The most important change in the new Baldur's Gate 3 patch is the ability to take a nice sponge bath
Nov. 2, 2023No more having to chuck water bottles at your filthy party members
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Baldur’s Gate 3finally lets you wash yourself, and your party members, with sponges and soap.
Look, you might question my use of the word “finally” in that opening sentence, as if sponge baths are something players have desperately wanted since launch, but hear me out. BeforeBaldur’s Gate 3 patch 4went out Thursday morning, the easiest ways to clean the blood and muck off of your filthy party members was to throw bottles of water at their feet or dip into an ankle-high body of water, neither of which are very realistic and thus can be slightly immersion breaking.
As detailed in thefull patch 4 notes, “you can now use sponges and soaps to clean up your party members, removing grime, blood, and bad odours!”
The addition of body odors in that line makes me wonder if your characters' scents, or lack thereof, can play into relationships between party members in any way. I don’t think I’ve ever encountered any dialogue to confirm that, and a cursoryGooglesweep yielded little results, but surely Larian included that detail for a reason. Right? Right?! (InsertCharlie Day meme).
Anyway, now you have even less of an excuse to parade around the Forgotten Realms wearing a month-old coat of blood from your slain enemies. Unless you just like that look - in that case, you do you.
Here’s our list of thebest Baldur’s Gate 3 classesin case you’re jumping in for the first time or gearing up for a new playthrough (which we recommend doing).
Sign up to the GamesRadar+ Newsletter
Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more
After scoring a degree in English from ASU, I worked as a copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. Now, as GamesRadar’s west coast Staff Writer, I’m responsible for managing the site’s western regional executive branch, AKA my apartment, and writing about whatever horror game I’m too afraid to finish.
How Metaphor ReFantazio pulled Atlus out of its Persona rut
My Talking Angela 2 Unveils All-New Fashion Editor Feature
