You've been looting everything. From rotten tomatoes in the Blighted Village to heavy suits of plate armor in Grymforge, your inventory is a disaster. If you’re a Dungeons & Dragons veteran, you’re probably screaming at your monitor for a BG3 bag of holding. It’s the quintessential magic item. It’s the literal backbone of every tabletop campaign. Yet, as you scour the Sword Coast, you start to realize something feels off.
Where is it?
Honestly, the answer is a bit of a gut punch for purists. There isn't a traditional, named Bag of Holding in Baldur’s Gate 3. Larian Studios, in their infinite wisdom (and perhaps a desire to keep the "Encumbered" mechanic relevant), decided to omit the classic wondrous item. You won’t find it in a hidden chest behind a waterfall. No merchant in the Lower City sells it for a few thousand gold. It’s just... not there.
But don't give up yet.
While the literal item is missing, the game provides a few "sorta" versions and clever workarounds that actually solve the same problem. You just have to know which containers to exploit and how the game's physics engine handles weight.
The Chest of the Mundane: The Closest Thing We Had
Early adopters of the game remember the Chest of the Mundane. This was found in the Arcane Tower in the Underdark. For a few glorious weeks after launch, this was the unofficial BG3 bag of holding. Basically, anything you put inside it turned into a cup, a plate, or a spoon. These "mundane" items weighed almost nothing. You could carry 500 pounds of heavy greataxes, and the chest would only register a few pounds of cutlery.
It was broken. It was beautiful.
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Then Larian patched it. Now, the Chest of the Mundane still transforms your items visually, but the weight remains the same. It’s effectively a novelty item now, though still useful for organizing your inventory if you really like looking at spoons instead of severed goblin heads.
The Real BG3 Bag of Holding Strategy: Ribcage and Backpacks
Since there isn't a magical pocket dimension, you have to create your own through "nesting." This is how high-level players manage the absolute mountain of loot found in Act 2 and Act 3.
Go find a Ribcage. You can find them all over the Shadow-Cursed Lands or in various dungeons. For some reason, Ribcages are treated as containers in BG3, and they are incredibly lightweight. If you put all your scrolls into a Ribcage, then put that Ribcage into a Backpack, and that Backpack into your main inventory, you start to create a manageable system.
It isn't magic. It's just smart packing.
You’ve probably noticed that weight is the real enemy. If you’re playing a character with low Strength, like a Wizard or a Rogue, you’re going to hit that yellow encumbrance bar fast.
Why Larian Left it Out
It’s actually a design choice. In a CRPG, managing resources is part of the "game." If everyone had a Bag of Holding by level 3, the Strength stat would lose half its utility. Carrying capacity is one of the few reasons to actually value a high Strength score outside of just hitting things with a sword.
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Also, the "Send to Camp" feature is basically an infinite Bag of Holding with extra steps. If you find a heavy chest or a barrel of explosive oil, you don't need a magic bag. You just right-click and send it to your camp chest. It’s instant. It’s free. It’s technically more powerful than a D&D Bag of Holding because there’s no limit to the volume or weight the camp chest can hold.
Alternatives You Can Actually Find
If you are desperate for weight reduction, you need to look at gear, not bags.
- The Bull’s Strength (Enhance Ability): This is a 2nd-level spell. It doubles your carrying capacity. If you have a Cleric or Druid in the party, just cast this on your "mule" character.
- The Mighty Cloth: You can buy this from Quartermaster Talli at Last Light Inn in Act 2. It gives the wearer the Bull’s Strength permanently. This is the closest thing to a physical BG3 bag of holding in terms of utility. It boosts Strength and doubles how much you can carry.
- Elixirs of Hill Giant Strength: These set your Strength to 21 until your next long rest. If you’re going on a massive looting spree in the House of Hope, pop one of these. Suddenly, you can carry half the building.
Managing the Loot Chaos
You've got to stop picking up everything. Seriously.
The gold-to-weight ratio in Baldur’s Gate 3 is usually pretty bad for common items. Leather armor is heavy and worth pennies. Incense and silver plates, however, are light and worth a lot.
Here is a quick breakdown of how to "fake" a bag of holding system:
- The Alchemy Pouch and Food Sack: These are given to you automatically. Use them. They auto-sort your ingredients. If they stop working, just drag the items in manually.
- Unique Containers: Use the "Gilded Chest" or "Curious Book" (the one found in the Blighted Village that's actually a container) to separate your arrows, potions, and throwables.
- The Karlach Mule: Let’s be honest. Karlach is the Bag of Holding. High Strength, high inventory capacity. Give her all the heavy stuff.
Modding: If You Just Can't Live Without It
If you’re on PC and the lack of a BG3 bag of holding is genuinely ruining your fun, the modding community solved this on day one. There is a very popular mod on Nexus Mods simply titled "Bag of Holding." It adds a literal bag to Arron’s inventory (the halfling merchant in the Emerald Grove) that reduces the weight of anything put inside it by 100%.
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It's a cheat. But in a single-player game, who cares?
If you prefer the "Vanilla+" experience, look for mods that increase the carry weight multiplier per Strength point. It feels a bit more natural than a magic bag but achieves the same result of letting you loot the entire world without moving at a snail's pace.
The reality of Baldur’s Gate 3 is that the "bag" isn't an item; it's a mechanic. Between the "Send to Camp" button and the ability to nest backpacks within backpacks, you already have more storage than any D&D character in history.
Stop looking for a specific item named Bag of Holding. It’s a ghost.
Instead, focus on your Strength-based characters and the "Send to Camp" shortcut. If you’re overwhelmed by the UI, start using specific containers for specific types of items. It takes five minutes of sorting but saves hours of frustration later.
Actionable Next Steps:
- Clean your inventory immediately: Go to your camp, open your main chest, and dump every single book, note, and orange-bordered quest item you aren't currently using.
- Designate a "Mule": Move all your heavy "to-be-sold" loot to the character with the highest Strength (usually Karlach or Lae'zel).
- Buy the Mighty Cloth: If you're in Act 2, head to Last Light Inn. It’s the best "inventory" upgrade in the game.
- Use the Search Bar: It’s at the top of the inventory screen. Don't scroll for five minutes looking for a Potion of Speed. Just type "Spe" and it'll pop up.