Baldur’s Gate 3 Dev Larian Reveals What to Expect From the Huge Patch 7 — and Teased It’s Not the Final Update

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Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian has finally detailed what fans can expect from the long-awaited Patch 7, and teased that it is not the game’s final update.

In a post on the Baldur’s Gate 3 Steam page, Larian outlined everything coming up in Patch 7, due out in September. Highlights include split-screen updates, brand new cinematics for evil endings, plenty of bug fixes, and official modding tools.

In now trademark Larian fashion, it’s had fun with the patch notes, below. Here’s a snippet: “In the words of Michelangelo, no great work of art is ever finished, and so too is our approach to the art of snogging.”

Baldur's Gate 3 is Larian's enormously successful Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game that blew critics and players alike away upon its release in August 2023. Since then, Larian has issued a number of updates that have improved and added to the game. But do not expect a Baldur's Gate 4 from the studio, which recently admitted that it won so many awards it began to affect development. Larian has walked away from Baldur's Gate 3 DLC, a potential sequel, and Dungeons & Dragons in general to work on brand new games of its own. Indeed Larian boss Swen Vincke has already started to tease one of them.

Split Screen Updates

Dynamic split screen mode is incoming! With our next update, friends will no longer be eternally confined to their side of the screen - because the power of friendship transcends all obstacles, including screen partitions.

When playing in co-op, you’ll now have the option to have split screens merge into a single screen when you near one another. You can access this directly from the HUD and within the game settings, both in and out of combat.

Honour Mode Improvements

We’re continuing to make improvements to combat in Honour Mode too. With Patch 7, even more creatures have been bestowed additional Legendary Actions, including the bulette, everyone’s favorite neighborhood surgeon, Malus Thorm, and githyanki Ch'r'ai Tska'an, Ch'r'ai Har'rak, and Ptaris.

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