreading the mould?

[@remortisgaming]

@@1SaG correct they do. I’m not sure about how belm operates in terms of mainhand stats. I assumed it’d use Dex since it’s finesse. But also to my understanding Belm is meant to be a single weap since it lets you use bonus action attacks. Meaning it doesn’t need to be dual wielded.

[@1SaG]

@@remortisgamingI just beat up my (half naked... yikes!) Tav with Jaheira in her basement, checking all the attack rolls. It was a bit ...weird... but it seems to me that Belm scales off Dexterity for its normal attack (main or off-hand), but if you put it in the off-hand, its special precision attack (the one that appears in the extra box at the very right of the UI) will use whatever the main-hand weapon uses. So Flameblade or Sylvan Scimitar main-hand, Belm in the off-hand, disable dual wield attacks and then use main-hand attack as an action and Belm's special attack as your bonus action. Drawback: You will lose Belm's Whirlwind attack when you use the sword in your off-hand. But this is *probably* the highest damage potential with these weapons. Not sure about Flameblade vs Sylvan Scimitar. Flameblade should do more damage (plus you can upcast it) but I can't seem to cast it in preparation for a fight. If I do that the blade will disappear once the fight starts and I have to cast it again, losing my bonus action on round one. So there's more micro-management involved. From what I gather, Belm is probably meant to be used together with the staff you find alongside it in the wardrobe. Not sure how I can dual-wield with a staff in the mix (probably the Dual Weapon feat, not the Dual Weapon Fighter fighting style?). What folks on the web suggest for this combo though it to put the staff in your main-hand, cast Shillelaghghdfg on it, making the staff use WIS for its attacks, then put Belm in the off-hand (which will then also use WIS on its special attack). Not sure if this is still true, but folks on reddit report that you don't even need many proficiencies or all the Dual Weapon stuff for this - you only need to be proficient with what is in your main-hand - which would be a quarterstaff in this case. Alas, I haven't been able to equip staff and scimiatar together, so I guess that *would* require the Dual Weapon Feat.

[@dallas2855]

How can you automate zombies movement? it feels so slow to move each of them manually

[@remortisgaming]

The zombies spawned by the disease are automatic. But I do wish we had the option to toggle it for your main zombies too.

[@rasmillion]

There are gloves that make minions resistant to everything except psychic damage, maybe this is what they are meant for

[@remortisgaming]

Yeah but they also make your minions go berzerk and might hit each other or even you. There is a necklace that gives physical resistances though without side effects other than needing to be in close range of your minions.

[@Mr_Tea_Rexx]

wouldn't the head piece from Lump that gives 17 to int be more useful ?

[@remortisgaming]

For what? We use wisdom, not int.

[@Mr_Tea_Rexx]

@remortisgaming yea but if your going wizard as the sub class that uses int. You could allocate the attributes to other areas and just keep the head peice

[@remortisgaming]

@@Mr_Tea_Rexx ah you mean for that wizard/Druid build. Well yes and no. A 17 as your main stat/spell casting stat is dogwater. That’s the same value as a 16 in terms of your stat bonus.

[@KenlieroGames]

I noticed the same with my spore druid, no spore dialogs, even in spore village, big disappointment :(

[@remortisgaming]

Yeah in early access when they revealed spore Druids as being one of the subclasses I got hyped cause of the mycanid village! But there isn’t even *druid* dialogue. There’s ancients Paladin dialogue but not even regular Druid let alone spore Druid

[@demoncroc]

Just curious, why not level 1 war cleric (heavy armor & extra attack) into pure spore?

[@remortisgaming]

Definitely a great option! I just like the necro 6 and spore 6 features. But warcleric is amazing with spore

[@osculim]

I don't know what you mean by use them together. If you mean at the same time. I don't think that is possible. You loose symbiotic entity as soon as you wildshape. If you meant something else just ignore this.

[@remortisgaming]

Yeah I should have worded that better. I didn’t mean at the same exact time. I meant alternate between the two.

[@jackgiuffre6253]

So correct me if im wrong, but if a fungal zombie kills someone, that person becomes a zombie too?

[@remortisgaming]

Yup! But all that matters is that the zombie hit them before that enemy’s next turn, because they apply a debuff that lasts 1 turn. And if they die while the debuff is active they become a zombie. And the new zombies also apply this same debuff as well.

[@jackgiuffre6253]

@@remortisgaming thanks for the reply! I appreciate it

[@Reikaenkami]

Next up for the necronomicon, Oathbreaker Paladin?

[@remortisgaming]

Either that or the cleric :)

[@LifesGuardian]

Any hope of an Oathbreaker Paladin minion build?

[@remortisgaming]

Yes and no. Our aura doesn’t affect any of our minions we can summon conveniently sadly.

[@LifesGuardian]

@@remortisgaming Aww.... that stinks. Thanks for the info anyway tho.

[@jerrysandoval2001]

AM I INSANE? I could swear there was an item that boosted the Shielleleleh damage when you used that? I could swear I heard that or read it in your comments, but I can't find it.

[@remortisgaming]

@@jerrysandoval2001 I think it was a shield? Lemme check. Edit: yup the Ironvine shield. From the toll house in act 2. Pretty sure it’s in the hidden room under the office.

[@jerrysandoval2001]

@@remortisgaming I HABE IT OH MY GOD I HAD IT THE WHOLE TIME THANK YOU although it hurts that it's a shield cause I was dual wielding with Halsin

[@alsius9162]

what spells do you take per level ^^

[@remortisgaming]

For Druid? You can change them on the fly as you see fit in between combats.

[@Exeeter1234]

Curious how tolerable this build would be in multiplayer.

[@remortisgaming]

It depends how many undead you’re rocking. The turns can be a bit crazy sometimes if you have an army of zombies.

[@Exeeter1234]

@@remortisgaming Thanks, I assumed as much but wasnt sure if zombies can take turns at the same time as other PCs.

[@remortisgaming]

@@Exeeter1234 if they’re at the same initiative they will, but zombies typically get negative initiative

[@theonethatquestions8928]

Thank you for the creche spoiler!!

[@remortisgaming]

Games been out 2 months now…

[@BuckysKnifeFlip]

Get off BG3 videos if you don't want spoilers! Jeezes the videos broken up into the acts!

[@theonethatquestions8928]

@@remortisgaming I know you mean no harm but, with all the respect, not everyone has dozens of hours a week to play games when they come out. I came here because i thought this was a build video, like dozens of others on youtube who at least give spoiler alerts when they are about to spoil a part of the story.

[@remortisgaming]

@@theonethatquestions8928 it’s a very minor spoiler, in the grand scheme of things. The title does say “lite spoilers”, tough. I’m sorry if I spoiled that for you either way.

[@theonethatquestions8928]

@@remortisgaming it's all good. Nice build anyway, i might actualy try it since i am doing a druid playthrough.

[@borzak101]

The background music over narration :(

[@remortisgaming]

Which part?

[@vampiregoat69]

I feel they are the weakest of all druids ever

[@remortisgaming]

Really? Why’s that? I feel like it’s one of the top Druid subclasses, of course stars and moon is better on the overall. I’d say it’s on par with wildfire.

[@Joostered]

I'm trying not to be an ass, since you got some good info there, but man, you can't be making "ULTIMATE guides" without understanding at least how multiclassing works. Primary spellcasting ability will be int for everything you pick as wizard, wisdom for everything you pick as druid, regardless of how you order the levels. Only thing affected by level ordering is starting proficiencies and scaling of spells acquired through items. And for both of these, you got to pick first level as druid for the build you're making. Druid has better starting proficiencies and with main stat int, you want your items to scale off int, so wizard has to be last.

[@remortisgaming]

I know exactly how multiclassing works. But in bg3 it doesn’t work the way it’s suppose to. When you have the same ability from different sources, the game doesn’t know which class to draw from so it goes based on your primary stat which is selected when you pick your first class. (The game doesn’t use your highest agility score to determine which stat to use, it goes off of your first class chosen) Test it out. Then come back.

[@Joostered]

@@remortisgaming Stop talking nonsense. When you got the same ability from different sources, you get a menu to select which version you want to cast. It only merges abilities from classes which have the same SC mod. There is no reason to go wizard first in this build other than ignorance.

[@remortisgaming]

@@Joostered test it man. I tested it out quite thoroughly.

[@asandiegan102]

@@Joosteredsounds like you’re being an ass now. But he *is* right. It’s a thing they’ve been talking about in the bg3builds subreddit. The game also then uses your second class for spell mod when it comes to using weapons or other effects. It’s kinda bizarre.

[@zbenne05]

​@@Joostered you're a total moron

[@waxpants]

can you tell me how to make a dual wielding melee druid do i need 1 point in fighter to make it work ?

[@remortisgaming]

Or ranger to get the dual wielding fighting style. It’s not necessary but it’s nice to have.

[@ValerianVoid]

Are you ever gonna do the oathbreaker paladin or did I just miss an upload? Been waiting on my full playthrough just to use it 🫠

[@remortisgaming]

I haven’t. I took a break from bg3. I am coming back though currently working on an updated guide

[@ValerianVoid]

@@remortisgaming sounds good, can't wait:)