Elf

Elves are a playable race in Baldur's Gate 3.

About Elves

With an ethereal countenance and long lifespans, elves are at home with nature's power, flourishing in light and dark alike.

— Elves' racial description.

Race Features

• Base Racial Speed: You can move 9 m / 30 ft per turn.
•  Elven Weapon Training: You gain Proficiency in the following:
  • Weapon Proficiency: Longswords, Shortswords, Longbows, Shortbows
•  Darkvision
•  Fey Ancestry: You have Advantage on Saving throws against being Charmed, and magic can't put you to Sleep.
• Keen Senses: You gain Proficiency in the Perception skill.

High Elves

Default High Elf appearances

Heirs of the mystical Feywild, high elves value magic in all its forms, and even those who do not study spellcraft can manipulate the Weave.

— High Elves' description.

Subrace Features

• Cantrip: Choose 1 Cantrip from the Wizard spell list. Note that this means these cantrips use Intelligence as a casting stat.

•  Acid Splash
•  Blade Ward
•  Bone Chill
•  Dancing Lights
•  Fire Bolt
•  Friends
•  Light
•  Mage Hand
•  Minor Illusion
•  Poison Spray
•  Ray of Frost
•  Shocking Grasp
•  True Strike

Wood Elves

Default Wood Elf appearances

Wood elves spend their reclusive lives in Faerûn's forests. Decades of training in archery and camouflage are enhanced by an otherworldly swiftness.

— Wood Elves' description.

Subrace Features

• Fleet of Foot: Your Movement Speed is increased by 1.5 m / 5 ft.
• Mask of the Wild: You gain Proficiency in Stealth.

Notable Elves

• Astarion
• Halsin
• Kagha

See also

• List of all Elves

External Links

• Elf on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
• Feywild on the Forgotten Realms Wiki
• Weave on the Forgotten Realms Wiki