Warlock

bg3 class warlock

Warlock

Game: Baldur's Gate III

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

Subclasses

Class Details

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

Spells

  • Cantrips (Known) – 2
  • Spells (Known) – 2

Class Features

  • Level 1 Spell Slot (x1)

Proficiencies

  • Weapons – Simple Weapons
  • Armour – Light Armour
  • Skills – (Choose 2) Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, Religion, Deception, Intimidation

Starting Equipment

  • Armour – Simple Boots, Padded Armour
  • Weapons – Dagger
  • Consumables – x2 Potion of Healing, x1 Scroll of Revivify

Spell List

  • 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

Eldritch Invocations

  • 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

Pact Boon

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

Warlock Class Progression

Features

PB – Proficiency Bonus

LvlPBFeaturesEldritch
Invocations
Spells
Known
12Level 1 Spell Slot, Patron (Subclass)02
22Level 1 Spell Slot, Eldritch Invocations (x2)23
32Level 2 Spell Slots (x2), Improved Warlock Spells, Pact Boon24
42Cantrip Slot, Feat25
53Level 3 Spell Slots (x2), Deepened Pact, Eldritch Invocation36
6337
73Level 4 Spell Slots (x2), Eldritch Invocation48
83Feat49
94Level 5 Spell Slots (x2), Eldritch Invocation510
104Cantrip Slot511
114Level 5 Spell Slot, Mystic Arcanum512
124Eldritch Invocation, Feat613

Spell Slots

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

LevelCantripsSpell Slots
121x Level 1 Spell
222x Level 1 Spells
322x Level 2 Spells
432x Level 2 Spells
532x Level 3 Spells
632x Level 3 Spells
732x Level 4 Spells
832x Level 4 Spells
932x Level 5 Spells
1042x Level 5 Spells
1143x Level 5 Spells
1243x Level 5 Spells

Warlock Builds

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

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