Baldur's Gate 3 patch 5 is so big that it requires more disk space than the entire game
Nov. 30, 2023That’ll be 130GB of free space, please
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Update:We’ve just got more word on Baldur’s Gate 3 patch 5! Not only are you gettingan epilogue with “some of the most complex writing in the game"and anew mode that basically outlaws save-scumming, Larian has finally introduced a long-awaitedinventory fix that lets you manage all companionseven if they aren’t in your party.
Original story:Baldur’s Gate 3’s patch 5 is about to eat up a gargantuan amount of your hard drive space.
Earlier today, November 30, Larian casually announced that patch 5 for Baldur’s Gate 3 would weigh in at roughly 30GB, seemingly across all platforms. What’s more, the patch actually requires 130GB of free hard drive space (also seemingly on all platforms), to actually install. That’s more room than the game itself takes up - currently on Steam it’s a 124GB albatross around your hard drive’s neck.
If you don’t have enough free space, Larian recommends deleting and then re-installing Baldur’s Gate 3 after the patch has gone live. This means that you’re effectively downloading the patch 5 version of the huge RPG, so the update is already installed to the downloading game.
We knew thatBaldur’s Gate 3 patch 5would be big, but we didn’t know it’d be this big. In fact, senior Larian developers recently revealed thatpatch 5 still hadn’t plenty of surprises left to reveal, and this was after the developer unveiled thatWithers would have a special post-launch celebrationevent in the new update.
As for what else is going to be in the update, we know Astarion’s odd kissing animation is going to be fixed when the update goes live. Aside from that though, there’s a lot still left unsaid about the update, and by the size of the patch itself, we could still be in for plenty of new stuff when the patch goes live, at some point later this week.
You can head over to ourBaldur’s Gate 3 DLCguide for a look ahead at all the hopes and dreams players have thrown out to Larian so far.
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