All Secret Minions (And Where to Find Them)

Scratch and the Owlbear Cub aren’t the only NPC pets and minions players can add to their party. Baldur’s Gate 3. To access most Family Members in BG3players must have a Wizard, Beast Tamer Ranger, Eldritch Knight Fighter, Arcane Trickster Rogue, or Pact of the Chain Warlock and learn the Find familiar

spell. However, there are few unique, hidden familiars that players can summon to aid in battle, regardless of their chosen class or subclass.

These minions can be used as cannon fodder in difficult fights against many enemies or as powerful allies capable of turning the tide in challenging combat. Some minions can even exploit or revive fallen party members. While some hidden minions are single-use or relegated to a specific act or location, many others can be found early and counted throughout the game. Baldur’s Gate 3 main story. Here’s how to find and summon them all.

How to get all secret minions in BG3

We the Intellect Devourer

We are the Intellect Devourer begging for help at the beginning of Act 1 of Baldur’s Gate 3 while trying to navigate and escape the Nautiloid. They can become a familiar in Act 2 if they do not die before the Nautiloid falls. To obtain them as minions, four conditions must be met during this first meeting in Act 1:

• Gently free us from Myrnath’s skull with a successful Dexterity check

• Do not choose Mutilate Brain when asked to do so.

• Ask us to join the party

• Keep us alive during the fight that follows

We will always disappear after Nautiloid crashes. However, if all four conditions are met, they will appear again in Act 2.

To place us as a summonable minion in Baldur’s Gate 3Look for them and find them again in the Mind Flayer Colony morgue. They will be caged and labeled”aberrant.” You must convince Hobgoblin Chop to let us go or fight him for the key. Once freed here, Us becomes a full companion and, like Scratch, can be summoned once per short rest to aid in combat via the Summon Us inventory item.

Cliff spiders

It is possible to summon a swarm of four or five spiders to follow the party for a time during Act 1 of the Baldur’s Gate 3. To do this, you must find the Spider Egg Out of the Woods, climb the cliffs to a small abandoned camp, and interact with the Rock Crevice on the right, which is covered in small spiders and cobwebs. This awards a scholarship. Open the bag to reveal a Spider Egg Sac that can be placed on the ground and attacked to hatch. The resulting Crag Spiders will follow the party and fight alongside them in combat. Each has six hit points. Cliff spiders can Can only be summoned and used once during the game.

Frank, Chock and Lump (Ogres)

In one of the ruined buildings in Blighted Village during Act 1, the party can encounter three Ogres: Frank, Chock, and Lump. By approaching them and talking to them, you can convince them that you are a friend and not food, but also that you work for the party and not the goblins. Offer to pay them or pass a rather difficult persuasion test and Lump the most eloquent of the three going to have a party Lump’s War Horn. This item can be used in combat to make the three ogres appear and fight for the group.

Each time they are summoned, if they do not fall in combat, Lump will attempt to collect payment after the battle, complain that their effort was not worth what they were promised as a reward, and attempt to end the deal. Each of these moments, you can pay, fight him or try to convince him to continue working for the party, although the price increases each time. If payment was offered but the ogres were never summoned using the horn, they would still show up at camp at some point to collect, at which point they could be paid, fought, or bullied into leaving empty-handed.

Pa, the Quasit

Additionally, in Blighted Village during Act 1 of Baldur’s Gate 3In the basement of the Alchemist’s shop, after the hidden door, you can find a Quasit Summoning Scroll. The item is single-use and features Shovel, a cheeky Quasit who tends to give bad advice. In combat, Shovel can turn invisible and scare enemies.

Shovel can become a full Familiar by learning the spell as a Mage (or having Gale do it) or by talking to her after using the scroll. If a Draconic Bloodline Warlock, Wizard, or Sorcerer speaks to Shovel and chooses the correct dialogue options, they will learn the spell Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit. They can then ritually cast the spell to summon Shovel without using a spell slot.

Danse Macabre

Danse Macabre is a level 5 Necromancy spell obtained by completing the Thay Necromancy side quest that begins in Act 1 and extends through Act 3 of Baldur’s Gate 3. It allows you Summon four Ghouls, the Rodent Hordeto fight alongside you in battle. To learn the spell and be able to summon the Ghouls, you will need to do the following:

• Find and obtain Thay’s Necromancy book in Ruined Village

• Find and obtain a Dark Amethyst (in Whispering Depths in Act 1 or on a table in the basement of Philgrave’s Manor in Act 3)

• Place the Black Amethyst in the book

• Pass a series of three tests of increasing difficulty to obtain the ritual
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  spell and the Forbidden Knowledge chandelier.

• Find and get the Codex Tarquiato from the basement vault of Sorcererous Sundries in Act 3. You can find it through the Elminster door.

• Read the Codex Tarquiato and reread Thay’s Necromancy.

• Pass a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw to permanently learn Danse Macabre.

Each Ghoul has a bite attack with a chance to paralyze enemies if they fail a DC 5 Constitution save.

Connor Vinderblad the Zombie

Connor Vinderblad is Mayrina’s deceased husband, found in Sunlit Wetlands in Act 1. After defeating Aunt Ethel, find and take her wand, Bitter Divorce, and use it to reanimate Connor’s corpse behind the teahouse.

If you decide to keep the wand instead of giving it to Mayrina, you can use it to summon Connor at will as an action. He will stay and fight for ten turns before needing to be summoned again. Note that this only works if Mayrina does not give herself to Aunt Ethel; she survives the encounter, and the group talks to her before using the wand. Failure to meet any of these conditions causes Connor to reappear as a hostile enemy and be killed by the party; he cannot be resurrected again, as the wand will disappear from the party’s inventory.

Servants of the Spore

Various creatures and monsters from Acts 1 and 2 of Baldur’s Gate 3 can become servants of Spore. To get a Spore Servant, you must use Sovereign Glut’s Animating Spores appear on any creature’s corpse and keep it as a minion for as long as the party and Sovereign Glut are in the Underdark. To obtain this skill, you must do the following:

• Accept the quest from “Sovereign Spaw” in the Myconid Colony to defeat the Duergar.

• Talk to Sovereign Glut and have him join the party.

• Switch control to Sovereign Glut and use Animating Spores on the corpse of any dead creature.

Multiple Monstrosities can be transformed into Servants of Spore using this method. They include the following:

• Mime (from Balthazar’s Room in Moonrise Towers or from the cliffs behind the Duergar ruins)

• Gnoll (from The Resurrected Road)

• Harpy (from the Secluded Cove area of ​​Emerald Grove)

• Gremishka (from inside Rosymorn Monastery)

• Ettercap (of the Whispering Depths)

• Worg (from Goblin Camp)

• Bulette (from the Underground)

• Phase Spiders or Phase Spider Matriarch (from the Whispering Depths)

• Minotaur (from the Underground)

• Hook Horror (from the Whisper Tree in the Underground)

Bosses in Baldur’s Gate 3 from Acts 1 and 2, such as Dror Ragzlin, True Soul Gut, and even Kar’niss, can be brought to the Underdark and turned into Servants of the Spore this way.

You cannot use Animating Spores on constructs, plants, or aberrations, and you cannot use them on any creature in Grymforge, as Sovereign Glut will refuse to cross the lake to reach it.

Kar’niss the Drider

Is it possible get Kar’niss the Drider as an undead familiar for all of Act 2 in Baldur’s Gate 3although the process is somewhat complicated. Requires the use of Control undead spell, which is only available to Oathbreaker Paladins. To get Kar’niss as a minion this way, do the following:

• Avoid the convoy led by Kar’niss and head straight for the Harper ambush point to hide and wait for the convoy to pass. You can do this via Grymforge or use Invisibility on a character like Shadowheart who resists Shadow Curse.

• Reveal yourself from hiding and use Deception and/or Intimidation to take Kar’niss’ lantern.

• Grind to reach level 7 (Control Undead only works on enemies of a lower level than the player character, and Kar’niss is level 6).

• Find the convoy again later outside Moonrise Towers as Shadow Cursed Undead and, with an Oathbreaker Paladin, cast Control undead in Kar’niss.

• Defeat the remaining members of the convoy, who are now Shadow Cursed Undead.

Note that Kar’niss can be used as a friendly summon throughout Act 2, but he will turn hostile again after each Long Rest. You will need use Control Undead again to “summon“He back to the party. Additionally, the only healing spell that will work on Kar’niss is Helpso you’ll want to have it available in your party at all times if you want to keep Kar’niss alive.

Shadow Lantern Specter

Getting a permanent Shadow Lantern Wraith pet is possible from Act 2 onwards. The lantern, when equipped, grants the spell Conjure Shadow Lantern Spectera level 6 necromancy spell that can be used to create a shadow familiar to fight alongside the party once per long rest. To get the Shadow Lantern and Wraith pet, do the following:

• Find Balthazar’s Hidden Room in Moonrise Towers and, with Gale or a Tav Mage, interact with the necromancy sigil on the workbench.

• Combine the three items on the workbench (dead goblin, broken Moon Lantern) to create the Shadow Lantern.

• Equip the Shadow Lantern and cast Conjure Shadow Lantern Specter.

The Shadow Lantern Wraith has 24 health, deals necrotic damage, and can use Strength Drain to reduce the targets’ Strength by 3.

Crow Quote

He Who Was has a pet Raven named Quothe, and you can keep him as a permanent family member through Summon Quothe the Raven spell. This spell is only available if you pick up the Raven Gloves at the eastern end of the Shadow Cursed Lands in Act 2, helping He Who Was with his side quest, called Punish the wicked.

To get the Raven Gloves, you must find Ledger in The Waning Moon tavern and return it to him. So when the option is presented, either tell Madeline to stab herself just once or call her a coward. Having Madeline stab herself more than once will cause He Who Was to become angry and attack, and looting her body afterwards will not yield the Raven Gloves.

Quothe the Raven can fly, which makes them a good familiar for exploring dangerous areas. They can also attack an enemy’s eyes, blinding them for two turns.

Exchange

Using the Planar Ally: Cambion Infernal Rapier spell given to Wyll by Mizora, you can have a Permanent Cambion ally once per Long Rest. To obtain the Infernal Rapier and the Cambion ally that comes with it, you must free Zariel’s Active from the Mindflayer Colony after defeating Ketheric Thorm in Act 2. However, when doing so, Wyll must be in the active party, and you must choose o Persuasion dialogue option and pass a DC 14 Persuasion check to demand a reward from Mizora.

Carne, brother of Balthazar

Within the Gauntlet of Shar, Balthazar enlisted the aid of a Flesh Golem servant made partially from pieces of his unborn twin brother. When speaking to Balthazar, if you ask about Meat and then ask for supplies, and you succeed on a DC 14 Persuasion check, you will receive the Summon Golem Bell. This allows you to summon Flesh as a minion to fight alongside the party during Shar’s Challenge. Although limited in availability, this hidden minion can be incredibly powerful to complete the Gauntlet of Shar and confront Yuurgir in Baldur’s Gate 3.

Deva

You can get a permanent Deva companion using Views of the Seelie: Summon Devaa spell unlocked in a book in the Vault of Sorcerous Sundries in Baldur’s Gate. To access this powerful minion with the Revivify ability, you will need to break into the Sorcerer’s Vault below Miscellaneous Sorcerers, taking the room key from Tolna Tome-Monger and solving the Vault’s puzzle. You must walk north through the illusory wall west of the Portal within the Vault to access a hidden room containing Journals, Letters, and, on the shelf, a mysteriously glowing green book called Beware before the Seelie.

Reading the book adds Scroll of Bestial Communion to your inventory. It is the only one that exists in Baldur’s Gate 3. Although it can be used once to cast Views of the Seelie: Summon Devayou must have Gale or another Wizard character write the spell to get the Deva as a permanent companion for the remainder of the game. You can then cast the spell once per short rest using a level 6 spell slot.