Patch #9 - Holy Knight

Patch 9 for Baldur’s Gate 3 is here! Bursting with noble spirit and ardent reverence, this patch adds the paladin class, Level 5, and much, much more. If you’re looking to peer deeper into the contents of this festive update, you can find the Community Update here.

Mac users, Patch 9 will be with you soon. We’ve got a little bit more work to do on it, so keep an eye on our social channels for updates. Now, if you’re suitably imbued with moral strength (and you’ll need it to make it through the amount of notes we have for this update), let’s look at the full notes for Patch 9.

Patch notes related to community-reported issues and feedback are indicated with an asterisk. Like this.*

HIGHLIGHTS

• Added the paladin class with the Oath of the Ancients and Oath of Devotion subclasses. Added the hidden Oathbreaker subclass, which triggers if you break your oath.

• Increased the level cap to Level 5.

• Added the Fly spell.

• Revamped the Reactions system.

• Rebalanced combat encounters in late Act 1.

• Added new spells and spell scrolls.

• Added a ping system, usable outside of combat and during your turn in combat.

• Overhauled the tooltips.

• Extended Combat Cams to player and enemy melee Critical Hits, summons, Wild Shapes, and several spells and abilities.

• Added Command spell variants.

• Made Minthara a paladin.

• You can now delete save files by playthrough.

• You can now dismiss summons with a dedicated action.*

• Added a new Level Up button and improved visual cues for levelling.

• Added female human and elf heads to Character Creation.

• Characters who attempt to play an instrument they're not Proficient with now fail spectacularly.

• Removed non-wizard spell scrolls from NPCs except Revivify, Summon Quasit, True Resurrection, and Speak with Dead.

• Added shop triggers. If you try to pick up items owned by certain traders, they will offer to trade.

• Mage Hand no longer prevents you from summoning Ranger's Companions and familiars.

• Made quarterstaffs Versatile.*

• You now accrue dirt and blood more slowly, Prone makes you a bit dirtier, and Wet cleans you.

CRASHES AND BLOCKERS

• Fixed crash when loading savegames.

• Fixed crash when adjusting UI settings.

• Fixed crash when selling items that don't belong in Trade view.

• Fixed crash when repeatedly preparing to Throw.

• Fixed blocker when playing Gale's flute after killing a magma mephit.

• Fixed blocker when running past Mirkon towards the harpies.

BALANCE

Combat

• Added a Smart AI to increase behavioural differences between animals and humanoids. Notable humanoid fighters now know when actions won't succeed and when to prioritise easy wins.

• Made NPCs better at deciding when to Shove characters to their death.

• Made NPCs more patient and smarter with healing spells, preferring to heal those with lower HP.

• Adjusted Halsin's HP, removed upcasted spells from his spell list, gave him Call Lightning, and made his spell usage more varied.

• Improved Astarion's combat strategies.

• Made Gekh Coal Level 6, increased his HP, and rebalanced his attributes.

• Made Mask of Regret Level 4.

• Made Filro and BOOOAL Level 5 and increased the latter's HP.

• Reworked Morghal.

• Updated Baretha's attributes.

• Gave Barth the appearance and stats befitting a high half-elf.

• Improved Blighted Village ambush, making one of the Trackers smarter.

• Improved the Great Weapon Fighting reroll boost.

• Gave Murmath Basic Poisons.

• Gave Sharp-Eye Eef Arrow of Roaring Thunder.

• Confiscated Sharp-Eye Zami's scimitar.

• In the magma mephit combat, an extra mephit spawns per wave and the second