Baldur’s Gate 3 players spent nearly a century in character creation

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Baldur’s Gate 3 was recently released out of early access, and the Dungeons & Dragons-inspired RPG game has been soaring through charts globally ever since. Larian Studios saw its launch expectations surpassed over and over again as the opening weekend went on, sharing a variety of fun statistics showcasing what the hundreds of thousands of Baldur’s Gate 3 players have been up to in-game. From time spent in character creation to the most popular race choices, we now understand the DnD game’s fans a bit better.

The statistics Larian Studios posted detail a bit of everything, but one of the most striking numbers has to do with character customization. The developers wrote that “93% of you decided that your first journey through Baldur’s Gate 3 will be with a custom character, which included the Dark Urge.” This isn’t the surprising bit, though, as that has to do with the time people spent creating said custom characters.

As further detailed in our Baldur’s Gate 3 review, the character creation system is pretty great. “Interestingly, 10% of characters made in Character Creation were there for over an hour,” Larian Studios wrote. Players spent a total of 88 years in character creation, combined, of course, meaning that almost an entire century of play time went to customization. The post also covers Baldur’s Gate 3 class choices and the races we picked while playing, which offer statistics that are just as enlightening.

“The majority of you rolled half-elves, with the least popular (somewhat surprisingly) being the githyanki,” Larian Studios wrote when detailing Baldur’s Gate 3 race choices. Humans came in second, with full elves in third place. “When it comes to classes, paladin takes the lead by some distance,” the devs