Summary
SomeBaldur’s Gate 3players online have noticed that the recent Patch 8 may have accidentally restored some cut Minthara content. While the added Minthara content is definitely new in Patch 8, it remains to be seen whether Larian added it toBaldur’s Gate 3on purpose.
In any game on the scale ofBaldur’s Gate 3, there’s bound to be tons of cut content that didn’t make it into the game in time for release. Because of the popularity of the game, players are naturally curious aboutBaldur’s Gate 3’s cut content, and Larian has knowingly used a lot of it in its post-launch patches. Some content is cut for different reasons, rather than simply being unfinished - sometimes it just doesn’t fit the game’s direction.
As first reported byThe Gamer, it appears thatBaldur’s Gate 3’s Patch 8has restored some important dialogue about Minthara’s backstory. A YouTube video by user Finrod Felagund shows that when using the “Speak with Dead” spell on Minthara’s corpse, she now mentions having a daughter. This is never mentioned anywhere else in the game, and it’s not clear whether she’s talking about an existing or unborn child. There are numerous answers she gives during “Speak with Dead” that, post-Patch 8, now reference this child, raising more questions than answers.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Restores Minthara Child Dialogue
This appears to be the only area where thisBaldur’s Gate 3Mintharacontent has been restored. It was previously known that unused dialogue exists in the game files featuring companions acknowledging Minthara becoming pregnant during the game’s story, although none of this has been re-added in Patch 8. This then raises the question of whether Larian has unintentionally reactivated this Minthara child dialogue, as the game currently lacks the full context for it to make sense.
Larian is largely done withBaldur’s Gate 3, with development on its next title now underway. The studio is keeping its cards close to its chest for its next project, although following the critical and commercial success ofBaldur’s Gate 3, there will no doubt be a legion of die-hard fans ready and waiting to see what it does next. Fans shouldn’t expect to hear from the studio for a while yet, with the scale of Larian titles requiring plenty of time to complete.
