Depending on the race of your characters, getting into some spaces can be quite tricky in Baldur’s Gate 3. If you find yourself faced with a small opening that you simply cannot get past, you’ve come to the right place.
Baldur’s Gate 3: How to get into rocky crevices and burrow holes
First, these Rocky Crevices can come in two forms in Baldur’s Gate 3. You’ve got medium-sized openings, and then others that are really tiny. You can usually find these in little corners of an area, or somewhere you wouldn’t initially think to look like in the rafters of an old building. But as you approach one your party should spot it as long as at least one of you passes the Perception check.
To help you enter all crevices and burrows no matter the size, here are all the ways to fit into tight spaces in BG3:
- Rocky crevices – Medium spaces
- Be a Halfling or Gnome.
- Use Disguise Self or Shapeshift to change into a Halfling or Gnome.
- Use Enlarge-Reduce to shrink.
- Burrow holes – Small spaces
- As a Druid, use Wild Shape to turn into a cat.
- Use Gaseous Form.
For medium-sized crevices, only small characters can fit inside. This means that only Halflings and Gnomes can squeeze through.
And while this is rather restrictive, there is a solution to the problem if you aren’t either of these races. You can use Shapeshift which is a 1st level Illusion spell. This lets you transform yourself into any race, including Halflings and Gnomes. For all the spells on this list, keep a look out for scrolls. Scrolls allow you to use a given spell once which I find helpful for medium and small spaces.
So you can just transform into either of these and squeeze through the rocky crevice or burrow hole without issue. If you haven’t got it yet, Astarion can learn this spell via the Arcane Trickster subclass at level 3. Be sure to check out our races and abilities guide for Baldur’s Gate 3 as well.
Very small rocky crevices are a bit more of a problem. Shapeshift won’t be able to give you a form that’s small enough to fit inside these. For this job, a Druid with Wild Shape is needed. With this, you can turn into a cat and get through the hole this way. This method would work for medium-sized crevices in Baldur’s Gate 3 as well.
Other options to get through rocky crevices and burrow holes are to use Gaseous Form which is a level three spell. You can also use the Reduce spell to get through small holes if you’re a Halfling or Gnome.
Don’t worry too much if none of these options are available to you just yet. Explore elsewhere in these areas and you’ll likely discover alternate entrances you can use. I recommend pulling up your map and placing a custom marker to mark the spot for later.
