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Like previous Obsidian Entertainment games, Avowed leans heavily into companions, allies that follow you around the Living Lands, giving you a helping hand not just in combat, but also navigating the many conversations you’ll have with the locals and even provide some advice when tackling quests or cracking puzzles.

There are four companions you’ll come across in Avowed and have the option to add to your party, though can only select two to roam the Living Lands with you at any given time. In this guide, we’ll walk you through a list of companions in Avowed along with a brief background for each one along with their unique abilities.

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Kai

A seasoned warrior and mercenary from the Rauatain Empire. He can withstand damage, draw enemy aggression, and his incendiary ammunition burns flammable obstacles.

Abilities:

  • Fire and Ice – a powerful blunderbuss shot that deals high Stun to a single target, Taunting them for 10 seconds.
  • Firestarter – Burns away webs, brambles, and other flammable obstacles.
  • Unbending Defense – Kai steels his mind to regenerate health and increase his damage reduction by 25%.
  • Leap of Daring – With a mighty leap, Kai crashes down on the enemy, stunning and taunting all nearby enemies.
  • Second Wind (Passive) – When Kai’s health is reduce to zero, he revives himself by restoring 50% of his maximum health.

Kai will join your party when you first reach Claviger’s Landing in Dawnshore at the start of the Message from Afar main story quest.

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Marius

The best hunter and wilderness guide in the Living Lands, Marius is a nomad tracker that employs stealth and survival techniques to get the upper hand on enemies. He uses gripping vines, can disappear to perform silent attacks, and always has an eye out for potential threats and treasures.

Abilities:

  • Binding Roots – Marius uses his wilderness lore to Root an enemy in place for 8 seconds
  • Hunter’s sense – Order Marius to scan for enemies, loot, and plants in the Living Lands.
  • Heart Seeker – Marius takes aim and fires a piercing shot that always hits its mark, passing through any obstacles in its path.
  • Shadow Step – Marius vanishes into a cloud of smoke, then reappears near an enemy and slashes them with his daggers. He repeats this up to three times.
  • Wounding Shots (passive) – Marius’ attacks deal bleed accumulation.

Marius is unlocked as a companion as part of the An Untimely End main story quest and after visiting the ambassador and visiting the Grinning Balarok tavern in Paradis, Dawnshore.

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Giatta

Giatta is an animancer, part scientist, part inventor, who taps into the essence of the Living Lands to fight for good. Thanks to her Phanstasmal Focus she can use spiritual currents to keep allies safe with her healing and defensive abilities. She’s your group’s healer and support bundled into one.

Abilities:

  • Purification – Giatta calls forth an invigorating wave of energy that heals allies by 25% of their maximum health.
  • Spectral Jolt – Order Giatta to empower and activate essence generators.
  • Barrier – Giatta grants all allies a shield that provides temporary health for 20 seconds.
  • Acceleration – Giatta increase the move speed and attack speed of all allies for 15 seconds.
  • Reconstruction (passive) – Giatta’s attacks heal all allies by a small amount.

Giatta joins your party at the very start of the Ancient Soil main story quest in Fior mes Iverno in the Emerald Stair region.

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Yatzli

Yatzli is the Living Lands leading researcher and expert on the Godless. Aside from her cerebral pursuits, she’s a self-taught wizard, something that came about from spending ample time in dungeons across the land. By tapping in the power of essence, she can conjure strange powers and arcane illusions but also dispel any directed at her or the party.

Abilities:

  • Essence Explosion – Yatzli invokes a strange arcane power that explodes upon hitting an enemy, releasing a burst of essence and explosive damage.
  • Dispel Illusion – Order Yatzli to dispel a magical illusion and surrender its secrets.
  • Minoletta’s Missile Battery – Yatzli conjures a volley of arcane missiles that seek out nearby enemies.
  • Arduous Delay of Motion – Yatzli manipulates the arcane energy around an enemy, slowing them for 10 seconds.
  • Blast (passive) – Yatzli’s attacks burst into a small area of effect when they hit an enemy.

You’ll unlock Yatzli at the start of the Face Your Fears main story quest in Thirdborn in the Shatterscarp region.

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Tom Bardwell

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Avowed

  • Platform(s): PC, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox Series X
  • Genre(s): RPG

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