Secret Baldur’s Gate 3 Gortash change leaves players disappointed
Larian Studios Baldur’s Gate 3 receives hotfixes quite frequently, and usually, Larian Studios has been quite transparent about the changes they make. However, players have found a secret change they made to some letters Gortash wrote without announcing anything about it.
In Baldur’s Gate 3, you can find letters written to Mr Peartree, one of the victims of the murders you investigate in Act 3, from Gortash.
The letters detail exchanges between the two about weapon crafting and distribution. They give some context to the workings of the city, but as some players found, they were changed by Larian Studios with no announcement in Hotfix 16.
Previously, these letters had a bit of a flirty demeanor and showed a side of Gortash players had not had the chance to see. With the change, they became “boring,” as some fans put it.
“I want to shout into the world, my anger, my endless displeasure about this change… (if it was to be true),” Baldur’s Gate 3 fan ‘Laubritter’ posted on X. “Why would they take flirty lunatic Gortash from us, WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE THIS?”
The initial confusion came from the fact that Larian had not added this change to the hotfix update list, making some players doubt that the letters changed at all. However, one player took it upon themselves to contact Larian directly and ask about the change.
In Larian’s email response, they confirm that the change was intentional to fix Gortash’s tone. “It was changed to better align with his tone throughout the game,” the email stated.
Fans were not particularly happy with this choice. Some because there are still other bugs Larian needs to address that are more pressing than the letter change.
One player took to the official Baldur’s Gate 3 forum to post about it. “I really wish the character writing would be left untouched and Larian just focused on things that actually needed fixing,” they explained.
Others were unhappy with the change because they genuinely enjoyed the original prose. “I disagree with Larian on that one. I liked how they made him a freak barely able to control his creepiness lol,” a fan commented on the X thread.
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