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This is a newer, more up to date list still in construction. For the previous cheat sheet, see Help:List of templates/archive. For a full list of template, see All pages in the template namespace.

A list of templates used on BG3Wiki.

Actions and movement

• {{Action}}: Displays either in-game action resources or movement.
• {{Action icon}}: Adds an action or movement icon with custom text.
• {{Prereq}}: Format text as white in-game minor warnings.
• {{Warning}}: Format text as red in-game major warnings.
• {{WeaponAction}}: Displays a specified weapon action.

Character, creatures and features

• {{CharLink}}: Adds a link with an icon 25px to a character or creature
  • {{SmCharLink}}: Adds a link with an icon 20px to a character or creature
  • {{MdCharLink}}: Adds a link with an icon 30px to a character or creature
  • {{LgCharLink}}: Adds a link with an icon 40px to a character or creature
• {{Class}}: Adds a link to a class or subclass, with icon.
• {{Expertise}}
• {{Feature box}}: Create a box to display enemy features.
• {{MainClass}}: Returns the class of the specified subclass.
• {{MainRace}}: Returns the main race of the specified subrace.
• {{ProficiencyBonus}}
• {{Race}}
• {{Resource}}: Used to format class-specific resources.
• {{Resource optional}}: Variant of resource. Inserts nothing if course is not specified.
• {{TooltipBox}}: Displays a features box, without integrated SAI.

Containers and traders

• {{Chest}}: Add a collapsible box with chest contents.
• {{StoreTraderGold}}: Displays a trader's gold value.

Descriptions and quotes

• {{Achievement}}: Display in-game achievements.
• {{Dialogue option}}: Format as in-game dialogue option.
• {{BookText}}: Format as a book text.
• {{Class Quote}}: Adds a class quote with a class symbol
• {{Description}}: Add a pre-formatted description.
• {{Q}}: Formats text as a simple quote.
• {{Quote}}: Formats text as a multi-paragraph quote.
• {{Quote character}} / {{DiQ}}: Formats text as a quote and adds (and links to) the source of the quote.

Dice rolls

• {{Ability check}}: Displays a specified ability check as a link, with a specified Difficulty Class and a d20 icon.
• {{Advantage}}: Format text to display an Advantage link with icon
• {{Attack roll}}: Format text to display the text Attack roll, with an icon.
• {{d20}}: Display a d20 die.
• {{DieIcon}}: Add a die icon.
• {{Disadvantage}}: Format text to display a Disadvantage link with icon.
• {{Saving Throw}}: Displays a specified saving throw, and optionally a specified Difficulty Class.
  • {{Short saving throw}}: A compact version of the saving throw template.

Disambiguation templates

• {{Disambig}}: For disambiguation pages.
• {{About}}
• {{Main}}
• {{Redirect}}
• {{Confused with}}
• {{See also}}

Distances

• {{AOE}}: Format text to display areas of effect distance and type.
• {{Nbts}}: Used for separation numbers in units.
• {{Radius}}: Used to display radius.
• {{Range}}: Used to display range.

Effects

General

• {{Distance}}
• {{Duration}}: Format a text to display duration, with an icon.

Conditions

• {{Cond}}: Format text with a link and icon to display a condition.
• {{Condition}}†: Display a fully formatted condition. Runs the cargo query.
• {{Condition sources}}‡: Builds a list of things that add the specified conditions.
• {{Condition Type}}: Display a text with a condition icon plus a link to curse, disease, or poison.
• {{Inflicts}}†: A marker template used to indicate that something inflicts the specified condition.

Damage

• {{DamageColor}}: Format with colour based on damage type.
• {{DamageInfo}}: Add formatted damage info.
• {{DamageModifier}}: Add an attack and damage modifier.
• {{DamageText}}: Add formatted damage text.
• {{DamageType}}: Format as a damage type.

Footnotes

Lists

• {{Notebegin}} and {{Noteend}}: For bulleted notes.
• {{Notelist}}: Adds a footnote list to a page, without a section. To add a sectioned footnote, use "{{reflist|note}}" instead.
• {{Reflist}}: Displays ordinary or grouped references with formatting.

Markers

• {{Cite text}}: Cite an in-game text item.
• {{Cite web}}: Adds a reference with an external url.
• {{Note}}: Adds a footnote link to a page.
• {{Ref}}: Adds an ordinary or grouped reference.
• {{Verify}}: Marks something as in need of verification.

Infoboxes

• {{Infobox creature}}: Add a creature (character) infobox
• {{Character info}}: Add a creature (character) infobox - old and depricated now

Items

Item names

• {{ItemIcon/Family}}†: A a family of item icon templates. Fetches and displays an icon for the specified item.
  • {{ItemIcon}}†
  • {{LgItemIcon}}†
  • {{MdItemIcon}}†
  • {{SmItemIcon}}†
• {{ItemIcon/Family|Template:RarityItem/Family}}†: A a family of item icon templates. Fetches and displays an icon for the specified item, showing the rarity of the item through a coloured frame.
  • {{LgRarityItem}}†
  • {{MdRarityItem}}†
  • {{SmRarityItem}}†
  • {{RarityItem}}†
• {{Rarity}}: Used to display the rarity of an item.
• {{RarityColor}}: Format text to use the colour of the specified rarity.

Item properties

• {{Can't Dual Wield}}
• {{Enchantment}}: Displays a numerical enchantment.
• {{Finesse}}
• {{Heavy}}: Adds an Heavy icon with text.
• {{Light}}: Adds a Light icon, with text
• {{MartialWeaponsProf}}
• {{One-Handed}}
• {{Price}}: Used to display the price of an item.
• {{Reach}}
• {{SimpleWeaponsProf}}
• {{Thrown}}
• {{Two-Handed}}
• {{Uid}}: Displays the specified uid.
• {{Uuid}}: Displays the specified uuid.
• {{Versatile}}
• {{WeaponIcon}}: Displays the specified weapon type's icon.
• {{WeaponProperty}}: Displays a weapon property.
• {{WeaponType}}: Displays the specified weapon type as a link with an icon.
• {{Weight}}: Displays the specified weight of an item.

Item types

• {{Alchemical Extracts}}
• {{Alchemical Ingredients}}
• {{Books}}
• {{Coatings}}
• {{Consumables}}
• {{Drinks}}
• {{Elixirs}}
• {{Food}}
• {{Gold}}
• {{Grenades}}
• {{HeavyArmour}}
• {{LightArmour}}
• {{MediumArmour}}
• {{Potions}}
• {{Scrolls}}
• {{Shields}}

Licensing

• {{License}}: For use on pages. Publish a page under an alternative license.
• {{License base/overview}}: Overview of license templates used for files and larger works

Linking

External

• {{BGWiki}}: Add a link to the Baldur's Gate wiki.
• {{FRWiki}}: Add a link to the Forgotten Realms wiki.
• {{VA}}: Adds a link to a voice actor's IMDB page.

Internal

• {{Disambig}}: For disambiguation pages.
• {{DRS}}: Add a DRS link and category.
• {{Guidenote}}: Add a hatnote with a link to a guide.
• {{Hatnote}}: Format text as a hatnote to place at the top of a page or section, as an additional note.
• {{Relative location}}: Adds a compass with links to locations relative to the location page the template is used on.
• {{See also}}

Same page

• {{Anchor}}: Add invisible anchor names.
• {{Back to top}}: Add a link back to the top of a page.
• {{Bug}}: Link to a bug section.
• {{Notes}}: Links to a the Notes section of a page.

Tabs

• {{Tab}}: Add tabs to a page.
  • {{CombatTab}}: Add a combat tab to an article.
  • {{SpellsTab}}: Adss spell level tabs.

Locations

• {{Loc}}: Add a link with an icon for locations - 25px
• {{SubLoc}}: Add a link with a smaller icon for locations - 20px

Message box templates

• {{Content warning}}
• {{copyedit}}
• {{Community article}}
• {{disambig}}
• {{Guide}}
• {{Guide box}}
• {{Proposed deletion}}
• {{Protected}}
• {{Speedy deletion}}
• {{spoiler warning}}
• {{stub}}
• {{Unclear name}}
• {{under construction}}
• {{Verification needed}}

Miscellaneous

• {{Approval}}: Format text to show Approval for companions, with icons.
• {{Camp Supplies}}: Display Camp Supplies icon and amount, optionally with a text or link.
• {{Coords}}: Generate in-game coordinates.
• {{Tactician}}: Marks something as tactician-only.
• {{Xp}}: Displays the specified xp.

Notices

Internal

• {{DRS}}: Add a DRS link and category.
• {{Guidenote}}: Add a hatnote with a link to a guide.
• {{Hatnote}}: Format text as a hatnote to place at the top of a page or section, as an additional note.
• {{Relative location}}: Adds a compass with links to locations relative to the location page the template is used on.

Spoiler boxes

• {{RomanceBox}}: Adds a collapsible romance spoiler box.
• {{SpoilerBox}}: Adds a collapsible box, for use with spoilers.
• {{SpoilerDurge}}: Adds a collapsible box, for use with Dark Urge related spoilers.

Unavailable content

• {{Inaccessible}}: Adds a notice that content is inaccessible.
• {{Unobtainable}}: Adds a notice that content is unobtainable.
• {{Unusable}}: Adds a notice that content is unusable.

Warnings

• {{Cw}}: Add a content warning.
• {{SpoilerWarning}}: Add a spoiler warning.

Wiki

• {{Guide}}: Insert a hatnote to mention that the page is a guide.
• {{Lastupdated}}: Insert a note if a page is the up to date.
• {{Priority}}: Adds a priority notice to a page.
• {{Rewrite}}: Adds a notice that the page should be written to comply with the wiki's |style guidelines.
• {{Stub}}: Adds a notice for very short articles in need of expanding.
• {{Under construction}}: Adds a notice that a page is currently being edited. Added on the corresponding date.

Page creation

• {{Action page}}: Automatically generate an action page for actions that don't fit other page generators.
• {{Condition page}}†: For conditions.
• {{Damage type page}}: For damage types.
• {{Equipment page}}: For equipment.
• {{Misc item page}}: For miscellaneous items.
• {{Spell page}}†: For spell pages.
• {{Weapon action page}}: For weapon actions.
• {{Weapon page}}†: For weapon pages.
• {{Weapon type page}}‡: Generate weapon type pages.
• {{Location page}}: For location pages.

Quests

• {{Quest}}: Add a link with an icon for quests - 20px
• {{SubQuest}}: Add a link with a smaller icon for quests - 16px

Spells and special abilities

• {{Concentration}}: Adds a concentration icon and text.
• {{Recharge}}: Adds a recharge icon with the specified property.
• {{Ritual Spell}}
• {{SAI}}: Universal link template for spells and special abilities.
  • {{PAS}}: Version of SAI, with a <dd></dd> tag.
• {{Spell list table row}}‡: Displays a table of spells.
• {{SpellSlot}}: Adds a spell slot icon.
• {{Upcastable}}: Indicates a spell is upcastable.

Stats

• {{Ability}}: Displays a link to an ability with its corresponding icon
• {{Armour Class}}
• {{AttributeBlock}}: Generate a table of ability scores.
• {{Hp}}: Display an hp icon and hp amount.
  • {{Temp hp}}: Displays temporary hit points.
• {{Initiative}}: Adda an initiative icon with a link.
• {{Resistance}}: Adds resistance icons.
• {{Resistances}}: Adds a table of resistances.

Wiki formatting

Icons and images

• {{Icon}}: Adds an icon.
• {{IconLink}}: Adds an icon with a link.
• {{IconText}}: Adds an icon with a text.
• {{ImageLink}}: Adds an image on top of a link.
• {{ImageText}}: Adds an image on top of a text.
• {{SmallIcon}}: Displays a small icon.

Layout

• {{Blank}}: Add spaces or line breaks in texts where they would normally be removed.
• {{Clear}}: Prevent overflow at the end of a section.
• {{Nowrap}}: Prevents content from being wrapped into multiple lines.

Lists

• {{Horizontal list}}
• {{Resource list item}}
• {{Table list}}
• {{Unbulleted list}}

Quotes

• {{Q}}
• {{Quote}}
• {{Quote inline}}
• {{Quote character}} / {{DiQ}}: Formats text as a quote and adds (and links to) the source of the quote.

Tables

• {{Table begin}}
• {{Table end}}
• {{Table feat}}

Technical

• {{Code}}: Format as code.
• {{Comparison table}}
• {{CURRENTDATE}}: Display the current date.
• {{IfEmpty}}: Value is true if a parameter is empty.
• {{Main namespace only}}: Only displayed on the main namespace.
• {{NoExcerpt}}: Excludes a text from auto-generated excerpts on link hover.
• {{PageSeo}}: Adds SEO to a page.
• {{T link}}: Add a link to a template, formatted as a template.
• {{Template demo}}: Display examples for template documentation pages.
• {{Trim}}: Returns its parameters without leading or trailing whitespace.
• {{Unsigned}}: Used to sign unsigned comments on talk pages.
• {{Shortcut}}

Text formatting

• {{Big}}: Increases the text size.
• {{Colour}}: Add colour to a text.
• {{Em}}: Add emphasis to a text, typically a single word in a sentence.
• {{InfoBlob}}: Format text to be surrounded by a simple box, or "blob".
• {{Strong}}: Formats texts as urgent, serious or important.
• {{Small}}: Reduces the text size.