Baldur's Gate 3 Volo Thinking BG3 Many people would expect a game like Baldur’s Gate 3 to have lots of extra paid content and expansion packs. However, this is hardly the case. Fans have expressed rightful disappointment that they won’t get to play more of one of their favorite games, and it’s already been confirmed that developer Larian Studios is not pursuing any major story additions.

Baldur’s Gate 3 does have paid DLC content, but it’s quite small and doesn’t add an awful lot to the player experience. Many players have decided to buy it as a way to tip Larian for their incredible work. However, the decision not to include a lot of expansion content may have been the best choice for the game’s longevity, and shows how the developers truly care for the quality of the content they present to fans.

In BG3’s Patch Updates, Larian Studios Gives Players New Content For Free Instead Of In A Paid DLC

Baldur’s Gate 3 Is A Labor Of Love

Astarion and Shadowheart in Baldur's Gate 3 A close-up on Gortash in front of Gale, Lae'zel, Wyll, and Shadowheart standing on a cliff edge. Three different characters from Baldur's Gate 3. Gale beside a summoned Bigby's Hand from Baldur's Gate 3 Minthara and Lae'zel with the Underdark from Baldur's Gate 3 Astarion and Shadowheart in Baldur's Gate 3 A close-up on Gortash in front of Gale, Lae'zel, Wyll, and Shadowheart standing on a cliff edge. Three different characters from Baldur's Gate 3. Gale beside a summoned Bigby's Hand from Baldur's Gate 3 Minthara and Lae'zel with the Underdark from Baldur's Gate 3

Larian has introduced new content into Baldur’s Gate 3 since release through various patch updates, as opposed to through paid DLC. Though a lot of this would make for a great expansion that fans would be more than willing to pay for, especially the 12 new subclasses in Patch 8, Larian instead decides to keep giving fans new features. Baldur’s Gate 3 is already known for its infinite replayability, and with new features being added to the base game, players have all the more reason to come back.

With the game’s massive popularity, official merchandise, and small amount of DLC, Larian won’t be out of money anytime soon, allowing the studio to show its appreciation for fans through small updates and constantly polishing the game. By making new content for any player who has already purchased the game, it’s obvious that Larian continues to work on Baldur’s Gate 3 out of pure love for its creation and its players. BG3 shows that games don’t have to include lots of paid content in order for fans to stay invested in them.

Baldur’s Gate 3’s Modding Tools Allow Players To Continuously Create New Content – For Themselves, And The Community

Larian Makes Mods As Accessible As Possible

Lae'zel with her neutral, slightly upset expression while Minsc rides a dragon through the Astral Sea in a screenshot from Baldur's Gate 3 edited into art from Spelljammer.Custom Image by Lee D’Amato

Originally, more DLC content was actually somewhat planned for Baldur’s Gate 3, but only because the game’s success made the developers feel pressured into creating one. It was canceled because it felt too forced, and wasn’t something they were passionate about creating, unlike the base game. Larian decided it was best to focus on the story it already had, instead of making players pay for content that wasn’t optimized to its full potential. However, fans may still be able to access new content and play new questlines with the help of mods.

Larian has announced Patch 8 to be the final major update, but are still planning on adding more mod support to the game. With the mod manager that was introduced in Patch 7, and with official modding tools, Larian has tried to make it as easy as possible for those who want to see certain content in the game to be able to see it in their personal playthroughs. With a game as large as Baldur’s Gate 3, it’s impossible to please every fan, so by making mods more viable for players, fans can pick and choose the new content they want.

BG3‘s official modding toolkit is completely free for anyone wanting to try their hand at creating and/or publishing their own content. Larian Studios has a list of recommendations for those new to modding Baldur’s Gate 3.

Pushing fan-made content into public view allows Larian to focus on refining areas of the existing game, as well as other projects that fans may be interested in. Also, the passion put into these fan-made projects makes up for the passion that the developers may have lacked themselves before canceling the initial DLC. It doesn’t look like the love players have for Baldur’s Gate 3 is dying down anytime soon – with mods constantly being developed for the game, and a mod manager accessible from the main menu, fans won’t run out of content for quite some time.