Warlock

Game: Baldur's Gate 3

Class

Bound by a pact to an all-powerful patron, warlocks trade their loyalty for supernatural abilities and unique magic.

Primary Ability: Charisma
Spellcasting Ability: Charisma
HP: 8 + CON modifier base, 5 + CON modifier per level
Recommended Attributes (before Bonuses)
8 STR, 12 DEX, 14 CON
13 INT, 10 WIS, 15 CHA

A Level 1 Warlock has access to the following spells, abilities, and features (in addition to the features of their chosen subclass):

  • Cantrips (Known) – 2
  • Spells (Known) – 2
  • Level 1 Spell Slot (x1)
  • Weapons – Simple Weapons
  • Armour – Light Armour
  • Skills – (Choose 2) Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, Religion, Deception, Intimidation
  • Armour – Simple Boots, Padded Armour
  • Weapons – Dagger
  • Consumables – x2 Potion of Healing, x1 Scroll of Revivify
  • Blade Ward
  • Bone Chill
  • Eldritch Blast
  • Friends
  • Mage Hand
  • Minor Illusion
  • Poison Spray
  • True Strike
  • Armour of Agathys
  • Arms of Hadar
  • Burning Hands
  • Charm Person
  • Command
  • Expeditious Retreat
  • Hellish Rebuke
  • Hex
  • Protection from Evil and Good
  • Witch Bolt
  • Blindness
  • Cloud of Daggers
  • Crown of Madness
  • Darkness
  • Enthral
  • Hold Person
  • Invisibility
  • Mirror Image
  • Misty Step
  • Ray of Enfeeblement
  • Scorching Ray
  • Shatter
  • Counterspell
  • Fear
  • Fireball
  • Grant Flight
  • Gaseous Form
  • Hunger of Hadar
  • Hypnotic Pattern
  • Remove Curse
  • Stinking Cloud
  • Vampiric Touch
  • Blight
  • Dimension Door
  • Fire Shield
  • Wall of Fire
  • Cone of Cold
  • Flame Strike
  • Hold Monster

These spells can only be accessed through the Mystic Arcanum class feature.

  • Circle of Death
  • Arcane Gate
  • Eyebite
  • Flesh to Stone
  • Create Undead

  • Agonising Blast
  • Armour of Shadows
  • Beast Speech
  • Beguiling Influence
  • Devil’s Sight
  • Fiendish Vigour
  • Mask of Many Faces
  • One with Shadows
  • Repelling Blast
  • Thief of Five Fates
  • Mire of the Mind
  • Sign of Ill Omen
  • Book of Ancient Secrets
  • Dreadful Word
  • Sculptor of Flesh
  • Minions of Chaos
  • Otherworldly Leap
  • Whispers of the Grave
  • Lifedrinker

  • Find Familiar
  • Find Familiar: Imp
  • Find Familiar: Quasit
  • Pact of the Blade
  • Bind Pact Weapon
  • Guidance
  • Vicious Mockery
  • Thorn Whip

PB – Proficiency Bonus

Lvl
PB
Features
Eldritch
Invocations
Spells
Known
1
2
Level 1 Spell Slot, Patron (Subclass)
0
2
2
2
Level 1 Spell Slot, Eldritch Invocations (x2)
2
3
3
2
Level 2 Spell Slots (x2), Improved Warlock Spells, Pact Boon
2
4
4
2
Cantrip Slot, Feat
2
5
5
3
Level 3 Spell Slots (x2), Deepened Pact, Eldritch Invocation
3
6
6
3
3
7
7
3
Level 4 Spell Slots (x2), Eldritch Invocation
4
8
8
3
Feat
4
9
9
4
Level 5 Spell Slots (x2), Eldritch Invocation
5
10
10
4
Cantrip Slot
5
11
11
4
Level 5 Spell Slot, Mystic Arcanum
5
12
12
4
Eldritch Invocation, Feat
6
13

Warlock spell slots are always the highest level available. Unlike other spell casters, lower level spell slots are replaced and not retained.

Level
Cantrips
Spell Slots
1
2
1x Level 1 Spell
2
2
2x Level 1 Spells
3
2
2x Level 2 Spells
4
3
2x Level 2 Spells
5
3
2x Level 3 Spells
6
3
2x Level 3 Spells
7
3
2x Level 4 Spells
8
3
2x Level 4 Spells
9
3
2x Level 5 Spells
10
4
2x Level 5 Spells
11
4
3x Level 5 Spells
12
4
3x Level 5 Spells

Below are specific build guides that detail how to create, spec, and play a certain style of Warlock.

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