Difficulty: Difference between revisions

Baldur's Gate 3 has five difficulty settings to choose from, in increasing difficulty order: Explorer, Balanced, Tactician, Honour - and a Custom mode which lets you tweak various gameplay elements.  

When you start a new game, you will be prompted to select a difficulty.  

 

You also may change the difficulty after starting a game by using the menu and clicking on 'Difficulty'. The changes to statistics by modifying the difficulty are immediate.

'''Explorer''' is the least difficult setting. In comparison to the Balanced difficulty setting, Explorer has:

 

* All Enemies Maximum Health decreased by 30%.

* Party characters receive a 100% bonus to hit points.

* All characters (including enemies) proficiency bonuses are increased by 2.

* The [[Iron Throne]] will give you 8 turns to complete it on this difficulty.

This middle ground of the other two original difficulties, this is considered the game's standard setting to which the other three are compared.

* The [[Iron Throne]] will give you 6 turns to complete it on this difficulty.

'''Tactician''' is the second highest difficulty setting. In comparison to the Balanced difficulty setting, Tactician has:

 

** Most changes are between 20%-30%, with many "boss" enemies seeing larger boosts.<ref>One notable exception: [[Raphael|Raphael's]] maximum health remains 666 HP regardless of difficulty.</ref>

* The [[Iron Throne]] will give you 5 turns to complete it on this difficulty.

Honour is the highest difficulty setting. In comparison to the Tactician difficulty setting, Honour has:

'''Custom''' difficulty lets the player tweak various gameplay elements to their liking, such as:  

* '''Use [[Difficulty#Honour|Honour Mode]]'s single save system.'''

{{Prereq|This setting can't be changed once the game starts!}}

** You cannot load saves outside the main menu.

** Unlike in Honour Mode, you can reload the save if your party dies.

*** ''It is possible to brick your campaign if you save and cannot avoid a full party wipe, such as during an enemy turn!'' {{ActionWarning|}}

* '''Enemy Aggression''': Adjust how dangerous enemy combatants will be in combat.

** Explorer: ''Enemies will not be as ruthless in combat.''

** Balanced: ''Enemies will provide a balanced challenge.''

** Tactician: ''Enemies will attack ruthlessly and efficiently.''

* '''Character Power''': Adjust how powerful players, allies and enemies are by modifying their bonuses to rolls and how hard they are to kill.

** Explorer: ''Friendly characters will be stronger and harder to kill in combat.''

** Balanced: ''Keeps enemies and allies alike at the same level of strength.''

** Tactician: ''Hostile characters will be stronger and harder to kill in combat.''

* '''Enemy Loadouts''': Adjust the items and spells enemies will have access to in combat.

** Explorer: ''Enemies will only have access to basic spells and items.''

** Balanced: ''Enemies will use a variety of spells and items in combat.''

** Tactician: ''Enemies will employ advanced spells and items in combat.''

* '''Additional Combat Mechanics''': Change the difficulty of combats by adjusting how many new mechanics or enemies are added to certain fights.

** Explorer: ''No details''

** Balanced: ''No details''

** Tactician: ''No details''

* '''Proficiency Bonus''': Increase the proficiency bonus of all characters - reducing the impact of random rolls. This will impact game balance.

* '''Enemy Critical Hits''': Enemies will be able to score [[Attack_roll#Critical_Miss_/_Critical_Hit|Critical Hits]].

* '''No Death Saving Throws''': Enable to stop player characters dying at 0 hit points. They will be stabilised until [[Help|Helped]].

* '''Disable Free First Strikes''': Harming a character before combat starts will cost you one attack or action on your first turn in initiative.

* '''Camp Cost Multiplier''': Adjust how many [[Camp Supplies|camp supplies]] a [[Long Rest]] costs.

* '''Short Rest Full Heal''': Your health is fully restored on a [[Short Rest]].

* '''Trade Price Modifier''': All prices traders ask for their wares are multiplied by this value. All prices you get for your gear are divided by this value.

** Range: 1x - 4x ''(E.g. Item worth 100gp at 1x costs 100gp and sells for 100gp. Item worth 100gp at 4x costs 400gp and sells for 25gp)''

* '''Multiclassing''': Enable to allow choosing an additional class upon level-up.  

{{Prereq|This setting can't be changed once the game starts!}}

* '''Always Prompt Reactions''': All reactions that can pause the game will do so by default.

* '''Hide NPC Health''': Only HP counts of characters controlled by the player will be displayed.

* '''Hide Failed Perception Rolls''': Perception rolls to spot traps and hidden objects in the world will only be displayed if successful.

* '''Hide Passive Rolls in Dialogues''': Prevent dialogues showing you if you have passed or failed a passive roll to learn information.

* '''Preview Dialogue Check Difficulty Before Rolling''': Enable to see how hard Ability or Skill Checks will be before you select them as dialogue options.

* '''Hide Difficulty Class During Rolls''': Obscure the Difficulty Class while making Ability or Skill Checks during dialogues, lockpicking and disarming traps.

== Example of Difficulty Changes ==

== Notes ==