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All Level 2 Spells in Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3)

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Stephanie Watel

Published: Aug 9, 2023 06:55 pm

Baldur’s Gate 3 is abundantly rich in magic, with countless types of spells at your disposal in your journey across Faerun. They’re subdivided by levels, and there are plenty of them to collect as you progress through the game. If you’re wondering just how many there are at each level and what they do, here is our handy guide to all Level 2 Spells in Baldur’s Gate 3.

All Obtainable Level 2 Spells in Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3) & Their Uses

There are 39 Level 2 Spells in all to choose from in Baldur’s Gate 3, though it does depend on your class/race picked during character setup. Knowing how to balance your spells with your other skills and abilities is key not only to your survival, but your entire party as well.

Name	Description	Level/School	Cast Time	Duration	Class/Race
Aid	Heal your allies and increase their hit point maximum by 5 hit points.	Abjuration	One Action	until Long Rest	Cleric, Paladin
Arcane Lock	Close a door or container with a magical lock. It can no longer be lockpicked or opened with Knock.	Abjuration	One Action	10 Turns	Wizard
Barkskin	Protect a creature from attacks: increase its Armour Class up to 16.	Transmutation	One Action	until Long Rest	Druid, Ranger
Blindness	Limit a foes sight range. It is easier to hit, and the creature will miss more often.	Necromancy	One Action	10 Turns	Bard, Cleric, Sorcerer, Wizard
Blur	Attackers have Disadvantage on Attack rolls against you. Doesn’t affect creatures that don’t rely on sight or that can see through illusions.	Illusion	One Action	10 Turns	Sorcerer, Wizard
Branding Smite	Imbue your weapon with astral radiance to deal an additional 2d6 radiant damage on a successful hit. Target cannot become invisible.	Evocation	One Action/Bonus Action	10 Turns	Paladin
Calm Emotions	Suppress strong emotions in an area, making all humanoids immune to being Charmed or Frightened.	Enchantment	One Action	10 Turns	Bard, Cleric
Cloud of Daggers	Conjure a cloud of daggers, dealing 4d4 slashing damage to anyone within its area of effect for up to ten turns.	Conjuration	One Action	10 Turns (Concentration)	Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Crown of Madness	Instil madness in a humanoid enemy, making them attack the creature closest to them (other than you), even if it’s allied.	Enchantment	One Action	3 Turns	Bard, Paladin, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

Darkness	Create a cloud of magical darkness that Heavily Obscures and Blinds creatures within. Creatures cannot make ranged attacks into or out.	Evocation	One Action	10 Turns	Paladin, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Darkvision	Grant a creature the ability to see in the dark out to a range of 12m.	Transmutation	One Action	until Long Rest	Druid, Ranger, Sorcerer, Wizard
Detect Thoughts	Read the minds of creatures when you are in conversation with them.	Divination	One Action	until Long Rest	Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Enhance Ability	Bestow a magical enhancement upon an ally. They gain Advantage on Ability Checks with a chosen Ability.	Transmutation	One Action	until Long Rest	Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer
Enlarge-Reduce	Make a creature larger or smaller to affect their weapon damage and Strength Checks and Saving Throws.	Transmutation	One Action	Unknown (Concentration)	Sorcerer, Wizard
Enthral	Reduce a creature’s peripheral vision and make it look at you.	Enchantment	One Action	10 Turns	Warlock
Flame Blade	Summon a flaming blade in your off hand, which deals 3d6 fire damage when used as a normal attack action.	Evocation	Bonus Action	Unknown (Concentration)	Druid
Flaming Sphere	Summon a flaming sphere that damages nearby enemies and objects. The sphere sheds bright light in a 6m radius, and dim light for an additional 6m.	Conjuration	One Action	10 Turns (Concentration)	Druid, Wizard
Gust of Wind	Summon a strong wind that clears all clouds and pushes creatures back 5m, forcing them Off Balance.	Evocation	One Action	1 Turn	Druid, Sorcerer, Wizard
Heat Metal	Cause a metal weapon or armor to glow red-hot and force the creature touching it to let go or receive Disadvantage on Attack Rolls and Ability Checks.	Transmutation	One Action	10 Turns	Bard Druid

Hold Person	Creatures a magic field around a person, rendering it unable to move.	Enchantment	One Action	Instantaneous	Bard, Cleric, Druid, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Invisibility	Touch a creature to turn it Invisible. Attacks against it have Disadvantage. It attacks with Advantage.	Illusion	One Action	10 Turns	Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Knock	Unlock an object that is held shut by a mundane lock.	Transmutation	One Action	Instantaneous	Sorcerer, Bard, Wizard
Lesser Restoration	Cure a creature from disease, poison, paralysis or blindness.	Abjuration	One Action	Instantaneous	Bard, Cleric, Druid, Ranger
Magic Weapon	Infuse a weapon with arcane energy. The weapon becomes magical, receiving a +1 bonus to Attack and Damage Rolls.	Transmutation	One Action	until Long Rest	Paladin, Wizard
Melf’s Acid Arrow	Shoot a green arrow that covers the target and the ground with acid. Deals 4d4 Acid damage immediately and 2d4 Acid damage at the end of the target’s turn.	Evocation	One Action	Instantaneous	Wizard
Mirror Image	Create 3 illusory duplicates of yourself that distract attackers. Each duplicate increases your Armour Class by 3. One duplicate will vanish with each successful evasion.	Illusion	One Action	10 Turns (or until all 3 images disappear)	Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Misty Step	Misty Step enables you to teleport to any unoccupied space that you can see, within an 18-meter range.	Conjuration	Bonus Action	Instantaneous	Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Moonbeam	Call down a silvery beam of pale light that damages any creature that enters the beam or starts its turn in the light. You can use an action to move the beam 18m.	Evocation	One Action	10 Turns	Druid
Pass Without Trace	Call forth a veil of shadows and silence that gives you and all nearby companions a +10 bonus to Stealth Checks.	Abjuration	One Action	until Long Rest	Ranger, Druid

Phantasmal Force	Deal damage to a creature each turn. The type of damage changes to the last type the creature suffered.	Illusion	One Action	10 Turns	Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
Prayer of Healing	Heal all allies you can see.	Evocation	One Action	Instantaneous	Cleric
Protection From Poison	Touch a creature, removing any current poison effects and granting it resistance against any further poison attempts.	Abjuration	One Action	until Long Rest	Cleric, Druid, Ranger
Ray of Enfeeblement	Weaken a Foe: they deal half damage with weapon attacks using Strength	Necromancy	One Action	10 Turns	Warlock, Wizard
See Invisibility	Become able to see Invisible creatures, and possibly reveal them to others.	Divination	One Action	until Long Rest	Bard, Sorcerer, Wizard
Scorching Ray	Hurl 3 rays of fire. Each ray deals 2-12 Fire damage.	Evocation	One Action	Instantaneous	Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Shatter	Emit a shattering noise that deals thunder damage to any nearby enemies.	Evocation	One Action	Instantaneous	Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
Silence	Create a sound-proof sphere. All within are Silenced and Immune to Thunder damage.	Illusion	One Action	100 Turns	Bard, Paladin, Ranger, Cleric
Spike Growth	Shape a piece of ground into hard spikes. Movement is halved. A creature walking on the spikes takes 2-8 Piercing damage for every 1.5m it moves.	Transmutation	One Action	100 Turns	Druid Ranger
Web	Cover an area in webbing, possibly rendering enemies trapped inside unable to move. The web can also be ignited.	Conjuration	One Action	Instantaneous	Wizard, Sorcerer

That concludes our guide for all Level 2 Spells in Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3). We hope you find this helpful, and let us know what your favorite spell set-up is so far.

Be sure to check out all of our other guides, such as all Cantrips in Baldur’s Gate 3.

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Stephanie Watel

Stephanie Watel is a freelance writer for Twinfinite. Stephanie has been with the site for a few months, and in the games media industry for about a year. Stephanie typically covers the latest news and a variety of gaming guides for the site, and loves gardening and being the bird lady of the neighborhood. She has a BA in Writing from Pace University in NY.