The new patch reverts companion behaviour to their pre-Patch 3 behaviour, for a less frustratingRPGexperience.

In even more momentous tidings, it re-shaves that cat everybody loves.

“Have your companions taken to weighing you down physically as well as emotionally?”

A Baldur’s Gate 3 cat with no hair

reads somecheeky accompanying text.

“We looked into your reports and have restored their Patch 2 behaviour.

“More importantly, we shaved His Majesty.”

BG3 cat NPC his Majesty with no hair

you might chat with him using Speak With Animals.

Patch 3 rudely encumbered this magnificent creature with a billowing fur coat and whiskers, outraging players.

The latest hotfix restores His Majesty to his original, hairless splendour.

BG3 cat NPC His Majesty with a thick fur coat

Here are some before and after shots - which do you prefer?

And disco ball Githyanki.

Find the full changelog below.

  • Fixed reaction popups sometimes showing no text descriptions of the reactions available.

  • Fixed a multiplayer crash that would occur when listening to a dialogue after an active roll.

  • Fixed a bug in Vulkan causing DEVICE_LOST crashes.

  • Fixed a crash when re-assigning characters in splitscreen.

  • Fixed a visual issue with volumetric fog and materials generation.

  • Fixed an issue with invalid savegames being created.

  • Restored Raphael’s hair colour and horns.

The House of Hope is once again fashion-forward.

  • Fixed an issue where Splint Armour for Githyanki Females caused some unnecessarily psychedelic visual effects.

  • Shaved His Majesty, who is once again a Sphynx.

Steelclaw’s eye colour has been adjusted so they are no longer identical twins.

  • Fixed Raphael’s portraits after restoring his hair colour.

Maybe he’s born with it, maybe it’s Avernus.

  • Fixed Twitch drops not being claimable on PS5.

Former contributor Emily Gera also works on it.