Baldur's Gate 3 - 44 ADVANCED Tips to Master!

Baldur's Gate 3 has been out for a few weeks and we've shown you the basics of character creation combat and exploration it's time to dive into the details and give you the tips you need to master the game and experience everything Baldur's Gate 3 has to offer here's 44 rapid fire tips to make you a pro [Music] you have some experience maybe it's time to multi-class when you level up next click the top right multi-class option and start a level in an additional class it's most efficient to pick a class where you can double dip on your stats like the Dungeons and Dragons classic pact of the blade warlock multi-class with the Paladin build that both benefit from high Charisma experiment with different class combinations and find one that works for you keep in mind multi-classing is disabled on the Explorer difficulty synergize your feet selections with your class weapons and other feats take the mobile feat it increases your movement speed and allows you to slip away from anyone you melee attack pairing this with the thief Rogue giving you two bonus actions you can forego using cunning action to disengage have three opportunities for your sneak attack damage to apply and walk out of situations where you're surrounded without suffering opportunity attacks keep that guidance on you a free extra four-sided die to every skill check is incredibly strong there's even an amulet the silver pendant that gives you the can trip without needing to learn it Wizards can learn additional spells save those spell Scrolls and feed them to Gail or another wizard to expand their magical repertoire just right click the scroll while you have him selected and click learn it does cost some gold however when you find an especially dangerous environment it can be wise to enter turn-based mode outside of combat this will give you time to think maneuver and avoid potentially deadly situations levers and buttons can be activated by familiars magehand or even just a projectile even when you fail a perception check to find a hidden chest you can still manually dig on the expected spot and reveal the hidden treasure you can swap characters while in conversation this allows your sneakier friends to pickpocket them freely or set up some timely barrels for an encounter you can manipulate items in the world click and drag rotate with the mouse wheel and stack things Sky High use boxes and chests to block access points or climb boxes to scale walls at Unseen angles scratch after you play fetch with him can be summoned out in the world he will bark at chests and can see through illusions to instantly stop the whole party in their tracks just right click this will cancel all movement and actions preventing you from triggering that hidden trap the mask of the shapeshifter is one of the most useful magical items in the game it can be found in your traveler's chest in Camp it can be used to become smaller and sneak into areas you otherwise would not be able to it can trick dead bodies into thinking you're not their killer and open up speak with dead spell dialogue conditional weapon tags can be met by changing into the required Race by using the mask and Transformations remain even after removing the mask meaning you can equip another Helm and remain the transformed race indefinitely if you don't have the mask the shape shift and disguise self spells can do these things too the corpse regards you lifelessly when splitting Stacks in your inventory you can click the white number in the split window and type in the amount rather than dragging the slider item management can be simplified with shift-clicking full rows and control clicking individual items to send them to other inventories back to Camp or moving them to Wares Additionally you can pick up bags and chests along the journey that can help keep your inventory organized remember that sort and search are in the inventory making it easy to find specific items and you can click equipment slots to see all the items that you have for that slot weapons and shields that are equipped but not in use still convey their properties to the user like the crossbow gandrill's aspiration it gives the character advantage against monstrosities even though a melee weapon is being used don't give heavy armor to your barbarians this will negate their rage ability bonuses that allow them to take half damage in most situations generally that ability is more effective than the Armor class granted by heavy armor spells with a ritual tag can be cast as many times as you want out of combat without expending a spell slot these include highly useful exploration spells such as featherfall speak with animals and speak with debt a great long-lasting spell that's good for parties without dark vision is daylight lasts until a long rest and you can cast it on a weapon a party member is wielding [Music] AOE spells can be used to activate potions Place potions on the ground and activate them with spells like whirling blades Glyph of warding is good in Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition the spell takes one hour to cast in Baldur's Gate 3 the spell is a single action while slightly less damage than Fireball about eight points at Max damage and base level that you can change the damage type of acid cold fire lightning thunder and have the same effective AOE area you can have optional utilities like AOE push or sleep effects the spell longstrider is a great way to give your slower party members extra movement to level one ritual spell and gives 3.3 meters or 10 feet of extra movement that lasts until the next long rest you can have a single Caster with this spell applied to all party members since it's not a concentration spell warding Bond gives a Target resistance to all damage plus one to AC and saving throws until long rest with no concentration the downside is the Caster shares the damage but you can send the Caster back to camp and replace them with another active companion and the spell still works with no downside at the end of every turn equip your main hand melee weapon this ensures you can perform opportunity attacks as they are available in that same vein set your reactions to ask you don't want to unnecessarily waste your reaction or resources so it's better to be able to make that decision in the moment interact with the environment during combat this includes shoving enemies off Ledges toppling statues dropping rocks or setting fire to some nearby barrels use everything at your disposal to defeat the enemy falling items and creatures will deal damage to those below them the damage delivered is defined by the weight of the items or creature you can increase weight by using the enlarged spell or potion before making the leap and even stacking that with something like wild shape [Music] examine your enemies this will show you vulnerabilities resistances abilities Buffs and otherwise you can also see specific things about NPCs like injuries which can unlock new dialogue options some combat ability passives are automatically toggled on you can turn them off in the passives tab this is probably why you've been missing your attacks with great weapons ever since you took the great weapon Master feat stop using Firebolt with Shadow heart Firebolt is a racial can trip that scales based on her intelligence stat that's why it misses so much you're likely better off giving her a bow for those one-off ranged situations if you want to clean your character's dirty face without using a long rest because short rests won't do it find some water a bottle a creek or a create water spell will clean you right up your characters have magic Pockets take anything from your companions instantly by opening the group inventory screen and moving what you need this works when a character is unconscious or even dead when you have a character selected you can open your companions inventory and use items directly from their pockets just right click and use as the selected character clothing color can be changed with dyes in the combination menu and as of the newest patch Merchants that sell dies also sell dye remover go forth in fashion use environmental interactions to your advantage create steam by using fire on pools of water making everyone inside vulnerable to cold and shock damage and also resistant to fire damage Additionally you could Electrify the steam [Music] hirelings are easily exploited especially as spell casters they can be used as free spell slots throughout your adventuring day then dismiss them back to camp things like feather fall fly jump or other spells can always be at your disposal and cater to your needs without expending any of the main party's limited abilities and spells fires will burn longer when fuel is added use grease alcohol or those fire wine barrels that are all over the place playing a necromancer pick up and store bodies at Camp make it easier to animate the dead when needed a target practice Withers makes for a great test dummy immune to almost everything and even has some Choice words for you after a while this isn't an exhaustive list Baldur's Gate 3 is incredibly detailed and it's a vast mechanic systems make for near infinite combinations and tricks to use throughout the game we suggest experimenting making great use of the quick save system and trying anything and everything that interests you play the way you want to play and if that involves an unreasonable amount of barrel explosions we say let the fireworks fly for more Baldur's Gate 3 check out our ever growing Wiki and if you need more beginner help see our video guides on character creation and basics of combat as always keep it here on IGN [Music]

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Length: 11min 1sec (661 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 02 2023

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It's wild and concerning they haven't released any footage of PS5 performance, and even more so that they haven't said anything about it and that nothing's come out of the supposed PAX demo yet.

Was going to preorder the deluxe since it's a long weekend, but damn, can't really justify taking an unnecessary risk and just gotta let others be the guinea pigs.