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The Vampiric Wolf is a rare and dangerous variety of wolves and is mainly encountered around the Sword Coast. It can only be harmed with magical weapons and spells, and it steals health from its targets when dealing damage, while potentially paralyzing them.

Locations[]

Baldur's Gate[]

Tales of the Sword Coast[]

Siege of Dragonspear[]

Shadows of Amn[]

Gladiators of Thay[]

  • Seen in the company of Stirv the Creature Wrangler when entering the arena; this one is not hostile[4]
  • Can be bought from Stirv for a training fight[5] in the training arena

Gameplay[]

  • The attack of a vampiric wolf counts as being made with a not enchanted and normal weapon in the original Baldur's Gate and its expansion Tales of the Sword Coast only, in the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and all other games of the series, it is magical and has an enchantment of 2. The creature deals 1d10 piercing damage with 0 speed at a melee range of 1 ft. But there's more to it.[6]
  • Unless blocked by its magic resistance or countered with a save vs. death, the target will inevitably be held for 6 rounds, while the vampire will regain 20% base health by the hit, which yields 10 HP.[6]
  • A good way to judge your party's ability to deal with a vampiric wolf is to watch its current health state through the tooltip. If it frequently reads "uninjured," you are likely not dealing enough damage to it quickly enough to defeat it.
  • Enhanced Editions two letters logoBaldur's Gate I & II: Enhanced Editions
    This icon indicates content from all Enhanced Editions of the Baldur's Gate games. May situationally encompass Siege of Dragonspear and The Black Pits I & II content as well.
    In the Enhanced Editions, clerics and paladins may try to turn the undead creatures, while this is not possible in the original Baldur's Gate.

Notes[]

Trivia[]

  • The offical website for the original game, now archived, noted only the following about this subspecies of wolves:[7]

    The vampiric wolf is similar to the other wolves, but it's also different..[sic]

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References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 RING95.itm
  2. 2.0 2.1 IMMUNE1.itm
  3. 3.0 3.1 IMMUNE1.itm
  4. OHBHUB.bcs
  5. OHBSTIRV.dlg; Response 15
  6. 6.0 6.1 WOLFVA1.itm
  7. 7.0 7.1 Baldur's Gate - Monsters | Wayback Machine
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