How To Enter Crevices & Burrow Holes

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How To Enter Burrow Holes

How To Enter Crevices

Baldur's Gate 3 is chock-full of optional content - much of which is clearly designed to highlight a specific Ability Score or Class. Examples include loot under very heavy rocks, traps that need disarming, or small openings called burrow holes and crevices.

However, while the rocks are clearly meant for someone strong, and the traps are clearly meant for the resident Rogue, how is the crevice meant to be bypassed? Keep reading to find out all the known ways to use these small openings, as well as what types of rewards you can expect to find on the other side.

Updated by Abigail Angell on September 14, 2023: With more knowledge about the ins and outs of the game being available, clarification on the usage of Misty Step with respect to Burrow Holes and Crevices has been added.

How To Find Burrows Holes & Crevices

These small openings are typically found with a Perception check as you travel the Wilderness. Walking near a discoverable Burrow Hole or Crevice will prompt everyone in your party to roll a check, and you'll be able to highlight & select the opening if at least one character succeeds.

To ensure you find them all, walk around each area with high Wisdom characters - Halsin or Shadowheart are good choices. If, for some reason, your entire party fails a check, you can return after switching out companions or summon a familiar to prompt a new check.

How To Enter Burrow Holes

The party standing outside of a burrow hole in Baldur's Gate 3

Burrow Holes, not to be confused with the loot container called a Burrow, are very small openings that allow players to travel to a new area. In order to access them, you'll need to become about the size of the animals that make them. The current known methods of entering a Burrow Hole are:

Casting Gaseous Form
Wildshape into a Cat
Cast Enlarge/Reduce on a Gnome or Halfling character to reduce their size
Disguise yourself as a Gnome or Halfling, then cast Enlarge/Reduce

Disappointingly, you cannot send your familiar into Burrow Holes, even if you summon the Cat. This may be a decision by Larian to avoid frustrated players, as familiars cannot unlock doors or pick up loot.