Hello friends, 

The days are getting colder, the holiday decorations are creeping out early, and honestly?
We’re leaning into it. It’s been a long year, one that saw Baldur’s Gate 3 receive twelve new subclasses, full cross-play support, and the arrival of photo mode - the last final, final last patch.

It’s been an exciting year for us, what with also launching Larian: Channel From Hell, with weekly streams where you’ve had sneak peeks into our madness, met valued members of the team, and pushed Aoife to her limits with her Dark Urge run.

However, they’re not the only stars of the show - your mods have caused tears, laughter, and pain. Lots of pain. Like getting rammed in the ankles by a muscle car pain.

So before we close out on 2025, we’re looking back at some of the best moments brought about by your mods!

But before we start our reminiscing, we’re kicking off the festive season with a livestream party - and you’re invited! Don your ugliest Christmas sweater, warm up some cocoa, and curl up in front of the computer for a four-hour-long stream where Senior Communications Developer, Aoife Wilson, has bribed devs across Larian Studios with cheese and a joyous time, as they attempt an honour mode run!

Live on the 3rd of December at 2pm GMT, every death will mean a new challenger will try their might. Nothing says Christmas cheer like Myrkul obliterating your existence, as my gran always said.

This will now be our last stream for the year, as the Community Team heads on over to The Game Awards, where we’ve been nominated for Best Community Support!

Which, bugger us sideways, to be nominated for a third year in a row is a complete honour.

Should you want to share the love, sign in and vote for Baldur’s Gate 3 to win the Best Community Support award by following this link:

https://www.thegameawards.com/nominees/best-community-support

Mod Author 0iml bore witness to the Patch 7 animated trailer and insisted giant bunnies should be a permanent fixture of the Sword Coast. Find the 126 bunnies (plus 3 top-secret special bunnies) or do as we do: install it, forget you installed it, and be pleasantly surprised by the expertly placed balls of fluff. 

Aesthetically pleasing and life-saving. If you were drowning in a puddle, perhaps.

Pool Floaties by baeator offers you a choice of four inflatable pool floatie hats that can be used in the helmet slot, each with varying stats to help you navigate the watery waves. To really give your playthrough an edge, the Goostarion Floatie Hat comes equipped with its own Astarion starting armour. Dye Astarion’s armour, and your Goostarion will match!

Made by Bugby128, consume a clown egg and learn the ability to use new cantrips that paint you with clown makeup. Nothing else to be said, really, beyond the fact that Bugby has undoubtedly dealt psychic harm by forcing the image of a clown laying an egg into our minds.

Particularly effective at generating hysteria when forgetting you have those puppies installed and arriving at the Dank Crypt. Thank you, MaybeeAdam, we wouldn’t have him any other way. 

Thanks to mod author wa_rouk, you can now recruit Carlach, Gale Decarios, Ascarion, Shadowkart, Vehicwyll, Lane’zel… Or the whole fleet, if you will. We have a soft spot for Carlach; she unfortunately has a penchant for vehicular manslaughter. 

A refined classic. Mod author FR05T has given Astarion a makeover, and it never fails to catch us off guard. Did you know he will also be handsome in his character portrait? Neither did we. 

See, we added this mod for the adorable beanies, not realising mod author chunyou had enchanted them with quite a few luck buffs. But who needs game balance when you can look this adorable? 

Want an owlbear beanie of your own? These are inspired by the very real Owlbear beanies[us.merch.larian.com] you can find in the Larian merch store! 

Listen, we have no excuse for enabling these. He did say “down comes the claw”, he just didn’t specify it was one of his. Thanks to mod author kariimatcha for bringing Raphameow into the world, and props to mod author Nikjima for making it so that Raphael also has his collar unbuttoned in his true cambion form. Enjoyed by all.

Mod author chunyou has lovingly stitched together these adorable dinosaur pyjamas for Scratch, perfect for those cold camp nights. There’s nothing better than watching him run around in the background, wagging his dino tail, while Volo performs unlicensed surgery on us. 

This completely and utterly legally distinct mod made by mod author Skirbie, offers giant, dangerous, glowing swords to swing around, plus an array of other designs and themed clothing. 

Also thanks to Skirbie, we gave Gale a gun. Went as well as you’d imagine.

It is called BALDur’s Gate 3 after all. This mod by wa_rouk will make all companions (and other surprise important NPCs) bald. We think everyone pulls it off magnificently. 

Nothing spices up a playthrough with your friends like a freak grenade launcher accident. Evelyn’s Monarch[mod.io] is available on consoles and PC, made by Skirbie, probably without the intention of turning everyone within a 5m range into a cloud of gore. 

If you’re looking to bring the laughter (and pain) to your latest Baldur’s Gate 3 run, we’ve listed all of the mods being used on stream over on mod.io! Download the collection here[mod.io].

And boy, are you modders busy bees. You’re closing out the year with 10,000 mods uploaded to mod.io, and over 350 million mod downloads! Give yourselves a pat on the back and a shot of whiskey.

To show our gratitude for all of your creativity, Swen has a few words to share:

Hello folks, 

We’re dropping by to serve up a small hotfix today!

Focusing mainly on improving performance, this update should resolve some crashes on consoles and address certain issues on the Steam Deck. We’ve also gone ahead and bumped the default Upscaling Type from FSR 1 to FSR 2.2 on Steam Deck Native, which should result in sharper visuals overall. 

We hope you’re all staying warm during sweater weather (or cool during sensible thin cardigan weather in the southern hemisphere).

Check out the hotfix notes below!

• Fixed a freeze on PS5 that could occur when pressing L2.

• Fixed a crash on Xbox on the host's end when a client leaves a multiplayer session.

• Fixed a crash on Xbox on the client's end when suspending the game while loading into a multiplayer session.

• Fixed a crash on Steam Deck Native Build and Mac that was sometimes caused when saving the game after crafting.

• Fixed a potential crash on Mac on the host's end during cross-play.

• Fixed some potential crashes on Steam Deck during cross-play.

• Bumped the default Upscaling Type from FSR 1 to FSR 2.2 to improve sharpness on Steam Deck Native.

• Fixed a bug causing external controllers to stop working on Steam Deck Native when you use the 'Switch to Desktop' or 'Return to Gaming Mode' functions.

• Improved loading times in some instances on the Steam Deck Native build. 

• Fixed a crash on startup when the EN locale is missing on Steam Deck.

• Improved VRAM consumption on Nvidia GPUs.

Friends, family, funny people, 

We are back with another hotfix offering up several bug fixes and addressing some rather annoying instances of crashing on Xbox.

What’s more, Hotfix #34 brings a special update to those of you playing on Steam Deck: Baldur’s Gate 3 now features a native Steam Deck build! This means the game can now be run natively on the platform, resulting in a more stable framerate, lower loading times, and smoother gameplay. 

This is not just good news for Steam Deck users either, the work the team has put into this build also means that everyone will get to enjoy overall improvements to the way game models are streamed on all platforms, which should reduce framerate spikes in busy areas, such as the Lower City in Act 3. 

When launching the game on Steam Deck after Hotfix #34, you will be on the native Steam Deck graphics settings by default. You can always give these settings a tweak, whether you decide to go native or play with Proton.

Our wonderful Support Team have put together a comprehensive guide on the Steam Deck Native transition with all the information you may need:

https://larian.com/support/faqs/steam-deck-native-version_121

Want the TL;DR version? Read on below!

Our Proton version runs on the Steam Deck via the Proton compatibility layer, which requires extra CPU processing power. Running the game natively on the Steam Deck requires less CPU usage and memory consumption overall!

Before the Steam Deck Native version becomes the primary version, your saves will be in the compatdata folder:

/home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1086940/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Larian Studios/Baldur's Gate 3/PlayerProfiles/Public

After the Steam Deck Native version becomes the primary version, your saves will be in the following folder: /home/deck/.local/share/Larian Studios/Baldur's Gate 3/PlayerProfiles/Public

When Baldur’s Gate 3 runs on the Proton compatibility layer, the Proton version will store the saves in the compatdata folder, which is a mirrored version of the Windows file storage system. On the Steam Deck Native version, the saves are stored natively on the SteamOS file storage system.

If your Steam Cloud saves are turned on, your most recent saves will be synced to the Steam Deck Native savegame folder automatically.

Your saves are still stored on the Steam Deck, but they will be stored in the compatdata folder. 

You can manually transfer these files via the Desktop:

1. First, switch to Desktop Mode by clicking on the Steam button and selecting Power. Then click on Switch to Desktop.

   

   

2. If you’ve got a mouse and keyboard to hand, plug them in to make your life a little easier, and click on the folder icon on the bar at the bottom.

   

3. In the explorer window, navigate to: /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1086940/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Larian Studios/Baldur's Gate 3/PlayerProfiles/Public

4. Copy the Savegames folder.

5. Navigate to: /home/deck/.local/share/Larian Studios/Baldur's Gate 3/PlayerProfiles/Public

6. Paste the copied folder in this location.

If you are logged into your Larian Account and have it connected to mod.io, all mods you are subscribed to will be downloaded when the transition to Steam Deck Native occurs.

You can either manually download the mods from the Mod Manager or transfer them manually from the previous folder. 

1. To do so,switch to Desktop Mode by clicking on the Steam button and selecting Power. Then click on Switch to Desktop.

   

   

2. Click on the folder icon on the bar at the bottom.

   

3. In the explorer window, navigate to: /home/deck/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/1086940/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/Local/Larian Studios/Baldur's Gate 3

4. Copy the Mods folder.

5. Navigate to: /home/deck/.local/share/Larian Studios/Baldur's Gate 3/

6. Paste the copied folder in this location.

If you’re playing on default settings, the game may be looking a little blurry due to the use of FSR 1 as the default Upscaling Type. You can try to switch it to FSR 2.2 to achieve a better image quality, though at the cost of some performance loss.

To do so, go into the game’s settings menu. Under the Video tab, scroll down until you find a setting called Upscaling Type. You can switch this over to FSR 2.2 for the best balance between performance and image sharpness.

Find more information about this new build in the guide provided in our Support Portal:

https://larian.com/support/faqs/steam-deck-native-version_121

And now onto what else is new with Hotfix #34.

• Baldur’s Gate 3 now features a native Steam Deck build, and the game can now be run natively on the platform.

• Baldur's Gate 3 now supports Intel's new Super Sampling tech, XeSS, is now available on DX11 for Intel Xe cards and on Vulkan for Intel Xe and other vendors' cards.

Crashes and Performance

• Fixed a potential crash related to the Slow condition during combat.

• Fixed a potential crash related to using the Find Familiar spell on Scratch and Boo during combat.

Xbox

• Fixed a crash that could occur when suspending and then resuming the game mid-cinematic.

• Fixed a crash when loading a save while playing an Honour Mode game.

• Fixed an issue that could cause the game to hang and become unresponsive when exiting to the Main Menu from an Honour Mode game.

• Selecting View Xbox Live Profile via the Larian Friends list will now correctly show the user's gamercard.

• Fixed a Cross-Play issue where, if one player had their cross-network privileges blocked on Xbox and was then invited to a multiplayer session by a friend, they wouldn't get notified of the conflict in their settings telling them why they couldn't proceed to the lobby.

• Fixed a bug where creating a new game in Honour Mode after having loaded a previous savegame would cause the game to get stuck at 33% or 83% loading.

Gameplay

• Fixed the Hound of Ill Omen and the Accursed Spectre's HP being affected by difficulty modifiers for enemy characters.

• Fixed a bug causing the Apostle of Myrkul to regain  Hit Points every time you load a savegame mid-combat in Tactician and Honour Mode.

Audio

• Fixed a bug causing the sounds that djinn summons make when they follow you to loop continuously, creating an uncharacteristic metallic thrum.

• When you're on the ground floor of Felogyr's Fireworks, the smokepowder explosions going off on the floor above will no longer sound like they're happening right next to you.

• Fixed the audio levels for a rat in the Lower City that you, tragically, couldn't hear squeak when it squoke.

• Fixed missing SFX when preparing to cast Wind Walk.

• Fixed an issue causing the SFX to play longer than they should when preparing to cast the Way of the Drunken Master's subclass-specific actions.

• Fixed missing SFX when preparing to cast Booming Blade.

• Fixed the SFX for preparing a Starry Form continuing to play if you cast the spell quickly after selecting it.

• Fixed missing SFX when Astarion taps Woe on the ground during a cinematic.

• Fixed missing SFX in the overhead dialogue between Minthara and the questioners in Moonrise Towers Prison.

• Fixed a sound resource for Photo Mode not being generated correctly.

• Fixed the rattling Moonlantern SFX continuing to play after you unequip it.

• Recovered some missing SFX when casting Speak with Dead on the mind flayer in the Shattered Sanctum.

• Reminded Halsin to actually yell when he gains barbarian Rage instead of silently miming it.

• Fixed the SFX during Vlaakith's appearance at camp getting cut off prematurely.

Cinematics

• Told one of the imps on the nautiloid to stop looking in the wrong direction.

• Fixed a super-mega-ultra-close-up shot during  the dialogue with Raphael at Last Light.

• Removed a static pool of blood hovering mid-air in the cinematic with the gnolls on the Risen Road when playing as a short Dark Urge character.

• Fixed Karlach's line about Gale being a hero getting cut off prematurely.

• Fixed a bug causing party members to appear as floating torsos (or simply floating hair) when talking to Ketheric's dog, Squire.

Happy birthday, gang! 

Baldur's Gate 3 turns two - hard to believe, isn't it?

It feels like only yesterday we were streaming our launch-day Panel From Hell from a cathedral in Ghent and earning a TikTok ban in the process for our druidic love crimes.

But time flies. Two years later, Baldur’s Gate 3 has grown into something far beyond what we could have ever imagined back then - it’s become a shared universe shaped just as much by your imaginations as ours. You've embraced the characters, rewritten the rules, and made the world your own - and it’s been a joy to watch.

Swen’s shared words[x.com] couldn’t ring more true, and while we’ll spare you our soppy sentimentality, because of Baldur’s Gate 3 and your love for the game, we can now bring you a whole new craziness that we hope you will love just as much.

So let’s celebrate the story so far with the only thing more powerful than magic: cold, hard stats.

Since the introduction of mod support in September 2024, you’ve uploaded over 8,500 mods to http://mod.io and hit 265 MILLION mod downloads (of which, over 250,000 of all downloads are Withers Big Naturals by the way - we just thought you’d like to know.). 

We love seeing what you create, and the recent Modathon held by The BG3 Modding Community last month was no exception. 

The month-long community-run modding event saw 85 mod authors create over 160 new mods that have been downloaded over 150,000 times! Whether you’ve been hankering for an ability that lets you feed Gale his own magically enchanted underwear[mod.io], or a pair of wearable whittled duck earrings[mod.io], you can check out the full list of mods available in-game by clicking here[mod.io] or filtering the search with the Modathon filter option. A big congratulations to everyone involved, from the organisation to the achievements awarded!

You’ve raised the bar with every mod, and we want to match that energy. That’s why we’re working on expanding the official toolkit to give you even more freedom. More on that soon! In the meantime, tag us in your creations @larianstudios and share your creations with us in the official Larian Studios Discord server![discord.gg]

After celebrating the big numbers last year, we’re sharing some of the smaller stats, because honestly, does size really matter? Check out the rare achievements and the even rarer choices that you’ve been making in-game.

With the way you keep asking about goblin romance, we’d have expected more of you to rescue Sazza from all her predicaments, just saying.

Approach with caution, there may be spoilers ahead!

Of the half a million masochists brave heroes who finished the game in Honour Mode, a few of you decided to go about it in creative ways: 

We released Patch 8 (The Final Patch) in April this year, bringing you both cross-play, a photo mode, and 12 new subclasses, which we can only assume sparked many an argument between friends about whether Shadowheart gives Life Cleric or Death Cleric vibes (turns out the results are balanced, like all things in life and death).

We’re happy to see you’ve used your new tools for good, evil, rabbits, and butts. There were too many creations for us to show off, but we still wanted to share our recent favourites!
Missed out on what was included in BG3’s Final Patch? Check it out over here[baldursgate3.game]!

Now that’s a real Dragonborn. Posted to Reddit by u/Rhoken

The creation of a very bad dragon. Posed to X by MoaksMg[x.com]

Contemplating whether tentacles would be worth it. Posted to Tumblr by ruby-cloud[www.tumblr.com]

Just out of reach. Posted to the Larian Studios Discord Server by Tauri[discord.com]

Hey look, it’s the Lord of Bones. Posted to Reddit by a user who has requested to remain anonymous, how very mysterious.

Daughter of Darkness. Posted to X by zzenerva[x.com]

A weary respite. Posted to the Larian Studios Discord Server by swat1793[discord.com]

Just a baby. Posted to the Larian Studios Discord Server by chaosfahrer[discord.com]

Have you ever wondered how we at Larian would go about playing our very own Dark Urge?

Well, wonder no further, you’re cordially invited to take up the role of the devil on Aoife Wilson’s shoulder, ask our dev guests questions about their creative processes, and relive the chaotic vibes of Panel From Hell.

Catch up on what we’ve been up to so far by watching the video below!

Join us every Wednesday at 2pm BST as we try to survive, maim, and kiss our way to Baldur’s Gate:

https://www.twitch.tv/larianstudios

And last but not least: we’re returning to PAX West this September (Seattle, we love to see you), complete with Larian castle, merchandise, cosplaying party, and Baldur’s Gate 3 stations and Divinity Original Sin: The Boardgame demos! 

When: Aug 29 – Sept 1, 2025

Where: Seattle Convention Center (Arch Building & Summit Building)

Swing by and say hi!

We hope to see you there! Until then, look after yourselves and we’ll talk soon.

Hello friends, how art thou?

While Patch 8 may have been the last major game update as we head into development on our next game, we’re still very keen to ensure you can enjoy the best possible Baldur’s Gate 3 experience

Which means we’re still fixing things, and although more cold than hot, today’s hotfix introduces fixes for some game crashes that had been plaguing us, and finally tackles the slightly ominous character portraits and lag being experienced when navigating the radial menu with a controller.

There’s also good news for modders in today’s update. If you’ve been struggling to publish larger mods and run into the ‘A task was cancelled’ error, you should now find this resolved! 

Missed out on what’s new on Patch 8? Read all about it here[baldursgate3.game].

EULA

• Updated a link in the EULA to navigate to our new fan content policy which now offers a much clearer overview of how you can share fan content!

  • Larian Fan Content Policy[larian.com]

  • Baldur’s Gate 3 Fan Content Terms[baldursgate3.game]

Modding

• Increased the timeout when trying to publish large mods to help prevent the 'A task was cancelled.' error.

Crashes and Performance

• Fixed a potential crash when using the Set Slot option in the radial menu.

• Fixed a potential crash related to combat.

• Fixed a crash that could occur after failing a particular Arcana check in Moonrise Towers.

• Fixed a bug causing the game to freeze when hovering over skills on the Action Radial Menu.

• Improved some UI jitteriness on controller when dropping below 75 FPS.

• Fixed a long freeze that could occur on Xbox when levelling up.

• Fixed a potential crash related to the Trade UI.

• Fixed a potential crash on Xbox when resuming the game after suspending it.

• Fixed a potential crash on the 'Press A to continue' screen on Xbox.

• Fixed a bug preventing you from loading savegames due to corrupted data.

Gameplay

• Fixed a softlock on split screen where if Player 2 disconnects while Player 1 is in an active dice roll during a dialogue, Player 1 would get stuck in the dialogue.

• Fixed a bug causing the Lunar Vitality condition to get repeatedly and rapidly added and removed from characters in Starry Form.

• Fixed a bug causing the Shadow Curse condition to be repeatedly applied and removed when a druid uses their Starry Form as their only light source.

• Fixed the Private Dialogue on/off toggle during dialogues, which wasn't working on multiplayer games using the controller UI.

• Told the Dark Urge, everyone's favourite amnesiac, to stop talking about people 'back home' (you don't know where that is yet, bestie) and spoiling the game by mentioning their 'father', among other silly notions, in their overhead dialogues.

• Fixed a bug causing effects triggered by Rage: Wild Magic to remove themselves after Level 9.

• Fixed a bug preventing Hexblade warlocks from using the Accursed Spectre and Armour of Hexes reactions after removing a Polymorphed condition.

• Crawling Claws' Necrotic Claws now only does additional damage on hit and not on miss.

• Fixed a rare bug that would block mouse input after a dialogue.

• Fixed an issue preventing you from sending game invites or joining a cross-play lobby via the Xbox Guide.

• Fixed a bug preventing you from joining a platform lobby via an invite on your platform after playing a cross-play game.

Photo Mode

• Fixed the Highlights setting not working on controller.

UI and Tooltips

• Fixed, probably this time really maybe, the weird character portraits.

• Fixed a typo in the Giant's Rage condition tooltip that indicated the wrong damage bonus.

• The scrollbar on the Mod Details page of the Mod Browser no longer moves at a snail's pace when you're using a controller.

• Fixed some missing icons for certain Bardic Inspiration passives.

• Fixed the Donate UI ('Consumable Items') not letting you donate stacked items.

Art and Animation

• The Gloves of Power no longer get all stretchy-looking when worn by male dwarves who have the Chain Shirt +1 equipped.

• Recovered the Help animation for Ranger's Companions.

• Fixed a potential crash caused by entering invalid control characters when renaming or creating resources.

• Fixed a crash when changing input mode while launching a multiplayer game.
  
• Fixed a crash on Xbox cross-play when suspending the game while transitioning between regions.
  
• Fixed a crash when playing on split-screen with DLSS on Vulkan.
  
• Fixed some potential crashes and performance issues as a result of auras trying to apply themselves to items that can't have auras.

• Fixed a bug causing Starry Forms to be removed by the Shadow Curse.

• Fixed a bug on multiplayer where the client's avatar would appear invisible until they moved around.
  
• Fixed a bug causing the game world and the Main Menu background to appear black after you return to them from Character Creation.

• Fixed a bug letting you enable cross-play and invite players while running a non-cross-play session. If you want your friends to join you in an existing campaign, you'll need to make sure the save you want to use has cross-play enabled. Find out how by reading on below!

• Fixed some developer text appearing on the Upcast Bonus tooltip when upcasting Shadow Blade.
  
• Fixed a bug causing the latest savegame to get deleted instead of the currently selected one if you quickly spam the delete button.
  
• Fixed the 'Enable' button being greyed out in the Mod Verification window while using a controller.
  
• Made sure the Direct Connect option doesn't show up in the cross-play settings, where it is not possible to use.

• Half Plate Armour +2 having missing material for male halflings and causing clipping on female gnomes.

1. Select "Options" on the Main Menu
   
2. Under the Gameplay tab, scroll down until you see "Allow Cross-Play"
   
3. Check the box

1. From the Main Menu, log in using the "Larian Account" button on the bottom right
   
2. Once you're logged in, click "Manage Account", again on the bottom right of the Main Menu
   
3. Select "Friends List"
   
4. Give your friend a nudge and ask them to send you their Larian Account username
   
5. Click on "Add Friends" and enter their username
   
6. Send them a friend request

1. Select "Load Game" on the Main Menu
   
2. Select the savegame you'd like to enable cross-play on, and enable cross-play using the "Cross-Play" checkbox
   
3. Load the savegame
   
4. Once in your save, navigate to "Multiplayer" and invite your friend

1. Select "Multiplayer" on the Main Menu
   
2. Select the “Cross-Play” tab
   
3. Select “Create”
   
4. Invite your friends
   
5. Customise your options and select “Launch”

1. Select "Multiplayer" on the Main Menu
   
2. Select the “Cross-Play” tab
   
3. Join the other player’s lobby
   
4. If you or the host are using mods and there are any discrepancies, the Mod Verification window will open to inform you of which mods need installing, uninstalling, or updating

• Fixed a potential crash when loading a level without a required mod and then loading with the required mod.

• Fixed a crash when hovering over certain items in the inventory or while trading.
  
• Fixed trippy, high-saturation graphical artefacts appearing in-game, often when teleporting using waypoints.

• Hexblade warlocks can now replace a spell at Level 2 like the other warlock subclasses.
  
• Immutable Form now reacts to Arcane Shot: Banishing Arrow.
  
• The Fancy Footwork passive now also works even if you miss.
  
• Vaprak's Greed now takes into account Human Versatility and increases carrying capacity accordingly by another quarter.
  
• Arcane Shot: Grasping Arrow can now also damage Flying targets when they move.
  
• Removed the Long Rest indicator on the Accursed Spectre passive tooltip.
  
• Dazzling Breath now correctly applies the spellcasting ability modifier when an enemy succeeds its Saving Throw.
  
• Dismissing Wind Walk and Gaseous Form will no longer also remove your Starry Form.
  
• The Shadow Blade no longer shows an empty tooltip when you examine the item while upcasting.
  
• Fixed a bug causing Shadow Blade to lose properties when other conditions are removed. This could cause, for example, the blade to lose any bonus damage when Concentration is broken.
  
• Piercing Arrow's overall damage is now also reduced by half rather than just the bonus damage.
  
• Curving Shot will now only target enemies and not neutral parties. (This could cause neutral parties to, then, naturally, also become your enemies.)
  
• Fixed a bug allowing Sneak Attacks to be triggered on Dirty Trick: Sand Toss.

• Removed some defunct dialogue that mistakenly made it into Minthara's Speak with Dead dialogue in Patch 8.
  
• Fixed an issue preventing you from waking up if you Long Rested while Shadowheart was killed outside of camp after deciding her parents' fate.
  
• The recast of Cloudkill at Level 6 is now accurately marked as Level 6 instead of Level 5 in the UI.
  
• Fixed a bug preventing you from moving corpses into containers on the controller or split screen UI.
  
• Fixed a multiplayer bug where the Traveller's Chest belonging to the client wouldn't show up in the Basement (Blighted Village) camp in Act I.
  
• Fixed the Illusory Double invoked with Invoke Duplicity appearing to lack equipment and armour.
  
• Fixed a bug where if you had Scratch summoned and then travelled to a new region, he would be dismissed once the new region loaded and, as a bonus, appear dead in your party line.
  
• All barbarian Rages now correctly gain 3 damage bonus, instead of the previous 2, for objects thrown in a Rage once they hit Level 9.
  
• The movement-based Booming Blade condition will no longer apply to inanimate objects that can't move on their own anyway.

• Fixed Wild-Shaped boars and cats not paying proper attention to the 'Look at Camera' option.
  
• Fixed a 'FileSystem error' potentially triggering for users who use non-Latin Windows user accounts when trying to save a screenshot using Photo Mode.

• Fixed inconsistent damage values on the Booming Blade tooltips at higher levels.
  
• Fixed a bug causing certain skill tooltips to not appear when you hover over them unless you pin them.
  
• Fixed a Twitch extension bug causing the overlays to disappear on Twitch as soon as you click on them.

• Fixed an incorrect 'Missing XAML' error message showing up in the main menu after deleting mods and switching input mode from keyboard and mouse to controller.
  
• Fixed Mod Manager reports coming through to mod authors from seemingly anonymous users, even if those users were logged in properly.
  
• Fixed a scrolling issue on the Mod Details page on mods with lots of tags.

• Fixed the wrong range on Divine Allegiance – it now triggers within standard melee range as indicated in the tooltip.
  
• Fixed an issue with the way the Gloves of Battlemage's Power interact with dual-wielded weapons.
  
• Fixed a bug causing paladins to lose their Auras after a Long Rest.
  
• The War Priest attack will no longer disable if the character moves before attacking.
  
• Tavern Brawler no longer adds a damage bonus to Elemental Cleaver's elemental damage in Honour Mode.
  
• Fixed a bug where, if you told the goblins at Moonrise Towers to sacrifice themselves, the subsequent cinematic wouldn't play correctly and the goblins would become uninteractable.
  
• Fixed a bug preventing camera movement with WASD while Shift is pressed.
  
• Polearm Clout now properly gains bonuses to its weapon damage from various sources.
  
• Weapons bound using Pact of the Blade or Hexblade now properly use the Charisma modifier for the Polearm Clout attack.
  
• Magical Ambush, Skilled Skullduggery, and Lethal Concealment no longer keep disappearing while sneaking.
  
• Recasting Cloudkill after upcasting it to Level 6 will now cast the correct upcasted version. Also fixed the upcasted Cloudkill visuals.
  
• Updated Shadow Blade to only give Advantage to melee weapon attacks made while the Shadow Blade is equipped.

• Fixed a bug where the client would get stuck in a loading screen when attempting to join a cross-play lobby uninvited.
  
• Fixed a bug letting you enable cross-play and invite players while in a non-cross-play session if you accessed the settings via the escape menu.
  
• Fixed a bug letting users try to join the lobby in the friends panel before the lobby list was updated.
  
• Fixed an issue causing cross-play hosts to get stuck at 0% loading if a client joins the game while the host is in the cinematic after Character Creation.
  
• Added a timeout that will bring you back to the main menu if your attempt to join a cross-play game fails.
  
• If your connection is interrupted on PC and you get the 'Online features are disabled' message, your online session settings will now be disabled as indicated. This mimics the existing flow on consoles.
  
• Improved the handling of network disconnections for cross-play.
  
• Made username character limits consistent across platforms.

• Fixed the 'Highlights' setting not working properly on consoles.
  
• Fixed the 'Mirror' option on Photo Mode appearing in English across the localised versions of the game.
  
• Fixed a bug preventing you from selecting Tavflayer or Karlachflayer in the Photo Mode settings.

• Kills made while drunk as a Way of the Drunken Master monk now count towards the Punch Drunk achievement. It's only fair.
  
• Updated the description for the Shadow Infusion condition tooltips, which still had developer text in them.
  
• The chance to inflict Hexblade's Curse on a hit no longer increases every time the Warlock uses Bind Hexed Weapon.
  
• Circle of the Stars druids can now gain the additional Wild Shapes (Deep Rothé, Panther, Owlbear, Dilophosaurus).

• Fixed the Bonus Action icon missing on controller tooltips for some players with modded games.
  
• Fixed the 'Choices Pending!' message showing up during Character Creation after disabling a mod related to colour choices when randomising a character's appearance.
  
• On controller, briefly delayed the cursor selection on mods in the Mod Verification window until the list of mods has properly loaded.
  
• Fixed some missing Action Resource icons when pinning tooltips on controller.
  
• Prevented switching between controller and keyboard and mouse when the game is already switching.
  
• Fixed the Spell Slot resource not showing up on tooltips in the Prepare Spells tab during Level Up.
  
• Fixed a UI bug caused by opening the Action and Menu radials at the same time.
  
• Fixed the Surge Accuracy tooltip not linking out correctly to the Action Surge tooltip.
  
• Fixed the Quickened Mage Hand tooltip not linking out correctly to the Mage Hand tooltip.
  
• Fixed the tooltips for instruments missing information.
  
• Fixed a bug on controller where the selection box around tooltips would be larger than the tooltips themselves.

• Fixed some input delays on PS5 split-screen when both players are editing their Dream Guardian.
  
• Fixed a performance issue on M4 Macs causing stuttering in crowded areas.
  
• Fixed the game window freezing on Mac when launching the game without an internet connection.

• Sending a report through the Larian Crash Reporter no longer deletes the files containing your saved settings.

• Fixed the Shadow Blade SFX looping itself.

• Fixed lovely Buthir's arms getting glued to one spot during gameplay.
  
• Fixed a bug in a dialogue with Kagha at the Emerald Grove where she would glide across the ground on teeny tiny legs.

• Fixed a crash when switching from controller to keyboard and mouse after selecting 'Venture Forth'.
  
• Fixed a potential blocker in some savegames where, somehow, an Aura was stored in the savegame without a valid cause.
  
• Fixed a potential crash when dragging corpses' portraits onto the Party Line.
  
• Fixed a potential crash when immediately activating a controller during game startup.
  
• Fixed a potential crash related to multiplayer.
  
• Fixed a potential crash when launching on Vulkan on Snapdragon devices.
  
• Fixed a potential UI-related crash.
  
• Fixed a potential crash related to the dialogue UI.