Heavy Crossbows | Baldurs Gate 3 Wiki

Heavy Crossbows in Baldur's Gate 3 are pieces of equipment that are used to inflict damage against hostile characters such as Enemies and Bosses. Heavy Crossbows are Two-Handed Martial Ranged Weapons in BG3 that can only be two-handed, dealing 1-10 Damage without enchantments. They have a range of 18m, and they deal Piercing Damage. Being a Ranged Weapon, note that you have disadvantage on attack rolls with Heavy Crossbows while Threatened.

Many Heavy Crossbows have unique properties, so you should read carefully what these do, and many also have Weapon Actions that can only be used if you are Proficient with Heavy Crossbows in BG3. These Weapon Actions are Piercing Shot and Brace (Ranged).

All Weapons

All Heavy Crossbows in Baldur's Gate 3

Name	Damage	Special Properties	Weapon Actions
Heavy Crossbow	1d10 Piercing	None	Piercing Shot Brace (Ranged)
Crossbow of Arcane Force	1d10 +1 Piercing	Weapon Enchantment +1 Arcane Ammunition: Infuse your crossbow bolts with arcane energy. Your ranged weapon attacks deal an additional 1D4 Force Damage.	Piercing Shot Brace (Ranged)
Gandrel's Aspiration	1d10 +1 Piercing	Weapon Enchantment +1 Feller of Monsters: You have Advantage against Monstrosity type enemies. Sacred Munitions: Infuse your crossbow bolts with holy energy. Your ranged weapon attacks possibly inflict Turn Undead.	Piercing Shot Brace (Ranged)
Githyanki Crossbow	1d10 +1 Piercing	Weapon Enchantment +1	Piercing Shot Brace (Ranged)
Heavy Crossbow +1	1d10 +1 Piercing	Weapon Enchantment +1	Piercing Shot Brace (Ranged)
Giantbreaker	1d10 +1 Piercing	Weapon Enchantment +1 Heavy Hitter: Your weapon hits hard enough to send your target Reeling for turns.	Piercing Shot Brace (Ranged)
Harold	1d10 +1 Piercing	Weapon Enchantment +1 Haroldish Doom: When you deal damage to a target with a ranged weapon, it must succeed a Charisma Saving Throw or be Baned for 2 turns.	Piercing Shot Brace (Ranged)
The Long Arm of the Gur	1d10 +2 Piercing	Weapon Enchantment +2 Revenant Scourge: When used against undead creatures this weapon has +1d4 bonus to Attack and Damage rolls.	Piercing Shot Brace (Ranged)
Fabricated Arbalest	1d10 +2 Piercing	Weapon Enchantment +2 Illuminating Shot Dazzling Ray	Piercing Shot Brace (Ranged)
Hellfire Engine Crossbow	1d10 +2 Piercing	Weapon Enchantment +2 Lightning Arrow (Lv 4)	Piercing Shot Brace (Ranged) Reposition Malefactor