Metamagic help

[kid_a_lot]

I've added Sorcery subclass, 3 but Metamagic isn't showing up until I reach level 10. Is this normal or could one of the mods messing with the progress?

[NorthernDavid]

Sorcerers don't get meta-magic until they have more than 1 level in the class, not sure if they start getting it at 2 or 3 levels of sorcerer. If you took levels in other classes your character level will go up but your sorcerer level won't. So level nine if you had say 8 levels of bard and 1 level of sorcerer you wouldn't get meta magic yet. I'd need more details on your progression to be able to tell if it was normal or not.

[Henry-NYC]

Originally posted by kid_a_lot:

I've added Sorcery subclass, 3 but Metamagic isn't showing up until I reach level 10. Is this normal or could one of the mods messing with the progress?

Yes, this is normal. You can pick first and additional metamagic only when you have reached certain levels in this class: 2, 3, 10. In the lifetime of a sorcerer or any player character in BG3, you can only pick up to 4 megamagic.

[kid_a_lot]

I've tried respec my character, I'm beyond level 5 in sorcery and level 1 wizard but metamagic still hasn't come available, level up only gives me sorcery points but nothing to use it on. Like you mentioned I should have got metamagic by level 2.

[Henry-NYC]

Originally posted by kid_a_lot:

I've tried respec my character, I'm beyond level 5 in sorcery and level 1 wizard but metamagic still hasn't come available, level up only gives me sorcery points but nothing to use it on. Like you mentioned I should have got metamagic by level 2.

When you are adding a 2nd level in the Sorcerer class, the character level up interface should show the first set of metamagic options for you to pick 2 from.

BTW, metamagic cannot be used on their own. Check your character's sorcerer class status to see if they are already there and if you somehow have just missed them.

[Chaosolous]

If you're using mods, the issue is 99.999% of the time, your mods.

Uninstall all your mods and do a clean install (clean, not fresh). Download or replay a save that's compatible with the fresh game (non-modded) or start one yourself. Attempt to recreate the bug.

If it shows up after that, it's an actual bug that you should report to Larian via their bug report page for BG3 (online, just Google "Larian BG3 bug report" it'll be the first result).

If it only shows up with your mods, then you're on your own and you need to go through your mods 1 by 1 and figure out what's causing it. Then, if you really wanna be helpful, report it to the mod author.