In this overview, we collect all guides and important articles from MeinMMO about the role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3. What are the best beginner tips? Which builds are strong? The guides apply to both PC and PS5.
Update, January 24, 2025: We have reviewed the guide and expanded it with 11 additional articles. Some articles are categorized in multiple sections if they are thematically relevant.
In this article, you will find a tier list, general guides, and tips for newcomers, overviews of builds, weapons, armor, and bonuses, as well as helpful tips for tricky quests and puzzles. These should give you a good overview and a solid start in the game.
The Class Tier List
Beginner Guides
- All 12 Classes and 11 Races at a Glance – Which One Suits You?
- The 5 Best Combinations of Class and Race When Creating Your Character
- Fighters are the ideal class for beginners – Here’s why they are so good
- Here are the 9 Best Tips and Tricks from Players
- Players compile the 7 Dumbest Mistakes You Shouldn’t Make in Combat
- 3 Things You Absolutely Should Know About Baldur’s Gate 3’s Combat System
- What to Do When You Level Up? Tips for Leveling
- Why You Can Only Play Up to Level 12 in Baldur’s Gate 3 and Why That’s a Good Thing
- What are Karmic Dice and Should You Use Them?
- 8 Items That Are Much More Useful Than You Think
- 3 Keyboard Shortcuts and Hotkeys That Make Your Life Much Easier
- How Many Acts Are There?
- Cheat Codes and How to Use Them
- 10 Powerful Mods for Baldur’s Gate 3 That Are Worth It
- Casting Without a Spell Slot – These Nine Spells You Can Always Cast
- Best Weapons for Beginners from Act 1 – Here’s How to Find Them at the Start
- Best Armor for Beginners from Act 1 – Here’s How to Find It at the Start
Guides to Companions
- How to Find All Companions and Unlock Them
- Guide to Companions – Here’s How to Create the Best Group
- Best Gale Build – Here’s How to Properly Play Your Mage
- Best Shadowheart Build – Here’s How to Properly Play Your Cleric
- Best Halsin Build – Here’s How to Play the Druid Best
- Romances in Baldur’s Gate 3: Who Can I Date?
- With a Little Trick, You Can Heal All Your Companions at Once – Here’s How
- Romance Guide for All Companions – Here’s How to Get to Your Companions
Guides to Builds and Talents
- The Best Multiclass Builds and What Makes Them So Good
- Bard Build with Axe and Strength – Sounds Weird, But Works Great
- Player Builds Smart Monk Build – Deals Up to 320 Damage Per Turn
- My Assassin Rogue Build is Super Strong, Even Though It Should Be Useless
- Druid Build (Circle of the Moon) – Everything About Attribute Points, Talents, and Spells
- Oathbreaker Build – Everything About Attribute Points, Talents, and Spells
- These 3 Particularly Bad Talents You Should Avoid
- An Underrated Talent Leads to Strong Builds, Makes One of the Best Classes Even Better
- The 7 Best Spells from Baldur’s Gate 3 That Every Party Needs
- The Meanest Character in Baldur’s Gate 3 Gets One of the Most Powerful Spells in the Game, but with a Catch
Guides to Weapons, Armor, and Bonuses
- The 4 Best Ranged Weapons – What They Do and Where to Find Them
- How to Find the Adamantine Forge Where You Can Craft Powerful Items as Early as Act 1
- Best Weapons for Beginners from Act 1 – Here’s How to Find Them at the Start
- How to Get the Best Legendary Spear with Shadowheart
- All 21 Permanent Benefits at a Glance and How to Get Them
- Ceremonial Weapons and How to Get a Strong Item with Them
- You Can Easily Miss a Powerful Weapon in Baldur’s Gate 3, But You Need to Be Mean to Shadowheart
- The 3 Most Powerful NPCs for Your Final Battle
- A Secret Buff Makes the Strongest Abilities Even Better
- If You Let a Clumsy NPC Work on Your Eye, You Get One of the Best Buffs in the Game
- Through Astarion, You Get One of the Best Buffs in the Game, But You Have to Force Him to Do Something
- A Strange Animal NPC in Baldur’s Gate Is Specially Odd, but Drops a Useful Ring
- Best Weapons for Beginners from Act 1 – Here’s How to Find Them at the Start
- Best Armor for Beginners from Act 1 – Here’s How to Find It at the Start
Guides to Quests and Puzzles
- Players Explain the “Lever Problem” from Act 1: “One is Right, One is Funny”
- Baldur’s Gate 3: Repairing the Moon Lantern – How to Travel Safely Through the Shadow-Cursed Lands
- Baldur’s Gate 3 Shadowcurse: How to Survive the Shadow Curse in Act 2
- Solving the Stone Discs Puzzle for the Night Song Quest – Here’s How to Turn Them Correctly
- Balthazar’s Room – Here’s How to Find the Room and Solve the Bookshelf Puzzle
- These Are All the Quests That Fail if You Take Too Long
- One Decision in Baldur’s Gate 3 Will Cost You Many Quests – Here’s How to Prevent That
- The 5 Most Important Decisions in Act 1 and What They Affect
- You Can Get a Legendary Sword in Act 1 If You’re a Cowardly Save Scummer
- Decoding an Ancient Book – How to Find and Open the Necromancy of Thay
Small Tricks and Hints
- You Only See an Opponent’s True Form When You Fight Them – Many Probably Missed It
- 10 Tips That Are Actually Obvious, But Many Players Only Discover Late
- One of the Most Useless Spells in Baldur’s Gate 3 Is Good for a Specific Fight
- A Small Item in Act 3 of Baldur’s Gate 3 is a Tribute to a Deceased Fan
- Where Is Lae’zel After the Crash? A Player Suspected Another Location
- A Class That Rarely Gets Played Has One of the Most Powerful Skills in the Game
- A Drow Couple in Baldur’s Gate 3 Ruins a Player’s Fantasy
- Here’s How to Get Rid of the Dirt Without Wasting a Long Rest
- 3 Tips to Keep Your Inventory Clean
- Baldur’s Gate 3: Fixing Crashes on PS5 – Here Are the Solutions
- Finding Scratches – Here’s How to Get the Cutest Dog in the Game
- Owlbear Cub Quest – Here’s How to Save the Companion
- 10 Cool Secrets in Baldur’s Gate 3 That You Didn’t Know About
- Baldur’s Gate 3: Is There Crossplay or Cross-Progression?
- A Secret Companion Provides You with an Extra Brain if You Do Everything Right
- The Dog Scratch is Not Just a Loyal Companion, But Also Useful in Combat
- Baldur’s Gate 3 Has a Cool Weapon That’s Only Useful When You’re Drunk
- New Option Makes Multiplayer Much Better – Here’s How to Activate It
- Secret Merchants in Baldur’s Gate 3 – Did You Discover the Cat?
- Baldur’s Gate 3 Will Be Even Harder with a New Game Mode – No Reloading if You Mess Up
- The Most Difficult Romance in Baldur’s Gate 3 Has an Unexpected Twist When Playing a Certain Character
- Here’s How to Get the Achievement “Mind Blown”
- Should You Free Orpheus or Not?
- Only 3% of Players have One of the Rarest Achievements: Here’s Why You Should Get It
- True Strike is the Worst Spell – Although the Effect Sounds Mega Helpful
- The Most Unpopular Race is Also the Strongest
- If You Have Enough Charisma, You Can Talk the Toughest Opponents to Death
- If You Love Complete Chaos, You Need This Item
- You All Missed the Best Scene with Karlach – And It’s Extremely Creepy
- Some of the Best Dialogues Only Appear When You Speak to Doves
Lore
- Who Lazarus the Quirky Undead Really Is
- I Would Have Loved to Blame a Character in Baldur’s Gate 3 on the Goblins, But Then I Grew Attached to Him
- Baldur’s Gate 3: My 5 Favorite Villains Ranked
- You Have Probably Camped with a God All Along Without Knowing It
- Secret Scene Reveals Who Karlach’s Partner Actually Is
- The Druids are Really Mean – It’s Not Their Fault
- Who is Baldur and Why Does He Have a Gate?
What else do you want to know about Baldur’s Gate 3? Do you have requests for more guides? Feel free to write them in the comments.
Everything about the upcoming PS5 release can be found here:
Baldur’s Gate 3 for PS5: When Is the Game Coming to Console?
