"Baldur's Gate 3 Hotfix 17: Gale's Attitude Adjustment and Bug Fixes"

TL;DR
Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian released Hotfix 17, addressing Gale's magic item addiction by making him less likely to leave the party if not given magic items, along with improvements to savegame handling and warnings about mod compatibility. The hotfix also includes fixes for visual artifacts, savegame compression, combat issues, and UI problems.
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- Baldur's Gate 3 Removes Bug Causing Gale To Permanently Leave Camp TheGamer
- Baldur's Gate 3 Releases Hotfix Update 17 GameRant
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