Larian Studios has officially launched patch 5 for Baldur’s Gate 3. The update includes a new epilogue, honor mode, and more. It is available now for PC and PlayStation 4/5.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a strategy RPG based around the worlds of the Dungeons and Dragons tabletop RPG. The game features a cast of unique characters in a story that has garnered critical acclaim. It is available now on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, and Mac. It will also release on Xbox consoles next month.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 5 Notes
Larian Studios has officially launched a new patch for Baldur’s Gate 3. Patch 5 features a new epilogue and honor mode. It also fixes several bugs and adds dynamic resolution on the PlayStation 5. Larian Studios has posted the highlights of the patch on their Steam page. The full patch notes are available on their website. The highlights of the patch are as follows:
Highlights
- Epilogue: An entirely new section at the end of the game after the defeat of the the Netherbrain that aims to provide a well-deserved sense of closure with your allies.
- Two new play modes: Honour Mode and Custom Mode.
- Many performance improvements, particularly in Act III.
- Added dynamic resolution for PS5.
- Players playing on machines with low VRAM/RAM should see improved performance.
- The game is now available in Korean!
- While at camp, you can now access and manage the inventories of companions who aren’t in your active party.
- Added a brand new fight in Ramazith’s Tower if you betray Nightsong there.
- Orin’s outfit now drops as loot and is wearable by anyone. We also gave it a suitably disgusting description and name.
- Shadowheart will always be the owner of the artefact during the tutorial if she is a follower.
- Becoming half-illithid will now also visually affect your eyes.
- Basic Action variations (e.g. a free version of Dash that you can perform because of a class feature) that share a hotkey by default will now gain a hotkey according to a certain priority order.
- A romanced Minthara can now refer to her bond with you using a drow word for deep, unbreakable love.
- Fixed a bug where party members would sometimes not change back into the armour set they were displaying before entering camp.
- You can now talk to Mol more about her contract with Raphael in the Guildhall.
- Withers will sneakily resurrect any dead companions that fell before the final battle so they can join the ending cinematics. What a helpful skeleton.
- Gave Jaheira her own scene with Danthelon if she approaches him alone.
- Improved the physics of characters and walls to prevent NPCs being able to shoot through ceilings inside houses.
- Fixed an issue where Gale’s scene with Mystra after the final combat of the game only played if you had no one else in your party.
- Made cinematic tweaks to restore sections of Astarion’s Act III Ascendant sex scene.
- Improved companion reactivity when making the decision before the Netherbrain.
- The loading screen art now unlocks gradually as you progress through the game.
- Boo will no longer take damage when thrown.
- Fixed the puzzle in Cazador’s Palace.
- Fixed the screen going black during Astarion’s endgame romance scene.
- Added some additional audio and cinematic work to the intimate scene with the drow in Sharess’ Caress.
- Wild Shapes that do not have weapons will now benefit from having the Tavern Brawler feat.
Lastly, Baldur’s Gate 3 is available now on the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam. Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One ports will release in December.
