Baldur's Gate 3 Hotfix 8 fixes several crashing issues, dialogue errors, missing inventory, more

Larian Studios has released the latest update for the Early Access version of Baldur's Gate 3.

The game has received big Patch 4 several weeks ago, which has come with a lot of new content for Early Access players to explore, but as it is usual with alpha versions of games, it also comes with a pile of new bugs as well.

And while many of them are not so problematic, there were several alarming issues that required immediate attention from developers, given that they were causing the game to break.

Thankfully, Larian was quick to react and the much-need Hotfix 8 has been deployed on Steam.

Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 4 introduces Druids to the game (Picture: Larian Studios)

Most importantly, Hotfix 8 fixes several known sequences where the game crashes, including the most nerve-wracking one: when you are saving the game.

Asides from several fixes related to crash issues, Hotfix 8 should also fix certain dialogue trigger checkpoints and a weird bug where your inventory becomes mysteriously empty after pickpocketing a party member. Makes you think: Who was the real pickpocketer there?!

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Remember, in order to download the latest update, opt out of all beta branches on Steam, set to auto-update, and you should be delivered the latest version of the game.

For those players who are still experiencing crashes on startup or receiving an error message about .pak files when loading savegames, Larian suggests performing file verification, which should be done like this:

• Right-click on Baldur's Gate 3 in your Steam library
• Select "Properties"
• Select the "Local Files" tab
• Click "Verify integrity of game files"
• Let Steam do its work, and then restart the Steam client.

And that should be it, now your files should be verified and you should no longer get crashes on startup.

Baldur's Gate 3 Hotfix 8 full patch notes

• Fixed certain dialogue trigger checkpoints not working or getting stuck. This was related to being in Wild Shape while triggering dialogues.
• Fixed a possible crash when saving.
• Fixed a crash related to a VRAM leak.
• Fixed a crash related to PhysX materials.
• Fixed a crash when viewing tooltips by hovering over combatants while someone joins or leaves the game.
• Fixed a rare crash when entering character creation.
• Fixed a rare crash when an object falls into a chasm.
• Fixed a crash related to incorrect or corrupted game files.
• Fixed a crash related to closing containers if too many were opened by pressing escape quickly.
• Fixed empty inventory after pickpocketing a party member.