Baldur’s Gate 3 Races

All of Baldur’s Gate 3’s Origin Characters, Companions, and any playable character you create will be of a specific race. Many races actually serve as broader categories, with characters of that race also belonging to a subrace of the race in question. For example, there are no characters that are simply “Gnomes” — instead, a Gnome characters can be a Rock Gnome, Forest Gnome, or Deep Gnome. In the list below, you’ll find every available race in Baldur’s Gate 3, plus their related subraces. Hover or click on a race to see additional information!

Race
Features
Move Speed
9
baldurs gate 3 race drow
Drow
Race
Drow Weapon Training, Superior Darkvision, Fey Ancestry
9
baldurs gate 3 race dwarf
Dwarf
Race
Dwarven Combat Training, Darkvision, Dwarven Resilience
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race elf
Elf
Race
Elven Weapon Training, Darkvision, Fey Ancestry
9
baldurs gate 3 race githyanki
Martial Prodigy
9
baldurs gate 3 race gnome
Gnome
Race
Gnome Cunning
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race half elf
Civil Militia, Darkvision, Fey Ancestry
9
baldurs gate 3 race half orc
Darkvision, Relentless Endurance, Savage Attacks
9
baldurs gate 3 race halfling
Lucky, Brave
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race human
Human
Race
Civil Militia, Human Versatility
9
baldurs gate 3 race tiefling
Darkvision, Hellish Resistance
9
baldurs gate 3 race tiefling asmodeus
Asmodeus Tiefling
Subrace – Tiefling
9
baldurs gate 3 race dragonborn black
Black Dragonborn
Subrace – Dragonborn
Draconic Ancestry (Acid)
9
baldurs gate 3 race dragonborn blue
Blue Dragonborn
Subrace – Dragonborn
Draconic Ancestry (Lightning)
9
baldurs gate 3 race dragonborn brass
Brass Dragonborn
Subrace – Dragonborn
Draconic Ancestry (Fire)
9
baldurs gate 3 race dragonborn bronze
Bronze Dragonborn
Subrace – Dragonborn
Draconic Ancestry (Lightning)
9
baldurs gate 3 race dragonborn copper
Copper Dragonborn
Subrace – Dragonborn
Draconic Ancestry (Acid)
9
baldurs gate 3 race gnome deep
Deep Gnome
Subrace – Gnome
Superior Darkvision, Stone Camouflage
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race half elf drowhalf elf
Drow Half-Elf
Subrace – Half-Elf
9
baldurs gate 3 race duergar
Duergar
Subrace – Dwarf
Superior Darkvision, Duergar Resilience
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race gnome forest
Forest Gnome
Subrace – Gnome
Darkvision
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race dragonborn gold
Gold Dragonborn
Subrace – Dragonborn
Draconic Ancestry (Fire)
9
baldurs gate 3 race dwarf goldhill
Gold Dwarf
Subrace – Dwarf
Dwarven Toughness
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race dragonborn green
Green Dragonborn
Subrace – Dragonborn
Draconic Ancestry (Poison)
9
baldurs gate 3 race elf highelf
High Elf
Subrace – Elf
9
baldurs gate 3 race half elf highhalf elf
High Half-Elf
Subrace – Half-Elf
9
baldurs gate 3 race halfling lightfoot
Lightfoot Halfling
Subrace – Halfling
Naturally Stealthy
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race drow lolthsworn
Lolth-Sworn Drow
Subrace – Drow
9
baldurs gate 3 race tiefling mephistopeles
Mephistopheles Tiefling
Subrace – Tiefling
9
baldurs gate 3 race dragonborne red
Red Dragonborn
Subrace – Dragonborn
Draconic Ancestry (Fire)
9
baldurs gate 3 race gnome rock
Rock Gnome
Subrace – Gnome
Darkvision, Artificer's Lore
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race drow seldarine
Seldarine Drow
Subrace – Drow
9
baldurs gate 3 race dwarf shieldmountain
Shield Dwarf
Subrace – Dwarf
Dwarven Armour Training
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race dragonborn silver
Silver Dragonborn
Subrace – Dragonborn
Draconic Ancestry (Cold)
9
baldurs gate 3 race halfling strongheart
Strongheart Halfling
Subrace – Halfling
Strongheart Resilience
7.5
baldurs gate 3 race dragonborn white
White Dragonborn
Subrace – Dragonborn
Draconic Ancestry (Cold)
9
baldurs gate 3 race elf woodelf
Wood Elf
Subrace – Elf
Fleet of Foot
10.5
baldurs gate 3 race half elf woodhalf elf
Wood Half-Elf
Subrace – Half-Elf
Fleet of Foot
10.5
zariel tiefling icon bg3
Zariel Tiefling
Subrace – Tiefling
9