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Welcome to bg3.wiki!

We provide a clean, detailed, up-to-date wiki for Baldur's Gate 3.
This is a community project and everyone is welcome!
We have 11,419 pages and growing…

Latest BG3 update: Hotfix 29 (Console Only) - 16:10, 21 November 2024 (CET)

⚠️ From Sep. 6th, 22:00 UTC to Sep. 7th, 03:00 UTC the site may be inaccessible for up to 3 hours due to routine maintenance. ⚠️

Gameplay

Dice rolls

Creatures

NPCs

Companions

Quests

Weapons

Items

Locations

Character creation

Origins

Races

Classes

Spells

Feats

Backgrounds

Skills

Abilities

 Character creation summary

Walkthrough

In case you find yourself stuck, or want to check in advance which outcomes are possible, see here for quest guides.

Prologue

Act One

Act Two

Act Three

Mechanics

Learn about the various gameplay mechanics of Baldur's Gate 3.

• Resources
• • Action
  • Bonus action
  • Reaction
• Weapon actions
• Illithid powers
• Spellcasting
• Resting
• Conditions
• Alchemy
• Damage types
• Armour Class
• Initiative
• Concentration
• List of spells
• Consumables
• Miscellaneous
• Perm. bonuses
• Proficiency
• Inspiration

D&D 5th edition rules

Here's a quick reference of the core Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition rules as implemented in Baldur's Gate 3. See also: D&D 5e rule changes

Rolls
Initiative	The roll you make to determine when it will be your turn at start of combat.
Attack roll	The roll you make to determine whether an attack hits an enemy at all.
Damage roll	The roll you make to determine the amount of damage done by a successful attack.
Saving throw	The roll you make to attempt avoiding various threats other than direct attacks.
Ability check	The roll you make when attempting anything else that requires a roll to succeed.
Modifiers
Advantage	Roll the dice twice, and use the higher result. Disadvantage is the exact opposite.
Ability score modifier	The number you add to your rolls based on your ability scores.
Proficiency bonus	The number you add to your rolls based on whether you have proficiency.

Characters

See below for all playable characters, companions that can join your party, and non-playable characters in Baldur's Gate 3.

Custom

The Dark Urge

Astarion

Gale

Karlach

Lae'zel

Shadowheart

Wyll

All characters

Approval

Dialogue

Romance

 Companions: NPCs who can travel with you and appear at the Campsite.

 Camp followers: NPCs who stay at the campsite.

 Campsite: Long rest, item storage, character interactions, and so on.

 Deities: The gods and goddesses in the Forgotten Realms setting.

External links

Various other pages and resources you may be interested in.

• Larian Studios Feedback form (Baldur's Gate is already selected)
• Baldur's Gate 3 Interactive Maps on Map Genie
• Forgotten Realms Wiki: Learn more about the Forgotten Realms

Community Resources

Modding

Guides

D&D 5e changes

Wiki Help

Copyright and licensing

Any original content you contribute to bg3.wiki remains your intellectual property, but is published under the CC BY-SA 4.0 and/or CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Please refer to the pages bg3wiki:Copyrights and bg3wiki:Licensing for further details.

Hosting and financing

The wiki is hosted on a server by Hetzner Online GmbH and the sysadmin is Taylan. We used to take donations, but decided to serve ads instead at some point. Please see bg3wiki:Ads for details about advertisement on bg3.wiki.

Welcome to bg3.wiki!

We aim to provide a clean, detailed, up to date wiki for Baldur's Gate 3. This is shared a community effort and everyone is welcome!
We have 11,419 pages and growing…

Latest update

Hotfix 29 (Console Only) - 16:10, 21 November 2024 (CET)

⚠️ From Sep. 6th, 22:00 UTC to Sep. 7th, 03:00 UTC the site may be inaccessible for up to 3 hours due to routine maintenance. ⚠️

Gameplay

Dice rolls

Creatures

NPCs

Companions

Quests

Weapons

Items

Locations

Character creation

Origins

Races

Classes

Spells

Feats

Backgrounds

Skills

Abilities

Mechanics

Learn about various gameplay features in Baldur's Gate 3.

• Resources
• • Action
  • Bonus action
  • Reaction
• Weapon Actions
• Illithid powers
• Spellcasting
• Resting
• Conditions
• Alchemy
• Damage types
• Armour Class
• Initiative
• Concentration
• List of spells
• Consumables
• Miscellaneous
• Perm. bonuses
• Proficiency
• Inspiration

Characters & Companions

Custom

The Dark Urge

Astarion

Gale

Karlach

Lae'zel

Shadowheart

Wyll

 All characters  Approval  Dialogue  Romance

Campsite: The place you go for Long Rest, item storage, interactions with Camp Followers, and intimate interactions with Companions.

Camp Followers: Not to be confused with Companions, these NPCs will travel with you and appear at the Campsite.

Deities: The gods of worship in the Forgotten Realms setting in which Baldur's Gate 3 takes place.

Walkthrough

In case you find yourself stuck, or want to check in advance which outcomes are possible, see here for quest guides.

Prologue

Act One

Act Two

Act Three

D&D 5th edition rules

Here's a quick reference of the core Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition rules as implemented in Baldur's Gate 3. See also: D&D 5e Rule Changes

Rolls
Initiative	The roll you make to determine when it will be your turn at start of combat.
Attack roll	The roll you make to determine whether an attack hits an enemy at all.
Damage roll	The roll you make to determine the amount of damage done by a successful attack.
Saving throw	The roll you make to attempt avoiding various threats other than direct attacks.
Ability check	The roll you make when attempting anything else that requires a roll to succeed.
Modifiers
Advantage	Roll the die twice, and use the higher result. Disadvantage is the exact opposite.
Ability score modifier	The number you add to your rolls based on your ability scores.
Proficiency bonus	The number you add to your rolls based on whether you have proficiency.

Community resources

Modding

Guides

D&D 5e changes

Wiki Help

External links

• Larian Studios Feedback form (Baldur's Gate is already selected)
• Baldur's Gate 3 Interactive Maps on Map Genie
• Forgotten Realms Wiki: Learn more about the Forgotten Realms

Copyright and licensing

Any original content you contribute to bg3.wiki remains your intellectual property, but is published under the CC BY-SA 4.0 and/or CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Please refer to the pages bg3wiki:Copyrights and bg3wiki:Licensing for further details.

Hosting and financing

The wiki is hosted on a server by Hetzner Online GmbH and the sysadmin is Taylan. We used to take donations, but decided to serve ads instead at some point. Please see bg3wiki:Ads for details about advertisement on bg3.wiki.

Contributing

If you want to help us improve the wiki, please read Getting started. You can join the bg3.wiki Discord so we can more easily coordinate our efforts. The wiki can be edited without an account, but your IP address will be publicly logged.

Copyright and Licensing

Unlike certain other wikis, which claim exclusive copyright ownership over your contributions, any content you write for this wiki remains your property, but is published under the CC-BY-NC-SA license, meaning it becomes a public good for the whole community.

Hosting and Financing

This project is purely non-commercial and it will never show ads. It might ask for donations if it becomes pricey to host due to increased traffic or volume of file uploads.