Hi there gang!
We heard you want Baldur’s Gate 3 and breaking issues.
Effectively, we have now excellent news for you: The Patch 8 Stress Check is now stay and out there to all Xbox Insiders who personal the sport!
Not into breaking issues however nonetheless wish to know what that is all about? Learn to the top to search out out what’s coming in Patch 8.
Patch 8 Stress Check
The ultimate main patch for Baldur’s Gate 3 is true across the nook, however with an replace so packed filled with bug fixes, new options, and additions, we’re enlisting your assist to transcend our inner testing and assist us catch issues earlier than launch.
Tips on how to Be a part of the Stress Check on Xbox:
The Patch 8 stress check is a separate utility from the primary sport and will be accessed through the Xbox Insider Hub. In the event you’re planning on becoming a member of us, you’ll have to already personal Baldur’s Gate 3 and ensure your Xbox has sufficient storage out there to obtain the sport!
Observe these steps to obtain the Patch 8 stress check app:
- Open (or, set up if mandatory) the Xbox Insider Hub in your Xbox Collection X|S.
- Navigate to Previews > Baldur’s Gate 3
- Choose Be a part of.
- It is best to then be directed to the right Retailer Web page to put in the stress check model!
To return to the Patch 7 model of Baldur’s Gate 3, you have to to exit the Stress Check model through the Xbox Insider Hub. This can immediate an replace and can revert your sport to the earlier model. Please keep in mind that any saves made throughout the stress check is not going to be suitable with the Patch 7 model when you revert again.
Share your expertise with us by reaching out to our help crew to report any bugs, and make sure you state “Patch 8” within the Sport Model area!
Attempt Out Cross-Play!
Patch 8 is bringing cross-play to Baldur’s Gate 3, permitting gamers on all platforms to affix one another in multiplayer classes! So seize your folks on different platforms and prepare to struggle… over who will romance every companion.
To arrange your individual cross-play session, head to the multiplayer menu:
- Choose Cross-Play from the tab choices.
- Then Choose “Create”.
- Customise your sport choices then select “Launch”.
Be a part of a cross-play multiplayer session by following these steps:
- On the primary menu, click on on Multiplayer.
- Choose the “Cross-Play” tab.
- Wait in your pal’s foyer to look, then go forward and be a part of them!
- In the event you or the host use mods and there are any discrepancies, a Verification Window will open to tell you which ones mods want putting in, uninstalling, or updating.
Wish to get your folks on different platforms concerned in testing cross-play? Share the hyperlink beneath!

You can even be a part of the Larian Studios Discord Server to search out different gamers in our Patch 8 Trying For Group channel!
What else is new in Patch 8?
Alongside many fixes and enhancements, Patch 8 additionally contains two different huge additions: photograph mode and 12 new subclasses!
Photograph Mode
Whether or not you propose on lining up the right motion photographs or filling a complete folder with 50GB price of photographs of Lae’zel’s candy smile, photograph mode is right here to make all of {that a} actuality.
Alter the digicam angles, zoom in, choose from a big listing of facial expressions and poses, and add the ending touches with filters, frames and stickers!
Wish to see what the Baldur’s Gate 3 Photograph Mode can do? Try our recreations of memorable neighborhood moments.

New Subclasses
Patch 8 additionally brings 12 new subclasses – one per every current class! Explode close by corpses with a Loss of life Area Cleric, uncover new methods to maintain (or break) your new Oath of the Crown as a Paladin, or ship a legion of bees in the direction of your enemies as a Swarmkeeper Ranger.
You possibly can be taught extra about every new subclass and photograph mode in Group Replace #30, so undoubtedly give it a learn.
Proceed your journey within the Patch 8 stress check, now stay!