Baldur's Gate 3: A Guide to Stealing (Pickpocket)

[@GeeGeePrime]

If you have a bard, you can play music and distract several npcs whilst you use Astarion to steal everything. The NPCs even drop gold to applaud the great music played. 🎶 what a wonderful game!

[@0xNobody]

you can also unlink the group, talk to someone you wanna pickpocket from and change char to pickpocket.

[@GeeGeePrime]

@0xNobody awesome man, haven't tried that yet but I remember using the same strategy in Dinity 2 with great results. I love stealing everything in these games 😂

[@mithikz7608]

@@0xNobody This works unless the person you try to talk to just ends the dialogue without giving you a prompt to respond. When trying to pickpocket Volo, the bear next to him can't be locked in dialogue and will always turn back to Volo

[@KekasihMuGelap]

​@@0xNobodydoes this really work? I tried using one character to talk/distract but whenever I use other character to steal, the npc always look at their default position.

[@0xNobody]

it only works if the person you talk to gives you options to reply to.@@KekasihMuGelap

[@crumblyairship]

not only can you get fantastic gear without paying, but you also get to enjoy the Astarion ASMR

[@Qulize]

Astarion clearing the inventory is just hilarious lol

[@Asset_Impetus]

“You’re coming with me”

[@noxiaultima]

Extra tip: You can split stacks of gold in a merchants inventory by holding shift and dragging from the gold pile. Split the main gold pile into stacks of 100 and casually yoink a merchant's entire stock of items and cash, who needs trading when you can steal?

[@mateuslopes193]

Man i do a save before stealing. And i wait for the dice to hit 20 while stealing 1k more gold. So when it fails i "esc" load the saved data and start over. Now that i saw thi im doin so much more robbin. cuz my way takes a while sometimes

[@omegaisdabomb]

@@mateuslopes193 to save more time, instead of pressing esc and loading, F8 is the default shortcut to quickloading your last quicksave

[@lNahil]

F5 is quicksave, F8 is quickload. No need to press ESC or click around :)@@mateuslopes193

[@TKVisme]

you are a genius. thank you *salute*

[@AlliedGhost]

ummm...doesnt work at all...

[@jameshill2450]

Unlike most screens where you're rolling a check, where it tells you the amount you need and then shows the bonuses you have, the pickpocket screen takes your bonuses into account behind the scenes and just shows you what you need to actually roll. Later in the game when your bonuses stack up it can even show negative numbers.

[@TheShapingSickness]

Oh I thought it didn't accounted for the bonuses, so I thought everything under 7 (I have +7 bonuses) was fair game, but still sometimes people noticed I was pickpocketing. Guessing that's the reason.

[@0ABA0]

@@TheShapingSicknessit still does not show the doce roll bonuses like guidance. idk if it is still relevant tho i am late 4 months

[@james-zz8ri]

It's possible to consistently pickpocket the hafling at Druids Grove. Even if you get caught, when he trys to take you to jail, just swap characters and shove whoever got caught away from the halfling. The dialog gets interrupted and you simply just chat with him again and pick pocket again. Rinse and repeat until he has no more loot lmao No loading required so perfect for Honour mode

[@stevobz]

haha I love how the stealing of the on display items was executed like a heist

[@GrimmBones]

A tip for others: You can pickpocket Withers, and get ALL the gold you've given him during your whole run. And you can do it any amount of times you want, and he NEVER says a word about it. He just doesn't care, whether you fail or not. Dunno if it's a bug, or if they forgot to give him a reaction, or anything, but it's very, VERY abusable, and you don't even have to use Astarion/Rogue with it. Any time you fail at pickpocketing him, you can just click him again and pickpocket him again. So you've basically got infinite respec, even with just a 100 gold in your pocket.

[@KuroroSama42]

My guess is: They intentionally made him apathetic about everything. Because if you could accidentally anger him, goodbye resets forever. And that would suck. Better to just allow infinite respecs, instead of risking that shitty situation.

[@cxvxcbcxn]

He doesn't give a shit because he's Jergal, lord of death...

[@Boyoyoable]

I suspect the only ask for pay is so the other gods can’t accuse him of helping mortals as he is “providing a service for pay” instead

[@cmdaltctr]

@@cxvxcbcxnwhat a nice friggin spoiler dude.

[@AssassinEXE]

@@cmdaltctrnot really a spoiler. It’s never 100% confirmed in game. It is HEAVILY implied though.

[@Ayuima69]

Until act 2 where everyone is omnipresent and knows even though you were passing without a trace, invisible, 20 dex, basicly maxed sleight of hand, was hiding, they still know it was you

[@similorradique2670]

Happens in act 3 😂 like i be sorting my inventory and the next second a guard comes alog about some random body i was caught looting 30 hours ago

[@justinkelley9458]

I appreciate how clear and concise your videos are. They are always super informative and useful. Can’t wait to see your future BG3 content!

[@ellis时间]

Looking forward to all your fun builds

[@Harinjo916]

Same, this dood helped me complete DOS2 on tactician

[@WitcherLover-pd9ye]

if using this, why would you ever need money? I know buying extra companions and ressurecting on that dead men, but its a low price. This pickpocketing is op

[@FanAntihrist]

for fcking asmr astarion 3:09

[@JohnStoneDVG]

OMG Yes

[@Ugnutz]

There are also gloves you can find that gives you advantage on slight of hand rolls you can get them off the Zent trader if you return the lost shipment they dont show up in his inventory untill you do

[@kingslushie1018]

Can you give more details? I am interested in these gloves

[@prathmeshjayaprakash98]

@@kingslushie1018 near the gnolls, there is a treasure chest thats locked. If you save the people there, theyll tell you it belongs to the zents and they are delivering it to baldurs gate. Near the place thats burning, theres a way to enter the zent hideout. There, if you give the chest to them, you can get these gloves

[@PAPAGAMINGNE]

@@kingslushie1018when you enter “zherahim hide out” ,the leader will give you 1 mission that get her back 1 goods,if you do so and return that chest to her and still sealing you can get some exp and can trade with BREM with have more good equipment.

[@Stadanco]

​@@kingslushie1018Gloves of Power. They're supposed to bane but I've never noticed it. My main is Rogue so true blood lives at the camp.

[@kingslushie1018]

@@Stadanco I don’t think that’s the sleight of hand advantabe gloves

[@botnetuser360]

Thanks for this! You always come up with the best strategies.

[@siralexandertggaming]

I knew if I came to your channel I'd find my favorite min maxer grinding BG3!

[@MisDzidziela]

Criminally underrated channel! DOS 2 and Baldurs Gate videos rock!

[@StairFacts]

I've found the Darkness/Fog strat works really well if you coordinate your whole team in the heist in turn based mode. Find Familiar Cat works well enough, but I find myself with a surplus of Arrows of Darkness from robbing vendors anyways so that works better imo. Should let you rob most vendors blind in broad daylight even if there's a ton of NPCs surrounding them. Cast Bless + Enhance Ability on your thief of choice (usually Astarion), and have another party member shoot an Arrow of Darkness or cast a spell obscuring the area surrounding the stuff you need to steal or the shopkeep you want to pickpocket. Have your other teammates walk away from the scene of the crime with their spare movement, and begin your looting spree. Also worth noting you can Quicksave while in the Pickpocket menu, so feel free to savescum as needed. Be warned though, if you load your game then it will count your action as having been already spent pickpocketing, so you'll have to wait a turn. NPCs will usually run out of the fog if they can, but they'll still be close enough to pickpocket while obscured. Repeat until their inventory is cleared out, exit turnbased mode, and teleport to a waypoint with your thief. You'll be in real time, but the fog spells last quite a while, so don't worry if you fumble your map menu. Then do the same with your main party.

[@jasondavis2995]

I saw this works today as well, but they usually move out of the cloud. Thx for the tips.

[@pepesad4474]

Nice guide! Been watching all your vids about BG3 since early access. Keep it coming!

[@KingBrewHA]

Sin ty for the videos I was about 15 hours or so in and started a new play through just off of how much I wasn’t realizing I could do nor how big this game is 🤯

[@BD-ti6ju]

I am so glad you return Sin. I hope there will be much more guide videos.

[@pootisborn2896]

ASMR pickpocketing from the most beautifull vampire

[@RevanBC]

Came for the theift, stayed for the ASMR.

[@drathir55]

To be honest, best tutorial of stealing in BG3 in YT i found. :)

[@JimParsons-kv4gu]

By far the best RPG channel I've seen, since the DOS days, keep it up!

[@Alexander_0385]

you can do this a couple of times right at the start, just dont level up befor you meet him.. use one level up per character to steal everything ( i got gought with the higher rolls ) edit: per each level up, the inventory gets refreshed, and just level up one level at a time

[@KellyChan123]

Thanks for the advice. Now I'm gonna be obscenely rich for no reason. ANd very much overecumbered

[@kingslushie1018]

UOU HAVE BEEN THE MOST HELPFUL GUIDE SO FAR! IT TOOK HOURS TO SET UP, but when it works it works!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[@SimonGrandell]

The gloves of power from the fight to get into the grove has +1 sleight of hands.

[@sintee106]

yoy're right, that's new , only just noticed it recently.

[@saltyexxer8253]

They are cursed aren't they? I haven't tried them since release but they used to be. Unless you get the mark from the priestess.

[@sintee106]

@@saltyexxer8253 they improved Absolute gear on release. Now they have two part bonus, so they are not complete useless. We still need the Absolute Mark to benefit from the Brand bonus but other bonus works on everyone. E.g: non-brand bonuses Gloves of Power now have +1 Sleight of Hand Absolute Warboard grant Free Heroism / long rest Absolute Talismant grant Free Aid / long rest

[@WitcherLover-pd9ye]

@@sintee106if using this, why would you ever need money? I know buying merchants and stuff on that dead men, but its a low price. This pickpocketing is op

[@rail7646]

not new, they were in EA as well.

[@iBoxPhone]

literally just used this to steal quite literally everything in the druid camp lmao love the vids.

[@AbrahamLure]

I'm so glad to see your videos! Been a loyal fan since your DoS2 vids

[@Suna32]

hey, cool video as always. If you don't know, you can press Enter instead of the Steal button to go faster, fellow smuggler.

[@protonicprotogen6304]

Knowing my luck I'd still manage to fuck this up and roll a 1

[@rasendori20]

So I’m not the only one who thought the smugglers ring was in that chest until the madman jumped to his near death right?

[@SoreThumbs2901]

The king of builds is here, BG3 stands no chance

[@Red_Blade]

Found out it works only till a certain point. Starting from zones like the Underdark, vendors seems to be much more vigilant and Astarion will have some troubles even with all the buffs and equipment on. Also don't forget you can fail and get spotted if you get a nat 1, and you can't pickpocked the same target two times.

[@hanhan9487]

i just stole using invi potions , theres a lot of technique that are as simple as this. it nver occur to me before lol , Bg3 is mindblowing.

[@billtalent1]

you can also wear the gloves on the goblin that attack the grove for +1 slight of hand, also you can kill the strange ox in the grove for another +1d4 to skill checks that stacks with guidance

[@JohnSmith-nd5yc]

Couldn't get the cat trick to work but fog cloud managed to pull the same thing to grab the armorer's stuff

[@xrhin0x895]

For the cat familiar trick you need to get the target to turn away from you using the cat and then immediately enter turn mode so they don't move

[@revolverocel]

This is real Astarion ASMR guide!

[@rimservices]

Adding my 2 cents: there are also Gloves of Power +1 Sleight of Hand you can pick from goblin leader's corpse before the grove gate

[@rimservices]

either that or Gloves of Thievery sold at Zhentarim hideout

[@jackcrater9725]

I love playing as thief and just stealing EVERYTHING and buying a bunch of stuff from merchants then just pickpocketing all their gold right back. I'm on my first playthrough as a Wood Elf Ranger/Rogue and rarely ever have to actually pay for anything. When i finally made it to Act3 I was at around 20k gold. It's so easy to get rich as a thief. Also just great for exploring and sneaking around and being able to basically lockpick or disarm anything i come across with guaranteed success. I honestly think most of my hours spent playing has consisted more than half my time sneaking around and stealing shit and inventory management of everything I've stolen.

[@mateuslopes193]

just spent 2hours stealing and sorting my inventory. Delicious

[@petepeterson1240]

I love you Sin - nice to have you back for BG3

[@Erumyr]

THE LITTLE BOY ZAKI reveals me at dammon, seems like he just doesnt want to move away that kid

[@beccstah77]

today with the new patch they just changed it so you can't use darkness/fog to steal - I've just tried this next to volo with arrow of darkness and he ran off screaming "assault assault" and if you do use fog next to volo in the grove you start combat with the grove - I found just using a distraction (bard/playing music) and then using a companion to steal worked the best - ugh Raphael decided to fucking appear though, god, worst timing

[@CafeRei]

Your guides and builds are the bests

[@janj.7563]

1:05 jesus

[@etherealceleste]

You don't have to go that way to get smugglers ring, just run back out the grove entrance and run across bridge, immediate right turn to scratch, jump river behind scratch, grab ring. You also didn't throw a rock at the weird cow, run away, come back and buy the Shapeshifter's Boon Ring from the cow.

[@IsraTheBlack]

The problem is that most npc's become bugged when you steal from them and suddenly don't react anymore. You can't even start conversations with them and such.

[@samwong2816]

Getting away with fast travel is brilliant.

[@robd.2169]

Amazing, freaking amazing. Thank you!

[@jangiurg5295]

These are some next level shenanigans and I love it.

[@kingslushie1018]

Well, I found out what a gnoll was the hard way

[@redfurioso6844]

This video was super useful! Thank you! I stole everything without Gale buffs :)

[@shosha2494]

This has got to be the coolest thing ever

[@jaijay25]

would be good if you show the map where you start off before going to the location for the item.

[@DJDocsVideos]

What Item do you mean? Both the ring and the chain are shown from the druid grove main door the traider locations you should know after going through the druid grove for the first time.

[@haluter]

@@DJDocsVideos I've been playing for a week and still haven't found the Druid's Grove, so yeah, it would be super helpful to show where it's located on the map.

[@t0uchme343]

The merchant: why am I hearing whispers.

[@telekarma]

Strong Original Sin vibes

[@edwardpogi1422]

Thanks for the tip. Not sure how old will I be before I can even finish the game. Spending hours already in just one town alone then there's this exploration of every nook and cranny including jumping to find items on what looks like impassable ledges or even using cats.

[@oleksiimolozhanov3943]

Concise and complete - thanks for a great video

[@cyrthurix]

And that's how you turn the game into Astarion ASMR simulator.

[@DNFMDL]

Solo Monk walkthrough PLZ!!!!!!!!! I love your video!!

[@DrBaldhead]

Ya! Glad you’re back!

[@kawanvieira9457]

It reminds me of divinity, good times

[@rimservices]

That's one helluva ring, thanks for the tip!

[@slavsthetics2447]

Thank you for all the awesome things you put out. I love your videos, you helped me a lot with DoS2, can't wait for your awesome BG2 builds, cheers!

[@ArcaneCowboy]

There is so freakin' much to explore.

[@childelee2569]

Video turn into Astarion ASMR video. 😂

[@borzak101]

I have +6 stealth and +10 sleight of hand and no matter how far away I enter sneak with him looking the other way he turns to me and ask why are you hiding? I ever put out all the torches and same thing.

[@Fargharn96]

This game is insane

[@Madzak]

Your videos are the best!

[@DubiousDavid]

i don´t know the location gale starts

[@MrKeijiko]

For some reason Arron can see through the fog. Careful.

[@David-gq9ey]

3:35 that poor man. That poor poor rich man.

[@danpow293]

For me didnt work. After steeling and warp , the npc attack me after i come back. I waited 10 min for come back :(

[@KeepChessSimple]

How on earth do you discover where that first ring is?

[@hedition9346]

The silver pendant can be worn by by Astarion and cast on himself. I don't see any advantage in Gale doing it.

[@christianflex4all]

Teamwork baby

[@Dibbem]

Waiting for your gameplay and build. U are awesome!

[@TheArklyte]

"Is having tall attractive athletic female in skimpy clothes as you character also important for your build?" "Yes, it's important for morale." "Wait, how does that even work? Does the game..." "It's important for MY morale." Jokes aside, cool video. Though it's weird that you walk around the camp in their own equipment. I mean, okay, I haven't seen you take it, but I know how my equipment looks and now it's gone.

[@UAP]

Ayo Sin tee, two days without a new vid. I need my fix man.

[@stefenleung]

you don't need to get the guidance necklet. Just use a hirling so you can get both buffs.

[@cjcasarez5750]

ok single handily the best guide I ever watched ima try this on other merchants see if I can just yoink some good shii casue this is broken fr😂

[@vergilia000]

Volo doesn't have his fking eye...

[@gibba2495]

Can’t wait to see the crazy stuff you come up with!

[@gaberobison680]

My first time was very contrived involving exploiting Hold Person and turn based mode with one character in dialogue and then casting sleep. Took me like 3 hours to loot the Gith merchant xD

[@johnbarry5036]

is the Cats grace and Guidance applied? It shows only your DEX modifier (+3) and sleight of hand modifer (+4)

[@Creekheed]

Advantage and guidance will show up in the combat log

[@makudasai3104]

pls make a new bard build 🥺

[@justinpeterson7246]

Hero over here doing God's work! Wish this was voiced, but otherwise amazing video thank you.

[@billgo4th]

what a game-changer!! thanks for sharing.

[@AlanSmith88888]

Need your game breaking builds

[@karol8032]

Is there any limit for pickpocketing one character like for example in DOS games when you could pickpocket each person only once for entire game?

[@xrhin0x895]

Not at all. You only get stopped when you fail the Sleight of Hand check and the vendor becomes confrontational. You can leave the area or reload a quicksave (recommend option) and then do it again. I've already robbed the grove halfling trader a dozen times in act 1. When you long rest their gold and items for sale replenish. My strategy is to pickpocket the vendor for everything I want (gold included) and then return to camp and long rest. Then I take everything I have sent to camp storage out and return to sell it when everything restocks.

[@karol8032]

@@xrhin0x895 thanks

[@justinjones1852]

I have a +10 to sleight of hand, but I reliably fail DC 8 checks.

[@zhara596]

You dont have to run away just immediately teleport to camp wait 5s then go back theyll act like nothing happens, do not go to camp then go back to area You pickpocket or you will get accused

[@josephsillivent2806]

you can use the trade with anyone to increase your relationship with them to max, simply donate items steal them back and just keep repeating till at 100, i have let to really use this but im curious if it might change some interactions if the NPC has a very positives relationship with you.

[@macenblu6]

is this patched or something? i do the same as you, but as soon as i hide, he immediately turns around

[@GianniCostanzi]

Thanks.. I’ve tried to steal some stuff in a chest distracting the NPCs with the cat while I wasn’t in their field of view and in turn mode but when I’ve opened the chest they immediately noticed me.. is it due to the fact that opening stuff makes noise and should I steal only stuff available in the open air?

[@aitorambite5784]

thanks, i've steal all the things i could everywhere i went, now im rich and they are poor gg ez

[@res4421]

Is it like D:OS where one character can only steal once from and NPC and does not get reset even levelling up?

[@Xellius13]

Thieving in this game is so trash I want to scream. Getting caught on items with -2! throw requirement like 5 times in a row it’s straight bs

[@llamachai]

Thank you so much for this video and to everyone adding extra tips in the comments! Can't wait to turn things around now that I'm entering Act 2

[@C0reyBee]

Having some trouble getting Cat's Grace to apply bonus for stealing. Worked a few days ago, but no longer. Still works fine for lock picking, which is also sleight of hand check 🤷‍♂