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Larian Studios Rolls Out Hotfix 33 for Baldur’s Gate 3

This release underscores Larian’s shift to iterative updates by resolving a notorious portrait glitch alongside reinforced narrative controls.

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New Baldur’s Gate 3 update stops Dark Urge spilling all their secrets too early
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Overview

  • Hotfix 33 finalizes the post–Patch 8 pivot to hotfix-driven support, focusing on maintenance rather than new content.
  • It includes what Larian playfully calls a “probably this time really maybe” fix for the long-running portrait bug that misaligned and froze character images.
  • It prevents the Dark Urge character from prematurely revealing personal backstory and the identity of their father in overhead dialogue.
  • The update addresses a range of crash and performance issues—from radial menu errors and combat softlocks to savegame corruption and cross-play invite failures—to boost stability.
  • Publishers of large mods benefit from increased upload timeouts, and an updated EULA now links to Larian’s clearer fan content policy to support community creativity.