Can You Hire Ellyka as a BG3 Companion?

After you meet Ellyka for the first time in front of a bridge on the Risen Road, you might wonder whether she’s a hireable companion, especially because there’s a scouting party of Githyanki just below the bridge. So, can you hire Ellyka as a Baldur’s Gate 3 Companion?

Is Ellyka a Possible BG3 Companion?

Ellyka isn’t a possible companion in BG3. She simply serves as a warning to you that a Githyanki scouting party is ahead. She’ll be neutral toward you unless you choose some hostile dialogue options or are a Githyanki and choose “They may be my kin…” where she turns hostile. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend fighting her since you’ll need all the HP and resources you can get for the Githyanki encounter up ahead if it turns into a combat one. After you finish a dialogue scene with her, she’ll move on toward Rosymorn Monastery.

What Does Ellyka Do in BG3?

Unfortunately, the next time you meet Ellyka, it’ll be in Creche Y’llek, and she’ll be dead. She was captured by the Githyanki and tortured for information about Moonrise Towers. I tried casting Speak With Dead on her, and she revealed this information along with some information about the Blood of Lathander. This is the dialogue:

• Tav: How did you end up here?
  • Ellyka: Road to Baldur’s Gate… blocked…
  • Ellyka: Took new path… found monastery… remembered…
• Tav: What did you remember?
  • Ellyka: A rhyme… Blood of Lathander… hidden… guarded by monks…
  • Ellyka: Decided to… look for it…
• Tav: How does this rhyme go?
  • Ellyka: East… west… blood is blessed…
  • Ellyka: Beneath… sun… it finds… its rest…
• Tav: What is the Blood of Lathander?
  • Ellyka: Powerful relic… valuable… wanted to sell… start again…
• Tav: Where can I find this Blood?
  • Ellyka: Hidden… inside… couldn’t find…

And that’s it for my guide on whether you can hire Ellyka as a BG3 Companion. For more Baldur’s Gate 3 guides, check out how to stop Lae’Zel from leaving the party.