Stop waiting for a Divinity Original Sin 2 upgrade and get ready for another run of Baldur’s Gate 3 once BG3 Patch 8 launches in 2025. Larian played a “will we, won’t we” game with Patch 8 for a while, teasing that it would add a photo mode and cross-play, but nothing else, maybe, possibly, but it turns out they had something rather big in store: new subclasses for every class.
Larian’s even augmenting some of them with customized abilities pulled from popular homebrew options. The Oathbreaker Paladin is getting new, unique voice lines and visual effects and some fresh reactivity written just for them. Breaking your oath usually does nothing outside of changing your class, so this upgrade is a welcome one.
BG3 Patch 8 will also add photo mode, and it seems like a robust one at that. In addition to the usual things common to photo modes, such as frame options, stickers, and a suite post-processing editing options, you can choose facial expressions for party members and experiment with a selection of 40 animated and static poses. As if that’s not enough, each of those has little variations to give your shots more personality.
Finally, Larian said in the announcement blog that Patch 8 adds cross-play support, so if you’re playing in multiplayer, you can join friends regardless of what platform they’re on.
Here’s what to expect from each new subclass.
Whether it’s enough to shake up our BG3 class tier list remains to be seen, but I, for one, am looking forward to taking down Orin with nothing but a swarm of bees by my side.
BG3 Patch 8 launches sometime in 2025, and Larian is holding a series of stress tests soon. You’ll be able to register interest in taking part, though Larian is waiting to say how until its next community update.