Questions tagged [baldurs-gate-3]
Baldur's Gate III is a role-playing video game developed and published by Larian Studios. It is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series, which is based on the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing system.
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How do I make my male character take off his bra?
My Baldur's Gate 3 character was created as a male Dragonborn with body type 1. After starting the game and switching to camp clothes, I discovered that my character was wearing a bra. I tried ...
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Why would I use bartering instead of trading in Baldurs Gate 3?
Baldurs Gate 3 provides two options to exchange goods vs gold at merchants.
Trade allows to simply buy/sell single items one after the other for a set price.
Barter allows to... what? Fill the "...
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Can I skip the launcher when launching Baldur's Gate 3 from Steam?
I don't want to have to go through the "Larian Launcher" when I want to play Baldur's Gate 3 in Steam. How can I skip it?
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Do the Illithid powers have any negative consequences?
Throughout the game, you can improve your hidden Illithid Powers skilltree by consuming more mindflayer worms. You also get [Illithid] skillchecks from time to time.
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Where is the Tutorial Chest?
A lot of mods add new items "to the tutorial chest", but none of them explain where that is. There are several chests on the Nautiloid - which one is the "tutorial chest"?
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How many tadpoles are available to consume?
Early on in Baldur’s Gate 3, you’ll gain the ability to consume Illithid Tadpoles as a means of earning points that can be invested in a special skill tree.
Additionally, it’s possible to have your ...
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How to avoid walking on detected traps in Baldurs Gate 3?
Here is a problem I'm facing again and again.
I stroll through a dark corner of the world. Pass a perception skill check and detect a trap.
My party, the bumbling idiots they are, they still have a ...
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Will a Smokepowder Satchel explode if I'm lit on fire while carrying it?
I picked up a Smokepowder Satchel that says it explodes when ignited, damaging everything in the vicinity. Some enemy spells can inflict burning. Will a Smokepowder Satchel explode if a character gets ...
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How do I change which character is leading a conversation?
Is there a way to change which character is leading a conversation? When playing in co-op one of us will sometimes start a conversation before realizing a different character's abilities would work ...
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If I sleep with Lae'zel, am I locked out of romancing someone else?
During Act 1, when I went to dismiss Lae'zel from the party, the conversation took a sudden turn when she bluntly asked if I wanted to sleep with her. If I say yes, am I locked into a relationship ...
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How can I switch maps in Baldur's Gate 3 to know which waypoint to choose?
Baldur's Gate 3 offers a fast-traveling system via waypoints. When you open the map you can either...
click on a waypoint on the map, or
click on a waypoint in the waypoint list on the right.
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Which companions are longterm compatible for recruitment?
Having just finished my first play-through of BG3, I'm contemplating a replay. One of the things that would make a replay more interesting would be if I could recruit all the companions I failed to ...
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Which summons can exist simultaneously?
If my druid casts "Conjure Woodland Being" and "Summon Raven", both can exist at the same time. But if my Wizard casts "Find Familiar" and "Summon Scratch (the dog)&...
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What permanent Ability increases can be obtained in Baldur's Gate 3?
I heard somebody mention that it's possible able to get a permanent ability increase by talking to a hag, but he didn't really provide any details.
What permanent character changes (attribute ...
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Is there a free or cinematic camera?
Is it possible to get a free(r) camera or cinematic camera somehow?
It's obvious that the game contains quite some detailed 3D scenery, but it's hard to find a camera angle to actually get a good look ...
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Is it possible to do a 100% playthrough with a single save file?
I was thinking of doing my next playthrough to complete 100% of the game (I sort of rushed my first time), on the highest difficulty. Do I need to have multiple saves for branching scenarios, or is it ...
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How do I increase the autosave frequency?
I made a mistake in Baldur's Gate 3 and decided to reload my last save. To my dismay, my last autosave was from over an hour ago. How do I increase how often the game autosaves?
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How to learn the duration of spells?
One thing that continues to annoy me is that a whole lot of spells (and potions) have no information of how long the spell will last. Neither in the spell description nor once actually cast.
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How do I save the Distressed Patient?
I completed combat with Malus Thorm (The Surgeon), and there's a Distressed Patient still locked into the Surgical Bed. He is still alive, but he has the condition "In Surgery" which says &...
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Filtering your inventory in Baldurs Gate 3 for sellable trash?
Baldurs Gate 3, in good old Divinity Original Sins manner, provides a world full of various items. Many of those things serve, essentially, for decoration/immersion in the game world but still can be ...
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Why do I need to create 2 characters when starting a new playthrough?
The character creation process is very confusing to me. It's unclear why I need to create 2 characters.
After completing all the steps for the first time I clicked 'Venture forth'. Then a character ...
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Is there a way to auto-join conversations in multiplayer?
When playing multiplayer in Baldur's Gate 3, is there any way to automatically join conversations initiated by another player? Or alternatively, can I add some sort of audio cue when there's a ...
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Can I play a single-player game alongside a multi-player party without one affecting the other?
I'm already playing a multiplayer game in BG3. What I want to know is... Can i NOW start a singe-player game by clicking NEW GAME on the main menu. If so, will this allow me to play my single-player ...
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Can I access my companion's inventory when they're not in my active party?
I have recently acquired a new party member, but given that the party maximum is 4, she tells me she'll wait for me in my camp. So I go to camp, tell Wyll to take a load off, and recruit my new ...
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Is it possible to make a hireling consume tadpoles?
One of my party members is a hireling. Is there a way to make them consume tadpoles, and more importantly, convince them to use
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Are cantrips in Baldur's Gate 3 unlimited or not?
I thought cantrips could be used an unlimited number of times, but during battle they ran out. My wizard doesn't have any spells to use anymore in long battles and becomes useless.
What's the ...
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Can a War Caster use Shocking Grasp as a reaction without having it as a Cantrip?
When leveling up my character, I have the option to take the War Caster feat which says I can use a reaction to cast Shocking Grasp at a target moving out of melee range. However, my character does ...
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Can I do an Origin Character's quest without playing as that character?
I remember seeing something about how the premade "Origin Characters" have their own unique quest lines. Do I have to start a new game as them in order to access these quests? Will I miss ...
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What items aren't safe to sell?
I've accumulated a lot of junk on my adventure already, and I've just met my first merchant. I'd like to sell, well, most of it. But while I'm quite comfortable selling all of these duplicate books ...
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Are origin characters silent in multiplayer?
One common complaint is that, when playing an origin character as your main character, they are mostly silent, throughout the game, meaning you miss out on a lot of that characters dialog, banter, ...
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Which path to take to Moonrise Towers if I don't want to miss any content?
After finishing the goblin camp story arc, the druid Halsin told me there are two different ways I can go to get to Moonrise Towers. Either the Mountain Road or the path through the Underdark.
Without ...
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Can we have gold centralised over the party in Baldurs Gate 3?
I noticed that in Baldurs Gate 3 the gold you own actually just exists as stacks of coins in your inventory. It also seems to stack rather arbitrarily, with my main char sometimes having 2-3 stacks of ...
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What is the meaning of this statement from Withers?
Withers states
but I don't understand the significance of this with regards to.
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Which stat does Eldritch Blast use when grabbing it from the Spell Sniper feat?
Eldritch Blast is a Warlock cantrip, and Warlocks use their Charisma for their spells, even when you multiclass.
If I have Gale the Wizard (whose spellcasting stat is Intelligence) learn the Spell ...
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Will killing a petrified drow give me XP?
My party encountered some Drows in the Underdark (X: 130 Y: -238). We then fought a Spectator who revived a few of the Drows during combat. We talked to the leader of the Drows who made all the ...
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Is there any use for trivial objects gathered in Baldur's Gate 3?
I'm grabbing lots of seemingly trivial objects like cutlery, ropes, tongs and cups. Do they serve any purpose other than dumping them on traders?
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What do the different colours of items mean?
Is there some logic to the way items are coloured in Baldur's Gate 3?
Sometimes e.g. green items (which seem most common) are more powerful than, say, blue items.
And some items only have a coloured ...
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Which Tieflings need to be saved for the "Leave No One Behind" achievement?
The "Leave No One Behind" achievement states
Save every Tiefling refugee you can throughout the game in a single playthrough
I had several Tieflings die in my playthrough, so I was ...
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How much Gold would Zevlor have given me for killing the Goblins?
After defeating a camp of goblins and returning to Emerald Cove, I was greeted by the Tiefling Zevlor. He thanked me for killing the Goblins so they could safely travel to Baldur's Gate. He said he'd ...
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Can I preview dyed items?
I have only recently started using dyes in Baldur's Gate 3, but the results were surprising. The effects of a dye with names like 'Harlequin Black and White', or the differences between swamp green ...
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What's the point of equipping a ring without an ability?
I've come across multiple rings with seemingly no use. They have no abilities, no stat buffs, and they don't visually appear on my character when equipped. Is there any purpose to these rings outside ...
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Why did I receive myself as a quest reward?
When I completed the quest "Find the missing Shipment" I was greeted by a strange reward screen that said "You Receive Tavros". Confusingly, Tavros is the name of the character I'm ...
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Baldurs Gate 3 - Trailer Dragons
I've watched the trailer a few times, and got a question there. The dragons shown in the trailer/intro are red dragons as it seems. Is there any clear indication as to what age class they are of? At ...
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How do I copy a character's appearance to a new save?
I decided to restart my play-through of Baldur's Gate 3 and want to copy my old character's appearance over to my new save. Is there a way for me to copy over my old character's appearance or review ...
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How do Armor Class and Attack Rolls work?
How does attack damage and armor work? The game just says that your armor level "determines whether an attack hits", which is not helpful.
Reading this wiki, it sounds like the attacker ...
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Why did maximum HP drop after leveling up?
Upon leveling from 8 -> 9, the maximum health of everyone in my party dropped, almost by 60 points in some cases:
Note that Karlach has 146 max hit points, although the odd thing is that the ...
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How to test if The Digital Deluxe Edition is active in Baldur's Gate 3?
I bought The Digital Deluxe Edition with the game. Then, I refunded the game, but not The Digital Deluxe Edition - it was my silent protest against it not working properly on SteamDeck despite its &...
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Can you create custom hirelings?
Can you create custom hirelings to recruit as companions? Or customize the pre-made ones (beyond class re-specification)?
I don't think it is possible through the vanilla game. Are there any mods ...
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How do I avoid accidentally stealing things?
While wandering around town I accidentally clicked on a chest. This led to me getting arrested for stealing and sent to jail. Is there an option to prevent stealing so one accidental misclick doesn't ...
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Can you remove a co-op player's character from the party if they stop playing?
Let's say I decide to start Baldur's Gate 3 with a group of 4 people and one of them decides they don't want to play anymore. What happens to that player's character? Is there a way to remove them ...
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