Larian Studios could lastly be including everybody’s favourite bard Alfira to the Baldur’s Gate 3 social gathering upon the launch of Patch 7 in September 2024.
Although not wholly confirmed, the patch notes launched July 16 mentioned Larian “could have additionally let a sure bard now be a part of the social gathering as a controllable character if there’s an empty slot, quickly, after all.”
Followers have been calling upon the studio to make Alfira a recruitable companion since Baldur’s Gate 3’s launch in August 2023 however this tease has reignited the chatter. “OMG, Alfira!?,” requested TitanMK0 on Reddit.
A tiefling bard encountered throughout Act 1 of Baldur’s Gate 3, Alfira duties the social gathering with serving to her compose a tune. She could also be briefly concerned later in the story, together with in a single significantly darkish quest, however does not play an enormous function in the general plot.
She turned a fan favourite regardless of this, and as reported by (*3*), gamers are already plotting how to hold her in the social gathering for good regardless of Larian’s warning the bard will solely be out there “quickly.”
As has been the case with different characters, “I am giving it three days earlier than glitchers determine how to hold her in the social gathering completely,” KingdomOfZeal mentioned on Reddit. “Larian could as nicely add dialogue and quests for her.”
Even when they can not, Bucket_Of_Magic notes her addition is “prime actual property for mods,” as a result of if Larian provides her as a playable character it has “already laid the basis.”
Whereas mods would usually be nice information for PC gamers and a harsh actuality for these on console, Larian is emitting this divide with Patch 7’s headline function: official mod assist on all platforms.
No particular launch date past “September 2024” has been shared for the replace, doubtlessly Baldur’s Gate 3’s remaining main patch, however the studio will possible share it quickly. As soon as all is alleged and achieved, nonetheless, Larian is abandoning the sport, franchise, and Dungeons & Dragons altogether to create one thing new.
In our 10/10 overview of the sport, IGN mentioned: “With crunchy, tactical RPG fight, a memorable story with advanced characters, extremely polished cinematic presentation, and a world that at all times rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur’s Gate 3 is the new high-water mark for CRPGs.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.