Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 5 Adds a Unique-to-Each-Playthrough Epilogue, New Game Modes, More

Baldur’s Gate 3 drops its fifth major patch today and it’s one of the most feature-rich Larian Studios has delivered to date. The big addition is a new epilogue, which allows you to catch up with all the characters from your adventure before the credits roll. This epilogue will be fully customized for you, changing depending on your choices during the adventure. In addition to that, Larian Studios is serving up a couple of new ways to play the game – Honour Mode,  which takes save scumming off the table, and a Custom Mode that lets you set a long list of parameters yourself. Of course, the update also includes the usual performance enhancements and other smaller quality-of-life features.

Here are the key new features included in Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 5 (Warning: These notes may include some SPOILERS for those who haven’t finished the game)…

Main Highlights

• Epilogue: An entirely new section at the end of the game after the defeat of the the Netherbrain that aims to provide a well-deserved sense of closure with your allies.
• Two new play modes: Honour Mode and Custom Mode.
• Many performance improvements, particularly in Act III.
• Added dynamic resolution for PS5.
• Players playing on machines with low VRAM/RAM should see improved performance.
• The game is now available in Korean!
• While at camp, you can now access and manage the inventories of companions who aren’t in your active party.
• Added a brand new fight in Ramazith’s Tower if you betray Nightsong there.
• Orin’s outfit now drops as loot and is wearable by anyone. We also gave it a suitably disgusting description and name.

Other Highlights

• Shadowheart will always be the owner of the artefact during the tutorial if she is a follower.
• Becoming half-illithid will now also visually affect your eyes.
• Basic Action variations (e.g. a free version of Dash that you can perform because of a class feature) that share a hotkey will now gain a hotkey according to a certain priority order.
• A romanced Minthara can now refer to her bond with you using a drow word for deep, unbreakable love.
• Fixed a bug where party members would sometimes not change back into the armour set they were displaying before entering camp.
• You can now talk to Mol more about her contract with Raphael in the Guildhall.
• Withers will sneakily resurrect any dead companions that fell before the final battle so they can join the ending cinematics. What a helpful skeleton.
• Gave Jaheira her own scene with Danthelon if she approaches him alone.
• Improved the physics of characters and walls to prevent NPCs being able to shoot through ceilings inside houses.
• Fixed an issue where Gale’s scene with Mystra after the final combat of the game only played if you had no one else in your party.
• Made cinematic tweaks to restore sections of Astarion’s Act III Ascendant sex scene.
• Improved companion reactivity when making the decision before the Netherbrain.
• The loading screen art now unlocks gradually as you progress through the game.
• Boo will no longer take damage when thrown.
• Fixed the puzzle in Cazador’s Palace.
• Fixed the screen going black during Astarion’s endgame romance scene.
• Added some additional audio and cinematic work to the intimate scene with the drow in Sharess’ Caress.
• Wild Shapes that do not have weapons will now benefit from having the Tavern Brawler feat.

Of course, the new Baldur’s Gate 3 patch includes a variety of smaller bug fixes and tweaks as well. You can check out the full, unabridged patch notes here.

Baldur’s Gate 3 can be played on PC and PS5 and will launch on Xbox Series X/S sometime in December. Patch 5 should be available to download now.