The brand new patch for Baldur’s Gate 3 is an enormous one — sufficiently big that Larian Studios says you may wish to uninstall and reinstall the sport, as a result of downloading the replace requires an enormous chunk of space for storing. Patch 5 for Baldur’s Gate 3 is stuffed with new additions, although, together with playable epilogues with “among the most advanced writing within the recreation to date,” the choice to play “a extra lifelike D&D expertise,” and a brand-new problem choice that’s anti-save scumming.
Whereas some gamers could select to save lots of scum — aka saving excessively, thereby optimizing each cube roll and interplay — others could wish to dive into Baldur’s Gate 3’s new Honour Mode. That new problem choice, Larian says, “ups the depth of what was beforehand our most difficult mode — Tactician — and never solely makes the sport harder out and in of fight, but in addition introduces over 30 new tweaks to all of Baldur’s Gate 3’s boss-fights, with a brand new Legendary Motion system designed to catch gamers off-guard and improve the problem.”
Honour Mode solely permits for a single save file all through its “fraught and lethal marketing campaign.” It’s mainly hardcore mode, the place dying means the top of your Honour Mode run. However seeing it by offers you a really good reward: a golden D20. There’s additionally bragging rights.
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One other new problem choice, Customized Mode, leaves the selection as much as gamers. You possibly can go for a single save file restriction in Customized as effectively, or align your expertise to a extra lifelike Dungeons & Dragons tabletop expertise. You possibly can cover the required roll to succeed cube checks, cover enemy hit factors in battle, disable Loss of life Saving Throws, and conceal failed Notion Checks, amongst different issues.
Baldur’s Gate 3 gamers who’re close to the top of the sport (or doing a replay) may take pleasure in new playable epilogues, which Larian describes because the “end result of each alternative and consequence that you simply’ve made because the very begin of your journey, a huge tree of permutations that results in a chance to replicate on that journey earlier than you say goodbye.”
There’s a complete lot extra, together with Orin’s revealing outfit (pictured above) as loot, sundry Act III efficiency enhancements, and extra handy stock administration for characters who aren’t in your lively occasion. Extra (spoiler-marked) particulars from Baldur’s Gate 3 patch 5 are in Larian’s patch highlights and full patch notes.