Baldur's Gate 3 contains multiple spells and abilities for summoning, expanding upon the basic party of four characters with new allies and entities. It's a mechanic carried over from Dungeons & Dragons, though in this case, players have no need to worry about inconveniencing their DMs by filling the map with little critters. As a video game, BG3 can for many more summons that people can comfortably keep track of in a tabletop RPG, and that shows in the number of creatures that players can have in their party.
Exactly how big a party can get, however, isn't immediately clear. Players have been experimenting with summon builds since the game's launch, and many have accumulated pretty impressive armies of followers. The game doesn't have a specific cut-off for how high the number of characters in one party can go, which leaves open the question: using every tool and spell the game offers, what is the largest quantity of creatures players can have as of their group?
BG3 Summons Make A World Of Difference
Changing The Balance Of The Game
While keeping track of so many creatures can be difficult and bog down combat, it is a pretty fool-proof strategy for achieving victory. In both D&D and Baldur's Gate 3, action economy is crucial to victory; in other words, the side that gets more turns has a massive advantage. Even if a party is full of creatures with low health and damage, eventually, sheer numbers can often come out on top.

10 Best Baldur's Gate 3 Summons You May Have Not Known About
Baldur’s Gate 3 is loaded with summons that the party can call on for aid in battle, but a few especially helpful ones are very well hidden.
There are a few basic summons to work with, including the various spells for summoning undead and elementals. But there is a specific combination of class features that allows players to maximize their party size. It involves having four spore druids of at least level seven in the party, who each also have at least three cleric levels and one wizard level. This will give each party member access to all the tools needed for this build.
How Big Can Your Party Get In Baldur's Gate 3?
The Maximum Number Of Allies You Can Bring Into Battle
Using nothing more than spellcasting, the Baldur's Gate 3 party can get up to 48 , with each party member having one familiar, one spiritual weapon, one flaming sphere, two mephits, one myrmidon, one zombie, one mummy, one dryad/wood woad pair, and one deva or cambion. Then, there's the spore druid's fungal infestation ability, which lets them summon four fungal zombies each. That brings the total up to 56 party , and that does not yet include all the unique summons in the game.
In of affording all of these spells, the conditions for this build assume players are at max level and have full spell slots, as well as all gear that recharges spell slots (ex. the Spellcrux Amulet) and scrolls for certain required spells.
Baldur's Gate 3 includes Shovel the quasit, Connor the zombie, the shadow lantern wraith, five baby spiders, four Danse Macabre ghouls, Us the intellect devourer, and Boo, the hamster only summonable by Minsc. With all of those combined, and including the four party themselves, players in Baldur's Gate 3 can have a 70-creature army to take with them into combat. Granted, actually doing this will probably cause the game to crash, but for a few brief moments, a Baldur's Gate 3 party could have an army to rival the Absolute's.
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Baldur's Gate 3
- Released
- August 3, 2023
- ESRB
- M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Partial Nudity, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence
- Developer(s)
- Larian Studios
- Publisher(s)
- Larian Studios
- Franchise
- Baldur's Gate