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Heed the Dark Urge and check out Baldur’s Gate 3’s Patch 7, which adds 13 new evil endings plus official mod toolsLong-awaited patch leaves beta with revamped splitscreen and bug fixes
Long-awaited patch leaves beta with revamped splitscreen and bug fixes
Image credit:Larian Studios
Image credit:Larian Studios
We last heard about Patch 7 back in July, in the shape of a blog postthat contained no less than 10 mentions of kissing. Subsequently, there was astern memo about players eating soap. The full changelog eases off on both the soap and the sauce, with just five kisses to unearth and minimal discussion of cleansing products. It also details revisions to the game’s “Show Cinematic Nudity” option, which is now “Show Sexual and Violent Cinematics” and has a more extensive description.
I highlight the Show Sexual And Violent Cinematics setting because you’ll need to disable it if you want to view the aforesaid new evil endings in their entirety. They are, after all,veryevil. “This setting does not affect your adventure, your choices, or your access to romance options,” the changelog reassures. “However, it does block sexual content with nudity and particularly violent scenes with gore.”
If you’re playing as a Dark Urge character, the update also makes it possible to add a particular Tiefing bard to your party as a controllable character at camp, given an empty slot. This is very much a “one-night kinda thing”, however. “There are no new companions,” the developers note. “There is only death.” If you were hoping for a surprise deluge of permanent full-time party members, you’ll have to console yourself with new Honour Mode features instead. These include new Legendary Actions - Dror Ragzlin will now be able to befriend pit spiders, while local physician Malus Thorm has a new trick called Grasping Appendage.
And then there’s the official in-game mod manager and accompanying toolkit, available via Steam, which are far toovoluminousto summarise. “With this new and supported way to create and install mods, you should see improvements in compatibility and accessibility, and can rest more assured that your supported mods work wherever you’re playing Baldur’s Gate 3, which will include consoles a little down the line,” the devs note.
Patch 7 weighs approximately 11.6GB on PC, and will require 160GB of free space to install - the devs suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the patched version as a single download if you don’t have room.
Disclosure: Former RPS deputy editor Adam Smith (RPS in peace) now works at Larian and is the lead writer for Baldur’s Gate 3. Former contributor Emily Gera also works on it.
