It’s great for talking with your companion or other animals out in the world of Baldur’s Gate 3 – plus, Forest Gnomes have the Gnome Cunning passive, granting advantage on INT, WIS, and CHA Saving Throws.

Armour is an important component of Baldur’s Gate 3. Specifically, you can outfit your character with headwear often referred to as Helmets that sometimes provide specific protections or abilities alongside boosting stats. Effects range from defensive measures such as protecting the wearer from Critical Hits to offensive postures like gaining a Bonus Action. Whatever the case may be, there are plenty of helmet items to consider in your character build.

The other companion animals can be more damaging or more useful situationally, but the Bear will generally provide the best utility to a Beast Master Ranger, especially if they plan to fight at a range.

Absolute Bane: When the wearer hits a creature with a weapon attack, it receives a 1d4 penalty to Attack Rolls and Saving Throws. The same penalty applies to anyone using these gloves without bearing the Absolute’s brand.

Summon a flaming sphere that deals 2d6 Fire damage to nearby enemies and objects. It also sheds bright light in a 6m radius, and dim light for an additional 6m. On a successful save, enemy creatures still take half damage.

Interrupt a creature in the process of casting a spell, making it fail so it has no effect. The higher the level of the spell being cast, the harder it is to interrupt. You can always interrupt spells of 3rd level or lower.

Target yourself or an ally to become Hastened. The creature has a +2 bonus to Armour Class, Advantage on Dexterity Saving Throws, its Movement Speed is doubled, and can take one additional Action per turn.

Protect a creature against aberrations, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, and undead. The target can’t be Charmed, Frightened, or possessed by them, and when these creatures attack it, they do so with disadvantage. Inflicts Protection from Evil and Good

It’s a dangerous world out there in Baldur’s Gate 3. So make sure you’re outfitted with the best armor. Below, we’ve compiled a list of all the Armour that you can find in Baldur’s Gate 3. Click on the Armour Name/Icon in the table below to learn more about each individual item. Each post shows a tooltip with more information including Armour properties and other helpful information.

Grant a semblance of life to a corpse, allowing it to answer questions. Skeleton and creatures killed with Acid, Fire, Lightning, Necrotic, or Radiant damage no longer have a mouth and can’t be made to talk using this spell.

Here’s a list of all the Level 3 Spells in Baldur’s Gate 3. Click on the Spell in the table below to learn more. Each post shows a tooltip with more information including Spell properties and other helpful information.

Searing Smite: Your weapon flares with white-hot intensity. It deals an extra 1d6 Fire damage and marks the target with Searing Smite. A target with Searing Smite takes 1d6 Fire damage everyt turn, until it succeeds on a Constitution saving throw.

Here’s a list of all the helmets that you can find in Baldur’s Gate 3. Click on the Item in the table below to learn more about each individual item. Each post shows a tooltip with more information, Voice Acting such as where to get it and other helpful information.

Typically, Baldur’s Gate 3 classes like the Ranger that don’t rely heavily on spellcasting don’t have as many choices to make while leveling. However, thanks to the sheer number of class features available to this BG3 Ranger build and the class’ ability to use low-level spells (like a Paladin), Rangers actually have quite a lot to choose from as they level up.

Ward yourself or an ally against enemy attacks. Until the affected entity attacks or harms another creature, it cannot be targeted by enemy attacks. However, it can still take damage from spells that influence a large area.

Snap an ally out of any Stun. Difficult Terrain can‘t slow them down, and they can’t be magically Paralysed or Restrained. If the target is Restrained by non-magical means, it can spend 5ft of movement to Free itself.

Here’s a list of all the Abjuration Spells in Baldur’s Gate 3. Click on the Spell in the table below to learn more about each individual item. Each post shows a tooltip with more information including Spell properties, damage, effects, and other helpful information.

If you are dead set on including a character in your party, simply talk to Withers to respec them to one of the optimal Ranger companion classes listed above. This way, you won’t miss out on that character’s questline, and you won’t have to suffer from an improperly balanced party.

Updated April 6, 2025 by Erik Petrovich : Patch 8 for Baldur’s Gate 3 is right around the corner, and though lots of the new subclasses seem like a lot of fun to play, the base game still offers some very powerful options for the best Ranger build in BG3. The Beast Master Ranger is still the best Ranger build in BG3 – but that could change with the release of Patch 8. Until then, stick with this Beast Master Ranger guide to learn the best Ranger build tips, what makes the Beast Master such a powerful subclass for the Ranger, and other information that will help you min-max your Ranger character. This Ranger build guide has been updated to add in-game flavor descriptions of the class and subclass, as well as a new small section with the best consumables for the Ranger, including both potions and elixirs, in the Equipment section.