[STEAM] Baldur's Gate 3 Players Download More Than 50 Million Mods, Including 10,000 That Rename Withers 'Bone Daddy'

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Baldur's Gate 3 players have downloaded more than 50 million mods in less than two months, including 10,000 that renamed Withers "Bone Daddy."

Developer Larian Studios shared the milestone in an

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, saying the feat had been achieved in the time since

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on September 5. This means traditional mods created outside of the Patch 7 modding tool aren't counted in the 50 million figure, so the actual number will be much, much higher.

"Together, you've downloaded more than 50 million mods since Patch 7 introduced modding support," Larian said. "Apparently 10,000 of those downloads were you renaming Withers to Bone Daddy. So, uh, glad we could facilitate that."

Modding the beloved Dungeons & Dragons based role-playing game appears to be snowballing in popularity, as

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. More than double that amount has since been downloaded in basically the same amount of time.

Mods released so far include

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to the otherwise turn-based RPG and another that brought entire new maps to Faerûn,

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Patch 7 otherwise added official content including

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and a

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. Players will also be relieved to hear that

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, IGN said: "With crunchy, tactical RPG combat, a memorable story with complex characters, highly polished cinematic presentation, and a world that always rewards exploration and creativity, Baldur's Gate 3 is the new high-water mark for CRPGs."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

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