15 New Coatings You Should Always Have in Baldur’s Gate 3

In Baldur’s Gate 3, applying these superior coatings can frequently be the difference between success and failure.

HIGHLIGHTS

• In Baldur’s Gate 3 combat, enhance your weapons with coatings such as Purple Worm Toxin to offer more damage and other effects.
• To make fire damage more lethal and to create potent combinations with AoE spells like Fireball, use Oil of Combustion.
• Oil of Accuracy gives Attack Rolls a straightforward but powerful +2 bonus, which makes it simpler to attack opponents on a regular basis.

Ordinary weapons can still remain competitive with their enchanted equivalents in Baldur’s Gate 3, even if Magic Items provide weapons in the game special effects. Characters can increase the amount of damage they deal by dipping their weapons into surfaces thanks to the Dip Bonus Action. This results in coated blades or arrows that deal +1d4 of the damage type linked to the dipping source.

It is not necessary for players to build environmental surfaces in order to obtain certain damage boosts, even if this is how diving is often done on them. In addition to a standard damage boost, Baldur’s Gate 3 players can further improve their weapons with specific bonuses by applying the appropriate Coating.

(Updated by Rhenn Taguiam on January 26, 2024) Players who are enjoying Baldur’s Gate 3 may be able to continue enjoying it thanks to Hotfix #17, which fixes further flaws that might destroy their current session. This is especially true when players attempt to alter the surroundings by adding other surfaces, effects, and even coatings, which may have a significant impact on how well they fight. Players may be able to rely on additional Coatings in the game as a result of the game’s adjustments to more gameplay features. Some of these Coatings allow players to employ Fire Damage against opponents more skillfully, inflict crippling poisons, and even stop adversaries in their tracks. As a result, in order to further expand on the finest choices in the game, additional Coatings have been added to this list.

Toxin of Purple Worms
Increase The Damage Poisons Do To Enemies

The Purple Worm Toxin’s exceptionally strong coating properties are what make it so rare. Use on a Baldur’s Gate 3 weapon (such as a Greatsword) grants it the 10 turn “Coated in Purple Worm Toxin” Condition. When a target is hit with a weapon that has this condition, they receive 1d10 Poison Damage every time their turn ends. This effect only goes away if the target wins a DC 19 CON Save.

The Purple Worm Toxin’s ability to produce a dippable surface when dropped on the ground is what makes it more intriguing. The surface itself has a 10-turn duration and may still give any weapon dipped into it the same Condition. Building a surface close to the party that all members can utilize to deal crippling Poison Damage every turn can offer them the greatest advantage in battle, especially since both uses of the Very Rare Coating still contribute toward its consumption.

Freezing Oil Setup: Effective Combinations With Cold Attacks

For elemental attribute antics, players may depend on a Baldur’s Gate 3 Wizard build, although Oil in Freezing can also be a handy tool for freezing down opposing troops. When a weapon is coated with this oil, it acquires the 10-turn coating in the oil of freezing conditions. When the coated weapon is successfully used against an opponent, the effect of being encrusted with frost is applied to them.

Affected targets will experience a disadvantage on DEX saves as a result of this two-turn impact. Moreover, Encrusted targets must make a DC 12 CON Save or suffer 1d4 Cold Damage if the Coating itself still has at least seven turns left on the Coated weapon. The DEX Save Disadvantage of this Coating is more significant than the 1d4 Cold Damage that occurs within a certain round threshold. This Coating effectively encourages combinations with powerful Evocation Spells that foes would avoid with DEX Saves.

Oil of Arsonists

Convert Fire Resistance Into A Deficiency

Even though spells like Fireball have a lot of firepower overall, they are worthless against enemies who have fire resistance. Characters like an Eldritch Knight, on the other hand, may ensure that opponents who ordinarily withstafireidamageage can still face the fury of their flames by usiarsonististoiloil. The weapon that is coated obtains a tarsonistoil condition when it is used as a coating. If a player hits an enemy with a fire damage resistance, the enemy’s resistance becomes a vulnerability for two rounds. Arsonist’s Oil and the always-dependable Scorching Ray are a powerful combo that an Eldritch Knight may deploy against bosses who often have natural resistances.

Arsonist’s oil is best utilized as a surface since it lasts for 10 turns on the afflicted weapon. Arsonist’s oil-dipped weapons can still inflict the same condition on targets when thrown to the ground, but at least the player’s surrounding teammates should now potentially be able to transmit the condition to many targets at once.

In One Hit, Crawler Mucus

Causes Paralysis And Poisoning

With the correct advantage, a scimitar-wielding rogue in Baldur’s Gate 3 might be able to execute crippling sneak attacks, although they might want to use a coating like Crawler Mucus to increase the amount of damage they can do. When their weapon is coated with this disgusting oil, it acquires the Coated in Crawler Mucus Condition, which lasts for ten turns and inflicts the Stricken With Crawler Mucus effect on targets it strikes.

This debuff requires targets to successfully complete a DC 13 CON. For one round, either save or get both poisoned and paralyzed. When a rogue uses a sneak attack to repeatedly attack a target that has been impacted by it, an ally with the ability to do so can cause the victim to become paralyzed and even react negatively (poisoned) if they attempt to retaliate.

Combustion Oil

Make Fire Damage More Lethal For Enemies

combustionDue to its flexibility, Mage Hand may become one of a party’s most potent assets for anybody who has ever played a spellcaster in D&D. When it comes to its ability to launch Grenades at adversaries, Oil of Combustion may be a very trustworthy multi-tool. The impacted weaponry gets thcoatingurn oilted combustionCcondition condition when it is emplcoating a coating. When a condition is applied to a target, it causes the Oil of Combustion Condition, which covers the target in oil and increases fire damage by 3d6 in the event that the target sustains fire damage.

3D6Because of this featuroil from combustion, it works better as a grenade. In the event that this materializes, the player’s long-range fighters might pelt their adversaries with wicoated arrows prior to Wizard unleashing Fireball. Oil of Combustion can provide an extremely damaging Area of Effect (AoE) since its effects will discharge additional fire damage within a 10-foot radius.

Oil Of Diminution

Make Enemies Pint-Sized And Easier To Deal With

strengthIn Baldur’s Gate 3, shuffling opponents doesn’t seem to be more successful than establishing distance. However, players soon find that boss confrontations can be simpler than they initially think when they shuck adversaries over ledges and cliffs. Regretfully, a lot of bosses have strong strength numbers, which makes it harder for people to push them than they think.

This is considerably simpler to achieve using Oil of Diminution. A target that is struck must make a Constitution Save, fail all Strength Checks, and incur a -1d4 penalty for all melee attack damage. This implies that the creature in question still experiences some melee damage reduction even if players are still unable to Shove their victim despite the Disadvantage.

Wizardsbane Oil

Transform Spellcasters Into Easier Targets

In Baldur’s Gate 3, a mage’s attack power is nearly always ineffective if adversaries are still able to succeed in their saves, regardless of how strong their spell is. Players can guarantee that spellcasters are rendered completely ineffective by using Wizardsbane Oil. By coating a weapon with this oil, targets’ Spell Attack Rolls and Spell Save DC will be debuffed by -3, making it considerably simpler for players to avoid attacks and for targets to miss.

Wizardsbane Oil also guarantees that the target has a disadvantage in keeping their concentration, which makes it ideal for multi-specializing bards who may be designated as the Mage-Killer in residence.Even though the benefits of this oil only endure for two rounds, a character with strong enough attack stats can constantly deal damage to troublesome spellcasters before they can counterattack.

Basic Poison

Default Poison Can Be Consistently Powerful

poisonEven though Basic Poison is a frequent coating in Baldur’s Gate 3, its accessibility throughout the game makes it an essential tool for situations where harm is sustained over time. Basic poison is a weapon coat that makes targets either make a CON save or become poisoned.

Although the damage that basic poison deals to targets when they are in the poison condition varies based on their poison resistance, this effect may be constantly applied as long as the coating is there. Because of this, classes with several attack choices, such as Thief Rogues with their Extra Bonus Attack or Fighters with their Action Surges, match well with Basic Poison.

Serpent Fang Toxin

Deal Extra Poison Damage To Boost DPS

Damage-over-time isn’t always a reliable method of dispatching opponents for players enjoying their Baldur’s Gate 3 playthroughs, especially as their damage might not be sufficient to inflict a decisive blow. In an attempt to get around this issue, Serpent Fang Toxin makes sure that players do more damage with each strike.

poisonThe Serpent Fang Toxin, when applied as a Coating, adds 1d6 Poison damage

to all active weapons that successfully strike an enemy. The 1d6 boost is a very lethal addition to an assassin’s toolkit, acting as the rogue’s equivalent of a sneak attack.

Thisobald’s Brewed-Up Bellyglummer

More Powerful Poison Damage To Foes

Thisobald’s Brewed-Up Bellyglummer is perhaps the most potent poison-based coating in Baldur’s Gate 3 combat, making it one of the finest ways to consistently inflict poison damage on enemies. Fundamentally, opponents must make a DC 17 Constitution save to avoid taking 1d6 poison damage per round.

Even though this coating is simple, it might be difficult to defeat the DC 17 Constitution Save since not all creatures give priority to CON when it comes to their attributes. Not to mention that the status effect can still be applied continuously while utilizing a weapon with this coating in multi-attack scenarios.

Malice

Debilitate Enemy Ranks With Blinded And Poisoned

In the enigmatic Underdark, the Spider Queen Lolth reigns supreme. Crystalline Lolth’s candles are sometimes misinterpreted as intrepid lanterns, which ultimately bring visitors to their tragic end. Malice, an enhanced form of Basic Poison, is available to players who have obtained their own Lolth’s Candles and are having fun with Baldur’s Gate 3.

When Malice is deployed, it also compels targets to choose between being poisoned or making a Constitution save. But this impact also includes a free blind, which makes it much harder for opponents to attack players, no matter how strong they are. With the correct feeds, this weakness may be particularly exploited, perhaps opening the door to more devastating attacks.

Drow Poison

Paralyze Enemies To Make Them Easier To Kill

Because rolling is a crucial component of the gameplay in Baldur’s Gate 3, a character’s power or weaponry are useless if they are unable to defeat an opponent’s armor class. Although players can depend on rare buffs to enhance their combat effectiveness, Oil of Accuracy provides a constant boost to Attack Rolls, which can greatly simplify the process of striking enemies.

Applying the Oil of Accuracy gives all attack rolls a +2 bonus. The versatility of this coating’s bonus allows it to be used in nearly every circumstance, but it is particularly useful for spellcasters like wizards and long-range Rangers who only use their weapons in dire circumstances.Oil of Accuracy may also turn multi-attackers into offensive machines, such as rogues and fighters, by greatly facilitating their hit detection.

Bane’s Oil
Combat Transformation Becomes A Negative For The Enemy

In certain cases, preventing an opponent from correctly scoring hits is more effective than doing massive amounts of damage while beating them in Baldur’s Gate 3 battles. A stronger boss is ultimately meaningless if they are unable to launch an assault. This is what opponents experience when they use Oil of Bane, as all it takes is a charisma save to grant opponents the banned state.

The banned status penalizes a victim by -3 on attack rolls and saves while it is triggered. Opponents may find it far more difficult to hit player characters simply because of the disadvantage of attack rolls. While this effect lasts, multiclass spellcasters may be encouraged to use their more potent assaults due to the increased penalty to saves.

Oil Of Sharpness

Boost Potency Of Slashing and Piercing Weapons

The Oil of Sharpness is a great choice for players that rely on their melee juggernauts to deal the most damage during their Baldur’s Gate 3 battles. Although it looks and works similarly to the Oil of Accuracy, its wielder’s performance is greatly affected by the small change in bonuses.

The Oil of Sharpness adds a +3 bonus to Attack and Damage Rolls when used on piercing or slashing weapons. Although +3 doesn’t seem like much at first, strong versatile weapons may only need to deal 3 damage to an adversary in order to take them down in one hit. Furthermore, multi-attackers like rogues and fighters may guarantee high DPS by using the +3 attack roll.