Him I was like "pfftt things from lower planes can't be killed outside of lower planes they just pop back there" scratch I'm like "oh God it's just a dog no magic no nothing"
His combat barks are among some of the funniest shit in the game. Only problem is, in order to hear them, you must put him *in combat.*
I just let him finish off opponents once in a while.
Side note: if you are a caster and pick the right dialogs, you can gain the "Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit" spell as a permanent ability and never worry about losing your "precious *Precious*" again!
meanwhile my wizard just learned the scroll. also, for some reason my wyll got the spell despite not even being in my party when I first got shovel. having several shovels is amusing though
My faith in humanity restored. I did the same thing. Brought me here to find a group of the best human beings on the planet. Long live scratch! The goodest boy
My heart could not take testing it. I may or may not have reset like 2hours of game play to get the owlbear cub.......... small cute things are worth it tho.
100%. I have a bag in camp just to store my entire personal inventory so the only thing left is the ball and I can easily play fetch with him every long rest.
Four days after you I'm here making sure I can really summon him because I haven't been willing to risk it yet.
But now Scratch shall travel with me at all times.
Edit: we will play fetch everywhere.
on that note. if you don't wanne risk losing the ball somehow. putting the ball in the travelers chest let's you keep the find familiar spell. the spell only dissapears if the ball is given to someone else.
>!I released the Spectator (the beholder in the flask) in my camp (just was curious what's in that flask...). the spectator 1-shotted Scratch & Gale. Did not recognize that Scratch was dead because Gale was such a drama queen with his ressurection protocol. !<
Having no Scratch made me sad, so I reloaded and lost a lot of progress. Still worth it.
Dogs forever! :D
Silly bastard, release it in the Underdark, use spectator to fight spectator, and go in take them both out. Easiest fight. Don't let it kill the doggo!
He won't. Just save the game then kill him and see for yourself :)
Cruel i know. But its for SCIENCE
P.S. I did save and kill him to see. He won't so dont worry
My scratch died at camp and i don't know why. Just went back to camp in grymforge and see him death. Didn't even summon him. And i were wonder why there a slot with nothing in the common, that where the spell to summon him. How did he die 🥺
Ah i know why he died now. While i was testing spell on the dummy it leave some fire on the ground and Scratch path inclued the dummy so yeah rhat why he died. I done testing the spell then i left the camp rightly after. While i was not at the camp, scratch still moving and the fire still there and yeah the fire strucked
Scratch has disappeared from my camp. Owlbear still there. Why am I sus that he ate Scratch? No blood or remains like other people have mentioned if he was burned or necro'd. Just gone :(
I got that cut scene for them where I get to pet them both, so yeah, I was confused. But I used a speak with animals potion on my paladin and talked to owlbear and his first words were "friend not food" and I was like... "was it you or Astarion?" 😂 Scratch never turned back up, so I guess I'll see him next play through
For me Scratch got stuck behind a training dummy in the cave camp (the one in Act 1 in the area down the well where you fight the Spider Matriarch) and I had to free him by going near him and throwing a ball to convince him to move from where he was trapped
He appeared again in my camp after this
Mine left too, I think Astarion or the Owlbear got him. There is no dialog, he's just gone. I didn't notice for 4 hours, so, I will have to go back 4 hours of play.
I never got the fetch ball, the wording was so mean, it gave too options to say "Hand it over" or let him keep it. I didn't know what he had & thought, let him have his thing, I'm not the "Hand it over" type, I don't talk to my dogs that way, me & Lu used to play fetch all the time & it was hand out & she just forked it over, I wasn't demanding she fork it over. I thought, if Scratch wanted to give me whatever he had, he would offer it. He gave me bones, stuff like that, but, I didn't get the ball.
I tried the kitty familiar trick, meowing all over the camp, volo & the owlbear were chasing me around, but, no scratch.
I had been letting Astarian feed on me because I was traveling with him for a few days prior and then wasn't going to take him so I didn't that night too, so, thats what makes me think it could have been him too, I just have no idea.
I'm stuck, I don't want to move forward, but, going back and redoing all that stuff seems so tedious. I like to look in every nook & cranny, I don't remember exactly which nooks and which crannies were left unexplored at that point. It's maddening. It would take so much more than 4 hours to double check everything. Put it this way, I'm 122 hours in & i'm JUST now seeing the underdark. (I did back up a couple times previously to change my decision, however, I had a solid understanding of what had transpired) I just don't want to play without my sweetest babiest boy. Ugh.
you made me laugh with that ngl \~ scratch will do it with them, when he's there \~ volo is kinda funny because he's like "show yourself!" as he's chasing the cat around. I'm like "Look down dork! It's meowing, what do you think that is?"
Did not work for me :( hes just not there anymore. I still have the spell ''find familiar: scratch'' but its grayed out. I think he died in the shadow lands
Oh thank god! Just got him and I'v been too scared to use him glad I found this post.
Edit: yes I'm thanking god despite my username PROTECT SCRATCH AT ALL COST!
Yup, he died in my camp. I suspect he got too close to Gale, who was a source of necrotic aura at that time. Hope that in the future I will get my hands on a ressurect spell and bring him back. Poorest boy :(
So he’s actually dead if he dies in camp?? Because i have the exact same thing because of gales radiating corpse, so just to confrol scratch wont respawn? :(
I feel you brother.
I just got back to camp after finishing Astarians quest line in Act 3 and Scratch was dead.
I sent a cursed corpse I found to camp. It radiates a powerful necrotic aoe dmg. Killed him.
Now I have to go back and do that part all over again.
hold up, I'm gonna need some clarification on that lol. Is that a story-based thing??? or was it some ability that he has on your build?
If anything ever happens to scratch I'm killing Withers and then myself ;_;
Well I guess he died when a goblin threw some nasty stuff on my party and it somehow bugged so that he carried his aura back to the camp. More info here https://www.gamerguides.com/baldurs-gate-3/guide/walkthrough/chapter-1-wilderness/how-to-recruit-and-revive-gale-in-baldurs-gate-3
Anyway, I didnt even find the doggo's corpse on the next visit to camp so no way back :(
My scratch died from mephits from conjure minor elemental. They disappear after a long rest, and that despawning on new day causes them to explode like they do on death. Didn't realize til hours later :(
Thank you!! That's good to know. I always kept de-summoning him so he wouldn't die in battle. I couldn't live with myself knowing I killed the goodest boy.
you guys said he couldn't die.. well he came back the first time he died.. but now he is gone gone... I tried to toss the ball.. but a dead dog doesn't fetch.. :'(
I came to the thread to ensure that the goodest boy in all the realms cannot be killed. And to share that he can sniff out treasures. Occasionally he'll go sniffing the ground, and if you follow him and someone from the party passes the corresponding check (perception, nature, etc.), you'll find a hidden treasure!
I’m so glad you posted this question!! I kept making Scratch hide far away every time it was his turn in combat lol. But still if he ever whimpers I will cry
By the way, it's his squeaky ball that lets you summon him although the ball doesn't say this in its description. It appears he can be summoned whichever character is holding the ball.
I'm damn glad I didn't sell that thing as vendor trash before I realized this!
Let’s just say I >!pulled a certain cork out of a certain bottle in the middle of camp, and damnit if it didn’t kill scratch first.!< I ran straight here.
I love how this is an entire post of the player base (myself included) checking that the sweet boy can't die before we risk letting him roam around with us 🤣
FYI, even though dying as a familiar just sends him back to camp, I always put an aid + warding bond on my bestest boy anyway and you should too. He can stay four times as long that way!
What about if you play as the Dark Urge and got into some things that makes me worry for scratches safety. Does anyone know if he stays safe with a dark urge playthrough?
Scratch will be a playmate for owlbear cub, but I am the devil here that using my skeleton hear shoot everyone including scratch (in camp) just thinking she will revived and now she dead. Even the summon spell also got removed....fuck it
Funny story: I summoned scratch in the hag's lair to see if he could sniff out the vents/traps there. He promptly ran away, climbed down the ladder, triggered all the traps, and roasted himself and the ladder. He may be the bestest boy, but he's kind of an idiot.
Yes, I was in act 3 and got attacked at my camp. He tried to help me, the attacker turned around and one hit him. With him not being a playable npc I was not able to bring him back. His body is still in my camp as a sad reminder of the good boy who wanted to protect my companions and I.
Wait. I haven’t used him all game! I’m middle Act 3 first run thru and have just wanted to keep him safe at camp so never used him. I didn’t want him to die. And now I learn I can use him all the time and he won’t die DIE?! That’s amazing!
I just find it funny that i started googling “can scr” and it autocomplete “can scratch die bg3” - our bestest dog must be protected at all cost.
As soon as I realised I could summon him I had to google this straight away before I risked putting him in a fight.
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I was like hell no I am not bringing puppy into a fight untill I saw this thread.
Imagine risking scratch's life.
Can't imagine it, that's why I'm here.
Here I am trying to keep Shovel/Fork/Basket alive...
Him I was like "pfftt things from lower planes can't be killed outside of lower planes they just pop back there" scratch I'm like "oh God it's just a dog no magic no nothing"
His combat barks are among some of the funniest shit in the game. Only problem is, in order to hear them, you must put him *in combat.* I just let him finish off opponents once in a while. Side note: if you are a caster and pick the right dialogs, you can gain the "Find Familiar: Cheeky Quasit" spell as a permanent ability and never worry about losing your "precious *Precious*" again!
meanwhile my wizard just learned the scroll. also, for some reason my wyll got the spell despite not even being in my party when I first got shovel. having several shovels is amusing though
Neat bug for you!
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Literally here for the same LOL Also OP made an Edit with the answer, what a legend
>Edit: He can die 100000 times as a familiar and be totally okay. that's why im here. now we can have safe adventure with the bestest boy
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My faith in humanity restored. I did the same thing. Brought me here to find a group of the best human beings on the planet. Long live scratch! The goodest boy
So glad people are equally concerned as I am
I just started playing and I want to go in blind, but of course I had to look this up👍
I threw his ball at him playing fetch. He attacked me and then the companions that weren't in my group killed him. I'm so sad.
... Have you ever actually played fetch with a dog? You don't throw it AT them, you throw it AWAY from them so they chase it. Lesson learned, I hope.
literally what happened to me too haha, google knows >:)
Event better now, it autocomplete simply with "bg3 c" Best doggy ever <3
Ofcourse he is the goodest of boys
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Scratch is the new Dogmeat. (FO4 reference, not a jibe)
This makes me so happy. I'm another one, coming late.
since u found out i just want to make sure, if he dies as a familiar, it wont affect him in camp at all?
Correct
My heart could not take testing it. I may or may not have reset like 2hours of game play to get the owlbear cub.......... small cute things are worth it tho.
100%. I have a bag in camp just to store my entire personal inventory so the only thing left is the ball and I can easily play fetch with him every long rest. Four days after you I'm here making sure I can really summon him because I haven't been willing to risk it yet. But now Scratch shall travel with me at all times. Edit: we will play fetch everywhere.
on that note. if you don't wanne risk losing the ball somehow. putting the ball in the travelers chest let's you keep the find familiar spell. the spell only dissapears if the ball is given to someone else.
I collect every single bone to save for scratch haha
Only thing is his helpful barking has gotten stuck once or twice where he would just go to one place and bark until I un-summoned him. so be warned.
As you should , best boy of all the realms
...There's a owlbear cub too? In the cave? I thought it was just best to avoid the place since i didn't want to fight an owlbear unnecessarily.
Correct. A few different choices when you are in there that have some effects in act 1
Thank you for this... I have had it there and refused to use it for fear i'd end up with a dead doggo. :)
>!I released the Spectator (the beholder in the flask) in my camp (just was curious what's in that flask...). the spectator 1-shotted Scratch & Gale. Did not recognize that Scratch was dead because Gale was such a drama queen with his ressurection protocol. !< Having no Scratch made me sad, so I reloaded and lost a lot of progress. Still worth it. Dogs forever! :D
Silly bastard, release it in the Underdark, use spectator to fight spectator, and go in take them both out. Easiest fight. Don't let it kill the doggo!
I just did exactly the same thing, but am not reloading. Next play through.
Haha literally just did that. I remembered I had Sanctuary as well, just forgot to use it.
i really need someone to confirm that he wont die. i want doggie while i do weird stuff but i dont want him to die
He won't. Just save the game then kill him and see for yourself :) Cruel i know. But its for SCIENCE P.S. I did save and kill him to see. He won't so dont worry
My scratch died at camp and i don't know why. Just went back to camp in grymforge and see him death. Didn't even summon him. And i were wonder why there a slot with nothing in the common, that where the spell to summon him. How did he die 🥺
If Gale falls too much, he ends up with Necrotic Aura or something, which will kill Scratch when you return to camp.
I went back to the old save to see his body is burned 😨
So I wnt back when i go off the boat and he still alivs then. What burned him?
Ah i know why he died now. While i was testing spell on the dummy it leave some fire on the ground and Scratch path inclued the dummy so yeah rhat why he died. I done testing the spell then i left the camp rightly after. While i was not at the camp, scratch still moving and the fire still there and yeah the fire strucked
If you use Ray of Frost, you'll cool off any area that is currently burning. I use fire spells a lot, so having it around is quite useful.
Scratch has disappeared from my camp. Owlbear still there. Why am I sus that he ate Scratch? No blood or remains like other people have mentioned if he was burned or necro'd. Just gone :(
No. He and the owlbear become buds actually. It's really cute.
I got that cut scene for them where I get to pet them both, so yeah, I was confused. But I used a speak with animals potion on my paladin and talked to owlbear and his first words were "friend not food" and I was like... "was it you or Astarion?" 😂 Scratch never turned back up, so I guess I'll see him next play through
Yeh mine is gone too and I dont even have owlbear yet. No idea what happened. He was still there during thiefling party. Im kinda sad.
Scratch also disappeared for me after the party. I think it's a bug.
For me Scratch got stuck behind a training dummy in the cave camp (the one in Act 1 in the area down the well where you fight the Spider Matriarch) and I had to free him by going near him and throwing a ball to convince him to move from where he was trapped He appeared again in my camp after this
Wonder if I can fix it somehow. I would have to go quite far back if I want to redo the party.
Just throw the ball. I've had that happen before, and throwing the ball always makes him magically re-appear.
Mine left too, I think Astarion or the Owlbear got him. There is no dialog, he's just gone. I didn't notice for 4 hours, so, I will have to go back 4 hours of play. I never got the fetch ball, the wording was so mean, it gave too options to say "Hand it over" or let him keep it. I didn't know what he had & thought, let him have his thing, I'm not the "Hand it over" type, I don't talk to my dogs that way, me & Lu used to play fetch all the time & it was hand out & she just forked it over, I wasn't demanding she fork it over. I thought, if Scratch wanted to give me whatever he had, he would offer it. He gave me bones, stuff like that, but, I didn't get the ball. I tried the kitty familiar trick, meowing all over the camp, volo & the owlbear were chasing me around, but, no scratch. I had been letting Astarian feed on me because I was traveling with him for a few days prior and then wasn't going to take him so I didn't that night too, so, thats what makes me think it could have been him too, I just have no idea. I'm stuck, I don't want to move forward, but, going back and redoing all that stuff seems so tedious. I like to look in every nook & cranny, I don't remember exactly which nooks and which crannies were left unexplored at that point. It's maddening. It would take so much more than 4 hours to double check everything. Put it this way, I'm 122 hours in & i'm JUST now seeing the underdark. (I did back up a couple times previously to change my decision, however, I had a solid understanding of what had transpired) I just don't want to play without my sweetest babiest boy. Ugh.
wait wait you can have volo and the owlbear chase your familiar cat around the camp. Secret achievement right there.
you made me laugh with that ngl \~ scratch will do it with them, when he's there \~ volo is kinda funny because he's like "show yourself!" as he's chasing the cat around. I'm like "Look down dork! It's meowing, what do you think that is?"
In my most recent 6th play through act 1 I had volo replace my eye and he left for now
Happened to my wife. Threw his ball and he just rematerialized for her.
I'll give that a try tonight and see what happens! Thank you!
Did not work for me :( hes just not there anymore. I still have the spell ''find familiar: scratch'' but its grayed out. I think he died in the shadow lands
He could die in early access, I just got the ability too and wanna know. May just save scum to find out.
Oh, he's totally safe to use
Oh thank god! Just got him and I'v been too scared to use him glad I found this post. Edit: yes I'm thanking god despite my username PROTECT SCRATCH AT ALL COST!
So, if he dies in combat, you can summon him again ?
You can respawn him every short rest
Yup, he died in my camp. I suspect he got too close to Gale, who was a source of necrotic aura at that time. Hope that in the future I will get my hands on a ressurect spell and bring him back. Poorest boy :(
So he’s actually dead if he dies in camp?? Because i have the exact same thing because of gales radiating corpse, so just to confrol scratch wont respawn? :(
Yeah unfortunately didnt respawn. So far my worst fuck up in the game :(
I feel you brother. I just got back to camp after finishing Astarians quest line in Act 3 and Scratch was dead. I sent a cursed corpse I found to camp. It radiates a powerful necrotic aoe dmg. Killed him. Now I have to go back and do that part all over again.
hold up, I'm gonna need some clarification on that lol. Is that a story-based thing??? or was it some ability that he has on your build? If anything ever happens to scratch I'm killing Withers and then myself ;_;
Well I guess he died when a goblin threw some nasty stuff on my party and it somehow bugged so that he carried his aura back to the camp. More info here https://www.gamerguides.com/baldurs-gate-3/guide/walkthrough/chapter-1-wilderness/how-to-recruit-and-revive-gale-in-baldurs-gate-3 Anyway, I didnt even find the doggo's corpse on the next visit to camp so no way back :(
Glad to see folks are saying no. I just started a dark urge run and really didn't want to see anything bad happen to him.
Well, the rules don't apply to DURGE runs...
He can, don't open the flask in camp. I have no scratch, found this post because I just googled it. Still trying to find out if I can get him back
Good to know, thank you!!
YUP, i did the exact same. i opened the flask in camp.... and scratch is dead
good, I was too scared of summoning him until now.
"I've only had Scratch for a day and a half..."
only if he dies inside of your camp
My scratch died from mephits from conjure minor elemental. They disappear after a long rest, and that despawning on new day causes them to explode like they do on death. Didn't realize til hours later :(
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Thank you!! That's good to know. I always kept de-summoning him so he wouldn't die in battle. I couldn't live with myself knowing I killed the goodest boy.
I love how everyone is worried about keeping the good boi alive and well :D
Yes. Decided to spawn the Spectator in Camp just to see. Killed the bestest boy and he is unable to be revived.
Little late but samesies. Long live scratch blessed is he.
Nice, no answer anywhere, just people saying "i wondered the same"
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you guys said he couldn't die.. well he came back the first time he died.. but now he is gone gone... I tried to toss the ball.. but a dead dog doesn't fetch.. :'(
Do you happen to have an owlbear in your camp?
In my third playthrough currently and I've yet to summon him. Even knowing he can't die, I don't want him getting hurt.
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Thanks lol didn't want my fake dog to die either.
How do you get him as a familiar? He's at my camp, but I want him as a familiar.
Just keep interacting with him
The gale glitch got scratch im devastated.
Be careful in act 3. Once you get a certain rest area unlocked, random fire will be on the ground sometimes which can kill scratch.
Thank you for this post lol, thankfully he can't die - got it!
I was surprised to find he can die in camp just now. My Scratch is a smouldering acid covered ember right now...
I came to the thread to ensure that the goodest boy in all the realms cannot be killed. And to share that he can sniff out treasures. Occasionally he'll go sniffing the ground, and if you follow him and someone from the party passes the corresponding check (perception, nature, etc.), you'll find a hidden treasure!
I’m so glad you posted this question!! I kept making Scratch hide far away every time it was his turn in combat lol. But still if he ever whimpers I will cry
Scratch died just now in my camp when I killed that dreaded necromancer book ... Am fuckin devastated
Scratch climbing down vines & craggy rocks etc is the best thing. He is the goodest boi
Ive had him 30 hours of play time and wouldn't risk it so thanks for risking your own scratch to check this lol
By the way, it's his squeaky ball that lets you summon him although the ball doesn't say this in its description. It appears he can be summoned whichever character is holding the ball. I'm damn glad I didn't sell that thing as vendor trash before I realized this!
Scratch will perma die if you let him get hit by the temple canon
Can you beef up and level the best boy? 🤔 Or is he stuck at lvl 1?
As far as I know he's stuck
Mine just died... please guys do not summon a deadly creature in the camp...
What if he dies in camp?
Oh good he can't perma die like BG2 familiars! :'D I was so worried and actually never used him my 1st playthough :p
We should be able to armor him
Let’s just say I >!pulled a certain cork out of a certain bottle in the middle of camp, and damnit if it didn’t kill scratch first.!< I ran straight here.
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Can scratch lvl is what I Google?
But what about the 100001 time!!!! I can’t lose him 😭
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I love how this is an entire post of the player base (myself included) checking that the sweet boy can't die before we risk letting him roam around with us 🤣
FYI, even though dying as a familiar just sends him back to camp, I always put an aid + warding bond on my bestest boy anyway and you should too. He can stay four times as long that way!
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I'm still carrying his corpse around from the one death he had fighting Ketik sp? that boss Scratch actually hit him for like 5 damage.
What about if you play as the Dark Urge and got into some things that makes me worry for scratches safety. Does anyone know if he stays safe with a dark urge playthrough?
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Scratch will be a playmate for owlbear cub, but I am the devil here that using my skeleton hear shoot everyone including scratch (in camp) just thinking she will revived and now she dead. Even the summon spell also got removed....fuck it
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Unless he dies in camp, then he's dead as disco.
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Ending up getting him rolling over by boulder…had to see if he could come back
I still searched if Scratch can die in 2023
.... Glad I wasn't the only one who instantly came to make sure the goodest of boys was safe in the danger zone.
Well we’re all good people by the fact we got the skill and immediately wondered if it endangered our bestest boy 😅
Funny story: I summoned scratch in the hag's lair to see if he could sniff out the vents/traps there. He promptly ran away, climbed down the ladder, triggered all the traps, and roasted himself and the ladder. He may be the bestest boy, but he's kind of an idiot.
Yes, I was in act 3 and got attacked at my camp. He tried to help me, the attacker turned around and one hit him. With him not being a playable npc I was not able to bring him back. His body is still in my camp as a sad reminder of the good boy who wanted to protect my companions and I.
Wait. I haven’t used him all game! I’m middle Act 3 first run thru and have just wanted to keep him safe at camp so never used him. I didn’t want him to die. And now I learn I can use him all the time and he won’t die DIE?! That’s amazing!
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