Point Buy

Point Buy is the method used by Baldur's Gate 3 to determine a character's Ability Scores during Character Creation.

The rules of Point Buy when assigning Ability Scores are:

• There are 27 total points to spend.
• Ability Scores can not be lower than 8.
• Ability Scores can not be higher than 15.
• Point cost increases when you reach a certain Ability Score.
• You must spend all of your points.

Point Buy Chart

Ability Score Point Cost

Score	Point Cost	Point Spent Total
8	0	0
9	1	1
10	1	2
11	1	3
12	1	4
13	1	5
14	2	7
15	2	9