You can add many different members and familiars to your party in Baldur’s Gate 3, including Shovel The Quasi. You can summon various animal companions by using the Find Familiar spell; however, the Shovel works slightly differently. Instead, Shovel must be summoned through their own spell scroll.
Since Shovel is a Qausit, she is farmore valuable to the party in a fight than some of the other familiar pets in Baldur’s Gate 3. While you can purchase Shovel’s summoning spell from some merchants, the chances are very low. However, there is a way to get it from a location where you can find it and avoid spending gold.
You can find the Scroll quite early while completing some of the main story and side quests. The Scroll for Shovel can be found in Blighted Village, a location found in Act 1 and central to the Necromancy of Thay side quest. Following this side quest will eventually lead to the location where you can find the Scroll for Shovel. Once entering the basement of the house in the Blighted Village, you will need to search the room for a lever that will reveal a hidden door.
If having trouble finding the lever to open the door,
check near the crates to the left of the large bookshelf
. It should be found on the wall there. Simply interact with it to trigger the hidden passageway.
Once you open the hidden door, follow the path that leads to an open area that contains several caskets. You will have to fight off a few undead, but they are fairly low-level. If you or one of your party members is a Cleric Class in Baldur’s Gate 3, you can use Turn Undead to end this fight quickly.
Once all the enemies are defeated, check the caskets lying around for various loot items. Note that some of the caskets may have busted open during the fight, but their contents should be lying around in that same spot.
You should be able to find the Scroll amongst the debris
.
When summoning Shovel, if done so before passing through the talking mirror, she will give you some advice about using a particular item to treat burns. Do not listen to her. The mirror will quiz you before letting you pass through, and this is one of the questions it will ask. Shovel is a bit of a troublemaker, so it is best not to listen to any advice she tries to give you. If you listen to Shovel and use her answer, the mirror will mark you as an enemy and unleash an attack.
As for the scroll to summon Shovel, if facing the room from the spot from where you entered, there will be a casket immediately to the right. Open it to find a Summon Quasit Scroll specifically for Shovel. Once obtained, a Wizard may learn the Scroll like any other Spell Scroll.
Upon the first summon, she will ask you if you want to change her name to Fork or Basket, but this choice is completely optional and won’t affect anything. Finally, summoning her will also unlock the Rude, Crude, and Full of Attitude Achievement in Baldur’s Gate 3.
Baldur’s Gate 3
- Released
- August 31, 2023
- Developer(s)
- Larian Studios
- Publisher(s)
- Larian Studios
