You Should Play Baldurs Gate | Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 New Players Guide 2026

This is a light-touch spoiler-light guide for getting started with Baldur's Gate 1 with suggestions for exporting into Baldur's Gate 2, and mod suggestions in general for people who've completed their first playthrough.

Disable EE NPCs Mod: https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/30322/bg-ee-mod-disable-ee-npcs-ee-items-available-in-shops

Sword Coast Stratagems: https://www.gibberlings3.net/mods/tweaks/scs/

Baldur's Gate EET Github: https://github.com/Gibberlings3/EET

Baldur's Gate EET Documentation: https://gibberlings3.github.io/Documentation/readmes/readme-EET.html

Baldur's Gate EET Forums: https://www.gibberlings3.net/forums/forum/195-enhanced-edition-trilogy/

DLC Merger (Merge Required for EET to work) - https://forums.beamdog.com/discussion/71305/mod-dlc-merger-merge-steam-gog-sod-dlc-or-custom-dlcs-with-the-main-game/p1

Icewind Dale in EET Fourm: https://www.gibberlings3.net/forums/forum/197-iwd-in-eet/

Icewind Dale in EET Legacy Github - https://github.com/The-Gate-Project/IWD1_EET

Project Infinity Mod Installer: https://github.com/ALIENQuake/ProjectInfinity/

Places to find Infinity Engine mods:

https://www.gibberlings3.net/

https://forums.beamdog.com/categories/bg%3Aee-mods

https://www.shsforums.net/

Baldur's Gate EET Playthrough on YouTube

[Here's my Baldur's Gate EET Playthrough]