Baldur's Gate
Publisher: Interplay
Platform: PC


Cheats



Open the file baldur.ini in your Baldur's Gate directory and add the line Cheats=1 under the Game Options
entry. Then save the file and run the game. Once in the game, hit Ctrl-Tab to bring up the console in which
you'll type the cheats. Ctrl-Tab will also close this console. Type in the cheats exactly as they appear
below and press Enter to activate.

-Cheat Code
-Result


Cheats:CriticalItems()
spawns all of the game's critical items

Cheats:DrizztDefends()
creates a friendly Drizzt

Cheats:DrizztAttacks()
creates a hostile Drizzt

Cheats:Midas()
gives you 500 gold

Cheats:FirstAid()
creates 5 healing potions, 5 poison antidotes,
and 1 Stone to Flesh scroll

Cheats:CowKill()
creates a Cow Kill spell if you're near a cow

Cheats:TheGreatGonzo()
summons 10 killer chickens to fight for you in
battle

Cheats:Hans()
moves your characters to an adjacent area if
you get stuck

Cheats:ExploreArea()
marks entire area as explored (works like the

Clairvoyance spell)

Tips



Tip: In your first single-player game, you might want to avoid the rogue class of characters. Your first
companion in the game is a thief, and you'll have a chance to recruit a bard early on if you want him.

Tip: Save often and expect to load the game often; death is a constant companion. Always save before
you try to rest outside an inn. Also, save before you leave a safe area and when you enter a new area
without being attacked.

Tip: If you're entering a town for the first time, you should expect an assassin to be waiting in or around
the inn. Also, when you start making real money, invest in healing and antidote potions! You'll be facing a
lot of poison out in the field.

Tip: When trying to scribe a scroll into your mage's spellbook, it's a good idea to save the game first,
because if you fail, you lose the scroll. If you save first and fail in the scribing you can just reload the
game and try again.

Tip: When you remove characters from your party, they tend to stay where you left them. If you want to
change your party and add that extra cleric temporarily, you can always dump him later and return for the
fighter you left behind.

Tip: Some of the boss characters are a real pain to handle once combat begins. They start casting spells
and hold, charm, or terrorize your party members so you are much less effective. If you run into
particularly nasty characters who don't attack until having a conversation with you, try attacking them
before they start talking. If you weaken them before combat, they are much easier to handle.

Tip: The Pause key in Baldur's Gate is possibly the most important and useful feature in the game. (By
default, it's the spacebar.) You should always pause the game when trouble first appears so that you can
get a sense of what you're fighting and what you need to do to respond. Pause several times during the
battle to give yourself time to think about how to respond to the changing conditions.

Tip: The key to a successful campaign in Baldur's Gate is to have someone from your party scout ahead
in each map area. Use someone with stealth ability of 50 percent or more, if possible. Scouting ahead will
reveal enemies on the map and allow you to get the jump on them. It's a good idea to turn off the
computer AI before doing this, otherwise your scout might automatically attack the enemies that he or
she finds.

Tip: If you're facing a group of monsters that overmatch your party, use retreat tactics to separate the
enemy group. If you simply have your party walk away from the encounter, some of the baddies will follow
you, but others will stay behind. It's easier for you to divide and conquer than to face the entire enemy
group at once. Remember that most monsters in Baldur's Gate are kind of stupid. Use this to your
advantage.

Tip: You can free up precious inventory slots by stacking your arrows and bolts. Each slot can hold up to
20 arrows or bolts. For example, if you have a stack of 7 arrows in one slot and a stack of 10 arrows in
another, you can combine them into a single slot holding 17 arrows. Click the first stack and combine it
by clicking the second. This is incredibly easy to do and will allow you to have a free inventory slot.

Tip: Regardless of how goody-goody you are, you'll still need to enlist the services of a thief character in
Baldur's Gate. Preferably, the thief in your party will have at least 60 percent skill in the three major
categories (picking locks, stealth, and finding traps) before you reach the game's midpoint. Rather than
making your protaganist a thief, however, you may want to enlist the services of Imoen. She's the first
NPC you meet in the game and a worthy addition to your party.


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