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NEW 0.4 Ultra Rare Beast Companion Farming Guide (50% LESS Spirit Cost!)

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Updated on Dec 27, 2025
Dec 27, 2025

Overview

After Around 10-20+ Hours Of Testing In POE 2 Season 0.4 Here Are Some Tips & Working Methods To Find & Tame Normal, Uncommon, Rare & Ultra Rare Beasts (Rarity Based On Chances Of Spawn)

See This Guide Video On How To Run 2x Aura Beast Companion At Once

Guide

See Here For Previous Notes On Tame Beast & Basics

See All The Monster Mods Here (Not ALL Spawns On Rare Beasts)

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Ranking Rare/Tamable Beast By Lowest % Spirit Reservation:


Crag Leaper is at 23.1% Spirit (Act 2: Vastiri Outskirts - Via Essence) Wiki

Porcupine crab : 27.6% Wiki

Sabre spider : 28.2% Wiki

Hyena Demon: 30% (Act 2: Vastiri Outskirts - Via Essence Rare)

Mantis rat : 30% Wiki

Chaw mongrel : 30% Wiki

Slitherspitter : 31.2% Wiki

Rasp Scavenger: 32.7% (Act 5: Khari Crossing - Rare Spawn)

Bane Sapling: 33.3% (Act 3: Jungle Ruins - Rare Low Chance Spawn)

Diretusk Boar: 39% (Act 3: Infested Barrens - Guaranteed Spawn)

Quadrilla: 42.3% (Act 3: Jungle Runes - Rare Low Chance Spawn - CAN Not Roll T1 Haste Aura - Good For Other T1 Mod Farming)

Antlion: 42.3% (Act 3: Infested Barrens - Guaranteed Spawn)


Use Wiki Link For More Rare Spawn-able Locations (Ziggurat Refuge Means During T1-T15+ Mapping Encounter)

(If Its NOT A Nature Rare Spawn, Then Find It As A Rare Via Essence! See Video For Explanations)

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For Early Game Or Quick 5 Mins Companion Aura Farming, Starting With Quadrilla Or Diretusk Boar Is Very Easy & Fast (See Video Guide On Location & Spawn Reset)

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For Mid Game Or 10-30 Mins Aura Farming Rasp Scavenger & Bane Sapling Is Are Decent Cost Rare Spawns, They Do NOT Spawn With A Guarantee

Running Jungle Ruins For Bane Sapling Is Also NOT A Guarantee Spawn, But Here We Can Reset Jungle Ruins Via Re-spawn At Checkpoint

Khari Crossing Can Also Be Reset Via Re-spawn At Checkpoint For Rasp Scavenger

Note If We Spotted 3-4 Wrong Type Of Rares In A Map Run, Likely Our Target Beast Is Not Spawning Here, So Best To Reset Instance & Start A New Map Search

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For Ultra Rare Aura Beast Farming: We Can Find 23.1%-30% Cost Rare Aura Beast Via Random Chance Of Those Beast Become Rares Via Frozen Essence Event (Around 1 In 8 Maps For Me)

See Video Guide When I Tamed Crag Leaper For 23.1% Spirit & Hyena Demon: 30% At Vastiri Outskirts

Those Beasts Seems To Only Spawn As Rare Via Essence


I Noticed When The New Map That Spawned An Azmeri Spirit Is UNLIKELY To Spawn Essence Also

It Seems That Resetting The Map Via Spawn At Check Point Removes The Existing Essence, Regardless If We Interact With It Or Not


Some Calculations:

With MS Boots + Haste Aura Beast Companion, I Was Running At 90-100% MS, Averaging 2-3 mins A Map Search At Vastiri Outskirts

On Average

20-30 Mins Per Essence Encounter - (Sometimes Multiple Essence In 5 Maps Other Times Non For 30 Mins)

There Are Chances To Find Crag Leaper & Hyena (Our Target) Spawning As Rares, Or Equally Likely Undead Mob Spawns In The Essence As A Rare

Finding ANY T1 Aura On Those Ultra Rare Beast Is Good Enough, Finding T2 Aura Is A Bonus Here!


Expect Few Hours Of Pokemon Catching For Those!

Best Of Luck Guys!

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If You Have A Great Build/Tips For POE & Wants To Share & Help Our POE 2 Community, Make Sure To MSG Me Directly Via PM On Discord via name: mattjestic_gaming

If we are not friends on discord, you can DM me after joining our Discord Channel Here


See Our Other Guides For 0.4 POE 2 On Our Channel

40 Div Per Hour Party Abyss Farming Strat Guide

Invulnerability Aura 5-10 Div Oracle Summoner T15 Clear Build

Endgame Min & Max Gears For Oracle Summoner Guide

Druid/Shaman Leveling Summoner Guide


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