Baldur’s Gate 3’s gigantic new patch is for the shorties
By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.
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Baldur’s Gate 3’s first official patch is apparently so large its patch notes exceed Steam’s character limit. The patch, out now, addresses “over 1,000 bugs, balancing, flow issues and much, much more.” You can read the full but spoiler-heavy patch notes here, while BG3’s Steam page has a truncated but redacted version of the notes here.
The most prominent fix in the patch deals with height issues that arise when short-statured characters like halflings and gnomes try to romance a taller race.
“We’re bringing back Short King Summer with better kissing contact for short races!” Listen, that’s developer Larian’s words, not mine. They could have been mine, but they’re not.
As with any lists of patch notes, there are the ones that are hilarious both in and out of context:
Fixed bug that made it possible to break up with Astarion without meaning to.
Art Cullagh and Fist J’ehlar no longer get so scared of bears and spiders that their quest breaks.
During Gale’s spell-teaching scene, you now have the option to picture a future with Gale that falls somewhere in between kissing him and kicking him in the head.
That last one I actually appreciate. The way my sorcerer and Gale were weaving with The Weave was one of the most intimate things I’ve ever seen in a video game, and it had absolutely nothing to do with sex or romance. The moment was just so personal and so well-crafted. Gale’s performance was incredible — much is made about some of Astarion’s delivery, but Gale is right up
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