How to hide your helmet in Baldur’s Gate 3

You may want to learn how to hide your helmet in Baldur’s Gate 3, as some helmets and hats can be a bit much and obscure the face you spent hours crafting during character creation. 

Baldur’s Gate 3 is full of customisation options and interesting decisions, with every facet of gameplay allowing you to put your own personal touch on your quest. Whether this be the skills you use, the companions you bring, or the armour you wear.

Considering you’ll be doing a lot of combat in the game, your armour is key to protecting you and giving you bonuses, but you may still want to think about your style at the same time. Check out how to hide your helmet in Baldur’s Gate 3, so you can get the benefits without risking a fashion crime.

How to hide your helmet in Baldur’s Gate 3

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Thankfully, hiding your helmet in Baldur’s Gate 3 is incredibly simple to do, as all you will need is to hover over it and select the option that appears above the helmet icon to hide it. 

The exact steps for Baldur’s Gate 3 hide helmet option begin with the following:

• Navigate to the inventory window by pressing ‘I’ on the keyboard
• If you’re wearing a hat or helmet, hover the cursor over the item, and a golden box will appear just above

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• Clicking this box once will hide the helmet during cutscenes
• Clicking the box twice will hide the helmet permanently. 
• To bring the helmet back, repeat the process and click on the golden box again

While hiding a helmet in Baldur’s Gate 3, the effects it provides (such as stat and skill boosts, or passive effects) will still remain, so it’s a way of getting the bonuses without sacrificing the aesthetics of your character by wearing something ugly. 

That’s our full explanation of how to hide your helmet in Baldur’s Gate 3, and now you know the steps you need to take for

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