Baldur’s Gate 3 players downloaded more than 1 million mods in 24 hours

Swen Vincke, CEO of Larian Studios, has revealed that Baldur’s Gate 3 players download over 1 million mods in 24 hours. This follows the game’s most recent update, which added modding support and a full mod manager.

Players have been modding Baldur’s Gate 3 ever since it was initially released for PC. However, as of the launch of Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 7, fans have a dedicated native mod manager and toolkit built into the game. This makes the game easier to mod than ever before, and that’s almost certainly why so many players downloaded so many mods as soon as this update became available and was installed on their PCs.

Ready, set, mod

It’s hard to quantify just how many Baldur’s Gate 3 players must have downloaded mods as soon as Patch 7 was settled. The game sold at least 2.5 million copies during early access, and is reported to have sold as many has 10 million copies as of February 2024. If we use this data, then we can say that roughly 10% of the player base downloaded mods for the game within a 24-hour period, but more could have downloaded mods since.

Fans have their own thoughts on Vincke’s revelation. User J0lly-Rancher said, “Are they all mommy and daddy mods? Cuz I was trying to find something that would be cool or useful and couldn’t find anything among all of those so I gave up lol.”

I think Chefpk nails exactly what this patch does for the game, though. “Well, you and your team just gave us a way to play BG3 for the next 5-10 years like we a did with Skyrim. The possibilities are now actually endless.”

It’s true, modders can create all sorts of things for games. I’d expect to see a new essential mod pack come together over the next few weeks, consisting of mods that all PC players feel improve the game and make for the best experience.

Over time, considering Larian Studios is no longer making DLC for Baldur’s Gate 3, who’s to say what modders might create? After fixing Skyrim with mods, modders went on to create all sorts of new quests and content for the game. Fallout modders even made a new entry in a location the main series has never visited. Provided there’s a strong community who wants to play, I can’t see why the mods will ever stop coming.