Big as Baldur's Gate 3 is, fans of Dungeons & Dragons know that the expansive world of the game is only a tiny, tiny fraction of the massive world of D&D. But one intrepid fan thinks they've found exactly which tiny fraction of the world some of the game's key moments take place in.
In a Reddit post by u/CommanderRasseru, the author claims to have pinpointed on a D&D map exactly where the Nautiloid crash site and Moonrise Towers are located. They admit this is their "best rough guess," since the D&D map and the Baldur's Gate 3 maps don't line up absolutely 100% in every way, but some pretty major clues point to their guess being a fairly accurate one.
The most obvious landmark is the city of Baldur's Gate itself, as well as the general knowledge that Baldur's Gate 3 takes place on the Sword Coast of the continent of Faerün, which narrows it down considerably. From there, u/CommanderRasseru used river topography to discern where the rest of the game is located, following the bends of the River Chionthar upstream from Baldur's Gate and cross-referencing locations with distances from Fort Morninglord and Elturel. Putting all that together, they came up with this:
This is some fairly impressive map reading from this Redditor, and a fascinating little easter egg for fans of both D&D and Baldur's Gate 3. It's also a good reminder that if you like the world of Baldur's Gate 3, it's far, far, FAR bigger than what we see in the game if you ever want to dip your toes into the exciting world of tabletop.
Baldur's Gate 3, meanwhile, is currently gearing up for an Xbox release with a date to be unveiled very soon, but for players who already have the game, the latest patch is causing massive slowdown issues that Larian promises will be fixed with another patch this week.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.