The role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 continues to be a massive success more than a year after its release. This is largely due to the nearly endless possibilities offered to players. For those who feel that this is not enough, there are mods – though they can be too much of a good thing.
In the summer of 2024, Larian finally announced the long-awaited official mod support for Baldur’s Gate 3. This will enable players to further expand the already extensive role-playing game and give it their own personal touch – although with limitations.
Now the developers are warning players against using too many mods.
Larian promises hotfix and fix for the fix
What is the problem? In a post on the official X account of Baldur’s Gate 3, the creators announced a hotfix for the console versions of the role-playing game. This aims to resolve issues that arise when playing with a very large number of mods.
It leads to reduced performance and crashes when more than 100 mods are installed.
However, the very players who will benefit from this hotfix initially face a problem: The fix will temporarily render save files with more than 100 mods unplayable. Larian plans to solve this by providing an additional fix that grants access to save files again once a few mods have been uninstalled.
It is still unknown when exactly the hotfix – and the fix for the fix – will be implemented in the game. However, the safest bet is to not have more than 100 mods installed in the first place. The developers therefore recommend only installing the mods that one knows will continue to be used.
So consider carefully whether Gale really needs that stylish man bun, or if you might be able to do without calling Withers Bone Daddy
, if you’re playing on console. However, there should definitely be room for our 10 best mods for Baldur’s Gate 3.
In the comments, some users are already wondering what kind of players have more than 100 mods installed – and how they have managed without the official mod support. Most, it seems, only have a handful of mods activated at the same time.
However, part of the appeal of Baldur’s Gate 3 lies in experimenting with what is possible. So it is entirely plausible that some role-playing enthusiasts install a bunch of mods just to see what happens.
But even though the developers of Baldur’s Gate 3 are currently asking for restraint regarding mods, they are fundamentally open to modifying their game at will. There are even 5 mods for Baldur’s Gate 3 that are so good that even the developers recommend them
