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 formidable. To truly optimize your Rogue, consider these top feats:

Top Rogue Feats in BG3

Here are eight exceptional feats to elevate your Rogue's gameplay:

Sharpshooter:

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

Skilled:

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

Athlete:

Enhance your Rogue's agility and mobility. Reduce movement costs for climbing and rising from prone positions, and execute running jumps with ease. A +1 to Strength or Dexterity further enhances your character.

Tough:

While evasion is key, BG3 makes taking damage inevitable. Tough significantly increases your hit points, bolstering survivability and making your Rogue a more resilient damage dealer.

Mobile:

Perfect for hit-and-run tactics. Quickly close the distance for attacks, then effortlessly retreat beyond enemy range. Excellent for both melee and ranged combat.

Alert:

Avoid the dangers of surprise attacks. Gain advantage on initiative rolls, significantly reducing the risk of being caught off guard. Essential for maintaining your Rogue's damage output.

Dungeon Delver:

Enhance your out-of-combat capabilities. Easily detect and disarm traps, and effortlessly unlock doors and chests. A significant quality-of-life improvement.

Crossbow Expert:

Unleash devastating crossbow attacks. Use your crossbow for sneak attacks at close range, and significantly increase sneak attack damage at all ranges. A truly powerful and thematic choice.

Additional Powerful Feats:

Lucky:

A universally beneficial feat. Use Luck Points to gain advantage on attacks, ability checks, or saving throws, or force enemy attack rerolls. Refreshes after a long rest.

Savage Attacker:

Ideal for melee Rogues. Roll damage twice and use the higher result, significantly increasing your 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 with different combinations to find the perfect build for your 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 about Baldur’s Gate 3.