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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a massive RPG with many choices available to the player at any given time, especially during the first playthrough. It’s almost impossible to run out of things to do, and there’s no way to do them all in one campaign. Getting through the game a single time is already a sizable undertaking. That said, once the player has beaten the game, the question becomes, what next? Everyone enjoys different things about the game, but here are some of the best things to do after beating Baldur’s Gate 3, regardless of how you like to play.
8. Explore Everywhere
The Forgotten Realms are as massive as they are detailed. From surface locations like the Druid Grove and Blighted Village to the Underdark and far beyond, Baldur’s Gate 3 throws various locations at the player. Each location is interesting, offering environmental storytelling and secrets, loot, and monsters to slay, more often than not. With multiple paths to most key locations, the player probably hasn’t seen everything the game offers regarding its setting. Journeying far and wide always pays off in one way or another.
7. Multi-Class
Following in the footsteps of Dungeons and Dragons, Baldur’s Gate 3 offers an impressive selection of classes. Some classes are better for beginners than others, but they all have something unique to offer. Fighting as a Barbarian or Rogue feels radically different than playing a Wizard or Sorcerer, so one of the first things to do when starting a new run is trying a new class. Better yet, try two. Players can mix multiple classes to find the perfect build, sacrificing the best perks of one class in exchange for the flexibility of a second. If you haven’t already tried multi-classing, after beating Baldur’s Gate 3 is the perfect time.
6. Experiment with Party Composition
Going it alone is dangerous, which is why Baldur’s Gate 3 gives you a party of colorful characters to help out. The player can only have three companions in the party with them at a time, so a few characters always get left behind at camp. For obvious reasons, battles play differently if you load your party with spellcasters versus taking more melee-oriented characters. Combat isn’t the only thing that changes, however. Conversations on the road, side talk between companions, and even cutscenes will all be affected by one’s choice of who to bring.
5. Choose a New Origin
Playing a custom character is one of the best parts of Dungeons and Dragons, but Baldur’s Gate 3 provides another option. During character creation, the player can choose to take on the role of one of seven Origin characters. Six are pre-set, while the seventh (The Dark Urge) is while the seventh (The Dark Urge) is customizable. For players who completed their initial playthrough as a custom character, tackling a different Origin is an obvious choice for subsequent playthroughs. On the other hand, if you’ve already played an Origin character, try a custom build after beating Baldur’s Gate 3.
4. Talk to All the Animals
Larian Studios loves putting animals in their games and has opportunities to chat with them magically. Druids and Barbarians may be predisposed to get chatty with woodland creatures, but any character can talk to animals with the right potion. It’s easy to forget in the middle of a tense adventure, but any random animal the player stumbles across can be chatted with. Often these little conversations are no more than a cute reward for players who bother to invest in the ability to talk to them. Some animal convos, however, change entire quests. It pays to talk to your animal neighbors.
3. Be a Saint
Paladins might be the stereotypical Good Guys in Dungeons and Dragons, but they’re far from the only characters who can walk the path of virtue and righteousness. Like other games by Larian Studios, Baldur’s Gate 3 is a morally messy game, with many hard choices that need to be made. Even when players act with the best intentions, outcomes can often be chaotic. Because of that, it’s easy to let one’s in-game morality swing all over the place. One great way to play through the game with new eyes is always to do the right thing, even when doing so might get your characters in trouble.
2. Be a Devil
On the opposite side of the moral spectrum from a Good Guy run is a Bad Guy run. Generations of D&D campaigns have proved that sometimes players want to see the world burn. The developers of BG3, to their credit, have accounted for that. In basically every situation, there’s a way to play the villain. Pick pockets, kick animals, and even destroy entire communities. It doesn’t do any real-world harm to roleplay as a terrible person, and it’s worth it to see the many possible paths that quests can take when things go off the rails.
1. Do a Completionist Run
The idea of a completionist run is slightly different with Baldur’s Gate 3 than most games. There are simply too many possible paths. Every class comes with unique dialog options that fundamentally change cutscenes. That’s only the tip of the iceberg regarding ripple effects throughout each playthrough. That said, seeing 100% of the content for a given build is possible. Take a Dragonborn Rogue out for a spin. Don’t stop until you’ve solved every puzzle, fought every battle, and found every secret. There’s no shortage of them in Baldur’s Gate 3. This is just the beginning for players who want to see everything the game has to offer.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is available now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
