Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 4 – Full Update Notes and More

Baldur’s Gate 3 is the latest entry in the series, and it takes leaps and bounds from it’s previous iteration a few years ago.

Now, with the game soaring across the Steam charts, everyone is going to want to take part in Baldur’s Gate 3.

Here’s all the update notes for Patch 4.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 4 – Full Update Notes and More

Baldur’s Gate 3 is the latest entry into the legendary RPG series, and it’s been over 20 years since we’ve last seen a title in the series.

In any RPG title, there’s going to be numerous ways for players to progress along the story, and with Baldur’s Gate being touted as Game of The Year, the developers are consistently patching bugs within the game.

Below is a breakdown of all the patch notes for Patch 4.

General

You can now dismiss dead avatars to Withers’ Wardrobe. Withers will now also explain how the wardrobe works
You can now customise hirelings’ appearance when recruiting them

Gameplay

Scratch’s fetch behaviour has been refined, so he will now fetch essentially everything
Archfey warlocks now get a choice of cantrip at Level 4 as intended
Updated the mechanics of Speak with Dead so that you can cast it again if you didn’t ask any questions the first time
At Level 6, Knowledge Domain clerics will now correctly gain ‘Channel Divinity: Read Thoughts’, Nature Domain clerics will now correctly gain ‘Dampen Elements’, and Trickery Domain clerics will now correctly gain ‘Channel Divinity: Cloak of Shadows’
When you purchase a statue from Boney in the circus, you can now choose to make it look like you in full equipment, in camp clothes, or naked
Scratch’s ball will now be harder to lose. If you lost his ball, go see him at camp and he might give it back
Added a controller option so that, if you want, you can have the End Turn button require a hold instead of a tap
The Enemy of Justice condition sometimes applying when it shouldn’t has been fixed
An issue where assaulting someone while Invisible would still cause a guard to spot you and start a dialogue with you if there was a civilian nearby has been fixed
Halsin will no longer spontaneously decide it’d be fun to turn into a bear before he talks to you in Act I
Added more autosaves in the Shadow-Cursed Lands and to several Wyrm’s Crossing and Lower City locations, including the Steel Watch Foundry, Iron Throne, and Rivington
Licking the hunk of spider meat in the Gauntlet of Shar might make you sick
You can now read the recipe for the Emperor’s favourite soup
You can now use sponges and soaps to clean up your party members, removing grime, bruises, blood, and bad odours

Combat

Cazador suddenly remembered he can turn into mist and fly, so he’ll no longer give up the ghost if he falls into a chasm
An inconsistent issue where enemies wouldn’t do anything during combat except Dash and move has been fixed
Some NPCs being able to shoot through floors and ceilings has been fixed

Flow

Mol will be more polite and thank you if you saved Mirkon from the harpies. This will close up the quest correctly
Added better multiplayer support for the post-celebration night in Act I. Now all avatars can choose which companion they want to “get jiggy with”
Lae’zel will no longer make certain comments in Act III as though you’re still in the earlier stages of your adventure
Blocked some quest updates for Jaheira’s quest when you skip certain parts of it to avoid spoiling big reveals
The Gur will now support you in the endgame if their questline was peacefully resolved in Cazador’s lair
If Avatar Gale or a Tav with Gale as a recruited companion is nearby to witness the elder brain in the Colony, they will be preferred as the active speaker in the dialogue for Gale’s origin moment
Added new dialogue options for Minsc when he learns about the connection between the Dark Urge and Gortash
Now Connor will disappear if Mayrina decides to destroy the hag wand in Act III. You can also talk to him if you resurrect him with the wand
Yenna now correctly returns to camp after a companion is abducted
Gale should no longer complain about you making a deal with Raphael if you haven’t

Art

Tweaked the colour of the Potion of Mind Reading to distinguish it from Potions of Healing

Animation

Added some new idle animations and behaviours for Minthara, Halsin, Shadowheart, and Lae’zel at camp
Karlach will now feel more alive while idle in camp rather than just standing there doing nothing

UI

You can now customise which solution is selected in the second slot of the Alchemy panel
Added map markers for when characters want to talk to you
Added unique map icons for the Magic Mirror and Withers’ Wardrobe
Improved the Skills section of the Character Sheet: Added icons for the individual skills, added stars to indicate Proficiency and Expertise in certain skills, and improved the skill tooltips
Combat rounds are now displayed under separate headings in the Combat Log so it’s easier to distinguish when things happened

Crashes & Blockers

A crash when the game checked for falling items while you’re not fully loaded into a level or region (e.g. when loading a savegame) has been fixed
An infinite loop of leaving and entering combat when you’re the only player character in a combat and you have a condition that affects whether the NPCs consider you targetable (e.g. Feigning Death) has been fixed
A bug blocking the second split-screen player from moving until they open a UI after having disconnected and reconnected has been fixed
The skill proficiency value not updating in Character Creation has been fixed
A crash when switching between controller and keyboard and mouse immediately after completing Character Creation has been fixed
A crash when an item gets destroyed while an NPC is trying to pick it up has been fixed
Multiple cases where you couldn’t select dialogue options have been fixed
A bug preventing you from initiating dialogues has been fixed
A GPU crash has been fixed
A potential crash on multiplayer when the host triggers the scene with Nightsong after defeating Balthazar and the client is controlling Shadowheart has been fixed
An occasional crash when loading a savegame made after freeing Nightsong and exiting the Shadowfell has been fixed
A blocker preventing progress past Act II due to Shadowheart not leaving the party correctly has been fixed
Looting True Soul Nere’s corpse after picking it up will no longer freeze the game