Any great Smith/Merchant in Baldur's Gate city ?

SoloThief

Hi there, I was wondering if there was in Baldur's Gate city any Smith it would be interesting to save my gold for, and if so in which location ? I have more than 30k at the moment and I'm tempted to buy items from Beregost's Smith but I thought there might be some more interesting places in BG city which I didn't discover yet, so here I am seeking for advice

Have a good day everyone

Valci

There is Sorcerous Sundries in the first area of BG you arrive in (BG East i think it is). It has a decent selection of trinkets. Also, for mages especially (but not only) you can always visit High Hedge where you can get Robe of Neutral or Good Archmagi. Generally speaking (from my experience) i only get the Shadow Thief armor from Beregost for my thief (Imoen or Safana depending on good or evil playthrough). This time around i also got dagger of Venom for Shar-Teel since she is dual-wielding a long sword and a dagger. Also of use might be the Light Crossbow of Speed. But in general only buy what you can use effectively imho. That is my general rule of thumb. You'll be making money by the bucket load soon enough anyway so you can always go back. I generally end up with having little to spend it on other then recharging items (when you sell an item low on charges and buy it back you get it with full charges)...

SoloThief

Thanks for your answer, I'll check that out

gunman

After fully exploring Durlag's Tower I ended up with over 100K gold by selling all the magical trinkets I didn't need, so you will have enough money to buy the best equipment you can find in all shops.

There are the following shops that sell high quality items:

Beregost - Thunderhammer Smithy and Feldepost Inn
High Hedge
Ulgoth's Beard Inn
Baldur's Gate - Sorcerors Sundries

Remember you can greatly reduce the buying cost of expensive items by having a high charisma party leader talking to the shopkeeper. If you have a mage in the party with at least 12 CHA, use "Friends" spell (either memorized or cast from scroll) which will boost CHA by 6 points, move him in the first position as party leader and talk to shopkeeper. With maximum popularity and very high CHA, you can reduce the cost of Robe of Good Archimagi for example by no less than 10K gold.

SoloThief

Thanks a lot

Skatan

Once I reach BG city I'm usually pretty much fully equipped and have cleaned out High Hedge, Beregost, FAI and UB so I spend most of my gold on potions, wands and scrolls. So I too say Sorcerer's Sundries is the place I spend the most gold at that point. There's a random merchant at the second floor in one of the taverns who sells another wand of fire IIRC, but I usually have 2 by that time so rarely need it.

A pro tip though, think carefully before spending your hard-earned gold at Lucky Aello's.

Grond0

There are a few nice items from one of the merchants at the Nashkel Carnival as well.

Aerakar

The Thieves' Guild merchant is good for some ammo and potions, although pricey.

I will often sell and buy back fully charged my used wands and amulets there as a convenience also once money is no longer an issue.

SoloThief

Thanks all for your answers

DreadKhan

There are some kinda random merchants distributed sround the city, and iirc there is a useful potion seller 'hidden' (there is a tag on the location in EE) in the city area thst has the prison.

Its got nothing you can't buy elsewhere, but some solos might need extras.