Baldur’s Gate 3 How to unlock Find Familiar spell

A little friend for you

Aden Carter

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Do you want to cast Find Familiar in Baldur’s Gate 3? Having a familiar companion on the field can help distract foes or force them to make saving throws. Depending on familiar, it can use abilities like infectious bite, meow, and even invisibility. This is another means of distracting foes similar to the Minor Illusion spell.

Animal companions are a great addition to Baldur’s Gate and offer a wide range of abilities. There are even more spells in the game for you to get your hands on like True Strike, Feather Fall, Poison Spray, Chromatic Orb, Blade Ward, Ray of Sickness, Fog Cloud, Ray of Frost, Mage Hand, and many more.

Will you choose to be a mighty Warlock in Baldur’s Gate 3? Will you have your companions take up roles that you can’t? There are many areas to explore, undead to conquer, and ability checks to be made. Through it all, it helps to have an animal companion by your side. Here is how you get the Find Familiar spell in Baldur’s Gate 3.

How to get Find Familiar spell in Baldur’s Gate 3

Unlocking the Find Familiar ritual spell is easy, as the spell is a Level 1 Spell that you can choose to put in a spell slot when starting the game.

The Find Familiar spell is a Conjuration spell that summons a fey spirit to aid you, that appears as a creature of your choice. There are six different familiars to choose from, each with their own moves:

• Cat Familiar – Ability Meow to distract nearby creatures
• Crab Familiar – Ability Crippling Pinch to deal slashing and bleeding damage
• Frog Familiar – Ability to use Bufotoxin to deal acid damage
• Rat Familiar – Ability Bite to infect the enemy
• Raven Familiar – Ability Blind to potentially blind enemies
• Spider Familiar – Ability Bite to deal poison damage
• Imp Familiar – Abilities Invisibility to become invisible and Sting to deal piercing damage
• Quasit Familiar – Abilities Invisibility to become invisible and Scare to frighten enemies

These are the only familiars currently found in the game, so if you were hoping for an owl, a pseudodragon, a lizard, a rabbit, a hawk, a weasel, a poisonous snake, or even an abyssal chicken, you might be disappointed.

All the Familiar animals have HP and AC and are able to aid you in battle with attacks and other effects, such as doing poison damage, creating illusions, or distracting opponents. This bonus action can give you the edge against foes and put them at a disadvantage. Unfortunately, they won’t help with perception checks or other obstacles in-game.

What classes can use the Find Familiar spell in Baldur’s Gate 3?

Find Familiar is not a spell available to every player, as only the following classes have the ability to cast the spell:

• Wizard
• Ranger
• Warlock
• Fighter (Eldritch Knight)
• Arcane Trickster (Rogue subclass)

If you aren’t currently playing as one of these classes, you’ll have to make do without a ward by your side or multiclass. Though they are nature-based, it is a shame that Druids don’t get the Find Familiar spell.

The following classes don’t get access to this spell:

• Sorcerer
• Druid
• Cleric
• Barbarian
• Paladin
• Bard

Baldur’s Gate 3 has plenty of spells to find in its Dungeons & Dragons inspired world, such as Magic Missile, Shocking Grasp, and Fire Bolt, all with a different spell level. As you continue to gain levels and earn more spells and cantrips, you’ll be able to poison fiends, become immune to certain attacks, and create a mirror image of yourself. Luckily, Find Familiar is a spell you can cast early on.