[2000-01-10]

Baldur's Gate Mapping Effort

Information

One of the greatest games ever. This page is dedicated soley to things pertaining to this game. I would have liked to make this a dynamic page, allowing you to search and post data in the database, but alas, this server won't allow that. If you are searching for technical information on the file formats used by Baldur's Gate you should seek out The Baldur's Gate File Format Hacking Project.

Beware: This page is full of minor spoilers.

Update 99-11-24: The BAGME has been frozen for some time, as you might have noticed. I was recently approached by someone wanting to take over, and I have given the go-ahead. When the new page is up I'll announce it here. This page will remain here for historical reasons. See you when BG2 is out ;-)

The Baldur's Gate Mapping Effort (BAGME)

I've just started this effort to map out all the interresting sights, locations and items of this part of the realm. It started with me having a hard time finding my way in the City of Baldur's Gate, so I began mapping it out. To my amazement I found out that mapping is fun! I remember doing this in the old CRPGs (especially Bard's Tale) but I thought it was a way of the past. Not so.

So, I'm looking for people to help fill in the blanks. What you do is this: When you enter a new area (this is kind of important, if you have been there before some options may be closed to you, people are gone, items have been taken, etc), map it out by visiting all locations and when you find something interresting, be it an item or a path/door/way to a new location, position the mousepointer over the item (or the container of the item) and press 'L'. Make a note of the area, the coordinates and a short description of what you have found. Do this for a complete area (ARxxxx). You need not map out areas-in-areas, that can be done at a later stage. When done, send in the data and I will add it to the tables below (with your name/homepage/ICQ#/whatever so that I can add you to the list of contributors).

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: I sent you an email about whateveritem being somewhere around whateverplace. Why have this not been included?

The first possible reason is that I haven't read your email yet. I check my hotmail account at least once or twice a day, but sometimes not over weekends. It's also quite possible that I have read your message but is too busy with other things (like having a life) to update the page.

However, it's much more likely that your data is lacking. If you check the tables below it will be evident what we're looking for:

1) Full name of the item, including any plus'es or percentages. Possibly a short description.
2) Areacode in which the item can be found.
3) Coordinates of the item. If on a person, approximate coordinates of where this person is standing when not approached. Remember: Shopkeepers and stores have both of these (although it will suffice if you supply the stores areacode and the areacode of it's container)

It is also possible that I do not deem the item "important" enough (ie the exact location of a potion of antidote in some dungeon is not of general interrest)

Q2: Couldn't you add some cool graphics to this page?

That would go against my philosophy. Contents is everything - looks mean nothing.

Finding one's way in the City of Baldur's Gate

This is not an easy thing. The European versions did not include the map of the city as did the US version, but even with the map finding ones way takes a long time. Below you will find a table of the locations I have mapped out. This table will be updated as I make further progress in the game.

Important: This does not mean that these locations are all there are! I may very well have missed some, and indeed, I pass right by many of the locked houses without looking in.

Feel free to mail me any additions/corrections at srm_dfr@hotmail.com. Your name will get added to the list of contributors.

Area Layout of the City of Baldur's Gate

Area Layout of the Sword Coast

Coming soon?

Sights of Baldur's Gate

Sights of the Sword Coast

Some other locations of interest in these parts of the Sword Coast

This is a collection of some important/interresting locations that we have found or heard of. These are collected here until such time that the areas have been mapped out. Note that the ones "awaiting confirmation" are often based on anonymous contributions and/or rumours, and may prove to be completely false.

Have you contributed today? No? Mail additions to srm_dfr@hotmail.com or ICQ 1005122. Don't forget the coords/areacode!

Finding one's way on the Sword Coast

This table will (when it's done) list all major areacodes and their relative position to each other. So if a table says something is at AR5100, you can look it up and see that this corresponds to the Gnoll Fortress. The minor area codes will be dealt with elsewhere.

Contributors

Eddy L O Jansson (aka Saruman) ICQ 1005122, homepage: hem2.passagen.se/eddy1/
Thomas Barton (aka Zythir) ICQ 28923268
n/a (aka Keirian) ICQ 19953428
Bertrand Gaillot
Mark Joyal
Neil J. Bruce
Mike Kruszewski (aka Herman Sealbuffalo, aka majk)
Jan Kjellson
perronny
Ian Engleback (aka Sarn Tenderfoot)
Brad Leon (aka Ballam), homepage: http://www.blackbaud.com
Valerie Bass (aka Lekon)
Djoko Arifin Santosa
Steven Wang
Bill Weyland
Lars Kragh-Hansen (aka The Wandering Wizard - contributed lot's of ARs and many many items)
dwalsh1

We would also like to thank all the anonymous contributors, without whom the BAGME would not be. Thank you.

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