While not entirely bug-free at the time of writing, Baldur’s Gate 3 multiplayer and coop mode is relatively seamless. There is multiplayer co-operative gameplay in Baldur’s Gate 3, allowing you to adventure with your friends and have them join the online party, because Dungeons and Dragons wouldn’t be what it is without multiple bad ideas bouncing off one another. Detailed information about Baldur’s Gate 3 multiplayer can be found in our guide below.
Baldur’s Gate 3 makes multiplayer with friends relatively easy. You can select “Multiplayer” from the main menu, where you can either join another player’s game or create your own game and lobby that others can join. The game now allows random players to join in, rather than only friends.
If the host allows it, players can also join a single-player game in progress. You can invite friends and assign different characters and party members to different people by pausing the game and selecting “Session” from the pause menu. All Baldur’s Gate 3 classes can be customized based on your preferences, which is good.
Multiple Player: How Does It Work?
- Rather than importing your own party members, you take over the members of an ongoing single-player game.
- When you make your own multiplayer game from scratch, you’re not reliant on controlling one of Baldur’s Gate 3’s companions.
- It’s up to the characters to do what they want. There is no requirement that you stay near each other or take the same actions, although collaborating is the best way to survive.
- It is possible for others to suggest choices if one character starts a dialogue. Dialogue is controlled by the person who started it, but others can mark what they think is best and what they would pick.
- Splitscreen and local co-op are not available at the time of writing, though you can connect via LAN.
- Competitive mode is not available. Technically, there’s nothing stopping you from firing Firebolts at each other, but this is a collaborative game, so attacking or outdoing one another is not rewarded.
Despite being early access, multiplayer is still pretty buggy, but things should improve as we approach and pass the final release. As Baldur’s Gate 3 moves to more platforms, cross-play will also be available.