With Baldur’s Gate 3, a new giant hit for PC has been released. After the first weekend, the game already has over 750,000 players just on Steam. Now fans are exchanging their tips and helping others who are starting out, so they don’t make the same mistakes.
Even before release, there were some veterans who shared useful tips for Baldur’s Gate. Now that the game has successfully survived its first weekend, players are actively exchanging ideas,
On Reddit, there is currently a large thread where fans share their best tips and tricks. Many of these should particularly help beginners – some even didn’t know our experts yet.
These are the tips from the community: We have already sorted a bit to not overwhelm you. We have also expanded some tips with information we found or that other players shared in further threads:
- You can send items directly from your inventory to camp with a right click. By holding Ctrl+click, you can select multiple items at once.
- You can easily take boxes and put them in your strength hero’s inventory. From these, you can for example build stairs to circumvent obstacles.
- “Help” is one of the most useful spells. It increases the maximum hit points until the next long rest. It is best to cast it every day.
- Humans are automatically proficient with shields and light armor. Especially spell classes can easily get +2 or more to their armor class.
- You can also throw healing potions or smash them on the ground to heal distant or multiple characters.
- If you click on an armor slot, you will see all possible items for that slot from each inventory of your companions.
- Buy every set for disarming traps that you find.
- If you take a candle and light it on the ground, you can “dip” your weapon there to cause fire damage.
- Don’t accidentally seduce your companions. Breaking up can hurt.
On GameStar, you’ll also find 11 tips that are particularly valuable at the beginning. In the video, we show you 5 more tricks:
Tips from the editorial team: How to avoid “mistakes” in Baldur’s Gate 3
We also have several enthusiastic players and experts for Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dungeons & Dragons in the MeinMMO editorial team. One of our most valuable tips is to definitely make use of the short rest feature.
Additionally, we have some information for you, on how to best decide during a level-up. More tips and tricks from our editors are:
- Shift+C allows your whole group to enter stealth mode.
- Use the quick save function (F5) often.
- Reduction spells and gaseous form allow you to fit through small holes and cracks.
- A higher reputation with traders leads to better prices.
We will continue to expand this article with tips and tricks whenever we come across more useful information. If you have any helpful tips, feel free to share them in the comments.
A note especially for beginners, if you are just starting out: during character selection, the “Dark Urge” can be very tempting. However, you should rather avoid it during your first playthrough:
You should avoid playing a hero in Baldur’s Gate 3 as a beginner – unless you are absolute psychos
