Summary

• Animate Dead can transform skeletons into thralls in combat, providing ranged allies in Baldur's Gate 3.
• Players may have overlooked the spell's unconventional use due to its traditional application on fresh corpses.
• Necromancy, including Animate Dead, offers strategic benefits and information retrieval in Baldur's Gate 3.

There is an incredible spell in choices in Baldur’s Gate 3, which could affect the outcome of their campaign.

The game has been available for a while now and most of its contents have already been deciphered, while its secrets have been uncovered. Even so, players are still figuring out several details about the game, such as how the underused shields could actually play a huge part in improving their performance in combat due to the increased AC (Armor Class). Recently, players also uncovered a rare dialogue in Baldur’s Gate 3 that reveals a huge spoiler at the start of the game. Due to its complexity, there is still so much to learn from BG3.

You Can Use The Animate Dead Spell On Skeletons In Baldur’s Gate 3

The Spell Can Create Ranged Allies In Combat

As was demonstrated by a post on Reddit, a player found the skeletons of two people who died reading poetry next to each other. In the comment section, a points out that their grief can be resolved by casting Animate Dead on both of them, transforming the skeletons into thralls. This came as a surprise to some players, who mentioned they never considered casting the spell on skeletons. Surprisingly or not, by using this spell, the skeletons come to life and fight alongside the player’s party in Baldur’s Gate 3, even if for a limited time.

Animated skeletons are ranged allies, whereas zombies are melee fighters.

Animate Dead Is Usually Cast On Fresh Corpses In Baldur’s Gate 3

The Surprise May Be Due To Lack Of Experimentation

The surprise at the new information in the Reddit thread may be a result of how the Necromancy spell is usually used. In combat, Animate Dead is quite useful in transforming recently deceased enemies into allies that will help take down the remaining opponents. As such, players usually use Animate Dead on fresh corpses rather than on the skeletons of fully decayed bodies. Because of this, there is a chance a portion of players in Baldur’s Gate 3 never invoked a skeleton from the scenario to their side.

Animate Dead can be used to create an undead servant from a corpse that fits the Medium or Small categories.

Necromancy can be a very useful tool while exploring the game, as its spells can not only bring forth undead allies but also provide information – the spell Speak With Dead is extremely useful when trying to uncover secrets only the dead person once knew, for instance. Of course, players are free to play however they please and do not necessarily ever have to meddle with Necromancy, across all three Acts of Baldur’s Gate 3 – but it could be fun.

Source: Reddit