ioWare's Baldur's Gate is not only one of the best computer role-playing game to be released in years, it's also one of the biggest and most difficult games you'll ever confront. With hundreds of non-player characters and locations, dozens of monsters and magical items, and numerous deadly ambushes, you'll require a comprehensive guide if you're going to find the best equipment and survive the toughest battles unscathed.

Not to worry. This guide contains all of the information you'll ever need to solve all of the Sword Coast's problems and make your characters rich in the process. In this guide you'll find a comprehensive listing of the locations of all of the magic items in the game, so you can quickly equip your characters with the best weapons and armor available. This guide will also provide you with detailed descriptions of all of the monsters and enemies you'll face, so you'll know in advance if that sheepish looking character hanging out in the corner of the tavern is actually a deadly eleventh level mage, waiting to incinerate your party with a fireball spell. To help you assemble the best party of adventurers, check out the guide's description of all of the non-player character companions available in the game, as well as their locations and respective attributes and abilities. In case you're unsure of how to chose and manage your own character, the guide also contains numerous character creation and development tips.

In a game as big as Baldur's Gate, it's pretty easy to miss out on a lot of important encounters and interesting quests unless you know exactly where to look. Not to worry: This guide contains a complete walk-through for each location in the game, detailing the quests you can find in that area, the monsters and enemies you'll encounter there, and where all of the local treasure can be found. Did someone say quests? Each area walk-through also contains a comprehensive chart that will not only let you know where and how you can obtain each of the more than 100 quests in the game, but also where and how to solve them, and the reward you'll receive for completing the tasks. Finally, if you're just stuck in a particular section of the game and are wondering what to do next, this guide also contains a mini walk-through for all seven chapters in the game, which, when combined with exhaustive strategies detailed in the rest of the guide, will enable you to decisively rout your enemies.

What kind of adventurer are you? It's time to enter Baldur's Gate….

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