Baldur’s Gate 3 is a game fans have yet to fully discover due to its huge amount of content and a large world to explore. Based on Dungeons & Dragons, the game uses the same features as the tabletop game, and one of these features is Eldritch Invocations.
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Eldritch Invocations are powerful abilities that can be used by Warlocks. There are many options for the players to choose from, but some are arguably better than others.
All Eldritch Invocations
Eldritch Invocations are features acquired by the Warlock Class. The first set of Eldritch invocations they unlock starts at level 2, then they get to unlock more at levels 5, 7, 9, and finally 12. In total, the player has the option to choose between these 20:
ELDRITCH INVOCATION | LEVEL UNLOCKED | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
Agonizing Blast | 2 | When you cast Eldritch Blast, add your Charisma Modifier to the damage it deals, unless it is negative. |
Armour of Shadows | 2 | You can cast Mage Armour on yourself at will, without expending a spell slot. |
Mage Armour | 2 | Increases your Armour Class when you aren't wearing armor. |
Beast Speech | 2 | You can cast Speak with Animals at will, without expending a spell slot. |
Beguiling Influence | 2 | You invoke your patron's bewitching charm. You gain Proficiency in Deception and Persuasion. |
Devil’s Sight | 2 | You can see normally in darkness, both magical and nonmagical, to a distance of 24m. |
Fiendish Vigor | 2 | You can cast False Life on yourself at will as a Level 1 spell without expending a spell slot. False Life grants you 7 temporary hit points. |
Mask of Many Faces | 2 | You can cast Disguise Self at will, without expending a spell slot. |
Repelling Blast | 2 | When you hit a creature with Eldritch Blast, you can push the creature up to 4.5 m away from you. |
Thief of Five Fates | 2 | Once per Long Rest, you can cast Bane using a Warlock Spell Slot. Bane targets up to 3 creatures. They receive a 1d4 penalty to Attack Rolls and Saving Throws. |
One With Shadows | 2 | Vanish into the darkness and become Invisible. |
Mire The Mind | 5 | You can cast Slow with a Warlock spell slot. |
Sign of Ill Omen | 5 | You can cast Bestow Curse with a Warlock Spell Slot. |
Book of Ancient Secrets | 7 | You can inscribe magical rituals in your Book of Shadows. |
Dreadful Words | 7 | You can cast Confusion with a Warlock spell slot.Sculptor of Flesh 7 You can cast Polymorph with a Warlock spell slot. |
Minions of Chaos | 9 | You can cast Conjure Elemental with a Warlock spell slot. |
Otherworldly Leap | 9 | You can cast the Enhance Leap spell. |
Whispers of the Grave | 9 | You can cast Speak with Dead without expending a spell slot. |
Lifedrinker | 12 | Your melee attacks deal additional necrotic damage equal to your Charisma modifier. |
The Best Eldritch Invocations
The player has many options to go over, and each invocation can be useful in the right situation. However, these specifically trump the rest for their incredible usefulness and versatility.
Mire The Mind
Mire the Mind will allow the player to use Slow, which is described in the game as: “Alter time around up to 6 enemies to Slow them. They won’t get far, they can’t do much, and they’re easier to hit.”
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Making use of this, the player can significantly affect an enemy’s movement speed, their Armor Class, and their dexterity saving throws. It is available starting level 5.
Dreadful Word
Dreadful Word will grant the player Confusion. Confusion is described in the game as: “Befuddle a group of creatures, causing them to attack at random, wander around aimlessly, and occasionally skip turns in the stupor.”
The effects of this are straightforward and it allows the player to render the enemy, more or less, useless against them during their turns. The player is able to learn this invocation at level 7.
Book of Ancient Secrets
This is a passive Eldritch Invocation. It allows the player to learn magic rituals by inscribing them into the Book Of Shadows. To get the Book of Shadows, in the first place, the player must make the Pact of the Tome. Their patron will then grant them the book.
The Book of Ancient Secrets makes it possible to learn even more spells, such as Ray Of Sickness, Chromatic Orb, and Silence. The player will be able to unlock this feature at level 7 as a Warlock.
Life Drinker
This is a very late game Eldritch Invocation that the player will be able to unlock only at level 12 Warlock, meaning to get Life Drinker, the player can’t Multiclass their Warlock.
This powerful invocation will allow the player to deal extra necrotic damage when using melee attacks. The damage dealt is decided by the charisma modifier. This is amazing for any Warlock as their primary ability is Charisma, which will lead to some heavy damage. The player can amplify the effect even more by equipping items that increase a character’s charisma.
Fiendish Vigour
This feature will allow the player to cast False Life. False Life is described in the game as: “Bolster yourself with necromantic facsimile of life to gain 7 temporary hit points.”
This ability will allow a Warlock to tank more attacks and guarantee a higher chance of survival. The Warlock can use it only as a 1st level spell, and its efficiency doesn’t increase with level. This feature can be unlocked early on, at level 2.
Minions Of Chaos
With the Eldritch invocation Minions of Chaos, the player is able to cast Conjure Elemental by making use of a Warlock spell slot.
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Conjure Elemental is described as follows by the game: “Bend the barrier between the planes until they disgorge an element ally to follow and fight for you.”
This will allow the player to conjure a Myrmidon from one of the following elements: Fire, Water, Earth, or Air. Each Myrmidon has their own unique abilities. This invocation can only be unlocked at level 9.
Repelling Blast
Repelling Blast exists to amplify the player’s Eldritch Blast, which is a deadly cantrip that deals 1d10 damage to enemies; at higher levels, the player can even cast 2 and 3 beams.
Eldritch Blast is perhaps one of the most useful tricks a Warlock can have. With Repelling Blast, the player can, in addition to the damage dealt by the cantrip, push the enemies back up to 4.5 meters, or 15 feet.
Agonizing Blast
Just like Repelling Blast, Agonizing Blast doesn’t do much on its own, however, when the player decides to cast Eldritch Blast after using Agonizing Blast, the player will get a heavy bonus.
Indeed, Agonizing Blast will allow the player to add their charisma modifier to the damage dealt by Eldritch Blast. The player will be able to gain access to this feature very early on, as it is unlockable at level 2.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is now available to play on PC and PlayStation 5.
