{"id":12642,"date":"2021-02-14T09:40:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T09:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/baldur-s-gate-3-patch-4-how-to-keep-playing-your-old-save-file"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:16:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:16:41","slug":"baldur-s-gate-3-patch-4-how-to-keep-playing-your-old-save-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/baldurs-gate-3\/baldur-s-gate-3-patch-4-how-to-keep-playing-your-old-save-file","title":{"rendered":"Baldur’s Gate 3 Patch 4: How to keep playing your old save file"},"content":{"rendered":"

Larian Studios has announced that the next update is coming soon to Baldur’s Gate 3 Early Access, titled Patch 4.<\/p>\n

And while this is great news because Larian continues to improve the game, unfortunately, due to the vast amount of changes, this also means that old save files will be incompatible with Patch 4.<\/p>\n

For many players in Early Access (and millions have already bought the game) this means that all their time investment and progress will be lost. And although they were well aware of that risk, knowing that they are playing an early access version of the game which is bound to undergo many changes, it still hurts to see your progress invalidated.<\/p>\n

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Worry not, we have good news! Thanks to the Betas system that Steam offers, it is possible to continue playing your old save even after Patch 4.<\/p>\n

Although you won’t be able to play your old save with Patch 4 due to incompatibility, you will be able to continue playing Patch 3 version of the game with your old save.<\/p>\n

Baldur’s Gate 3: How to continue playing Patch 3 save file<\/h2>\n

Thanks to the Betas function on Steam, you will be able to continue playing on Patch 3 even after Patch 4 releases.<\/p>\n

To continue playing your Patch 3 save files, do as follows:<\/p>\n