Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix #19 – Don’t Crash the Love

Baldur’s Gate 3 released Hotfix #19 today, fixing several issues that have been popping up since Patch 6 released about a week ago. This marks the second Hotfix in less than a week dedicated entirely to bug fixes, an apparent necessity after Patch 6 introduced several bugs that the community quickly noted.

On their Steam Community post released alongside the Hotfix, Larian Studios also added that “each new patch or hotfix has the potential to become incompatible with your favourite mods,” confirming that they are aware of a common community complaint that Patch 6 “broke” many mods. While this is unfortunate, Larian does urge players still having trouble launching or playing the game after Patch 6 to uninstall their mods.

With that out of the way, though, lets look at the various fixes introduced in Baldur’s Gate 3’s Hotfix #19.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix #19 Change Log

• Fixed some conditions on items in Tactician Mode not getting removed when changing to an easier difficulty.
• Fixed user/controller assignments on Xbox being wrong in some cases.
• Fixed multiplayer invites on Xbox not being correctly handled in some cases.
• Fixed some lines that were getting cut off in the dialogue with the Flaming Fists trying to force their way into Waukeen’s Rest and in the dialogue with the talking door in Auntie Ethel’s lair.
• Fixed a possible softlock when the Reaction UI is triggered while in the Multiplayer UI.
• Fixed a performance issue when initiating a trade on Honour Mode.
• Fixed a crash on Minthara’s turn in combat in the Emerald Grove.
• Brought back the numbers on the sliders in Character Creation due to popular demand.
• Fixed a bug causing Group Hide to also affect ungrouped party members.
• Fixed a crash when loading modded savegames that reference unknown conditions.
• Fixed a crash on selecting a spell with Metamagic active while also having a filter enabled in the hotbar.
• Fixed a hotbar bug when selecting multiple targets for Eldritch Blast.
• Fixed a hotbar bug when toggling off Metamagic while casting a spell.
• Fixed the misalignment of bonuses on Active Rolls on controller. (We had to do the right thing to fix this left issue.)
• Fixed a couple of kisses with Minthara and Lae’zel that weren’t aligning properly.

Sometimes, you have a make a few bugs to make a better game, as Baldur’s Gate 3’s Patch 6 has been proving. Thankfully, Larian stands at the ready to fix those bugs, as evidenced by this Hotfix. Just… Don’t get too attached to your mods for the time being.