The new Baldur’s Gate 3 patch 4 is now available, and the update adds color-blind accessibility options and changes regarding Scratch and other characters. No new gameplay content appears.
The biggest change is the accessibility issue. There are three possible color-blind options in Baldur's Gate 3 after the patch 4 update is applied. When applied, the colors will change for certain UI elements. Larian noted this will apply to characters’ map markers, outlines, and portraits.
Here's the gif showing the differences with the protanopia, deuteranopia, and tritanopia color-blind modes compared to the base Baldur's Gate 3 game.
As for Scratch, the Baldur’s Gate 3 dog has a number of fixes tied to him. One is that his ability to fetch items is adjusted. Also, an issue that meant his ball would disappear is gone.
Here are the full Baldur's Gate 3 patch notes from Steam. Note there are some spoilers.
- You can now dismiss dead avatars to Withers' Wardrobe. Withers will now also explain how the wardrobe works.
- You can now customise hirelings' appearance when recruiting them.
- Color-blind mode: We've added a setting to the Accessibility tab that will allow you to choose protanopia, deuteranopia, or tritanopia. This affects the colours used to distinguish factions and relations: map and minimap icons, portrait frames, and character outlines and circles.
- Refined Scratch's fetch behaviour. He will now fetch... pretty much everything.
- Archfey warlocks now get a choice of cantrip at Level 4 as intended.
- Updated the mechanics of Speak with Dead so that you can cast it again if you didn't ask any questions the first time. (For example, if you're told the corpse doesn't want to speak to its killer, and then you cast the spell again in Wild Shape.)
- At Level 6, Knowledge Domain clerics will now correctly gain 'Channel Divinity: Read Thoughts', Nature Domain clerics will now correctly gain 'Dampen Elements', and Trickery Domain clerics will now correctly gain 'Channel Divinity: Cloak of Shadows'.
- When you purchase a statue from Boney in the circus, you can now choose to make it look like you in full equipment, in camp clothes, or naked.
- Scratch's ball will now be harder to lose. If you lost his ball, go see him at camp and he might give it back. (Ball warranty voided for chasm-related accidents.)
- Added a controller option so that, if you want, you can have the End Turn button require a hold instead of a tap.
- Fixed the Enemy of Justice condition sometimes applying when it shouldn't.
- Fixed an issue where assaulting someone while Invisible would still cause a guard to spot you and start a dialogue with you if there was a civilian nearby.
- Halsin will no longer spontaneously decide it'd be fun to turn into a bear before he talks to you in Act I.
- Added more autosaves in the Shadow-Cursed Lands and to several Wyrm's Crossing and Lower City locations, including the Steel Watch Foundry, Iron Throne, and Rivington.
- Licking the hunk of spider meat in the Gauntlet of Shar might make you sick. You should have listened to Gale.
- You can now read the recipe for the Emperor's favourite soup.
- You can now use sponges and soaps to clean up your party members, removing grime, blood, and bad odors!
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