Do enemies Scale, or are they set by location

[directorguy7]

Should I kick the proper story off by first finding a doctor, or should I do some side quests. Hanging on by a thread in almost all encounters, making me think I need to do some of the main story to get catered experience and level up some? Trying to figure out the core loop of this game, its so complicated.

[Havok]

Adventure how you want to adventure and may the force be with you

[Bastila Shan]

Pretty sure its set locations with set characters of a set level as made by larian. But its generally consistent across each map area

[Drake]

There is no scaling of any sort in the game be it enemies or items.

[directorguy7]

Originally posted by Drake:

There is no scaling of any sort in the game be it enemies or items.

Interesting, so technically, similar to Fallout 3 (or was it 4) I could totally wonder into an area way overclassed for my characters?

[DaBa]

Originally posted by directorguy7:

Originally posted by Drake:

There is no scaling of any sort in the game be it enemies or items.

Interesting, so technically, similar to Fallout 3 (or was it 4) I could totally wonder into an area way overclassed for my characters?

With the way the game is built, probably not "way" overclassed, but if you are an explorer and adept at going off the beaten path, you can find your ways into some really difficult encounters much earlier than you should. Not to say they would be impossible, but very difficult. I beat a level 5 boss encounter with a level 3 party for example.

[Unredemption]

Originally posted by Drake:

There is no scaling of any sort in the game be it enemies or items.

Are you sure about that? In DOS the gear you got from vendors was scaled to your current level

[Romara]

Originally posted by Unredemption:

Originally posted by Drake:

There is no scaling of any sort in the game be it enemies or items.

Are you sure about that? In DOS the gear you got from vendors was scaled to your current level

This is not DOS, this is BG3, a game that follows the rules of DnD5E. You won't find a level 1 pike and a level 10 pike. You might find a +1 or +2 pike, but that's more akin to a tier of power. As to the original question, no enemies do not scale with your level, they are in fact set.

[Guitarist with Osteoarthritis]

The most experience I have gotten from being as thorough as I can throughout Act 1 is about half way to level six. The fights are varied, but mostly stick around your level IF you are very "side-quest" heavy. (I'm not finished just yet)

[The Best We Have]

For anyone looking up this answer as I am, I can confirm everyone here is absolutely wrong. YES! Enemy levels DO scale with yours! It's literally the very first thing that pops up in a Google search. Enemy levels are set to a degree, but ultimately, it is your own level that determines that of the enemy.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by The Best We Have:

For anyone looking up this answer as I am, I can confirm everyone here is absolutely wrong. YES! Enemy levels DO scale with yours! It's literally the very first thing that pops up in a Google search. Enemy levels are set to a degree, but ultimately, it is your own level that determines that of the enemy.

What are you smoking?

The only thing that scales in BG3 are vendor items.

[WhitePhantom]

Enemy levels are preset, so is it possible to run into fights you aren't ready for.

[JODEGAFUN]

Originally posted by Pan Darius Cassandra:

Originally posted by The Best We Have:

For anyone looking up this answer as I am, I can confirm everyone here is absolutely wrong. YES! Enemy levels DO scale with yours! It's literally the very first thing that pops up in a Google search. Enemy levels are set to a degree, but ultimately, it is your own level that determines that of the enemy.

What are you smoking?

The only thing that scales in BG3 are vendor items.

And this only to rare quality, you do not get additional very rare ore legendary items

[Chaosolous]

Originally posted by The Best We Have:

For anyone looking up this answer as I am, I can confirm everyone here is absolutely wrong. YES! Enemy levels DO scale with yours! It's literally the very first thing that pops up in a Google search. Enemy levels are set to a degree, but ultimately, it is your own level that determines that of the enemy.

Absolutely false. Lamest necro post in a while.

[Steve]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.