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The Ranger ofBaldur’s Gate 3is a unique class built for niche players. With a playstyle that encompasses the worlds of magic and weapons, you’ll be able to adapt to any circumstance. And above that, you’ll be able to do it in style with one of Dungeons & Dragons' edgiest classes.
RELATED:Baldur’s Gate 3: Complete Guide To BardsWith subclass options allowing to have beastly companions or specialize in ruining the day of one creature in particular, the Ranger certainly gets points for style. Although they lag behind a little in raw combat potential, you certainly will never be bored playing a Ranger, and combat is only half the battle in Baldur’s Gate.
Updated July 23, 2025 by Alexis Campbell:All subclasses, feats, and spells have been updated to reach level 12 and are up-to-date with the official release.
Ranger Overview
“Far from the bustle of cities and towns, past the hedges that shelter the most distant farms from the terrors of the wild, amid the dense-packed trees of trackless forests and across wide and empty plains, rangers keep their unending watch.”
The Ranger class is a strangecombination of melee and magic.Although their feats make them specialists against certain enemies, they’re ajack-of-all-tradeswhen it comes to standard combat without being particularly good at any one thing.
As a result, while Rangers arerich with opportunities for roleplayingand unique problem-solving, they arelackluster compared to other classes on a combat level.The best summary for a Ranger is to be a melee-oriented Druid with far fewer spell-slots and evenly distributed stats.
In exchange for falling behind a little in combat potential, the Ranger is given ahorde of feats to collect.This allows foreven greater customizationand building your backgrounds, as well as opening the door for unique interactions with certain creatures.
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Ability Score Improvement or Choice of Feat
Land’s Stride: Difficult Terrain, Ability Score Improvement or Choice of Feat
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Ability Score Improvement or Choice of Feat.
The Ranger’s 3rd Level feat, “Primeval Awareness,” appears not to be included in Baldur’s Gate 3. In Dungeons & Dragons, you could use this feat to expend a spell-slot in exchange for sensing what creatures were around you.
Skills, Proficiencies, And Starting Equipment
Rangers are typically aphysically-built classfirst and a spellcasting class second. For this reason, their Saving Throws and overall build are first dedicated to those physical stats.
They are allowed ad10 + their Constitution modifierat the first level. Then,gain 6HP + their Constitution modifier for every level above first.
As Ranger is primarily aroleplaying rich class above a combat-savvy one, their skills lean more towards those you’d practically make in any standard encounter. Being aware of the world around them is a major trait for any Ranger.
Beyond their traits, the Ranger gets to begin with afairly average equipment loadto start with the unique addition of a single Arrow of Ice.
Ranger Feats
TheRanger’s feats have been overhauledfrom their original form in the Player’s Handbook of Dungeons & Dragons. Arguably, they’ve been made better and more reliable for your standard adventure and overall combat - especially in the option to gain damage-type resistances.
Each feat comes with alist of choices, making themone of the most customizable classesin the entire game. You can take a Ranger one way in a playthrough and an entirely new way in another. No two Rangers are exactly the same.
As far as action-economy goes,most Ranger skills are also passive,meaning their skills have amazing synergy without overlapping or costing you valuable actions on your turn.
Favored Enemy
You have experience tracking, fighting, studying, and speaking with a particular creature. Choose one and the bonuses received as a result:
Natural Explorer
You are particularly familiar with one kind of environment. Choose one terrain. Gain one of the specific benefits below as a result:
Hide In Plain Sight
Become Invisible and gain +10 Stealth checks as long as you stand still. Used once per Long Rest.
Ranger Spells
Rangers choose a limited amount of spells from theDruid spellcasting class.As a Ranger, this means yourspellcasting ability is Wisdom.Therefore:
Unless given by a feat or another similar method, Rangersdo not have access to Cantrips.
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On a failed WIS save, a beast is friendly toward you and does not attack.
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While firing a ranged projectile, cast this spell to deal an extra 1d6 + your Wisdom modifier. On a failed Strength save, the creature becomes Ensnared and is dealt 1d6 Piercing damage at the start of each of its turns.
Create a dense 4m fog that Obscures and Blinds enemies. Ranged attacks cannot come in or out of this fog.
Conjure 4 berries. Each person that eats one restores 1d4HP, totalling 4d4 overall.
Shoot a volley of thorns. On a failed DEX save, all creatures within 15m are dealt 1d10 Piercing damage, and the original target is also dealt your weapon’s damage.
Mark a creature to deal an extra 1d6 Slashing damage whenever you strike it with a weapon attack. If the creature dies before the spell ends, spend your Bonus Action to move the mark without expending another spell slot.
Gain the ability to speak and converse with animals until your next Long Rest.
Grant a touched creature the ability to see in the dark up to 12m until the next Long Rest.
Remove one disease or condition from a creature.
Pass without a Trace
Give you and all companions +10 on Stealth rolls.
Neutralise all poisons, give Advantage against Saving Throws for Poisoned condition, and Resist Poison damage.
Create a soundproof sphere 6m across within 18m of the spellcaster. Inside, all creatures within are Silenced and immune to Thunder damage.
Shape a piece of ground 6m in radius into spikes. Any creature walking on it takes 2d4 Piercing damage for every 1.5m moved through it. This patch also counts as Difficult Terrain.
Deal 2d8 Slashing on a failed Dexterity save (or half as much on a success) to targets within 9m.
Enchant an item to shine or create a sun-like sphere to dispel darkness in a 15m radius.
Shoot an arrow of 4d8 Lightning damage to a target and 2d8 Lightning damage to nearby creatures (and half as much to these creatures on a successful Dexterity save).
Create dense plant growth 6m in radius that slows enemy movement to 1/4.
Put ally into a death-like state where they are immune to disease and poison damage and resistant to all other types of damage except psychic.
Subclass: Beast Master
The Beast Master class is very straightforward: you get acompanion beast that you control.
You can summon it at the third Level, andat the fifth Level, you gain the feat “Companion Bond"thatadds your Proficiency Bonus to its Armor Class and damage rolls(giving it far more usability than its Player’s Handbook counterpart).
Companion Bond
Add your Proficiency Bonus to your companion’s AC and damage rolls.
Exceptional Training
Animal Companion can Dash, Disengage, and Help as a bonus action.
Bestial Fury
Your Animal Companion now has an Extra Attack.
Of the beasts you can control, you cansummon one of the followingat a time as a full action in or during combat:
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Subclass: Hunter
The Hunter subclass is aspecialized classthat, like the rest of the overarching class of Ranger, will ask you tochoose between several featsto further customize your character. It’s amore combat-focused, weapon-usingtype of Ranger.
Compared to the other classes, the Hunter is aone-size-fits-all sort of subclass, and if you’re not interested in the Ranger’s more niche subclasses, the Hunter is the best way to go.
Whirl and strike all nearby foes in melee range.
Subclass: Gloom Stalker
“Gloom stalkers are at home in the darkest places: deep under the earth, in gloomy alleyways, in primeval forests, and wherever else the light dims. Most folk enter such places with trepidation, but a gloom stalker ventures boldly into the darkness, seeking to ambush threats before they can reach the broader world.
The Gloom Stalker Ranger is a truly unique, niche subclass thatspecializes in all things dark- a class perfect for the Underdark they’re associated with. They getaccess to more magicas well as interestingambush-style feat mechanics.
They’re apopular multiclass subclassfor their amazing synergy with other classes (especially theFighterandRogue). If you’re not sure if you want to stay with Ranger, we do recommend at least trying your hand at the Gloom Stalker.
Dread Ambusher
Gain +3 bonus to Initiative, gain Hide as a bonus action, and (on the first turn of combat) increase your speed by 3m and make an attack that deals an additional 1d8 damage.
Umbral Shroud
Gain the ability to cast Invisibility as an action rather than a spell.
Gain Proficiency in Wisdom and Intelligence Saving Throws.
Stalker’s Flurry
When you miss with a weapon attack, make another weapon attack for free.
Unlike the RAW version of Gloom Stalker Ranger, it does not appear that the unique action “Rope Trick” is part of the leveled list of this subclass at level 5.
