Baldur's Gate 3's enormous Patch 3 quietly killed the most messed-up option in the game: "This was a bug, you monsters"

Baldur's Gate 3 Dark urge monk
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I hope you enjoyed your monstrous ways while you could, because the most messed-up option in Baldur's Gate 3 was actually a bug that was fixed as part of Patch 3.

The patch notes for the latest update (beware of spoilers at that link) have a particularly judgemental note: "You can no longer arrange for a coffin to be made for the bereaved couple's child, murder the coffin maker, then go back and tell the couple everything was A-OK. This was a bug, you monsters."

Okay, yes, objectively speaking there are morally worse things you can do in Baldur's Gate 3, particularly if you're playing as the Dark Urge, but there's a casual cruelty to this one in particular that's tough to get past. Getting into a bit of murder just to lie to the mourning parents of a dead child in a trivial sidequest is going the extra mile for evil.

Patch 3 is perhaps the mightiest update yet for the acclaimed RPG, with the implementation of some major performance improvements and, at last, a method to change appearance in Baldur's Gate 3. There's one big issue, though - a half-bug, half-feature in the form of the new shared stash. It's unclear whether the stash is even working as intended, and Larian hasn't yet discussed any fixes or improvements for it.

Patch 3 did help one GamesRadar+ staffer turn Baldur's Gate 3 into The Sims 4 Medieval, and I guess nobody can ask for much more than that. Even if you can no longer lie to those bereaved parents. (You monster.)

Check out our guide to the best Baldur's Gate 3 classes if you're planning your next playthrough. 

Dustin Bailey
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Dustin Bailey joined the GamesRadar team as a Staff Writer in May 2022, and is currently based in Missouri. He's been covering games (with occasional dalliances in the worlds of anime and pro wrestling) since 2015, first as a freelancer, then as a news writer at PCGamesN for nearly five years. His love for games was sparked somewhere between Metal Gear Solid 2 and Knights of the Old Republic, and these days you can usually find him splitting his entertainment time between retro gaming, the latest big action-adventure title, or a long haul in American Truck Simulator.