Best Rogue Feats in Baldur’s Gate 3

Maximize Your Baldur's Gate 3 Rogue's Potential: The Best Feats

Choosing a Rogue in Baldur's Gate 3 is a smart move. Their stealth and damage output are exceptional. To truly optimize your Rogue, consider these top feats:

Top Rogue Feats in BG3

Here are eight outstanding feats to boost your Rogue's effectiveness:

Sharpshooter:

Transform your Rogue into a deadly ranged combatant. Ignore cover, extend your range, and deal 10 extra damage (at the cost of a -5 penalty to hit). Ideal for maximizing long-range effectiveness.

Skilled:

Unleash versatility. Gain proficiency in three skills or tools of your choice. Become a master of stealth, acrobatics, lockpicking, or any combination that suits your playstyle.

Athlete:

Enhance agility and finesse. Reduce movement costs for climbing and rising from prone positions, and perform running jumps with ease. A +1 to Strength or Dexterity is an added bonus.

Tough:

Boost survivability. Gain significant extra hit points, making your Rogue more resilient in combat. While evasion is key, this feat provides a crucial safety net.

Mobile:

Perfect for hit-and-run tactics. Move freely after attacking, allowing for strategic repositioning and escaping enemy range. Excellent for ranged combat.

Alert:

Avoid surprise attacks. Gain advantage on initiative rolls and prevent surprise, crucial for a Rogue's survival and damage output.

Dungeon Delver:

Enhance exploration. Easily detect and disable traps, and unlock chests and doors. A significant quality-of-life improvement outside of combat.

Crossbow Expert:

Unleash crossbow mastery. Use your crossbow for sneak attacks at close range, and deal increased sneak attack damage at all ranges. A highly effective and thematic choice.

Additional Powerful Feats:

Lucky:

Universally beneficial. Use Luck Points for advantage on attacks, ability checks, or saving throws, and force enemy rerolls. Refreshes after a long rest.

Savage Attacker:

Ideal for melee Rogues. Roll damage dice twice and take the higher result, significantly increasing damage output, especially when sneak attacks aren't available.

These feats will transform your Rogue into a formidable force in Baldur's Gate 3. Experiment and find the combination that best fits your preferred playstyle.

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

This article was updated on 2/7/2025 to include additional information.