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| description = Baldur's Gate 3 has five difficulty settings, or modes: the preset Explorer, Balanced, Tactician and Honour modes – as well the customisable Custom mode, which lets the player tweak various gameplay elements. | | description = Baldur's Gate 3 has five difficulty settings, or modes: the preset Explorer, Balanced, Tactician and Honour modes – as well the customisable Custom mode, which lets the player tweak various gameplay elements. | ||
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''Baldur's Gate 3'' has five '''difficulty''' settings, or '''modes''': the preset Explorer, Balanced, Tactician and Honour modes – as well | ''Baldur's Gate 3'' has five '''difficulty''' settings, or '''modes''': the preset Explorer, Balanced, Tactician and Honour modes – as well Custom mode, which lets the player tweak various gameplay elements. | ||
When starting a new game, players are | When starting a new game, players are prompted to select a difficulty. This selection can be changed at any time from the ''Difficulty'' option of the pause menu. Any resulting changes to creature statistics are immediate. | ||
== Explorer == | == Preset modes == | ||
The preset modes are, from easiest to most difficult: Explorer, Balanced, Tactician and Honour, with Balanced as the default mode to which all others modes are compared. | |||
Explorer | |||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="260px"> | |||
Explorer Difficulty.webp|Explorer mode | |||
Balanced Difficulty.webp|Balanced mode | |||
Tactician Difficulty.webp|Tactician mode | |||
Honour Difficulty.webp|Honour mode | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Explorer === | |||
* All Enemies maximum health decreased by 30%. | * All Enemies maximum health decreased by 30%. | ||
** In comparison to Tactician, where enemies have almost twice (x1.9) as much max HP as Explorer enemies. | ** In comparison to Tactician, where enemies have almost twice (x1.9) as much max HP as Explorer enemies. | ||
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* Multiclassing is not allowed on Explorer difficulty. Multiclass levels previously gained will stay if the difficulty is lowered to Explorer. | * Multiclassing is not allowed on Explorer difficulty. Multiclass levels previously gained will stay if the difficulty is lowered to Explorer. | ||
** This makes the Jack-of-all-Trades [[Achievements|achievement]] unobtainable. | ** This makes the Jack-of-all-Trades [[Achievements|achievement]] unobtainable. | ||
* The [[Iron Throne]]'s timer | * The [[Iron Throne]]'s timer is set to 8 turns, up from 6. | ||
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== Tactician == | === Tactician === | ||
* All NPC's Maximum Health increased | * All NPC's Maximum Health increased | ||
** This applies to most temporary companions as well. | ** This applies to most temporary companions as well. | ||
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** Insufficient camp supplies rules remain the same (restore half HP and half your spell slots rounded down). | ** Insufficient camp supplies rules remain the same (restore half HP and half your spell slots rounded down). | ||
* At stores, the baseline attitude bonus for discounting is reduced, making items cost more to purchase and sell for less. | * At stores, the baseline attitude bonus for discounting is reduced, making items cost more to purchase and sell for less. | ||
* The Iron Throne's timer | * The Iron Throne's timer is set to 5 turns, down from 6. | ||
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== Honour == | === Honour === | ||
{{hatnote|For balance changes exclusive to Honour mode, see [[Guide:Undocumented Patch 5 updates#Honour mode|Undocumented Patch 5 updates]].}} | {{hatnote|For balance changes exclusive to Honour mode, see [[Guide:Undocumented Patch 5 updates#Honour mode|Undocumented Patch 5 updates]].}} | ||
* 30 tweaks to boss fights, giving bosses Legendary Actions (actions that the boss can take at the end of another creature's turn). | |||
* 30 | |||
* Stricter action economy and damage bonuses as the game progresses. | * Stricter action economy and damage bonuses as the game progresses. | ||
* | * The player only gets a {{em|single save file}} for the entire campaign, with many special conditions: | ||
** The save file cannot be loaded | ** The save file cannot be loaded outside the main menu. | ||
** The game will override the save in the following situations: | ** The game will override the save in the following situations: | ||
*** The player returns to the main menu. | *** The player returns to the main menu. | ||
*** The player quits the game. | *** The player quits the game. | ||
*** The player attempts to ALT+F4 out of the game. | *** The player attempts to ALT+F4 out of the game or use Task Manager to end the Process. (Workout by going to Details tab & ending task) | ||
*** The player quicksaves. | *** The player quicksaves. | ||
*** The game autosaves. | *** The game autosaves. | ||
* Should the party die, the player is presented with two choices: | * Should the party die, the player is presented with two choices: | ||
** Continue the campaign in Custom | ** Continue the campaign in Custom mode, which ends Honour mode. | ||
** End the campaign, which deletes the save. | ** End the campaign, which deletes the save. | ||
=== Rewards === | ==== Rewards ==== | ||
Players who beat the game in Honour Mode receive several rewards: | Players who beat the game in Honour Mode receive several rewards: | ||
* An in-game | |||
* The | * An in-game [[die designs|D20 skin]], "Shining Honour", with a golden appearance. | ||
* The Foehammer [[Achievements|achievement]]. | |||
==== Circumventing save file restrictions ==== | |||
It's possible to cheat the ''single save file'' system by manually backing up the save file between play sessions. If something goes wrong in Honour mode, one can close the game, restore a previous save file, and launch the game again to continue from the backed up save. | |||
Although using this trick to regularly load old game states would defeat the purpose of Honour mode, a legitimate use-case may be to restore a run that went bad due to something outside the player's control, such as a bug in the game, or an accidental button press due a cat walking on your keyboard. | |||
The trick is particularly easy to achieve on MS Windows, {{nobr|GNU/Linux}}, and MacOS, where save files can be accessed easily with a file manager or shell commands. It may be possible to achieve on gaming consoles as well if the save files can be accessed and overridden.{{verify}} | |||
Exact instructions are as follows: | |||
* Make sure cloud saves are turned off. | |||
* Before starting the game, copy the current Honour mode save file to a different folder. | |||
* Continue your Honour mode run and play as much as you want. | |||
* To reload: Close the game, delete the new Honour mode save file, and put the previous copy in its place. | |||
** '''Note: This has to be done before a total party kill.''' | |||
If cloud saves are turned on, one can still restore a backed up Honour mode save file as follows: | |||
* After launching the game, click the ''Load Game'' button. | |||
* While the game is in this menu, override the current Honour mode save file with the one you had backed up. | |||
Save file locations are as follows: | |||
* MS Windows: <code>%LOCALAPPDATA%\Larian Studios\Baldur's Gate 3\PlayerProfiles\Public\Savegames\Story</code> | |||
There are also methods involving other kinds of manipulation of game files, such as: | |||
* [https://www.reddit.com/r/BaldursGate3/comments/18d3fks/how_to_fix_a_failed_honour_mode_save/ How to fix a failed Honour Mode save (Reddit)] | |||
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