The wizard spell progression table is based on the MXSPLWIZ.2da game file. It determines the level and number of spells a wizard is able to memorize at which experience level of their wizard class. Generalist mages refer to this, as well as all characters with a "mage" component in their multi-class combination. Specialist and wild mages also use this table, though they add one slot to all numbers greater than zero.
Level caps[]
- Main article: Experience Tables
In the various games of the Baldur's Gate series single- and multi-class mages can reach different experience levels, hence having access to varying levels of spells. In general at every second experience level the next spell level gets unlocked – spell level 1 at XP level 1, spell level 2 at XP level 3, spell level 3 at XP level 5, and so on –, with one break: access to spell level 6 is only gained at XP level 12 instead of 11. To get spells of the highest level, 9, a character has to reach experience level 18 for their wizard class.
Which layout to take?[]
In Baldur's Gate the highest obtainable wizard levels are 7 for single-class wizards, 6 for dual multi-classes and 5 for the Fighter / Mage / Thief and Fighter / Mage / Cleric. In Tales of the Sword Coast and the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition they are 9, 7 and 6 respectively. In Siege of Dragonspear they are 11, 10 and 9. In Shadows of Amn they are 17, 13 and 12. In Throne of Bhaal and the Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition they are 31, 20 and 17. In The Black Pits it is level 10 for single-class wizards and Fighter / Mages, level 9 for Fighter / Mage / Cleric and Fighter / Mage / Thief and level 8 for Cleric / Mage and Mage / Thief.
- In the classic Baldur's Gate Mages can reach level 7, dual-classes (Fighter / Mages, Cleric / Mages and Mage / Thieves) level 6 for their wizard class and triple-classes (Fighter / Mage / Clerics and Fighter / Mage / Thieves) level 5.
- In Tales of the Sword Coast and the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Mages can reach level 9, dual-classes level 7 for their wizard class and triple-classes level 6.
- In The Black Pits Mages and Fighter / Mages can reach level 10, triple-classes level 9 for their wizard class and Cleric / Mages and Mage / Thieves level 8.
- In Siege of Dragonspear Mages can reach level 11, dual-classes level 10 for their wizard class and triple-classes level 9.
- In Shadows of Amn Mages can reach level 17, dual-classes level 13 for their wizard class and triple-classes level 12.
- In Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal and the Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition Mages can reach level 31, dual-classes level 20 for their wizard class and triple-classes level 17.
- In Gladiators of Thay Mages can reach level 33, multi-classes level 22 for their wizard class and triple-classes level 17.
- With an 8 million exp cap, a single mage can each 31, a multi-class mage will reach 22, a tri-class mage will reach 18, and a dual class mage/fighter can reach 30/9 or 28/13 respectively.
| Game | Mage | Fighter / Mage | Cleric / Mage | Mage / Thief | Fighter / Mage / Cleric | Fighter / Mage / Thief | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XP level | Spell level | XP level | Spell level | XP level | Spell level | XP level | Spell level | XP level | Spell level | XP level | Spell level | |
| BG | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| TotSC, BG:EE | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| TBP | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| SoD | 11 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| SoA | 17 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| ToB, BGII:EE | 31 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 8 |
| GoT | 33 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 8 |
Spell progression tables by class[]
Table for basic mages[]
The following table lists the number of memorizable spells of each spell level for a character with the according experience level in their wizard class. A pure mage can reach a maximum level of 33 in The Black Pits II: Gladiators of Thay, which is where this table ends.
| Wizard level | Spell level with required Intelligence | Total slots | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 [≥9] | 2 [≥9] | 3 [≥9] | 4 [≥9] | 5 [≥10] | 6 [≥12] | 7 [≥14] | 8 [≥16] | 9 [≥18] | |||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||||||
| 7 |  Baldur's Gate (1998)This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate campaign. |
4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | ||||||
| 9 |  Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (1999)This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast campaign.|  Baldur's Gate:Enhanced Edition (2012) This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. |
4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| 10 |  The Black Pits (2012)This icon indicates content from the Black Pits campaign in the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. |
4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| 11 |  Baldur's Gate:Siege of Dragonspear (2016) This icon indicates content from the Siege of Dragonspear campaign of the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. |
4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | ||||
| 13 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 25 | ||||
| 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 26 | |||
| 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 28 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 | ||
| 17 |  Baldur's Gate II:Shadows of Amn (2000) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn campaign. |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 33 | |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 34 | |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 35 | |
| 20 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 37 | |
| 21 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 37 | |
| 22 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 39 | |
| 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 39 | |
| 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 40 | |
| 25 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 41 | |
| 26 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 41 | |
| 27 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 42 | |
| 28 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 43 | |
| >= 29 |  Baldur's Gate II:Throne of Bhaal (2001) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal campaign.|  Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition – Shadows of Amn (2013)This icon indicates content from the Shadows of Amn campaign of the Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition. |
5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 44 |
Table for specialist and wild mages[]
| Wizard level | Spell level with required Intelligence | Total slots | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 [≥9] | 2 [≥9] | 3 [≥9] | 4 [≥9] | 5 [≥10] | 6 [≥12] | 7 [≥14] | 8 [≥16] | 9 [≥18] | |||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||||||
| 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||||||
| 7 | Baldur's Gate (1998) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate campaign. |
5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |||||
| 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | ||||||
| 9 | Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (1999) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast campaign.| Baldur's Gate:Enhanced Edition (2012) This icon indicates content from the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition campaign. |
5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | ||||
| 10 | The Black Pits (2012) This icon indicates content from the Black Pits campaign in the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. |
5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | ||||
| 11 | Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (2016) This icon indicates content from the Siege of Dragonspear campaign of the Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition. |
5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | ||||
| 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 27 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 31 | ||||
| 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 33 | |||
| 15 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 35 | |||
| 16 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 39 | ||
| 17 | Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn campaign. |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 41 | |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 43 | |
| 19 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 44 | |
| 20 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 46 | |
| 21 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 46 | |
| 22 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 48 | |
| 23 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 48 | |
| 24 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 49 | |
| 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 50 | |
| 26 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 50 | |
| 27 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 51 | |
| 28 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 52 | |
| >= 29 | Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001) This icon indicates content from the original Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal campaign.| Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition – Shadows of Amn (2013)This icon indicates content from the Shadows of Amn campaign of the Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition. |
6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 53 |
Table for sorcerers[]
For the spell progression table for sorcerers, see table #2 here.