As you start your first playthrough in Baldur’s Gate 3, you’re presented with an in-depth character creator to help customize your avatar to your heart’s content. With the flexibility to change your class or abilities at any point during your…

Baldur’s Gate 3 allows players to stack objects on to one another and climb them to reach isolated places. Like a lot of the game’s mechanics, it isn’t something they spell out for you. If you aren’t familiar with these…

While wandering around the starting region, you may come across an all white dog protecting his deceased owner. Luckily, you can befriend Scratch, bring him to your camp, and eventually even summon him as a familiar in combat. Finding Scratch…

To understand Baldur’s Gate 3 is to understand dozens of systems, all piled high on each other. Built on the framework of Dungeons and Dragons 5e and filled to the brim with worldbuilding and content, it is a task in-and-of…

Phalar Aluve is a longsword in Baldur’s Gate 3, notable because of its Finesse quality other longswords lack, a Performance skill bonus, and the Phalar Aluve: Melody Class Action. These features make it a great choice for Rogues (perhaps multiclassed…

The world map of Baldur’s Gate 3 is not a flat one, there are hills to traverse, walls to climb, and dark holes to blindly jump into. Jumping plays something of a pivotal role in the game, particularly for adventurers…

Using the Lava Valve on the Adamantine Forge for the first time will release not only lava, but also Grym – The Eternal Protector of the Forge who’s an Adamantine Golem. Grym’s default defense and resistances are very high, so…

Hidden deep within the Underdark, the Adamantine Forge is said to be able to craft items of legend. And if that sounds like a good-enough reason to go on an exciting and dangerous adventure to you, then you might want…

Early in the game you’ll find yourself on a beach, washed up figuratively if not literally. The party members you gathered in the first part of the game will be gone, but you won’t have to look too far to…

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a big game, and you’ll need to make use of your map in order to find your way around. This guide will help you navigate the map’s menus and features and hopefully give you some pointers…