Another Baldur’s Gate 3 Honor Mode run has come to an unceremonious end due to a surprisingly long-lived bug.
Honor ModeisBaldur’s Gate 3’s penultimate challenge. The unforgiving Gauntlet is a permadeath mode that significantly ratchets up combat difficulty and the slightest slip-up will result in a TPK that hurls you back to the start of the game.
Even the hardiest players are not immune to run-ending complications whether that’svia the revamped combator more extenuating circumstances. Scratch is notorious for causing unexpected failures thanks tohis love of fetchand hishatred of paintings.
As frustrating as these deaths can be, it’s even worse when a bug results at the end of a run because it’s entirely out of your control. One Baldur’s Gate 3 player recently lost 17 hours worth of Honor Mode progress due to a well-known bug that has slipped through numerous patches.
The bug in question is rather infamous and it stops player characters and party members from binding to moving platforms in the game. This particular platform in the Gauntlet of Shar is a well-known culprit and some players avoid the segment altogether in Honor Mode runs for this exact reason.
“I knew what this was going to be before I even opened it,” one seasoned Baldur’s Gate 3 playersaid regarding the post. “I just knew it was going to be that forsaken lift again. So many Honor Mode runs have been ended by it,” anotherreplied.
“This bug is devastating, I’m so sorry you TPK’d from it,” one usercommiseratedwith the author. Others vented their frustration at the presence of this particular bug after it recurred yet again.
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“One stupid preventable death from a bug that should have been fixed ages ago and it’s over,” one playercomplained. “How the f**k is this still not fixed? This bug is like 4-5 months old already,” anotheradded.
Fortunately,Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 7launches in September and we could see a fix for this bug when it drops.
Ethan Dean is a Games Writer on Dexerto’s Australia team. He is a journalism graduate and specializes in Baldur’s Gate, Diablo, Elden Ring, Pokemon, Warhammer, Dungeons & Dragons, third-person games, and regularly plays newly release games. You can contact Ethan at: ethan.dean@dexerto.com
