Baldur’s Gate 3’s latest hotfix removed shared stash among other issues after player complaints

After the large Patch 03 for Baldur’s Gate 3 released, most players were unhappy with many of the changes. Although Larian Studios’ latest title has a highly positive audience behind it, this was the first patch that left players disappointed. The developers listened, and Baldur’s Gate 3’s latest Hotfix #8, it removed shared stash, among a few other issues after many player complaints.

Larian Studios implemented Hotfix #8 for Baldur’s Gate 3 to remove shared stash and His Majesty’s hair

While there were issues that some could deem trivial from the latest Patch 03, Raphael’s bad dye job and His Majesty’s hair growing back genuinely upset some players. Previously, His Majesty was a Sphynx cat, which fit his prickly personality. But after Patch 03, he suddenly had hair, making him unrecognizable. The same went for Raphael, who suddenly had black hair, which didn’t really look right.

But the biggest change of Hotfix #8 was Larian Studios removing shared stash. Once Patch 03 came along, each time you dismissed your companions, they would give you their key items. This got highly annoying, since bringing them back on your team wouldn’t automatically give them back. Many players took to Reddit to discuss how annoying it was to carry around their companions’ keys and bags.

Screenshot via Larian Studios

Now with Hotfix #8, Larian Studios heard everyone’s pleas and removed shared stash altogether. It’s really nice to see a game studio genuinely listen to player feedback and revert changes, even after it probably spent a bit of time working on a feature. Personally, I think I shows that the developers are not afraid to admit when they’re wrong about new features. Sometimes all you need is some player testing to realize whether something is good or not.

Larian Studios, over the course of Baldur’s Gate 3’s Early Access, were known to be keen listeners to player feedback. The developers very much still care about what the players think, which we can clearly see from this Hotfix.

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