Medium armor is an interesting armor option inBaldur’s Gate 3.As the name shows, it’s in between light and heavy armor, offering higher defensive capabilities than the former while taking better advantage of your overall agility, unlike the latter. It’s a nice option for builds with higher dexterity, but not so high that it makes light armor the better option.
All that said, what are the best medium armors available on your journey to Baldur’s Gate? There are some interesting choices to pick here to accommodate your character, making sure your AC (armor class) won’t be too low during fights to come, as well as giving you extra benefits.
Updated on May 10, 2025, by Lucas Olah:While there are no new armors in the game, it’s always nice to look back and make sure our information checks out. Thus, we decided to add one more to the list that is worth mentioning, as well as give a quick explanation of each gear’s stats and where to find each of them, ensuring you’ll have an easier time locating whichever armor better suits your build throughout the acts.
We’ll talk about both the initial armor that you can find quickly during the first act and the armor from Act 3.
So, you’ll likely ditch some of these and swap them for later entries. You can always give the armor to your companions once they don’t work for you anymore.
14 plus your dexterity bonus (max +2).
Where To Find
It can be bought by several merchants, and dropped by several enemies.
Other Effects
Disadvantage on Stealth checks.
What is the most basic medium armor doing here, you ask? Well, every character has to start somewhere, and this is one of the best armors to start the game with while gathering money for better gear, with a base AC of 14, not to mention your dexterity bonus.
Fighters start with this one, though some classes, like the Paladin, start with essentially the same armor but with a different look. You’ll find it in abundance when looting enemies, and it’s worth it when playing with classes like Clerics (or give one to Shadowheart, as it’s better than her initial armor).
The best part about theAdamantine Scale Mailis how early you may get it — relatively speaking, as the game is enormous. This is one of the many items you can make in Act 1’s Adamantine Forge in the Underdark. Its base AC is 16, and it decreases all incoming damage by one.
The fun part, though, is causing the Reeling condition on whoever hits you — which gives them a -1 to their next Attack Rolls — and enemies can’t do critical hits on you (if they roll a nat 20, it’ll be a regular hit). Remember,you can only forge two itemsat the Adamantine Forge, so be sure of your choices.
Unless stated otherwise, every medium armor will only get a +2 for its AC from your dexterity, even if your dexterity is 16 or higher.
The Medium Armor Master Feat will let that bonus increase to a +3 and remove the Stealth disadvantage, however.
15 plus your dexterity bonus (no limit).
you’re able to buy it from Quartermaster Talli, who’ll first appear at the Last Light Inn.
If all the medium armor restrictions bother you, then you’ll like theYuan-Ti Scale Mail. First, it lets you add your entire dexterity bonus to its 15 AC, meaning you can get an AC of 20 if you’ve already maxed your dexterity. It doesn’t impose a disadvantage on Stealth rolls and gives you a +1 to your initiative, which is always nice.
There is better medium armor with similar effects to your AC bonus, but this one is worth mentioning because of how early you can get it: you can buy it from Talli at the Last Light Inn.
15 plus your dexterity bonus (max +2).
By looting Ch’r’ai Tska’an, a Gith who will ambush you in the path to Baldur’s Gate from the Shadowlands.
ThePsionic Ward Armourmight catch your interest if you’re playing as a mighty Githyanki. It has a base AC of 15, and whenever you succeed in Saving Throws against spells, you heal yourself by 1d4. It still has a unique trait that only triggers when worn by Githyanki: it grants you resistance toPsychic damage, making your character a menace to Mind Flayers, as the Gith should be.
If this armor interests you, you’ll have to fight for it. You can get it by looting Ch’r’ai Tska’an, a Githyanki who’ll ambush you in Act 2 near the waypoint that leads to Baldur’s Gate.
Are you ready to be evil? The Dark Justiciar Half-Plate has two versions: a rare version and an upgraded, very rare version. The rare version starts with an AC of 16. It gives you an advantage on Stealth rolls when you are obscured and gives you an advantage on Constitution Saving Throws in general. It also lets you cast Shield of Faith once per long rest.
Once upgraded, the base AC goes to 17, and it gains a unique perk: when Shield of Faith is activated, all incoming damage is decreased by two, and however attacked, you will get a d4 of necrotic damage. The rare version can be found in the Gauntlet of Shar, along with theSpear of Night, but to upgrade it to its very rare iteration,you’ll have to kill the Nightsong.
16 plus your dexterity bonus (max +2).
A chest hidden in the south-east corner of Wyrm’s Rock Fortress.
With a base AC of 16, the Flame Enamelled Armour is a solid armor choice due to its fire resistance, and resisting damage is always good. It also gives you a +2 in both your initiative rolls and your Saving Throws, along with the power to cast Fire Shield spell, but only the Warm version, which will give you temporary resistance to cold damage and will damage anyone who attacks you in melee with a 2d8 fire damage.
If you want this armor, though, then be ready to do some crimes. It’s located in a chest, in a restricted area in Wyrm’s Rock, meaning you’ll have to sneak in and get it. Or you can fight everyone; you may have to anyway, depending on your choices.
16 plus your dexterity bonus (no limit).
You can buy it from Dammon - assuming he made it to Baldur’s Gate.
We have another medium armor that lets you ignore the +2 limit bonus from your dexterity modifier. This armor starts with an AC of 16 and will allow whatever bonus you have with your dexterity, and it comes with resistance to fire damage as well.
you may get it in Act 3 by buying it from Dammon. The good part is that it’s not the most expensive thing in the world. The bad part is that our next entry is essentially a better version of this armor, which becomes available around the same time. This is mainly a good pick due to money issues or if both you and a companion need one of these medium armors with no dexterity limitation.
17 plus your dexterity bonus (no limit).
Where to Find
you may buy it from Gloomy Fentonson, a vendor near Sorcerous Sundries.
Similar to the previous entry, TheArmour of Agilitylets you add your entire dexterity bonus to the AC instead of the +2 limitation only. The base AC here is 17, though, which is a significant bonus, and it also lets you ignore the disadvantage to Stealth checks.
Essentially, a character with 20 on their dexterity will have an AC of 22 alone with this armor, and you can go higher than 20 on your dexterity or wear a shield to get this number even higher - with the proper set and this armor, it’s possible to reach an AC of 28. It also gives you a bonus of +2 when doing Saving Throws.
You can get this beautiful armor in Act 3 by buying it from a merchant called Gloomy Fentonson in Stormshore Armoury — it’s close to the Lower City Central Wall waypoint.
you’re able to get this armor with a high dexterity character by choosing specific races, such as dwarves or githyanki, or feats like Moderately Armoured — if your class doesn’t give your proficiency by default, that is.
