UPDATE:
The rollout of Patch 7 has commenced for both console and Mac users! This new patch also includes Hotfix #26 and the latest addition, Hotfix #27, for all platforms. Explore the most recent patch notes here.
Hi everyone,
Ready to explore your darker side? Eager to experience the aftermath of letting your mischievous side take charge?
Wonderful! Patch 7 is making its debut on PC today! This update introduces new villainous conclusion cinematics, enhancements to Honour Mode, Legendary Actions, split-screen functionality, a fresh modding methodology, and a multitude of gameplay updates and bug resolutions.
For Mac and console aficionados, this significant patch is brimming with enhancements and fresh offerings, including official modding accessibility for all devices. However, it’s taking a bit longer than expected to complete all technical verifications. While delayed from initial estimations, anticipate Patch 7 on consoles and Mac by October. We’ll ensure you receive timely updates on our progress!
This means, regrettably, console users can’t utilize cross-saves originating from Patch 7 on PC and cross-platform gameplay with Mac is unavailable. We’re diligently working on enabling crossplay for Baldur’s Gate 3, and much like Patch 7, it demands extensive effort and testing before we release it into the broader gaming sphere.
There are more updates planned for Baldur’s Gate 3, with promises of crossplay and a photo mode among other enhancements. But as Swen mentioned at last week’s PAX West panel in Seattle – it was our last in-person panel for Baldur’s Gate 3 – our team will soon withdraw to tackle our next venture.
If you missed it, catch the panel here to reminisce about the development of Baldur’s Gate 3 and find answers to your most pressing inquiries.
Patch 7 represents a colossal undertaking, made possible through feedback from mod developers and players who engaged with it during the Closed Beta phase. Gratitude to everyone who participated. The playtest has concluded, and we’ll leverage these insights moving forward!
Patch 7 approximately requires 11.6GB on PC, along with 160GB of available space for installation. Should you encounter storage issues, we recommend uninstalling Baldur’s Gate 3 followed by a fresh download of the updated version!
As with every update, some third-party mods may face compatibility issues. Remove your mods to verify if issues persist. Should problems continue post-removal, contact our support team. Please be considerate of mod authors as they revise their mods where necessary!
Many third-party mods utilize the Script Extender. Tests conducted as part of the Toolkit and patch process should aid in maintaining Script Extender-reliant mods’ functionality with Patch 7.
Thanks to Norbyte, creator of Script Extender, and all the mod authors contributing feedback to the Toolkit! Your input was invaluable.
Rule the Sword Coast with unmatched dominion.
Fans who have wielded evil, pursued ancestral goals, or set their Origin character on a chaotic path will encounter 13 new cinematics showcasing diverse outcomes for their malevolent quests in Patch 7.
Streamers noted for discretion or using the ‘Show Cinematic Nudity’ in settings will find it renamed to ‘Show Sexual and Violent Cinematics’ for clarity. This control oversees explicit content and some intense violent moments. The new evil endings are incorporated into this content set due to their graphic nature.
This adjustment won’t influence your adventure, choices, or romance avenues, but will censor sexual and particularly violent scenes.
The dragon was hers, but what was the toll?
Starting anew or revisiting an ongoing battle with the Netherbrain? Your decisions will determine which of the new cinematics will unfold.
We clearly stated in Community Update #28 that those playing as the Dark Urge might witness a bard temporarily join the camp as a playable character if a slot is unoccupied.
Seems some misinterpreted that note.
No new companions here—just demise.
The day music met its end.
To fuel the sense of dread, we’ve refined Honour Mode combat, granting Malus Thorm a new Legendary Action dubbed Grasping Appendage. Quite unsettling indeed.
Patch 7 debuts our very own in-game Mod Manager and modding Toolkit for Baldur’s Gate 3, downloadable on Steam for PC audiences!
This fresh avenue for crafting and installing mods promises enhanced compatibility and ease of use, ensuring mods function across all platforms, including consoles shortly.
Explore Baldur’s Gate 3 mods directly within the game!
Mods generated and submitted through our Toolkit can now be accessed and installed in the game itself.
Enable/disable mods from the Installed section.
Synchronize mods in multiplayer games, ensuring everyone has the right mods active.
Keep track of your installed mods.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Toolkit – Project Selection interface.
The Baldur’s Gate 3 Toolkit, accessible free on the Steam store, allows you to craft mods tailored for Baldur’s Gate 3.
Modify scripts via Osiris.
We’re now officially supporting some scripted mods using Osiris, our internal scripting tool, empowering mod creators to edit scripts, address build errors, and facilitate basic debugging.
Directly publish mods from the Toolkit!
Whether you choose to mod Baldur’s Gate 3 using third-party mods or with our own set-up, the choice is yours! To dive into our Toolkit, visit your Steam Library, navigate to Tools, and start crafting your mods from there. If you own Baldur’s Gate 3, the Toolkit should be automatically included in your Library.
To access the Toolkit and the requisite Data DLC, ensure the DLC is enabled on Baldur’s Gate 3’s store page, and verify ‘Tools’ is selected in your Library to display the application post-installation!
Here’s how:
- Navigate to your Steam Library.
- Right-click on Baldur’s Gate 3.
- Select properties, then DLC.
- In the Install column, ensure the Toolkit Data DLC option is checked.
Ensure Tools shows up by adjusting options above your Library search field.
To aid you in setting up with supported mods, we’ll soon distribute a Community Update detailing crafting and using backed mods, so stay tuned!
Meanwhile, we’ve crafted additional guides to ignite your modding journey:
- Modding Guidelines – explaining permissible content uploads!
- Getting Started – navigate our guides on mod creation.
- Creating a New Mod – how to launch the Toolkit and embark on your projects.
- Explore Mods Online – within the game or through our website!
For comprehensive guidance on mod creation, revisit the Getting Started guide!
As Swen also highlighted at PAX, we’re excited to showcase your works on our new YouTube channel, Larian: Channel From Hell. Expect regular mod features, and join the conversation by connecting with the Larian Studios Discord server!
Bug Fixes & Gameplay Enhancements
Patch 7 introduces a myriad of new features, improvements, and continuously addresses numerous bugs!
Unfortunately, these patch notes are too extensive for Steam, so please visit the main Baldur’s Gate 3 website to read the complete patch notes!
Here are a few key updates:
- Introducing ‘Evil Endings’: Fresh cinematic conclusions for those choosing a decidedly villainous path.
- Newly added Mod Manager, allowing users to browse, install, and engage with community-created mods.
- Overhauled split-screen dynamics: When using split-screen, the halves will now seamlessly merge or divide based on proximity of the characters, alongside multiple enhancements to enrich the split-screen experience.
- If Dror Ragzlin lands in the spider pit, he now has a spell, Arachnid Compulsion, to join forces with the spiders against you.
- The Bulette showcases a new state dubbed Diamond Scales and a fresh Legendary Action called Shredding Scales.
- Malus Thorm accesses a Legendary Action known as Grasping Appendage.
- Spectators have new mystical and defensive capabilities: Panicked Sentinel and Ocular Nightmare.
- Ch’r’ai Tska’an leads the githyanki ambush in Act II with the Legendary Action, Soul Sacrifice.
- Ch’r’ai Har’rak assumes the githyanki command at the Knights of the Shield Hideout, wielding Tu’narath’s Embrace.
- Ptaris reveals a Legendary Action named Ptarian Dogma.
- The Reactions UI now requires only your desired Reactions to be toggled and confirmed, streamlining the process by eliminating the constant ‘Do not react’ choice!
- A novel Equipment Options interface has been added to the Character Sheet when using a controller.
- The panel for giving Gale magic items now includes items in your Traveller’s Chest and notes currently equipped gear.
- To those creating bubbles while bathing, the command is now ‘Use’, not ‘Consume’.
- A character’s name won’t revert to ‘Custom’ during Character Creation when revisiting for changes to your Dream Guardian.
- Fixed Feat selection during Level Up showing an incorrect spell Ability.
- A new loading screen for Act III, displaying the bustling streets of Baldur’s Gate, has been added.
- The skirt element of the Adamantine Splint Armour is now displayed for female dwarves.
- Addressed Adamantine Scale Mail clipping issues on larger male avatars.
- Custom Mode can now initiate using Honour Mode rules when starting a new adventure. Activate through the ‘Ruleset’ dropdown.
- The kuo-toa committed to raising an army for you will now assist in the final confrontation, barring any casualties in Act I.
- Gondians’ promised aid for the final clash is now represented by a helpful Steel Watcher, with apologies from Zanner Toobin for their tardiness.
- Hair color options remain modifiable in Character Creation after selecting a bald style, to continue exploring eyebrow shades.
- Overhead dialogues supporting numerous characters now include those played by different users, allowing for extended exchanges in multiplayer.
- Group hiding mechanics will not affect unlinked summons in the Party Line.
- Adapted camp supply selection for Long Rest so that stacks consume only necessary quantities.
- The Leap of Faith trial at the Gauntlet of Shar can no longer be bypassed by selecting the final platform for automatic navigation. Missed deadlines forced us to correct this.
- Addressed an issue where reviving Lae’zel on the beach in Act I left her invisible, barring departure from Act I.
- Addressed instances where Gale retained his Necrotic Aura wrongly on load.
- Rectified Minthara’s invisible body glitch during Level Up, although the floating-head style had its appeal.
- Astarion now features idle animations at camp aside from reading.
- New Minsc idle animation at camp introduced – he may be learning tai chi from Boo.
- Karlach will forego brushing the shaved part of her head.
- Improved neck kissing animations in cozy scenes with Shadowheart along the Sharran path for larger characters and dragonborn.
- Introduced new dialogue options and voiced lines in selected interactions across the game, aimed at edge-flow precision. These specifics are detailed further in the central patch notes below.
- Three extra Narrator lines for Dark Urge characters enhance in-game responsiveness discussed further in the main patch notes below.
- Resolved challenges impeding some accessible romance-driven party banters during quests.
- Fixed a flow problem that excluded Avatar Lae’zel’s choice to depart or remain in Faerûn post-Netherbrain’s downfall.
- Embraced a dialogue line for a kiss request along multiple pathways in Wyll’s epilogue.
- In holographic postgame guise, Wyll won’t prematurely conclude his conversations with Lae’zel.
- A bug hindering Wyll’s romance introduction is fixed, ensuring those in a steady, affectionate relationship with Wyll in Act III now encounter his correct greeting sequence.
- Enhanced priority on Wyll’s greetings to initiate correct responses for players with lower approvals.
- Allies are now more considerate of Astarion’s evasion of sunlight.
- New dialogue allows Karlach to react upon discovering Dammon dead after he assured his assistance.
- In Act II, Minthara addresses being knocked unconscious during Act I.
- Sorted out multiple sequences related to character resurrections by Withers, party restructuring at night, and automated camp night events preventing escape from an eternal sleep and enabling Long Rest end.
- Solved an issue causing Shadowheart to repeat a single line after resurrection by Withers from the Shadowfell.
- Mitigated a minor issue preventing Gale’s last name commentary.
- Rectified instances where Wyll maintained an inquiry marker after exhausting discussions.
- For Dark Urge players, Minthara no longer acts as if you accepted Bhaal’s influence after you’re free from it.
- Fixed a disrupted kissing moment post-gift to Shadowheart of the Idol of Shar.
- Resolved an issue with Jaheira losing party follow feature after nights spent outside the team.
- Addressed narratorial triggers being missed for rune tablets on the nautiloid.
- Clerics of Lathander now recognize his symbol on a Lathanderian amulet.
- Prioritised the avatar’s role as the central speaker in dialogues concerning the hag’s Act I capitulation.
- Minthara indeed shares insights on Orin after her demise.
- Ensured Wyll’s night romance scene in Act III is unskippable to avoid premature decoration of the romance story.
- In scenarios where Avatar Karlach and Wyll venture into the Hells together, he’ll act fittingly in the epilogue.
- Fixed Karlach’s eventual scene in Avernus from going unplayed when accompanying her as Wyll.
- Guardian Wyll now engages with his father if Ansur is defeated, yet the pact with Mizora is annulled but Ravengard remains from the Iron Throne, undeterred, to decide on his title.
- Lae’zel delays her wait at her recruitment spot after assurances you’ll return.
- Improved Lae’zel’s idle camp activities for a better fit with other companions’.
- Corrected the fade-to-black at the close of Karlach’s scene in Avernus at the game’s final scene, which exposed glimpses of Game Developer Land.
- Breaking up with Karlach through another companion after her romance scene no longer inhibits her dialogue following morning.
- Restored Gale’s concluding comment during his comprehensive ceremorphosis explanation, and modified the dialogue in reaction to it.
- Since Gale can now receive magic items from the Traveller’s Chest, his departure if you refuse them is reinstated.
- Repaired some savegames with a defect stopping the dialogue between Gale and Mystra prior to game end.
- Amended a bug permitting kisses for Gale if disguised prior to battling the Netherbrain. Corrected resulting dialogue closure pre-kiss.
- Overhauled scripts concerning character availability in dialogue, averting issues like Minthara’s dialogue incompleteness at Moonrise Towers post-rescue, preventing resting or fast travel.
- Continual broad optimizations and stability improvements throughout, implementing critical behind-the-scenes code amendments.
- Performance enhancements will be notably perceptible in zones with many NPCs (such as the Lower City) and aim to minimize peak memory consumption during initial level loads. They’ll also positively impact handling large item transfers (e.g., from a camp chest to a character inventory).
- Refined and enhanced the scene activated when exploring Ansur’s remains in the Wyrmway.
- Enhanced companion dialogue facial expressions and emotions, including refining facial animations during kiss scenes, featuring Vampire Lord Astarion.
