Baldur’s Gate 3’s First Post-Release Mod Let’s Players Multiclass on All Difficulties

Baldur’s Gate 3 is finally out of early access and the first mod to drop since its full release allows PC Players to multiclass for the easiest difficulty.

NexusMod user TheComposerMods uploaded a mod that unlocks multiclass in the full-release version of Baldur’s Gate 3. The mod’s description notes that once the mod is properly installed, it will unlock the multiclassing feature “for all difficulties” and will work for both new and mid-playthrough campaigns, though the latter won’t activate until your next level up.

Multiclassing – a feature in Baldur’s Gate 3 that allows players to combine more than one class together to create a more customizable character based on their preferred playstyles – was already available in the game. However, if you played on the Explorer (the game’s easy mode) difficulty, you were barred from accessing multiclass.

While some are expressing gratitude for the mod’s creation, one user pointed out that the developer locking the multiclass feature on the easiest difficult was “both silly and makes sense.”

“There was probably concern that multiclassing might confuse players who’d start at Explorer difficulty,” the wrote. “So from that point of view, I can understand it. The silly side is they could simply provide a tutorial about it or a warning that its meant for advanced players. If nothing else, it may help other modders find ways to convert older mods to the release version quicker. Either way, we all win.”

Baldur’s Gate 3 was originally released on early access for Windows, MacOS, and the now defunct Google Stadia in October 2020, but the full release was made available today on Windows. And despite some struggling to download the game on Steam, Larian Studios’ latest RPG is off to a strong start with up to 340K concurrents on Steam as of a few hours ago.

In our review-in-progress for Baldur’s Gate 3, we wrote that “It definitely has some blemishes, from minor bugs to a combat system that I don’t exactly adore at lower levels. But I’ve been waiting 14 years for another alignment of the planets like Dragon Age: Origins, when an old-school CRPG got a big enough budget to look like a high quality animated movie – but the design hadn’t been completely steered in the wrong direction in a misguided attempt to reach a different market like the later two Dragon Ages. This is the closest anyone has ever come to recapturing that magic.”

For more on Baldur’s Gate 3, check out our guides that go more into the races and subraces found in the game, a rundown of classes and subclasses, and how to build a character.

Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You can follow her on Twitter @TayNixster.