Baldur’s Gate 3 hits its 2nd anniversary with a wild stats drop: from drunk brawls to modded “Big Naturals.”
It’s been two years since Baldur’s Gate 3 officially launched, and Larian Studios is celebrating with a data dump that’s as absurd as it is impressive.
This game didn’t just make waves on release. It built an entire ocean of player stories, ridiculous feats, and community-driven chaos. And now, with millions of players and hundreds of mods in the wild, the devs are peeling back the curtain on what we’ve all actually been doing in Faerûn.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Stats
Only 2.07% of players beat 20 enemies while drunk. That’s not just rare, it’s ridiculous. Most players didn’t even know that was possible. It’s an oddly specific achievement, and it suggests there’s a small but mighty group of in-game party animals who also happen to be tacticians.
Bards had it rough too. Just 1.82% of Steam users managed to earn 100 gold from playing music. PlayStation players pulled slightly ahead at 2.26%. Not a huge lead, but enough to make you wonder if haptic feedback really does make a better bard.
Then you’ve got the masochists. A whopping 4,647 players completed Honour Mode with a Level 1 character. No level ups, just one save slot and no mercy. It’s the kind of challenge that exists purely to break people, and somehow thousands survived it.
Avoiding Gortash’s traps in Wyrm’s Rock is another brutal flex. 3.87% of players pulled it off. Steam players fared a bit better at 4.37%. It’s not quite as flashy as fighting gods in your underwear, but it shows a different kind of mastery: patience and precision.
When it comes to tweaking party members, Shadowheart is the queen of respecs. Nearly 4.9 million players changed her class, most swinging between Life Cleric and Death Cleric builds. Wyll follows with 1.4 million respecs, and Gale clocks in at just over 684k. Poor Minsc? Only 350 players turned him into a Death Domain Cleric.
As for obscure stats: only 598 players adopted a child with Wyll. The internet collectively asked, “Wait, that’s a thing you can do?” And 8.21% of players embraced pure chaos by using enemies as improvised weapons against other enemies.
Modding Madness
Since Patch 7 dropped in September 2024 with full mod support, the community hasn’t looked back. There are now over 265 million mod downloads and counting. That’s not just a few tweaks and skin swaps. That’s full-blown community transformation. More than 8,500 individual mods have been created in less than a year.
And yes, the “Withers Big Naturals” mod exists. Over 250,000 downloads for that one alone. Sometimes you just have to let the internet be the internet.
Beyond the memes, mods have added serious replayability. Players are tweaking combat systems, expanding spells, overhauling character visuals, and creating whole new roleplay experiences. Modding has turned BG3 from a massive RPG into a sandbox for whatever story or setup players want.
Two Years of Growth
Let’s not forget how this all started. Before its full release, BG3 spent nearly a year in Early Access. That phase was a full-on development collaboration with the player base. Larian used that time to rewrite entire characters (Wyll being the most famous example), refine mechanics, and polish dialogue and quest flow.
By the time the game officially launched, it already had momentum. Then it exploded. Since August 2023, it’s sold over 15 million copies, consistently sat near the top of RPG tier lists, and won a flood of Game of the Year awards.
What kept it fresh? Smart support. Larian didn’t just squash bugs. They kept building. New features, better UI, cutscene reworks, class tweaks. The April 2025 update added a photo mode and 12 new subclasses. They felt like gifts to players who were still experimenting with new builds and group comps.
What Comes Next?
So what does the future hold? According to CEO Swen Vincke, whatever’s next isn’t Baldur’s Gate 4. That chapter is done, and the team opted not to chase DLC either, calling it the “boring option.”
Instead, they’re building something entirely new. Vincke hinted it would be fun, different, and worth the wait. He shared a bit more on X, calling BG3 “life changing” and teasing that their next project will be “loads of fun—in a surprising way.”