From your humble beginnings to your reaching mastery in Baldur’s Gate 3, this tier list will lay them all out from levels one through six.
With a wide variety of spells on offer, sometimes it can’t be very clear which ones are the most useful to have on.
Be it offense, defense, healing, or utility, this tier list will combine spells from all the spell levels.
Let’s dive deeper into the tier list.
Baldur’s Gate 3 S-tier Spells
These spells are the best of the best to use, and at each different level, you should always make room for them.
- Aid ( Spell Level 2 )
- Animate Dead ( Spell Level 3 )
- Blade Barrier ( Spell Level 6 )
- Bless ( Spell Level 1 )
- Call Lightning ( Spell Level 3 )
- Chain Lightning ( Spell Level 6 )
- Cloud of Daggers ( Spell Level 2 )
- Command ( Spell Level 1 )
- Conjure Elemental ( Spell Level 5 )
- Conjure Woodland Being ( Spell Level 4 )
- Counterspell ( Spell Level 3 )
- Create Water ( Spell Level 1 )
- Curriculum of Strategy: Artistry of war ( Spell Level 5 )
- Deep Thoughts ( Spell Level 2 )
- Disguise Self ( Spell Level 1 )
- Enhance Ability ( Spell Level 2 )
- Enhance Leap ( Spell Level 1 )
- Feather Fall ( Spell Level 1 )
- Find Familiar ( Spell Level 1 )
- Fireball ( Spell Level 3 )
- Fog Cloud ( Spell Level 1 )
- Globe of Invulnerability ( Spell Level 6 )
- Glyph of Warding ( Spell Level 3 )
- Haste ( Spell Level 3 )
- Healing Word ( Spell Level 1 )
- Heroes Feast ( Spell Level 6 )
- Hold Monster ( Spell Level 5 )
- Hold Person ( Spell Level 2 )
- Lightning Bolt ( Spell Level 3 )
- Longstrider ( Spell Level 1 )
- Mage Armor ( Spell Level 1 )
- Magic Missile ( Spell Level 1 )
- Misty Step ( Spell Level 2 )
- Planar Ally ( Spell Level 6 )
- Shield ( Spell Level 1 )
- Slight of the Seelie: Summon Deva ( Spell Level 5 )
- Speak with Animals ( Spell Level 1 )
- Speak with Dead ( Spell Level 3 )
- Spirit Guardians ( Spell Level 3 )
- Spiritual Weapon ( Spell Level 2 )
- Summon Quasit ( Spell Level 1 )
Before going deeper into the tier list, if you want to more about the game check out our guide on how to wake up Dairow Vin in Baldur’s Gate 3.
Baldur’s Gate 3 A-tier Spells
Overall, A-Tier spells are significant options that can also stand out when used in the right situations but are slightly less consistent than S-Tier options.
- Armour of Agathys ( Spell Level 1 )
- Banishment ( Spell Level 4 )
- Cloudkill ( Spell Level 5 )
- Cone of Cold ( Spell Level 5 )
- Confusion ( Spell Level 4 )
- Conjure Barrage ( Spell Level 3 )
- Create Undead ( Spell Level 6 )
- Darkness ( Spell Level 2 )
- Daylight ( Spell Level 3 )
- Destructive Wave ( Spell Level 5 )
- Enlarge – Reduce ( Spell Level 2 )
- Evard’s Black Tentacles ( Spell Level 4 )
- Faerie ( Spell Level 1 )
- Fear ( Spell Level 3 )
- Gaseous Form ( Spell Level 3 )
- Guardian of Faith ( Spell Level 4 )
- Guiding Bolt ( Spell Level 1 )
- Hex ( Spell Level 1 )
- Hunger of Hadar ( Spell Level 3 )
- Hunter’s Mark ( Spell Level 1 )
- Moonbeam ( Spell Level 2 )
- Otiluke’s Freezing Sphere ( Spell Level 6 )
- Otiluke’s Resilient Sphere ( Spell Level 4 )
- Polymorph ( Spell Level 4 )
- Revivify ( Spell Level 3 )
- Sanctuary ( Spell Level 1 )
- Scorching Ray ( Spell Level 2 )
- Silence ( Spell Level 2 )
- Sleep ( Spell Level 1 )
- Sleet Storm ( Spell Level 3 )
- Slow ( Spell Level 3 )
- Spike Growth ( Spell Level 2 )
- Stinking Cloud ( Spell Level 3 )
- Wall of Fire ( Spell Level 4 )
- Wall of Thorns ( Spell Level 6 )
- Warden of Vitality ( Spell Level 3 )
- Web ( Spell Level 2 )
With the A-Tier complete, let’s see a little more about the important decisions in the game with our guide on whether to Kill or Spare the Hag in Baldur’s Gate 3.
Baldur’s Gate 3 B-tier Spells
B-Tier spells are viable options that have niche uses and can be fun to use under the right circumstances.
- Banishing Smite ( Spell Level 5 )
- Blindness ( Spell Level 2 )
- Branding Smite ( Spell Level 2 )
- Chromatic Orb ( Spell Level 1 )
- Conjure Minor Elemental ( Spell Level 4 )
- Crown of Madness ( Spell Level 2 )
- Crusader’s Mantle ( Spell Level 3 )
- Darkvision ( Spell Level 2 )
- Death Ward ( Spell Level 4 )
- Dominate Person ( Spell Level 5 )
- Ensnaring Strike ( Spell Level 1 )
- Entangle ( Spell Level 1 )
- Flame Blade ( Spell Level 2 )
- Flame Strike ( Spell Level 5 )
- Freedom of Movement ( Spell Level 4 )
- Grease ( Spell Level 1 )
- Greater Invisibility ( Spell Level 4 )
- Harm ( Spell Level 6 )
- Heat Metal ( Spell Level 2 )
- Hellish Rebuke ( Spell Level 1 )
- Hypnotic Pattern ( Spell Level 3 )
- Ice Knife ( Spell Level 1 )
- Ice Storm ( Spell Level 4 )
- Inflict Wounds ( Spell Level 1 )
- Knock ( Spell Level 2 )
- Lesser Restoration ( Spell Level 2 )
- Lightning Arrow ( Spell Level 3 )
- Mass Healing Word ( Spell Level 3 )
- Mirror Image ( Spell Level 2 )
- Otto’s Irresistible Dance ( Spell Level 6 )
- Phantasmal Killer ( Spell Level 4 )
- Planar Binding ( Spell Level 5 )
- Plant Growth ( Spell Level 3 )
- Prayer of Healing ( Spell Level 2 )
- Protection from Evil and Good ( Spell Level 1 )
- Protection from Poison ( Spell Level 2 )
- Remove Curse ( Spell Level 3 )
- See Invisibility ( Spell Level 2 )
- Seeming ( Spell Level 5 )
- Shatter ( Spell Level 2 )
- Shield of Faith ( Spell Level 1 )
- Sunbeam ( Spell Level 6 )
- Telekinesis ( Spell Level 5 )
- Thunderous Smite ( Spell Level 1 )
- Thunderwave ( Spell Level 1 )
- Wall of Stone ( Spell Level 5 )
- Wind Walk ( Spell Level 6 )
Baldur’s Gate 3 C-tier Spells
C-Tier spells are overall inconsistent but can be used with enough creativity, and under the right circumstances.
- Arcane Gate ( Spell Level 6 )
- Arms of Hadar ( Spell Level 1 )
- Bane ( Spell Level 1 )
- Beacon of Hope ( Spell Level 3 )
- Bestow Curse ( Spell Level 3 )
- Blight ( Spell Level 4 )
- Blinding Smite ( Spell Level 3 )
- Blink ( Spell Level 3 )
- Blur ( Spell Level 2 )
- Burning Hands ( Spell Level 1 )
- Calm Emotions ( Spell Level 2 )
- Circle of Death ( Spell Level 6 )
- Compelled Duel ( Spell Level 1 )
- Dimension Door ( Spell Level 4 )
- Dissonant Whispers ( Spell Level 1 )
- Divine Favor ( Spell Level 1 )
- Dominate Beast ( Spell Level 4 )
- Elemental Weapon ( Spell Level 3 )
- Enthrall ( Spell Level 2 )
- Expeditious Retreat ( Spell Level 1 )
- Eyebite ( Spell Level 6 )
- False Life ( Spell Level 1 )
- Fire Shield ( Spell Level 4 )
- Flaming Sphere ( Spell Level 2 )
- Goodberry ( Spell Level 1 )
- Grant Flight ( Spell Level 3 )
- Gust of Wind ( Spell Level 2 )
- Hail of Thorns ( Spell Level 1 )
- Heal ( Spell Level 6 )
- Heal Wounds ( Spell Level 1 )
- Heroism ( Spell Level 1 )
- Insect Plague ( Spell Level 5 )
- Invisibility ( Spell Level 2 )
- Magic Weapon ( Spell Level 2 )
- Mass Cure Wounds ( Spell Level 5 )
- Melf’s Acid Arrow ( Spell Level 2 )
- Pass without Trace ( Spell Level 2 )
- Ray of Sickness ( Spell Level 1 )
- Tasha’s Hideous Laughter ( Spell Level 1 )
- Wall of Ice ( Spell Level 6 )
- Witch Bolt ( Spell Level 1 )
- Wrathful Smite ( Spell Level 1 )
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Baldur’s Gate 3 D-tier Spells
As with some checks in the game, these D-Tier spells are a critical miss, and they are not worth the slots to add them.
- Animal Friendship ( Spell Level 1 )
- Arcane Lock ( Spell Level 2 )
- Barkskin ( Spell Level 2 )
- Charm Person ( Spell Level 1 )
- Colour Spray ( Spell Level 1 )
- Contagion ( Spell Level 5)
- Dethrone ( Spell Level 5 )
- Disintegrate ( Spell Level 6 )
- Dispel Evil and Good ( Spell Level 5 )
- Feign Death ( Spell Level 3 )
- Flesh to Stone ( Spell Level 6 )
- Grasping Vine ( Spell Level 4 )
- Greater Restoration ( Spell Level 5 )
- Phantasmal Force ( Spell Level 2 )
- Protection From Energy ( Spell Level 3 )
- Ray of Enfeeblement ( Spell Level 2 )
- Searing Smite ( Spell Level 1 )
- Stoneskin ( Spell Level 4 )
- Vampiric Touch ( Spell Level 3 )
- Warding Bond ( Spell Level 2 )
Final Thoughts
Balduer’s Gate 3 offers a wide variety no matter what class you pick, and it’s no wonder it won the Game of the Year award, more than deserving of that title.
If you want to know what is the best possible outcome of the most important decision in the game, check out our guide on how to remove the parasite in Baldur’s Gate 3.
With the completed spell tier list for Baldur’s Gate 3, you will be ready while knowing which are the best spells to keep an eye out for. Share your thoughts in the comments about which spells do you think are the most worth using.
With thousands of hours played on Nintendo systems since the original Gameboy, Nikiforos is happy to share his endless passion for Nintendo franchises and everything he can get his hands on.
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