Baldur’s Gate 3: 9 Tips and Tricks I Wish I Knew Before I Started Playing

summon creatures pulling levers AOE potion buffing and cute cats luring enemies into traps are just a few of the many things you can do in Baldur's Gate 3. because the game is so complex there are many things you can do which are not clearly spelled out to the players so today I wanted to share what I wish I knew about when I first started playing Baldur's Gate 3. I'll include timestamps below so you can check out whatever you think is new to you you can send explosive barrels stackable crates or even locked chests directly to your Camp just pick the item up and then right click it and send a camp from your backpack then when you next go to Camp it'll be in the chest waiting for you there's an unlimited amount of storage space in the chest in your Camp so you can store them for whenever you need them whenever you can deal enough damage that you can blast open your chest you can do it all at once for a lot of loot you could even have one character sitting in camp at your chest and then right click to send the items directly to your other characters making it easier to move heavy objects instantly you can also move items from one character's inventory at any time so if you're in combat and need a health potion but don't have it on that character hit the tab button open all the inventories up and you can drag it to that character's inventory allowing you to easily access the potion or a scroll it's also very easy to go to your Camp to send items because of waypoints during your Explorations in this world you're going to find that there are many waypoints you can access these waypoints from anywhere just by pulling up your map with the letter M and hitting the Waypoint on the right in your waypoints list the cap is also included so waypoints allow you to Port directly to camp at almost any time and if you wanted to you could split your party with the G hotkey to only send one character to Camp instead this g-hock key also has a nice feature of allowing you to regroup characters quickly using waypoints for example here I have four characters all in different areas of the map and I want all four characters to be here but there are no waypoints close to it so what I can do is I can send each character back to camp and then on the character that I want them to be grouped at I hit the G button on and then when I hit the leave Camp button again you will now teleport all characters back to that location but that trick will only work if you're doing single player one of the best ways to make playing this game feel more fluid and unlock a lot of your hidden power is learning the available hotkeys for example alt will allow you to see nearby items and interactable items to make it easier to loot you can Auto loot using spacebar or use spacebar to end your turns while in combat holding shift allows for viewing all of the actions related to your hide ability including site cones and brightness levels letter O unlocked tactical view which allows you to view the Battle from another perspective and highlight objects in the game World it also lets you expand the camera out a little bit further so you can reach areas with spells that normally you wouldn't be able to you can quickly hide using C or use the group hide with shift C to quickly hide your whole team you can also create your own fully customizable skill bar which massively increases gameplay speed once you're used to it and makes the game feel a lot more enjoyable the letter Z makes jumping feel a lot quicker and much easier to use out of combat and lastly when you're out of combat you can hit shift space to activate turn base mode turn base mode allows you to literally freeze time in the game allowing you to do some crazy stuff if there's an enemy moving around in a patrol and you want to engage it in a specific spot you can freeze them there for an easy setup or if an enemy is running away you can instantly freeze them in their tracks it also puts a pause on your buff timers allowing you to easily buff your party a cool way to buff your party is by moving them close together and mainly attacking a potion on the floor so it splashes all four party members or when you just finish the fight and you're rushing to use help on a downed Ally activating turn-based mode will buy you enough time to get to them without risking their Death turn-based Mode is incredibly useful when combined with hide as it stops sight cones from moving around and allows you to steal while the enemy is frozen looking away if you entered an area where there's a lot of traps it can feel a bit awkward to navigate them but turn based mode allows you to navigate them with ease and avoid taking extra damage you can also use turn based mode to set up with your summon creatures and allow their turn timers to not tick down as quickly making it easier to reposition them before combat which brings me to the next tip and that's that summon creatures are incredibly useful much more so than even divinity's ones most summon creatures in this game can interact with things by either holding alt and clicking them or by attacking them they almost always tank a hit in combat situations and they're easily re-summoned afterwards saving health potions or spell slots every summer creature comes with their own utility and often it's Unique to that creature a couple of my favorites are the cat's meow ability which allows you to group up enemies before an encounter possibly into a pile of explosives or a cloud of daggers and then trigger the explosive from turn base mode after running the cat away to safety of course the ability magehand is my other favorite because of it having both the throw and the shove action it can become a group healer or a ranged bomber in combat also the gith Yankees racial hand is invisible making it always possible to get into a good spot for shoving enemies or moving objects easily they make great Scouts for areas you want to check out because they often don't trigger any cut scenes when walking through there and they can even fit into areas that might be too small for your character some summon the creatures also have access to one of the greatest Mobility moves in the game Fly And as far as Mobility goes Mobility abilities are King if you have access to an ability that lets you move a far distance it is one of the greatest strengths you will ever have in combat your ranged Fighters can instantly vanish from an impossible melee situation with ease or your melee characters can get on top of their back line and reduce incoming damage instantly it also allows you to escape from a situation where you know that combat is unwinnable and allows you to reset it and try again oftentimes these movement abilities can be used out of combat to find hidden areas and unlock new Secrets just by making use of a higher jump or a Teleport if you can complete your attack and then use these Mobility spells to escape you're basically Invincible knowing when to fight or when to take flight will make the game much more enjoyable another way to make combat more enjoyable is to understand that damage is not your only choice utility spells or damage spells with utility are often better options than pure damage it's very easy when you start this game to look at cantrips like these three here and say oh Firebolt is the best because it does the highest damage but that's really only true some of the time let's briefly just go over these three right now sacred flame does less damage but it doesn't require shooting projectile so if you can't get into an area where projectile can be fired then this still allows you to attempt to damage the enemy but it does allow the enemy to roll for a dexterity saving throw making it harder to use consistently Ray of frost does a little bit less damage but it can apply a slow of 3 meters to their movement speed and it can freeze blood or water surfaces that they may be standing on creating on Ice surface is super useful versus any Melee character and allows you to kite them with ease because they will often fall down when moving Raya Frost combos well when you've made the character bleed and created the blood surface under them with a range attack or a melee attack and then we have Firebolt which Firebolt does have higher damage so it's probably more useful in situations where you're fighting another ranged character if you can't kite and you can also use it to trigger explosives or ignite some surfaces like grease but sometimes you would want that surface to stay greasy so that the enemy is slowed rather than igniting it so you do have to think about if you want to use Fireball the other thing to keep in mind is that these can trips are all different damage types some enemies will be immune to fire or Frost and then you don't even have the option to cast those spells on them those are a few of the basic combat tips I have but the best tip I can give you for combat is spend your actions too many times I've seen people in this game end their turn with an action a bonus action or movement lift when they could have used it even the developers did it in their own showcase bending your actions is going to to improve the outcomes in almost every encounter oftentimes you can attack and then spend movement to kite backwards or out of line of sight with your ranged classes melee may not always be able to get in range to do their attack but they can often throw an object or use Dash to get a further distance potions should really just be used often especially if you have a bonus action on your missing Health as they're surprisingly common in the game if you're not really sure about how you can spend these actions I recommend you check out my other video where I detailed all the advantages of the common skills and broke down this in detail but before that if you're a player who doesn't know what every single spell or item in the game means then this next tip is good for you the inspect hotkey in this game is a godsend and I wish I knew what it did before I spent all day on wikis inspect allows you to press the letter t on any item action spell or Stat in the game then you can Mouse over the bolded words in the text and see what it means it's very useful when you're making your character and can help you understand the mechanics easily it's very similar to examine examine shows you a lot of useful things like their passives their weaknesses their ability scores their weight and it's Gonna Save You That Awkward Moment where you go to has the poison spell on an undead creature and then see the word immune Papa it also lets you quickly read what a buff or debuff is on a Target avoiding any confusion about what the wet debuff might really be it also explains to you if a type of terrain is damageable by certain spells because you can right click on it and examine it to find out more details about that object so if you see the examine option on a floor or a wall or a door there's usually a way to destroy that and now to end up the video I have a few extra bonus tips for you guys and these are tips that I felt like they're pretty good to know but they're not really having enough depth to fill their own categories torches don't require proficiency to equip them in the offhand slot and light up dark areas they also unlock the offhand bonus attack option for any class so it can be pretty handy in the early game before you have an offhand especially for a warlock or a wizard since you probably won't swing with a melee weapon and it can be used as an emergency melee bonus action sometimes when you're trying to aim at your enemy it's a little hard to aim at them but you can usually aim right at the portrait and it'll snap to them but if this still fails and you feel you're in range you can sometimes move the mouse around and find a different way to hit them like aiming at their foot use your rests often because you're not likely to run out of food as long as you're looting stuff and it brings your party up to full for every fight you can block floor events by placing an object on top of them you lost a fight it doesn't mean it's game over you can usually run away reset and come back at a later time you can use your backpack on your hot bar for better item management I find it useful for keeping my Scrolls in there so it's easy to click the backpack and see what Scrolls I have and then right click them to use them in combat this way your Scrolls don't clutter your bags as much and you can easily access them you could probably do the same with potions or throwing weapons as well melee classes are often proficient in multiple weapon categories and so it's a good idea to carry around a piercing and a bludgeoning weapon type then you can decide which is going to work for you in that specific fight for example there's times where you're a torch which is a bludgeoning damage type will do more damage than a sword if that enemy is vulnerable to bludgeoning alright and that's all I have for you today if you learned anything new in the video leave a like and let me know if you think I missed something write it down and share it for others to learn too I plan to create more Baldur's Gate content in the near future so if you're interested please subscribe thanks for watching proxy out

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Length: 10min 6sec (606 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 29 2023