Baldur’s Gate 3 was released on August 3 for PC (Steam, GOG). Since then, the developers have been rolling out numerous hotfixes to address bugs but are also working on the first major patch. Now, the Director of Publishing has already spoiled an upcoming feature.
When is the patch coming?
- So far, there is no specific date for the first “serious patch,” as Larian refers to the upcoming update. Recently, the capacity for save files was increased.
- In the community update from August 11, the developers promised that they are working on it. At the same time, there were a few interesting facts about the wizard Gale.
- The exact contents are still unknown, but the Director of Publishing, Michael Douse, has already revealed what the team is currently working on.
What is this new feature? Douse spoke on Twitter with a fan about the possibility of visually customizing their character after it has already been created. This concerns custom characters, but also the “Dark Urge,” one of the origins.
So far, it is not possible to change a character’s appearance after the game has started. Players wish for an option like a mirror to adjust face and so on again. Something like this was also available in Divinity: Original Sin 2.
Since Baldur’s Gate 3 offers very extensive customization options, players spend a lot of time creating their character. Whether the customization feature will come with the first patch, however, is still unknown.
“Let me browse through all inventories”
On Reddit, users are sharing what features they would like to see in the first major patch. At the top of the list: seeing the inventory of all characters as long as one is in the camp.
At the moment, it is only possible to select items from characters in your own party. However, if you want something from a currently inactive character, you have to swap first. This is unnecessarily cumbersome. Other wishes include:
- an improvement of “non-lethal” damage – currently, it is weighted the same as murder
- the spell “Mage Hand” as a real spell, not just as a one-time spell per short rest
- improvements to the inventory, such as assigning bags for specific item types
- more customization options, such as hats and boots as cosmetic items
Additionally, there are requests to improve the multiplayer mode. Currently, you can permanently destroy your friends’ save files when you join them. Here, players would like to have “hop-on-hop-off” features.
Towards the end of the game, in Act 3, some bugs should also be present that urgently need fixing and diminish the fun of the game right at the end. However, at the moment, relatively few players are affected by this. Some simply finish the game earlier:
