ULTIMATE Quick Start Guide (Beginners) for Baldur's Gate 3

Getting started in Baldur's Gate 3 can be intimidating, especially with the amount of content out there. In this video, I want to give you my ULTIMATE Quick Start Guide (Beginners) for Baldur's Gate 3 to help you out when playing BG3 for the first time!
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0:00 Intro & TL;DW
1:50 Choosing Race & Class
8:15 Understanding Proficiencies
13:48 Ability Points Explained
22:23 Spells & How They Work
31:40 Combat Quick Start Guide
43:38 Short & Long Rests
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[@allenmiquel]

"This video assumes you've never played BG3" -- How dare you... I'm just a dummy who needs help still after 200 hours into the game

[@italianspartacus]

Hahahaha don't worry I still learn stuff allllll the damn time

[@allenmiquel]

@@italianspartacus -- Wanna know the saddest part? I actually have nearly 300 hours into Baldur's Gate 3, and I still don't know what Baldur's Gate looks like... Every time I reach Act 3 I restart because I want to try something different lol.

[@persistentpally]

Try restarting over from the beginning about 25 times...working on 26 right now. Spartacus put out a video How to stop analyzing and start playing. Oops, I did it again! :) (Oh never left Act 1...ever...sad)

[@dubya_tee_eff]

​@persistentpally I'm glad I'm not the only one. I've started many games, reached the druid Grove, and then decided to try something different. I've currently settled on a monk/rogue/ranger build. We'll see how far I get. 😅

[@persistentpally]

@@dubya_tee_eff When I first started, Ranger was my class. It is a decent fighting class up to level 5. From there you can take Rogue Assasin and build a solid Gloomstalker. But it lacked dialogue abilities. And while gold isn't hard to get, the cost of items was expensive early on. Of course you had Wyll, and if you wanted to you can get Skilled feat to help with dialog and barter. I don't know how many times I restarted. Elf caused issue in the Goblin camp, and I thought of being a human, but I wanted something with a little more ability. Elves are still my favorite choice, but there is one conversation that wouldn't work for an Elf, so I chose Tiefling. I have a roleplay plan now. If I could offer advice, start with Fighter. Go through Act 1 for a spell and see if you want to mix in something else. Feats are there to be used, so pick one that fits what you want for that character. I relied on community content too much. Let go. Play. Enjoy.

[@kamikaze82]

Dude, you put out the survey for this like YESTERDAY! That is hustle!

[@italianspartacus]

Hahahaha I'm a workaholic

[@nickboon1235]

IS yesterday: hey guys do you want a quick start guide? IS today: hey guys here’s your quick start guide!

[@TeaGarrison]

You’re like the substitute teacher that comes in for one day and manages to teach students more than the normal teacher simply by being more enthusiastic and engaging.

[@MakiMaki.]

Me with 170 hours in BG3 an countless more in D&D: "An extensive beginner's quickstart guide? Count me in!" xD

[@bk2950]

I have over 1000 hours in BG3 but still love this. Glad you’re back to making BG3 content.

[@TurboKnight865]

Same here! Never too late to learn something new.

[@stevengilley5107]

Oh my god thank you so much bro. I have slowly been trying to teach myself all this and it's been okay, and now my wife decided she wanted to play with me and I can't explain everything to her the way she wants cuz I'm still learning and it's going to cause a divorce I cannot tell you how much we needed this video thank you! 😅

[@piratenutz]

just got the game today and only ever played DND once.. this video is a call from the heavens lmao

[@etherealceleste]

After you start the game, there are ONLY 3 things that you cannot change whenever you want: Race/Subrace, Gender/Body Type, and Background (Proficiencies). During the game, there are only 2 unchangeble stats: the 1 point from the Hag's Hair and the 3 points from the Mirror.

[@Kirizan]

Another awesome guide!!

[@ShinobiNova]

Thank you SO much for this video! I am new to the all things D&D but decided to give Baulder's Gate 3 a go since I am big into story-heavy games. I am in love with this game but was very confused. I'm about 20 hours in, still in Act 1 lol. This was super helpful!

[@umbralveritas]

Sooooo useful, thank you so much dude. You do a great job at touching on the surface of nearly every aspect and bringing it all together when it comes to combat. I'ver been trying to wing it for my first 50 hours and I was JUST starting to understand the fact that I can use turn-based mode to basically stop time to steal stuff etc lol xD Canceling the "end turn" if you forgot something is really awesome btw I don't recall that ever being mentioned in-game at all

[@DaltonLand]

Just started playing BG3 yesterday with my buddies, never really played DnD before either, talk about perfect timing with this video! This helped out a ton, thank you!

[@italianspartacus]

Glad it helped!! :D

[@ChristopherCherry02]

Thank you for this video ! On my first playthrough and I accidentally skipped a lot of side missions and now am getting my butt kicked on EXPLORER in Act 3 so highly considering starting a 2nd playthrough

[@FlickNReel]

This was great! Are you doing a part two for conversational things or situational things moving forward. More in action explanations

[@DamoBloggs]

Tip I picked up somewhere - If you spend 100g to change your class early on, but are short of cash, just pickpocket it back from Withers. For some reason he doesn't seem to mind 😁

[@whoeveknowz]

It’s like you just created the vid I needed, love it. Just purchased the game, great timing!

[@italianspartacus]

Hahahah my pleasure dude! :)

[@lost_phobia7057]

Loved this video. Reinstalling now. TY

[@Dead_Heir]

Always stoked to see you post my dude. Thanks for supporting BG3!

[@persistentpally]

I wish I would have found Italian Spartacus when I did my initial search on BG3 content. I did, however, saw the How To Start Enjoying The Game - no more analyzing. I have a hard time doing that in RPGs because there is a lot to learn in BG3 (and 5th E). For Skyrim, the race *was* very important to your character. I'd play a Khajit or Wood Elf as a ranged character. I would get paralysis deciding on one or two-handed weapons since they required perks. 1800 hours of LE and I never installed a mod due to having a low range laptop. When I did get a medium rig, I started to mod only to find myself in the same Analysis Paralysis and for three years, I never played Skyrim with what I built. I had a Wabbajack list that was very well done, so I played that instead. When BG3 arrived, I bought it and started to play it. I knew nothing about what I was doing, so the Analysis Paralysis took effect. Short version: I'm now on my nth beginning in Act 1 and I've made a save as a Oath of Vengeance Paladin called Decision. It will sit at that save until I decide to move forward with that character or talk to Jergal (Withers). I will move forward and with the help of Spartacus and his YT efforts, I will understand the context of BG3. Thanks for all your effort.

[@ladooshka]

Almost a year after a release and I still play and replay Bg3. And played 3 years of EA 😊 An amazing game! ❤ And a very good beginner guide!

[@BlakeBrown-e3q]

very good

[@dasphoenixable]

Great beginners guide

[@italianspartacus]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DietersYT]

I can’t believe it’s almost been a year since BG3 released

[@tracyvis5668]

This was very helpful! My husband and I have been playing for 3 months now and I had no idea how all the things worked. I’ve just been just winging it but after watching this I finally understand the ability and skill connection. I’m playing on console and am jealous of the pc interface! Does the game function exactly the same of both? Meaning the controls might be different but the game is the same?

[@taylorpierson8355]

I have never played dnd or balders gate just heard it was good and my god its amazing

[@kashiro2492]

Nice

[@jazenrangel5987]

I been eyeballing this game since I seen it demolish at the Video Game Awards. Decided to buy it last night played a couple of hours before work and now in hooked I can't wait to get out and finish

[@bruh-po6fz]

Make sure you’re not like me, 66 hours and I haven’t even gotten out of the grove yet, I keep restarting and making new characters for no damn reason 😂

[@DavidPayne-n2k]

Great videos! Thanks for sharing all you knowledge.

[@aarongrabel4201]

I thought id have this game by now lol life flies by when u work and got kids. Hopefully they might do a sell soon got a bday coming up next month.

[@italianspartacus]

Steam summer sale!! I think it has one more day left

[@ImBug]

"The barbarian is up close and personal" tell that to karlach throwing 3 spears per turn

[@neuromancer9k]

This is much appreciated, even though the game has been out as long as it has. Thank you! ⚔🍻

[@FlickNReel]

I have 400 hours into this game and know it very well and yet I’m watching this whole video because I think it will help me sell it to other people

[@Tytan-Enactor]

Thanks, Spartacus! I’m in the middle of my first huge dive into this game and this video fit perfectly 💪

[@a_hundred_ducks]

I got 300 hours and this is still very helpful

[@SSAngelusx7]

Ugh fine ill replay BG3 for the 9th time

[@borjinator]

Let's gooooooooo

[@Majber]

2:02 race matter. Diffrent races have diffrent amount of uniq race dialogs. The most have gith and dark elf.

[@jkane334]

He's talking about it doesn't affect the game itself, like no race gives extra stats to anything. Dialogue options yes, but d&d use to give stats based on race

[@dimby7284]

I picked up this game because of dungeon meshi

[@718Hokage]

For the algorithm.

[@gamingbros8472]

not first but still reacting anyway :D

[@billfletcher3966]

A RECENT VIDEO!!!!!! Can anybody help with what my stats should start as pls? I want a heavy armor, sword & board, necromancer tank. Army of the dead kind thing. I want to be frontline with undead oh annd hes gonna be human. Sorry I've never played D&D.

[@marybdrake1472]

So many hours says Sparty. Meanwhile, I have 880 hours in BG3. I think I might have overdone it a little bit. Just a little. 😅

[@al_wombat]

At 100 plus hours into the game I do enjoy this noob video but I gotta say that the damage system ain’t near as complicated as you make it sound from 18:00 onwards… :)

[@tevo46]

Still don't understand the saving throws part lol

[@xenoo420]

staring hundreds of hours at character is reason i make females always, going with female assasin thief with knives and magic if possible

[@Alex-cx7tv]

I like the game I just have skill issues 😂

[@JustCatch26]

Olá to you all

[@ith77]

you keep saying single player game, but i seem to always play with friends

[@joedias6325]

26min in 😵‍💫😕

[@FelipeArthurferpa]

Me, over a 1000 hours watching this video 🤡

[@italianspartacus]

hahahaha hey man i'km still learning all the time!

[@travisstincelli9669]

Would anybody here be offended if I said I came to this game because I'm an xcomm fan?

[@italianspartacus]

Not even slightly brother! :)

[@cloudvsSephirof]

I had classes in college easier than this

[@Scitch-et4vk]

Don't watch videos like this ! Do as you will !

[@Tokiomy]

Holy shit,I been playing this for close to one year now

[@BenchongDy]

"Want me to do this video?" *1 day later* "Here's the 46 minute video you wanted"