Baldur's Gate 3 quests list - All main and side quests

The player character looking across a city in Baldur's Gate 3.

The player character looking across a city in Baldur's Gate 3.
September 7, 2023: Now the game has released on PS5, check out our full list of Baldur's Gate 3 quests.

Looking to get your hands on the Baldur’s Gate 3 quests list? Then you’ve come to the right place! Quests within Baldur’s Gate 3 are the various expeditions and missions that players can acquire and embark on within the game. They can be unlocked through playing the main campaign and completing different events in the series.

In this article, we’re going to cover the full list of quests that are playable in the game. That includes all main story missions, as well as the side content you can enjoy.

For more on the game, check out our guide on how to save in Baldur's Gate 3. We've also got a look at the Baldur's Gate 3 PC requirements, as well as what Wrath does in the game.

Baldur’s Gate 3 quests list

Completing the main quests in Baldur's Gate 3, as listed below, advance the storyline and are necessary in order to fully finish the game.

However, it’s also important that players also embark on other quests and defeat enemies that aren’t part of the main narrative. This helps you level up the abilities of your in-game characters, which will be of great help for future battles.

Anyway, here’s the list of quests for Act 1 and Act 2 of Baldur's Gate 3:

Act 1 and prologue

Prologue

  • Escape the Nautiloid
    • Rescue the Illithid's Captive

Act 1

  • Find a Cure
    • Ask the Goblin Priestess for Help
    • Find the Githyanki Crèche
    • Get Help from Auntie Ethel
    • Get Help from Healer Nettie
    • Help Omeluum Investigate the Parasite
    • Rescue the Druid Halsin

Act 2

  • Defeat Ketheric Thorm
  • Infiltrate Moonrise Towers
    • Capture Isobel the Selunite Cleric
    • Find Ketheric Thorm's Relic
    • Follow the Convoy
    • Resolve the Abduction
    • Seek Protection from the Shadow Curse

Act 3

  • Confront the Elder Brain
    • Control the Elder Brain
    • Destroy the Elder Brain
  • Get Gortash's Netherstone
    • Consider Gortash's Bargain
    • Disable the Steel Watch
  • Get Orin's Netherstone
    • Investigate the Murders
    • Impress the Murder Tribunal
    • Rescue Orin's Victim
  • Gather Your Allies
  • Travel to Moonrise Towers
The player characters battling an ox enemy in Baldur's Gate 3.
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All regional quests in Baldur’s Gate 3

Nautiloid Crash Region

  • Explore the Ruins
  • Free Lae'zel
  • Find the Missing Shipment
  • Find the Nightsong
  • Finish the Masterwork Weapon
  • Free the Artist
  • Hunt the Devil
  • Rescue the Gnome
  • Rescue the Grand Duke
  • Rescue the Trapped Man
  • Save Mayrina
  • Search the Cellar
    • Destroy the Ancient Tome
    • Unlock the Ancient Tome

Druid's Grove

  • Find Doni
  • Find Your Belongings
  • Investigate the Beach
  • Rescue Volo
  • Return the Locket
  • Save Arbella
  • Save the Goblin Sazza
  • Save the Refugees
    • Defeat the Goblins
    • Investigate Kagha
    • Kill Kagha
    • Raid the Emerald Grove
    • Save the First Druid
  • Steal the Sacred Idol

Shadow-Cursed Lands

  • Decide Minthara's Fate
  • Find Arabella's Parents
  • Find Mol
  • Find Rolan in the Shadows
  • Find Zevlor
  • Investigate the Selunite Resistance
  • Lift the Shadow Curse
  • Kill Raphael's Old Enemy
    • Break Yurgir's Contract
  • Punish the Wicked
  • Rescue the Tieflings
  • Rescue Wulbren
  • Wake up Art Cullagh

Underdark

  • Avenge Glut's Circle
  • Cure the Poisoned Gnome
  • Defeat the Duergar Intruders
  • Deliver Nere's Head
  • Find the Missing Boots
  • Find the Mushroom Picker
  • Free True Soul Nere
    • Blind the Absolute
    • Find Explosive
  • Save the Grymforge Gnomes
  • The Adamantine Forge
    • Get Past the Rubble

Baldur's Gate

  • Acquire the Gauntlets for Helsik
  • Aid the Underduke
  • Avenge the Drowned
  • Avenge the Hag Survivors
  • Avenge the Ironhands
  • Deal with the Gnomes
  • Feed the Mind Flayer
  • Find a way into Wyrm's Rock Fortress
  • Free Counsellor Florrick
  • Find Dribbles the Clown
  • Find Mystic Carrion's Servant
    • Defeat Mystic Carrion
  • Find the Missing Letters
  • Find the 'Stern Librarian' Ffion
  • Help the Cursed Monk
  • Help the Devilish Ox
  • Help the Hag Survivors
  • Investigate Cazador's Place
  • Investigate the House of Grief
  • Investigate the Suspicious Toys
  • Retrieve Omeluum
  • Return Rakath's Gold
  • Roveer's Storehouse
  • Save the Gondians
  • Save Hope
  • Save Vanra
  • Solve the Open Hand Temple Murders
  • Stop the Presses
  • Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout

All other quests in Baldur's Gate 3

  • Steal a Githyanki Egg
  • Find the Blood of Lathander
  • Call of the Blood
  • Deal with the Devil
    • Escape the Deal
    • Fulfil the Deal
  • Discover the Artefact's Secrets
  • Discover the History of Prince Orpheus
  • Embrace Your Potential
  • Free Orpheus
  • Help Kith'rak Voss
  • Help Your Protector
  • Servant of None
    • Forging a Heart
  • The Urge
    • Open Your Scars

Now the full game release is available, we’ll keep an eye on this list in case any more quests are uncovered in Baldur's Gate 3. Until then, feel free to read up on whether Baldur's Gate 3 works on Steam Deck, as well as how to pick locks in Baldur's Gate 3.