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Baldur's Gate 3: What is the maximum number of summonable summons?
This video explores the maximum number of summons possible in Baldur's Gate 3. It delves into the idea of creating a true army by utilizing various spells, subclasses, items, quest-related summons, and lesser-known game interactions. It explains summoning rules, system limitations, ways to bypass these limitations, and an interaction outside of Honor Mode that allows for the creation of a massive number of creatures using Spore Druids.
1. 🎮 What are Summons in Baldur's Gate 3?
- ✅ Summons refer to any summon that appears as a creature subordinate to the ally bar.
- ⚠️ NPCs are not considered summons.
| Spell | Effect |
|---|---|
| Conjure Elemental | Summoning a different elemental with the same spell causes the existing elemental to disappear. |
| Other Spells | You can maintain multiple summons by using different spells. |
| Other Characters | Other characters can summon summons with the same spell. |
00:00 - 00:51
1. 🎮 What are Summons in Baldur's Gate 3?
- ✅ Summons refer to any summon that appears as a creature subordinate to the ally bar.
- ⚠️ NPCs are not considered summons.
| Spell | Effect |
|---|---|
| Conjure Elemental | Summoning a different elemental with the same spell causes the existing elemental to disappear. |
| Other Spells | You can maintain multiple summons by using different spells. |
| Other Characters | Other characters can summon summons with the same spell. |
00:52 - 02:43
2. 🧙♂️ Maximum Summon Types: Creating an Arcane Zoo
- ✅ Maximize summons by using all four characters.
- ✅ If you summon multiple creatures with the same spell, only one of them counts.
- ✅ If you can summon multiple types of creatures with a spell, each type counts as a different creature.
- ✅ Named creatures (e.g., 'Scratch') are considered different from the base version.
02:44 - 05:12
3. ⚔️ Character Level and Summoning Spells
- ✅ Character Builds: Level 11 Trickery Cleric/Level 1 Wizard, Level 3 Beast Master Ranger/Spore Druid.
- ✅ Clerics can summon Spiritual Weapon, Animate Dead, Guardian, and Planar Ally.
- ✅ Subclasses allow you to summon copies of characters.
- ✅ Wizards can use the Mage Hand cantrip.
- ✅ Wizards can learn spells through scrolls (e.g., Conjure Elemental, Find Familiar).
- ✅ Special Spells: Find Familiar, Beast Bond.
05:13 - 05:54
4. 🛡️ Equipment-Based Summons
- ✅ Hellfire Rapier: Summon Cambion.
- ✅ The Specter's Cutlass and Staff of the Harpers: Summon Spiritual Version.
- ✅ Ring of the Dead: Summon Mummy (using Create Undead spell).
- ⚠️ Do not use Corpsegrinder Gloves as they remove Find Familiar.
05:55 - 07:26
5. 📜 Quest-Related Special Summons
- ✅ Act 1: Scratch (throw ball), Connor (Marlin quest).
- ✅ Act 2: NS (survive in prologue), Shadow Lamp (with Gale).
- ✅ Act 3: Thayan Book (Danse Macabre), Scratch, Connor Zombie, Lantern, Us.
07:27 - 08:47
6. 🧮 Maximum Number of Summons: A Numbers Game
- ✅ Respec all characters to Spore Druids (Level 11 Druid/Level 1 Wizard).
- ✅ Druids can summon 4 Fungal Zombies, 3 Ghouls, 2 Minor Elementals, a Dryad, 1 Major Elemental, a Flaming Sphere, 1 Familiar, and 1 Mage Hand.
- ✅ Total of 15 x 4 = 60.
08:48 - 10:20
7. ➕ Additional Summons and Final Tally
- ✅ Equipment: Add 4 summons with the same equipment as Anders.
- ✅ Special Spells: Find Familiar, Beast Bond (Summon Deva), Danse Macabre (Summon 4 Ghouls), Scratch, Connor Zombie, Lantern, Us.
- ✅ Total of 74 summons.
10:21 - 11:49
8. 🐛 Bug Exploitation: Unlimited Zombie Summons
- ✅ Switch to a game mode other than Honor Mode.
- ✅ Reach the Illithid Colony at the end of Act 1.
- ✅ Acquire the 'Rejuvinating Miasma' passive to summon undead without corpses.
- ✅ Animate Dead has summoning limits, but Spore Druid's Fungal Zombies do not.
- ✅ Use a machine that provides infinite rests to summon over 200 zombies in 20 minutes.