Baldur’s Gate 3 has its fair share of buried bits and odd scripting edge cases, and modder SlimX just unearthed one of the tiniest but most charming, a short camp exchange where Tiefling Arabella calls the immortal watcher Withers “Bone Man.” The lines were present in earlier data but hidden by mutually exclusive scripting flags, so they never show up in normal play; SlimX has packaged a free mod that makes the scene run as intended.
- The scene happens after players find Arabella’s dead parents and before telling her about their fate, during camp time.
- Dialog snippets include Withers grumbling “I am not a ‘skellie,’ thou shalt call me Withers” and Arabella replying “‘Withers?’ I’m not going to remember that! I’m calling you ‘Bone Man’.”
- The change is effectively a scripting fix – the lines were not removed, they were gated behind conditions that could not both be true in a single playthrough.
SlimX has a long history of digging into Baldur’s Gate 3 files to restore hidden dialogue and explain odd triggers. This one is small, the kind of soft, character-building moment that makes camps feel lived in. For those who want to see it, the mod applies the corrected script so the exchange fires during the party conversation.
The restored clip is available as a short video, and the mod itself is linked from SlimX’s post. Watch the excerpt on YouTube and grab the mod from SlimX’s Patreon post if you want to run it locally in your save.
Patreon post: SlimX Patreon post with the mod. For anyone who follows mod restorations, this is the same spirit that led to other community fixes and recovered lines, like a recent mod restore project for Silksong.
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Baldur's Gate III
Developed by Larian Studios
An ancient evil has returned to Baldur's Gate, intent on devouring it from the inside out. The fate of Faerun lies in your hands. Alone, you may resist. But together, you can overcome.
- Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
- Release: 2023-08-03
- Publisher: Larian Studios
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Age Rating:
CERO Z / PEGI 18 / CLASS_IND 16 / ESRB M / GRAC 19+ / ACB MA 15+ / USK 18
- IGDB Rating: 96.0/100
