Baldur's Gate 3: Best Builds For Minsc

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• Best Subclass For Minsc

• Best Abilities For Minsc

• Best Level-By-Level Build For Minsc

• Best Equipment For Minsc

• Best Weapons For Minsc

Minsc is a recruitable companion you'll only meet late in the game in Baldur's Gate 3. This unpredictable human is someone you encounter on your quest to find the Stone Lord and is a chaotic but funny addition to your team should you choose to recruit him.

Baldur's Gate 3: Who Is Minsc?

Minsc and the miniature giant space hamster Boo are easily the most famous characters in all of Dungeons & Dragons.

Minsc is a ranger and can provide the party with melee or magic damage in a fight. Although he may not be able to deal the most damage with this class, he can provide a unique playstyle that’s fun to execute. Considering that he comes in pretty late in the game, you’ll want to focus on building a ranger that can deal with enemies in act three.

Best Subclass For Minsc

Minsc has a furry companion named Boo, and this complements the best subclass for him, which is the beast master subclass.

This subclass allows Minsc to summon beast companions that can aid the party in a fight. This is great for drawing the attention of enemies away from other companions and bringing in more units that can deal damage.

Level

Subclass Feature

3

Summon Companion

• Bear Companion: Summon a black bear that can endure heavy attacks and draw the enemy's attention with its Goading Roar.
• Boar Companion: Summon a boar that can sweep through the battlefield and knock enemies off their feet with its Charge.
• Dire Raven Companion: Summon a dire raven that can fly and blind its enemies.
• Wolf Companion: Summon a wolf that can inflict devastating wounds and knock down enemies with its Lunging Bite.
• Wolf Spider Companion: Summon a wolf spider that can shoot webs and poison enemies with its bite.

5

Companion's Bond: The bond between you and your animal companion grows stronger. Your proficiency bonus is added to its armour class and damage rolls.

7

Exceptional Training: Your companion can dash, disengage, and help as a bonus action.

11

Bestial Fury: Your bond with your companion has deepened, unlocking their inner strength and giving them an extra attack.

Best Abilities For Minsc

Minsc is a ranger, and this class depends on dexterity, constitution, and wisdom for the most effective build. You'll want to focus on making sure Minsc can deal great damage at a range and can maintain concentration on his spells.

Important Abilities

Dexterity (at least 16)

Constitution (at least 14)

Wisdom (at least 14)

Best Level-By-Level Build For Minsc

A great way to use Minsc as a ranger is to have him use his companions to distract or attack enemies while he attacks from afar or inflicts conditions on the enemies.

That being said, as you level him up, you should make sure you build the damage output of his archery attacks. It will help if you also have him cast spells that will restrain the enemies.

Level

Build

1

• Favoured Enemy: Bounty Hunter
• Natural Explorer: Beast Tamer

2

• Best Spell: Ensnaring Strike
• Fighting Style: Archery

3

Subclass: beast master

4

Feat: Sharpshooter

6

• Favoured Enemy: Ranger Knight
• Natural Explorer: Wasteland Wanderer (Fire)

8

Feat: Ability Improvement (+2 Dexterity)

10

• Favoured Enemy: Mage Breaker
• Natural Explorer: Wasteland Wanderer (Cold)

12

Feat: Crossbow Expert

Best Equipment For Minsc

Since Minsc will arrive late in the game, you'll be using late-game equipment to build him as a ranger. You'll want pieces of armour that scale with his dexterity modifier.

You'll also want pieces of equipment that will improve his archery ability and will increase the chances of landing critical hits.

Optional Armour: Armour of Agility

• Armour Class: 17 + dexterity modifier
• Exotic Material: Add your full dexterity modifier to your armour class. Additionally, this armour does not impose disadvantage on stealth ability checks.
• +2 to Saving Throws

Location

Can be purchased from Gloomy Fentonson at the Stormshore Armoury.

Optional Armour: Sharpened Snare Cuirass

• Armour Class: 14 + dexterity modifier
• Exotic Material: Add your full dexterity modifier to your armour class. Additionally, this armour does not impose disadvantage on stealth ability checks.
• Sharpened Snare: Creatures have disadvantage on saving throws when resisting your attacks and spells that inflict Restrained.

Location

Can be purchased from Roah Moonglow at Moonrise Towers.

If you find ensnaring your targets to be a preferred playstyle, you should choose the Sharpened Snare Cuirass for Minsc as armour.

Headwear: Sarevok's Horned Helmet

• Deathbringer's Sight: You gain Darkvision up to a range of 3m/10ft or 15m/50ft if you already have it. The number you need to roll a critical hit while attacking is reduced by 1. This effect can stack,
• Dauntless: You can't be frightened and cannot be afflicted with other emotion-altering conditions.

Location

This can be looted from Sarevok's body at the Murder Tribunal.

Gloves: Gloves of Archery

Corellon's Guiding Hand: You gain proficiency with longbows and shortbows. In addition, your ranged weapon attacks deal an additional 2 damage.

Location

Can be purchased from Grat the Trader at the Goblin Camp.

Footwear: Helldusk Boots

• Steadfast: You cannot be forcibly moved by a foe's spells or actions, and you ignore the effects of difficult terrain.
• Infernal Evasion: When you fail a saving throw, you may use your reaction to succeed instead.
• Hellcrawler: Teleport to an area and deal 2d8 fire damage where you land. The impact blast spreads in a 3m/10ft zone.

Location

This can be looted from a locked chest on the top floor of Wyrm's Rock Fortress.

Amulet: Surgeon's Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet

Paralysing Critical: When scoring a critical hit on a humanoid, the wearer can paralyze the target for 2 turns.

Location

Can be looted from Malus Thorm's body in the House of Healing.

Ring: Strange Conduit Ring

Strange Conduit: When concentrating on a spell, the wearer's weapon attacks deal an additional 1d4 psychic damage.

Location

Can be looted from a chest in the Inquisitor's Chamber in Crèche Y'llek.

Ring: Killer's Sweetheart

Executioner: When you kill a creature, your next attack roll will be a critical hit. Once spent, this effect refreshes after a long rest.

Location

Can be found on the ground in the room of the Self-Same Trial in the Gauntlet of Shar after defeating the player's character copy.

Best Weapons For Minsc

A great weapon to put in the hands of Minsc is a hand crossbow. Even better, you'll be able to put one in each hand.

The damage of these weapons scales with his dexterity modifier, so it's perfect for him. This will also work perfectly with the sharpshooter feat, so you should make sure he has the feat as early as possible.

That being said, you have a lot of freedom when it comes to equipping him with a melee weapon.

As much as possible, you should put him in a position where using his ranged attacks is advantageous.

First Hand Crossbow: Hellfire Hand Crossbow

• 1d6 + 2 (3~8) + Dexterity modifier (piercing damage)
• Hellstalker: Possibly inflict burning when attacking while hiding or invisible.
• Scorching Ray
• Piercing Shot
• Mobile Shot

Location

Can be looted from Yurgir's body at the Gauntlet of Shar.

Second Hand Crossbow: Ne'er Misser

• 1d6 + 2 (3~8) + Dexterity modifier (piercing damage)
• Magic Missile
• Piercing Shot
• Mobile Shot

Location

Can be purchased from Roah Moonglow in Moonrise Towers.

Club: Club of Hill Giant Strength

• 1d4 (1~4) + Strength modifier (bludgeoning damage)
• Magic Missile
• Piercing Shot
• Mobile Shot

Location

Can be purchased from Roah Moonglow in Moonrise Towers.

Baldur's Gate 3: How To Recruit Minsc

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