TheBaldur’s Gate 3experience changes drastically with friends, even more so with a full party of four people. Everything feels more alive thanks to the individual decisions every player can make, and the combos people can pull off in combat can be very satisfying if done correctly.
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However, this doesn’t come without a catch or two. Players will naturally lose space forBaldur’s Gate 3’sprebuilt companions (unless players choose them as their preferred characters). More importantly, party management will become an issue, as many players have already found out, as swapping characters in a multiplayer campaign doesn’t work the way most would expect.
Updated June 24, 2025:Patch 2 for Baldur’s Gate 3 added a feature that allows players to remove their friends' custom characters from their parties. This guide has been updated to include how to use this new feature.
Can You Remove Custom Characters In Baldur’s Gate 3 Multiplayer?
Unfortunately, there’s no way to boot a friend’s custom character from the party as of Hotfix #4. Once somebody joins and makes their character, they are there to stay forever — at least, this was the case until Larian dropped Patch 2 (more on this below).
Drop-in co-op exists inBaldur’s Gate 3. Players can safely join an existing campaign and create a custom character that will get scaled upto match the host’s power level. However, co-op characters will remain in the party even after the player controlling them leaves. If a totally different player joins mid-campaign, then they’ll have to make a custom character. The host will be forced to return an NPC-controlled Origin character to camp. Otherwise, the new player won’t be able to join.
If a party is full of custom characters and their respective creators log out of the game, the host will be able to control all of them as they would NPCs in a single-player session. Friends who rejoin will automatically regain control over their hero.
As of writing, the only way to remove custom characters is to reload the campaign to the point before it becomes a multiplayer game. Those who started their journey as a party are out of luck, and their best bet is to start a new campaign.
Having a party of four custom characters in single-player mode drastically dilutes theBaldur’s Gate 3experience. The depth of the origin characters is incredible, and players will miss out on a ton of potential interactions if said characters aren’t adventuring with them. At the very least,BG3players can still romance Astarionor any of the other NPC party members, even if they’re playing with a full party of friends.
How to Use Withers' Wardrobe of Wayward Friends
As ofthe release of Patch 2, players will now be able to remove their friends' characters from the partyby speaking with them. A sad yet lore-friendly dialogue option will then pop up, allowing players to send the chosen character back to their camp. This only works if the player who created the custom character is not in the same session.
Tobring back a custom co-op characterinBaldur’s Gate 3,players will need to return to their camp and interact with Withers' Wardrobe of Wayward Friends. This appears as a literal wardrobe where all dismissed custom characters are stored. Interact with a character portrait inside and select the Drop button to bring them back into the game.
Baldur’s Gate 3is available now on PC and PS5.
