Larian Studios have released the latest major patch 3 for Baldur’s Gate 3. This brings several improvements and changes, including to the romance with Shadowheart. MeinMMO shows you the most important aspects from the patch notes.
The most important changes in Patch 3:
- Since Patch 3, you can now find a Magic Mirror in your camp, which allows you to change your appearance. However, there are some restrictions.
- Baldur’s Gate 3 now fully supports Macs. An M1 Pro processor is recommended, as well as 16 GB of RAM and 150 GB of free storage.
- The annoying crashes on PS5 should now occur less frequently.
- Numerous boss fights have been adjusted, bugs have been fixed and performance in the Lower City has been improved.
What changes with Shadowheart? Shadowheart no longer quickly reveals which goddess she worships. Previously, she was quite open about her faith, which is forbidden in some areas of the world.
This knowledge is not necessary, but it helps you get closer to a romance with Shadowheart faster. Now you need more trust from the cleric for her to reveal her secret to you.
However, a bug has been fixed that caused one of the romance scenes not to play correctly. You should now be able to see the scene correctly when courting Shadowheart.
If you prefer to move on to another companion, expect a significantly … bear-like scene:
Patch 3 improves combat and gameplay
Spoiler Warning: The patch notes contain some information about fights and characters that won’t be seen until later in the game. We try to reveal as little as possible.
Other important changes include bug fixes, particularly in battles against three of the bosses in the game: Cazador, Grym, and Orin. Cazador can no longer use his Mist Form in magical daylight.
Grym, whom you must defeat to obtain the powerful Adamant items, no longer simply dodges the Forge Hammer. The hammer is actually the mechanism you’re supposed to use to fight the boss – if you skip it, there’s an achievement.
In the fight against Orin, you have the option to simply push her into an abyss. If you did this, it could happen that you destroyed an important item and thus end the game negatively. You can now loot the item.
There were also changes to gameplay. One of the best buffs in the game can no longer be obtained by Jaheira, Halsin, and Minthara, as they refuse to undergo the operation. You can find the complete patch notes in the official forum or on page 2.
There have also been some adjustments to romances for Astarion. It should no longer happen that other scenes take precedence when you schedule a “tender moment” with the elf. That seems a bit unfair, considering that Astarion would love to crash important romantic scenes himself:
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