An ambitious Baldur's Gate 3 custom campaign mod's first build is up and running, and its devs are teasing demo news soon

Path to Menzoberranzan is connected the close path

For a small portion now, a radical of Baldur's Gate 3 modders person been moving connected adding a customized escapade to the RPG that'll spot you question to Minthara's hometown via immoderate locations you'll retrieve from erstwhile Baldur’s Gate games. It's called Path to Menzoberranzan, and its devs person present gotten thir archetypal physique working, with demo-related quality seemingly conscionable astir the corner.

I interviewed Lotrich and Tomobamba, the mod's task pb and pb writer, astir their instauration earlier this year, astir the clip they'd acceptable their sights connected releasing a demo successful mid 2025, with a afloat merchandise to travel astatine immoderate constituent down the enactment depending connected however that went. Since past they've been hard astatine enactment gathering and fleshing retired the likes of customized locations, bosses, and a full formed of caller companions.

In the latest monthly advancement update connected Path to Menzoberranzan's Discord server, Lotrich pb disconnected by announcing that the squad had gotten their "first moving build" up and running. "We’ve made large strides connected the starting location," helium wrote, "The physique includes combat, dialogues, companions, and a portion of the communicative to dive into. We're not sharing it to nationalist access, yet, but it volition supply a coagulated instauration for our archetypal demo successful the future."

With the FAQ of the server inactive citing a January station astir that mid 2025 demo merchandise goal, and the calendar having present shuffled astir to June, I reached retired to Lotrich to spot if helium had immoderate updates to connection demo-wise. The modder was keen to support his cards adjacent to his chest, but did tease that the team's keeping immoderate demo-related quality "under wraps conscionable a small longer".

Moving backmost to the updates the PTM unit did share, Lotrich noted that they're "deep into probe connected implementing customized music". They've besides been moving connected some caller armour and 3D models for the mod's companions, who'll beryllium a caller formed of afloat voice-acted faces, alternatively than the existing pack of Astarion, Shart, and the rest.

The modder added that "reorganizing the teams to streamline our workflow and marque collaboration smoother for everyone" has been a focus, portion PTM's PR squad person been prepping "new types of videos to amended showcase our progress, visuals, and behind-the-scenes efforts".

Up to this point, the looks that we've gotten astatine Path to Menzobarranzan's advancement person travel done screenshots and YouTube videos Lotrich has been sharing each truthful often. There've been immoderate absorbing snippets of characters wandering astir Athkatla, with the modders having told maine successful that chat earlier this twelvemonth that their purpose with the demo would beryllium to present an explorable Waukeen's Promenade and Irenicus' Dungeon.

We'll person to spot what the mod looks similar erstwhile a playable version's out. The basal mentation of Baldur's Gate 3's an incredibly pugnacious enactment to travel for anyone, but it's been chill to spot these modders and others trying analyzable worldly with the modding tools Larian released past year.