List of Creature Types
Below is the list of creature types, and examples of each category that appears in Baldur's Gate 3 Early Access.
Aberration[edit | edit source]
Warped, alien beings that have come to Faerûn from beyond the multiverse.
- Intellect Devourer
- Mind Flayer
- Spectator
Beast[edit | edit source]
All varieties of animals, both ordinary and magical. Most have limited intelligence and lack a society and language.
- Bear
- Bird
- Dog
- Hyena
- Wolf
Construct[edit | edit source]
Creatures that are made instead of born. Some only follow a simple set of instructions, while others are imbued with sentience.
- Animated Armour
- Golem
Dragon[edit | edit source]
Immensely intelligent, ancient, and powerful reptiles that covert wealth. Chromatic dragons are selfish, evil, and feared, while Metallic dragons are noble, good, and respected by the wise.
- Red Dragon
Elemental[edit | edit source]
Creatures native to the Elemental Planes. They range from simple masses of a specific element to beings infused with elemental energy.
- Lava Elemental
- Magma Mephit
- Mud Mephit
Fey[edit | edit source]
Fey are magical creatures closely tied to the forces of nature. They dwell in twilight groves and misty forests.
- Hag
- Redcap
Fiend[edit | edit source]
Evil, wicked creatures from the Lower Planes that labour under the leadership of lawful archdevils or chaotic demon princes.
- Cambion
- Hellboar
- Lesser Imp
- Lesser Hellboar
- Merregon Legionnaire
- Quasit
Giants[edit | edit source]
Giants tower over humans and their kind. They are humanlike in shape, though some have multiple heads or deformities.
- Ogre
Humanoids[edit | edit source]
Humanoids are the main peoples of a fantasy gaming world, both civilized and savage, including humans and a tremendous variety of other species.
- Bugbear
- Elf
- Drow
- Dwarf
- Goblin
- Githyanki
- Gnoll
- Gnome
- Half-Elf
- Halfling
- Hobgoblin
- Human
- Tiefling
Monstrosity[edit | edit source]
Frightening creatures that are not ordinary, not truly natural, and almost never benign.
- Bulette
- Ettercap
- Hook Horror
- Mimic
- Minotaur
- Phase Spider
Ooze[edit | edit source]
These gelatinous creatures usually dwell in caves and dungeons, feed on refuse, carrion, and ill-fated adventurers.
- Ochre Jelly
Plant[edit | edit source]
Plants in this context are vegetable creatures, not ordinary flora. Most of them are ambulatory, and some are carnivorous.
- Myconid
- Wood Woad
Undead[edit | edit source]
The remains of the dead, animated by dark magic - be they summoned by spellcasters, or risen on their own.
- Skeleton
- Zombie