197K Baldur's Gate 3 Players Defeat Bear-Formed Halsin, Reveal Larian's Anniversary Stats

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Exactly one year (and four days) after the release of version 1.0 of Baldur's Gate 3, developer Larian is celebrating the acclaimed RPG's first anniversary by releasing a bunch of revealing player statistics. Which, among other things, confirm that 30 percent of 30 percent of players who chose to give Halsin sex gave Halsin sex in bear form.

Larian’s newly revealed birthday stats are pretty granular, and I’ll skip over the ones that contain spoilers (as well as the ones that mean absolutely nothing to me because I’m still hopping around the crash site right at the beginning desperately wishing I had more time to play). Instead, let’s talk about the more universal reveals, like the news that 75 million companion kisses have been shared in Baldur’s Gate 3 over the past year, with 27 million of those landing on Shadowheart’s lips, while 15 million have been planted on Astarion’s puckered mouthhole. And at the very bottom of the kissing charts? Poor old Minthara with just 169,937 kisses. Which, let’s be honest, is probably still way above average for most people.

And while we're on the topic of romance, it's worth noting that around 197,000 players chose to fuck Halsin in his now-legendary bear form (out of a total of 658,000 players who danced down O-street with the handsome wood elf druid), while around 407,000 people were up for mind flayer tentacle sex when the opportunity arose. There's absolutely no kink-shaming here.

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In slightly less erotic matters, the Paladin has proven to be the most popular class choice for Baldur's Gate 3 players, being nearly twice as popular as the Cleric at the bottom of the list. As for the most popular race choice, it'll be the Elf, which has been chosen nearly five times more than the Halfling, at the bottom of the list. Elsewhere, Scratch the dog has been petting over 400ft, officially making him the good guy, while 141,660 have attempted to pet His Majesty – and are now, presumably, in the process of scraping his face off the floor. Interestingly, exactly the same number of players have managed to complete Baldur's Gate 3's hardcore Honor mode, so interpret that as you will.

For the most spoiler-filled statistics, you’ll want to head over to Larian’s illuminating series of social media posts, but I think I’d be remiss not to at least leave you with the news that 1.9 million players have turned to cheese. Feta worse than death, really.

Of course, Larian still has a few tricks up its sleeve before it says goodbye to Baldur's Gate 3 for good, with upcoming features including mod support (currently in closed beta), crossplay, a photo mode, gameplay tweaks, and quality-of-life improvements.

As Larian boss Swen Vincke recently confirmed, a Baldur's Gate 4 was briefly considered before the studio opted for something new instead. And while Larian has yet to formally reveal its next project, has confirmed that two games are currently in the works, both based on their own IPs and described by Vincke as “our best work yet.”

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