How to heal and revive in Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3)

If you want to learn how to heal and revive in Baldur’s Gate 3, then you’ve come to the right place. The game’s challenging combat design has often led to many characters falling to their deaths at inopportune times. And with BG3 not exactly making the resurrection and HP replenishment process clear, players often struggle to complete battles with the lack of manpower present.

If you’re looking for help in optimizing your Baldur’s Gate 3 Barbarian build to make fights easier, you can check out our in-depth guide. If you’re looking to charm your way through Faerûn, however, then take a look at our Baldur’s Gate 3 Bard build instead. For now, though, we’ll be showing you exactly how to heal and revive in the game to help you and your Baldur’s Gate 3 companions out in reaching the titular city.

How to heal in Baldur’s Gate 3?

To heal characters in Baldur’s Gate 3, you will need to use a healing spell, like Cure Wounds, or a health-replenishing item, such as the Potion of Healing. Using either of these will restore a random amount of HP to any of your characters, thereby allowing you to survive longer in a battle.

You can also make use of the Short Rest mechanic that you’ll find in the Camp and Resting menu. Keep in mind, though, that you can only use this twice. Use the campfire icon to rest. Afterwards, you’ll need to take a long rest to recharge it. A Long Rest cost supplies, food items that can be found in chests and at vendors.

Last but not least, some weapons have intrinsic perks that can help you restore health when you execute a specific action. For instance, the Shattered Flail has a boon called Yeenoghu’s Gift, which lets you regain between one to six health whenever you hit an enemy. However, there is a tradeoff: the equipping character can go mad if they don’t hit an enemy each turn.

To recap, here are your main methods of healing you and your party members:

• Use healing spells like Cure Wounds, Prayer of Healing, or Healing Word.
• Consume health-replenishing items such as a Potion of Healing, Potions of Greater Healing, or other standard potions. Note that potions can be thrown.
• Use the Short Rest or Long Rest action under the Camp and Resting Menu. A Long Rest helps restore Superiority dice, spell slots, and other resources. Note that the resources gained depend on these types of rest.
• Other actions, like the Fighter’s Second Wind or the Bard’s Song of Rest can also be used to heal.
• Make use of rare weapon perks like Yeenoghu’s Gift, which comes with the Shattered Flail.

Here’s a handy list of healing potions and where you can get them in Baldur’s Gate 3:

• Potion of Healing – Costs 60 GP and heals 2d4+2 HP. Can be found with Auntie Ethel, Roah Moonglow, Derryth Bonecloak, Cyrel, and Arron.
• Potion of Greater Healing – Costs 100 GP and heals 4d4+4 HP. Can be found with Auntie Ethel, Roah Moonglow, and Derryth Bonecloak.
• Potion of Superior Healing – Costs 500 GP and heals 8d4+8. Can be found with Derryth Bonecloak.

And here’s a list of healing spells in BG3:

• Healing Word – Bard, Cleric, Druid, and scrolls have access to this spell.
• Prayer of Healing – Cleric spell
• Healing Radiance – Oath of Ancients Paladin subclass spell
• Lay on Hands: Lesser Healing – Paladin spell
• Heal – A powerful spell that heals a target’s wounds and removes Blindness or other diseases.

It’s worth noting, though, that casting healing spells requires the use of spell slots. Since each character only has a limited amount of these slots, you won’t be able to heal your party members if you run out. You will also only be able to recover these by taking Long Rests, which means you’ll need to be selective when it comes to using a healing spell on a BG3 character.

How to revive in Baldur’s Gate 3?

To revive characters in Baldur’s Gate 3, you’ll need to use the ‘Help’ class action on a character as soon as they’re downed. This allows you to bring them back into battle without having to spend a Scroll of Revivify. Once a certain amount of turns pass and you aren’t able to resurrect them, though, you will have to use up the aforementioned scroll to bring them back to life.

Conversely, if you’re out of Scrolls of Revivify and want to revive a character, there’s another method of resurrecting your dead companions. Once you’ve learned where to find Withers in Baldur’s Gate 3, the powerful undead being in BG3 will give you the option to revive party members for 200 gold. Of course, this is the more costly method compared to the previous techniques. However, this is still a useful mechanic for when you find yourself out of the life-saving scrolls.

Here are all of the ways you can revive characters in Baldur’s Gate 3:

• Use the help class action on a character as soon as they are downed.
• Throw a healing potion at them before they lose three death saving throws.
• Use a heal spell before the character loses three death saving throws.
• Consume a Scroll of Revivify to bring them back to life.
• Talk to Withers and spend 200 gold to resurrect a character.

That’s all you need to know about how to heal and revive in Baldur’s Gate 3. If you’re looking for more help on in-game Dungeons & Dragons basics, check out our BG3 guides on how to leave camp in Baldur’s Gate 3. We also have a guide on how to change party in Baldur’s Gate 3. And if you’re exploring the BG3 Underdark, here’s how to get Sussur Bark in Baldur’s Gate 3.

Does resting heal in Baldur’s Gate 3?

Yes, resting heals health points in Baldur’s Gate 3.

How many times can you rest in Baldur’s Gate 3?

You can take two Short Rests before a Long Rest in Baldur’s Gate 3.