Best Rogue Feats in Baldur’s Gate 3

Maximize Your Baldur's Gate 3 Rogue's Potential: The Ultimate Feat Guide

Choosing a Rogue in Baldur's Gate 3 is a smart move. Their stealth and damage output are game-changers. This guide highlights the top feats to amplify your Rogue's effectiveness.

Recommended Feats for Your BG3 Rogue

Here are eight exceptional feats to consider for your Rogue in BG3:

Sharpshooter:

Transform your Rogue into a deadly marksman. Ignore cover, extend your range, and boost damage by 10 (at the cost of a -5 penalty to hit). Ideal for maximizing ranged combat effectiveness.

Skilled:

Unleash unparalleled versatility. Gain proficiency in three skills or tools of your choice. Become a master of stealth, acrobatics, and lockpicking, or tailor your skills to your preferred playstyle.

Athlete:

Enhance agility and finesse. Eliminate extra movement costs for climbing and rising from prone positions, and perform running jumps with ease. A +1 bonus to Strength or Dexterity further enhances your capabilities.

Tough:

While evasion is key, damage is inevitable. Tough significantly increases your hit points, providing crucial survivability, especially when combined with a Rogue's natural evasiveness.

Mobile:

Perfect for hit-and-run tactics. Strike from range, then retreat without penalty. Excellent for both melee and ranged combat scenarios.

Alert:

Avoid the perils of surprise. Gain advantage on initiative rolls and negate surprise attacks, ensuring your Rogue remains a potent force in combat.

Dungeon Delver:

Enhance your exploration capabilities. Easily detect and disable traps and unlock doors and chests, streamlining your adventures.

Crossbow Expert:

Unleash devastating crossbow attacks. Utilize sneak attacks at close range, and increase sneak attack damage at all ranges. A truly impactful choice for ranged Rogue builds.

Additional Powerful Feats:

Lucky:

A universally beneficial feat. Utilize Luck Points to gain advantage on attacks, ability checks, or saving throws, and force enemy rerolls.

Savage Attacker:

Ideal for melee Rogues. Roll damage twice and use the higher result, significantly increasing your damage output.

Conclusion

These feats will transform your Baldur's Gate 3 Rogue into a formidable force. Experiment with different combinations to find the perfect build for your playstyle. For more survival tips and guides, explore our comprehensive resource collection.

Baldur's Gate 3 is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.

This article was updated on 2/7/2025 by Melissa Sarnowski to include additional information about Baldur’s Gate 3.