Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix 8 Shaves His Majesty After Cat Backlash

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Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has shaved His Majesty after fans of the cat complained about a recent change that added fur.

His Majesty is a cat found in the Last Light Inn that looked like a hairless Sphynx. However, this appearance was a bug that gave His Majesty the same model as Steelclaw, a different cat meant to be a Sphynx.

And so, Larian fixed the bug with Baldur’s Gate 3’s recently released Patch 3. “Updated the visuals of His Majesty, who previously looked like Steelclaw,” the patch notes read. “His Majesty’s appearance now befits his name and nature.”

That, you would have thought, would be that, but it turned out His Majesty had fans who bemoaned this new look, and called on Larian to revert the fix.

talking about glow-downs 😭 pic.twitter.com/t7fG03BjL5

— renni 🗡️ (@stinkofavernus) September 23, 2023

Now, with the release of Hotifix 8, that’s exactly what the developer has done. “Shaved His Majesty, who is once again a Sphynx. Steelclaw’s eye colour has been adjusted so they are no longer identical twins,” the notes read.

Hotfix #8 is now live for Baldur’s Gate 3. This update addresses several crashes and issues, including your party members transferring every important item to you upon dismissal.

More importantly, we shaved His Majesty.

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— Larian Studios (@larianstudios) October 3, 2023

That’s not all Hotfix 8 does. Most importantly, it addresses several crash problems, and stamps out the issue that caused party members to transfer every important item to you upon dismissal.

“Have your companions taken to weighing you down physically as well as emotionally? We looked into your reports and have restored their Patch 2 behaviour,” Larian said. “When dismissed, they will no longer give you all the items they deem important for you to carry, like a toddler in a grocery store.”

Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix 8 Patch Notes

Companions will no longer transfer story items in their inventory to the player upon dismissal, restoring Patch 2 behaviour.Fixed reaction popups sometimes showing no text descriptions of the reactions available.Fixed a multiplayer crash that would occur when listening to a dialogue after an active roll.Eavesdrop will no longer trigger when a character is in any Character Creation session, such as level up or the magic mirror.Fixed a bug in Vulkan causing DEVICE_LOST crashes.Fixed a bug where Skeletons created using Animate Dead were missing their ranged weapons, despite specialising in them.Fixed an issue where the Weapon Master Feat would show as incomplete if a player was already proficient with all weapons.Fixed a crash when re-assigning characters in splitscreen.Fixed a visual issue with volumetric fog and materials generation.Fixed an issue with invalid savegames being created.Restored Raphael’s hair colour and horns. The House of Hope is once again fashion-forward.Fixed an issue where Splint Armour for Githyanki Females caused some unnecessarily psychedelic visual effects.Shaved His Majesty, who is once again a Sphynx. Steelclaw’s eye colour has been adjusted so they are no longer identical twins.Fixed Raphael’s portraits after restoring his hair colour. Maybe he’s born with it, maybe it’s Avernus.Fixed Twitch drops not being claimable on PS5.

In IGN’s review of Baldur’s Gate 3, which returned a 10/10, we said: “With crunchy, tactical RPG combat, a memorable story with complex characters, highly polished cinematic presentation, and a world that always rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur’s Gate 3 is the new high-water mark for CRPGs.”

For more, check out IGN’s comprehensive Baldur’s Gate 3 walkthrough.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.