Baldur’s Gate 3: 9 Best Item Combinations (2024)

Baldur's Gate 3 not only comes with a massive range of possible character builds, it also features a truly staggering number of items you can come across on your journey to pair with them. While you can probably figure out how to use each item you find based on the descriptions, there are a lot of ways you can combine them to improve upon their effects.

These are a few of the best combinations that we've found, but since Baldur's Gate 3 prioritizes creative gameplay, there are probably hundreds more ways to use each item in tandem with others to help you get past any tricky enemies. Hopefully, this list gives you a good starting place for how to start thinking like a real Baldur's Gate 3 pro.

9 Arrow Of Fire + Explosive Barrel

This strategy requires a high carrying capacity, so if you're weaker, you may have to rely on the surrounding environment to pull it off. But if you're strong enough to pick up and carry explosive barrels (Firewine, Oil, Smokepowder), you can rig any battlefield to your advantage before starting your attack.

By piling up explosives and then detonating them at a distance, you should be able to take out a good chunk of lower-level enemies at once, perhaps even higher-level enemies, depending on how many explosives you have. If you don't have any Fire Arrows on hand, you can easily create one by using Dip on any burning surface.

8 Dagger + Ring Of Flinging

For those of you that didn't know, throwing a weapon from a higher point down onto an enemy below will net you higher damage. Of course, you don't want to throw your magical, or otherwise powerful, weapons around in case they get lost. That's where the plain daggers that you can find on half the enemies in the game come in handy.

Collect enough of these daggers, and you'll have a small arsenal to throw at enemies, giving yourself another option besides weapon, arrow, or magic. Then you can use the Ring of Flinging to increase your damage to 1d4 for all thrown objects.

7 Snowburst Ring + Hoarfrost Boots

When you're causing cold damage, the Snowburst Ring creates a 15-foot circle of Ice around your target. The Hoarfrost Boots, on the other hand, make it so that you can't fall prone when walking on ice. For a magic-user who wants to specialize in ice, this is a great combination. This way, your enemies will fall over and left and right while you can still attack.

You can find Hoarfrost Boots in the Inquisitor's Chamber, inside of Crèche Y'llek in the second part of Act 1. You can then find the Snowburst Ring under a loose plank at Last Light Inn, in Act 2.

6 Broodmother's Revenge + Derivation Cloak

Every time you successfully poison a creature, the Derivation Cloak will heal you for 1d4. Every time you're healed, the Broodmother's Revenge will then coat your weapon in poison. It's a vicious cycle that will keep you poisoning enemies and healing yourself as long as you're able to kick it off by poisoning your first enemy.

Broodmother's Revenge can be found on Kagha in Act 1, or it can be found in Act 3 in the High Hall of the Watch Citadel. The cloak can be found in Act 2 in Balthazar's room in Moonrise Towers

5 Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet + Killer's Sweetheart

After killing a creature, the ring, Killer's Sweetheart, gives you a reaction that can make your next Attack Roll a critical hit. The Amulet gives you the option to paralyze a humanoid on a Critical Hit. This combination, both only available once per Long Rest, means you can choose a target to paralyze, which makes all of your attacks Critical Hits.

Both of these items are found in Act 2. The ring is found completing the Self-Same Trial in the Gauntlet of Shar, and the Amulet is worn by Marcus Thorm in the House of Healing.

4 Ring Of Regeneration + Reviving Hands

Each turn, the Ring of Regeneration will activate and heal you for 1d4 points. The gloves, then, apply Blade Ward and Death Ward to creatures (you) that have been healed. With this combination, you'll basically be granting yourself three free actions for no cost.

Both of these items are found in Act 3, so you'll have to wait if you want to make use of this combination. The ring can be bought from either Rolan or Lorroakan, depending on who's still alive, in Sorcerous Sundries. And the gloves can be bought from Vicar Humbletoes in the Lower City.

3 Hearthlight Bomb + Holy Water

You'll get the most distance out of this combination in Act 2, fighting creatures that have advantages when obscured and are also weak to Radiant Damage. The Hearthlight Bomb will bathe a 30 ft radius in light for ten turns, which will reveal enemies (like the Shadows). Then, Holy Water will do 3d6 Radiant Damage.

Once you've deployed the Holy Water, you'll also be left with a Water surface. This can be used to enhance Cold or Lightning attacks by creating a frozen or electrified surface.

2 Pyroquikness Hat + Helldusk Armor

You do need to be proficient in Heavy Armor to use this combination, but if you are, and you're prioritizing fire damage, the Helldusk Armor is a must. Primarily because it prevents you from being Burned and grants resistance to Fire Damage. Which means that you can take advantage of the Pyroquikness Hat's extra bonus action without the punishment of Burning yourself while triggering.

The hat is in Act 3, in the Sorcerous Vault, in an invisible chest, and the Helldusk Armor can be taken from the House of Hope.

By Dashing, you can gain three lightning charges while wearing the Speedy Lightfoot boots; it's the easiest piece of equipment to gain those charges with. Then, the Jolty Vest can use those charges to Shock any enemies that deal you melee damage (providing they fail a Dex Saving Throw).

This combination converts passive charges into actions. The Jolty Vest is found in Act 1, and it's sold by Brem in the Zhentarium Hideout. The boots are found in the Blighted Village.