Best Crit Immunity Items In BG3

Summary

• Critical hit immunity is crucial in Baldur’s Gate 3, offering an advantage in tough fights.
• Items like Grymskull Helm and Adamantine Shield grant immunity and unique abilities.
• Crafting items in the Adamantine Forge is limited by Mithral ore scarcity, so choose wisely.

In Baldur’s Gate 3, few things are as devastating in combat as an enemy rolling a natural 20 and landing a critical hit. Sometimes, a single critical hit can quickly turn a controlled fight into a scramble for survival and escape. That’s why securing critical hit immunity offers a significant advantage, especially in tactician or honor mode difficulties.

However, items that grant critical hit immunity are deliberately limited, often requiring careful exploration or crafting. Here are all six critical hit immunity items players can obtain to ensure their party stands firm against even the luckiest enemy dice rolls.

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Grymskull Helm

Grants Fire Resistance & Hunter’s Mark Spell

The Grymskull Helm

is the earliest critical hit immunity item players can obtain in Baldur’s gate 3, acquired toward the end of Act 1. It requires players to traverse the Underdark and then to the Ancient Forge before facing the Grym, the Adamantine golem.

Since the Grymskull Helm belongs to the heavy armor category, it isn’t a versatile piece that can be equipped by every class. However, Fighters, Paladins, and certain subclasses with heavy armor proficiency can benefit from this helmet. In addition to granting critical hit immunity, the Grymskull Helm also offers resistance to fire damage and lets its wearer cast the Hunter’s Mark

spell as a bonus action.

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Adamantine Splint Armour

Reduces Incoming Damage By 2 & Imposes Reeling

• How To Obtain: Forged in the Adamantine Forge using a Splint Mould and Mithral Ore in Act 1.
• Item Type: Very rare heavy armor.

The Adamantine Splint Armour

is one of the six items players can craft in the Adamantine Forge. In addition to granting critical hit immunity, this heavy armor also increases its wearer’s armor class to 18, making it difficult for enemies to consistently land hits in Acts 1 and 2.

The Adamantine Splint Amour’s magical plate passive property also reduces all incoming damage by 2, and whenever a melee attack hits the wearer, the attacker suffers the Reeling condition for 3 turns. As with other heavy armors in the game, the Adamantine Splint Armor also imposes disadvantage on stealth checks.

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Adamantine Scale Mail

Reduces Incoming Damage By 1 & Imposes Reeling

• How To Obtain: Forged in the Adamantine Forge using the Scale Mail Mould and Mithral ore in Act 1.
• Item Type: Very rare medium armor.

The Adamantine Scale Mail

is a very rare medium armor that can be crafted in the Adamantine Forge, offering 16 AC and immunity to critical hits. While the Adamantine Scale Mail offers lower base armor class than the heavy variant, high Dexterity builds can still benefit from the +2 bonus and effectively raise their armor class to 18.

The Adamantine Scale Mail reduces all incoming damage by 1, and attackers succeeding a melee attack on the wearer are sent back Reeling for 2 turns. Like the heavy armor variant, the Adamantine Scale Mail also imposes disadvantage on stealth checks.

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Adamantine Shield

Imposes Reeling On Missed Attacks

• How To Obtain: Forged in the Adamantine Forge using Shield Mould and Mithral ore in Act 1.
• Item Type: Rare shield.

The Adamantine Shield

is among the three critical hit immunity items that can be forged in the Ancient forge. This rare shield increases its wielder’s armor class by +2 and grants immunity from critical hits. The Adamantine Shield is one of the best items to craft at the forge as it allows other classes and party members that are proficient with shields to take advantage of it.

Unlike the two Adamantine armors that impose the Reeling condition on attackers that succeed an attack roll, the Adamantine Shield inflicts Reeling when an attacker misses an attack roll. Additionally, the wielder can use the Shield Blow passive once per round as a reaction to potentially knock their attacker prone.

While the Adamantine Forge allows players to craft six unique Adamantine items, they are limited to forging only two due to Mithral ore scarcity. Since there are only two Mithral ore deposits in the game, players must craft the best items that suit their party’s needs.

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Helldusk Helmet

Also Grants Immunity To Blindness & Infernal Sight Passive Ability

• How To Obtain: Found in Raphael’s locked vault in the House of Hope in Act 3.
• Item Type: Very rare helmet.

The Helldusk Helmet

is another excellent critical hit immunity item that can be acquired relatively early in Act 3. To obtain it, players must gain access to the House of Hope and steal it from Raphael’s Vault. Since entering and leaving the House of Hope doesn’t require engaging in difficult fights or breaking questlines, unless the stolen item is the Orphic Hammer

, it’s recommended to secure the helmet as soon as players reach the Lower City.

Beyond critical hit immunity, the Helldusk Helmet also provides immunity to the Blinded condition, and it allows its wearer to see in both ordinary and magical darkness up to 40 feet. Additionally, the helmet’s passive feature, Immolating Gaze, lets its wearer shoot three fire projectiles, each with a chance to Frighten the target.

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Helm Of Balduran

Also Grants Immunity To Stunned & Heals For 2 HP Each Turn

• How To Obtain: Found on the altar in the Dragon Sanctum near Ansur in Act 3.
• Item Type: Legendary helmet (medium armor).

The Helm of Balduran

is one of the best helmets in Baldur’s Gate 3 as it grants immunity against critical hits and the Stunned condition. Since several late-game combat encounters in Act 3 have a chance of inflicting the Stunned condition, causing the affected character to lose their turn, the Helm of Balduran becomes invaluable for surviving those crucial battles.

Beyond its immunities, the Helm of Balduran also grants a +1 bonus to the wearer’s armor class and restores 2 HP per turn, allowing them to passively heal and even recover from the downed state on their own.