It’s a giant day for Baldur’s Gate 3 followers as Patch 5 arrives, bringing with it each welcome and shocking new updates. From an expanded conclusion to the journey to new methods to kick off the journey, Larian is transport a fairly large patch at the moment.

Patch 5 is rolling out at the moment for Baldur’s Gate 3 on PC and PlayStation 5. As Larian Studios has been teasing, it’s a fairly large one. In truth, you’ll wish to filter out a hefty quantity of house—130 GB to be actual—to obtain and set up it, although the replace solely chalks as much as 30 GB.

Essentially the most notable inclusion is a brand new epilogue. This playable part occurs after the ultimate struggle of the sport and earlier than the credit. Any gamers who’ve already rolled credit ought to have the ability to load up a previous save and head there.

Happening in camp, at a celebration six months after the occasions of Baldur’s Gate 3 hosted by Withers, gamers can have the time to say correct goodbyes to all their adventuring friends. In a launch, Larian says this has been among the most complicated writing within the sport to this point with new writing and cinematics to handle throughout all of the potential permutations.

A quest for Honour (Mode)

The epilogue is just one piece of the Patch 5 pie in Baldur’s Gate 3, although. Additionally arriving at the moment are two new modes for gameplay: Honour Mode and Customized Mode.

Honour is one thing akin to a traditional “Ironman” mode. No save-scumming, and also you solely get one life (for those who die, you get the choice to proceed as a standard playthrough). Not solely does Honour make Baldur’s Gate 3 tougher inside and exterior fight, however Larian has eliminated some “unintended exploits”, although these have been left open for exploitation in different playthroughs.

So as to add onto all of it, Honour Mode additionally offers BG3‘s bosses new actions, with a brand new Legendary Motion system. So don’t anticipate your subsequent tussle with the story’s greatest bads to pan out fairly the identical. Full an Honour Mode run with out dying, and also you’ll get a Golden D20 in your efforts.

Customise your Baldur’s Gate 3 playthrough

Customized Mode, in the meantime, places all of the toggles within the participant’s palms. This will vary from useful choices, like letting brief rests totally restore HP, to disabling Notion examine notifications and even hiding enemy HP altogether.

Moreover, Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 5 provides some improved stock entry, letting you handle the companions’ inventories from a single UI, whether or not they’re in your occasion or not. All this, plus Larian is rolling out some efficiency enhancements for all platforms, primarily based on the work they’ve performed for the approaching Xbox launch.

It’s a frankly huge replace, and a welcome one for the top of the yr, particularly as awards season has put Baldur’s Gate 3 again within the highlight. Patch 5 rolls out for Baldur’s Gate 3 on PC and PlayStation 5 at the moment, and ought to be included with the Xbox model when it goes reside someday this month.