hotfix · March 27, 2024

Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix #23 Patch Notes

Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix #23 targets economy exploits involving containers, eliminates multiple crash triggers, and fixes dialogue bugs.

Larian Studios has released Hotfix #23 for Baldur’s Gate 3 across all platforms, taking direct aim at trading exploits and persistent game crashes.

Economy and Trading Fixes

Exploits allowing players to generate unlimited gold or acquire item stacks for free by dragging items into containers during trades are now resolved. Selling a container with items inside, buying it back, and selling it again no longer causes crashes. Additionally, selling all wares now properly deducts the correct gold amount from vendor inventories, and shapeshifted equipped items can no longer be traded away incorrectly.

Crash and Blocker Resolution

A bug causing players to freeze in Lae'zel's recruitment dialogue upon loading a saved game has been fixed. The update also resolves crashes linked to the particle system, throwing the Black Pudding Platter, character creation, VFX material loading, and out-of-memory errors caused by Poltergeist auras.

Gameplay and Scripting Fixes

Party members no longer group incorrectly, and broken save states have been repaired. Random dialogue repetitions and missing dialogue options are corrected. Moonrise Towers Prison clubs no longer automatically equip upon pickup, Nightsong's condition loop is fixed, and Balthazar now finishes his turn correctly when far from the Colony ritual spot.

Why this patch matters

Hotfix #23 closes lucrative gold exploits and cleans up stubborn crashes, making multiplayer and single-player runs far more stable.