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Races
There are a great variety of Races that can be found in the Forgotten Realms and played in Baldur's Gate 3, both civilized and savage. A creature's race determines its lineage and innate powers and abilities.
All races have their own strengths and many possess unique abilities and powers. Sometimes creatures can even cast spells as a result of their racial heritage. See below for a list of races.
Overview of Playable Races
There are 11 playable races in Baldur's Gate 3. Many playable races are divided into subraces, which further defines a character's strengths, abilities, and appearance.
Note: this table feature the latest information that is known about the full release of the game, and as such is not representative of Early Access anymore.
Refer to individual Race pages for further details.
Unless otherwise noted, spells gained from race may only be cast once per Long Rest.
Race and Subraces | Base Speed | Proficiencies | Features | |||
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From Race | From Subrace | From Race | From Subrace | |||
Human |
Standard 9 m / 30 ft
|
Weapons
Armour Skills
|
TBA | |||
Elf |
Standard 9 m / 30 ft | Weapons
Skills |
Keen Senses
|
High Elf Cantrip | ||
Fast 10.5 m / 35 ft | Skills | Mask of the Wild
Fleet of Foot
| ||||
Drow |
Standard 9 m / 30 ft | Weapons
Skills |
Keen Senses
Drow Magic |
The only difference between Drow subraces lies in their available dialogue options. | ||
Half-Elf |
Standard 9 m / 30 ft | Weapons
Armour |
Fey Ancestry | High Elf Cantrip
| ||
Fast 10.5 m / 35 ft | Skills | Mask of the Wild
Fleet of Foot
| ||||
Standard 9 m / 30 ft | Drow Magic | |||||
Half-Orc |
Standard 9 m / 30 ft | Darkvision
| ||||
Halfling |
Slow 7.5 m / 25 ft | Skills | Lucky
Brave
|
Naturally Stealthy
| ||
Strongheart Resilience
| ||||||
Dwarf |
Slow 7.5 m / 25 ft | Weapons
|
Dwarven Resilience
|
Dwarven Toughness
| ||
Armour | Shield Dwarf Proficiencies
| |||||
Superior Darkvision
TBA | ||||||
Gnome |
Slow 7.5 m / 25 ft | Gnome Cunning
|
Additional Spell
| |||
Skills | Superior Darkvision
| |||||
Skills | Artificer's Lore
| |||||
Tiefling |
Standard 9 m / 30 ft | Hellish Resistance
|
Tiefling Magic | |||
Githyanki |
Standard 9 m / 30 ft | Weapons
Armour |
Githyanki Psionics | |||
Dragonborn |
Standard 9 m / 30 ft | TBA | ||||
Non-Playable Races
There are many more non-playable races, many of which are extremely dangerous and monstrous. See below for a list of all non-playable races and their abilities.