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I'm so out of my element with this game I've been binging every "guide/tips/wish i knew" video I can find - this is one of the first that actually has helpful info.
Same here! The only d&d style game close to this I ever really got into and played heavily was Neverwinter Nights. It used quite a lot of dice roll mechanics but they were all auto rolled and didn't stop the game or anything. It had no turn based element. I hated the original Baldur's Gate games because of the having to select party members and formation stuff. The party control in bg3 is great now though
Yes!!! Same!!! This video is 9 months old, and I'm so glad I found it! I, too, am so far out of my league with this game. It's the first time I have played a DnD game, and I know ABSOLUTELY nothing about the gameplay. Literally NOTHING! I was gifted this game a little over a week ago (mothers day 2024), and I've restarted it 6 times. After each attempt, I searched for tips and explanations as to how to approach this game. All the many many MANY videos I've watched I have only found a handful of helpful tips, I think... I'll find out as I play. This video is a GEM among the dirt clods I've watched. Thank you! Although I'm am no closer to figuring out certain aspects of the game, (Let's start with character and combat set up and understanding the terminology - like "not enough resources" ) I at least feel some hope right now, that I might eventually get the answers I need to settle into a game and go. Thank you for your great video. Now, I'm going to see if you have any others regarding BG3 and how to play.
Those locked chests, that are very heavy... Throw from great heights to kill people, and it will break open the chest and allow you to get the items inside as well.
A tip I’d add specifically regarding combat against spellcasters: concentration spells are a huge part of magic combat, and letting enemies keep them going can lead to massive issues for your party. However, an enemy has to make a check to keep up the spell for every hit they take. If a cleric is running around with spirit guardians, it might be worth it to ignore other enemies until you break that concentration. Imo a great method for this is the magic missile spell. It hits anywhere from 3 to a whopping 8 times depending on how high of a level you cast it. While the idea of using your biggest spell on magic missile may seem wasteful, if your tank is going to be knocked out on their next turn due to a moonbeam or something, it might be wise to barrage the enemy mage to make them drop the spell and give your ally that one extra turn to potion up and go crazy.
To add to this magic missile is a level 1 spell that unerringly hits it's target, each missile dealing its damage discreetly. That means that if a spellcaster maintaining concentration is hit with 3 missiles, they will have to roll concentration 3 times.
On the topic of magic missile, it's also a great spell to use to finish off multiple enemies at once. I find that often times I'll have like 3 enemies at 2-5 HP and magic missile is great to knock them all off at once, particularly since it never misses.
For the combat turn order, you can take turns out of order, so long as your characters are next to each other in the lineup. And you don't need to complete their turns before switching. So imagine the turn order looks like this: Asterion > Enemy1 > Shadowheart > Wyll > Enemy2. Asterion's turn plays out fully, then Enemy1 has it's turn, but now Shadowheart AND Wyll are active at the same time, so you can preform an action with one, switch to the other for an action, switch back again and do something else, etc. Enemy2 only gets its turn once End Turn has been pressed for both characters.
I'm still kinda mad that you can't have Astarion delay his turn until after the enemy has gone and have everyone act together, you can do that in D&D but they didn't transfer that over
One thing I will say about the conversation dice checks is that failing one can really fuck you over, locking you out of really important side quests with no warning, which feels really really shitty as a player, doesn't help that for most games failing a check means you get nothing which has been ingrained deeply into the genre at this point, giving no incentive beyond RP to not reroll a failed check until it passes for most casual players.
Lucky I just want to say I'm always impressed by how much content you create for so many games, I don't know how you have the time to play them all thoroughly so you can give us this info, but your videos are always consistent and informative and I appreciate how much help they provide, thank you!
These were actually really good tips. Exactly what I was looking for. I wanted to learn to play the game a little better with a little more strategy but not necessarily hack the game. Thanks!!
Great tips! Regarding quicksave- here's a tip: UNBIND your quick _load_ key. Nobody needs to load that fast, and it is OH so easy to accidentally hit that F9 key. Sometimes, even when you're reaching to slap the quick _save_ ...and that is _such_ a nightmare. Also, when you can, use Disengage! That way your enemies don't get a free reaction attack on you!
good tip but no enemy can get a free reaction attack on you, it costs their reaction so it isn't free. also I didn't even know F9 was quickload, why have such a button??
Instead of spamming the button on-screen for ranged attack while adventuring, you can press Ctrl and click objects instead and it will attempt an attack on it, so you can shoot random stuff to see if anything happens haha
There's a mod on Nexus that makes it so ALT does actually highlight everything. Wildly helpful to have, unless you actually enjoy wasting your time hovering over every single little place to find everything.....
Fast travelling from anywhere on the map makes it too easy to get a long rest and get out of a tough situation. At least for Tactician mode I wish you had to go to a rune circle to fast travel to camp or a fast travel point.
One thing about picking up chests: they're heavy, but you can always just go to camp and throw them on the ground somewhere to save them for later if your encumbrance is getting too high. Later you can just use them for organization at base!
Read every book and Note you see! Don’t pick it up and not attempt to read even if you only read a single sentence. The game will update your journal if the item is of importance to story and you will see it flash across top mid screen. So don’t just pickup a Book or Note and not read it.
The game wants you to camp and longsleep often, because the longsleeps are where all the cool cutscenes and storylines develop. You are missing out on so much STUFF, if you don't longsleep often.
I had the same problem with not taking my long rests. I didn't rest until I was already at the goblin camp. I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure I missed the scene early on where you can get a few ready approval points with Astarion when he talks with you about how you want to be killed if you turn (the answer is a knife).
Hope BG3 gets a mod Divinity original sin 2 had that adds a LOT more things to be highlighted by alt holding shift or control lets you select several things at once another tip for traps , any vent trap can be blocked by a box for picking up locked boxes better to send them to camp free up space , or just attack it till it brakes lol also at 8:32 if you have the talk to animal things on there was a bluejay that gives a quest to kill them and get a location of hidden loot worth using talk to animals!
Pro tip: Always switch to your melee weapon before you end a character's turn. Having a ranged weapon equipped does not impose the Threatened condition on the enemy, and enemies are free to move around you without provoking attacks of opportunity.
Has anyone figured out how to do this on controller? also how to switch from attacking with both weapons to just attacking with one at a time on controller?
This is a bit cheeky, but if you manually group your caracters really close to each other and throw a potion under your feet instead of drinking it, multiple characters will get the benefit of the potion.
That's not cheeky, that's by design and smart use of the mechnics. and FYI multiple characters get the FULL benefit of the potion not a reduced amount.
It can be tough to group them all super close and find a clear spot to throw it and get them all in it. What's easier is if you drop a potion on the ground, group everyone around it in a little square and then attack the potion. Then you don't have to worry about not getting everyone in it or struggling to find a clear little spot to throw it
If you have Scratch the dog in your camp. You then get a summon outside of camp to summon him and he will then be able to find buried loot without needing to pass a perception check. Note, Scratch can be used in combat and can pick up charecters and attack. As he is a summon if he dies he is not permanently gone. EDIT: I've noticed Scratch pointing out spots to dig even if the party members don't roll perception checks. If you have a shovel and equip it and dig you'll find stuff.
i have not seen him do so, but i aslo have not had him out when i was in an instant where there were alot of traps to be had. so at this point im gonna say i dont believe so. @@ttuanmu
No matter how far they are from each other, your characters can exchange items from between their inventories- even in combat. It’s a free action, and it works well when you need a potion/antidote/scroll.
You might not have access to containers though (seems like sometimes I do, sometimes I don't), so keep all those consumables cluttering up your main inventory.
i delegate storage to team members. 1 carries all potions/elixirs, 1 carries all thrown weapons, lockpicker carries all poisons and arrows. and my mage carries all scrolls (in curious book of course!)
and even works when one is at camp, next to the camp stores, and the other is next to a trader. So when I find a trader I'll send one of the party back to the camp, and they can magically transport all the 'stuff to sell' to the companion who's going to be selling. If Asterion isn't in the party, I'll just send trapped/locked chests back to camp and get him to open them up before the next end of day (or sooner) if I won't want to wait.
I'm in my 60's and haven't played a D&D based game maybe since BG2, so this video is going to be really helpful for me. I might never have picked up some of these tricks that people know to think of through playing other games. I've watched a couple other BG3 videos from you and just wanted to say, Thank you!
ALWAYS enter turn-based mode before attacking when out of combat. Your actions/bonus actions will refresh. Its basically an extra 4 attacks before the enemy. I had the bad habit of moving my charchters than attacking but than they dont have an action point when they enter combat. Now I always enter turn-based before attacking and get 2 attacks instead of 1
Tip: broken pieces of weapons and gear can be combined to reform very nice gear. Example: The spear tip from the Owl bear cave can be added to a broken shaft to form "Vision of the Absolute" a spear that blinds the target on a hit. Tip: loot and container inventory windows can be expanded to larger size. Tip: after clearing an area go do something else, but come back a second or even third time with fresh eyes. You will find all manner of things you missed. Tracks that lead to a cave. Wanted posters. Loose rocks with treasure under them. Etc. Im poking around in the blighted village for the upteenth time and just found a few more things I missed. Tip: stop, close your eyes and just listen in any area you are traveling. You can hear a number of things. Monsters, arguments, wild animals, and other audible clues of what is nearby. Tip: can't jump down a ledge without taking damage or can't get back up a cliff? Bring some empty crates from camp, stack them up and use them to change the drop. Kind of cheese, but your only solution in some cases with out a spell, skill, or working ropes. Tip: from the previous tip you can collect empty crates, barrels, and vases into your inventory and send them to camp. Use them to organize things or build silly sized towers of stacked crates to get to impossoble locations. Tip: jump like a bunny in combat. Walking through mud, acid, water, and fire all has penalties in combat. Jump to high and dry places and avoid penalties and damage. Some boots give you a free bonus jump after a dash so you can cover some far distances. Tip: you can pick up corpses and put them into inventory. Take someone back to camp for a rez or just make big piles as a warning. I don't think there is an alert mechanic in the game so hiding bodies this way doesn't seem to be part of the game.
For the hiding bodies mechanic, some enemies like the Death Shepherd's resurrect each other, so if you just remove the bodies it makes the fight a lot easier!
Adding to your jump thing a lot of characters can jump more than 3 meters so instead of running 9 meters run 5.9 and jump another 5-6 the amount of slippery enemies I've closed the distance too with this is uncountable
I surprise killed a roving guard in the goblin temple. Got him before he alerted. Another roamer walked by and "arrested" me for murder. Didn't try it again with picking up the body because I didn't know you could until much later.
@@boathousedave2383 No, he doesn't because at some point, which I'm not sure of the exact percentage, they take away your ability to jump. I think it's around the 60% mark of your total movement distance.
You can pickup sacks and backpacks when you find them and use them for inventory management. Early game you can find two backpacks and one sack down on the beach
@@darinsingleton3553 still applies. sacks/pouches are .4 lbs backpacks are 2lbs. now that they ruined chest of the mundane I never use backpacks. before, I had a bag of bags in the chest so when I got encumbered I'd send my trashbag to camp and grab another from the chest. when I'm ready to sell I ungroup 1 member and send them to camp to throw my trashbags from storage to my CHA character who's standing at the vendor
highlighting enemies with tilde is nice, but when I learned you can hold Shift to see their sight cones that was a huge game changer, my rogue can get into a safe spot and hide no prob when I see exactly where I need to move!
The cantrip for guidance is really useful but i would also add that it is a concentration so the amulet has way more value than you would think. On Shadowheart if you use her guidance it will overwrite any other spell that is a concentration ending her previous spell if it has a full day duration. Pass Without Trace is a spell she gets at level 2 which gives a huge bonus to stealth which effects the full party, until you use a long camp. Its also a level 2 spell which you really dont want to be casting over and over. Putting this Guidance amulet on someone else more melee focused saves her using up all her spell slots.
Additional camping tip: Ctrl and Shift work the same as you'd expect for selecting multiple items. It is great for selecting all your camping supplies at once to send back to camp (on controller Right Trigger lets you pick multiple too).
My bit with the exploding barrels is to drop it close, put grease on it, and then plink the enemies and get out of LOS. They advance, trip in the grease by the barrel in a nice cluster. Then blow the barrel for a double explosion (barrel and grease) and a nicely clustered enemy group.
@@Masterchief12455 As rmonogue said, shooting them or doing anything mild to get their attention. Slang, maybe showing my age heh. But usually non lethal small action. Like shooting a tank with a rifle to get it to turn around so your buddy can hit it with a RPG from behind.
@@12tman12 That's where I've seen the word, the rock 'plink'ing off the knights armour to distract him as the Barbarian with a Maul rushes him from the other side, dodgeable if he wasn't distracted
Thank you for making these videos. The only D&D style game I had played before was DA Origins, but even so, I got a bit overwhelmed by BG3. So these videos are really helping me understand the game and enjoy it a lot more. ☺
Tip 1. Pick up Chest of the Mundane from Arcane tower in Underdark. It will compress your heavy items down to the weight of dishes and cups for later unpacking. It is arguably the best item in the game and you can get it relatively early. It can easily compress 600 weight down to 30, 20 being the chest. Tip 2. You can throw the Iron Flask with the Spectator inside and it will spawn a hostile lvl 5 boss. You can throw it into the group of enemies and they will start fightting each other. Personally I trivialised the grove siege with this, Spectator basically soloed most of the enemies before going down, while my party and the allies used ranged attacks. And the allies were smart enough to not shoot the Spectator. 0 casualties among friendly npcs. And you get the exp.
Never thought about it! I'm on my second gameplay, I avoided defending Grove exactly because I couldn't beat that amount of enemies, I'll use this strategy next time!
What happens when you pull stuff out of the chest of the mundane after you put it in, does it stay as dishes or will it change back into what you put in?
Used the Monster in the flask on the red orc chief in goblin castle, playing as a drow I became easily their ally, then posted my companion up the ceiling carpentry for ranged attacks, went with my rogue drow in front of the red orc, open the flask in front of him , monster in the flask even killed the spiders in the pit underneath, and as it killed the red orc I was able to spell speak undead on him ( for low value info). Took me 25 ish tries but felt like a true stratege deceitful rogue!
Do be careful who you start a combat with as some NPC could become your ally.. Was planning to take down 3 NPC in a ruined village and was scouting the location for sneak attack turns out you can convince them to play for you so do check if the npc's have a dialouge option by moving mouse above them before attacking i guess
One thing I love the most about this game is the combat. It's the best combat I've ever played, because it's basically the same as D&D. Some truly epic stuff happens in battle sometimes that can completely change the course of an encounter. Or some epic fails that make you say "Noooooooo" out loud. Just like in D&D. I really hope this game gets GoTY. I want it to be as successful as possible so we get a BG4 in a couple years 😊
One tip I wish I knew sooner is mage hand is god tier. It summons a creature in the form of a hand. It gets its own turn and can attack, interact and throw environmental objects, close doors and take aggro.
One thing that helped out my inventory management is picking up a pouch or backpack and using that to hold all my consumables, potions/scrolls/arrows. Unfortunately items won't automatically go there when you pick up more, but it creates an illusion of organization for me. You can even just add the pouch to the hotbar to use stuff easier
Yup, on my spellblade warlock I have a pouch full of scrolls, potions, and throwables on my hotbar. Makes it so much easier. Click the bag in the bar, it opens, pick what you want and you’re good to go.
i cheesed some bosses by stuffing bags with bombs and threw it at them. a teammate hitting it with a firebolt usually sets up a pretty big chain reaction of explosives for really solid burst damage
-You can examine enemies or npcs by just hovering over them and pressing T -To use your character's weapon attack out of combat (to break down a door or sneak attack someone) you can just ctrl+click instead of clicking from your hotbar -when trying to sell everything (like I do) it saves a lot of time to ctrl or shift click all the items I want to sell and add them to wares, now when you are in a trade menu, hit the trade option at the top and a new option appears to sell all wares.
Also you can right click, pick up most barrels (smoke powder, oil, or firewine) and send them to camp straight from your inventory. Now they will be stowed in your chest at camp if you ever find a fight that's too difficult to take on with your power alone.
A great early on spell is Sanctuary, when cast on a character, they dont get targeted by enemies, except aoe spash dmg. So if someone is low on hp and you cant heal them yet, cast Sanctuary to give them a breather, if a character needs to concentrate on a important spell, cast Sanctuary :) Shadowheart can choose the spell on lvl 3 I think
I've watched a lot of "things you should know" videos about this game and you are the first one to mention that you can dig up unsuccessful perception checks
I keep running across people asking "How can I see which SKILLs I am proficient at?" Those are the ones in your character sheet with the white dot to the left of them.
Pro tip: have fun however you like. This game has very little limitations. If you're not havint dun doing something a certain way, just find a way that matches your flair! Enjoy and take all the time you want!
Excellent video with some REALLY good tips there Lucky :) However I must point out that what you say about statuses showing underneath enemy healthbars applying to you is incorrect. They very much do apply to the actual enemy. You can see the statuses that apply to your own characters next to their portraits on the left hand side of the screen. Observe Gale at 16:00, he has the Threatened symbol next to his portrait at that point. At 16:03 once he's moved out of melee range, it's gone from his portrait again.
Thanks for the very clear information - with great examples as to 'why' to do (or not do) something. I am getting the game soon (get paid next week) and am trying to watch as many of these 'tips & tricks' videos as possible - and yours is one of the best I have found!
My random tips: 1) "Add to Wares" marks it for selling at the next shopkeep NPC with 1 button. 2) If you have a lot of camping food, take the hint and long rest- The game is actually designed to have you camp more than you'll likely be inclined to, because that's when a lot of "interstitial plot events" and cutscenes happen, as well as connecting with your team NPC's. (I don't think this part was designed well, there should be a "fatigue" mechanic or something.) 3) Many of the powerful spells require "concentration" and there's 2 drawbacks to that- A party member can only "concentrate" on 1 spell at a time, and the "concentration" can be broken by being attacked, which triggers a roll against your Constitution. So don't drop CON too low on your characters whose Concentration you depend on. 4) An "of the land" Druid (Arctic background I think) gets the Haste spell (normally this is a Sorcerer/Wizard thing!). Moon druids (the ones with the better forms) do not. Haste spell is uber. The debuff after being Hasted (which basically incapacitates you) only lasts 1 round. But Haste lasts like 10 rounds, longer than the majority of fights. Druids get crappy cantrips, but are super versatile. Druids also have tons of life pool via forms- if your form goes to 0 life, you just pop back to your original form with whatever life it had, and you can then just pop another form. 5) Eldritch Knight fighter gets auto-returning thrown weapons. And a bunch of wizard spells which depend on INT if you need them to hit enemies (or just stick with the buffing spells and don't worry about INT). The smart ogre in the goblin camp drops an INT 17 necklace if you kill him that makes your INT 17, though... 6) Barbarians are more fun in this game than any other game I've played barbs in. "Enraged Throw" is great. And there are a LOT of conversation options and interactions which only show up if you're a Barb, which are hilarious. 7) 1 level of monk in Shadowheart and she can fight naked. ;)
you can throw potions at your team members to heal them. OR you can throw it on the ground for an AOE splash effect. Never throw it at an NPC (I had the hirable ogres get mad at me for that) and never throw good berries those will do damage (sorry Gale!)
There is another method to...ahem... "open" a locked chest. You pick it up in your bag, and in the first combat you toss it on an enemy. If you toss it from a high ground it may even break and it will do heavy damage to a small enemy. Then you can pick up the items from the ground later. This way you can use a locked chest as a "weapon" and open it too. Gotta love this game.
Great tips without giving to much of the story out. Thanks. I start tomorrow at 9 am on PS5 and am excited. I've been playing D&D since 1977 and this is the game I've been waiting for my whole life.
A funny thing. In combat the icons at that the top were blocking my view of the enemy for the range characters. When I clicked on the enemy's icon at that top, I pleasantly found out I can hit the enemy that way too. 😅
Pro tip: You can use the filtering option (upper left of screen on TAB view) to just show Camping Suppies. You can then SHIFT/CTRL+click and then send them all to camp.
I knew that but never would have thought that you could fast travel from anywhere to a waypoint and not just waypoint-waypoint. Everyone is different and the video is a good guide of different tips, some more obvious than others, the Shift and Ctrl to select multiple items is really obvious to me but some players have never thought of it.
Camping, take one of the camping backpacks off one of your companions and put it in your camps travelers chest. Now anytime you send food to camp, it'll automatically go into the chests camping backpack. Well..90 percent of the time.
Dear Lari and modders, please give us an option to disable the camera snapping and auto zooming out when making a ranged action in combat, and to disable the camera jumping to a character when I press F1 - F4. It should only jump to them when I double press it. Thank you!
So one thing about the cantrip Guidance, it is a concentration spell. So if the character casting it is concentrating on something different, like a shield spell, you will lose the shield spell and need to cast it again. Now the shield spell will use a spell slot to cast, so having to recast the spell after every Guidance, will eat up the spell slots pretty fast.
I really wanted to enjoy this game, but the turn base combat is so boring and frustrating, i hated it, would have liked more of a Dragon age inquisition style, after 4 hours i was so annoyed i deleted it
You can send locked chests to camp if you do t want the carry weight instead of keeping it on you. Also you can grab explosive/acid barrels and set them up before in battle to give you a better advantage.
Another tip I would definitely mention is the fact that if you have multiple characters in the same chunk of initiative (like you have Gale and Shadowheart in this example) you can actually choose to have Shadowheart go first, then Gale. This really comes in handy if you want Shadowheart to do a big AOE like Spirit Guardians, then have Gale clean up with Magic Missile. You can also have both perform their actions first, then move them independently. Can really come in handy when you want the enemy to use their reaction on an attack of opportunity on your tank instead of your squishy Thief. Also, moving a character in to threaten an enemy in melee first to give your Thief advantage for their sneak attack.
About camping often, we've found that we bricked multiple quests by resting too often. The quest markers show up but there's no related journal entry and the NPCs aren't available and we never actually "started" the quests.
All your consumables that you send to camp will be used from the chest even if it’s not on the person so definitely send all consumables to camp to free up space and weight
On the quicksave thing... The one that kept getting me (I'm pretty good about saving after everything you mentioned), was not saving after doing a whole bunch of inventory management. Got bit by that a couple times.
so i finally beat Divinity: Original Sin 2 (which was made by Larian Studios) on firts playthrough at 260 hrs of gameplay and after watching a couple of these “things i wish i knew before playing” videos for BG3, it’s shown me that they’re just things i do anyways in DOS2 so nice to know this game shouldn’t be too hard to figure out!
In the arcane tower in the underdark is a chest of mundane. items put into the chest turn into mundane items till taken out. Aka heavy barrels turn into light weight spoons! only downside is it's hard to see what is what so put barrels top side of the chest and other items with a row between. now pick up every explosive barrel that you find! 1 more is the same tower. top level is a stool of giant strength. break it and take the item to give low strength players higher strength for that jump distance! Ungroup your party when scouting around. if your scout gets into combat the rest will still be hidden and able to move around. use this time to position everyone. Look at all your spells and look for the text untill long rest. use these spells before combat seeing it will be up 100% of the time. aka mage armor must be cast before combat. don't waste your turns! Shove is a great move! but don't use it to much if you want your loot! tho sometimes a large fall is enough chasme are 90% chance to lose all loot. ( little mis hag gave me 1500gold while i was tempted to just shove and move on ) Multiclass can be done from level 2. theres a button on the top section row you can click. ( i thought it was from level 6... ) Respeccing is possible! first area after the ship crashes is a temple / dungeon. there is a hidden room! GL finding it:D you can reset all your picks from class to chosen subspecs ect. You can throw healing items to hit multiple party members. or attack one on the ground for greater aoe range. you can range attack levers! :D speak with undead / speak with animals! use it allot and if it's from an item check if it's a cantrip aka unlimited use without resting! And lastly. without spoilers. check out the hole druid grove place before going on with the main questline. the spell will be cast and do what it's suppose to do! ( something for my second run )
Larian has put in its own homebrew distance modifiers. They seem to favor half range or more for the best percentage but not over max rang necessarily. But I need to test it a bit more to totally confirm that.
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I'm so out of my element with this game I've been binging every "guide/tips/wish i knew" video I can find - this is one of the first that actually has helpful info.
Hey that means a lot! I really try to come up with good stuff for you guys, and I know these videos are a dime a dozen! thanks!
Yeah like how to loot corpses and quicksave, I mean really? U people need a guide?
Same here! The only d&d style game close to this I ever really got into and played heavily was Neverwinter Nights. It used quite a lot of dice roll mechanics but they were all auto rolled and didn't stop the game or anything. It had no turn based element. I hated the original Baldur's Gate games because of the having to select party members and formation stuff. The party control in bg3 is great now though
Yes!!! Same!!! This video is 9 months old, and I'm so glad I found it! I, too, am so far out of my league with this game. It's the first time I have played a DnD game, and I know ABSOLUTELY nothing about the gameplay. Literally NOTHING! I was gifted this game a little over a week ago (mothers day 2024), and I've restarted it 6 times. After each attempt, I searched for tips and explanations as to how to approach this game. All the many many MANY videos I've watched I have only found a handful of helpful tips, I think... I'll find out as I play. This video is a GEM among the dirt clods I've watched. Thank you! Although I'm am no closer to figuring out certain aspects of the game, (Let's start with character and combat set up and understanding the terminology - like "not enough resources" ) I at least feel some hope right now, that I might eventually get the answers I need to settle into a game and go. Thank you for your great video. Now, I'm going to see if you have any others regarding BG3 and how to play.
Those locked chests, that are very heavy... Throw from great heights to kill people, and it will break open the chest and allow you to get the items inside as well.
Awesome original insight!
God this game is so fucking cool!
Oh hell yeah! Thanks for the tip
If this works like DOS1 and 2, keep in mind some of the items you would normally get from opening the chest can get destroyed that way
@@gimpy1091It doesn't work like that
I would recommend keeping maybe 1 or two camping supply items on your person as you can have dialogue checks where creatures/people ask for food
This is a good tip, this just happened to me and I had no supplies on me
Gods, imagine being a Good character. 😂 /s
@@ScratchReedBeing evil is way better if you can gain trust first.
There are a couple of camp supplies that also double as healing potions so I keep them in a backpack for special occasions.
A tip I’d add specifically regarding combat against spellcasters: concentration spells are a huge part of magic combat, and letting enemies keep them going can lead to massive issues for your party. However, an enemy has to make a check to keep up the spell for every hit they take. If a cleric is running around with spirit guardians, it might be worth it to ignore other enemies until you break that concentration. Imo a great method for this is the magic missile spell. It hits anywhere from 3 to a whopping 8 times depending on how high of a level you cast it. While the idea of using your biggest spell on magic missile may seem wasteful, if your tank is going to be knocked out on their next turn due to a moonbeam or something, it might be wise to barrage the enemy mage to make them drop the spell and give your ally that one extra turn to potion up and go crazy.
To add to this magic missile is a level 1 spell that unerringly hits it's target, each missile dealing its damage discreetly. That means that if a spellcaster maintaining concentration is hit with 3 missiles, they will have to roll concentration 3 times.
On the topic of magic missile, it's also a great spell to use to finish off multiple enemies at once. I find that often times I'll have like 3 enemies at 2-5 HP and magic missile is great to knock them all off at once, particularly since it never misses.
@@sommmeguythey altered it to work against magic missile. It didn't always do that. But it existed long before it could block it.
I probably suck at Wizard builds, but I use high-level Magic Missile A LOT.
For the combat turn order, you can take turns out of order, so long as your characters are next to each other in the lineup. And you don't need to complete their turns before switching.
So imagine the turn order looks like this: Asterion > Enemy1 > Shadowheart > Wyll > Enemy2.
Asterion's turn plays out fully, then Enemy1 has it's turn, but now Shadowheart AND Wyll are active at the same time, so you can preform an action with one, switch to the other for an action, switch back again and do something else, etc. Enemy2 only gets its turn once End Turn has been pressed for both characters.
I'm still kinda mad that you can't have Astarion delay his turn until after the enemy has gone and have everyone act together, you can do that in D&D but they didn't transfer that over
One thing I will say about the conversation dice checks is that failing one can really fuck you over, locking you out of really important side quests with no warning, which feels really really shitty as a player, doesn't help that for most games failing a check means you get nothing which has been ingrained deeply into the genre at this point, giving no incentive beyond RP to not reroll a failed check until it passes for most casual players.
Lucky I just want to say I'm always impressed by how much content you create for so many games, I don't know how you have the time to play them all thoroughly so you can give us this info, but your videos are always consistent and informative and I appreciate how much help they provide, thank you!
Holding alt while looting will also always pick up books/papers etc, and then you have to find it in your inventory and read it.
You can right click and read it before you pick it up if you want to avoid looking for it later to read it, cheers!
These were actually really good tips. Exactly what I was looking for.
I wanted to learn to play the game a little better with a little more strategy but not necessarily hack the game. Thanks!!
Glad I could help!
One thing i wish larian would do is if a box is empty before checking JUST LABEL IT EMPTY! Why make me get disappointed every damn time
Because it pads the play-time they can claim with the game. Very annoying.
Great tips! Regarding quicksave- here's a tip: UNBIND your quick _load_ key. Nobody needs to load that fast, and it is OH so easy to accidentally hit that F9 key. Sometimes, even when you're reaching to slap the quick _save_ ...and that is _such_ a nightmare. Also, when you can, use Disengage! That way your enemies don't get a free reaction attack on you!
good tip but no enemy can get a free reaction attack on you, it costs their reaction so it isn't free. also I didn't even know F9 was quickload, why have such a button??
10 points for telling me about the ability to go to any waypoint without havingtobe at a waypoint. Wow, that's a time saver!
Instead of spamming the button on-screen for ranged attack while adventuring, you can press Ctrl and click objects instead and it will attempt an attack on it, so you can shoot random stuff to see if anything happens haha
There's a mod on Nexus that makes it so ALT does actually highlight everything. Wildly helpful to have, unless you actually enjoy wasting your time hovering over every single little place to find everything.....
Fast travelling from anywhere on the map makes it too easy to get a long rest and get out of a tough situation. At least for Tactician mode I wish you had to go to a rune circle to fast travel to camp or a fast travel point.
You can pick up backpacks and pouches and such so it's easier to organize your/companions' inventory space and makes it less cluttered
One thing about picking up chests: they're heavy, but you can always just go to camp and throw them on the ground somewhere to save them for later if your encumbrance is getting too high. Later you can just use them for organization at base!
Read every book and Note you see! Don’t pick it up and not attempt to read even if you only read a single sentence. The game will update your journal if the item is of importance to story and you will see it flash across top mid screen. So don’t just pickup a Book or Note and not read it.
1st tip dropped my jaw, cant believe after almost 100 hours i never held click to move 💀
Protip: Switching to your pistol is always faster than reloading.
One of the best gaming content creators rn, full stop. another great video.
Wow, thanks!
You're mind is really gonna be blown when you realize you can also send those locked chests to camp so they don't weigh you down.
thanks for the tips mate. there's a lot to wrap your head around in this game lol
The game wants you to camp and longsleep often, because the longsleeps are where all the cool cutscenes and storylines develop.
You are missing out on so much STUFF, if you don't longsleep often.
Goddamn I even need to save after doing some inventory management cause I’ve had to reload after a few minutes and wasted like half an hour of yjaf
oh ya 100% save after inventory management, and LONG conversations lolll
Very helpful tips, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I had the same problem with not taking my long rests. I didn't rest until I was already at the goblin camp. I'm pretty sure I'm pretty sure I missed the scene early on where you can get a few ready approval points with Astarion when he talks with you about how you want to be killed if you turn (the answer is a knife).
GOTY ez. Nothing even comes close or even coming up this year. Anyone new watching for the first time. Shadowheart Cleric. Trust me on this.
Your warthunder add is longer than a commercial.
good tips
is there any trick to make the inventory always sorted by latest ?
@0ne-Two yes i know that but its so small and kinda they are randomly placed in the inventory not all the new stuff is next to each other
Ps5 tips and trickz vid? 👀😇😇
How do you hold Alt using a controller?
R3 :)
>Not quick saving before, during, and after every conversation
What are you, some kind of casual?
i'm on console... THESE INPUTS MEAN NOTHING TO ME 😭😭 whole ui is different
Hope BG3 gets a mod Divinity original sin 2 had that adds a LOT more things to be highlighted by alt
holding shift or control lets you select several things at once
another tip for traps , any vent trap can be blocked by a box
for picking up locked boxes better to send them to camp free up space , or just attack it till it brakes lol
also at 8:32 if you have the talk to animal things on there was a bluejay that gives a quest to kill them and get a location of hidden loot worth using talk to animals!
How do u select multiple inventory items to send to camp?
You hold down CTRL and click on each one.
@@georgeblalack9699 thank you!
Pro tip: 4 Bards
Pro tip: Always switch to your melee weapon before you end a character's turn. Having a ranged weapon equipped does not impose the Threatened condition on the enemy, and enemies are free to move around you without provoking attacks of opportunity.
Has anyone figured out how to do this on controller? also how to switch from attacking with both weapons to just attacking with one at a time on controller?
@@wowgomlBoth options are on the UI as clickable buttons to the left of the action bars, "Melee Weapon" and "Toggle Dual Wielding"
@@wowgomlAlternatively, you can manually pick the action "main hand attack" or "off hand attack" to do them separately
@@Asoudo33 I think the key clarifier there was "on controller", is there a button combination for it (I think it is R on keyboard but controller idk)
@@wowgoml Assuming you're on a deck, assign one of the back buttons to the F key.
This is a bit cheeky, but if you manually group your caracters really close to each other and throw a potion under your feet instead of drinking it, multiple characters will get the benefit of the potion.
That's not cheeky, that's by design and smart use of the mechnics. and FYI multiple characters get the FULL benefit of the potion not a reduced amount.
@@TheOmegaXicor yes. That's what I meant.
@@janblahoslav5602 I thought as much but it wasn't quite clear.
It can be tough to group them all super close and find a clear spot to throw it and get them all in it. What's easier is if you drop a potion on the ground, group everyone around it in a little square and then attack the potion. Then you don't have to worry about not getting everyone in it or struggling to find a clear little spot to throw it
does this work with health potions?
Tip on the unlockable chest, you can send it to your camp from your inventory instead of carrying it and just unlock it there when you're ready 👍
or, you know- destroy the chest right away
Or carry it until you are at a height advantage, drop it on someone to kill them, and collect the spilled contents.
does that
actually work?@@mcparks1968
@@mcparks1968multitasking!
@@mcparks1968Does that damage the items inside?
If you have Scratch the dog in your camp. You then get a summon outside of camp to summon him and he will then be able to find buried loot without needing to pass a perception check. Note, Scratch can be used in combat and can pick up charecters and attack. As he is a summon if he dies he is not permanently gone.
EDIT: I've noticed Scratch pointing out spots to dig even if the party members don't roll perception checks. If you have a shovel and equip it and dig you'll find stuff.
Can Scratch detect traps?
Ooh OK, I noticed he kept trying to lead me to a spot but I never found what he was taking me too. I should have dug.
i have not seen him do so, but i aslo have not had him out when i was in an instant where there were alot of traps to be had. so at this point im gonna say i dont believe so. @@ttuanmu
I’m glad he doesn’t die. Is have felt so bad if I wasn’t able to keep him safe and he stayed dead
You can summon him next to a downed character and he'll be able to help them up when his turn comes around.
WHAT?!!!!!!! The Hold down the left mouse button and the camara follows while you move around just made my day. Thanks for that one.
Home works too!
No matter how far they are from each other, your characters can exchange items from between their inventories- even in combat. It’s a free action, and it works well when you need a potion/antidote/scroll.
.. and specific arrows & grenades.
You might not have access to containers though (seems like sometimes I do, sometimes I don't), so keep all those consumables cluttering up your main inventory.
i delegate storage to team members. 1 carries all potions/elixirs, 1 carries all thrown weapons, lockpicker carries all poisons and arrows. and my mage carries all scrolls (in curious book of course!)
and even works when one is at camp, next to the camp stores, and the other is next to a trader. So when I find a trader I'll send one of the party back to the camp, and they can magically transport all the 'stuff to sell' to the companion who's going to be selling.
If Asterion isn't in the party, I'll just send trapped/locked chests back to camp and get him to open them up before the next end of day (or sooner) if I won't want to wait.
@@Viktoria_Thaelin that is bad when you change member of party.
There are literally areas in the game where there's just a key sitting on the floor that you'd never see without alt 😂
I just use a controller and hold the A button a lot. 😳
I'm in my 60's and haven't played a D&D based game maybe since BG2, so this video is going to be really helpful for me. I might never have picked up some of these tricks that people know to think of through playing other games. I've watched a couple other BG3 videos from you and just wanted to say, Thank you!
ALWAYS enter turn-based mode before attacking when out of combat. Your actions/bonus actions will refresh. Its basically an extra 4 attacks before the enemy. I had the bad habit of moving my charchters than attacking but than they dont have an action point when they enter combat. Now I always enter turn-based before attacking and get 2 attacks instead of 1
How do you enter turn based out of combat?
Shift space
@@aeriagloris4211left thumbstick
I think they fixed that in a patch. You almost always lose your green action now when you do that.
Tip: broken pieces of weapons and gear can be combined to reform very nice gear. Example: The spear tip from the Owl bear cave can be added to a broken shaft to form "Vision of the Absolute" a spear that blinds the target on a hit.
Tip: loot and container inventory windows can be expanded to larger size.
Tip: after clearing an area go do something else, but come back a second or even third time with fresh eyes. You will find all manner of things you missed. Tracks that lead to a cave. Wanted posters. Loose rocks with treasure under them. Etc. Im poking around in the blighted village for the upteenth time and just found a few more things I missed.
Tip: stop, close your eyes and just listen in any area you are traveling. You can hear a number of things. Monsters, arguments, wild animals, and other audible clues of what is nearby.
Tip: can't jump down a ledge without taking damage or can't get back up a cliff? Bring some empty crates from camp, stack them up and use them to change the drop. Kind of cheese, but your only solution in some cases with out a spell, skill, or working ropes.
Tip: from the previous tip you can collect empty crates, barrels, and vases into your inventory and send them to camp. Use them to organize things or build silly sized towers of stacked crates to get to impossoble locations.
Tip: jump like a bunny in combat. Walking through mud, acid, water, and fire all has penalties in combat. Jump to high and dry places and avoid penalties and damage. Some boots give you a free bonus jump after a dash so you can cover some far distances.
Tip: you can pick up corpses and put them into inventory. Take someone back to camp for a rez or just make big piles as a warning. I don't think there is an alert mechanic in the game so hiding bodies this way doesn't seem to be part of the game.
For the hiding bodies mechanic, some enemies like the Death Shepherd's resurrect each other, so if you just remove the bodies it makes the fight a lot easier!
Adding to your jump thing a lot of characters can jump more than 3 meters so instead of running 9 meters run 5.9 and jump another 5-6 the amount of slippery enemies I've closed the distance too with this is uncountable
I surprise killed a roving guard in the goblin temple. Got him before he alerted.
Another roamer walked by and "arrested" me for murder. Didn't try it again with picking up the body because I didn't know you could until much later.
@@patrickmaloney3091do you mean move 8.9 then jump?
@@boathousedave2383 No, he doesn't because at some point, which I'm not sure of the exact percentage, they take away your ability to jump. I think it's around the 60% mark of your total movement distance.
You can pickup sacks and backpacks when you find them and use them for inventory management. Early game you can find two backpacks and one sack down on the beach
In EA, at least, sacks that you can pick up, have a fraction of the weight of backpacks - and the same inventory capabilities.
@@darinsingleton3553 still applies. sacks/pouches are .4 lbs backpacks are 2lbs. now that they ruined chest of the mundane I never use backpacks. before, I had a bag of bags in the chest so when I got encumbered I'd send my trashbag to camp and grab another from the chest. when I'm ready to sell I ungroup 1 member and send them to camp to throw my trashbags from storage to my CHA character who's standing at the vendor
@@Viktoria_Thaelinwhy use anything at all and not just have your stuff on your person or whatever?
highlighting enemies with tilde is nice, but when I learned you can hold Shift to see their sight cones that was a huge game changer, my rogue can get into a safe spot and hide no prob when I see exactly where I need to move!
You can _what?_
@@ArachneInTheWeb my thoughts exactly, why is this not more widely shared
This is a really good one, Thanks
Don't know what tilde is?
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The cantrip for guidance is really useful but i would also add that it is a concentration so the amulet has way more value than you would think. On Shadowheart if you use her guidance it will overwrite any other spell that is a concentration ending her previous spell if it has a full day duration. Pass Without Trace is a spell she gets at level 2 which gives a huge bonus to stealth which effects the full party, until you use a long camp. Its also a level 2 spell which you really dont want to be casting over and over. Putting this Guidance amulet on someone else more melee focused saves her using up all her spell slots.
Kinda sucks that I let Gale consume it before I realized what it was :,(😢
Additional camping tip: Ctrl and Shift work the same as you'd expect for selecting multiple items. It is great for selecting all your camping supplies at once to send back to camp (on controller Right Trigger lets you pick multiple too).
My bit with the exploding barrels is to drop it close, put grease on it, and then plink the enemies and get out of LOS. They advance, trip in the grease by the barrel in a nice cluster. Then blow the barrel for a double explosion (barrel and grease) and a nicely clustered enemy group.
What’s plink the enemy ?
Aggro (attack) them with a ranged attack to get them to move towards your explosive barrel and grease combo.
@@Masterchief12455 As rmonogue said, shooting them or doing anything mild to get their attention. Slang, maybe showing my age heh. But usually non lethal small action. Like shooting a tank with a rifle to get it to turn around so your buddy can hit it with a RPG from behind.
@@12tman12 That's where I've seen the word, the rock 'plink'ing off the knights armour to distract him as the Barbarian with a Maul rushes him from the other side, dodgeable if he wasn't distracted
Thank you for making these videos.
The only D&D style game I had played before was DA Origins, but even so, I got a bit overwhelmed by BG3.
So these videos are really helping me understand the game and enjoy it a lot more. ☺
DA: Origins was great!
Tip 1. Pick up Chest of the Mundane from Arcane tower in Underdark. It will compress your heavy items down to the weight of dishes and cups for later unpacking. It is arguably the best item in the game and you can get it relatively early. It can easily compress 600 weight down to 30, 20 being the chest.
Tip 2. You can throw the Iron Flask with the Spectator inside and it will spawn a hostile lvl 5 boss. You can throw it into the group of enemies and they will start fightting each other. Personally I trivialised the grove siege with this, Spectator basically soloed most of the enemies before going down, while my party and the allies used ranged attacks. And the allies were smart enough to not shoot the Spectator. 0 casualties among friendly npcs. And you get the exp.
Never thought about it! I'm on my second gameplay, I avoided defending Grove exactly because I couldn't beat that amount of enemies, I'll use this strategy next time!
Is the flask 1 use?
What happens when you pull stuff out of the chest of the mundane after you put it in, does it stay as dishes or will it change back into what you put in?
@@scottstewart3884they said weight like dishes. So, I belive, it doesn't actually turn into them.
Used the Monster in the flask on the red orc chief in goblin castle, playing as a drow I became easily their ally, then posted my companion up the ceiling carpentry for ranged attacks, went with my rogue drow in front of the red orc, open the flask in front of him , monster in the flask even killed the spiders in the pit underneath, and as it killed the red orc I was able to spell speak undead on him ( for low value info). Took me 25 ish tries but felt like a true stratege deceitful rogue!
Do be careful who you start a combat with as some NPC could become your ally.. Was planning to take down 3 NPC in a ruined village and was scouting the location for sneak attack turns out you can convince them to play for you so do check if the npc's have a dialouge option by moving mouse above them before attacking i guess
haha, i sent some nerds to attack an owl bear
@@jharrington2112same
One thing I love the most about this game is the combat. It's the best combat I've ever played, because it's basically the same as D&D. Some truly epic stuff happens in battle sometimes that can completely change the course of an encounter. Or some epic fails that make you say "Noooooooo" out loud. Just like in D&D. I really hope this game gets GoTY. I want it to be as successful as possible so we get a BG4 in a couple years 😊
BG2 was amazing but came out a looong time ago. I'm sure there'll be a bg4, but it might not be for another 10 years lol.
One tip I wish I knew sooner is mage hand is god tier. It summons a creature in the form of a hand. It gets its own turn and can attack, interact and throw environmental objects, close doors and take aggro.
Summon familiar is the same. Having a little spoiler to attack a hostile NPC magic user and break concentration is a must.
Wait what, Mage Hand can attack enemies??? that's specifically not allowed in D&D so I never thought to try it...
@@TheOmegaXicormost things mage hand can do in this game can't be done in tabletop. That's why they changed how much you can use it.
One thing that helped out my inventory management is picking up a pouch or backpack and using that to hold all my consumables, potions/scrolls/arrows. Unfortunately items won't automatically go there when you pick up more, but it creates an illusion of organization for me.
You can even just add the pouch to the hotbar to use stuff easier
Yup, on my spellblade warlock I have a pouch full of scrolls, potions, and throwables on my hotbar. Makes it so much easier. Click the bag in the bar, it opens, pick what you want and you’re good to go.
i cheesed some bosses by stuffing bags with bombs and threw it at them. a teammate hitting it with a firebolt usually sets up a pretty big chain reaction of explosives for really solid burst damage
-You can examine enemies or npcs by just hovering over them and pressing T
-To use your character's weapon attack out of combat (to break down a door or sneak attack someone) you can just ctrl+click instead of clicking from your hotbar
-when trying to sell everything (like I do) it saves a lot of time to ctrl or shift click all the items I want to sell and add them to wares, now when you are in a trade menu, hit the trade option at the top and a new option appears to sell all wares.
Also you can right click, pick up most barrels (smoke powder, oil, or firewine) and send them to camp straight from your inventory. Now they will be stowed in your chest at camp if you ever find a fight that's too difficult to take on with your power alone.
A great early on spell is Sanctuary, when cast on a character, they dont get targeted by enemies, except aoe spash dmg. So if someone is low on hp and you cant heal them yet, cast Sanctuary to give them a breather, if a character needs to concentrate on a important spell, cast Sanctuary :) Shadowheart can choose the spell on lvl 3 I think
I've watched a lot of "things you should know" videos about this game and you are the first one to mention that you can dig up unsuccessful perception checks
I keep running across people asking "How can I see which SKILLs I am proficient at?" Those are the ones in your character sheet with the white dot to the left of them.
Lol 60 hours played and I have always ran to travel from a portal (Except to camp)... Damn haha 😂 Thanks
Haven't even played bg3 yet and I'm addicted to it 😂
Camping too much can be a problem. If you take too many days to rescue someone it can he too late
THE MAP TELEPORT! After 25 hours in i ran back all the way what a time waste lol THANKS SO MUCH!
Pro tip: have fun however you like. This game has very little limitations. If you're not havint dun doing something a certain way, just find a way that matches your flair! Enjoy and take all the time you want!
I actually made it a point not to do all the side quests. Knowing I’ll be playing multiple times as different characters. Keeps it fresh.
Is this game better then Starfield ?
apples and oranges. Its an amazing game though, perhaps even game of the year!
You can also use Guidance AGAINST Shadowheart if you know that you'll talk to her next, have her give you guidance first :)
Excellent video with some REALLY good tips there Lucky :) However I must point out that what you say about statuses showing underneath enemy healthbars applying to you is incorrect. They very much do apply to the actual enemy. You can see the statuses that apply to your own characters next to their portraits on the left hand side of the screen. Observe Gale at 16:00, he has the Threatened symbol next to his portrait at that point. At 16:03 once he's moved out of melee range, it's gone from his portrait again.
gonna go ahead and snip that section out so I'm not misinforming people, thanks for the heads up on that!
Thanks for the very clear information - with great examples as to 'why' to do (or not do) something. I am getting the game soon (get paid next week) and am trying to watch as many of these 'tips & tricks' videos as possible - and yours is one of the best I have found!
Tilde = the key next to 1 (above Tab)
Thanks!!!
My random tips:
1) "Add to Wares" marks it for selling at the next shopkeep NPC with 1 button.
2) If you have a lot of camping food, take the hint and long rest- The game is actually designed to have you camp more than you'll likely be inclined to, because that's when a lot of "interstitial plot events" and cutscenes happen, as well as connecting with your team NPC's. (I don't think this part was designed well, there should be a "fatigue" mechanic or something.)
3) Many of the powerful spells require "concentration" and there's 2 drawbacks to that- A party member can only "concentrate" on 1 spell at a time, and the "concentration" can be broken by being attacked, which triggers a roll against your Constitution. So don't drop CON too low on your characters whose Concentration you depend on.
4) An "of the land" Druid (Arctic background I think) gets the Haste spell (normally this is a Sorcerer/Wizard thing!). Moon druids (the ones with the better forms) do not. Haste spell is uber. The debuff after being Hasted (which basically incapacitates you) only lasts 1 round. But Haste lasts like 10 rounds, longer than the majority of fights. Druids get crappy cantrips, but are super versatile. Druids also have tons of life pool via forms- if your form goes to 0 life, you just pop back to your original form with whatever life it had, and you can then just pop another form.
5) Eldritch Knight fighter gets auto-returning thrown weapons. And a bunch of wizard spells which depend on INT if you need them to hit enemies (or just stick with the buffing spells and don't worry about INT). The smart ogre in the goblin camp drops an INT 17 necklace if you kill him that makes your INT 17, though...
6) Barbarians are more fun in this game than any other game I've played barbs in. "Enraged Throw" is great. And there are a LOT of conversation options and interactions which only show up if you're a Barb, which are hilarious.
7) 1 level of monk in Shadowheart and she can fight naked. ;)
Thank you so much, wondering what wares meant in the context of picking things up was driving me crazy!
Pick up chests -> Then send to camp.
or destroy them and grab the loot
Throw healing potion on ground. Send chest you picked up to camp.
you can throw potions at your team members to heal them. OR you can throw it on the ground for an AOE splash effect. Never throw it at an NPC (I had the hirable ogres get mad at me for that) and never throw good berries those will do damage (sorry Gale!)
I'm surprised you didn't mention using the Barbarian lockpick on chests, it is also called a great axe (I suppose other weapons work too)
There is another method to...ahem... "open" a locked chest. You pick it up in your bag, and in the first combat you toss it on an enemy. If you toss it from a high ground it may even break and it will do heavy damage to a small enemy. Then you can pick up the items from the ground later. This way you can use a locked chest as a "weapon" and open it too.
Gotta love this game.
Great tips without giving to much of the story out. Thanks. I start tomorrow at 9 am on PS5 and am excited. I've been playing D&D since 1977 and this is the game I've been waiting for my whole life.
A funny thing. In combat the icons at that the top were blocking my view of the enemy for the range characters. When I clicked on the enemy's icon at that top, I pleasantly found out I can hit the enemy that way too. 😅
Pro tip: You can use the filtering option (upper left of screen on TAB view) to just show Camping Suppies. You can then SHIFT/CTRL+click and then send them all to camp.
I knew most of these but throwing stuff on traps to set them off - NEVER would've thought of that! :D Thank you so much :)
I knew that but never would have thought that you could fast travel from anywhere to a waypoint and not just waypoint-waypoint. Everyone is different and the video is a good guide of different tips, some more obvious than others, the Shift and Ctrl to select multiple items is really obvious to me but some players have never thought of it.
Camping, take one of the camping backpacks off one of your companions and put it in your camps travelers chest. Now anytime you send food to camp, it'll automatically go into the chests camping backpack. Well..90 percent of the time.
Dear Lari and modders, please give us an option to disable the camera snapping and auto zooming out when making a ranged action in combat, and to disable the camera jumping to a character when I press F1 - F4. It should only jump to them when I double press it. Thank you!
So one thing about the cantrip Guidance, it is a concentration spell.
So if the character casting it is concentrating on something different, like a shield spell, you will lose the shield spell and need to cast it again.
Now the shield spell will use a spell slot to cast, so having to recast the spell after every Guidance, will eat up the spell slots pretty fast.
I really wanted to enjoy this game, but the turn base combat is so boring and frustrating, i hated it, would have liked more of a Dragon age inquisition style, after 4 hours i was so annoyed i deleted it
Ha! I didn’t know that waypoint stuff either.
You can send locked chests to camp if you do t want the carry weight instead of keeping it on you. Also you can grab explosive/acid barrels and set them up before in battle to give you a better advantage.
Yup, killed a party member by accident...gotta get better with controls and selecting.
Another tip I would definitely mention is the fact that if you have multiple characters in the same chunk of initiative (like you have Gale and Shadowheart in this example) you can actually choose to have Shadowheart go first, then Gale. This really comes in handy if you want Shadowheart to do a big AOE like Spirit Guardians, then have Gale clean up with Magic Missile. You can also have both perform their actions first, then move them independently. Can really come in handy when you want the enemy to use their reaction on an attack of opportunity on your tank instead of your squishy Thief. Also, moving a character in to threaten an enemy in melee first to give your Thief advantage for their sneak attack.
How? I'm on ps5
half these tips don't translate to PS5. lol I really wish I had bought the game on PC.
About camping often, we've found that we bricked multiple quests by resting too often. The quest markers show up but there's no related journal entry and the NPCs aren't available and we never actually "started" the quests.
All your consumables that you send to camp will be used from the chest even if it’s not on the person so definitely send all consumables to camp to free up space and weight
Some other comment here said to keep a few pieces of food in inventory, as some NPCs will ask for food
Can you clarify? What are ALL consumables? Potions, scrolls, what else?
@@aeriagloris4211 camp supplies but I noticed for ps5 version it’s not the same
Not sure if you all know this already but you can quicksave during a dialogue 🙂
On the quicksave thing... The one that kept getting me (I'm pretty good about saving after everything you mentioned), was not saving after doing a whole bunch of inventory management. Got bit by that a couple times.
same my brother
so i finally beat Divinity: Original Sin 2 (which was made by Larian Studios) on firts playthrough at 260 hrs of gameplay and after watching a couple of these “things i wish i knew before playing” videos for BG3, it’s shown me that they’re just things i do anyways in DOS2 so nice to know this game shouldn’t be too hard to figure out!
In the arcane tower in the underdark is a chest of mundane. items put into the chest turn into mundane items till taken out. Aka heavy barrels turn into light weight spoons! only downside is it's hard to see what is what so put barrels top side of the chest and other items with a row between. now pick up every explosive barrel that you find!
1 more is the same tower. top level is a stool of giant strength. break it and take the item to give low strength players higher strength for that jump distance!
Ungroup your party when scouting around. if your scout gets into combat the rest will still be hidden and able to move around. use this time to position everyone.
Look at all your spells and look for the text untill long rest. use these spells before combat seeing it will be up 100% of the time. aka mage armor must be cast before combat. don't waste your turns!
Shove is a great move! but don't use it to much if you want your loot! tho sometimes a large fall is enough chasme are 90% chance to lose all loot. ( little mis hag gave me 1500gold while i was tempted to just shove and move on )
Multiclass can be done from level 2. theres a button on the top section row you can click. ( i thought it was from level 6... )
Respeccing is possible! first area after the ship crashes is a temple / dungeon. there is a hidden room! GL finding it:D you can reset all your picks from class to chosen subspecs ect.
You can throw healing items to hit multiple party members. or attack one on the ground for greater aoe range.
you can range attack levers! :D
speak with undead / speak with animals! use it allot and if it's from an item check if it's a cantrip aka unlimited use without resting!
And lastly. without spoilers. check out the hole druid grove place before going on with the main questline. the spell will be cast and do what it's suppose to do! ( something for my second run )
Long time DnD player here and I bet it caught some people off guard as being closer means missing more ranger attacks seems counter intuitive
Larian has put in its own homebrew distance modifiers. They seem to favor half range or more for the best percentage but not over max rang necessarily. But I need to test it a bit more to totally confirm that.