Best Feats For Every Class In Baldur's Gate 3

Here are the best feats for every class in Baldur’s Gate 3. The huge new role playing game developed by Larian Studios. As you progress through the game and level up your character you will be tasked with choosing feats for every class. And if you’re made a mistake with any of your feats, or want to change to any in this list, check out of full Baldur’s Gate 3 Character Respec Guide.

So lets break down the Baldur’s Gate 3 best feats for every class. And some big tips about the feat system as you start to unlock them:

Barbarian

Fighter

Rogue

Druid

Bard

Monk

Sorcerer

Ranger

Cleric

Paladin

Warlock

Wizard

When Do You Unlock Feats in BG

As you level up and gain new abilities you will get to choose feats. You can unlock a new feat every 4 levels, so you get to choose a total of 3 feats, at the following levels: 4, 8 and 12. There are no restrictions on feats, and every class and characters can learn 3 feats as they up to the max level of 12.

Multiclass characters are the ones that have an issue with feats. As you earn a new feat every 4 class levels, you only learn feats when you reach 4/8/12 on a certain class. So if you gain 8 levels in paladin and 4 levels in warlock. You would get 3 feats. But if you had 7 levels in paladin and 3 levels in warlock, you would only get 1 feat, as you only hit (4, 8 or 12) once.

Best Feats for Barbarian

The best feats for Barbarian in Baldur’s Gate 3 is anything that increases your damage, or gives your more actions. You will be up close in the the action and want to take down as many enemies as fast as possible. These are the recommended best feats for Barbarian:

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in STR attribute for extra damage.
Level 8: Great Weapon Master
- Additional damage with heavy weapons and killing blows give an extra action.
Level 12: Savage Attacker
- Lets you roll for damage twice and use the highest roll.

Best Feats for Fighter

The best feats for Fighter in Baldur’s Gate 3 is using a combo of 2 feats that work really well with the fighter battle manoeuvres. This lets us take an opportunity attack, at a longer range and then slow the enemy. So here are the best feats for fighter:

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in STR attribute for extra damage.
Level 8: Polearm Master
- Lets you take an opportunity attack with any long weapon (speak, staff, glave etc) when enemy in range.
Level 12: Sentinel
- Opportunity attacks have an advantage and stun enemies in place for the rest of the turn

Best Feats for Rogue

The best feats for Rogue in Baldur’s Gate 3 are ones that give you more speed, actions and damage. Rogue’s are designed to get around the battlefield and do big attacks, so we should take the best feasts for rogues that allow that.

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in DEX attribute for extra damage.
Level 8: Alert
- Gain +5 initiative so will usually go first in combat. Perfect for sneak attacks.
Level 12: Dungeon Delver
- Advantage on perception checks to detect hidden items and objects.

Best Feats for Druid

The best feats for Druid in Baldur’s Gate 3 are ones that help your hybrid combat style. You will up close near enemies with a melee weapon casting spells. So the best feasts for druid would improve close quarters magic use.

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in WIS attribute for extra spellcasting.
Level 8: War Caster
- Lets you gain advantage on rolls against your concentration spells when attacked.
Level 12: Polearm Master
- Lets you take an opportunity attack with any long weapon (speak, staff, glave etc) when enemy in range.

Best Feats for Bard

The best feats for Bards in Baldur’s Gate 3 are ones that your buffs and help empowering your allies. The true power of a bard is through their ability to strengthen and support their team.

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in CHA attribute for extra spellcasting.
Level 8: Actor
- A further 1 point in CHA and then advantage on charisma based checks.
Level 12: War Caster
- Lets you gain advantage on rolls against your concentration spells when attacked.

Best Feats for Monk

The best feats for Monk in Baldur’s Gate 3 are ones that help you get into the thick of the fight fast and play on your speed and power, rather than relying on your armour and weapon skills. With these feats you’ll be able to sprint around the battlefield doing huge damage.

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in DEX attribute for extra damage.
Level 8: Tavern Brawler
- When attacking with an unarmed/improvised weapon, add 2x your str attribute to your attack.
Level 12: Mobile
- Increased movement speed and able to dash over difficult terrain

Best Feats for Sorcerer

The best feats for Sorcerer in Baldur’s Gate 3 are the feats that increase your spell damage. You are an elemental spell caster and certain feats can massively increase your damage output and ability to crit.

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in CHA attribute for extra damage.
Level 8: Elemental Adept
- Your spells ignore a resistance of your choice. HUGE for sorcerers
Level 12: Spell Sniper
- Number needed to roll a critical hit with spells is reduced by 1

Best Feats for Ranger

The best feats for Ranger in Baldur’s Gate 3 are the feats that increase your ranged damage. Assuming your making a fully ranged damage dealer, these feats will give you huge damage and mobility while using archery from range.

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in DEX attribute for extra damage.
Level 8: Sharpshooter
- Ranged attacks no longer receive, disadvantage from enemies on high ground, and do additional damage.
Level 12: Dungeon Delver
- Advantage on perception checks to detect hidden items and objects.

Best Feats for Cleric

The best feats for Cleric in Baldur’s Gate 3 are ones that help your hybrid combat style. Clerics are best used up close with a shield and a 1 hander casing big concentration spells. And there are some really good feats for clerics that empower this playstyle.

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in WIS attribute for extra spellcasting.
Level 8: War Caster
- Lets you gain advantage on rolls against your concentration spells when attacked.
Level 12: Heavily Armoured
- +1 to STR attribute and gain proficiency with heavy armour. This makes your cleric a melee powerhouse.

Best Feats for Paladin

The best feats for Paladin in Baldur’s Gate 3 are ones that give you damage and defence. A paladin is a melee tank, healer and damage dealer. So the best feats for paladin will make them stronger and more defensive, so you can protect your party and take on more dangerous foes.

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in CHA attribute for extra spellcasting.
Level 8: Savage Attacker
- Lets you roll for damage twice and use the highest roll.
Level 12: Heavily Armoured
- +1 to STR attribute and gain proficiency with heavy armour. This makes your cleric a melee powerhouse.

Best Feats for Warlock

The best feats for Warlock in Baldur’s Gate 3 are ones empower your spellcasting ability. One feat that works really well with warlock is taking on ritualism spells, as they work really well with the warlock playstyle.

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in CHA attribute for extra spellcasting.
Level 8: Ritual Caster
- Lets you add 2 ritual spells that can be used at any time.
Level 12: War Caster
- Lets you gain advantage on rolls against your concentration spells when attacked.

Best Feats for Wizard

The best feats for Wizard in Baldur’s Gate 3 are the feats that increase your spell damage. As a wizard you can learn almost every spell in the game through the use of your spellbook. So the best feats for wizard give us extra damage and ensure they spells stay up.

Level 4: Ability Improvement
- Take 2 points in INT attribute for extra damage.
Level 8: Elemental Adept
- Your spells ignore a resistance of your choice.
Level 12: Spell Sniper
- Number needed to roll a critical hit with spells is reduced by 1

Overall these are some of the best feats for every class in Baldur’s Gate 3 to make some really interesting builds. We would suggest using Ability improvement in every single situation as having 2 extra attribute points at level 4 is a huge damage increase.

However these are all just our opinions, and you can make builds however suits your playstyle. You may choose to make your ranger a melee and take dual weapon fighting, or make your druid a pure ranger caster, or even multiclass. But these are a really good base for any builds that follow the standard playstyle.

Check out our other guides on our Baldur’s Gate 3 Page, and if you’re looking for a full breakdown every single feat, check out the list of all feats in Baldur’s Gate 3.