D&D: Larian Wants You To Delete Your Saves And Uninstall Baldur’s Gate 3 RIGHT NOW

It’s not every day that developers ask you to delete your saves and uninstall your game, and yet, that’s exactly what Larian wants.

Baldur’s Gate 3 launches out of Early Access and into the real world tomorrow. But before you play the full version of one of the biggest cRPGs of the year, developer Larian Studios wants you to do just one thing: delete your in-game saves and uninstall Baldur’s Gate 3.

This is to avoid any unforeseen consequences that may crop up as a result of having the early access saves/game still installed. The news came from an announcement post getting ready for launch. With Early Access underway, there’s no pre-loading, so it looks like August 3rd will be spent downloading the game so you can play it as soon as your other obligations are out of the way/your 122 gb download finishes.

Larian Studios: Uninstall Baldur’s Gate 3, Delete Your In-Game Early Access Saves

Larian has provided a step by step guide to make sure you’re ready for launch day. And to have the smoothest transition, here’s what they recommend:

We’ve taken measures to ensure a smooth transition into the launch version of BG3, but we still recommend deleting your in-game Early Access save files if you still have access to an Early Access version of the game.

Your Early Access saves and player profiles aren’t compatible with the release version of Baldur’s Gate 3, and leaving them in your save folders may in some fringe cases cause issues. Note: simply deleting the game’s save folder may create conflicts when either Steam Cloud or Larian Cloud re-downloads the save files.

1. 1. Open Baldur’s Gate 3.
   2. On the main menu, click Load Game.
   3. Click through old campaigns and select Delete Campaign.

This method will ensure your saves are deleted from your computer as well as from the cloud.

In addition Larian recommends uninstalling the early access version of the game, stating that “having the early access version of Baldur’s Gate 3 installed will not speed up your download of the full game, and could affect your installation of the full game.”

So if you want a smooth transition, may as well start your uninstall now so you can download afresh!

Author: J.R. Zambrano

Bell of Lost Souls Staff Writer and DM, J.R. covers RPGs of all stripes and on occasion eats sandwiches. You can ask him about either at [email protected]