Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 5 Revealed: New Epilogues, Honor Mode & New Content

Larian Studios has finally released the highly-anticipated Patch 5 for Baldur's Gate 3. With over 1.3 million players immersing themselves in the Forbidden Realms since the game's launch in August, the developers have been working hard to improve the game with performance improvements, new cutscenes and content. 

The developers have definitely been listening to feedback, as Patch 5 addresses some of the biggest complaints from the community, notably the lack of closure at the end of the game, a lack of difficulty modes, and performance issues in Act 3 (As well as a very buggy Astarion kissing cutscene). In this article we are going to go over all of the changes in Patch 5 and what they mean for the game:

• New Ending Epilogues
• New Difficulty Modes
• New Outfits
• Quality of Life & Performance Updates
• Patch Notes Highlights

New Ending Epilogues

The highlight of Patch 5 is undoubtedly the addition of playable epilogues, providing closure to every player's unique adventure. Set at camp in High Hall, six months after the main story's conclusion, this new chapter allows players to reflect on their choices and witness the consequences. The epilogue is a personalized culmination of your journey, featuring new cinematics, reunions with companions, and updates from the Baldur’s Mouth Gazette.

Honor Mode & Custom Mode

Two exciting game modes, Honour Mode and Custom Mode, add a new layer of challenge and customization. Honour Mode increases the difficulty, introducing over 30 tweaks to boss fights with a new Legendary Action system. Players who survive Honour Mode will receive a Golden D20 as a testament to their gaming prowess. Custom Mode allows players to further customize their experience, with options like hiding dice check results and enemy HP.

New Outfits

Patch 5 introduces new outfits for origin characters, giving them a stylish makeover for the final party. Orin's disgusting outfit also becomes loot, dyeable in a color of your choice.

Quality of Life & Performance Updates

Patch 5 brings a significant quality of life update with improved inventory access. Managing the inventory of companions not in your active party is now possible from a single UI while in camp. Performance improvements, inspired by the Xbox version, benefit all platforms.

Patch Notes Highlights

Here is a list of the biggest highlights in Patch 5 of Baldur's Gate 3. For the full patch notes, click here. These notes contain spoilers, so continue at your own risk!

Main Highlights

• Epilogue: An entirely new section at the end of the game after the defeat of the 
  the Netherbrain that aims to provide a well-deserved sense of closure with your allies.
• Two new play modes: Honour Mode and Custom Mode.
• Many performance improvements, particularly in Act III.
• Added dynamic resolution for PS5.
• Players playing on machines with low VRAM/RAM should see improved performance.
• The game is now available in Korean!
• While at camp, you can now access and manage the inventories of companions who aren't in your active party.
• Added a brand new fight in Ramazith’s Tower if you betray Nightsong there.
• Orin’s outfit now drops as loot and is wearable by anyone. We also gave it a suitably disgusting description and name.

Other Highlights

• Shadowheart will always be the owner of the artefact during the tutorial if she is a follower.
• Becoming half-illithid will now also visually affect your eyes.
• Basic Action variations (e.g. a free version of Dash that you can perform because of a class feature) that share a hotkey by default will now gain a hotkey according to a certain priority order.
• A romanced Minthara can now refer to her bond with you using a drow word for deep, unbreakable love.
• Fixed a bug where party members would sometimes not change back into the armour set they were displaying before entering camp.
• You can now talk to Mol more about her contract with Raphael in the Guildhall.
• Withers will sneakily resurrect any dead companions that fell before the final battle so they can join the ending cinematics. What a helpful skeleton.
• Gave Jaheira her own scene with Danthelon if she approaches him alone.
• Improved the physics of characters and walls to prevent NPCs being able to shoot through ceilings inside houses.
• Fixed an issue where Gale's scene with Mystra
   after the final combat of the game only played if you had no one else in your party.
• Made cinematic tweaks to restore sections of Astarion's 
  Act III Ascendant sex scene.
• Improved companion reactivity when making the decision before the Netherbrain.
• The loading screen art now unlocks gradually as you progress through the game.
• Boo will no longer take damage when thrown.
• Fixed the puzzle in Cazador's Palace.
• Fixed the screen going black during Astarion's endgame romance scene.
• Added some additional audio and cinematic work to the intimate scene with the drow in Sharess' Caress.
• Wild Shapes that do not have weapons will now benefit from having the Tavern Brawler feat.

That is everything you need to know about Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 5. This patch has brought many of the biggest requests from the community, including epilogues, harder game modes and performance updates. For more Baldur's Gate 3 guides and news, check out the rest of our website!