Divinity: Original Sin II v3.0.150.188 Patch Live

Larian Studios continues to work on their latest RPG Divinity: Original Sin II post-release, and as a result, a new patch for the game is now available. As with the previous one, this latest patch addresses a great deal of assorted issues that range from skills not working as intended to journal entries not being clear enough. You can check out the link above to see the full patch notes, or read the patch highlights below:

Hi everybody!

Our latest update is filled to the brim with updates and fixes reported to us by the community. We want to stress how much we appreciate your feedback. We are doing our best to get as many fixes out you as we possibly can.

We’ve updated the story to include Tarquin’s questline update for existing savegames, and we’ve added many journal updates for the more creative solutions some of you have found. It never ceases to amaze us what some of you can accomplish with system mechanics and a dash of creativity.

Next to a long list of bug fixes, several issues that you reported via our support channels and feedback tool have been fixed.

We’ve also included updates to gameplay, balancing, modding, GM mode, and the Editor (your handy dandy modding tool).

Keep reading for a full list of changes to the game, and follow this link to see what’s new in the Editor.

Some of the highlights for this patch include:

• A “Pick up and send to wares” and “Steal and add to wares” option in the context menu of world items.
• Several journal entries have been made clearer to the player when the quest is automatically ended for whatever reason.
• Added several items and related journal updates to improve links between certain NPCs and story lines.
• A bunch of new effects to ensure certain important dialog options stand out more.
• You can now examine an enemy, even when it’s not your turn!
• Multi-region levels now supported in the GM mode.

The Larian Team

Improvements and changes

• Improved several journal entries to be clearer to the player if quests get closed automatically
• Added several items and related journal updates to improve links between certain NPCs and story lines
• Journal update XP gains are now shown alongside the corresponding update
• Improved performance in very specific locations, related to items being equipped by players or NPCs
• Added “Pick up and send to wares” and “Steal and add to wares” in context menu of world items
• Increased prices of unique weapons sold in Arx
• Added missing weapon skills to unique two-handed weapons
• Flaming Crescendo should now correctly receive bonus damage from Intelligence
• Using the Equalise skill is now a hostile action
• Skills from items now correctly respect weapon requirements
• Reactive shot no longer deals damage on casting
• You can now enter Sneak mode after activating the Play Dead skill
• Added several new effects to make important dialog moments stand out more
• Adjusted Meistr’s Vault so that it gives a ritual dagger and ritual bowl each time the player opens it, if the player does not have it in his inventory
• Improved detection for being able to flee from combat
• Skill preview trajectory should now be more accurate when fighting certain enemies
• Improved landing position of Backlash skill
• Blessing an electrified steam cloud now results in a blessed steam cloud
• Blood Totem is now immune to Decaying status
• Improved AI behavior that was leading to skipped turns incorrectly
• Partial Action Points, after moving a small amount, are now saved correctly
• Added several new icons
• Framed Frost runes and Framed Thunder runes now have the correct bonuses
• Fixed several crafting recipes that incorrectly required very specific items or gave incorrect results
• Items dragged from equipment slot to inventory are now placed in the correct slot
• You can now examine an enemy, even when it is not your turn
• Roses increase Wits when consumed
• When stealing a container, cost of its contents should be added to the cost of the container
• Demonic Tutelage and Flaming Tongues now attack enemies until their duration runs out instead of only attacking first three enemies
• Charm is now cleared when the charmer dies
• Charm is now cleared from summons when the owner is uncharmed
• Updated several skill tooltips to take into account extra modifiers
• Updated several audio effects
• Temporarily allied NPCs no longer have crime investigation behaviors about the crimes they helped commit
• Henchmen now correctly have Source skills depending on where the player is in the storyline
• Gratiana now sells back Soul Jars from other NPCs if the player gave them to her
• End game Arena combat was made clearer to the player. Arena combatants are now clearly marked and they will target each other first
• Updated Empyreo the Stalwart’s stats and abilities
• Outlines now include corpses
• Added player feedback when being Enwebbed, Crippled, Entangled or Encumbered
• Improved Inner Demon, Demonic Tutelage and Terrify visual effects