Baldur’s Gate 3 patch 7 release date sees Larian Studios RPG growing even bigger with yet another welcome serving of content and fixes.
After its predecessor improved kisses and made the camp a bit more lively, BG3’s patch 7 release date could be quite significant for both modders and players who enjoy using mods to customise their campaigns or for players that enjoy evil endings.
Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 7 Release Date
Although the developer has yet to provide specific details about Baldur’s Gate 3’s patch 7 release date, we do have a sense of when to expect it and what it might bring.
When discussing its plans for cross-platform mod support, it revealed that “the initial stages of modding support [could release] in our next big patch, which is still several months away.”
- Baldur's Gate 3 patch 7 release date: May 2024 (GameWatcher estimation)
The quote above dates from February 22, 2024, when hotfix 19 went live, leading us to believe that it’s very likely for BG3’s patch 7 release date to slip into the second half of the year.
On April 18th, Larian provided an in-depth look at what to expect in Patch 7, including the release of a new track from BAFTA award-winning composer Borislav Slavov. This track will accompany several new cinematic cutscenes that are being added with the patch, specifically for the bad ending scenes.
The patch will fix several annoying bugs, including “Jaheira’s unwillingness to follow the group and jump into combat, Wyll’s less-than-romantic greetings, as well as the mysteriously disappearing Narrator lines from the Gortash and Dark Urge confrontation”.
Don’t expect to see crossplay support added with this patch, or a photo mode, since Larian says that the work required to implement these is going to take a while longer.
It looks like a PTR system will be set up for people that want to help test upcoming patches and provide feedback before they’re released to the public, although only a select number of people will be chosen to do this.
“With Patch 7 being packed full of bug fixes and new features we’ve yet to go into detail on, there will also be a closed beta on PC where a select number of players worldwide will be given an opportunity to test the latest update - which we’ll talk about more in the coming weeks!”
The release date remains pure speculation right now, but Larian Studios is known to take its time with major updates and only tackles its content very close to launch. We have already seen 8 hotfixes released since Patch 6 launched.
Although plans can change and the efforts to deploy official mod tools do sound like a bigger undertaking, we’d wager that they’ll at least be accompanied by multiple fixes for some of the title’s issues, whether big or small.
More details on the matter will be shared over the coming months. With Baldur’s Gate 3’s patch 7 release date covered, drop by our article covering console commands and cheats for the sprawling RPG.
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