Baldur's Gate 3 devs tease hugely requested feature in new update

Larian Studios has hinted that one of the most requested features will arrive in the new Baldur’s Gate 3 update!

What’s the one thing you, as a Baldur’s Gate 3 player, have been asking for? No, not more romance options. That’s right: later in-game character customisation. We got there in the end.

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Just before the game launched on 3 August, fans on Reddit were already panicking about creating their characters. As Fold-Round shared, “I told my husband I’m gonna make one character, get through the intro, save, exit, then make another character.”

While another Redditor joked “If you don’t spend at least 12 hours on character creation, are you even playing BG3?”. Let’s face it, hundreds of you have spent longer on the creator screen than in-game, meaning if one detail is out of place later on, rage will likely ensue.

Being able to change your characters’ appearance later down the line is something a lot of players desire, myself included. And while Baldur’s Gate 3 has an incredibly in-depth character creator at the start of the game, once you’ve decided on those looks, they’re locked in and you have to lump it.

The fear of being faced with re-starting the game and living through the tutorial again is real, which is why Starfield confirmed later customisation will be available. It’s a smart move, one Larian perhaps should have considered before now. However, with how well the game’s doing, it’s hardly been a dealbreaker for PC gamers.

Still, while nobody is throwing their toys out of the pram and review-bombing the game, players are still crying out on the daily for Larian to make a change. When one such fan tweeted “Sir, please let me change how I look in the game. I'm BEGGING!!!!”, BG 3’s publishing director Michael Douse cryptically said “things are being cooked”.

Things could mean anything. But taking into account that Douse took the time to respond to the tweet, it seems unlikely Larian would then go “Psych! We got you!”. That being said, until that glorious first update goes live, a patch that’s said to have a “gigantic” list of changes, all we can do is wait and see.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is out on PC now, and will release on PlayStation on 6 September. As of yet, there’s no release date for Xbox.