Sharn and Ravenloft Hirelings

[thedip]

We can wear the kit and wield the weapons at lvl 29, please can we use the hirelings usable at the same level rather than waiting for level 30.

[Cantor]

I think there were so many times that people complained about breaking BB by using a panther, that they decided to go with summon at level instead of -2 as the new standard.

[Dalris_Thane]

I think there were so many times that people complained about breaking BB by using a panther, that they decided to go with summon at level instead of -2 as the new standard.

Fair enough... but for me... that's too bad. People should have just paid attention and not make the rest of us pay... but... that's how it goes.

Personal example: Hirelings help me power through under-par quests for Favor... and having the extra 2 levels "give" is nice. For example, I have the L10 Scarecrow at L10... and that's it for my hirelings. But... the 2 level "give" allows me to summon my owlbear at L15 instead of L17.

And, as far as par content... a L10 hireling in L16 content... wouldn't be pretty.

[Jaxtan]

From DDO Wiki:

Permanent Gold Seal Hirelings share most characteristics with other gold seal hirelings. Their contract, however, never expires. The following permanent hirelings exist:

- Alabaster Lioness (fighter 20) - reward for being VIP in early 2017
- Animated Scarecrow pet (fighter 10 and fighter 30) - heroic version is part of the Collector's and Ultimate editions for the Mists of Ravenloft expansion. Epic version only available as part of the Ultimate edition.
- Elieri Thistledown (cleric 3) - part of the DDO Starter Pack available on the DDO Market. Note: Requires ML3 to summon.
- Onyx Panther pet (fighter 20) - reward for pre-ordering the Collector's edition of the Menace of the Underdark expansion.
- Owlbear Defender pet (fighter 17 and fighter 25) - part of the Legendary Upgrade for the Shadowfell Conspiracy expansion.

Multiple Panthers and Owlbear Defenders can be summoned in the same party, unlike other hirelings.

As gold seal hirelings, these can be summoned at two levels below their level (except Elieri).

This would indicate we should be able to summon Animated Scarecrow pet two levels below our character level. That we cannot is unlikely to do with BB, more likely to do with them not wanting to make the leveling grind easier.

[cru121]

From DDO Wiki:



This would indicate we should be able to summon Animated Scarecrow pet two levels below our character level. That we cannot is unlikely to do with BB, more likely to do with them not wanting to make the leveling grind easier.

I have now updated the wiki. Added Shield Guardian and clarified which hirelings can be used underlevel and which not.
https://ddowiki.com/page/Hireling#Types_and_classes

[NemesisAlien]

I didnt know the perm hirelings can be summoned under level :0