The Ultimate Pickpocket Build - Take everything! - Baldur's Gate 3 (BG3)

The Ultimate Pickpocket build

This is somewhat not a standard build, but rather a setup that you can use both for the main characters or hirelings, to have the highest possible chance of stealing equipment, gold, consumables, etc. I think this is mandatory on Honour Mode difficulty and optional for Tactician and below.

The build entails taking the best items and strategies to maximize your chances. Early levels are somewhat difficult to optimize, so I will share how to do it effectively, without getting caught or risking failing your run.

Once you reach level 5, this becomes multiple times easier, and you can break the economy by getting anything you want. In Act 3, you will be able to take anything without a chance of failure, and ready yourself for the hardest fights in the game.

So let's jump into the build!

Class Contribution

The build consists of two classes, which both help immensely to build up your thieving arsenal.

11 Thief Rogue

• Use a unique Sneak Attack (Ranged)​ mechanic, which is good early on but falls behind in the late game.
• Additional Expertise,​ which will be used to improve Sleight of Hand.
• Evasion​ that drastically reduces incoming spell damage.
• The ultimate pickpocket feature - Reliable Talent. This will make stealing all consumables like scrolls, arrows, and potions too easy!
• Uncanny Dodge​ can help with survivability if you get attacked, by reducing incoming damage, useful both in combat and when stealing.
• Special bonus action use - Cunning Action: Dash, Cunning Action: Hide, which help with engaging and running away for pickpocketing.
• Supreme Sneak​ - can be used to become invisible and escape a situation where you are caught.
• Fast Hands​ is a very important feature, giving an additional bonus action. This can also be used to leave combat, improve mobility, or attack one more time.

1 Trickery Cleric

This might seem a strange choice, but it does serve a good purpose:

• Disguise Self​ - this serves a great purpose of hiding your true identity. Why not? This will not impact your relations with NPCs if you get caught. Still, there is Mask of the Shapeshifter which somewhat makes this redundant.
• Sanctuary​ - if all comes to worst, and you have to go into combat with guards, just cast Sanctuary​ and watch as everyone is looking at you without unable to do anything.

The cleric dip is symbolic, and stops serving its purpose after level 5. You can still keep it as sometimes Sanctuary​ can be useful. However, going for pure Rogue after that gives access to Reliable Talent​ earlier.

Leveling Overview

Here is a concise table with all the main picks during your leveling progression. For more detailed reasoning, I go further in the article. Also, do not forget to check the recommended gear, as it is crucial.

Level	Class	Selection
1	Rogue 1	Abilities: STR - 8, DEX - 16, CON - 14, INT - 8, WIS - 12, CHA - 16
		Skills: Sleight of Hand, Stealth, Deception, Persuasion, Performance, Intimidation
2	Cleric 1	Cantrips: Thaumaturgy, Guidance, any
		Subclass: Trickery Domain
		Deity: Tymora
		Prepare Spells: Sanctuary​
3	Rogue 2	-
4	Rogue 3	-
5	Rogue 4	Feat: Ability Improvement - +2 Dexterity
6	Rogue 5	-
7	Rogue 6	Skills: Deception/Persuasion/Performance/Acrobatics
8	Rogue 7	-
9	Rogue 8	Feat: Athlete​ and take +1 Dexterity
10	Rogue 9	-
11	Rogue 10	Feat: Ability Improvement - +2 Dexterity OR Alert​
12	Rogue 11	-

Starting the Game - Level 1

This section covers the creation screen and what would go into the best Races, Abilities, and Skills for the Pickpocket build. If you have already started playing, feel free to do a respec at Withers and follow along. This will make it easy to follow the build step by step.

Races

Picking a race provides various benefits - abilities, dialogue options, looks, etc. For this specific build, these races do bring a lot of benefits that they would not get, so here are my strict recommendations:

Race	Features	Description
Dwarf Duergar	Dwarven Combat Training​ Superior Darkvision​ Dwarven Resilience​ Duergar Resilience​	The ultimate pickpocket race (after you get level 5). They get Invisibility,​ which works in any sequence.
Kree Derryck	Dwarven Combat Training​ Superior Darkvision​ Dwarven Resilience​ Duergar Resilience​	Duergar Hireling that you can get from Withers. Comes with all the benefits of a normal race pick.
Astarion	Darkvision​ Fey Ancestry​ Vampire Bite​	Perfect Origin character, which gets Vampire Bite. This is an excellent addition for pickpocketing as it gives +1 to Sleight of Hand rolls.
Lightfoot Halfling	Halfling Luck​ Brave​ Naturally Stealthy​	Somewhat inferior race pick. Halfling Luck is an excellent helper, but it's not that useful early on, where you will still fail many times.​
Brinna Brightsong	Halfling Luck​ Brave​ Naturally Stealthy​	Similar to the base Halfling pick, but a hireling that you can get from Withers.

So why are Hirelings important here? Well, you see, you can have your pickpocket as Brinna Brightsong from level 3-5. At level 5, you can get Kree Derryck, as she gets Invisibility, which is much better. This leaves your main party characters free for general world exploration and combat.

Astarion can also serve the role, if you are roleplaying or have him free, but Druegar race or Kree Derryck just makes it so much easier to steal from level 5 with free Invisibility.

Class

Overview
Rogue
Features
Sneak Attack (Melee)​	Exploit a foe's distraction to deal an additional 1d6 damage. Damage increases by 1d6 for every uneven Rogue Level gained.
Sneak Attack (Ranged)​	Exploit a foe's distraction to deal an additional 1d6 damage. Damage increases by 1d6 for every uneven Rogue Level gained.

Background

For this build, the only backgrounds that matter are those that give Dexterity or Charisma-related skills. Why is that? Well, when guards catch you, you can persuade them to leave you alone, and the next second pickpocket them again! Here are relevant backgrounds:

Abilities

Now, let's take a look at the abilities of the Thief Pickpocket build. Correct allocation will allow you to maximize the early gameplay and get good modifier bonuses.

The core mechanic to understand for ability points is that they give "ability modifiers" that apply to various skill checks. For example, Charisma works on Intimidation and persuasion checks. Wisdom on Survival or Animal Handling, and so on.

You get a higher ability modifier on even values - 10, 12, 14, etc. So keeping it on odd may be useless. However, there are various +1/2 modifiers in the game, specifically Auntie Ethel Hair or Feats that help round this up.

Ability	Value	Description
Strength	8	Not relevant
Dexterity	16 (14+2)	The ability determines bonuses to Armor Class, initiative, and pickpocketing checks, it's always good to have high dexterity.
Constitution	14	The Constitution will help with maintaining spell concentration and improving the HP pool.
Intelligence	8	Not a relevant ability
Wisdom	12	Just enough to remove the negative modifier for Wisdom.
Charisma	16 (15+1)	Charisma is relevant to persuade guards or traders that you were stealing "in good will".

Skills and Expertise

Overall, the skills should be impacted by your roleplaying and background decisions. However, you would still want those that will give you the best benefits. Maximize these:

• Stealth
• Sleight of Hand

After that, you can take the Charisma ones:

• Deception
• Intimidation
• Performance
• Persuasion

Leveling and Pickpocket - Levels 2-12

Now, this is a detailed progression of the Pickpocket build. I recommend following it, as I will give recommendations on which traders to pickpocket when, or how to progress with your setup.

Level 2

By this time, you should have landed in the Wilderness area already. This is where the first interesting step is taken. You will need to multiclass into Cleric. This is not necessary once you are level 5. However, it does simplify some things, and gives additional protection, especially in Honor mode, if, accidentally, the whole village starts attacking you.

You can multiclass by clicking this button in the leveling screen:

Class

Overview
Cleric
Clerics are representatives of the gods they worship, wielding potent divine magic for good or ill.
Features
Spell Slots	These can be used to cast spells and are restored each long rest.
Domain Spells​	Unique spell list accessible based on your cleric subclass.

Cantrips

Cantrips	Description
Thaumaturgy​	It will help with Intimidation checks, especially if you get caught.
Guidance​	It will help with sleight of hand rolls and increase your chance of pickpocket success.
Any	For the third cantrip, pick anything

Subclass

Overview
Trickery Domain
Features
Blessing of the Trickster​	Gives an advantage on stealth checks. It can be useful in some situations, but does consumes the concentration slot. It can be used for some early game encounters, but overall loses value as the game goes on.
Charm Person​	Gives an advantage to charisma checks in dialogues, but overall has limited uses.
Disguise Self​	More of a roleplaying spell that can help avoid various situations or pass racial dialogues. For example, Drows have special choices and an easy way to pass through fights in Act 1.

Deity

In my opinion, Tymora would be the most relevant.

Abilities

Pick anything here

Prepare Spells

Spells	Description
Sanctuary​	This is the ultimate spell that will help you pickpocket. Even if the whole village goes into combat, they cannot attack you as long as you have this. Then you can use Dash​ to run away.

Level 3 - Rogue Lv 2

The level-up gives a few good improvements that will be useful for pickpocketing.

Action	Description
Cunning Action: Hide​	Easily enter sneak with a bonus action.
Cunning Action: Dash​	Cover more distance this turn: double your movement speed, using a bonus action.
Cunning Action: Disengage​	Retreat safely: moving won't provoke Opportunity Attacks.

Starting pickpocketing

So with level 3, you are ready to do some pickpocketing. This is great as you can build a war chest, grab some items, get consumables, scrolls, etc. Make sure to get these items:

• Gloves of Power
• Smuggler's Ring

After that, make sure to get/apply these buffs:

• Cat's Grace​ with a cleric using Enhance Ability​
• Vampire Bite​ if you are Astarion
• Disguise Self​ - to not impact negatively vendor relations

Your pickpocket targets:

• Arron - very easy to steal from, does not aggro tieflins
• Dammon - has some useful gear, but does aggro tieflings. You should run to the nearby Secluded Room to teleport out of the area.

Before pickpocket:

• Cast Guidance​
• Enter stealth mode
• Enter turn-based mode
• Pickpocket target until failure
• Try to persuade, if it succeeds, continue stealing
• If persuasion fails, enter combat. Either use Sanctuary​ or Dash​ + Cunning Action: Dash​ and run away
• Once you run far away, combat automatically ends
• You can go back and steal again
• Profit

So this is more or less a short overview of how to pickpocket most of the targets. I will go deeper into this in the Build Mechanics Section. Here it is:

So at level 3, you can fully stack up for everything that you need. The next major stop is level 5.

Level 4 - Rogue Lv 3

This level unlocks a Rogue subclass, which gives a little boost in terms of action economy:

Subclass

Overview
Thief
Features
Fast Hands​	A very powerful feature, giving a full attack for some builds utilizing offhand attacks.
Second-Story Work: Falling​	Nothing special for this type of build.

Level 5 - Rogue Lv 4

This is an important level and a big turning point for the build. If you are using Hireling, there is no reason not to start using Kree Derryck from Withers. The duergar's ability - Invisibility​ is very powerful, especially here, where you will get caught stealing. After that, just become Invisible​ and wait while the enemy leaves combat.

You can also do respec now and go full 5 levels of Rogue, skipping Cleric. You can use Mask of the Shapeshifter for Disguise Self, and Invisibility​ replaces Sanctuary.

Feat

Advanced stealing

So now you can do some very fast and effective stealing. First, let's go through the main things:

First, if you are using Astarion or Halfling, here is the main option:

• If you are using Astarion or are a Halfling, the running method with Dash​ + Cunning Action: Dash​ still works, but it takes longer and is not as effective.
• With additional bonus action, and some gear you can run away on initital turn - Dash​ + Cunning Action: Dash​ + Cunning Action: Dash​ + Haste Helm + Crusher's Ring, gives a lot of movement speed, 30 m+.
• Arrow of Darkness can be used to set up a field where you can hide undetected. Do not shoot it at traders, or they will get aggroed.

However, for Duergars, it becomes ridiculously easy to steal stuff, and magnitudes more effective:

• You can start using Invisibility​ from Duergar when available
• Get Volo's Ersatz Eye, some traders become invisible, so this helps with seeing them. Another option is Scroll of See Invisibility.
• Elixir of Vigilance gives bonus initiative, which is useful when you enter combat to go first. You don't want to get attacked.

Safe Traders at this level:

• Derryth Bonecloak - pretty safe, even if you enter combat, you can become invisible and steal again. She does become invisible herself, which becomes irritating. But the gold trove is huge.

Level 6 - Rogue Lv 5

Nothing fancy, more features:

Feature	Description
Uncanny Dodge​	A solid survivability improvement.

Stealing targets

At this stage, you will probably enter the Rosymorn Monastery Trial. There are a few relevant traders here:

Safe target:

• Lady Esther - can get some good gear, if she finds you, she will enter combat. Become invisible and steal again.
• A'jak'nir Jeera - githyanki Trader, has plenty of good items and some good arrows like Arrow of Many Targets, Arrow of Fiend Slaying, etc.

Level 7 - Rogue Lv 6

Nothing special this level up. At this level, you should be able to reach two major areas, which will help with stealing - Moonrise Towers and Last Light Inn

Skills

You gain additional skill expertise picks:

• Deception/Persuasion/Performance - helps with persuading your pickpocket targets
• Acrobatics

Pickpocketing

Make sure to get Leather Armour +2 from the gear trader like Dammon. This will give +1 to Sleight of Hand rolls.

Some targets that I recommend, now that you have access to new areas:

• Dammon - he has some good gear
• Roah Moonglow - scrolls, consumables, and gear

Level 8 - Rogue Lv 7

Nothing fancy here, just a new feature:

Feature	Description
Evasion​	Improves your damage resistance to spells.

Level 9 - Rogue Lv 8

Level 5 spell slots are unlocked with some additional invocations:

Feat

Feat	Description
Athlete: Standing Up​	​Take +1 Dexterity, this will round it to 20.

Pickpocket related

If you are in Minflayer Colony, get Resonance Stone as it will make it easier to get Advantage on the dexterity checks - sleight of hand.

Level 10 - Rogue Lv 9

A new feature is unlocked. You will also enter Act 3 Rivington either at the start or mid-level.

Feature	Description
Supreme Sneak​	This is an alternative to Invisibility​ from Duergar. However, it works once per short rest, and I would rather use Potion of Invisibility at this stage.

Pickpocket things

So there are a few things that you can get in Rivington that will help with pickpocketing:

• Nimblefinger Gloves - you can use Disguise Self​ to turn into a gnome, and still use the Invisibility​ from Duergar.
• Alternative gloves - Unlucky Thief's Gloves, but they come with some additional management.
• Shapeshifter's Boon Ring - if you use Nimblefinger Gloves, you automatically shapeshift and get the bonus

Here are some relevant traders that are good to take on:

• Exxvikyap - perfect pickpocket target with some good gear
• Entharl Danthelon - another good target to build up a war chest, and get good items.

Level 11 - Rogue Lv 10

The main highlight of this level is another feat, which depends on your decision whether you took Auntie Ethel Hair.

Feat

Feat	Description
Ability Improvement - +2 Dexterity	If you did not take Auntie Ethel Hair +1 Dexterity, you will have 18 Dexterity. This feat would set it to 20.
Alert​	This feat is useful both in combat and pickpocketing. The moment you get caught, you will go first and become Invisible.

Level 12

And the last level is very important to create the almighty pickpocket build, which will be able to steal anything, leave nothing, and become rich!

Feature	Description
Reliable Talent​	This is the ultimate pickpocket feature, giving a minimum 10 rolls. With all the bonuses, you can now still anything with almost 0% chance of getting caught.

Pickpocket targets

So by this time, you have all the necessary gear, and you can pickpocket a few more targets for the ultimate amount of consumables, items, and gold:

• Dammon - good items and other
• Derryth Bonecloak - consumables like elixirs and potions
• Sorcerous Sundries - Galore of unlimited Scrolls

That's it, the build is done!

Maximizing Ability Scores

Now, as the build progression is covered, there are a few aspects and important decisions you will have to make throughout the game. These will decide your final score for abilities.

Dexterity

1. 16 Dexterity - the base from character creation.
2. Feat 1 - Ability Improvement - +2 Dexterity.
3. Feat 2 - Ability Improvement - +2 Dexterity.
4. Act 3 - Mirror of Loss - (most likely it's not worth bothering unless this is the main character) +2 Dexterity

These will allow you to reach 20-22 natural Dexterity, which helps with lockpicking, stealing, and ranged attacks.

Potions, Elixirs, and Consumables

Let's take a look at what consumables you can use to further empower the build.

Here are the main consumable recommendations for pickpocketing:

Consumable	Description
Potion of Invisibility	Become invisible, perfect for when you don't have Invisibility​ action. Albeit, they are quite rare in the early game, and more accessible later on.
Elixir of Vigilance	Extra initiative is great when you are caught. This means you go earlier, and can run away or become invisible, before anyone stops or attacks you.
Elixir of See Invisibility	Some traders will become Invisible, this can help make them appear earlier.
Arrow of Darkness	Perfect option to set up areas where you can hide and pickpocket the target.
Resonance Stone	An easy way to get an advantage on Dexterity checks.

Illithid Powers

This special mechanic in Baldur's Gate 3 allows you to consume tadpoles and unlock special Illithid Powers.

At first, you can only use the base powers. As you move to Act 3, you will be able to unlock the outer ring powers, also called Elite.

Illithid Power	Type	Description
Favourable Beginnings	Base	Beneficial power to take as it does not have any costs, and provides only benefits on the first hits with attack rolls.
Luck of the Far Realms​	Base	It's an easy way to ensure you land critical hits.
Cull the Weak​	Base	It can help to kill an enemy faster if it is left with a few HP.
Psionic Backlash​	Base	A great way to weaponize your reaction before obtaining Counterspell.
Ability Drain​	Base	Decreases enemy ability score.
Illithid Expertise​	Elite	It can be used to maximize the effectiveness of charisma-based skills, especially those relevant to the main character.
Black Hole​	Elite	Potent spell that can be used to pull enemies together. You can then follow up with area-of-effect spells or attacks. In general, it is a very effective action in the hands of any character.
Psionic Dominance​	Elite	It can be used to save yourself from a deadly spell. This is especially relevant as you will have a disadvantage on mental saving throws.
Freecast​	Elite	Remove the cost of spell slots or charges.

Equipment Recommendations - Pickpocket

Act 1

Slot	Item	Description
Ranged	Bow of Awareness	The extra initiative will help when combat starts.
Shield	Any shield	Any shield will help on the first pickpocket attempts. You will trigger opportunity attacks, so you want to avoid those.
Head	Haste Helm	Gives more running speed once combat starts
Armor	The Graceful Cloth	Gives Cat's Grace,​ improving your pickpocket success chance.
Gloves	Gloves of Power	It will be the best pickpocket gloves for a long time.
	Gloves of Thievery	The advantage is not as important as you can get from a cleric's Enhance Ability​ or The Graceful Cloth.
Boots	Any	You could optimize something here, but I say it's not worth it. Spend your time stealing.
Amulet	Silver Pendant	If no access to Guidance, but most likely you will get it from the cleric.
Rings	Smuggler's Ring	Improves Sleight of Hand.
	Crusher's Ring	Gives more movement speed when running away.

Act 2

Slot	Item	Description
Cloak	Cloak of Cunning Brume	Can create a cloud of fog with Disengage​ action. However, I have found it quite risky, as NPCs might get affected. I prefer Arrow of Darkness.
Armor	Leather Armour +2	This is an alternative to The Graceful Cloth as you can get Dexterity advantage via Enhance Ability​ from Cleric.
Rings	Shapeshifter's Boon Ring	You can use Disguise Self​ to turn into any race and get the bonus to Sleight of Hand. Can also be obtained in Act 3.

Act 3

Slot	Item	Description
Ranged	Hellrider Longbow	Even higher initiative during combat.
Gloves	Nimblefinger Gloves	You can use Disguise Self​ to turn into a Gnome race and gain the full bonuses.
	Unlucky Thief's Gloves	Alternative option.

Build Mechanics

In this section, I would like to dive deep into how to play the Pickpocket Build. This will help you utilize it to the fullest and correctly use various actions and spells throughout the game.

Important Mechanics and Combos

Let's go through key mechanics and tips on how to use the build effectively.

Understanding how to approach Traders

Here I will briefly cover on how to approach the stealing mechanics. For more in-depth, I recommend checking my Pickpocketing Guide, which goes deeper into the mechanics.

To start pickpocketing, you need to enter Hiding​ via Hide​ or Cunning Action: Hide. You can only do that if the area is not in the vision of the NPC

Once you are ready, approach the NPC and click on them. You will see a cursor change and give "pickpocket" tooltip. Before that I recommend entering turn-based mode so that other NPCs would not approach and find you.

A screen will appear, which will tell you how much you will need to roll to get the item safely. Generally, it is incorrect as it doesn't take into account many of the bonuses or advantages you have, but it's still a good sign of how risky the item is:

If a trader is in a public area, and you have no way to approach them without being seen, use Arrow of Darkness to create a field where you can hide. Do not shoot it at the NPC, and make sure the radius does not touch the NPC. Here is a good example of how to shoot:

Hide inside the fog, and start stealing :)

Prebuffing for pickpocketing

So here are some buffs that I recommend doing before you go into pickpocketing, not all of them are accessible from Act 1, but you will get more and more of these as you play

• Guidance​ - the base pick that will help with any rolls.
• Cat's Grace​ - either from The Graceful Cloth or Enhance Ability​ of Cleric/Bard. Later, you can use Resonance Stone for the Advantage and skip the previous options.
• Ready Arrow of Darkness if the trader does not have a place that is not in view of other NPCs.
• Elixir of Vigilance - to ensure you go early if the combat starts
• Potion of Invisibility, if everything goes to worst, have this on hand.
• Disguise Self​ - to cover yourself up, so that if you are caught, the main character doesn't get an opinion penalty.

Disguise Self even with Duergar

So, Disguise Self​ is a very important spell for this setup. First, it hides your identity, so you don't receive any opinion penalty if you are caught. Just break the transformation, and you are safe.

Second, the bonuses from Duergar, and specifically Invisibility,​ are still available, and you can cast it at will.

Third, you get some bonuses from specific items - Shapeshifter's Boon Ring and Nimblefinger Gloves, which improve Sleight of Hand and make your stealing chances higher.

Resetting vendor inventories

So to build wealth fast, as a true investor, you need to manipulate the market. There is one very fast way - level up! You can take one of your characters to Withers and respec to level 1 (I recommend Rogue or Fighter as they have the bare minimum choice when leveling up).

So you pick the enemy's pockets, then go to your level 1 character and level up. Go back to your pickpocket and take the gold/items again. Level up once more, and back to the pickpocket. You get the idea.

To be fair, this felt like cheating, and I decided I would do a single run through the main traders with the Pickpocket hireling once every Long Rest. This felt more natural and reasonable.

Pickpocket targets

So the important thing to know if the target can be safely pickpocketed. What do I mean by that? They will not run away, and even if they attack you, you can still trade with them. These traders are perfect for building a war chest, getting consumables, etc.

Those that are not mentioned here, I would not touch them, and buy everything from them. This way, you minimize the risk of them running away with all their stock for good. Generally, those NPCs that get the Temporarily Hostile​ condition will leave you alone after you escape.

Act 1:

Trader	Is safe?	Description
Arron	Yes	Scrolls, equipment Very easy to steal from, far from other NPCs
Dammon	Yes	Equipment Aggros nearby tieflings. You can run away to the nearby Secluded cave.
Volo	No	Scrolls, Potions, Ingredients If you fail, he will run away, and you don't want that
Auntie Ethel's	No	Potions, Ingredients If you fail, she runs away with her stock.
Derryth Bonecloak	Yes	Ingredients, equipment Pretty safe, even if you enter combat, you can become invisible and steal again. She does become invisible herself, which becomes irritating. But the gold trove is huge.
Roah Moonglow	Yes	Scrolls, Equipment Be careful of nearby goblins. I recommend doing this only with Invisibility​
Omeluum	Semi	Equipment, Consumables This can be tricky. You can pickpocket him and get caught. But after a few times, Omelum teleports out of the area.
Blurg	Semi	Equipment, Scrolls, Ingredients This can be tricky. You can pickpocket him and get caught. But after a few times, Blurg teleports out of the area.
Brem	No	Equipment, Potions Once you aggro him, everyone will become aggro, even after leaving combat. Best to buy things from him.
Lady Esther	Yes	Equipment, Potions Has some good gear. If she catches you, she will enter combat. Become invisible and steal again.
A'jak'nir Jeera	Yes	Equipment, Arrows Githyanki trader with access to good items and consumables - Arrow of Many Targets, Arrow of Fiend Slaying, etc.

Act 2:

Trader	Is safe?	Description
Dammon	Yes	Equipment, Arrows Easy to steal from, will call guards
Quartermaster Talli	Yes	Scrolls, Equipment Will aggro and attack you. Just run or use Invisibility.
Lann Tarv	Yes	Equipment Be careful of Scrying Eye, which has See Invisibility​
Roah Moonglow	Yes	Scrolls, Equipment Perfect target for consumables like Scrolls.
Araj Oblodra	Yes	Scrolls, potions, etc. Quite easy to steal from, as she is in a secluded area.

Act 3 - Rivington:

Trader	Is safe?	Description
Ferg Drogher	No	Equipment Can run away if pickpocketed too many times
Popper	Yes	Can freely steal from him.
Exxvikyap	Yes	Equipment Secluded, perfect place for pickpockets
Bumpnagel	Yes	Will need some cover like Arrow of Darkness
Traveller Griska	Yes	Will need some cover due to other NPCs
Entharl Danthelon	Yes	Equipment Good pickpocketing spot, can easily hide.

Act 3 - Lower City

The city is huge, and I will list a few relevant traders, who are easy to build up lumps of gold in your pockets:

Trader	Is safe?	Description
Dammon	Yes	Equipment Excellent target for some gear and gold.
Araj Oblodra	Yes	Potions, Ingredients Has some interesting potions, guards might cover your escape if you get caught.
Helsik	Yes	She will attack if caught, and there will be a lot of enemies. But Invisibility​ will save you.
Sorcerous Sundries (Rolan, Lorroakan's Projection)	Yes	Equipment, Scrolls Lorroakan's Projection can be pickpocketed unlimited, even if caught. Rolan should be pickpocketed only with Disguise Self.
Derryth Bonecloak	Yes	Potions, Ingredients Excellent target, easy to pickpocket, and safe location.
Fytz the Firecracker	Yes	The targets are close together and in the open. So, some cover with Arrow of Darkness will be necessary.
Gloomy Fentonson	Yes

Build Variations

Here are some variations that work similarly and utilize the same classes at their core.

Setup	Description
12 Rogue Thief	Later in the game, Cleric dip is not as big of a deal, you can get Disguise Self​ from Mask of the Shapeshifter or a scroll, or an ally casting a spell. Sanctuary​ is also not as valuable once you have Invisibility​ from Duergar.

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Pickpocket Build for Baldur's Gate 3. This is more of a role-play build. But I do think that you need to have it in Honour Mode run on your hireling. Building a good war chest, consumable troves, and arrows makes your run extremely easy!

Cheers!