Bulette

Bulettes are a type of Monstrosity and non-playable race in Baldur's Gate 3. They are armoured monsters that burrow through underground tunnels and can suddenly erupt from the ground to strike. A single bulette can be found burrowing through the Underdark.

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The bulette's deep burrowing and powerful leap makes it an apex predator in nearly every terrain it finds itself in.

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— In-game racial description

About

Bulettes are extremely dangerous monstrosities. Their natural armour consists of thick plates layered across their bodies. They are typically native to hill environments but can be found in many different locations. Bulettes are sometimes referred to as  Landsharks.

A bulette's  Territorial passive feature causes them to prioritise other monstrosity creatures. This can be used to the party's advantage when luring the bulette to fight other creatures.

Combat

Attacks and actions

 Bite ()

Damage: 8~52

4d12 + 4⁠Piercing

Bite a target and possibly push it back 1.5 m / 5 ft.

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 Corrosive Phlegm ()

Damage: 5~19

2d8 + 3⁠Acid

Expectorate on a target.

 DEX Save

 Range: 14 m (47 ft)

 Deadly Leap ()

Damage: 14~44

3d6 + 4⁠Bludgeoning

+ 3d6 + 4⁠Slashing

Leap to your targets, pushing them back 4 m / 13 ft, and possibly making them fall  Prone

 STR Save

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Recharge: Per turn

AI only

 Burrow ()

Healing: 18~74

8d8 + 10⁠Healing

Burrow into the ground to escape combat and recover hit points.

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

Honour Mode

 Shredding Scales

Damage: 3~18

3d6⁠Slashing

Expel crystalline scales outward, possibly causing targets to  Bleed.

 DEX Save

 Recharge: Per turn

 Legendary Action: Shredding Scales

Once per turn, the Bulette can spend a Legendary Action to use  Shredding Scales after being hit if its  Diamond Scales are active.

Loot

• Bloodguzzler Garb

Gallery

• 
  Concept art by Tan Bur-Ci

Notes

• The Bulette in the Underdark has scripted appearances at X: 120 Y: -175 and X: 160 Y: -150.
• The Bulette grants 150 XP when killed.
•  Glut can reanimate the Bulette. It is one of the toughest and highest-damage creatures that Glut can control; however, due to its large size, it may struggle to navigate tight areas and cannot climb ladders or similar devices.
• Applying  Bone Chilled or  Arrow of Ilmater to the Bulette before it uses  Burrow prevents it from healing as it exits combat.
• The healing only restores its real hit points, not the temporary ones it has in Honour Mode.
•  Command does not stop it from burrowing, but the Command applies when it next appears.
• The Bulette is suggested to be the entity which speaks with the party when  Speak with Animals is used on the deep hole in the Underdark.
• Polymorphing the Bulette in Honour Mode does not remove its temporary hit points or its legendary action gained from Diamond Scales, but it prevents the Bulette from fighting back, allowing for the removal of Diamond Scales while the Bulette is defenceless.

Bugs

• In Honour Mode, if  Enlarge is cast on a reanimated Bulette (or it drinks an  Elixir of the Colossus), it regains its  Diamond Scales and can use its Legendary Action  Shredding Scales.^[verify]

External links

 Bulette on the Forgotten Realms Wiki