Baldur’s Gate 3: Everything You Need To Know About Hirelings

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a big game and early on, the direction you choose to move in can slow down your progress towards recruiting a well-balanced party. Of course, you will inevitably swing back around, but if you are desperate for a Barbarian, you might have to wait tens of hours before you find someone who fits that bill.

Thankfully, there is a solution – Hirelings. These happy chappies are not quite as well hidden as story companions and are specifically designed to fit into your party and fill roles you need filling. They have drawbacks of course, so in this guide we are going to go over everything you need to know about them.

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Unlocking Hirelings is really quite simple. Firstly, you need to unlock Withers. This undead fellow can be found in the ruins right at the start of the game (after the tutorial). It’s filled with bandits for the most part, although plenty of undead will spawn once you get to Withers. 

Withers himself is also undead, although he is far more sentient than the corpses you have been fighting recently. He spins some riddles and wanders off. He then appears in your Camp, and this is where his powers come in handy. Talk to Withers in camp and he should offer to respec your character, revive the dead, and eventually, hire Hirelings. 

It only costs 100g to hire Hirelings, which is quite the steal since Baldur’s Gate 3 will have you flush with cash pretty early on if you are an avid explorer. 

Hirelings are almost identical to your story-based companions and serve a similar combat role. These guys have very little in terms of personality or impact on