Baldur's Gate 3 News

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There are a lot of really great Baldur's Gate 3 mods out there. You can easily revamp your experience in Faerûn, explore incredibly deep fan-made content, and introduce some major improvements to Larian's RPG with a simple download. Today I'm talking about the latter, as one modder we're already familiar with has updated some of their best work after patch 4 dropped.

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Baldur's Gate 3's avian enthusiasts may have found evidence that Larian doesn't know what a Blue Jay is

Devastatingly, it turns out that Baldur's Gate 3 might not be entirely accurate in its portrayal of birds, with an avian enthusiast on Reddit having picked out some aspects of Larian’s Blue Jays that don’t add up.

To be honest, it’s surprising that someone has been able to take their eyes off of some of BG3’s super cute ground-dwelling animals, such as the owlbear cub and this cat that can sort of become your son if you pass an intelligence check. However, Reddit user AstroAri has seemingly had their peepers trained on the skies, having managed to spot several details that they think prove Larian has no idea how one fowl should behave.

“I’m an avid birder, and blue jays are my favourite bird,” they explained in a post on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit, “So the portrayal of blue jays in this game is hysterically funny to me. It’s extremely clear that Larian (a Belgian company) has absolutely no clue what a Blue Jay (a corvid endemic to North America) actually is.”

Of all the things Baldur's Gate 3 players could pick up on, I never expected they'd take issue with the game's feathered, tree-dwelling wildlife. But according to a flock of bird fans, Baldur's Gate 3 is much, much too kind with its portrayal of blue jays.

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Baldur's Gate 3 latest patch gives a lovely facelift to Karlach and Halsin's smooch scenes—but it's seriously soured kisses with Astarion

Baldur's Gate 3 received its fourth patch earlier this week, and while it's added some very important features like AMD's FSR 2.2, the ability to wash your companions with soap, and letting you erect a naked statue of yourself, it may have also done some damage to your character's love life...
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Baldur's Gate 3 speedrunners mourn the 'death' of sex% runs after sneaky tweak ruins their favourite strat

Baldur's Gate 3’s speedrunning community has suffered a great tragedy thanks to the game’s latest patch, with a sneaky tweak having nixed their favourite sex% strategy.

If you’re not familiar, sex% runs through Larian’s RPG have been seeing players compete to reach a romance encounter in the game as fast as possible, with the first sub-two minute run having been recorded just last week. In order to reach speeds that rapid, runners have been taking advantage of the fact that it’s pretty simple to convince Lae’zel to get down and dirty with you very early on in the game if you know exactly what to do.

Or, I should say, it was pretty simple to convince the Githyanki warrior to hop into bed. You see, nestled among the lengthy list of changes made to the game by its fourth patch is one which says: “For Lae'zel to decide to romance you, you no longer only need to gain high enough approval from her. You must also have proven yourself worthy through your actions.”