Baldur’s Gate 3 is now over 2 years old, and many players have invested hundreds of hours into the RPG. Nevertheless, players find that they discover many actually very simple mechanics much too late, which could have made all the other playthroughs much easier.
What has the player discovered? The player and Reddit user Tamazon223 writes on Reddit that he has already spent 936 hours in Baldur’s Gate 3. He has completed the game 5 times, received the Platinum trophy, and is currently on an Honour run. Nevertheless, he has to admit that a simple mechanic only became apparent to him after almost 1000 hours of gameplay, which he actually should have understood much earlier.
When a character falls and begins their death saving throws, you do not need to “help” the character with an action to stabilize them. You can simply heal them directly with a spell or a thrown potion, and the character will recover and stand up.
The player cannot comprehend how he only now noticed this… but he is not alone in this feeling. Many other players report their discoveries in Baldur’s Gate 3, which they only realized much too late. We have summarized some of these insights for you here so that you don’t have to hit yourself on the forehead either.
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After 2 years of Baldur’s Gate 3, simple mechanics are unfamiliar to many players
What other things has the community discovered very late? The player does not have to be ashamed of this late realization, the rest of the community makes him aware of that, offering a whole collection of hints in the comments of the Reddit post:
- thatonemoze: “One little thing that many people are not aware of is holding down the ‘Activate’ button [X/A on the controller] to search the environment, which is super helpful for searching the battlefield after a big fight.”
- Daddysu: “I also believe that the dog [Scratch] can ‘help’ when characters have fallen and he is in the party.”
- Striking-Welcome-985: “After the first few playthroughs, I found out that you have access to ALL scrolls, potions, and arrows that anyone in the party carries. I don’t know how many hours it took me to realize that, but it was a lot.” – This is possible even in combat. Any character can access the inventory of other characters and use their items. Potions, arrows, and more do not need to be carefully divided up.
- Majkelen: “If you hold down Shift [On the console R3], you can see the vision fields of enemies without going into hiding. This works both inside and outside of combat.”
- OGHighway: “In the final stages with Shar, you can throw the spear [Nightsong] on the ground before you reach Aylin. Shadowheart will always choose the good option.”
- Fuzzy-Wrongdoer1356: “If you manage to transform an enemy [with Polymorph], you can push them off a cliff more easily.”
- StewartCE: “You can throw water bottles and jugs to make hidden targets visible again.”
- In this context, mik2dovahkin writes: “It took me until my third playthrough, hundreds of hours, and a YouTube video to figure out that wet targets take double damage from cold and lightning damage.”
These are just a few hints from some players of Baldur’s Gate 3, but it is highly likely that there are many more hidden tips and tricks that are actually not so hidden and simply overlooked. To ensure that you don’t notice these tricks too late, we have prepared more tricks in Baldur’s Gate 3 for you here on MeinMMO, that were discovered very late by several players: “Now I feel like an idiot” – 10 tips in Baldur’s Gate 3 that are actually obvious but many players discover too late
