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

Ways to increase

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

• Auntie Ethel's Hair permanently increases any chosen ability score by +1
• The Mirror of Loss permanently increases any chosen ability score by +2 (up to 24)
• The Resilient feat permanently increases any chosen ability score by +1

Related items

Affecting 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

The following items increase Dexterity while equipped:

• The Graceful Cloth increases Dexterity by +2 (up to 20) and grants advantage on Dexterity checks.
• Nimblefinger Gloves increase Dexterity by +2 for gnomes, and +1 for halflings and dwarves.

Affecting 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

The following items provide advantage on Dexterity saving throws:

• Elven Chain
• Acrobat Shoes
• Ketheric's Shield

The following item causes disadvantage on Dexterity saving throws:

• Reaper's Embrace if the Reaper's Rigidity passive feature is activated

Affecting Dexterity checks

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

• Hedge Wanderer Armour
• Hide Armour +1
• Breastplate +2
• Chain Shirt +2
• Hide Armour +2
• Leather Armour +2

The following item provides advantage on Dexterity ability checks:

• The Graceful Cloth

Benefiting from Dexterity

The following pieces of medium armour have the Exotic Material feature, which lets you add your full Dexterity modifier to your Armour Class while wearing them, instead of it being limited to +2 as it normally is for medium armour:

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