Baldur’s Gate 3 is a quite intuitive game that explains the main mechanics already in the tutorial area. A Quality-of-Life feature was even discovered by a reddit user only after 50 hours of gameplay and posted by them. Thousands of other players subsequently commented on their late discoveries.
The discovery: reddit user redryder74 found out after 50 hours of playing Baldur’s Gate 3 that he can adjust the spells of classes with spellbooks without a long rest or leveling up. This means that wizards, clerics, paladins, and druids can happily swap their spells. Bards, sorcerers, and warlocks cannot.
redryder74 posted his discovery in the Baldur’s Gate 3 reddit community with the question of what “nonsense” other players have discovered.
What does the reddit community say? The post gathered more than 2,800 comments within 24 hours. Users shared their biggest “hacks”.
However, the most upvoted comment is about ropes and the disappointment with their uselessness: Ropes can be used in reality as well as in pen & papers for climbing, binding opponents, or setting traps. Unfortunately, these functions are missing in Baldur’s Gate 3.
Quality-of-Life Tips for Baldur’s Gate 3 from reddit
However, the community also has a whole lot of helpful features up its sleeve. Here are the top 5:
Ritual spells: Some ritual spells are not always immediately recognizable as such during spell selection. Because of this, some users played the game completely without spells like “Feather Fall” up to a certain point.
Ritual spells do not require a spell slot. To cast them, your character needs the “Ritual Caster” ability, a feat. You can use the following spells without a spell slot:
- Feather Fall
- Detect Thoughts
- Longstrider
- Speak with Animals
- Speak with Dead
- Disguise Self
- Enhance Ability
- Silence
- Find Familiar
By the way, if you are still looking for more exciting feats, you can check out our ranking here:
Baldur’s Gate 3: The best feats in the ranking – Which one is good for my class?
Double-click while rolling: Those who watch the rolling of the dice and patiently wait for all bonuses to slowly add up to the rolled number quickly find themselves with 100 hours in Baldur’s Gate 3. However, with a double-click, you speed up the roll and go directly to the result.
Activate levers with arrows: Yes, it works. It is even essential in certain parts of the game. For example, in the Underdark toward the end of Act 1, this will be helpful – we won’t say more for spoiler reasons. But you can also shoot and activate valves, switches, and levers with an arrow.
End concentration willingly at any time: You can dispel concentration from your characters anytime if needed.
Does the ranger no longer want to concentrate on the “Hunter’s Mark”? No problem. Should Gale drop “Silence” so that Shadowheart can cross the area without losing “Beacon of Hope”? Immediately – even randomly during the initiative round of another character!
In the video, you can see, among other things, where you can end concentration spells.
If you are looking for more tips and tricks for your run in Baldur’s Gate 3, our list can also help you further:
Baldur’s Gate 3 Tips and Tricks: Here are the 9 best tips from players
We would like to hear from you: What were your “Aha” moments in Baldur’s Gate 3? Please let us know in the comments.
