Baldur’s Gate 3: All classes and subclasses

One of the most crucial parts of character creation in Baldur’s Gate 3 is picking a class. There are a ton of interesting classes from Dungeons & Dragons 5e, allowing you to not only pick one class, but eventually even two for multiclassing. If you’re new to the world of D&D or aren’t sure which classes and subclasses are available in Baldur’s Gate 3, let’s go over all of them.

Baldur’s Gate 3 classes and subclasses, explained

We aren’t certain of the future updates for Baldur’s Gate 3, so Larian Studios could potentially add new classes after its release. They’ve already promised new races such as half-orcs and dragonborns to arrive after it leaves Early Access. Also, some of the subclasses are brand new, and will need updates on details once the full game releases. Nevertheless, we now know all the classes and subclasses launching with Baldur’s Gate 3.

Barbarian

Do you want a character that attacks in an unstoppable rage? Barbarian may be the right choice for you. They’re incredibly strong, but are known to go into a primal rage during the heat of battle. This allows them to deal extra damage, as well as more attacks than usual.

• Primary ability: Strength
• Class features:
  • Strength and Constitution saving throw proficiency
  • Proficiencies with Light and Medium Armor, Shields, Simple Weapons
  • Unarmored Defense: When not wearing armor, add Constitution modifier to armor class
  • Rage: When raging, you deal extra damage with melee, improvised weapons, and throwed objects
• Subclasses:
  • Berserker: Frenzy, Frenzied Strike, and Enraged Throw play into your rage and give you the quick ability to throw any object in an enemy’s way
  • Wildheart: Bestial Heart and Speak with Animals give you boosts and allow you to talk with creatures
  • Wild Magic: Wild Surge, Bolstering Magic, and Unstable Backlash give you access to the Wild Magic table for unique effects

Druid

To be one with nature and use its magic, you can become a Druid. You’ll use the elements of nature, as well as your kinship with animals to help you. If you’re interested in transforming into different beasts, try this class.

• Primary ability: Wisdom
• Class features:
  • Wisdom and Intelligence saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Light and Medium Armor, Shields, Clubs, Daggers, Darts, Javelins, Maces, Quarterstaffs, Scimitars, Sickles, Slings, and Spears
• Subclasses:
  • Circle of the Land: Wild Shape and Natural Recovering allow you to take the form of a beast and replenish spell slots
  • Circle of the Moon: Combat Wild Shape, Lunar Mend, and Wild Shape Bear give you a new form, quicker beast transformations, and expending slots for hit points
  • Circle of Spores: Halo of Spores, Symbiotic Entity, Fungal Infestation, and Spreading Spores allow for some unique abilities with spores to harm other creatures, give you hit points, and animate the dead

Fighter

It may seem like a boring class, but in reality, Fighters are masters of combat. Their unmatched skills with weapons make for very interesting combat scenarios. Resilient and powerful, you don’t want to be on the wrong side of a Fighter.

• Primary ability: Strength
• Class features:
  • Strength and Constitution saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Light, Medium, and Heavy Armor, Shields, Simple and Martial Weapons
  • Second Wind: Once per Short or Long Rest, you can regain 1d10 + your Fighter Level in hit points
• Subclasses:
  • Battle Master: Superiority Dice are special dice that allow you to perform cool maneuvers
  •  Eldritch Knight: You gain two level one spell slots
  • Champion

Ranger

Being highly skilled scouts and trackers, Rangers are one with nature like Druids. Except this class typically uses ranged weapons like Bows and Crossbows.

• Primary ability: Dexterity
• Class features:
  • Strength and Dexterity saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Light and Medium Armor, Shields, Simple and Martial Weapons
  • Favored Enemy: Choose one out of a few Favored Enemy options to gain certain proficiencies or spells
  • Natural Explorer: Choose a type of Natural Explorer to either give you skills, a spell, or resistance to a specific element
• Subclasses:
  • Hunter: Pick either Colossus Slayer, Giant Killer, or Horde Breaker, which will aid you in fights you’re at a disadvantage from.
  • Beast Master: Allows you to summon a companion beast who aids you in fights and follows you during your adventures
  • Gloom Stalker: Gives you plenty of unique abilities and spells, such as Gloom Stalker Magic, Dread Ambusher, Umbral Sight, Iron Mind, and Stalker’s Fury

Rogue

Masters of stealth and dexterity, Rogues are the sneakiest of the classes. No matter which subclass you choose, Rogues can get in and out of enemies’ ways with nimble feet and trickery. They also enjoy picking locks and stealing treasures.

• Primary ability: Dexterity
• Class features:
  • Dexterity and Intelligence saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Light Armor, Simple Weapons, Hand Crossbows, Longswords, Rapiers, and Shortswords
  • Expertise: Choose two skills you’re proficient in to gain Expertise, which doubles your Proficiency Bonus
• Subclasses:
  • Thief: Fast Hands and Second-Story Work gets you a second Bonus Action, as well as resistance to falling damage
  • Arcane Trickster: Gives you additional spell slots, and Mage Hand Legerdemain, which makes your Mage Hand invisible for additional tasks
  • Assassin: Assassinate gives you the advantage against creatures who haven’t taken their turn in combat yet, amongst other unique abilities

Sorcerer

Any character who has magic innately inside of them would be a Sorcerer. Their bloodline or gift gives them an array of spells that they’re naturally good at.

• Primary ability: Charisma
• Class features:
  • Constitution and Charisma saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Daggers, Quarterstaffs, and Light Crossbows
• Subclasses:
  • Wild Magic: Tides of Chaos allows you to gain advantage on a certain roll, while also giving you access to Wild Magic
  • Draconic Bloodline: Your powerful dragon ancestor still lives in your magic, giving you Draconic Resilience and Draconic Ancestry
  • Storm Sorcery: Tempestuous Magic and Heart of the Storm gives you powerful wind, lightning, and thunder abilities

Bard

Bards are the musicians, comedians, actors, and artistic party members. They love to play music on their favorite instrument, while inspiring their friends and casting spells.

• Primary ability: Charisma
• Class features:
  • Starting Instrument: Pick any instrument to use while casting spells
  • Dexterity and Charisma saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Light Armor, Simple Weapons, Hand Crossbows, Longswords, Rapiers, Shortswords, and Musical Instruments
• Subclasses:
  • College of Lore: Your Cutting Words will lower enemies’ dice rolls, and you gain extra proficiencies
  • College of Valor: Gain proficiency in Medium Armor, Shields, and Martial Weapons
  • College of Swords: Receive bonus proficiencies, a new Fighting Style, Blade Flourish, and Extra Attack

Monk

Characters in the Monk class have unparalleled skills in martial arts, being the masters of using their fists. Of course, you can use other weapons, but Monks are best known to make unarmed strikes. They also aim for spiritual perfection, as they meditate often.

• Primary ability: Dexterity and Wisdom
• Class features:
  • Dexterity and Strength saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Simple weapons and Shortswords
  • Tool Proficiency with one type of artisan’s tools or a musical instrument
• Subclasses:
  • Way of the Open Hand: Gives you Open hand Flurry Strike in Dexterity and Strength
  • Way of Shadow: Shadow Arts, Shadow Step, and Cloak of Shadows allow you to become the master of darkness and teleport through shadows
  • Way of the Four Elements: Bend each of the four elements to your will

Warlock

While Warlocks are great spellcasters, their magic comes from a pact with a powerful patron. This means that they receive supernatural spellcasting abilities as a trade-off for being loyal to this otherworldly being.

• Primary Ability: Charisma
• Class features:
  • Wisdom and Charisma saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Light Armor and Simple Weapons
  • Warlock Spell Slots: Your spell slots are always at the highest available level, and they can recharge during Short Rests
• Subclasses:
  • The Fiend: Dark One’s Blessing gives you hit points upon killing another, as you are blessed for servicing your patron
  • The Great Old One: Mortal Reminder frightens other creatures, gifts from your all-powerful eldritch being
  • Archfey: Your fey Patron gives you Fey Presence, Misty Escape, and Beguiling Defenses to bend minds and engage in trickery

Paladin

You swore an Oath to uphold justice, and your righteousness will protect your party members. Paladins are great healers, but also fighters. They promise to serve their master, but that depends on the subclass they choose.

• Primary ability: Strength
• Class features:
  • Wisdom and Charisma saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Light, Medium, and Heavy Armor, Shields, Simple Weapons, and Martial Weapons
• Subclasses:
  • Oath of the Ancients: Your Healing Radiance will allow nature to heal your allies as you fight against darkness to preserve nature
  • Oath of Devotion: Holy Rebuke grants allies a vengeful aura that deals Radiant Damage when they’re hit
  • Oathbreaker: You’re given Spiteful Suffering, Control Undead, and Dreadful Aspect after you’ve broken your sacred Oath
  • Oath of Vengeance: Channel Divinity and Relentless Avenger are given to you as you fight for justice and revenge

Cleric

Clerics are the healers and supporters who worship the gods. Their divine magic helps their teammates with all sorts of spells. There are quite a few subclasses available to Clerics in Baldur’s Gate 3, compared to the rest of the classes.

• Primary Ability: Wisdom
• Class features:
  • Wisdom and Charisma saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Light and Medium Armor, Shields, and Simple Weapons
• Subclasses:
  • Life Domain: Gain Heavy Armor Proficiency, Disciple of Life, and Domain Spells to protect your mind, body, and soul
  • Light Domain: Warding Flare and Domain Spells help shield yourself with divine light offered by deities
  • Trickery Domain: Blessing of the Trickster and other Domain Spells help you become a mischievous Cleric
  • Nature Domain: You get Acolyte of Nature, Heavy Armor Proficiency, Channel Divinity Charm Animals and Plants, Dampen Elements, and Divine Strike.
  • Knowledge Domain: This knowledgable Cleric gets Blessings of Knowledge, Channel Divinity Knowledge of the Ages and Read Thoughts, and Potent Spellcasting
  • Tempest Domain: Bonus Proficiencies, alongside Wrath of the Storm, Channel Divinity Destructive Wrath, Thunderous Strike, and Divine Strike
  • War Domain: You’ll receive Bonus Proficiencies, as well as War Priest, Channel Divinity Guided Strike and War God’s Blessing, and Divine Strike

Wizard

Finally, we have the Wizards, who study to learn their spellcraft. They specialize in arcane wizardry after studying ancient and modern spell books. Their subclasses come in eight different schools of magic. Clerics may have plenty of subclasses, but Wizards have even more.

• Primary ability: Intelligence
• Class features:
  • Wisdom and Intelligence saving throw proficiencies
  • Proficiencies with Daggers, Darts, Slings, Quarterstaffs, and Light Crossbows
• Subclasses:
  • Abjuration School: These spells like Arcane Ward summons, banishes, and nullifies magic
  • Conjuration School: Minor Conjuration, Benign Transportation, Focused Conjuration, and other spells help you produce objects and creatures
  • Divination School: Portent, Expert Divination, and The Third Eye give these Wizards powerful knowledge of time and space
  • Enchantment School: Things like Hypnotic Gaze and Instinctive Charm magically entrance enemies
  • Evocation School: Evocation Savant and Sculpt Spells focus elemental energy into their strong spell attacks
  • Necromancy School: Play with the forces of life and death with Grim Harvest, Undead Thralls, Animate Dead, and more
  • Illusion School: You befuddle the minds of others with trickery by using Improved Minor Illusion, Malleable Illusions, and Illusory Self
  • Transmutation School: Minor Alchemy and Shapechanger, among others, help you modify the matter and energy around you

That is a lot of information to process, but those were all the classes and subclasses in Baldur’s Gate 3! Hopefully, you now have a better understanding of which class you should pick for your next character.

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