Originally Posted by The_Red_Queen
Originally Posted by snowram
Actually, there are some chances that we will see a village at release :


See this village south-east of Baldur's Gate?
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If you're looking at what I'm looking at, I assumed that was the Friendly Arm Inn and surroundings, as it looks about in the right place, and in BG1 the inn actually comprises the tavern itself, a temple and some small houses (at least, there's definitely one, and I think there might be more than one). And of course, over the last 100 years it might have grown into a bigger settlement. Or I suppose it could be Beregost but it doesn't look big enough or far enough away from Baldur's Gate. Or I guess it could be some other completely new village that has sprung up over the century since I, at least, visited the area in BG1!

The settlement alluded to on the new BG map is found on the original BG world map as well, it was marked as a fishing village. It had a couple of quests attached to it: https://baldursgate.fandom.com/wiki/World_Map

Not that these places are the same settlements in both games, as I have no idea, but they have nigh identical locations.