The most recent Baldur’s Gate 3 patch introduces a brand new epilogue and allows you to put on slutty crab armor

Christmas miracles are uncommon, they’re lovely, and with Patch 5 of Baldur’s Gate 3 out now, they’ve come early. Patch 5 is an enormous replace that provides new issue modes, patches a infamous slowdown bug, allows you to put on armor that provides the Wavemother’s Gown a run for its cash, and offers the adventurers of Faerûn what they’ve been clamoring for: a big-ass celebration with all their buddies.

I might leap proper into the largest adjustments coming with Patch 5, however with one particular quality-of-life replace, the addition of latest recreation modes or new epilogue scenes feels inconsequential compared.

“Patch 5 introduces an enormous high quality of life replace within the type of improved stock entry,” learn the group replace for Baldur’s Gate 3. “Now whereas in camp, it is possible for you to to handle the stock of companions who aren’t in your energetic celebration with out having to recruit them first – all from one single UI.”

The builders at Larian Studios have been fairly good at listening to participant suggestions and implementing asked-for adjustments. (Why else do you suppose Astarion retains getting his kissing animations tweaked?) But it surely nonetheless feels superb when one thing you your self have requested for, begged for, screamed for, will get added. I can’t inform you how a lot time I spent biking by every celebration member’s stock, going by the tedious strategy of dismissing members and including new ones, all whereas considering, “The place the hell did I put that weapon?” That point-wasting frustration isn’t any extra. The vitality I really feel behind this easy implementation is sufficient to energy my house for the following yr.

There are many smaller updates like this one which enhance efficiency and clean out the rougher, crunchier bits of gameplay friction that made this in any other case superb recreation a bit unwieldy to handle. Take a look at the total record of patch notes right here.

Narratively, Patch 5 provides an epilogue whereby you and your celebration can meet up six months later to mirror in your journey. In line with Larian, “Your epilogue is outlined by you. That is the end result of each alternative and consequence that you just’ve made for the reason that very begin of your journey, a huge tree of permutations that results in a possibility to mirror on that journey earlier than you say goodbye.”

I haven’t loaded my recreation but to see, however the description feels very very like the Citadel DLC for Mass Impact 3 during which Commander Shepard was capable of have so many lovely moments with their greatest buddies earlier than the ultimate struggle. The characters you’ve met will depart you letters, some will present up in camp, and all people will get fancy celebration garments that I can’t wait to see.

Talking of celebration garments: “Orin’s outfit now drops as loot and is wearable by anybody. We additionally gave it a suitably disgusting description and title.”

I can not wait to see the crab armor clip by all of Halsin’s muscle tissue. Hats off to Larian. It really does have its finger on the sexy pulse of its followers.

If Tactician Mode wasn’t onerous sufficient, Larian’s added two new issue modes that enable gamers to customise their Baldur’s Gate 3 expertise and make it a lot tougher. Customized Mode has choices that may make Baldur’s Gate 3 play extra like a standard Dungeons & Dragons recreation. There are alternatives to obscure the worth wanted to efficiently cross capability checks and enemy well being totals. It additionally affords the flexibility to show off enemy essential hits and have brief rests absolutely restore celebration well being.

Honour Mode, nonetheless, appears to make the Tactician issue appear to be a stroll within the park. Not solely will enemies hit tougher, use extra superior spells, and particular Legendary Actions however the mode additionally introduces permadeath with a particular reward for many who can full the sport deathless.

“If you inevitably die in Honour Mode, you’ll be introduced with statistics out of your journey, together with how lengthy and the way far you survived,” Larian wrote on its Steam Group web page. “Must you so select, you possibly can proceed your journey, which can then disable Honour Mode. However gamers who do handle to finish the complete recreation with Honour Mode enabled with out dying shall be awarded the coveted Golden D20.”

I hope that, just like the gamers who had their names carved right into a statue of Lilith for beating Diablo IV on its hardcore issue, Larian will even reward BG3’s first Honour Mode winners with extra than simply some golden cube.

Earlier than you dive into Patch 5, take a second to filter out some {hardware} storage. Earlier right now, Larian warned that the patch could be 30 gigabytes and require 130 gigabytes of area to put in. (RIP, Steam Deck gamers.) Additionally, for these Xbox gamers nonetheless ready, Patch 5 will ship on disk every time the sport launches on the platform, which, in accordance with Larian, must be quickly.