Baldur’s Gate 3 Rolls Out Massive 30GB Update with New Epilogue and Features, Patch Notes and More

Baldur’s Gate 3 has released its Patch 5. This substantial update, sizing up at a hefty 30GB, is about expanding the game and enhancing the overall experience for its vast community of players.

The update introduces two new play modes – Honour Mode and Custom Mode. These modes are designed to offer varied gameplay experiences, catering to different player preferences. Honour Mode presents a challenging experience with higher stakes, while Custom Mode allows for a more tailored and personal gameplay setting.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 5 Notes

• Epilogue: An entirely new section at the end of the game after the defeat of 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.