Baldur's Gate III

Baldur's Gate III is a computer game released (in early access) by Larian Studios and is the third main game in the Baldur's Gate series. It is based on a highly modified version of the 5-edition Dungeons & Dragons rule set and is set after the Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus tabletop adventure. It was released as an early access game, after which other races, classes and other features will be added. "An ancient evil has returned to Baldur's Gate, intent on devouring it from the inside out. The fate of Faerûn lies in your hands. Alone, you may resist. But together, you can overcome."

Gameplay
Baldur's Gate III is a role-playing game with turn-based combat. The non-combat exploration can either be top-down or in third-person view. The player creates their character, which, in early access, can be be one of the following ten classes: cleric, fighter, ranger, rogue, warlock, wizard, the druid (as of the fourth patch), the sorcerer (as of the sixth patch), the barbarian (as of the seventh patch), the bard (as of the eighth patch), and the paladin (as of the ninth patch). The ranger class is largely modified, and some subclasses are essentially new, such as the Wildheart barbarian subclass that replaces the Totem Warrior. The character also chooses a background from the standard 5-edition list, their ability scores, and skills they are proficient in. Alternatively, the player can choose an "Origins" character, which is pre-created. If an "Origins" character is not selected, they may still be available as a party member. The game will have a tutorial system to introduce the players to the basic mechanics.

The game aims to take characters from levels 1 to 10. In combat, the player can interact with the environment with standard actions (as well as bonus actions), such as attack, hide, or shoving a creature. Many other Dungeons & Dragons systems are implemented, such as rolling for initiative and death saving throws, imposing advantage or disadvantage, and being in difficult terrain. When combat has taken its toll, the player can make camp, which expands over time as more companions are recruited.

Plot
The player character starts off on a nautiloid. Along with their fellow prisoners, the character has been confined within a holding pod, and a mind flayer tadpole has been inserted into their eye. The spelljammer makes its way across Faerûn, and begins to destroy buildings as it flies across Yartar. A group of red dragon-riding githyanki intercept and attack it, and the dragons start to gain the advantage. The mind flayer then commands the nautiloid to seemingly disappear, and it spawns in a different location, and courses through Hell. The githyanki, however, manage to track down the spelljammer, and attack it once more. Finding an opening in the damaged vessel, a red dragon breathes fire over a vulnerable spot, causing an explosion that throws the illithid off balance. The mind flayer tries to relocate the nautiloid yet another time, but the explosion causes it to become very badly damaged. Teleporting back to Faerûn, the nautiloid crashes to the ground.

The player character awakes, stranded close to the bank of River Chionthar (somewhere seemingly very close to Elturel), where the rubble of the spelljammer covers the ground. They find themselves with new abilities, including telepathy. The player adventures on and finds companions and followers along the way (some of which were also alongside them on the nautiloid). However, their potential companions believe that ceremorphosis will soon take hold, and they seek out a powerful cleric to heal them.

Items

 * Accessories
 * amulet • mask • necklace • ring
 * Armor
 * boots • helmet • plate mail • shield
 * Food And Drink
 * ale • apple • Baldurian seafood stew • banana • bagel • baguette • bread • butterbun • cabbage • carnival squash • carrot • cheddar • coffee • Dragon's Breath • Fire Wine • garlic • grilled rothé ribs • grape • ham • kiwi • lemon • milk • nutmeg • orange • pear • pig's head • potato • potato porridge • pumpkin • pumpkin soup • red pepper • rum • salami • sausage • sourdough • spices • sunmelon • sweet potato • tart • tea • tofu • vegetable broth • Waterdhavian cheese • wine • zucchini
 * Gems
 * agate • amethyst • bloodstone • chasm creeper • emerald • jade • laculite • malachite • onyx • opal • ruby • sylvan stone • tourmaline • viridian crystal
 * Instruments
 * flute • hand drum • lute • lyre • violin
 * Substances
 * alchemist's fire • bronze • fluorite • gold • granite • haste spores • iron • laculite • Lolth's candle • runepowder • silver • smokepowder • sylvan stone • tin
 * Weapons
 * arrow • crossbow (hand, heavy, light) • dagger • greataxe • handaxe • light hammer • longbow • longsword • mace • maul • morning star • quarterstaff • rapier • scimitar • shortbow • shortsword • spear • warhammer
 * Misc
 * anvil • blast mine • drums • fishing rod • horn • lute • mortar and pestle • nautiloid • New Bride • pitch • poison • rope • runepowder • Shadowdark ale • skiff • soap • soul • soul coin • spelljammer • spices • spiked bulb • thieves' tools • torch • trap disarm kit • venom
 * almond cake • turnip • spiced tea
 * almond cake • turnip • spiced tea

Languages

 * Elvish • Ghukliak • Gnomish
 * Drow
 * Drow

Locations

 * Buildings & Sites
 * Beloved Ranger • Blushing Mermaid • Dread Hollow • Ducal Palace • Emerald Grove • Grymforge, the Adamantine Forge • Moonhaven • Ramazith's tower • Riverside Teahouse • Risen Road • Seatower of Balduran • Shattered Sanctum • Sorcerous Sundries • Temple of Jergal • Waukeen's Rest
 * Settlements
 * Baldur's Gate • Moonhaven • Yartar


 * Wilderness
 * River Chionthar • Sunlit Wetlands • Whispering Depths
 * Regions:
 * Sword Coast • Underdark
 * Planes: Nine Hells (Avernus)
 * Abeir • Amn • Athkatla • Barovia • Basilisk Gate • Beluir • Beregost • Blade and Stars • Breachstone • Brew • Calimshan • Candlekeep • Chult • City of Judgment • Cloakwood • Cormyr • Darkhold • Darklake • Deep Kingdom • Delimbiyr • Ebonlake Grotto • Elfsong • Elturel • Elturgard • Ethereal plane • Everlight Theatre • Feywild • Far Realm • Fireshear • Fireshear Mountains • Fugue Plane • Golden Road • Golden Way • Gracklstugh • Hall of Wonders • Halruaa • High House of Wonders • Icewind Dale • Innarlith • Kara-Tur • Limbo • Luiren • Menzoberranzan • Moonrise Towers • Moonshae Isles • Myth Drannor • Nashkel • Netheril • Neverwinter • Nhalloth • Nine Hells (Nessus, Stygia) • Northern Wastes • Old Kell • Plains of Purple Dust • Plane of Shadow • Rashemen • Risen Road • Saradush • Scornubel • Sea of Night • Sea of Stars • Seatower of Balduran • Selûne • Sigil • Silver Marches • Snowdown • Spine of the World • Ssalsen • Stardock • Suzail • Tammar • Tears of Selûne • Tethyr • Thay • Thesk • Thultanthar • Tu'narath • Undermountain • Waterdeep • Wood of Sharp Teeth • Yawning Portal • Zhentil Keep
 * Abeir • Amn • Athkatla • Barovia • Basilisk Gate • Beluir • Beregost • Blade and Stars • Breachstone • Brew • Calimshan • Candlekeep • Chult • City of Judgment • Cloakwood • Cormyr • Darkhold • Darklake • Deep Kingdom • Delimbiyr • Ebonlake Grotto • Elfsong • Elturel • Elturgard • Ethereal plane • Everlight Theatre • Feywild • Far Realm • Fireshear • Fireshear Mountains • Fugue Plane • Golden Road • Golden Way • Gracklstugh • Hall of Wonders • Halruaa • High House of Wonders • Icewind Dale • Innarlith • Kara-Tur • Limbo • Luiren • Menzoberranzan • Moonrise Towers • Moonshae Isles • Myth Drannor • Nashkel • Netheril • Neverwinter • Nhalloth • Nine Hells (Nessus, Stygia) • Northern Wastes • Old Kell • Plains of Purple Dust • Plane of Shadow • Rashemen • Risen Road • Saradush • Scornubel • Sea of Night • Sea of Stars • Seatower of Balduran • Selûne • Sigil • Silver Marches • Snowdown • Spine of the World • Ssalsen • Stardock • Suzail • Tammar • Tears of Selûne • Tethyr • Thay • Thesk • Thultanthar • Tu'narath • Undermountain • Waterdeep • Wood of Sharp Teeth • Yawning Portal • Zhentil Keep

Magic

 * Accessories
 * Absolute's warboard • Absolute's talisman • amulet of elemental torment • amulet of joy and sorrow • amulet of lost voices • amulet of misty step • amulet of Selûne's chosen • amulet of Silvanus • amulet of the unworthy • Beastmaster's Chain • blast pendant • bracing band • Broodmother's Revenge • cherished locket • circlet of blasting • circlet of fire • Crusher's ring • Envoy's amulet • ever-seeing eye • Fetish of Callarduran Smoothhands • Guiding Light • Ilmater's Aid • Komira's locket • Mage's Friend • moondrop pendant • ring of colour spray • ring of poison resistance • rusty necklace • The Sapphire Spark • sentient amulet • Sunwalker's Gift • Uncovered Mysteries • whispering mask • The Whispering Promise • warped headband of intellect
 * Ammunition
 * arrow of acid • arrow of darkness • arrow of fire • arrow of ice • arrow of Ilmater • arrow of lightning • arrow of roaring thunder
 * Armor: Dark Justiciar mail • glowing shield • Hellrider's Pride • helmet of autonomy • helmet of grit • The Oakfather's Embrace • Sparkle Hands • Speedy Lightfeet
 * Books: The Necromancy of Thay
 * Clothing
 * arcane circlet • blazer of benevolence • boots of aid and comfort • boots of speed • boots of striding • Dark Justiciar helm • Dark Justiciar mask • Gloves of Power • herbalist's gloves • Key of the Ancients • linebreaker boots • Mystra's Grace • Night Walkers • poisoner's robe • robe of summer • Shadow of Menzoberranzan • Spiderstep Boots • warped headband of intellect
 * Items
 * hag eye • Lump's war horn • scrying eye
 * Oils
 * basilisk oil • oil of sharpness
 * Potions
 * antitoxin • Broken Promises • Butterflies in the Stomach • Elixir of Silvanus • Faltering Will • Heart of Stone • Insanity's Kiss • Lost Time • Lover's Avarice • Mage's Friend • Missing Pets • A Mother's Loathing • potion of acid resistance • potion of animal speaking • potion of fire resistance • potion of force resistance • potion of lightning resistance • potion of healing (greater) • potion of hill giant strength • potion of invisibility • potion of poison • potion of poison resistance • potion of psychic resistance • potion of sleep • potion of speed • potion of vitality • Wilted Dreams
 * balsam ointment
 * Scrolls
 * scroll of summon quasit
 * Spells
 * acid splash • aid • animal friendship • animate dead • armour of Agathys • arms of Hadar • bane • barkskin • beacon of hope • bestow curse • blade ward • blindness • blur • branding smite • burning hands • call lightning • calm emotions • charm person • chill touch • chromatic orb • cloud of daggers • colour spray • command • compelled duel • control undead • counterspell • create/destroy water • crown of madness • cure wounds • dancing lights • darkness • darkvision • darkvision • daylight • detect thoughts • disguise self • dissonant whispers • divine favor • eldritch blast • enhance ability • enlarge/reduce • entangle • enthrall • ethereal jaunt • expeditious retreat • faerie fire • false life • feather fall • feign death • find familiar • fireball • fire bolt • flame blade • flaming sphere • fly • fog cloud • friends • gaseous form • glyph of warding • goodberry • grease • guidance • guiding bolt • hail of thorns • haste • healing word • heat metal • hellish rebuke • heroism • hex •  hold person • hunger of Hadar • hunter's mark • hypnotic pattern • identify • inflict wounds • invisibility • jump • knock • lesser restoration • light • lightning bolt • longstrider • mage armor • mage hand • magic missile • magic weapon • mass healing word • Melf's acid arrow • minor illusion • mirror image • misty step • moonbeam • pass without trace • phantasmal force • plant growth • poison spray • produce flame • protection from energy • protection from evil and good • protection from poison • ray of frost • ray of enfeeblement • ray of sickness • remove curse • resistance • revivify • sacred flame • sanctuary • scorching ray • searing smite • Selûne's dream • shatter • shield • shield of faith • shillelagh • shocking grasp • silence • sleep • sleet storm • speak with animals • speak with dead • spike growth • spirit guardians •  stinking cloud • Tasha's hideous laughter • thaumaturgy • thorn whip • thunderous smite • thunderwave • true strike • vampiric touch • vicious mockery • web • witch bolt • wrathful smite
 * clone • raise dead • reanimation • resurrection • true resurrection
 * Weapons:
 * Bitter Divorce • blooded greataxe • club of hill giant strength • Corellon's Grace • Deep Delver • doom axe • Dragon's Grasp • everburn blade • exterminator's axe • Faithbreaker • Firestoker • Giantbreaker • Hamarhraft • Joltshooter • intransignet warhammer • Light of Creation • Loviatar's Scourge • Mourning Frost • Nature's Snare • Paleoak • Phalar Aluve • Rain Dancer • Shattered Flail • Shortsword of First Blood • sickle of Boooal • Sorrow • Sparky Points • Spellsparkler • Spellthief • Staff of arcane blessing • staff of crones • Staff of the Moonmaiden • sword of justice • sword of screams • Vision of the Absolute • Watcher's Guide • Worgfang • Xyanyde
 * Misc
 * archwizard • Dead Magic • drowcraft • ersatz eye • metamagic • Metatext • psionics • rune • scroll • scrying • sending stones • spellbook • spelljamming helm • turn undead • Weave • wild magic
 * Misc
 * archwizard • Dead Magic • drowcraft • ersatz eye • metamagic • Metatext • psionics • rune • scroll • scrying • sending stones • spellbook • spelljamming helm • turn undead • Weave • wild magic

Organizations

 * Beno Boys • Cult of the Absolute • Emerald Enclave • Flaming Fist • Harpers • Order of the Gauntlet • Shadow Druids • Society of Brilliance • The Five • Zhentarim
 * Ansur's Finest • Collective of Concerned Citizens of the Wide • Council of Zulkirs • Dark Justiciars • Fire Knives • Hellriders • House Baenre • Order of Klurd • Order of the Radiant Heart • Purple Dragons • Red Wizards of Thay • Scriveners of Doom • Seeing Pearl • Shadovar • Shadow Thieves • Sharptongue Travelling Troupe • Silverhair Knights • Szarr
 * Ansur's Finest • Collective of Concerned Citizens of the Wide • Council of Zulkirs • Dark Justiciars • Fire Knives • Hellriders • House Baenre • Order of Klurd • Order of the Radiant Heart • Purple Dragons • Red Wizards of Thay • Scriveners of Doom • Seeing Pearl • Shadovar • Shadow Thieves • Sharptongue Travelling Troupe • Silverhair Knights • Szarr

Plants

 * acorn truffle • autumncrocus • balsam • barded bulrush • barrelstalk • belladonna • bibberbang • blushcap • bonecap • bullywug trumpet • daggerroot • dragon egg mushroom • glowcap mushroom • iron-vine • Kelemvor's Kiss • lavender • mergrass • mugwort • nightlight • noblestalk • oak • pale mint • rogue's morsel • rosemary • Sussur • swarming toadstool • timmask • tongue of madness • torchstalk • weavemoss • wispweed • yew • zurkhwood
 * chamomile • hemlock • lavender • nightshade • ripplebark • silkroot • thyme
 * chamomile • hemlock • lavender • nightshade • ripplebark • silkroot • thyme

Religions

 * Deities:
 * Amaunator • Auril • Azuth • Bane • Bhaal • Chauntea • Corellon Larethian • Cyric • Deneir • Eilistraee • Eldath • Garl Glittergold • Gond • Helm • Hoar • Ilmater • Jergal • Kelemvor • Laduguer • Lathander • Lolth • Loviatar • Maglubiyet • Mielikki • Moradin • Myrkul • Mystra • Oghma • Selûne • Shar • Silvanus • Talos • Tempus • Tiamat • Torm • Tymora • Tyr • Umberlee • Yondalla
 * Domains:
 * Life • Light • Trickery

Miscellaneous

 * Diseases
 * Laduguer's Bite
 * featherlung
 * Circles:
 * Circle of the Land • Circle of the Moon
 * Colleges:
 * College of Lore • College of Valor
 * Literature:
 * A Brush with Evil: On Hags • A is for Azuth, and other Gods • A Pleasurable Deal • A Primer on Mythical Beasts • A Traveller's Guide to Baldur's Gate • An Open Heresy • Annals of Baldur's Gate • Baldur's Bash • Barcus' Log • Book of Dead Gods • Book of Final Breath • Death & Divinity: A Godly Guide • Diary of Lump the Enlightened • Disorders of the Nerves and Mind: A Treatise • Fables of Faerûn • Faldorn's Canticle: The Shadow Druid's Doctrine • Findings from the Hinterlands • Flora of the Dalelands • Flumph Mating Rituals • Fringe Philosophy • Front and Centre: A Thespian's Memoir • Folksongs of Faerûn • Grove Annals • Jake's Encyclopedia of Eels • Journey Through the Jungle • Love in the Shadowed Lands • Magic of the Weave - An Introduction • Metatext: Rebound • Missives of Candlekeep • Mistress of the Night and Friends • Notes from a Soothsayer • On Death & Resurrection • On Goblins: My Life Among the Conquering Host • On the Origins of the Zhentarim • On the Subject of Gond and Progress • On Receiving Her Grace • One Foot, Two Feet, Well Met, We'll Meet • Oral Histories of Faerûn: Gith and Mind Flayers • Oral Histories of Faerûn: Paladin Oathbreakers • Oral Histories of Faerûn, the Spellplague • Order of the Gauntlet: On Matters of Law and Justice • Psalms to the Old Oak • Scribbled Notes • Secret Societies of the Sword Coast: Exposed • Shadow's Kiss • Shanties for the Bitch Queen • Soul Coins: A Treatise • Study of the Sword Coast • Talis: Divination Without Magic • Tarbell's Guide to Distractions • The Approachable East • The Boy and the Beholder • The Collectanea Rubrum • The Cost of Sorrow • The Curse of the Vampyr • The Devil You Know: An Autobiography • The Emerald Enclave: Tenets • The Enticing Elder • The Evil Eye • The Folly and the Fall • The Genesis of Selûne and Shar • The Guild: Hidden Rulers of Baldur's Gate • The Illustrated Adventures of Balduran • The Leadership of the Zhentarim • The Lords of Madness • The Mortal View: Eyewitness Accounts of the Bhaalspawn Crisis • The Purged Palate, Midwinter Edition • The Realm According to Bumpo • The Screed of the Willing • The Shattered Seldarine • The True and Impossible Adventures of Tenebrux Morrow • The War between Selûne and Shar • The Weeping Dawn • The Wonders of Phandalin • Theskan Anthology of Goblin Poetry • Traveller's Guide to the Sword Coast • Volo's Complete Guide to the Behaviour of Nymphs • Yer Axe Got Broke!
 * Oaths: Oathbreaker • Oath of Ancients • Oath of Devotion
 * Patrons: Fiend • Great Old One
 * Sorcerous Origins: draconic bloodline • wild mage
 * Misc:
 * Age of Wonder • ceremorphosis • darkvision • Grand Design
 * Bhaalspawn • Waterdhavian Dictionary of the Common Tongue of Faerûn
 * Bhaalspawn • Waterdhavian Dictionary of the Common Tongue of Faerûn
 * Bhaalspawn • Waterdhavian Dictionary of the Common Tongue of Faerûn

Trivia

 * A game under the title, Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound, was being worked on but was cancelled in 2003. The games are not the same.


 * The Larian website pictured only the III part of the logo before the release announcement. Many speculated that the game was the sequel to Baldur's Gate II, and this was hinted in metadata. The actual announcement came on June 6, 2019.