In Baldur’s Gate 3, there are tons of buttons, menus, and various things to click all over your screen. Luckily, we have a list of the most useful keyboard shortcuts in Baldur’s Gate 3 to aid you on your journey.
Baldur’s Gate 3 – Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
Fortunately for keyboard users, you have quite a lot of keys you can use for potential shortcuts. Let’s take a look at all the useful things you can do with keyboard shortcuts in BG3.
- F1/F2/F3/F4 – Selects between party members in their respective slots (from top to bottom).
- Tilde [~] – Toggles and highlights all NPCs with their threat levels. Red highlights are enemies, Yellow are neutral characters, and Green highlights are friendly NPCs.
- Hold [Alt] – Highlights all objects you can interact with in the environment.
- Hold [Ctrl] – Forces your character to attack a target.
- Shift + C – Toggles all party members to enter in and out of Stealth mode.
- Shift + Space – Enters turn-based mode, perfect for controlling individual party members when navigating around traps or strange environments.
- F10 – Hides the UI. Great for taking screenshots!
- F5 – Quicksaves your game.
- F8 – Quickloads your last Quicksave.
- G – Splits your party up to be individually controlled, or groups them all back together.
- Space (while looting) – Loots all items within a container.
- Space (in combat) – Ends a character’s turn.
- Shift + Left Click Drag – Splits a stacked item in your inventory.
- 1 – 9 (in dialogue) – Selects the respective dialogue choice on screen.
With so many things to click on and decisions to make in Baldur’s Gate 3, any shortcuts to make life easier and save time are welcome. Personally, we’re a big fan of Quickloading with F8 because, well… things don’t always go as planned.
You’ll want to pair F8 with the key F5 for quicksaving as well. Arguably, these two are going to be your most used in this game, as you should be quicksaving before any suspicious area or major battle. This is much faster than saving manually, so make use of it.
You can rebind any hotkeys by opening the main menu and clicking options. From there, select “Keybinds.” You’ll be able to remap BG3 hotkeys to your heart’s content.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a robust game with complicated systems and, if you’re like us, some of them may have confused you at first. Check out our guide on what Save Failed means and how Passive Ability Checks work in Baldur’s Gate 3, and stick with Prima Games for more tips, tricks, and guides.
Most Important Keyboard Shortcuts
Here are the most important keyboard shortcuts you need to know for Baldur’s Gate 3.
- F5 – Quicksaves your game.
- F8 – Quickloads your last Quicksave.
- Shift + Space – Enters turn-based mode, perfect for controlling individual party members when navigating around traps or strange environments.
- Tilde [~] – Toggles and highlights all NPCs with their threat levels. Red highlights are enemies, Yellow are neutral characters, and Green highlights are friendly NPCs.
- Hold [Alt] – Highlights all objects you can interact with in the environment.
PS5 Controls for Baldur’s Gate 3
Here are the PS5 controls for Baldur’s Gate 3
- L2 – Manage Party.
- R2 – Shortcut Menu.
- L1/R1 – Character Actions.
- L3 – Cursor.
- R3 – World information.
- View – Map.
- Menu – Game Menu.
- D-Pad Up – Jump.
- D-Pad Left/Right – Previous/Next Target.
- D-Pad Down – Examine/Hide.
- X – Interact.
- Triangle – End Turn.
- Circle – Cancel/Exit.
We hope you enjoyed our guide on the best keyboard shortcuts in Baldur’s Gate 3. Be sure to check out our guide on all controller shortcuts in Baldur’s Gate 3 as well. Happy adventuring.
