At the apex of Baldur's Gate 3, players must face tremendous odds, but they needn't face them alone. Throughout the game, players meet various characters who, under the right circumstances, can become staunch allies. These characters will be gathered by the players as they prepare to enter the final stage of the game.

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From that point, when players get into fights, they can summon these allies to their aid. While most of these allies can be summoned for multiple fights as long as they stay alive, they can perish in battle, while others are single-use. This makes it important to know which allies are the most beneficial for these critical final fights.

Updated May 15, 2024, by Nyah Payne: Baldur's Gate 3 cemented itself in the history of gaming in 2023 when it swept The Game Awards, including winning the prestigious Game of the Year award. Since then, Larian has continued to develop the game, adding new epilogue content and bringing the game to Xbox Series X/S. They also added an extra hardest difficulty, Honour Mode. With that addition, it became even more essential for those skilled enough to make it to the end fights to know which allies are likely to help them the most.

15 Arabella

How They Help: Grants The Effects Of Freedom Of Movement

• Weavewalker
• Difficult terrain can't slow the character down
• Can't be magically paralyzed
• Can't be magically restrained

It may come as a surprise that a young child can be a big help in BG3's final battle, but it becomes increasingly clear throughout the game that Arabella isn't a completely ordinary tiefling child. Getting Arabella as an ally should be relatively easy for most heroic parties, as they will simply need to side with the tieflings in Act One and help Arabella find her parents in Act Two.

Then, in Act Three, where players can find Arabella again in the sewers, she will agree to help them. She will grant players Freedom of Movement for the final battles, which negates the movement effect of difficult terrain and prevents the players from being restrained. This is particularly helpful in the big fight on top of the netherbrain, as movement becomes quite essential.

14 Duke Ravengard

How They Help: Rallies Characters For 30 Temporary Hit Points

• Rallied
• 30 temporaty hit points

Players only really need to do one thing to recruit Wyll's esteemed father, Duke Ravengard, as an ally, but it is a tough ask. Poor Ravengard spends most of the game kidnapped, and this culminates in Act Three when he is restrained in Gortash's underwater prison, The Iron Throne. In order to get Ravengard as an ally, players will need to rescue him safely from the prison. This can be achieved by getting Wyll to stay in his pact with Mizora or simply by trying to free the Duke without aid.

This will upset Wyll's devilish patron, however, and make the task of getting Ravengard out of The Iron Throne even more daunting. Doing so successfully will grant players the rallied condition for the final fights, a stronger version of what they are likely to have seen Zevlor use in the Druid's Grove in Act One. Ravengard's rallied condition blesses characters with a whopping 30 temporary hit points, and each hit point can be the difference between life and death.

13 Volo

How They Help: Provides A +2 To Attack Rolls, Saving Throws, And Ability Checks

• Volo's Guide to Monsters
• +2 to attack rolls
• +2 to saving throws
• +2 to ability checks

Volo is always amicable to the party but, as a controversial figure in the Far Realms, often needs rescuing from various precarious situations. In order to officially get Volo as an ally, players will need to rescue him first from the Goblin Camp in Act One. Volo can then be rescued again in Act Three, where he is tied to a cart full of explosives by an angry mob.

Getting Volo as an ally grants characters an ability inspired by his infamous works, Volo's Guide to Monsters. Proving that knowledge is power and forewarned is forearmed, Volo's information grants players a +2 to attack rolls, saving throws, and ability checks, an overall strong buff to have to go into the final few battles.

12 Halsin

How They Help: Grants A Bonus To Ability Scores And Movement Speed

• Spirit Of The Land
• +1 to ability scores
• +2m movement speed

Players who are fond of the lovable druid companion, Halsin, will be pleased to hear that he offers a unique benefit as an ally in the final battle. Halsin grants the party +1 to all ability scores, potentially increasing everything from attack bonuses to armor class, and adds +2m to their movement speed.

This can be essential in the final fight, which involves reaching one side of the combat arena as quickly as possible. Gaining this bonus is as simple as recruiting Halsin by protecting him in the Druid's Grove, lifting the shadow curse, and having him in the party for the final battle.

11 Bhaal

How They Help: Grants A Bonus Action Stun And Reduces Critical Hit Numbers By Two

• A Most Bloody Inheritance
• Stunning Gaze - Bonus Action Wisdom Save Stun
• Critical Hit Number Reduced By Two

It makes sense that the Lord of Murder could make a powerful ally for players who can impress them. Dark Urge players who make the terrible decision to give in to their urge and become the progeny of Bhaal can gain their sinister "father" and patron as an ally.

As evil as this route is, Bhaal does grant his faithful some powerful abilities. They become able to cast Stunning Gaze, and the number needed to roll a critical hit is reduced by two, which can stack with other effects.

10 Kith'rak Voss

How They Help: Commands The Red Dragon To Breathe A Wall Of Fire Onto The Battlefield

• Kith'raki Inferno
• 12d6 fire damage

The githyanki Kith'rak, Voss, can be quite an unexpected ally in both the battle against the tyranny of the githyanki goddess, Vlaakith, and the final battle. As an ally, Voss calls his red dragon mount to rain fire down on a specified area. To gain Voss as an ally, players must defy Vlaakith in the githyanki creche in Act Two.

Voss will tell players that he also wants to dethrone Vlaakith and reinstate the mysterious githyanki prince, Orpheus. In act three, Voss can be found in the sewers, and he needs players to free Orpheus from the Astral Prism using the Orphic Hammer. Orpheus himself also makes a good ally, but Voss can be convinced to help players who side with the illithid Emperor over his prince, although it is tough.

9 Rolan/Lorroakan

How They Help: Firestorm

• Channels arcane fire from Ramazith's Tower
• 10d6 fire + 10d6 force damage

This ally ability is identical depending on whether players have gained the alliance of the tiefling, Rolan, or the sorcerer, Lorroakan. Admittedly, Rolan will be the better option for heroic runs, as his recruitment involves saving the tiefling refugees, saving Isobel, and confronting Lorroakan.

For players with a slightly more sinister run, they can recruit Lorroakan if they hand over the Nightsong to him. Both allies summon a firestorm on the battleground that does serious damage.

8 Mizora

How They Help: Can Be Summoned As A Powerful Ally On The Battlefield

• Mizora, Agent of Avernus

Wyll, the warlock companion character, has a devilish patron called Mizora. She can be recruited as an ally for the final fight if players rescue her in Act Two, keep Wyll in her pact, and tell her that they need something in return for letting her stick around in their camp.

Mizora is a powerful ally to call onto the battlefield, capable of demolishing her foes, and it is worth recruiting her if players are willing to forsake Wyll's sanity.

7 Owlbear

How They Help: Can Be Summoned In Full Armor On The Battlefield

• Battle-Ready Owlbear

Players can befriend an owlbear cub in Act One by rescuing her from the Goblin Camp and looking after her when she comes to visit the camp in the evenings. Eventually, she will join the camp for good. This adorable little buddy can be a powerful ally to summon in the player's final battles.

All grown up and decked out in armor from the tiefling armorer, Dammon, the owlbear cub, becomes a strong summon for the final fight. Even better, all it takes to ally with her is saving her from the Goblin Camp, lots of love, and keeping Dammon alive to suit her up.

6 Strange Ox

How They Help: Can Be Summoned And Changed Into Different Types Of Monsters

• An Apple a Day

Players can encounter this unusual and unsettling "ox" in all three acts of the game. He can be found in the Druid Grove in Act One, The Last Light Inn in Act Two, and the stables in Rivington in the final act.

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If players are cordial with the ox in all three acts and don't press him on his unusual nature too much, the ox will request the player's help getting into Baldur's Gate city proper. Help him out, and this strange ooze will ally with the players. He can be summoned in battle and can take on many different powerful forms, from a phase spider to a minotaur.

5 Yurgir

How They Help: Inflicts High Damage When Summoned

• Hellstalker Yurgir
• Summon Yurgir to join the player's side in battle

The orthon devil, Yurgir, is another powerful friend to make and summon to call onto the battlefield. His invisibility makes him deceptively subtle despite his rather heavy-handed damage-dealing abilities, like his mines. To receive Yurgir's aid, players can free him from his deal with Raphael in Act Two by killing the last remaining Dark Justiciar in the Gauntlet of Shar.

This turns out to be a man called Lyrthindor, who has been hiding out in the form of multiple rats and puts up a surprisingly challenging fight. Even if players kill Yurgir in Act Two, a successful high persuasion check in Raphael's House of Hope will convince him to fight alongside players, both there and in the final battle.

4 Auntie Ethel

How They Help: Channel Auntie Ethel's Magic To Render 5 Creatures Within Range Invisible

• Veil of the Weird

In a rather villainous playthrough, the green hag, Auntie Ethel, is a great ally to have heading into the final battles. Unsurprising for a hag, Auntie Ethel can whip up some extremely powerful magic to turn up to five nearby creatures invisible. This grants a huge edge in combat.

All it takes to gain Auntie Ethel as an ally is making a deal with her in Act One. Even if players killed her here, Auntie Ethel will offer her assistance in Act Three if players kill the mother, Lora, for her so that Ethel can birth Lora's daughter into a new hag.

3 Isobel

How They Help: Potent, One-Time Use Healing

• Balm of the Moonmaiden
• Heal 14d6 up to 6 nearby allies

Isobel is a cleric of Selune, so it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that allies of Isobel will be treated to a potent heal during their final battle, although it is a one-time use, so should be used strategically.

This healing ability can completely change the tide of the final battle. To get Isobel as an ally, players will need to assist her at the Last Light Inn in Act Two, as well as sparing her girlfriend, Dame Aylin, and keep her out of Lorroakan's clutches.

2 Dame Aylin

How They Help: Immortality

• Sword of the Silverlight
• Summon Dame Aylin to join the player's side in battle

Speaking of Isobel's partner, Dame Aylin herself can also prove to be a very strong ally. She can be summoned to the battlefield to fight alongside players as a paladin, which can prove to be a much-needed addition to the battle.

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Aylin also happens to be immortal, meaning that she can't fall in battle. She is a permanent help, and players don't need to worry about endangering a beloved character. It helps that her ally requirements align with Isobel's, so players will get two powerful allies for the price of one!

1 Ascended Astarion

How They Help: Can Summon 2 Shadows, 2 Giant Skeletons, a Ghast, a Shadow Mastiff, and a Werewolf

• Retinue of the Vampire Lord

While the vampire spawn, Astarion, can support players throughout their adventures as a companion character, he is also available as an ally in the final fights if players help him defeat his old master vampire, Cazador, and allow Astarion to become a vampire ascendant.

In doing so, they gain a very powerful vampiric battalion, as Astarion will be able to summon various creatures of the night, from shadows to skeletons to werewolves. This helps players to take control of the initiative.

Baldur's Gate 3

Released

August 3, 2023

Developer(s)

Larian Studios

Genre(s)

RPG

Platform(s)

PC , macOS , PS5 , Xbox Series X