Misty Step

Level 2 Conjuration spell available to Sorcerers, Warlocks, and Wizards. Teleports you up to 18m to any unoccupied space you can see, for a Bonus Action. It does no damage and applies no conditions, and it is one of the best spells in Baldur’s Gate 3.

Spell description: Surrounded by silver mist, you teleport to an unoccupied space you can see.

Spell properties

• Range: 18m (60ft)
• Cost: Bonus Action + Spell Slot
• Recharge: Per action

Spell upcasting

Casting Misty Step at higher levels provides no additional benefits.

How to obtain Misty Step

• Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard at Class level 3

Source items: Amulet of Misty Step, Boots of Very Fast Blinking, Scroll of Misty Step

When to cast Misty Step

The Bonus Action cost is the whole spell. Blink out of a melee and still cast a full spell in the same turn. It is a teleport rather than movement, so nobody gets an opportunity attack on the way out. Grapples, webs, collapsing bridges: all solved for the price of a slot.

Offensively it is just as rude. This game worships high ground, and Misty Step puts you on a rooftop or a rock or the far side of a chasm on turn one, usually somewhere the enemy AI cannot path to at all. A Sorcerer who opens by blinking onto a ledge and Twin-casting from there is very hard to punish.

The one real limit: you must be able to see where you are going. No closed doors, nothing while Blinded, nothing through heavy fog.

If you are playing a Githyanki or a Wood Elf you may already have a free version of this from your race. Check before you spend a spell known on it.