Races

There are a great variety of Races that can be found in the Forgotten Realms and played in Baldur's Gate 3, both civilized and savage. A creature's race determines its lineage and innate powers and abilities.

All races have their own strengths and many possess unique abilities and powers. Sometimes creatures can even cast spells as a result of their racial heritage. See below for a list of races.

Playable Races

There are 11 playable races in Baldur's Gate 3. Many playable races must also select a subrace, which further defines a character's strengths, abilities, and appearance.

Unless otherwise noted, spells gained from race may only be cast once per Long Rest.

Race	Base Speed	Proficiency	Features
Human	9 m / 30 ft	Simple weapons Martial weapons Spears Pikes Halberds Glaives Light armour Medium armour Shields 1 Skill of choice	TBA
Elf		Simple weapons Martial weapons Shortswords Longswords Shortbows Longbows Light armour Medium armour Shields 1 Skill of choice	Keen Senses Fey Ancestry Darkvision
High Elf	9 m / 30 ft		Cantrip: 1 High Elf Cantrip
Wood Elf	10.5 m / 35 ft	Stealth
Drow	9 m / 30 ft	Simple weapons Martial weapons Rapiers Shortswords Hand Crossbows Light armour Medium armour Shields 1 Skill of choice	Keen Senses Fey Ancestry Superior Darkvision Drow Magic Cantrip (Level 1): Dancing Lights 1st Level Spell (Level 3): Faerie Fire 2nd Level Spell (Level 5): Darkness
Lolth-Sworn Drow			The only difference between Drow subraces lies in their available dialogue options.
Seldarine Drow
Half-Elf		Simple weapons Martial weapons Spears Pikes Halberds Glaives Light armour Medium armour Shields 1 Skill of choice	Fey Ancestry Darkvision
High Half-Elf	9 m / 30 ft		Cantrip: 1 High Elf Cantrip
Wood Half-Elf	10.5 m / 35 ft	Stealth
Drow Half-Elf	9 m / 30 ft		Drow Magic Cantrip (Level 1): Dancing Lights 1st Level Spell (Level 3): Faerie Fire 2nd Level Spell (Level 5): Darkness
Half-Orc	9 m / 30 ft	Simple weapons Martial weapons Light armour Medium armour Shields 1 Skill of choice	TBA
Halfling	7.5 m / 25 ft	Simple weapons Martial weapons Light armour Medium armour Shields 1 Skill of choice	Lucky Brave: Advantage on Saving Throws against being Frightened
Lightfoot Halfling		Stealth
Strongheart Halfling			Advantage on Saving Throws against Poison and Resistance to Poison damage
Dwarf	7.5 m / 25 ft	Simple weapons Martial weapons Battleaxes Handaxes Light Hammers Warhammers	Dwarven Resilience Darkvision
Gold Dwarf			Dwarven Toughness
Shield Dwarf		Medium armour
Duergar		TBA	TBA
Gnome	7.5 m / 25 ft	Simple weapons Martial weapons Light armour Medium armour Shields 1 Skill of choice	Gnome Cunning
Forest Gnome			Darkvision Spell (at will): Speak with Animals
Deep Gnome		Stealth	Superior Darkvision Stone Camouflage
Rock Gnome		History	Darkvision Artificer's Lore
Tiefling	9 m / 30 ft	Simple weapons Martial weapons Light armour Medium armour Shields 1 Skill of choice	Hellish Resistance Darkvision
Asmodeus Tiefling			Tiefling Magic Cantrip (Level 1): Thaumaturgy 1st Level Spell (Level 3): Hellish Rebuke 2nd Level Spell (Level 5): Darkness
Mephistopheles Tiefling			Tiefling Magic Cantrip (Level 1): Mage Hand 1st Level Spell (Level 3): Burning Hands 2nd Level Spell (Level 5): Flame Blade
Zariel Tiefling			Tiefling Magic Cantrip (Level 1): Thaumaturgy 1st Level Spell (Level 3): Searing Smite 2nd Level Spell (Level 5): Branding Smite
Githyanki	9 m / 30 ft	Shortswords Longswords Greatswords Light armour Medium armour 1 Skill of choice	Githyanki Psionics Cantrip (Level 1): Mage Hand 1st level Spell (Level 3): Jump 2nd level Spell (Level 5): Misty Step Your Githyanki Mage Hand is invisible
Dragonborn	9 m / 30 ft	Light armour Medium armour Shields Simple weapons Martial weapons Light armour Medium armour Shields 1 Skill of choice	TBA
Black Dragonborn
Blue Dragonborn
Brass Dragonborn
Bronze Dragonborn
Copper Dragonborn
Gold Dragonborn
Green Dragonborn
Red Dragonborn
Silver Dragonborn
White Dragonborn

Non-Playable Races

There are many more non-playable races, many of which are extremely dangerous and monstrous. See below for a list of all non-playable races and their abilities.

List of all Non-Playable Races

Spotted an issue with this page? Leave a comment! Note that your IP address will be publicly logged unless you create an account. You can also edit the page to fix the issue. See How to Contribute to get started, and maybe join our Discord so we can coordinate our efforts.