List of references to previous Baldur's Gate games

A variety of items, equipment, and characters from previous Baldur's Gate games make appearances in Baldur's Gate 3. However, in most cases the abilities of the items are slightly different because of the change of ruleset from 2e to 5e.

Bhaal's Symbol was the logo of the franchise

...so sayeth the wise Alaundo

— Jaheira reciting yet another of Alaundo's prophecies

Items and Equipment

Some of these items originally came from D&D and Baldur's Gate 3 implemented their 5th Edition versions. They are marked 5e.

Weapons

• Belm
• Blightbringer
• Darkfire Shortbow
• Defender Flail (as Defender of Easthaven)
• Dwarven Thrower
• Flail of Ages
• Greatsword +1 5e (as Two-Handed Sword +1)
• Handmaiden's Mace
• Harmonium Halberd
• Harold
• Heavy Crossbow +1 5e
• Staff of the Ram
• Sword of Chaos
• Sword of the Emperor (as Sword of Balduran)
• The Dead Shot

Armour

• Elven Chain 5e
• Helm of Balduran
• Hide Armour 5e
• Leather Armour 5e

Cloaks

• Cloak of Protection 5e (as Cloak of Protection +1)

Rings

• Ring of Protection 5e (as Ring of Protection +1 or Ring of the Princes)
• Ring of Free Action 5e

Spell Icons

The icons for these spells were directly adapted from the previous games

•  Aid
•  Barkskin
•  Bless
•  Blindness
•  Blur
•  Burning Hands
•  Charm Person
•  Chromatic Orb
•  Colour Spray
•  Confusion
•  Cure Wounds (for Cure Medium Wounds)
•  Dimension Door
•  Dispel Magic (cut content)
•  Entangle
•  Friends
•  Glyph of Warding
•  Grease
•  Greater Invisibility
•  Haste
•  Heal (for Cure Light Wounds)
•  Hold Monster
•  Hold Person
•  Invisibility
•  Knock
•  Magic Missile
•  Melf's Acid Arrow
•  Polymorph
•  Shocking Grasp
•  Silence
•  Sleep
•  Slow
•  Stinking Cloud
•  Web

Characters

• Minsc
• Naaber (after Noober and Neeber)
• Jaheira
• Sarevok
• Viconia
• Slayer
• The Butler of Bhaal (although a much less sinister character by the name of Cespenar)