Baldur’s Gate 3
Summary
Baldur ’s Gate 3was always a bit off - kelter , but it ’s only gotten weirder since launch . While each patch aims to set some of the plot ’s bug , superintendence , and oddities ( and often succeeds ) , each one also adds to the ten thousand of histrion option available in the biz . AndBaldur ’s Gate 3playershave gone out of their way to evidence that they ’re deeply , deeply unearthly .
Whether it ’s solve a dead spider , walking around the Lower City in the au naturel , or stuffing Shadowheart into a box and calling it a " speedrunning strategy,“BG3indulges its player ' unusual fantasies in the greatest way . As weird as it let thing get in its earliest , pre - launch descriptor , it ’s only gotten progressively weirder with each subsequent update . Here are some changes made across allfive patches toBaldur ’s Gate 3to make the Forgotten Realms more flakey than ever before .
Baldur ’s Gate 3 has some basic limits in place that make all of the game ’s systems work in harmony , but limits are sometimes stand for to be broken .
10Bing Bong The Imp Is Now Canon
A High Rollers Reference Made It Into BG3
In aBG3 - theme special , the live - playDungeons & DragonspodcastHigh Rollersfeatured the interpreter actors forall theBaldur ’s Gate 3Origin charactersplaying their character in a round of tabletopDnD. In one now - iconic mo , Jennifer English , who plays Shadowheart , befriends a stray imp nominate Bing Bong , much to Lae’zel ’s dismay . Bing Bong has since become a devotee favorite quality , and Larian apparently heard the clamor . Patch 5 forBaldur ’s Gate 3makes Bing Bong canyon , with Shadowheart acknowledging his existence in a recent - biz line of talks .
9Ceremorphosis Got Grosser
A BG3 Patch Amps Up The Body Horror
As they explore the Nautiloid during the tutorial ofBaldur ’s Gate 3 , players may materialize upon a miserable NPC trapped inside a transformative seedpod . If they interact with a nearby thickening , the pod will sate with smoke as the poor captive pounds on the spyglass , and when it clears , they ’ll be transformed into a Mind Flayer . It was an unpleasant enough image at launch , butsince the release of Patch 3 , the transmutation is more graphical than ever before . The scene is still mercifully abbreviated , but tentacles can be see sprouting from the prisoner ’s oral cavity as their eyes get to glow and their joints turn artificially .
8Players Are Encouraged To Kill Party Members BG3
A Patch Made It Much Easier To Throw Companions Off A Cliff
Well , that ’s a bit of an magnification , but oneBG3patch did make it much well-situated to kill company fellow member in off-the-wall ways , only to resurrect them at once after . At launch , put fellow traveler ' bodies in box and throw away them into a chasm resulted in their being eliminated entirely from the roster . They could n’t be resurrected in any way , not even by talk to Withers . However , Patch 2 did away with that feature , allowing even theatrical role who die in this curiously complicate personal manner to be resurrected at camp . It ’s a great agency for a flightier Tav to get the ultimate , if impermanent , revenge on a company fellow member who mildly crossed them .
7BG3’s Boo Is Now Immortal
Minsc’s Miniature Giant Space Hamster Got A Major Buff In Patch 5
Minsc is one of the most interesting characters inBaldur ’s Gate 3 , a repeat serial publication ikon who gives even the weird histrion character a runnel for their off-the-wall money . Minsc is keep company everywhere by Boo , a " miniature jumbo space hamster " whom he cast into combat . When fox at an enemy , Boo does a snatch of damage and may temporarily dim them - but in early iterations of the game , he took a bit of damage himself , too . Patch 5 makes razzing impervious to discombobulate equipment casualty , ensure that Minsc may continue toss him to his heart ’s delight .
6BG3 Lets Tav Immortalize Their Nude Form
Stoney And Boney’s Statue Can Create An Interesting Legacy
When the party visits the Circus of the Last day in Act Three , it ’s possible for Tav to commission a statue of themselves from Stoney and Boney . What the game does n’t enjoin you , though , is thatthe two sculptors will chip at Tav ’s semblance in whatever dress they presently occur to be wear : their best-loved armor , their camp clothes , or indeed , absolutely nothing at all . Each pick is full of personality : does Tav want their eternal similitude to evoke awe , friendliness , or lust ? This feature was n’t uncommitted at launch , either , and has only been an choice since Patch 4 .
5BG3 Lets Party Members Get Stinky
…And Then Clean Themselves With Stray Bars Of Soap
Players may try not to cogitate about it , but theBaldur ’s Gate 3party probably does n’t reek very good . They ’re always covered in blood , gunk , and slime , sleep inch from a campfire every dark , and tote grand of stacks of cheese , raw fish , and haggis . And they ’re seldom , if ever , seen showering - until Patch 4 , that is . piece 4 made soap , a common item find out throughout the world ofBaldur ’s Gate 3 , fully functional . It can now be used to clean blemishes off player characters ' faces , and , according to the while tone , to remove " defective odors " - which , until the integration of Smell - type O - Vision , players themselves are thankfully immune to .
4BG3’s Emperor Has More Discerning Tastes
The Emperor Will Only Eat Certain Brains
ThroughoutBaldur ’s Gate 3 , the party will encounter a Mind Flayer with cryptical motive , a complicated figure who styles himself The Emperor . All Mind Flayers inBG3have an action mechanism call Extract Brain , a deadly attack that can plow up to 101 damage and heal the Mind Flayer for up to 36 percentage point .
The one saving thanksgiving of this move is that it ’s not always effectual : the target area must be either amazed or unconscious for the Mind Flayer to pull up their brain . However , in old patch , The Emperor was hungrier than common , and would direct even prostrate type for attempted lobotomization . Since that was patched out , however , he ’s become a bit of a gourmandizer , and will only try Extract Brain on suitable targets .
3BG3 Companions May Experience Spontaneous Resurrection
Withers Brings Everyone Back To Life For The Finale
The ending ofBaldur ’s Gate 3is intense , culminating in an enormous battle for the destiny of the Forgotten Realms and a series of emotionalepilogues that tie upBG3 ’s loose ends . The final fight is baffling , and it ’s not uncommon for characters to die during it . Since the game immediately transition into the closing cutscenes afterward , this could have crushing results : if a player ’s best-loved associate break down to the final boss , they ’d omit out on the epilog involving them unless they loaded a save . gratefully , Patch 5 fixes this : now , if a companion decease in the final conflict , they ’ll be resurrected just in time to savor the consequence .
2BG3’s Patch 5 Adds Improved Corpse Physics
But do n’t call back that just because a case break inBG3 , they ’re entirely useless . idle bodies can fall in handy , whether it involves castingspeak with deadto learn their secrets , carting them around to arouse instant allies , or using one of the mostbroken secrets inBaldur ’s Gate 3to shoot down bosses without even touch them . As a matter of fact , players pick up cadaver so frequently thatLarian patched in special animations to make those actions look more realistic . It may be a unearthly example , but it goes to show how much more fun a game can be when developers pay attention to their devotee .
1BG3 Patched In Jiggle Physics Without Telling Anyone
“Did It Always Move Like That?”
Larian made yard of changes with the fifth major post - launch update toBaldur ’s Gate 3 , with a list of patch notes so long that most did n’t even make it halfway down . But even if they did , nothing could fix them for the boastful surprise of Patch 5 : Larian summate joggle physics for player characters ' privates . Whether they just take a quick peep or their party ’s been a move nudist dependency since Act One ( no judgment ) , many a player was shocked to discover that their characters ' extremity suddenly waggled in the breeze after installing Patch 5 . Even so far along after launch , BG3still has the voltage to surprise .
If they continue along the current flight , the Forgotten Realms will only get weirder in future updates toBG3 . It ’s tingle - desirable to consider how weird thing could get in DLC . As strange , staring , and shocking as it can be , Baldur ’s Gate 3at its best is virginal , bizarre fun - and as thespian and developer both get more originative , it ’ll only improve .
