Baldur's Gate

For the Enhanced Edition released in 2012, see Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.

Baldur's Gate

Developers
	BioWare
	Black Isle Studios
Mac OS (Classic)	Graphsim Entertainment
Publishers
1998-2006	Interplay Entertainment
2006-2012	Atari
2012-present	Beamdog
Retail (Japan)	Sega
OS X	MacPlay
Engines
	Infinity
Release dates
Windows	December 21, 1998
Mac OS (Classic)	July 17, 2000
macOS (OS X)	October 13, 2003
Linux	October 14, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	91
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Continuous turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Baldur's Gate

Baldur's Gate
Subseries of Dungeons & Dragons
Baldur's Gate	1998
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn	2000
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition	2012
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition	2013
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance	2021
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II	2022
Baldur's Gate 3	2023

Baldur's Gate is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RPG game in the Baldur's Gate series.

General information

Unofficial Wiki

Sorcerer's Place - Fansite dedicated to roleplaying and Dungeons & Dragons games

Spellhold Studios - A modding community for the Infinity Engine, Neverwinter Nights and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

GameBanshee - Walkthroughs and strategy guides for Bauldur's Gate and its expansion, Tales of the Sword Coast

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Released on 5 CDs or 1 DVD.
GOG.com		The Original Saga; bundled with Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition.

A free demo version is available from Archive.org.

Version differences

The Original Saga bundle includes the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Tales of the Sword Coast

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch for the base game is 1.1.4315, available from Patches-Scrolls.

The latest official patch for Tales of the Sword Coast is 1.3.5521, available from Patches-Scrolls.

Bugfixes and text update

Baldurdash bugfixes and text update fixes bugs, in-game texts and descriptions, and adds tweaks. Refer to that page for further details.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\baldur.ini
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Save
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Use G3: Widescreen Mod. To adapt the UI, use the GUI mod on top of it.
Multi-monitor			Use G3: Widescreen Mod. To adapt the UI, use the GUI mod on top of it.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS by default. Frame rate can be customized in the game's .ini file up to 60 FPS; however, frame rate is tied directly to the game's clock and changing it will change the game speed.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Set in config.exe.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Ambient, Sound Effects, Voice, Music and Movie.
Surround sound		4.0
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support		EAX 1
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Polish
Russian				Official localization by «Akella» – local retail and GOG.com version.
Russian				ArcaneCoast.ru: 1) Fan translation by prozh 2) Fan translation by Refiler
Spanish				An Improved translation by Clan DLAN is available.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		6	Co-op
Online play		6	Co-op The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Stuck keys during character creation

Try hitting the stuck key again or using Alt+Tab ↹ to switch away from the game.

Crash after intro videos

The game will crash if the paths in baldur.ini are too long. Try to install the game on a lower level of the directory tree if you have this problem.

"Not enough free disk space" error followed by shut down on large capacity partitions

Install Windows compatibility fix
Download custom compatibility fix from here. Either use command line to install the compatibility file or run the batch file as an administrator to do it automatically.

Flickering in menu and in-game

Install DDrawFix.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DirectDraw	1.0

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

Modifications

BG1Tutu allows the importing of Baldur's Gate files into the Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn engine. Refer to that page for further details.

Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business is a mod that restores missing and cut content from the game's release. Available both for the original version and for the Enhanced Edition. List of all changes can be found here.

System requirements

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 166 MHz	Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB	600 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM DirectX 5.0 compatible	4 MB of VRAM

Mac OS
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	8.5
Processor (CPU)	233 MHz G3
System memory (RAM)	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	350 MB