Dexterity

Agility, reflexes, and balance.

Dexterity is an ability score and a key ability of Rogues, Rangers, Monks, and other wielders of finesse weapons.

Dexterity affects your Acrobatics, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth skills, as well as your attack rolls for ranged weapons and finesse weapons. It also affects your Initiative and Armour Class.

Dexterity modifier chart

Baldur's Gate 3 uses the Point Buy ruleset.

Ability score modifier chart

Ability score	Modifier value		Ability score	Modifier value
1	-5		16-17	+3
2-3	-4		18-19	+4
4-5	-3		20-21	+5
6-7	-2		22-23	+6
8-9	-1		24-25	+7
10-11	+0		26-27	+8
12-13	+1		28-29	+9
14-15	+2		30	+10

Related items

Change Dexterity score

Sets Dexterity

The following item set the user's Dexterity score to the specified value. It will have no effect if the user's Dexterity score is higher without it:

• Gloves of Dexterity: sets Dexterity to 18

Increases Dexterity

The following items increase Dexterity while equipped:

• The Graceful Cloth increases Dexterity by +2 (up to 20), grants advantage on Dexterity checks.
• Nimblefinger Gloves: +2 Dexterity for gnomes, +1 Dexterity for halflings and dwarves. (No limit)

The following sources permanently increase a character's Dexterity score:

• Auntie Ethel's Hair permanently increases Dexterity by +1
• The Mirror of Loss permanently increases Dexterity by +2 (up to 24)

Saving throws

+1 to saving throws

The following items add a +1 to Dexterity saving throws:

• Frayed Drow Hood
• Leather Helmet
• Hedge Wanderer Armour
• Hide Armour +1
• Covert Cowl
• Helmet of Arcane Acuity
• Breastplate +2
• Chain Shirt +2
• Hide Armour +2
• Leather Armour +2
• Slinging Shoes
• Helmet of Grit
• Boots of Persistence
• Boots of Psionic Movement

Advantage

The following items give advantage on Dexterity saving throws:

• Elven Chain
• Acrobat Shoes
• Ketheric's Shield

Disadvantage

The following item gives disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws:

• Reaper's Embrace

Ability checks

+1 to ability checks

The following items grant the passive feature Balance, which gives a +1 to Dexterity ability checks:

Hedge Wanderer Armour

Hide Armour +1

Breastplate +2

Chain Shirt +2

Hide Armour +2

Leather Armour +2

Advantage

The following item grants advantage on Dexterity ability checks:

• The Graceful Cloth

Exotic Material

The following pieces of medium armour let you add your full Dexterity modifier to your Armour Class through the passive Exotic Material:

• Sharpened Snare Cuirass
• Yuan-Ti Scale Mail
• Unwanted Masterwork Scalemail
• Armour of Agility