25 Secret Features Baldur's Gate 3 Never Tells You About (Tips & Tricks)

[@JuiceHead3]

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[@systemblaster]

No

[@raiso.]

Where is discount then?

[@shencloud6523]

You missed something, if you have a controller you can literally free rob every trader.

[@squirrel_82]

We need the ability to select multiple items at once to send to camp

[@karlpeterson6334]

@@squirrel_82 hold control, click all the items, then right click one

[@Zaphod1620]

Alt does NOT show all interactable items, just some . You will miss a lot of you rely on that. Look at desks, bookshelves, etc. There are LOTS of valuable items just laying there that you won't see with Alt.

[@keldor8302]

Perfect example at the start of the game are clam shells on the beach areas. They weight less than a pound. But sell for 5g a piece. They won't show with pressing the Alt key. You need to just spot them or mouse over to get the item highlighted. There's a lot of items like that in the game.

[@nurgle333]

​@@keldor8302thanks I'm still in that area

[@NihongoWakannai]

That's kind of annoying, it feels like the feature makes you miss stuff because it implies it will show you everything and thus you don't check further.

[@Saeryfim]

Using the "Search" by holding interact is a fantastic way to interact with anything whatsoever, honestly. You're absolutely right, there are an absurd number of items and containers that don't show up with the highlight.

[@padmad3832]

Plenty of valuable items aren't highlighted either. Paintings, alchemical tools and so on tend to not highlight but can be worth more than 30 gold.

[@heyguyslolGAMING]

I've been using "Sleep" a lot to cc enemies. One thing I noticed is that sometimes enemies companions will actually wake up the enemies you have slept so to counter that there are stuffed teddy bears in the game. If you sleep an enemy, you can on your next turn throw a teddy bear at that enemy which will make that enemy enter into a deep sleep at which point they start to suck their thumbs and become immune to being woken up until the sleep turns have ended. Very cool mechanic.

[@heyguyslolGAMING]

The stuffed teddy bear drops off of an npc called Za'Krug. He's a Goblin LvL 1 located at the entrance of Druid Grove.

[@davidballantyne4492]

@@heyguyslolGAMING there's also one on on ogre in blighted village

[@sadpee7710]

aint no way this is true. aint no way. i'm trying this next time i play and if it works i will lose my mind wow edit: pretty sure i tried it and it didn't work. expected but sad

[@solvedraptor6854]

There's another in the swamps on the way to see Aunt Ethel

[@hubbabubba5177]

​@@solvedraptor6854not really on the way, it's tucked in a dead end in the water by a waterfall

[@fogryu]

Just in case ! ⏲ - TimeStamps : 0:00 Throwable Items 0:38 Shared Inventories 1:03 Push 1:55 Mage Hand 2:02 Crates 3:04 Affiliate Code placement 3:13 Candle/Weapon Dip 3:42 Trade 4:09 Merchants 5:26 Turn Based Mode 5:58 Attack of Opportunity 6:27 Ranged Attack Debuff 6:37 Inventory Management 7:07 Weight 7:52 Long Rest 8:04 Locked Chest for Later 8:21 Dice Color 8:33 Wyll & Karlach 8:51 Hotckeys 10:17 Expand Quick Use Menu 10:27 Outro Easier to find one specific infos with that! Thanks for this amazing video, a lot of good infos pack in 10 minutes!

[@TheVoyagers.]

Something you’d think the guy would include but no

[@fogryu]

@@TheVoyagers. Yeah but it Happens! I know that making this kind of video could take a long time, so I understand.

[@TMACTM]

Appreciate the time stamps!

[@Infectd]

Not all heroes wear capes.

[@Hiklen]

That is 20 not 25

[@derpypenguin8737]

Just a word of caution about long resting. By entering certain areas, you can set off events related to that area, and if you long rest, those events can essentially proceed without you, killing off npc's that could have been saved amongst other things.

[@SebHaarfagre]

Any particular you are concerned about, without spoiling too much? Never encountered it and it's hard to imagine (so far)

[@FeelMyLance]

@@SebHaarfagre Eh, those npcs aren't worth it, lol.

[@derpypenguin8737]

@@SebHaarfagre I haven't yet experienced anything with major characters, but one I can think of off the top of my head happened with the harpies at the beach by the druid grove

[@Vasharan]

@@SebHaarfagre There are a couple buildings on fire in Waukeen's Rest (Act 1). If you long rest, any items you haven't looted or NPCs you haven't rescued will get burnt to cinders (including a magic Maul).

[@mandu6665]

​@@VasharanThe 2H Maul that adds damage to jumps? Nah, I got that 30+ hours after doing Waukeen's Rest. It was still there.

[@rickinielsen1]

Put one of the provision bags in your Traveler's Chest in camp. It should, at least some times, automatically pick up any food you send to the camp. Helps declutter the chest a lot.

[@bobstoner415]

I put one of each bag into the chest, you can do what you said or just loot it from the chest and it will scoop up the correct items in your inventory and then just put it back. This will not work once it gets too heavy, so you can just stick with sending them one by one to chest as you said

[@yanoamustamu2390]

How does this work I'm kinda confused :')

[@Sith90lord]

@@bobstoner415 You can CTRL (or SHIFT) + click to select multiple items, and rightclick and send a bunch at once. But if you scroll through the bag, the items deselect.

[@3Rton]

@@yanoamustamu2390 you can also individually open open any chest, backpack, bag you pick up and put things into them while they are in your inventory (or the camp box) The names are important there are many different bag variations. This would only work with the specific provision bag that each character has that automatically stores supply items (would probably work similarly with the alchemy pouch)

[@nephicus339]

yeah, I noticed sometimes I pick up ingredients or camp supplies and they don't go into the designated baggies. Gets rather annoying. :-/

[@qawi272]

How does this man simply start without a boring intro and provides top notch tips and tricks?! I thought it was impossible.

[@Sarydormi]

Some loot containers you can pick up and send to your camp. In the camp chest you can use them to sort things into them like files into folders. Makes navigating the camp chest a lot easier. And then you can pick up the container with loot from the camp and sell it to a vendor as single item, for the full price of everything inside.

[@ardentdfender4116]

That’s just a very cool idea. The ability to sell a designated loot chest, backpack, box, crate all in one go at a trader with everything inside for full price of all the item inside in one transaction is a huge timesaver. Because you can then have multiple storage items already inside a camp chest or even your inventory designated for specific items or junk rather for Trading. The thing so far is in game you can’t actually rename chests, crates, backpacks etc that are all storage systems. But I guess what is possible in while playing the game, adventuring you can just have some fun picking up interesting or unusual large storage containers. You can litter them around at camp as different storage items each their own maybe separate from the camp chest. Just up to player creativity.

[@Fidyg1]

Lol spooky

[@iamjeramy]

great advice! will definitely use this for all the cups and bottles i horde... :)

[@poimaster]

"Add to wares" is the feature I use to bulk sell my items. I shift click a group of items and then add them to wares for an easy sell

[@CHIMPOaGOGO]

Similarly, I make doggie bags of potions and grenades and distribute them to my companions. Before I dismiss a companion, I retrieve it for their replacement. If only we could rename bags.

[@scottporter4524]

If you have a badass potion to use, group your party very close together, then throw the potion on the ground and it'll buff the entire party instead of buffing only yourself.

[@gregs9210]

one of the most overlooked secrets is that when you are in dialogue you can select your other party members in the bottom left to position them before starting the fight

[@keldor8302]

You can also do this to make pick pocketing easier. Even if you fail the check. They won't chase after you until that conversation ends. The kids at the druid grove do that exact thing to you. And most don't realize that it isn't scripted into the conversation. It's another kid literally performing the action on you during the conversation. And you can switch out to another party member to catch him in the act. Lol

[@MillenniumEarl014]

Basically Divinity 3

[@Triforcebro]

​@@MillenniumEarl014 No

[@MillenniumEarl014]

@@Triforcebro denial

[@bungdilly6333]

@@keldor8302 shut the front door ahaha, i love this game

[@keldor8302]

A piece of advice that nearly every guide and youtuber seems to miss. That ive been trying to post every where i can: Torches. They are broken early game. They arent just for sitting in your inventory and pressing the torch button on the ui to have light. They are in faft a club weapon. And basically one with a fire enchant. This has two implications. 1 - As a club, it works with a druid's Shillelagh cantrip. Which will increase the club damage from 1d4 to 1d8. As well as make your attack modifier wisdom. This means a druid or nature cleric has access to a one handed weapon that can do as much damage as a greatsword/axe. Due to it being 1d8+1d4(fire damage). This makes a level two dip into druid with shadowheart one of the best decisions you can make until you unlock respec and have the money to do so. Also of note, the cantrip makes it a magic weapon whilst active. Circumventing resistances to non-magical weapons by some monsters. So the torch has a LOT of miles on anyone with this cantrip. 2 - You can throw them and get the fire damage effect along with the crushing damage from an elevated position. Making them the best non-throwing weapon in the game to throw. As you'll pick up plenty and not need to buy multiples of them. I hope this helps people.

[@pruzarias]

I haven't tried on release, but during EA, the shig cantrip remove the fire damage making it just a 1d8 weapon damage

[@keldor8302]

@@pruzarias just double-checked. Club damage increased to 1d8 and fire effect and damage still active.

[@zacharyjackson1829]

i prefer throwing bottles with my raging barbarian because it's more comical but I definitely need to consider torches

[@Isaax]

This is utterly insane...

[@belphegor_dev]

You will find better magic items than a mundane torch. Not worth respecing over.

[@VaughanDavies]

Another useful tip, if you're having trouble targeting someone, both an ally or an enemy, you can click on the portraits of either the turn order or your party order. It'll even say "Path interrupted" if you can't reach them.

[@Dalziel45]

In my experience, path interrupted in portrait targeting doesn't necessarily mean it's totally path interrupted. Sometimes it's just a few millimetres of adjustment for your projectile to clear the obstruction. I'll need to manually aim that one for it to clear.

[@VaughanDavies]

@@Dalziel45 true, I've had that experience as well. 99% of the time, targeting or clicking on your intended target is very easy. But that 1% can be very finicky

[@Cyb3rM1nd]

Must note: Mage Hand is not invisible. There does exist an invisible version for Arcane Trickster Rogues and for Githyanki. The standard Mage Hand is visible and can be detected by enemies. The full release version of this game has improved Mage Hand - it can now remotely activate buttons and levers.

[@Night_Hawk_475]

Was coming to say exactly this too :)

[@112523]

I need to start using this more

[@Serelor]

Correct! I noticed this today when I tried Mage Hand for the first time and used it to sneak. It got spotted so my plan to use it for pickpocketing didn't end up being more efficient than just using my PC rogue

[@peterfabell154]

Does it still have limited casts though? I was disappointed it still seemed to have only a couple of uses even as a cantrip.

[@Cyb3rM1nd]

@@peterfabell154 Haven't done much testing on the special variants but for the regular cantrip Mage Hand it was unlimited casting, and would last 10 turns - and it was the same for me in Early Access. So, I might not be understanding what you mean by "a couple of uses" and "limited casts".

[@tyelab]

I can say Baldur's Gate 3 has made its way to the top of my gaming tier list along with Divinity Original Sin 2 & The Witcher 3. Thanks for all the helpful tips on my next playthrough! :)

[@adamleblanc5294]

On "T", it also works on enemies. If you hover over an enemy and press T you can see their character sheets.

[@Hermslice]

O...My.....GOD....

[@NM-tl6pe]

Awesome. I did not know that.

[@takeranparsath59]

Oh thanks way better thank the inspect thing

[@Isaax]

This is beyond busted. In 5e, there's a select few abilities you can use to get one piece of information of an enemy. If you know the statblock, it's considered metagaming to play your character like he knows it too. Meanwhile here you press T over an enemy and the goddess of knowledge blessed you with info about every single stat, saving throw, ability, and what not. It's TOO busted. I wish they gave you out of combat resources like Monster Manuals and such, or word of mouth/teaching from a scholar that would give your character the knowledge of certain monsters, so that you can know select info about select few monsters.

[@XBezerkerX]

​@Isaax It doesn't really give you that much info and it doesn't really 'help you' since your still reliant on dice roll. In most cases the character sheet is irrelevant because the games attacks will tell you their % to hit so you can ignore the character sheet entirely by just clicking a few different ability saves and looking at the % to hit.

[@rowanrooks]

Love reading tips from other viewers in the comments, so I would add that it's worthwhile to collect visually distinct containers to keep in the camp storage chest. There's A LOT of items in this game, so I separate out good armor and weapons, quest items, extra supplies, camp clothes, dye, etc. Also, enchanted amulets and rings are very light and it's worth it to keep the good ones in a pouch on your main character. A lot of the spells on those items can only be used once per long rest, so you can swap it out for something else.

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

I find G really useful too as a rogue. It means I can ungroup my party, then press C to crouch with my rogue to scout ahead. My party will stay behind. It's also useful for tactics, as you can position each party member in certain position before entering combat.

[@StarkEpiphany]

Been playing a ranged fighter that I'm about to mutliclass into rouge for the sneak buffs. This should actually be really handy to try out. Thanks!

[@DevianTrickster]

Using this comboed with invisibility necklace to get a surprise attack on backline enemies before the fight starts. 1 or 2 easy kills

[@michelleb7911]

You can hit G again to regroup everyone too.

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

@@DevianTrickster Can't you also use Lae'zel's Gith Psionic Ability? I forget what it's called but it makes you invisible, iirc.

[@mistermadmike488]

G is also very useful for when i’m trying to explore tight areas without the npcs getting in my way

[@JoeBuk724]

With reactions, you can toggle them to "ask" instead of do them automatically. You only get one per turn (unless there's some feat or class that gives you more) so you may want to save it for enemy "B" and not "A".

[@donFranko99]

Also reactions are not only for oportunity attacks. Later on they may be used for counterspells on your casters. You might not want your reaction to deal 5 dmg to a mob when youre in battle with a boss whos gonna fire a finger of death spell on you on his turn or throw an aoe on your entire party.

[@JoeBuk724]

@@donFranko99 Exactly!

[@thegingenius]

Along with inventories being shared, you can also have a character stay in camp and essentially use them as mobile infinite storage. Example: picking up every explosive barrel you can using the "add to camp" button to be set up for a later fight without having to go back and forth. Can also be used with crates to make structures of any height/width without having to worry about encumbrance. There's a ton of smokepowder and firewine barrels in the goblin castle :)

[@nmmoussa]

Thanks for the tips. I played 20+ hours and didn't know almost all of these tips! The amount of systems implemented in this game is quite amazing!

[@juncture231]

This is GOTY for me. Not only is it NOT a "stop-gap" before Starfield, I won't be playing Starfield until well after multiple play throughs of BG3. More videos like this please of tips/tricks. Great work love this!

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

Got to agree. It's not a stop-gap at all.

[@tribbybueno]

good choice

[@kp-legacy-5477]

Starfield looks like dung anyway

[@LIGHT7CODE7]

Yeah I dunno, game is pretty good but kinda boring at the same time imo.

[@go2ars]

Maybe even game of the decade, I'm pretty sure years later people still talk about BG3 in list of best RPG, just like Divinity Original Sins 2 back then

[@crystalblu9399]

Note: You do not get Advantage from having high ground, Larian changed that around Patch 6 in early access. You do get a bonus for your attack to hit, however it is not nearly as strong as having Advantage.

[@pantisflyhand]

As the modding scene picks up, I'd love to see more content from you about it.

[@AKABoondock19]

this game is going to be modded so hard, i cant wait to see what gets made

[@azrik6084]

Looking forward to modders adding in the subclasses that didn't make it into the game.

[@Happyfoam-lw3yt]

It's been out for like two days bruh. ☠️

[@aragornarathorn3299]

Is there a mod for enabling achievements with mods yet?

[@LISSAxKIRA94]

@@Happyfoam-lw3yt so?

[@Torguemada]

Fun tip for Storm Sorcerers, if you take the Ritual spells feat you can use the ritual spells to get free flying move as many times as you want as ritual spells dont use up spellslots outside of combat.

[@Freddingerz]

works aswell with the Mask of Shapeshifting you get in the Deluxe Edition. Everytime you disguise yourself, Thunderous Flight is accessible

[@Noanatsuka]

Also if you hold down shift whilst in your inventory, you can highlight every item. Meanwhile holding down ctrl and clicking items will let you select multiple items (both decent options to instantly sending a number of items to camp/another character instantly instead of one at a time).

[@highrise8738]

thank you dude.

[@rebellionguard]

This. This was it. Thank you this is going to make playing even better.

[@ralalbatross]

It's more subtle than that. Shift lets you block select in left to right order so you can literally just click the left item, click the right and it selects everything between them It does not select all items.

[@ardentdfender4116]

Now that’s a Gargantuan Tip! That’s way more massive a tip than most great tips.

[@robhav11]

Literally found this out today. No more clicking one item. At a time to send to camp.

[@dankcrypt3227]

Highground doesnt give advantage in the release version. It gives a +2 to attack rolls instead.

[@Jkev24]

Huh, I didn't even realize that. That said, +2 seems more than fair for a high ground bonus.

[@smithynoir9980]

Thanks for the info, I was wondering why high ground wasn't enough for Ranged Sneak Attack

[@keldor8302]

It also adds crush damage to thrown weapons. Which scales with height difference. During the fight outside the druid grove. You can throw a bowl from the top of the cliff onto a goblin below. And it will do one damage and something like five crushing damage. So, if you throw a javelin or spear that you may have gotten from the ruins or crypt. They'll hit real hard in that fight. Just remember to pick them back up after the fight. You can go Eldritch Knight for Bonded Weapon. Which will return your thrown weapon back to your hand. Making it so you don't need to carry multiple throwing weapons.

[@justnoob8141]

Huh, so the opposite of cover then, how do I get +5 though?

[@Wayne5002]

My thought exactly.

[@RudalPL]

As for traders rerolling their inventory. Be careful. Every time you level up the items go up in price. So the green +1 armour you wanted sold for 120 gold after the level up reroll will cost 150 gold for example. So check the prices and save often... or just get your Astarion to steal it for you. :D

[@Torguemada]

Prices shouldn't be much of an issue after very early game, my level 6 character is walking around with 12k gold in her pocket.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@Torguemada Which becomes a really big downside against a certain enemy in Act 2.

[@KaitouKaiju]

​​@@bramvanduijn8086if you're that high level though that enemy will die in like two rounds. Or you can convince it to self terminate

[@SkaldHaven]

I managed to get karlach immediately after wyll by complete accident. I unlocked misty step and then explored the druid enclave. Found a ladder next to some tieflings that led up to a high spot right along the border between the forest and risen road, and wondered if there was a way across the stream. One misty step later, I teleported directly next to karlach and was like "well that probably wasn't intended"

[@zacharyjackson1829]

nothing in this game is "unintended". you really wanna have fun avoiding some usually necessary boss fights/mechanics in the game? just prepare the "Knock" spell and have fun, who needs a rogue?

[@armokgodofblood6519]

You can just jump over there too

[@mistermadmike488]

it’s pretty funny that the person Wyll has been hunting down and trying to kill has been right next to where hes been staying the whole time lol

[@drvofoka7033]

I just managed to jump close to that spot, no teleportation.

[@Graestra]

I completely missed Wyll and had him walk into camp wanting to kill Karlach when I was in the underdark lol

[@FredericoASousa]

I'm taking my time with this game. Doing everything, exploring everything 25h in and in stick in the first act. Loving it so far. Don't forget to use talk to to the dead spell on important characters that you kill, like bosses and main enemies. Most of time you get important information you might have missed , and many tims you can ask about treasure too

[@sadpee7710]

you can't talk to many people if you're the one who killed them, however the disguise spell (which is free with the traveler chest peculiar clothing gift helmet) you can unlock this and make them talk to you again. can also be useful for some theft attempts, like reseting "free passes" from touching NPC belonings before they aggro. useful for stealing the icon of sylvanus later (which by the way, if you turn it in to the children to complete their quest, you can then pick pocket it back from them. after you get halsin back they will be in the open in a crowd but casting fog will let you pickpocket undetected)

[@SebHaarfagre]

@@sadpee7710Those are a couple of great tips/reminders to be honest :) Of note, you can speak to the dead on the dwarf who is the "Chosen One", my first successful attempt and it was actually a perfect use of it (made perfect sense story wise/RP wise where I was too) Dead people who "recognize you" and hold a grudge against you will indeed not speak to you. Apparently they do not notice it if you kill their friends after they are dead themselves (as with the dwarf). I got the skill from the book and also the necklace, to speak with the dead, and apparently now I can recast it endlessly? No idea if it always was like this, if not, I may have broken the game (unless it's intended or if you can simply recast all failed attempts or maybe it was always unlimited I'm not sure)

[@dribrom]

On Tactical mode difficulty enemies has 30% more HP so they can survive a fall. But it always takes out a good chunk of there health. Warning for you loot hoarders out there... If you shove the enemy into the water or where it lands some where you can't go, you loose the loot that was on the corpse.

[@xKinjax]

Exactly. So many people advise shoving enemies off cliffs and stuff but you can miss out on a lot of loot this way, including boss loot. I knocked the spider matriarch into the abyss, unintentionally, with Eldritch Blast and lost her loot.

[@shazampowers9909]

@@xKinjaxor maybe you didn’t ;) you should try jumping down after her with feather fall

[@SarajevoShotz]

Most act1 chasms end up in the underdark

[@bonzwah1]

​@@shazampowers9909O.o

[@edwardliu6783]

@@xKinjax I dont know if you know this, but you can turn off the knockback effect by going down to the bottom of your warlock menu "passives" and toggle on off midcombat.

[@zakleys3708]

5:35 I take it even step further: First ungroup your party and leave others far behind crouched, start fight with one character, switch to another, sneak up to the enemy and get a free hit usually with an advantage. Keep adding the rest of your characters to the fight same way until you have a full party in combat. Enjoy! :)

[@jefthereaper]

Little correction: The Mage Hand is NOT invisible for everyone. Only for Githyanki's who get a invisible Mage Hand as a race bonus (its supposed to emulate their telekinetic abilities rather then being a proper mage hand spell.)

[@paulpallo5513]

and it's a feature for Arcane Trickster.

[@YoKins]

Thanks for all the tips and tricks. Much appreciated! Some things I'd like to add/clarify: Always entering turn-based mode so that you ensure you have the first round of actions is great but take note of positioning. If you can enter a battle with initiative first and have surprise actions, you'll have a larger benefit to your rolls than utilizing turn-based mode to initiate first. Ranged attacks always suffer at melee range, JUMP is one of the best options to utilize often as typically when an enemy closes the distance (such as using dash), you can jump out of melee range to utilize your proper ranged attacks. Many mage classes/subclasses use aoe attacks which can be great for groups, but not so much when your own party members are a part of that group. Positioning, positioning, positioning. Toggling group mode before entering a battle can be invaluable and allows you to position your characters in a much better way for you to utilize every party member's strength. This is even more so when you have someone with good stealth abilities (such as Astarion). If you can catch an enemy alone, you can separate and/or take them down without starting an area-wide battle. I recommend to never use auto-select for camp supplies because more often than not, you'll end up over-utilizing the /40 requirement and could be wasting 1 or 2 camp supplies that may need later on.

[@Dalziel45]

jumping away still incurs opportunity attacks if the enemy still has a reaction left, don't they?

[@Kasiarzynka]

​@@Dalziel45from my experience, yes. It will trigger attack opportunity and only once all the enemies that could opportunity attack you (and I noticed only one at the time does, then you have to redo the action for another one to follow), can you jump away.

[@SamiSha]

1:57, correction, mage hand is invisible for Lae'zel because she gains "Githyanki Psionics" from her racial. There's ways to make Mage Hand invisible for anyone if they pick the Telekinetic feat though.

[@paulpallo5513]

Also Arcane Trickster gets it as a feature of their mage hand.

[@renynzea]

As far as clicking on inventory slots goes, it is also worth noting that it will include any containers you have in your possession. So you could put all your armor in one sack, weapons in another, etc. Then when you want to try out a different build go to camp, drag that container onto your character, click around to find the pieces you want, then put the containers back in the inventory. If you select the items that way, whatever you previously wore will be put into the container the other item came from. Can make it easier than taking all, and putting all the items back. Also -- and it took me a while to figure this one out -- you can use CTRL clicking to select multiple items, or shift clicking to select rows of items, and you can then ctrl click to deselect specific items. Makes it easier to move lots of stuff at once, especially if you order by type before hand. Heck, inventory management could almost be its own entire video in this game (for better or worse).

[@MrGallus2241]

You can also press T when mousing over a creature and it will bring up the examine screen. Great for checking out resistances, attribute scores and any active abilities/features it has

[@rulesOfChaos_]

Another tip: you don't need to pick chests open, you can also get their contents by smashing them open. Just make sure to do that in an conteolled manner and environment. If you blast a chest open and set off a secondary explosion, that explosion can destroy the items that were just dropped from the chest

[@Josh-99]

This game is an absolute masterpiece. I'm not even going to play Starfield or Phantom Liberty right now; I only have time in my life for one epic RPG, and I know the modding scene is going to go BANANAS with this game.

[@Jkev24]

The replayability of this is crazy as well. Honestly, might as well play BG3 multiple times and hold off on the other two since they probably will be filled with bugs on release anyways. I likely won't touch those two until sometime next year with how long each BG3 campaign of mine is going to take (have 3 campaigns I want to do myself and 2 with different group of friends).

[@tobingj]

You know star field will be a bugged mess anyhow.

[@Josh-99]

@@tobingj Yeah, like all Bethesda games, it will be better in a year when the bugs are worked out and the modding community is mature.

[@RemRemm]

You can also mark items in your inventory like you can mark things on windows desktop by holding SHIFT, then clicking 2 different items, It will then also mark every item between those 2 items. You can also select individual items by holding CTRL instead and clicking items. Super handy for sending things over to the camp like Camp Supplies or move items over to your other characters or containers! Also want to add that you can pick up Backpacks and Pouches around the world and use them to sort your items, like Potions, Scrolls, Gems or whatever else you like, in their own storage.

[@dragonwithamonocle]

I actually did know about the throwing potions bit! Although the game never explicitly states it, one of the three human NPCs in an early game combat encounter uses it to great effect. I didn't pick up on it at first, but it was enough of a hint for me to figure it out!

[@JoeBuk724]

Yeah Wyll just tossed one my way while defending the Druid’s Grove. I didn’t realize what it was till just now.

[@LoveSeeker81392]

There is a popup or something saying you can throw potions if you are too far away to heal someone. However I didn't notice it for like 20 hours.

[@dragonwithamonocle]

@@LoveSeeker81392 I don't doubt that in the slightest. I have been skipping tutorial pop ups for the last six years with absolutely minimal exceptions. It's just not how I like to play games.

[@SuperDdall]

@@dragonwithamonocle As long as you ain't the type to blame the game for not telling you, you do you man.

[@dragonwithamonocle]

@@SuperDdall Oh yeah, if the game tries to tell me and I skip it and it takes me 40 hours to figure it out, that is 100% on me.

[@Lucifronz]

Someone said you can even heal temporary companions/party members/summons by opening the party menu (helmet above the team portraits on the left) and selecting a potion to use from the inventory. As long as you are controlling the character, whoever's inventory it is shouldn't matter. So even though characters like Hope do not have inventories, you can still heal them up with potions you have in another character's inventory. If you can't throw it at a character, this is a good alternative.

[@0spidey1]

I'm 60 hours into the game and I didn't know a lot of this - particularly throwing potions. I've been underusing throwing as is. Thanks. Btw you can also throw creatures if your character is strong enough.

[@Jkev24]

If you ever get a barbarian in your party, you'll be utilizing throw a ton. Especially with that ring you can buy from the druid vendor that gives a bonus 1d4 when you throw something at an enemy.

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

You can also cover things up with dead bodies. Someone online covered up a poisonous vent with a dead Goblin.

[@0spidey1]

@@Jkev24 I've had Karlach for 50 hours and I still never threw anyone

[@sadpee7710]

i thought it depended on size? that enemies had to be small. maybe it's just that small enemies weigh less. regardless the reduce size spell can let you throw enemies but even more easily used to reduce size of your allies and throw them over obstacles or to move them when it's not their turn or without using their movement speed. similarily you can shove your own allies to get them away from zone's of control so they won't get attacks of opportunity made against them. void grenades are OP cuz i think it's a 100% chance to pull everything regardless of size over a big distance, easily pulling an entire encounter or boss fight into a cliff. obviously these are limited in number and usually found on dead mind flayers. throw build barbarians are crazy strong. beserker gives you enraged throw, dealing more damage with high strength and knocking people prone, it's a bonus action so you can throw 2-3 weapons per turn. the tavern brawler feat makes this damage even higher. meanwhile eldritch knight will have their weapon return to their hand after throwing, so it's good for specifc magic weapons that trigger effects on hit or when thrown, such as the healing flails.

[@hubbabubba5177]

​@@sadpee7710throwing is based on weight, you can throw 3x your strength level. If I remember right you need 23 strength to throw a humanoid

[@auranos9504]

I liked how you talked about cheesing with crates/chests. The chests in the very first area where you can fight the demon are invulnerable. All you have to do is place one correctly, where you can't path through at the entrance to the fight. Jump over it and you can keep the extra demon dudes from ever getting in the fight. They just sit there attacking the chest the entire time.

[@soeffner6833]

The red bars in the action bar work as sliders as well. Just left click, hold and drag to see

[@Cruxador]

Mage hand is ONLY invisible if you have the rogue or Githyanki version (and the rogue one is only from a specific subclass) You mention increasing the size of the quick bar at the bottom, but you can also change the size of the individual sections by dragging the dividers Pretty cool that the game has so much I can learn several new things from this video and still have my own things to add to it :)

[@karlbannsonr]

3:01 using spells like darkness, cloud of daggers, hunger of hadar, etc works very well to force movement to another area / deal damage as they try to come in.

[@oldladytrexarms]

If you've played Divinity Original Sin 1 & 2 then a big majority of these were known or you picked up on them very quickly. Good to see people helping the newbies to these types of game because it it a lot of fun and I have been a Baldur's Gate fan since I was 13 (33 now) and a huge fan of Larian's other games so it's great seeing this game get the attention it deserves.

[@rowanrooks]

I didn't know that dropping and attacking potions would make a larger AOE. Sometimes the thrown potions won't hit everyone if the floor is uneven. I hope this will make it easier to position my party members for our Poison Resistance Group Hug!

[@ChriSto2]

one very helpful thing is, you can customize your attackbar / spellbar / whatever it´s called. Super helpful to design a custom skillrotation. Just click on "custom" at your bar, click on the lockicon to open it and drag and drop things out of your spellbook and inventory

[@SakanyaFish]

If you leave a Chest in your camp, and then leave that area(eg: from Druid Grove to the Underdark in Act 1), that chest won't pop up again in camp. You'll need to go back to the Druid Grove, go to camp, and recover the chest.

[@shazam2323]

it does if u leave it in the traveler's chest, I've had kahga's chest there since the beginning

[@SakanyaFish]

well, yes thats just how the travelers chest works. I'm talking about leaving a chest out in the open in your camp. You can put anything inside the travelers chest and it'll follow you to the end. @@shazam2323

[@markmatthews9102]

I found that all the chests DO stay in my camp with no issues - I have 4-5 extra ones there with items organised in them. And on the floor, not in the main chest. Not sure about going to act 2, but in act 1, it's all fine.

[@SakanyaFish]

they might've patched it recently then. I've left a chest at a tent in one spot in grove, left to the myconid area and the chest wasn't at camp there. @@markmatthews9102

[@gyhioo]

Starts the video giving tips instead of wasting time to lengthen the video, gives valuable, not at all obvious tips, several of them, and explains them well. Kudos and thanks!

[@booyaah82]

One tip you missed is the G key or dragging your party members frames out of the left side of the screen to split them from the party so you can move them independently. This is useful for pre-combat setup when you want to specifically place each character in a certain spot before the start of the fight without having them all follow each other to one spot.

[@LordBaktor]

That functionality gave me one of those epiphany moments about how much freedom the game actually allows for (this is my first Larian game). You can create pretty elaborate plans of attack whenever you notice your enemies before they notice you. And especially when people you know you want to kill are not hostile yet. Position every party member in the most advantageous place you can find, enter turn based mode and attack all at once before anyone even has a chance to turn hostile.

[@flowurst8537]

You can actually swtich around your partys action order if they roll the same initiative, you'll see their blue portrait frame at the top as some nice intertwined texture if they are right next to each other. that means whenver its their turn, its their turn at the same time and you can pick and chose who does what and goes where if you click on their portait, for example the last person can buff the first person before first person attacks which you would want.

[@markmatthews9102]

Oooh thanks!

[@deozero1925]

I would love to see more BG3 content! Also, thanks for all the game tips bc I'm pretty new to D&D games and BG3 is sooooo in depth it's easy to miss stuff like hotkeys and other game functions. Thanks!

[@junglist729]

This game is actually wild. Weird mechanics and effects I've discovered actually come from the enemy using those tactics against me. Like throwing potions and it healing multiple enemies.

[@Wrathura]

The healing potion one blew my mind as I was thinking of potions as must drink consumables. And the dipping into a candle is so illogical I never would have thought of it. But the stacking crates I will never do. Unless I had an actual bag of holding, its just too video game exploity for me.

[@sdhority]

The "High Ground" bonus doesn't give advantage. It just adds an additional modifier to your hit roll, meaning it is indeed easier to hit things but cannot be used for attacks that require advantage, like sneak attack.

[@andrewcarter9649]

One small correction, High Ground gives you a +2 to hit (and Low Ground a -2 to hit) and not Advantage (which is roll 2 dice, picking the highest result). I'd love more BG3 content from you, love your stuff for Cyberpunk and now that the game is fully out I expect the modding scene to take off.

Thanks for all the work you're putting in between Starfield & BGIII. These are all super useful! I personally love making a custom spell list for casters and arranging spells in a semicircle layout in the middle, starting with cantrips and expanding outwards with each level. Super useful when there are so many actions a character can take

[@randomjohn314]

There are some places where you can't long rest willy-nilly. For example, there is a quest in Act 3 that you have to do within a certain number of days to get the benefit of having done it. Also, you'll need to feed Gale artifacts in Act 1 on long rests. (I think he will take a total of 3, but I could be wrong.) Otherwise, camp supplies don't really inhibit camping unless you simply don't loot a lot.

[@SarajevoShotz]

Also if you talk to drow lady in act 1 before they attack the druids, and Grymforge quests are time sensitive. Made me fear long resting a bit lol

[@melissameloche4616]

I don’t think it’s on long rests, but rather based on „new area“ triggers. He asked me for another one right after some obvious new area transitions.

[@SaturninePlaces]

What happens if you don't feed Gale? I'm in Act II and I've only fed him two times after doing 20+ long rests. Good to know he only eats three and stops, if that's what you meant.

[@mduckernz]

​@@SaturninePlacesHe makes a deal with someone he really shouldn't for relief

[@joshpugh596]

Big tip I saw while watching a streamer was that during combat if your party’s turns are all grouped together you can pick what character to use so you don’t have to waste a spell slot or certain move that requires rest to do the last hit on a foe or to get an enemy’s attention in order to get a sneak attack with your rogue. I’ve never played a turn based game before this so I don’t know if this is common knowledge but it was a game changer for me.

[@neokoga]

Have like 25 hours into this game and this video taught me a bunch of things, freakin awesome man, thanks so much !

[@Faith-sl1re]

High ground doesn't give advantage. I think it gives a +1 or +2 to your attack rolls. It also doesn't always deal more damage unless you are throwing something. Thunderwave also needs a CON save. Con saves are some of the worst saves to target as most enemies in the game will have mid to high con saves. Still a good spell but big things are very hard to push due to them usually having a ton of CON like an ogre

[@hookbat6537]

Eldritch blast with the pushing invocation tho 👀

[@Faith-sl1re]

@@hookbat6537 That think is an absolute killer. If you combine it with something like Hunger of Hadar, you can attack anyone inside the area with advantage while they move at half their speed. The fact that repelling blast has no save is very overlooked. You can kill anything as long as there is a cliff as most enemies can be pushed

[@Victor-kh5rh]

I appreciate these tips but to me Baldurs Gate 3 on the default setting is already pretty balanced leaning on the easy side, so I try my best to cheese as little as possible. Ultimately what I want to get from the game is a legit D&D experience, and no DM would allow for things like exploding potions and crate shenanigans.

[@erodnelps4965]

For transferring items, you can also drag items to their avatars

[@tobingj]

I had a problem with that. Dragged a bunch of healing potions to my tank and can't find them. Checked the ground in case I misclicked and dropped them. After reading some tips here I am thinking that they are auto collected in a bag. 🍍

[@ZechOfTheWest]

For inventory management nerds, you can find a backpack next to where you find Karlach that has a spare Alchemy Pouch, Camp Supplies Pouch, and Keychain [not as important] You can then put the Camp Supply pouch IN YOUR CAMP CHEST, same with the Alchemy pouch, and you can keep the backpack in there too for potions, oddities, arrows, books, etc. Keeps your camp chest organized. And not messy.

[@DonutOperator]

Great video! Thanks for sharing dude.

[@jamesstafford356]

DonutOperator likes BG3? Love that!

[@philslaya]

Man this guy fell off after the cheating scandal 😅

[@snuscaboose1942]

@@philslaya he has a mustache, never trust a man with a mustache and no beard. As for whatever you're alleging, peanut gallery.

[@diro246]

Also, you missed that you can relocate your companions during dialogs, this allows you to put your team in a better position before the fight. You can do that by clicking the left bottom corner button during dialog.

[@hatad321]

Good for distractions for pickpocketing and lock picking too.

[@JoeBuk724]

Yes, I'm glad you’re covering Baldur’s Gate 3. Should be lots of good content down the line!

[@EnjoiSweatshopMoney]

I believe you also get some new stuff in merchant inventory after every few in game hours. Haven't made a point of testing this myself but I'm pretty sure I noticed it happen and am for sure that this was how it worked in DoS as well.

[@sadpee7710]

short list of niche advanced tips: invisibility can help you pickpocket however fog spell is cheaper and more effective in open areas where NPCs are hard to distract, since you only need to cast it once. obviously talking to NPCs with your other character can force them to face certain directions, moving sightlines, however this is only really viable when there are dialogue options. might work on turnbased mode. instead of picking locks, sturdy chests and doors can easily be smashed down with laezelle or karlach. medium sturdy objects can be more consistently damaged in my experience if you turn on "all in" or equivelant passive that gives higher damage for lower accuracy. if it says "0 damage (sturdy)" that doesn't mean you're too weak to break it, you may have just gotten a low damage roll and need to try again. void grenades have a 100% chance to pull any enemy and item regardless of size (i think) which can be used to instantly kill bosses from afar when thrown by a cliff. ways of revealing invisibility is more limited in baldurs gate 3 than in other dnd titles, however since it's a concentration spell, damage can stop the effect. enviromental damage such as acid surfaces don't always count as an attack and won't aggro bosses when done far away and hidden. so if you know where invisible enemies are standing, you can reveal them before combat. moving the statue of sylvanos off of the pedestal and to the ground nearby makes it easier to steal, they only let you touch it once without consequences then they aggro (after saving halsin). disguise or switching party member will give you more freebies. after turning it into the tiefling children to finish their quest, you can pick pocket it back and keep the permanent buff it provides. disguise (given for free by the mask in the peculiar clothing chest) allows you to speak to corpses that refuse to speak to their murderers. making enemies smaller enables you to throw them however making yourself bigger doesn not do the same. this can also be used to toss party members across surfaces. can be useful in combat to move party members when it's not their turn, conserving their movement. similarily, shoving alllies can get them out of zones of control so they won't get attacks of opportunity made against them. it also provides buffs to damage and strength or dexterity and evasion depending on which. tooltips mention this but landing on web stops you from taking fall damage. so instead of taking feather fall as a lvl 1 spell (or using scrolls / potions) and casting it on each party memeber once, you can put web on the spot you want to land and jump down all at once. you may be able to throw silk sacks looted by spiders instead, or craft like a web grenade or smt with it. tooltips also mention that you can hit buttons and levers with ranged attacks or spells to activate them, good for disarming traps safely. obviously chandeliers can also be dropped on people's head's and support beams can be destroyed on shoddy elevation platforms too. undead enemies can often be robbed and disarmed before combat start if you can tell they're going to reanimate. coffins can also be moved. in divinity 2 you could fill a chest with items to make it heavier, then throw it at someone's head to deal way more damage and possibly one-shot them. idk if this is possible in baldurs gate 3 but i bet it is. throw build barbarians are crazy strong. beserker gives you enraged throw, dealing more damage with high strength and knocking people prone, it's a bonus action so you can throw 2-3 weapons per turn. the tavern brawler feat makes this damage even higher. meanwhile eldritch knight will have their weapon return to their hand after throwing, so it's good for specifc magic weapons that trigger effects on hit or when thrown, such as the healing flails. the martial adept feat is good on support/utility casters, as there aren't many other feats for supporting. you only get one dice but it replenishes on short rest and can make a big difference. for wyll and gale i recommend commander's strike and rally. as they lack heals and it can be used to revive people from a distance in a pinch. otherwise, commanding strike gives your DPS one extra attack. for shadowheart you may want to replace rally with disarm. multiclassing as battle master may be better for utility tho. speaking of multiclassing, putting two levels into fighter on your casters will give them action surge, allowing them to cast twice in one turn. you can get a lot of value from this since it's twice per long rest. there are many more things but to keep it short.

[@Isometrix116]

Pro tip! That mundane chest in the under dark tower which turns everything into spoons and cups changes the weight too. I’m carrying around like 40 crates and 20 barrels for the weight of the chest.

[@KazumiKiguma]

Mage Hand is NOT invisible unless you are using the Githyankee racial version or the Arcane Trickster Rogue's version. Also, Shove is based off of your strength modifier, and while it is possible for it to be able to shove, Mage Hand has has a +0 modifier to strength, meaning it's very hard for it to do so.

[@jl7487]

Thanks for sharing! I massively improved thanks to your vids, and actually found a few things/items I see you missed in your playthtough :D

[@Zwackelmann173]

Baldur's Gate 3 is soooo good :D Every day I play it I find some new strategy :D

[@juliorosal9698]

The only thing i didnt know from this list is the candle thing. Though dipping is kinda useless unless you need specific damage to negate enemy stats, like those ettins i think they were called with the infested stats. But with a wizard it basically becomes the answer to all those small problems. Also, although shoving is good, whats better is using the enemy as an improvised weapon or outright clicking them to used as a throwing weapon (barb frenzy is a beast at this)

[@BingBangPoe]

It's fascinating how everything in this game is incredibly well thought.

[@nowimpanickin7167]

If you find a backpack out in the world and have been stockpiling explosive/oil barrels, when you want to use the barrels you can put your entire inventory into the backpack then store it in the camp chest to free up carry weight. Click the first item in inventory, then Shift click to the last item in that character’s inventory to highlight all, then click and drag them into the backpack. To recover them just open the bag in the stash and take all, your inventory is now full again with that chars gear only :)

[@mazzpsykoziz]

I knew some of these but the one thing that truly blew my mind was something you didn't even mention. Shift-clicking to mark multiple items at once for easy camp sending or transfer. Also note that instead of manually clicking the melee weapon in the bar you can just hit F to swap between weapon sets.

[@GreatPhilenko]

I've got 227 hours into this (mostly from the original demo) and I didn't even know about throwing pots or stacking crates. Great vid my dude!

[@requiemlestatDrunkVR]

My word, my brother in Christ. You taught me so much about this incredibly deep game. I haven't even reached passed Emerald Grove 57 hours played, as I start a new character each time as the game itself and its mechanics intimidate me. I am from the NES generation as the first game I ever played was Super Mario Bros. You've earned a subscriber for life. Much appreciated. X

[@Xaelur]

Another nifty trick is that you can cancle AoE spells like Cloud of Daggers prematurely by clicking on the small 'x' above the spell icon that is Active below the casters main portrait.

[@Imoenn]

Something I learned via camp supplies is NEVER do auto as it will always go over the 40 limit even when it doesn't need to, same with unstacking food so you can easily min max and hit that 40 limit.

[@smithynoir9980]

Another thing to build on throwing potions, you can drop them on the ground before combat then use Mage Hand to Shove / Throw the Potions at party members that need healing.

[@trE3E3]

Also works with poisons!

[@jericosha2842]

Wow that's ckeeky

[@solvedraptor6854]

Woah. Haha. I used it to throw a book at the goblins in the tunnel with the fire shooting bear trap, lured them into it. Had to throw the book, then summon hand and throw it again

[@SaturninePlaces]

I've seen this tip get parroted a bunch before and after release, and I can't help but think that is an incredibly specific thing to prep before a fight. Why waste a few minutes setting this up when I might not need the health potions? If I do know I'm going to take damage, why not find a way to avoid it instead of setting all this up? How much use even is this if you can only place potions where your character can reach, meaning the mage hand has to be on the ground instead of in a high position or used to push enemies off their sniper perches?

[@smithynoir9980]

@@SaturninePlaces It's situational for sure, but good to know regardless. Shared it again here because it's a use for Mage Hand that might inspire other creative tactics.

[@Jostlaxy]

This video was super useful thanks. I also have my own tip to add Ranged attacks can be used to activate switches/levers super handy for later areas.

[@tedigrizli]

To everyone that considers holding camp supplies in the camp chest: I encountered a bug that didn't spawn my camp chest when I went to rest, so I had no camp supplies on me and couldn't fully rest. My advice is, always keep one 40-pack on you, just in case.

[@Dalziel45]

were you in a dungeon? an indoor dungeon's campsite has no traveller's chest, to my knowledge.

[@tedigrizli]

@@Dalziel45 yes, I was, and I tried a few times camping in a dungeon, most of the times there was a chest and one time there wasn't. Which leads me to believe that it's expected to have the chest available.

[@Ainsyuk]

'Add to wares' is also a useful tool- before going to a vendor, order your inv by type, then shift click to bulk select all the junk weapons/armour/valuables you want to sell, right click > add to wares. Then when you get to a vendor click the 'sell wares' button at the bottom of the UI to sell all tagged items that character has in their inv. No more clicking individual items to sell them. you can also 'pick up and add to wares' right out of lootable boxes. This will particularly speed up vendor interactions in multiplayer games where at present only one player can talk to a merchant at once.

[@ВладимирКиященко-н6р]

One of most QOL features for me is keybindings. You can open "custom" tab at the bottom and drag abilities here. After this - this abilities can be asses on 1-9 buttons

[@BanditTech]

you forgot to mention that you can select multiple items by holding shift, and deselect/select specific items with ctrl. also mentioning that keeping one of the characters camp satchel inside the camp chest is very convenient. You can select all the junk, then drag it onto the camp satchel and only camp supplies will be placed inside. Same applies for alchemy bags and their materials. another convenient tip: loot some of the backpacks you find out in the world, and use them to organize your inventory. I place a bag in each characters inventory and they take specific types of items: My sneak character holds all the poisons and arrows, my caster holds all the potions(except healing which are distributed), my melee holds the scrolls, and the support holds all the story items (orange). Once you get used to the location of each of the bags, it becomes second nature putting them away in their respective bag. Once you have all the other items put away, you are just left with junk and equipment. I like to have my melee carry all the spare magic gear, since they have high strength. the rest of the stuff that is remaining is just for sale! So I mass select and mark as "add to wares". Then I just distribute this across the party as space allows. Once I go to a vendor, its a simple matter of clicking "sell all wares" once you switch to trade mode. Hope this helps who ever reads this! :D have fun out there adventurers!

[@MEaydne]

Step one, get Chest of the Mundane. Step two put every single explosive barrel you find in it. Step 3 have berserker barbarian hold it and throw the barrels at enemies while using fire cantrip from other character to blow up the puddles of grease and explosive powder for big aoe damage. Haven't tried it yet but I will in my next play through and expect it to be pretty effective.

[@mikevismyelement]

9:36 You can also click your attack/spell and then click the portrait at the top that displays turn order to attack an enemy

[@PunknPixels]

in one of the early game ruins fights with the lever door, having two mage hands there to kite enemies, open/close the door and set up grease fire traps was extremely helpful

[@temporaryname8905]

Hold Person easily available to Clerics and Bards by just LVL3 (I don't remember if you need to have a specific subclass or not) also works to give you like 100% chance to push.

[@ProfessorRaiParadox]

4:40 I swear by this one myself, give like 3 or 4 hundred gold at the start to at least get it in the green, especially if it's a merchant you'll be near or doing a lot with and you'll get everything cheaper along with more for what you give to trade ot sell, it's real nice, especially Aaron at the start, you'll be visiting him at least a few times and after the 5th item you buy from him you've basically made your money back

[@halvars90]

I really love the pushing you can do in the game, had a lot of laughs because of it. Also like the arrow that blows up and pushes people. Fun times :)

[@krinkrea]

As far as High Ground is concerned, it doesn't grant you Advantage on your ranged attack roll, instead applying a +2 to your attack. Comparatively Low Ground gives you a -2 to attack, and the Sharpshooter feat negates these penalties.

[@KevinPlayingGames]

Greats stuff! More than half of these tips I didn't know. I'd forgotten about sending to camp. That's a great feature that I knew about but didn't use. And stacking the crates is another great idea.

[@jtirri8842]

Slight clarification on how party member's charisma affects pricing: It's actually checking the persuasion skill (including any CHA modifier.) If you have a skill monkey with expertise in persuasion, that character will get much better deals than another unskilled character with the same CHA score.

[@SebHaarfagre]

You can use smoke cloud outside of combat to nick stuff (hint hint Thieves Guild) and you can use disguise to talk to the dead even if they hate (the original) you. I somehow got (apparently) limitless recasts of speak to the dead; idk if it's intended (didn't test it much before); I have the boon from the book and the necklace. Ability check jump-ins won't always work in MP, it's a bit janky, so make sure to cast it outside of dialogue when or before they enter it (Guidance) or before a lockpick or disarm. Haven't tested Charm yet (only works on human(oid)s btw. Turn Dead is amazing VS Undead. (Who'd have known?) There's a metric ton of funny sh!t that can happen, both intentional and unintentional. Go play around! Quicksave often and don't be afraid to long rest (this mostly for refilling spell slots and abilities or refill short rests) Things you put around the camp will stay but I've heard they can disappear when you upgrade if they're in the way of new stuff (but should [mostly] be placed in your chest when "removed") You can simply degroup and place a character far away (or send to camp) if you want to do a dialogue they will be displeased at. I haven't done this myself even with OCPD but I can picture some cases where it's useful. Saving the two farmers Shadowheart for some reason *DISLIKES* you saving is one such example but I forgot to do that myself. Oh and Shadowhearts dialogue I realized it's meant for you to visit a shrine in [beast name without spoiler here] cave before finding the Old Textbook in the invaded village. This unlocked a whole set of "progression" for me in a new save I did coop, whereas in my SP campaign she just basically told me to "leave it" when having her second "pain". Not sure if it's ruined for me in SP now.

[@HikingFeral]

Something I found really useful - Need your entire party to have Lightning resistance but don't have 4 elixirs? group up and throw 1 and you all get it. I was using 1 per party member for a full year until I realised this. It works for any Elixir in the game that can be thrown at someone for effect. I have not tried it with very rare ones or anything weird.