Top Rogue Feats for Baldur's Gate 3 Revealed

If you've chosen to play as a Rogue in Baldur's Gate 3, you've made an excellent choice. These cunning and stealthy characters are incredibly effective in the game, capable of dealing significant damage. Let's explore the top feats that can enhance your Rogue's performance in BG3.

Top 10 Feats for the Rogue in BG3

Here are the ten best Rogue feats in BG3:

1. Sharpshooter
2. Skilled
3. Athlete
4. Tough
5. Mobile
6. Alert
7. Dungeon Delver
8. Crossbow Expert
9. Lucky
10. Savage Attacker

Sharpshooter

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Sharpshooter is a game-changing feat for Rogues who prefer long-range combat. It allows you to ignore cover, extend your attack range, and boost your attack damage by 10, albeit with a -5 penalty to hit. With Sharpshooter, your Rogue can transform into a lethal sniper, delivering precise and powerful shots, making it an ideal choice for maximizing ranged combat effectiveness.

Skilled

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The Skilled feat offers unparalleled versatility for Rogues, granting proficiency in any combination of three skills or tools. Whether you aim to master stealth, acrobatics, and sleight of hand, or become the party's locksmith, tracker, and appraiser, this feat allows you to customize your Rogue's abilities to suit your preferred playstyle. Skilled enhances your Rogue's adaptability and expertise, making them invaluable in various scenarios.

Athlete

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The Athlete feat boosts a Rogue's agility and finesse. It eliminates the extra movement cost for climbing and standing up from prone, and enables running jumps with just a 5-foot run-up. These enhancements make your Rogue more adept at navigating terrain, evading traps, and leaping over obstacles, ensuring they can move with grace and speed in any situation. Additionally, you receive a +1 bonus to either Strength or Dexterity.

Tough

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While most Rogues aim to avoid taking damage, it's nearly impossible to stay unscathed in Baldur's Gate 3. Even the sneakiest Rogues can fail a roll or get caught in an area-of-effect attack. Given the high damage output of Rogues, ensuring their survival is crucial for winning battles. Tough isn't essential, but it significantly boosts your Rogue's hit points, enhancing their survivability. Combined with the Rogue's natural evasiveness, this feat makes them remarkably resilient.

Mobile

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If you're aiming for a hit-and-run style with your Rogue, Mobile is an excellent choice. It allows you to dash into range, deliver a devastating attack, and then retreat without repercussions. It's also beneficial in ranged duels, enabling you to snipe an enemy and then quickly move out of their reach.

Alert

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Being surprised is a dangerous situation for a Rogue, as it can lead to a quick downfall, especially without feats like Tough. The Alert feat helps keep your Rogue safe, ensuring they can maintain their valuable damage output. The bonus to initiative is also a significant advantage in general combat scenarios.

Dungeon Delver

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Baldur's Gate 3 is filled with traps, locked doors, and chests. The Dungeon Delver feat enhances your Rogue's natural proficiency in dealing with these challenges, making life much easier. You'll detect most traps before triggering them, disable them effortlessly, and unlock most locks without breaking a sweat. It's a highly beneficial quality-of-life feat for Rogues outside of combat.

Crossbow Expert

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Crossbow Expert is my top pick for Rogue feats. If you haven't tried using a crossbow in Baldur's Gate 3, you're missing out. Equip your Rogue with a good crossbow and this feat to create a truly devastating damage dealer. With Crossbow Expert, you can use your crossbow's sneak attack at close range without worrying about melee combat. Your sneak attacks also deal more damage at all ranges, and it feels incredibly thematic to be a crossbow-wielding Rogue.

Lucky

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Lucky is a versatile feat that benefits any class and build in BG3. You have three Luck Points, which you can use to gain advantage on Attack Rolls, Ability Checks, or Saving Throws, increasing your chances of success. Additionally, you can use a Luck Point to force an enemy to reroll their attack, potentially turning a hit into a miss. Since these points refresh after each Long Rest, you can use them freely.

Savage Attacker

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For a melee-focused build, Savage Attacker is a must-have feat. When making a melee attack with this feat, you roll the damage dice twice and use the higher result. Combined with your Rogue's sneak attacks, this allows you to deal substantial damage and maintain that output even when sneak attacks aren't possible.

These are the best feats to transform your Baldur's Gate 3 Rogue into a formidable force, capable of dealing as much damage as they can withstand. If you have a different setup, I'd love to hear about it. Meanwhile, for more tips on improving your survival odds in the game, explore our comprehensive guides.

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

The above article was updated on 2/7/2025 by Melissa Sarnowski to include additional information about Baldur’s Gate 3.