Baldur’s Gate 3: Save the Owlbear Cub – How to Get the Cute Companion

With the owlbear cub, Baldur’s Gate 3 offers you a heartwarming animal companion. MeinMMO reveals how to secure this companion.

Warning, Spoiler: The article contains light spoilers for Act 1 of Baldur’s Gate 3.

Where can you find the owlbear cub in Baldur’s Gate 3? You can win a cute owlbear cub as a friend. To do this, you must save it twice before it appears in your camp:

• Owlbear Nest: X: 86, Y: 448
• Goblin Camp: X: -112, Y: 430

Initially, you will find a helpful feature that makes life in Baldur’s Gate 3 easier:

Baldur’s Gate 3: Save the owlbear cub and find a friend for life

This is how you find the owlbear cub in the nest: The first time you encounter the owlbear cub in Baldur’s Gate 3, it is with its mother in the owlbear nest. The spell (or potion) “Speak with Animals” helps with most checks regarding the owlbear cub.

• Go to these coordinates, west of the Emerald Grove: X: 86, Y: 448
• Crawl into the cave to the owlbear nest
• Keep the owlbear cub alive
• Spar the owlbear mother or kill her
• If you killed the mother, then interact with the cub afterwards

In the owlbear nest, you can also find a gilded chest that you can open.

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This is how you rescue the owlbear cub from the goblin camp: If you kept the owlbear cub alive in the nest, you will encounter it again in the goblin camp. When you interact with the owlbear cub there, it leads to a discussion with the NPC “Krolla”.

• Free the owlbear cub from the goblins’ clutches
• Goblin camp coordinates: -112, Y: 430
• Tell Krolla you are leaving and taking the cub with you
• You have the following options:
  • Persuade
  • Intimidate
  • Illithid Mind Control
  • Bribe (500 gold)
• Speak to the owlbear cub to have it pick up your trail: Pass the animal handling check, or use the spell (or potion) “Speak with Animals”

Alternatively: Slaughter all goblins and their allies in the goblin camp – after speaking with the owlbear cub. This way, the owlbear cub escapes and also returns to you.

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A feared but also cute friend in the camp: On a random day, the owlbear cub will appear in your camp. To gain a new friend, you still have to go through a few trust tests. After that, the owlbear cub will gradually gain your trust and will appear at regular intervals in the camp.

This is what you need to do:

• Pass the animal handling check – roll at least a 10
• Feed the owlbear cub
• At first, it will flee into the forest, but it will return
• Heal the owlbear cub’s wound
• Accept its food

What kind of animals are these? The owlbear is a creature from the Dungeons & Dragons universe. They are usually considered particularly bloodthirsty and one of the most feared predators. Owlbears are majestic beings and a cross between a bear and a giant owl.

With their sharp claws and pointed beaks, they are beings deserving of respect. However, our little feathered companion in the camp presents itself in a completely different light.

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