Before I post the timestamps Do not Advertise your channel or ask me to watch your videos, I won't do it. On with the timestamps of this video guide: Intro - 0:05 What games to play (Hint Shadow of Amn to start it off and yes avoid the two, they deal with epic levels) - 0:31 Gender and Portraits - 1:13 Race basics including Dual and Mutli classes and what they are - 1:35 Humans - 2:00 Elf - 2:27 Half-Elf - 2:37 Dwarf -2:47 Halfling - 2:57 Gnome - 3:07 Half-Orc - 3:17 NOTE: I will not go into too deep in most of the classes. Please consult my Baldur's Gate 1 or Icewind Dale Don't Panic videos on a much greater detail. Classes start up - 3:29 Fighter - 3:30 Ranger - 3:56 Paladin - 4:21 Blackguard kit - 4:42 Cleric - 5:00 Druid - 5:24 Mage - 5:46 Start of the Mage Specialist part - 6:07 Wild Mage - 7:28 Thief - 7:46 Bard - 8:09 Sorcerer - 8:33 Monk - 8:53 Shaman - 9:15 Huge Warning on Shaman class - 9:37 Alignment - 9:50 Abilities and how to roll for em - 11:26 Strength - 12:12 Dexterity - 12:26 Constitution - 12:36 Intelligence - 12:46 Wisdom - 12:57 Charisma - 13:07 Proficiency slots - 13:18 Looks and name - 13:45 Character Transfer section - 14:29 Character file - 14:43 Save File and advantage of playing Tales of the Sword Coast and Siege of Dragonspear - 14:51 What it looks like when your character transfer over - 15:12 The six party system from Icewind Dale is here - 15:27 Difficulty - 16:06 Start of the UI - 17:44 Map - 17:58 Journal - 18:08 Inventory, THAC0 and more - 18:23 Character Sheet - 19:18 Mage spells - 19:55 Priest spells - 20:05 Misc stuff - 20:16 Dialog - 20:24 Sample of level up - 20:46 Rest of the stuff I didn't mention - 20:59 Combat example - 21:10 Strong Holds and - 22:27 Quest advise - 23:25 Traveling around - 23:53 Map and time - 24:07 Resting Inn vs Outside - 24:19 Final Advice - 24:34
Thanks so much for helping me prepare to reexplore this game since childhood. Also 6:27 I laughed so hard, very accurate summation of what a diviner does : P
Yes he is. He is also Sark from Tron and a whole bunch of other good movies & television too. He did come back to do a player voice set and more for Baldur's Gate Siege of Dragonspear.
Debating upon divinity original sin 2 or baldurs gate 2 for my newly acquired nintendo switch, never quite got into baldurs gate 2, but baldurs gate 2 looks Very interesting, kinda silly how some games age like wine
@@LordFentonGaming yes man I most definitely will , great guide I wasn't getting the pause feature at first and I'm playing on the steam deck so I was basically guessing the buttons.
You forgot to mention that Strength determines To-Hit chance with melee weapons and Dex gives bonus to hitting with ranged weapons. This is the most basic of basic stuff that everyone needs to know. You should prioritize this kind of important info and skip telling about Alignment or Speciality Mage Classes.
im trying the story mode and nice thing is cant die LOL all is cleared far as i can tell anyways cant find key to let out i assume a party member...ran into a golem thinks im its master says something about a table cant find this table what can i do with this golem is it a party member too or whats the deal? no idea how to do spells (playing as a mage that can summon stuff and also thief full on evil ) no idea how to really play just been wandering around heh i got 3 party members and one as i said one cadged and cant find key to release
The next room with the golem won't really harm even if you loot the entire room. There is an table where you get the key. Use that key to free the party member in the prison. Make sure you loot the room's contents since it has some decent starter loot.
Thanks. Been playing this game and tons of the old Black Isle & Bioware stuff for a long time before Beamdog enhanced them and you get to know your things from it.
@@stickyindica8932 95 is good. 18/00 equals to 100 which is the best until 19 str. It was a messed up system in str until d&d 3.0 ruleset made it easier on str stats.
Hello I Downloaded the gog version and my AI looks totally different. Also it wouldn't let me pick difficulty and I don't have those health bars over the characters heads. What's wrong w my game?
Ok first the AI button is at the lower right that is the lantern to turn it on. I'd advise turning off the AI so your in control. As for the difficulty it's in the options menu than select gameplay. From that point slide the bar to what difficult you want. As for the hp and health bar go to the options menu than graphics. In the graphics menu click show character hp and show health bar. I hope that helps.
@@LordFentonGaming Many thanks! I did a typo and meant UI looks different. You've certainly helped a lotbut the question remains my menus all look different and are differently placed than yours. But at least I can play smoother now!
The video I did is the PC version. Try hitting the A button when you hover an item to give to your party member. See if it either grabs the item to drag to the other party members inventory or gives you the option to give the item to the party member.
@@LordFentonGaming Sussed it. Press A to select item in characters inventory then press right or left buffer on controller to swap characters and place it into theirs by pressing A again. Simple when you know how 👍
She should be at the Docks near the Harper's Headquarters. That is where you get her. Now if you did her personal quest and dismiss her than she is gone for good until at least I think Throne of Bhaal where you can summon her.
@@MrKluska11 As a rule of thumb always have someone to dispel or remove his protections. Once that happens wreck him. Now if you have someone with poison you can poison him too after his protections are gone so his spell casting will interrupt. Sorry for the delay.
Yes it is on the PS4. It is bundled with the 1st and 2nd game together. Looking at it in the PS5 short with the PS4 icon on it. Controls will the only difference from the PC version.
Trying this game again for the third time haha. There's spells in this game that I didn't know how to counter. There were some that caused my own party members to get confused and/or attack my own party. What would I need to get rid of that status effect?
Here how to get rid of confusion effect on your party members. The first way is dispel magic. It will dispel that and your buffs. The other way is Greater Restoration and Scroll of Protection from Magic. Now to protect yourself from this effect is the following: Scroll of Protection from magic, Chaotic Commands, If you have it Berserker rage works too. Barbarian Rage too gets rid of it. Spell Immunity works to protect you against this too. Potion of Clarity and Potion of Magic Blocking too. I hope this helps.
This is what I got from the Beamdog forum for the Android phone version. Go into options. Than go for Scale UI and Font Size to adjust what you need to do. This version I did is the PC one.
@@LordFentonGaming thanks, I stumbled upon it after a restart , thank god been trying to properly play this game for 20 years but life always gets in the way, now I’m retired lol
No worries at all. It is good to control how your party is set up in many RPG games. First timers people should experience the NPCs party members. If they really love the game than go for the solo multiplayer method of custom party.
Thanks Gamers Universe. I wanted to do this final Infinity Engine game guide by old Bioware and now Beamdog the Enhanced Edition before I move onto other good guides.
They are used to cast certain spells. Great way to save a spell slot for some classes. IE for example Wand of Fireball. They do have charges so be careful on how many times you use before it breaks though.
Im new to this game, should have bought the first one since its the continuous of the story unlike any games that had seperate protagonist in their sequels. But anyway, would you mind to recommend me a character race,ability and classes. Im really struggel to choose one since theres just too many of them.
Sure. Now there are plenty of good ones. Paladin your stuck with human and Lawful good yet it's a great setup. Even better is the inquisitor if you don't mind losing priest spells yet gain dispell magic and true seeing. The Cavalier you lose range attacks yet you get bonus against daemons and dragons plus that anti fear aura is nice. Paladin I say go for str, dex and con and sucks your stuck at 17 cha. Now fighters the base one is nice and for fun Kensai is great yet no armor but you do damage. Fighters duel wield is great and using 2hers is good. You can go sword and board but I'd say regular fighter. Fighter stats Str tops, Dex and Con. Race Human, Dwarf or Half-Orc. As for Cleric Any race is fine except Gnome. Helm is a good kit to do. The other alignment ones if you want good go for either while evil Talos is fun. As for base cleric it is fine too. As for stats I'd say Wisdom top to get highest. After Wisdom than Dex and Con. Wizards I am going to say any race is fine even Gnome since they are great illusionist. Sorcerers are fine too. Wizards in this game is OP as heck and I used an Kensai (Level 13) to Wizard on a human via Dual classing is great. More on Dual later on. As for stats Wizards focus on Int first making than Con and Dex. As for Sorcerers Cha since that stat is their caster bonus than Con and Dex. As for thieves they are great. I do feel Halfings and Elves are great thieves. As for skills it depends wanna disable traps and open locks focus on those. Wanna be stealthing machine focus on those. As for weapons daggers, short swords are good. As for stats for thieves Dex is top than Con and Str. For mutli and dual classing here is my advice. Good setup is Fighter/Thief, Fighter Mage, Thief/Mage, Cleric/Ranger, Fighter/Thief/Mage, and if your playing a gnome Thief/Mage(Illusionist). Dual classing is only for humans and they got restrictions you gotta have high stats when you start in both class stats. IE for example high str and int if your going for Fighter to start than swap to mage later. Remember Thieves, Mages and Clerics are strict on gear. So if your going say Thief/Mage you gotta wear nothing to be able to cast spells. As as wear only leather to use the thief's stuff like disarm traps and stealth. That is my advice and story for the very long post. This game has so much good in it and I try these setups over the years.
@@LordFentonGaming Oh wow..i didnt actually expect a long respond for a simple comment ahaha..but i have a feeling that your really enjoyed writing this as you are very fond to the game But anyway, thanks for your suggestion! I will try using one of these setup in my second gameplay (yeah my first gameplay is pretty f*** up) As a reward, 1 subs for you.
@@shido6804 Thank you. I played the entire series over and over. It was an habit each time I got a new PC I play this game. If the 3rd game is good I will add that to my tradition too.
You can skip BG 1 however you'll lose out in a few levels. Just have to be more careful starting out. Now if you go through BG 1 you get a nice level advantage. With the Siege of Dragonspear you get another level advantage as well. Just take your time for the tutorial dungeon and than go slowly through the game without really starting the story once your out of that dungeon.
You can get it from scrolls you find randomly OR better yet when you get out of the tutorial dungeon there is a few magic shops that sells them. In Waukeen's Promenade there is the adventurer's mart that Lady Yuth will sell you scrolls so your wizard can memorize them or you can use them to identify items. Galoomp the Bookkeeper in that same area sells spells too. Try those. If you find those scrolls they are with the ? mark on it.
Well the first game was in 1998 while the second in 2000. It uses an Real Time type of combat. Only way to stop it is pause. No worries about that, BG 3 comes out I'd imagine tons of people going to be playing that.
The monk class you have to build a certain way and level far to see it's real powers. Now the 3.0 dnd version monk oh my goodness build the right type and the way you go in power.
@@LordFentonGaming but in baldurs gate its dogshit. Not even close to top dps, horrible defenses, no helm meaning on harder difficulties you can get one tapped by crits Even if you level further its still worse than other classes. And I like the monk class but its just bad, in NWN I spammed it in so many builds in pvp but in baldurs gate its an RP tier class. Either you pick it to roleplay because you like monks or you just cripple yourself on purpose with the worst class in the game
You can if you want to. You characters start out at level 7 to 8. Playing BG 1 gets some of the full story. The game will update you on the events of one. So go for it you want to.
Thanks. I did beat this game two years ago and I decided to use my Kensai Mage as an test subject. If I do this again one day I might try an Thief dual or multi class setup.
THAC0 means To Hit Armor Class 0. For example if a character with a THAC0 17 try to hit an foe with AC 1 than they need 16 to roll to hit them. So you want a lower THAC0 on your character so it is harder for them to hit you and you want an higher THAC0 on foes so it is easier for you to hit them. They did away with that in future editions due to the complex nature of it.
@@lemmejustputthisropehere2627 Original BG 2 campaign is 19-21 depending on classes. The Throne of Bhaal that starts after is up to level 40 epic levels.
I am glad you enjoy the video guide on Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition. I wanted to do this for a long time and I am so glad I did. Now new players from either PC, Mobile and now the consoles can get basic help.
This is great video but still it's not for people who never ever played real life D&D, I'm playing this game on my Android and I don't understand a single thing, like how to learn skills or how that dice combat thing works, even the menu are confusing to me
Skills you get by leveling up and they are weapon skills for most part. Rogues classes gets points to put into their skills during leveling up. Those are permanent. Spells are scribed unless your one of those classes you have to pick spells than those spells are selected during level up. Dice rolls for combat is by weapons when you inspect them. For example a long sword is 1d8. That is 1 to 8 damage. Add 1 per point of magical weapon (IE 1d8+2 for a +2 longsword). Spells are if you inspect them are dice rolls. A fireball for instance is 1d6 damage per caster's level for a max of 10d6. So a basic fireball is 1-6 damage with resistance applying of course. Saving throws spells take half. The menus are can get like that however you can get used to them after awhile. Hope it helps and glad you enjoy the video.
Oohh yooos. You reweing an absolute masterpices of game industry!) bg 2...so many memorys...well i think its time to comeback, after i finish nwn 1. Dualclass barbarian13/cleric38 mega op bild guys)) oh and kensai 21/mage 23,even more op, bat only in end of trilogy)
You are so right, one of the masterpieces no one of the top tier games of the industry. I do hope you finish NWN. Your setup of that Barbarian Cleric is awesome than you pick my last playthrough of Baldur's Gate 2 EE the Kensai Mage. Glad you watched the video guide on this wonderful game.
Not to be mean, but you don't actually explain anything. You're going through the races and classes, and reading out load the text that's already on the screen. I can read that too, but was looking for someone to give context to what it means. Writing this comment cause you seem to spend a lot of time on this video, so wanted to give this feedback. Thanks for the effort though!
Dungeons and Dragons, well Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2.0 Ruleset. It was released in 2000 and got Enhanced with some goodies and now it is on the console. This game is great and fun to play. You should try it on PC, Mobile and yes I said before consoles. Well the series you should try.
Thanks. I wanted to do a starter guide for the longest time and I am glad I did now. This is an excellent game. Even better if you transfer your character from Baldur's Gate 1 and any of the extras you did in the game.
This game did have multiplayer back in the day. Each player took control of their own character or so. The Enhanced edition I heard improved on some of it.
One of my favorite actors. He did also Tron as both Ed Dillinger and Sark. Sark said the best line in that movie. He did came back for Baldur's Gate Siege of Dragonspear. Sucks you cannot use that voice pack in Baldur's Gate 2 though.
You gotta get used to it. They used to do combat like that when this game was made back in the day. It can be chaotic at times with save throws and other factors too.
For most classes yes except for a few things. Paladins are stuck with high charisma yet if your rep is great than you can save money in shops. The other part is that in the EE edition if you dual class to a Shadowdancer or Druid you will need high Charisma.
I like the way you just laid it out like advice to a friend and didn't get all complicated with it like so many do. Thanks for taking the time.
My pleasure and I try to make things much more easier for guides like this.
FINALLY! A useful guide from someone who actually knows how to play the game. Thank you!
No problem at all.
And yet, this asshole, just like the manual or any of the tutorials, won't explain any of the controls. WHY CAN'T I OPEN A DOOR!?!!?
lol no
Thx you so much, when i started the gamecombat was so wierd, but now i have learned that i can pause the game to set targets
My pleasure and have some serious fun in Baldur's Gate 2.
Before I post the timestamps Do not Advertise your channel or ask me to watch your videos, I won't do it.
On with the timestamps of this video guide:
Intro - 0:05
What games to play (Hint Shadow of Amn to start it off and yes avoid the two, they deal with epic levels) - 0:31
Gender and Portraits - 1:13
Race basics including Dual and Mutli classes and what they are - 1:35
Humans - 2:00
Elf - 2:27
Half-Elf - 2:37
Dwarf -2:47
Halfling - 2:57
Gnome - 3:07
Half-Orc - 3:17
NOTE: I will not go into too deep in most of the classes. Please consult my Baldur's Gate 1 or Icewind Dale Don't Panic videos on a much greater detail.
Classes start up - 3:29
Fighter - 3:30
Ranger - 3:56
Paladin - 4:21
Blackguard kit - 4:42
Cleric - 5:00
Druid - 5:24
Mage - 5:46
Start of the Mage Specialist part - 6:07
Wild Mage - 7:28
Thief - 7:46
Bard - 8:09
Sorcerer - 8:33
Monk - 8:53
Shaman - 9:15
Huge Warning on Shaman class - 9:37
Alignment - 9:50
Abilities and how to roll for em - 11:26
Strength - 12:12
Dexterity - 12:26
Constitution - 12:36
Intelligence - 12:46
Wisdom - 12:57
Charisma - 13:07
Proficiency slots - 13:18
Looks and name - 13:45
Character Transfer section - 14:29
Character file - 14:43
Save File and advantage of playing Tales of the Sword Coast and Siege of Dragonspear - 14:51
What it looks like when your character transfer over - 15:12
The six party system from Icewind Dale is here - 15:27
Difficulty - 16:06
Start of the UI - 17:44
Map - 17:58
Journal - 18:08
Inventory, THAC0 and more - 18:23
Character Sheet - 19:18
Mage spells - 19:55
Priest spells - 20:05
Misc stuff - 20:16
Dialog - 20:24
Sample of level up - 20:46
Rest of the stuff I didn't mention - 20:59
Combat example - 21:10
Strong Holds and - 22:27
Quest advise - 23:25
Traveling around - 23:53
Map and time - 24:07
Resting Inn vs Outside - 24:19
Final Advice - 24:34
Great
@@brunoluizferreira99 Glad you like this guide for Baldur's Gate 2.
thank you so much for this. recently got this game but found the interface hard to navigate through. thanks for the thorough explanation!
My pleasure. The interface takes a bit however you can get used to it.
Thanks so much for helping me prepare to reexplore this game since childhood. Also 6:27 I laughed so hard, very accurate summation of what a diviner does : P
My pleasure. It is the truth about the Diviner.
2 decades since release, still going strong!
I agree and I cannot wait for the 20 year anniversary so all of us fans can celebrate.
@@LordFentonGaming can you dual class two wizard classes that are forbidden??
Thanks for this video. I really needed this guide.
My pleasure and happy this guide helped you out.
Nice time bandits reference! Like the video a ton!
Thanks very much. Time Bandits is one of my favorite movies as a kid.
@@LordFentonGaming Same here! An underrated burner!
Ty for the video
Glad you found this helpful.
That actually is the guy from Time Bandits. David Warner.
Yes he is. He is also Sark from Tron and a whole bunch of other good movies & television too. He did come back to do a player voice set and more for Baldur's Gate Siege of Dragonspear.
Debating upon divinity original sin 2 or baldurs gate 2 for my newly acquired nintendo switch, never quite got into baldurs gate 2, but baldurs gate 2 looks Very interesting, kinda silly how some games age like wine
I am going to say both are great games. I do prefer BG 2 over Divinity Original Sin 2 however either way you'll get what you pay for.
Just got this and I was so fucking confused and I'm a 20 year RPG guy. Cheers man
Just take your time on it. Remember the steps in this video and you will go far with this great classic.
@@LordFentonGaming yes man I most definitely will , great guide I wasn't getting the pause feature at first and I'm playing on the steam deck so I was basically guessing the buttons.
great video big like
Thanks and I am happy you enjoyed my Baldur's Gate 2 video guide.
You forgot to mention that Strength determines To-Hit chance with melee weapons and Dex gives bonus to hitting with ranged weapons. This is the most basic of basic stuff that everyone needs to know. You should prioritize this kind of important info and skip telling about Alignment or Speciality Mage Classes.
I wanted to cover the THAC0 stuff too. Many people get confused by that.
Because you have it wrong
I’ve never played this. Looks fun
Pretty great game and one of the masterpieces that now got an console release too which is great.
Masterpiece. Proper difficulty which is not really a thing with games these days .
@@euphoriamorninguk play souls games 🤩 hard as hell but extremely rewarding. It’s also a fun twist on classic “fantasy” settings
@@aah5251 yup. Need to get on them. Beady eyes for elden ring :)
Nice Guide Today !
I am happy you enjoyed this guide. It's my last Infinity engine one and I am glad it is out.
love your analysis on this game, not easy, great commentary as always, big like from me
Thanks. I wanted to give out an starter guide for this wonderful game. Glad you enjoyed the guide.
nice channel liked and subbed
Thank you and welcome to the channel.
Nice video
Thank you and glad you liked my guide.
im trying the story mode and nice thing is cant die LOL all is cleared far as i can tell anyways cant find key to let out i assume a party member...ran into a golem thinks im its master says something about a table cant find this table what can i do with this golem is it a party member too or whats the deal?
no idea how to do spells (playing as a mage that can summon stuff and also thief full on evil )
no idea how to really play just been wandering around heh i got 3 party members and one as i said one cadged and cant find key to release
The next room with the golem won't really harm even if you loot the entire room. There is an table where you get the key. Use that key to free the party member in the prison. Make sure you loot the room's contents since it has some decent starter loot.
Your analysis is very good. Cool. 👍
Thanks. I've played this game for years and well you tend to know a few things. This game is really great and people should try it.
Thank you
Good job
Thank you Flippettirob and glad you enjoyed my guide to BG 2 EE.
Awesome video, like friend.
Thanks and I am happy you enjoyed the video guide.
It never asked what difficulty I wanted in my game
Check my other reply to you for the difficulty and more.
@@LordFentonGaming haha yeah tnx I was desperate
Very thorough and complete guide my friend. You know your stuff!
Thanks. Been playing this game and tons of the old Black Isle & Bioware stuff for a long time before Beamdog enhanced them and you get to know your things from it.
I wish I had you in my party, I need someone very wise, I'm such noob 🤣
Thanks for the kind words. Just slowly go through this great classic and you'll master it. Save often since some of the battles can be tough.
@@LordFentonGaming it seems like a really cool game, does 18/95 strength mean I can level up to 95?
@@stickyindica8932 18/85 str means your stronger than a pure 18 str and 18/01 to 18/84. You want 18/00 since it is the best in the 18s
@@LordFentonGaming so sitting at 18/95 would be pretty good? 18/00 would mean 00 is 100 right?
@@stickyindica8932 95 is good. 18/00 equals to 100 which is the best until 19 str. It was a messed up system in str until d&d 3.0 ruleset made it easier on str stats.
First !!! Almost at 1k bro !
Glad you are first. I am almost there. Just a few more videos/guides/ect and I should hit that mark.
Hello I Downloaded the gog version and my AI looks totally different. Also it wouldn't let me pick difficulty and I don't have those health bars over the characters heads. What's wrong w my game?
Ok first the AI button is at the lower right that is the lantern to turn it on. I'd advise turning off the AI so your in control. As for the difficulty it's in the options menu than select gameplay. From that point slide the bar to what difficult you want. As for the hp and health bar go to the options menu than graphics. In the graphics menu click show character hp and show health bar. I hope that helps.
@@LordFentonGaming Many thanks! I did a typo and meant UI looks different. You've certainly helped a lotbut the question remains my menus all look different and are differently placed than yours. But at least I can play smoother now!
Baldur's 3 looked interesting so I figured I'd get acclimated to game, not even able to get past 1st steps in game UGH
I saw the demo and it's great.. I believe Larian can deliver. As for this game just follow my guide and also make saves because you never know.
Thanks
Your welcome and glad it was helpful.
37th On it My Friend 👊😎👍 Have a great Day & Take Care ✌️😉
Thank you for that thumbs up OnTime 74. This game is great and I posted this guide to help people start out in it.
Hi there. I’ve just stumbled across this game on Xbox one. How do you transfer items between members of your party? TIA
The video I did is the PC version. Try hitting the A button when you hover an item to give to your party member. See if it either grabs the item to drag to the other party members inventory or gives you the option to give the item to the party member.
@@LordFentonGaming Sussed it. Press A to select item in characters inventory then press right or left buffer on controller to swap characters and place it into theirs by pressing A again. Simple when you know how 👍
Like dropped 👍👍
Thanks for watching and enjoying this video.
Nice
Thanks. Baldur's Gate 2 is a great game to play and I wanted to help people get an kick start on it.
do you know where is Jaheira after leaving party?
She should be at the Docks near the Harper's Headquarters. That is where you get her. Now if you did her personal quest and dismiss her than she is gone for good until at least I think Throne of Bhaal where you can summon her.
@@LordFentonGaming Thanks
@@LordFentonGaming I have other problem. In korgan quest doesn't trigger dialogue when I am near a tomb where Kaza books are stolen.
@@LordFentonGaming do you know how easy defeat a Conster mag?
@@MrKluska11 As a rule of thumb always have someone to dispel or remove his protections. Once that happens wreck him. Now if you have someone with poison you can poison him too after his protections are gone so his spell casting will interrupt. Sorry for the delay.
Amazing
Thank you for your support and enjoying this video.
Can you get the enhanced version for the PS4 ?
Yes it is on the PS4. It is bundled with the 1st and 2nd game together. Looking at it in the PS5 short with the PS4 icon on it. Controls will the only difference from the PC version.
Trying this game again for the third time haha. There's spells in this game that I didn't know how to counter. There were some that caused my own party members to get confused and/or attack my own party. What would I need to get rid of that status effect?
Here how to get rid of confusion effect on your party members.
The first way is dispel magic. It will dispel that and your buffs. The other way is Greater Restoration and Scroll of Protection from Magic.
Now to protect yourself from this effect is the following:
Scroll of Protection from magic, Chaotic Commands, If you have it Berserker rage works too. Barbarian Rage too gets rid of it. Spell Immunity works to protect you against this too. Potion of Clarity and Potion of Magic Blocking too.
I hope this helps.
@@LordFentonGaming Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try
This game is currently on sale on Steam. Was thinking about getting it
If it is on sale go ahead and get it. It's an classic and has so much going on.
great game play
Thanks Cristi. With this guide you can start Baldur's Gate 2 knowing what to do and more.
Do you know if there's a way to make the fonts bigger? I can't play it (on Android phone) because I can't read anything
This is what I got from the Beamdog forum for the Android phone version. Go into options. Than go for Scale UI and Font Size to adjust what you need to do. This version I did is the PC one.
@@LordFentonGaming thanks! I guess if the PC version has the option the Android version is probably the same so I'll spend the $10 to find out
Can you dual class two wizard classes that are forbidden??
I hate to say it you cannot.
@@LordFentonGaming thanks! That sucks.. but still enjoy the game!
@@marcanthony3167 It's a great classic and someday after all this Neverwinter Nights stuff I am considering doing the entire series.
Trying to get started back up after many years , but need bigger cache on my 3 year old HP on windows, anybody know where it is?
Not sure on how to do this on an HP Laptop. I'd Goggle that for best results.
@@LordFentonGaming thanks, I stumbled upon it after a restart , thank god been trying to properly play this game for 20 years but life always gets in the way, now I’m retired lol
i prefer to play solo multiplayer, so i can config my party they way i like.
No worries at all. It is good to control how your party is set up in many RPG games. First timers people should experience the NPCs party members. If they really love the game than go for the solo multiplayer method of custom party.
Like number 19 wowwww
Thanks Gamers Universe. I wanted to do this final Infinity Engine game guide by old Bioware and now Beamdog the Enhanced Edition before I move onto other good guides.
Another amazing guide my friend like 👍
Thanks RGR29. I wanted to post the last Infinity Engine game guide so new players can start out fine.
Is their a way to stop you party from doing whatever they want?
Turn off the AI button. I believe it is on the bottom right. This way you make the party members do what you want to do not them.
@@LordFentonGaming thanks
What are wands used for
They are used to cast certain spells. Great way to save a spell slot for some classes. IE for example Wand of Fireball. They do have charges so be careful on how many times you use before it breaks though.
@@LordFentonGaming o nice thnx for the info again
Im new to this game, should have bought the first one since its the continuous of the story unlike any games that had seperate protagonist in their sequels. But anyway, would you mind to recommend me a character race,ability and classes. Im really struggel to choose one since theres just too many of them.
Sure. Now there are plenty of good ones. Paladin your stuck with human and Lawful good yet it's a great setup. Even better is the inquisitor if you don't mind losing priest spells yet gain dispell magic and true seeing. The Cavalier you lose range attacks yet you get bonus against daemons and dragons plus that anti fear aura is nice. Paladin I say go for str, dex and con and sucks your stuck at 17 cha.
Now fighters the base one is nice and for fun Kensai is great yet no armor but you do damage. Fighters duel wield is great and using 2hers is good. You can go sword and board but I'd say regular fighter. Fighter stats Str tops, Dex and Con. Race Human, Dwarf or Half-Orc.
As for Cleric Any race is fine except Gnome. Helm is a good kit to do. The other alignment ones if you want good go for either while evil Talos is fun. As for base cleric it is fine too. As for stats I'd say Wisdom top to get highest. After Wisdom than Dex and Con.
Wizards I am going to say any race is fine even Gnome since they are great illusionist. Sorcerers are fine too. Wizards in this game is OP as heck and I used an Kensai (Level 13) to Wizard on a human via Dual classing is great. More on Dual later on. As for stats Wizards focus on Int first making than Con and Dex. As for Sorcerers Cha since that stat is their caster bonus than Con and Dex.
As for thieves they are great. I do feel Halfings and Elves are great thieves. As for skills it depends wanna disable traps and open locks focus on those. Wanna be stealthing machine focus on those. As for weapons daggers, short swords are good. As for stats for thieves Dex is top than Con and Str.
For mutli and dual classing here is my advice. Good setup is Fighter/Thief, Fighter Mage, Thief/Mage, Cleric/Ranger, Fighter/Thief/Mage, and if your playing a gnome Thief/Mage(Illusionist). Dual classing is only for humans and they got restrictions you gotta have high stats when you start in both class stats. IE for example high str and int if your going for Fighter to start than swap to mage later. Remember Thieves, Mages and Clerics are strict on gear. So if your going say Thief/Mage you gotta wear nothing to be able to cast spells. As as wear only leather to use the thief's stuff like disarm traps and stealth.
That is my advice and story for the very long post. This game has so much good in it and I try these setups over the years.
@@LordFentonGaming Oh wow..i didnt actually expect a long respond for a simple comment ahaha..but i have a feeling that your really enjoyed writing this as you are very fond to the game
But anyway, thanks for your suggestion! I will try using one of these setup in my second gameplay (yeah my first gameplay is pretty f*** up)
As a reward, 1 subs for you.
@@shido6804 Thank you. I played the entire series over and over. It was an habit each time I got a new PC I play this game. If the 3rd game is good I will add that to my tradition too.
@@LordFentonGaming a fighter kensai cannot use Mage or any spell ability right? Melee only?
@@LordFentonGaming i think i wanna go to Fighter Kensai character, can you recommend me a profiency slots for it
oh my goodness 1 k is here
Oh will and stay tuned. Thanks for stopping on by MN Nice Gaming.
Bro im starting with bg2 skipping the bg1 that havung lot of important tutorial and im die at least 5 time in my campaign before finding this
You can skip BG 1 however you'll lose out in a few levels. Just have to be more careful starting out. Now if you go through BG 1 you get a nice level advantage. With the Siege of Dragonspear you get another level advantage as well. Just take your time for the tutorial dungeon and than go slowly through the game without really starting the story once your out of that dungeon.
Just so you know, the bad guy in this game WAS played by the same dude in Time Bandits.
Yes and the same person also played Sark in the original Tron movie and many others too. He was also Abraham Van Helsing in Penny Dreadful.
@@LordFentonGaming ah ok. You did know. He’s a terrific actor. Plays villains really well.
How do you get the "identify spell" to identify an item?
You can get it from scrolls you find randomly OR better yet when you get out of the tutorial dungeon there is a few magic shops that sells them. In Waukeen's Promenade there is the adventurer's mart that Lady Yuth will sell you scrolls so your wizard can memorize them or you can use them to identify items. Galoomp the Bookkeeper in that same area sells spells too. Try those. If you find those scrolls they are with the ? mark on it.
@@LordFentonGaming Actually, I just had to take my armor off. Can't cast spells in armor....
You must multi into a wizard. That is cool. There is one armor that allows spell casting. You know when you see it.
tried to love and enjoy BG2 before BG3, i just cant, feels like im in 1993...ill just hop straight into BG3 even if ive never played BG series before
Well the first game was in 1998 while the second in 2000. It uses an Real Time type of combat. Only way to stop it is pause. No worries about that, BG 3 comes out I'd imagine tons of people going to be playing that.
what mods did you use
This is the Enhanced Edition of BG 2. Only thing Outside I did used was a portrait I got off the internet.
@@LordFentonGaming oh neat
monk : this class is dogshit in baldur's gate 1 and 2 pick something else*
FTFY
The monk class you have to build a certain way and level far to see it's real powers. Now the 3.0 dnd version monk oh my goodness build the right type and the way you go in power.
@@LordFentonGaming but in baldurs gate its dogshit.
Not even close to top dps, horrible defenses, no helm meaning on harder difficulties you can get one tapped by crits
Even if you level further its still worse than other classes.
And I like the monk class but its just bad, in NWN I spammed it in so many builds in pvp but in baldurs gate its an RP tier class. Either you pick it to roleplay because you like monks or you just cripple yourself on purpose with the worst class in the game
I never played baldurs gate 1 so can I start playing b gate 2?
And im playing on my phone
You can if you want to. You characters start out at level 7 to 8. Playing BG 1 gets some of the full story. The game will update you on the events of one. So go for it you want to.
Ok then I'll enjoy it
Great Video mate, keep up the great work... #LIKED
Thanks SpitfireSpud. This is my last Infinity Engine games guides that I did post for the new players PC, Mobile and now Consoles.
Amazing. Almost at 1k. Go bro go. You doing a great job
Thank you. I'm working towards that 1k mark and closing in on it.
Your youtube channel is just so amazing and unique! I can’t wait to see you get super big on youtube!
Thanks and glad you enjoyed my latest guide in the Don't Panic series.
Great choices, looking forward to see what you can do with this character!
Thanks. I did beat this game two years ago and I decided to use my Kensai Mage as an test subject. If I do this again one day I might try an Thief dual or multi class setup.
How does THAC0 work???
THAC0 means To Hit Armor Class 0. For example if a character with a THAC0 17 try to hit an foe with AC 1 than they need 16 to roll to hit them. So you want a lower THAC0 on your character so it is harder for them to hit you and you want an higher THAC0 on foes so it is easier for you to hit them. They did away with that in future editions due to the complex nature of it.
Thanks for answering
So the is only up to 20 right???
@@lemmejustputthisropehere2627 Original BG 2 campaign is 19-21 depending on classes. The Throne of Bhaal that starts after is up to level 40 epic levels.
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I am glad you enjoy the video guide on Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition. I wanted to do this for a long time and I am so glad I did. Now new players from either PC, Mobile and now the consoles can get basic help.
This is great video but still it's not for people who never ever played real life D&D, I'm playing this game on my Android and I don't understand a single thing, like how to learn skills or how that dice combat thing works, even the menu are confusing to me
Skills you get by leveling up and they are weapon skills for most part. Rogues classes gets points to put into their skills during leveling up. Those are permanent. Spells are scribed unless your one of those classes you have to pick spells than those spells are selected during level up. Dice rolls for combat is by weapons when you inspect them. For example a long sword is 1d8. That is 1 to 8 damage. Add 1 per point of magical weapon (IE 1d8+2 for a +2 longsword). Spells are if you inspect them are dice rolls. A fireball for instance is 1d6 damage per caster's level for a max of 10d6. So a basic fireball is 1-6 damage with resistance applying of course. Saving throws spells take half. The menus are can get like that however you can get used to them after awhile. Hope it helps and glad you enjoy the video.
This is a great guide for Baldur's Gate 2 man! I dropped you a like! 👍
Thanks Force Hammer Gaming. I wanted to do the final Infinity Engine Game guide being released. This way it helps out people greatly.
This is a wonderful piece of content from you and your team good morning from the UK 👌🏿
Thank you and good morning to you too.
@@LordFentonGaming aye!!
Nice guide man! I love this ! Nice choice! 😎
Thanks. This game is great and I am happy I got the guide out for it. People should experience the two games in the series they are wonderful.
Superb dear! Great guide thank you for sharing dear I left a thumbs up
Thanks Stephanie and I am glad you enjoyed my video guide on this wonderful game, Baldur's Gate 2.
Oohh yooos. You reweing an absolute masterpices of game industry!) bg 2...so many memorys...well i think its time to comeback, after i finish nwn 1. Dualclass barbarian13/cleric38 mega op bild guys)) oh and kensai 21/mage 23,even more op, bat only in end of trilogy)
You are so right, one of the masterpieces no one of the top tier games of the industry. I do hope you finish NWN. Your setup of that Barbarian Cleric is awesome than you pick my last playthrough of Baldur's Gate 2 EE the Kensai Mage. Glad you watched the video guide on this wonderful game.
Not to be mean, but you don't actually explain anything. You're going through the races and classes, and reading out load the text that's already on the screen. I can read that too, but was looking for someone to give context to what it means. Writing this comment cause you seem to spend a lot of time on this video, so wanted to give this feedback. Thanks for the effort though!
Thanks for the feedback and have a good day.
I like this game . This is LOTR ?
Dungeons and Dragons, well Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2.0 Ruleset. It was released in 2000 and got Enhanced with some goodies and now it is on the console. This game is great and fun to play. You should try it on PC, Mobile and yes I said before consoles. Well the series you should try.
@@LordFentonGaming thanks for info Bro
Very nicely done, smashing that like for you 🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥
Thanks. I wanted to do a starter guide for the longest time and I am glad I did now. This is an excellent game. Even better if you transfer your character from Baldur's Gate 1 and any of the extras you did in the game.
very good information at guide. now the new players can start game easier. thanks for your great guide 👍⭐
Anytime. Baldur's Gate 2 Enhanced Edition or not I want people to experience this game once. Besides Baldur's Gate 3 is coming out next year.
Este juego si era para dos players ya no?
This game did have multiplayer back in the day. Each player took control of their own character or so. The Enhanced edition I heard improved on some of it.
GG bro 🔥
Thank you. This guide will help new players into Baldur's Gate 2 big time and I wanted that.
I'm going to buy this for Android...hope it's worth it!
It's a great and wonderful classic.
The voice actor for Jon Irenicus IS the Evil guy from Time Bandits. =D
One of my favorite actors. He did also Tron as both Ed Dillinger and Sark. Sark said the best line in that movie. He did came back for Baldur's Gate Siege of Dragonspear. Sucks you cannot use that voice pack in Baldur's Gate 2 though.
@@LordFentonGaming Yeah, the guy has an amazing voice for pretty much any role.
The combat seems really clunky or is it just me?
You gotta get used to it. They used to do combat like that when this game was made back in the day. It can be chaotic at times with save throws and other factors too.
Bruh....charisma is a dump stats XD
For most classes yes except for a few things. Paladins are stuck with high charisma yet if your rep is great than you can save money in shops. The other part is that in the EE edition if you dual class to a Shadowdancer or Druid you will need high Charisma.