I don´t care about all of it, I just want my owlcub!!!!

[Don Cool]

6 times now, this time I made sure to do everything by the book, not hurting the cub, talking to the mother and retreating. Saved. Went outside and 12 long rests later both cub and mother were happily going about their business.

Reloaded. Next try, killed the mother without hurting the cub. Saved. Went outside and rested 12 long rests, went back inside and the cub is still munching on the mum.

6 times now and the cub has never showed up at the Goblin camp. It´s always a stupid chicken, my apologies to chickens everywhere.

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It´s all I want, not an OP class, not a story, not even a game, I just want that cub.

[Vheissu]

SPOILERS






I got the cub in two playthroughs following these steps:
Kill mom
Avoid killing owlbear cub
A cutscene plays after kill where cub is sad
I talk to the cub after cutscene and choose not to kill it
Go to the goblin camp after 2 or 3 rests
Chase the owlbear cub successfully
Kill all the goblins (First time I saved the goblins outside for last, second time I killed them first)
The owlbear turned up at camp several rests afterwards. Idunno if it's timed or it was because other events triggered first. The second playthrough, it turned up in the mountain pass and again in the underdark, so location probably doesn't matter so long as you haven't changed acts.

Keep in mind that the owlbear cub may show up a couple times before it becomes a permanent camp follower.

[101Asa]

Need to finish goblin camp or start the camp at least. If it doesn't appear outside, that's typical. Sometimes after you finish the vamp it'll arrive.

[Duskyer]

Ah here's the thing. You don't get the cub directly from his home. After you kill the mother and spare the cub, you head into the goblin camp and he's being bullied by Goblins. I dunno what you meant when you said "by the book" you clearly didn't look anything up.

[paladin765]

after you rescue the cub from the goblin camp I annihilated all of the goblins at the camp, and the leadership horde inside the temple. a couple long rests later the cub showed up in camp asking for food, one of the companions said something that spooks it off.
another long rest later and he returns with an injured foot and says "I hurt" (remember to have speak with animals cast to make this easier"
make a medicine check to treat the wound and he stays in camp.
When using speak with animals after you free him from the goblins he more or less tells you he will follow you after the goblins are gone because he doesn't feel safe trying to leave yet.
This is how it has played out for me on 2 runs.

[paladin765]

I did not kill the owlbears mom. i used speak with animals and persuade to leave the cave. returned later and the goblins had killed her and kidnapped the cub.

[Don Cool]

Originally posted by Duskyer:

Ah here's the thing. You don't get the cub directly from his home. After you kill the mother and spare the cub, you head into the goblin camp and he's being bullied by Goblins. I dunno what you meant when you said "by the book" you clearly didn't look anything up.

I did write it never showed up at the Goblin camp, this is easily seen when you rest after killing or sparing the mother. If the Goblins have been to the cave the mother is dead and the cub is gone.

But I did check the Goblin camp every time, there was just a chicken.

[Goldenveins]

You kill the mother. The cub starts eating the mother and won't talk to you. Literally if you long rest right beside it in the cave one time, it'll be gone and at the goblin camp. Any other version of events is a bug and you should verify files, because in 9 playthroughs of act 1, I never once got an issue with getting the owlbear cub to leave the cave after a long rest.

If you can't even get it to leave the cave, your game is bugged and you need to verify files and restart probably.

I don't understand how you're all having issues like these, I played through act 1 9 times and I only just started act 2 for the first time. 300 hours in act 1, and I've gotten none of the bugs you all claim to get. Starting to think it's just big game companies paying people to make Baldur's Gate 3 less attractive so they don't have to raise their subpar standards for their next games, because they know Baldur's Gate 3 will blow any game out of the water that is made for micro-transaction moms-credit card targeting games.

Literally you walk into camp, chase it in the easiest minigame in any rpg ever, and then intimidate or persuade or illithid mindcontrol Grakka or whatever the ♥♥♥♥ into giving you your winnings and then the cub after speaking again to her.

[Smoky Bean]

I didnt even know those were the same owlbear cub, i never killed the mom or went back at all. One was in the goblin camp and they wanted to chase it, i said no then went inside to kill the leaders. When i came back to clean up the outside he was in the same spot, talked to it and it ran away but then showed up after a long rest or 2

[Don Cool]

Originally posted by Ganjavinchi:

You kill the mother. The cub starts eating the mother and won't talk to you. Literally if you long rest right beside it in the cave one time, it'll be gone and at the goblin camp. Any other version of events is a bug and you should verify files, because in 9 playthroughs of act 1, I never once got an issue with getting the owlbear cub to leave the cave after a long rest.

If you can't even get it to leave the cave, your game is bugged and you need to verify files and restart probably.

I don't understand how you're all having issues like these, I played through act 1 9 times and I only just started act 2 for the first time. 300 hours in act 1, and I've gotten none of the bugs you all claim to get. Starting to think it's just big game companies paying people to make Baldur's Gate 3 less attractive so they don't have to raise their subpar standards for their next games, because they know Baldur's Gate 3 will blow any game out of the water that is made for micro-transaction moms-credit card targeting games.

Literally you walk into camp, chase it in the easiest minigame in any rpg ever, and then intimidate or persuade or illithid mindcontrol Grakka or whatever the ♥♥♥♥ into giving you your winnings and then the cub after speaking again to her.

There is a tendency we humans have, it´s to repeat our errors in a play through. Could be related to something else like f.ex. the goblins at the windmill, I thought of that, maybe they are the ones going for the mother/cub ... so I did that first this time around, it wasn´t that.

[erlic]

in the goblin camp first talk to Goblin gamer on the left side than talk to the Cup if he says he is afraid of goblin buy it from the goblin or kill them than talk again to the cup about camp after 3 to 4 nights he apears but run away after get meat next time he is wounded heal the wound with heal potion offer him to stay later the cup become friend with scratch maybe you need scratch first in the camp ?

[Laedana]

Originally posted by Don:

I did write it never showed up at the Goblin camp, this is easily seen when you rest after killing or sparing the mother. If the Goblins have been to the cave the mother is dead and the cub is gone.

But I did check the Goblin camp every time, there was just a chicken.

I have this exact problem too. I've done more of the beginning than I would like to admit to just get this owlbear.

My durge one I convinced Edowin's siblings to attack the owlbear, but sniped them outside the cave without talking to them. Killed the first Goblin ambush to get to [redacted]. Went in the cave, retreated with speak with animals. Tried to loot the skeleton and killed the Mom, spared the cub. Chicken at the goblin camp.

I thought it was telling the siblings to kill the owlbear but not go through with the whole thing in the cave was the problem. So I killed the siblings by confessing I'm a survivor. Killed first goblin ambush to get to [redacted]. Went to the owlbear cave, retreated for approval. Then killed the Mom, spared the cub. Chicken at the goblin camp.

Now I think it is killing the first goblin ambush that prevents the owlbear cub from getting kidnapped. So, I killed the siblings by confessing. Immediately went to the cave and retreated for approval. Killed the Mom, spared the cub. I've slept a few times and the cub has not been kidnapped.

My guess is for flawless getting the cub. Either tell the siblings to kill owlbear Mom, kill her. Spare the cub and I think kill siblings then? Goblins should kidnap it a few days later. OR kill the siblings by confessing, spare the owlbear Mom and actually spare her and leave. Come back to goblin's having killed the Mom and a missing (kidnapped) cub.

@Don. I understand your pain. The freaking white chicken being chased around in the goblin camp instead of seeing the owlbear cub sucks.

[Don Cool]

Originally posted by Laedana:

@Don. I understand your pain. The freaking white chicken being chased around in the goblin camp instead of seeing the owlbear cub sucks.

I wonder if you ever see the chicken once then the owlbear cub will never show up.

[farsalos68]

I've been having the exact same problem ... since patch 2. Never had an issue with getting our feathery little snack in any playthrough throughout all of Early Access or the other character I'm running that's now in Act 2, so I submitted a bug report (owlbear report? ;-)

[Husker_85]

My first playthrough I didn't even know the owlbear cub shows up at the goblin camp, but after killing all the goblins the owlbear cub showed up at my camp anyways. Also in none of my playthroughs did the owlbear cub eat the dog.

[Laedana]

Originally posted by farsalos68:

I've been having the exact same problem ... since patch 2. Never had an issue with getting our feathery little snack in any playthrough throughout all of Early Access or the other character I'm running that's now in Act 2, so I submitted a bug report (owlbear report? ;-)

Never had a problem till patch 2 as well.

Originally posted by Don:

I wonder if you ever see the chicken once then the owlbear cub will never show up.

I have wondered this myself. Reloaded and slept a lot in front of the goblin camp and white chicken every time.

I tried killing the siblings by confession, then attacking the Mom and sparing the cub. Slept. Owlbear cub still there.

I did a test with telling the siblings to kill the owlbear. The siblings died in the attempt, but the Mom died. I slept and went back to the cave to find no owlbear cub. As far as I can tell, right now, the only way to get the owlbear kidnapped and into the goblin camp is to encourage the siblings to kill the owlbear and spare the cub.