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List of references to previous Baldur's Gate games

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Bhaal's Symbol was the logo of the franchise

A variety of characters, items, locations and more from previous Baldur's Gate games make appearances in Baldur's Gate 3.

Previous Games[edit | edit source]

Previous games in the franchise include:

Characters[edit | edit source]

Characters from Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 appearing as Companions[edit | edit source]

Characters from Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 appearing as NPCs[edit | edit source]

  • Balthazar Balthazar - Antagonist in Baldur's Gate 2 - Throne of Bhaal, a Bhaalspawn, one of "the Five"
  • Elminster Elminster - A legendary wizard, Harper and Chosen of Mystra Mystra. He appears in both Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.
  • Echo of Abazigal Abazigal - Antagonist in Baldur's Gate 2 - Throne of Bhaal, a Bhaalspawn, one of "the Five"
  • Echo of Amelyssan Amelyssan - Antagonist in Baldur's Gate 2 - Throne of Bhaal, a Bhaalspawn, one of "the Five"
  • Echo of Illasera Illasera - Antagonist in Baldur's Gate 2 - Throne of Bhaal, a Bhaalspawn, one of "the Five"
  • Echo of Sendai Sendai - Antagonist in Baldur's Gate 2 - Throne of Bhaal, a Bhaalspawn, one of "the Five"
  • Sarevok Sarevok - Antagonist in Baldur's Gate 1 and Companion in Baldur's Gate 2, , a Bhaalspawn. His helmet Sarevok's Horned Helmet and his sword Sword of Chaos can be looted from his corpse.
  • Viconia Viconia - Companion Baldur's Gate 1 and 2, an elven[2] Cleric of Shar
  • Volo Volo - A famous storyteller and traveler whom the party can meet in Baldur's Gate 2 - Throne of Bhaal. Two maps (one of the Sword Coast and another of Baldur's Gate) came with special editions of Baldur's Gate I, and much of that game's instruction manual is written from Volo's point-of-view.

Characters from Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 which are referenced[edit | edit source]

Characters of Dark Alliance 2 which are referenced[edit | edit source]

Items[edit | edit source]

Returning Items[edit | edit source]

Items of Baldur's Gate 3 which also existed in Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.

Armour[edit | edit source]

Cloaks[edit | edit source]

Rings[edit | edit source]

Weapons[edit | edit source]

New Items[edit | edit source]

Items in Baldur's Gate 3 mentioning or related to characters or locations of Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.

Armour[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

Locations[edit | edit source]

Although the layout of the city of Baldur's Gate is similar to that of previous games, some locations have changed slightly, or are in a different location.

Returning Locations[edit | edit source]

Mentioned Locations[edit | edit source]

New Locations[edit | edit source]

Spell Icons[edit | edit source]

The icons for these spells were directly adapted from the previous games

Dialogue[edit | edit source]

  • Alaundo, a sage from Candlekeep known for his prophecies (all ending with "...so sayeth the wise Alaundo"), is referenced at multiple points
    • Before the assault on Moonrise Towers, Jaheira will recite one of Alaundo's prophecies, which seems to refer to Dame Aylin Dame Aylin
    • The Whispering Statues in the Bhaal Temple recite Alaundo's Bhaalspawn prophecy from the previous games
      • "The Lord of Murder shall perish...
      • "...but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny
      • "Chaos will be sewn from their passage...
      • "So sayeth the wise Alaundo"
  • Jaheira's line when you click on her portrait in the old games ("Yes, oh omnipresent authority figure?") is referenced at several points
    • If Minthara Minthara does not trust that the Dark Urge Dark Urge is in control of their actions, there is an option to reply "An omnipresent authority figure controls all of my actions"
    • If Lae'zel chooses to go against Vlaakith Vlaakith, Gale will comment "Glad to see I'm not the only one on the wrong side of an omnipotent authority figure"
  • Viconia's battle cry is taken directly from her battle cry in the previous games (L'il Alur! For Shar!)
  • When Sceleritas Fel Sceleritas Fel reveals the Dark Urge's past to them at Wyrm's Crossing, he recites a twisted version of a Friedrich Nietzsche quote ("If you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you"). The same quote was also featured in the opening cinematic of Baldur's Gate 1.
  • If you attempt to enter the Shadowfell without all of your party, the Narrator will state "You must gather your party before venturing forth", which has previously appeared in Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

Some of the music took notes from the old games' suites

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Boo could not be summoned as familiar in Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.
  2. Although she was referenced as drow, there technically was no drow race for companions in Baldur's Gate 1 and Baldur's Gate 2.
  3. Confidant of a Duke