Baldur's Gate 3 - The Best Druid Build Guide

Debate remains hot as to the best Druid build to destroy your enemies and mete out justice (or otherwise) in Baldur's Gate 3! This build, masterminded by 'Roll for Booty,' combines the Druid and Monk classes into a devastating hybrid fighter he has dubbed 'The Warden.' This build focuses on manipulating environments to hamstring your enemies before rushing them down with a flurry of elemental and melee attacks.

Here's a full breakdown of the build level by level, as well as the best possible items you can find to complement the build.

BG3 Druid Leveling Guide:

Level 1: Start as Druid

Begin with Druid as your starting class, because the saves you get with Druid are far superior to those of Monk. 

Best BG3 Druid Cantrips:

• Guidance: This one is consistently useful and can't be underestimated!
• Produce Flame: If you can't see in the dark via a racial bonus, Produce Flame is your best friend
• Poison Spray: A solid damage-dealing backup cantrip to get you started

Make sure to spend your starting Ability Points on Wisdom and Constitution, prioritizing Wisdom with the +2!

Level 2: Level into Monk

• This will add Wisdom to your Armor Class, and allow attacks to scale from Dexterity instead of Strength.

Level 3: Go Level 2 into Druid

• Subclass: Circle of the Land

Best Druid spells to prepare:

• Healing Word
• Faerie Fire
• Speak with Animals

Level 4: Go Level 3 into Druid

Circle of the Land: Choose 'Coast' to unlock Misty Step and Mirror Image, greatly increasing your mobility and survivability

Best Level 2 Druid spells to prepare:

• Heat Metal
• Moonbeam
• Hold Person

Level 5: Go Level 4 into Druid

Feat Ability Improvements:

• +1 Dexterity
• +1 Wisdom

Level 6: Go Level 5 into Druid

Circle of the Land: Choose 'Mountain' to unlock Lightning Bolt and Grant Flight.

Best Level 3 Druid spells to prepare:

• Call Lightning (can be combined with the Bonus Action 'Flurry of Blows' for a ton of damage)
• Sleep Storm
• Plant Growth

Level 7: Go Level 2 into Monk

Level 8: Go Level 3 into Monk

Subclass: Way of the Four Elements

Best Monk spells to prepare:

• Fire Serpent
• Fist of the Broken Air
• Chromatic Orb

Level 9: Go Level 4 into Monk

Feat Ability Improvements:

• +2 Widsom (you should now hit 20 Wisdom in total!)

Level 10: Go Level 6 into Druid

Your subclass passive feature 'Land's Stride' will now allow you to walk without penalty across any form of difficult terrain without movement penalties, key for entering into melee combat.

Level 11: Go Level 7 into Druid

Circle of the Land: This time it's mostly up to you, but we would recommend choosing Underdark for easy access to invisibility.

Level 12: Go Level 8 into Druid

Feat Ability Improvements:

• 2 Dexterity (you should now hit 18 Dexterity in total!)

Next, we're covering some of the best gear in BG3 to suit this Druid-Mon hybrid build!

BG3 Best Druid Staves:

• Corellon's Grace - Location: Auntie Ethel in the Druid's Grove
• Staff of Arcane Blessing - Location: Arcane Tower (Act 2)
• Mourning Frost - Location: Underdark (Act 2) Crafting: You have to combine Icy Crystal (X: -51, Y: -149 approx.), Icy Metal (X: 50, Y: -75. ) and Icy Helve (X: 114, Y: -252).
  Icy Crystal dropped by Filro the Forgotten near the Sussur Tree. Icy Metal is a Reward found on the Drow body located in the Myconid colony's vault. Icy Helve dropped by Dhourn after defeating the Spectator west of the Underdark Fort.
• Staff of the Ram - Location: End of Jaheira's Storyline In an Opulent Chest in Jaheira's Basement (Insert Harp-Shaped Pin to reveal the entrance) under Elerrathin's Home in the Lower City.

BG3 Best Druid Armor:

• Uninhibited Kushigo - Location: Grymforge - Quest: Find the Missing Boots optional quest reward by Sergeant Thrinn in Grymforge
• Bided Time - Location: In a chest in House of Healing Morgue
• Vest of Soul Rejuvenation - Location: Sorcerous Sundries (Act 3)
• Boots of Uninhibited Kishigo - Location: Can be found in the Astral Plane, from Githyanki Monks (Act 3)
• Flawed Helldusk Gloves - Location: Last Light Inn (Act 2) - Crafting: Crafted by Dammon in the Last Light Inn. (Require Infernal Iron)
• Seraphic Pugilist Gloves - Location: Open Hand Temple, in the southmost chest in the lowest floor (not the basement) near the bonfire (the floor with 5 beds in the shape of an arc).
• The Sparkle Hands - Location: Can be found at Sunlit Wetlands (Act 1) inside a Wooden Chest (X:95 Y:210)

BG3 Best Druid Rings:

• Ring of Elemental Infusion - Location: Crèche Y'llek, on a githyanki in the infirmary. (X1304, Y-810)

That does it for our build breakdown. Make sure to check out Roll for Booty's build guide video below for a more in-depth analysis of this build: