Baldur’s Gate 3’slatest patch is an absolute whopper,coming in at 30GBand including features such as the ability tohide required dice rolls, analternate Minthara recruitment method, and a whole new epilogue set 6 months after the events of the main campaign. None of that is as important as the discovery we’re focusing on here, as someone has discovered that Larian has made legendary community icon Bing Bong canon in Baldur’s Gate 3.
First discovered and shared on the Baldur’s Gate 3 subreddit by user Wew-lad-, a picture of the player character and Shadowheart show the two talking about the exploits they’ve experienced together on their travels, presumably during the six months of time between the end of the game and the epilogue. Shadowheart mentions that during their time together, they encountered a stray imp called Bing Bong that joined them, making the character canon.
If you’re sitting there wondering who the heck Bing Bong actually is, this part’s for you. Earlier this year, the Baldur’s Gate 3 cast took part in a one-shot D&D campaign, roleplaying as their characters over the course of two streams for High Rollers. During that campaign, Jennifer English (Shadowheart) convinced the party to adopt an imp called Bing Bong who immediately became a fan favorite character, spawning all kinds of memes and fan art.
Wow, Larian is a god tier studio. This is an amazing inclusion that really shows just how much love they put into their content.
Bing Bong met a rather grizzly end, as he was set on fire and thrown at English by Devora Wilde (Lae’zel), cementing the imp as a martyr and a legendary figure in the Baldur’s Gate 3 community. Bing Bong wasswiftly modded into the game itself, withfans and the cast themselves calling for the imp to be added to the gamein a future patch or DLC. It turns out Larian was listening, though Bing Bong is a part of Baldur’s Gate 3 lore in name only.
It’s only a small nod in a huge patch full of exciting additions, but it’s a clear example of how much Larian loves its community, given how quickly Bing Bong was referenced. It’s also a lesson for other developers on how to be in touch with fans, unlike another certain publisher that has recently been going aroundtelling its fans that it’s big spacefaring RPG isn’t actually that boringand that they’re the ones with the problem.
