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List of references to previous Baldur's Gate games

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Bhaal's Symbol was the logo of the franchise

A variety of characters, items, locations and more from previous Baldur's Gate games make appearances in Baldur's Gate 3.

Previous Games[edit section | visual editor]

Previous games in the franchise include:

Characters[edit section | visual editor]

Characters from Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 appearing as companions[edit section | visual editor]

  • Jaheira Jaheira – a companion in Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, a half-elven Druid / Fighter and Harper
  • Minsc Minsc – a companion Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, a human Ranger
    • Boo Boo – Minsc's miniature giant space hamster familiar[1]

Characters from Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 appearing as NPCs[edit section | visual editor]

  • Abazigal Abazigal – an antagonist in Throne of Bhaal, a Bhaalspawn, one of "the Five"
  • Amelyssan Amelyssan – an antagonist in Throne of Bhaal, a Bhaalspawn, one of "the Five"
  • Illasera Illasera – an antagonist in Throne of Bhaal, a Bhaalspawn, one of "the Five"
  • Sendai Sendai – an antagonist in Throne of Bhaal, a Bhaalspawn, one of "the Five"
  • Elminster Elminster – a legendary wizard, Harper and Chosen of Mystra⁠Mystra. He appears in both Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.
  • Sarevok Sarevok – the main antagonist in Baldur's Gate 1 and later a companion in Baldur's Gate 2, a Bhaalspawn. His helmet  Sarevok's Horned Helmet and his sword  Sword of Chaos can be looted from his corpse.
  • Viconia Viconia – a companion in Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, an elven[2] Cleric of Shar
  • Volo Volo – a famous storyteller and traveler whom the party can meet in Baldur's Gate 1 and Throne of Bhaal. Two maps (one of the Sword Coast and another of Baldur's Gate) came with special editions of Baldur's Gate I, and much of that game's instruction manual is written from Volo's point-of-view.

Characters from Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 which are referenced[edit section | visual editor]

Characters of Dark Alliance 2 which are referenced[edit section | visual editor]

  • In Szarr Palace at X: -1270 Y: 990 there is a bust of Mordoc SeLanmere⁠Mordoc SeLanmere, the vampire lord and main antagonist in Dark Alliance 2, also known as "The Pale Knight". If the player character helps Astarion Astarion complete the Rite of Profane Ascension, the newly-sprung vampire lord will mention Mordoc by this title in the prompted dialogue afterwards.

Items[edit section | visual editor]

Returning Items[edit section | visual editor]

Items of Baldur's Gate 3 which also existed in Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.

Armour[edit section | visual editor]

Cloaks[edit section | visual editor]

Gloves[edit section | visual editor]

Boots[edit section | visual editor]

Rings[edit section | visual editor]

Shields[edit section | visual editor]

Weapons[edit section | visual editor]

New Items[edit section | visual editor]

Items in Baldur's Gate 3 mentioning or related to characters or locations of Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.

Armour[edit section | visual editor]

Books[edit section | visual editor]

Locations[edit section | visual editor]

Although the layout of the city of Baldur's Gate is similar to that of previous games, some locations have changed, or are in a different location.

Returning Locations[edit section | visual editor]

Mentioned Locations[edit section | visual editor]

New Locations[edit section | visual editor]

Features, story elements, tropes[edit section | visual editor]

  • The Slayer Form Slayer Form and Bhaal⁠Bhaal derive from the original games, as the main protagonist was a Bhaalspawn; the Dark Urge Dark Urge origin is a nod to that, allowing players to once again play as a Bhaalspawn.

Dialogue[edit section | visual editor]

  • Alaundo⁠Alaundo, a sage from Candlekeep known for his prophecies (all ending with "...so sayeth the wise Alaundo"), is referenced at multiple points
    • Before the assault on Moonrise Towers, Jaheira will recite one of Alaundo's prophecies, which seems to refer to Dame Aylin Dame Aylin
    • The Whispering Statues in the Bhaal Temple recite Alaundo's Bhaalspawn prophecy from the previous games
      • "The Lord of Murder shall perish...
      • "...but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny
      • "Chaos will be sewn from their passage...
      • "So sayeth the wise Alaundo"
  • Jaheira's line when you click on her portrait in the old games ("Yes, oh omnipresent authority figure?") is referenced at several points
    • If Minthara Minthara does not trust that the Dark Urge Dark Urge is in control of their actions, there is an option to reply "An omnipresent authority figure controls all of my actions"
    • If Lae'zel chooses to go against Vlaakith⁠Vlaakith, Gale will comment "Glad to see I'm not the only one on the wrong side of an omnipotent authority figure"
  • Viconia's battle cry is taken directly from her battle cry in the previous games (L'il Alur! For Shar!)
  • When Sceleritas Fel Sceleritas Fel reveals the Dark Urge's past to them at Wyrm's Crossing, he recites a twisted version of a Friedrich Nietzsche quote ("If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you").[5] The same quote was also featured in the opening cinematic of Baldur's Gate 1.
  • If attempting to enter the Shadowfell only with the player character, the Narrator states "You must gather your party before venturing forth", which previously appeared in Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2 when trying to travel from one game map to another, if not all party members were near enough to the map border.

Spell Icons[edit section | visual editor]

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

Achievements[edit section | visual editor]

  • There is an achievement to save the goblin Sazza Sazza which is named She Cannot Be Caged!. This could refer to a quote of Jon Irenicus⁠quote of Jon Irenicus in Baldurs's Gate 2: "I cannot be caged. I cannot be controlled. Understand this as you die, ever pathetic, ever fools!"

Soundtrack[edit section | visual editor]

Some of the music took notes from the old games' suites:

References[edit section | visual editor]

  1. ↑ Boo is treated as an item in Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.
  2. ↑ Although she was referenced as drow, there technically was no drow race for companions in Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.
  3. ↑  Confidant of a Duke
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Gorion Mausoleum in the Lower City is the final resting place of Lord Gregorion Gorion. It is unclear whether this is meant to be the Gorion that appeared in Baldur's Gate 1, a reference to him, or someone with a coincidentally similar name. See the Mausoleum's page for details.
  5. ↑ "Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird. Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein." – Jenseits von Gut und Böse (1886)
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