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Welcome to bg3.wiki!

We provide a clean, detailed, up-to-date wiki for Baldur's Gate 3.
This is a community project and everyone is welcome!
We have 11,813 pages and growing…

Latest BG3 update: Hotfix 29 (Console Only) - 16:10, 21 November 2024 (CET)

Contributing

See getting started if you want to help improve the wiki and are new to editing. You can edit without an account, but your IP address will be publicly logged.
Feel free to Join our Discord so we can coordinate our efforts.

Please see bg3wiki:Ads for why we have decided to put ads on the wiki.

Calling out to all past contributors!

Please read Contributor Payment and send in your application if you've made any non-trivial contributions to the wiki before September 2024. As promised when we decided to put up ads, you will receive a share of earnings.

Gameplay

Character creation

Character creation summary

Walkthrough

In case you find yourself stuck, or want to check in advance which outcomes are possible, see here for quest guides.

Mechanics

Learn about the various gameplay mechanics of Baldur's Gate 3.

D&D 5th edition rules

Here's a quick reference of the core Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition rules as implemented in Baldur's Gate 3. See also: D&D 5e rule changes

Rolls
Initiative	The roll you make to determine when it will be your turn at start of combat.
Attack roll	The roll you make to determine whether an attack hits an enemy at all.
Damage roll	The roll you make to determine the amount of damage done by a successful attack.
Saving throw	The roll you make to attempt avoiding various threats other than direct attacks.
Ability check	The roll you make when attempting anything else that requires a roll to succeed.
Modifiers
Advantage	Roll the dice twice, and use the higher result. Disadvantage is the exact opposite.
Ability score modifier	The number you add to your rolls based on your ability scores.
Proficiency bonus	The number you add to your rolls based on whether you have proficiency.

Characters

See below for all playable characters, companions that can join your party, and non-playable characters in Baldur's Gate 3.

Companions: NPCs who can travel with you and appear at the Campsite.

Camp followers: NPCs who stay at the campsite.

Campsite: Long rest, item storage, character interactions, and so on.

Deities: The gods and goddesses in the Forgotten Realms setting.

External links

Various other pages and resources you may be interested in.

Larian Studios Feedback form (Baldur's Gate is already selected)
Baldur's Gate 3 Interactive Maps on Map Genie
Forgotten Realms Wiki: Learn more about the Forgotten Realms

Community Resources

Copyright and licensing

Any original content you contribute to bg3.wiki remains your intellectual property, but is published under the CC BY-SA 4.0 and/or CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Please refer to the pages bg3wiki:Copyrights and bg3wiki:Licensing for further details.

Hosting and financing

The wiki is hosted on a server by Hetzner Online GmbH and the sysadmin is Taylan. We used to take donations, but decided to serve ads instead at some point. Please see bg3wiki:Ads for details about advertisement on bg3.wiki.

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