All Baldur S Gate 3 Traits

As if there weren’t already hard enough deliberating between your favorite Baldur’s Gate 3 classes and races, BG3 traits add yet another spanner in the works, with some races offering additional, unique gameplay mechanics to your character. Pick a Dragonborn, for example, and you must choose your draconic heritage, the dragon half of you determining some important factors. You might even find that some of these Baldur’s Gate 3 features can could impact your chance of finding romance, with advantage on certain skill checks.

Best Baldur’s Gate 3 traits

The best Baldur’s Gate 3 traits are:

Relentless Endurance Gnome Cunning Draconic Ancestry

Most traits are limited to and determined by your chosen race, so you have little to no choice once you’ve already created your character. However, if you’re still deliberating over which race to choose and think the best trait might sway you, then you might consider the Half-Orc, thanks to their incredible Relentless Endurance trait. The Gnome is another great choice based on traits, as you can see below.

Relentless Endurance

Relentless Endurance leaves you with 1 HP when you would otherwise be rendered unconscious, which prevents you from having to carry out death saving throws and potentially, well, dying. This might sound OP, but don’t forget you can only use it once per long rest, and you’ll go down on your next hit, so make sure you’ve got healer around.

Gnome Cunning

Alternatively, the Gnome’s Cunning trait grants you advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma throws by default. Having advantage on anything is better than a proficiency, as you roll twice and use the best roll, meaning you have double the chance of rolling well. Of course, this still doesn’t guarantee success, but doubling the chance of success on three BG3 abilities can only be a good thing.

Draconic Ancestry

While you can’t choose between traits for your level one Dragonborn, the default Draconic Ancestry trait offers a choice of its own, and this versatility makes the Dragonborn a pretty cool choice of race. Choosing your draconic heritage from black, blue, brass, bronze, copper, gold, green, red, silver, white decides which effect you can have resistance from, such as cold or fire, and which breath weapon you receive.

Baldur’s Gate 3 trait list

So far, we know of the following Baldur’s Gate 3 traits, each requiring you to pick a specific race. Here is a list of what the Baldur’s Gate 3 traits do: Those are all the Baldur’s Gate 3 traits we know of so far. We also have some handy tips on Baldur’s Gate 3 skills and how they relate to proficiency. There are also lots of Baldur’s Gate 3 feats, which work similarly to traits, as well as the status effects your skills can affect enemies with.