World of Warcraft-inspired Baldur’s Gate 3 custom campaign “Forsaken” releases a teaser level you can play right now, with plans for it to grow into the full mod

2025 received off to a cracking begin for individuals who had been hoping Baldur’s Gate 3 modders would create some cool custom campaigns when Larian launched the official instruments for the sport final yr. Now, we’re solely a few days into Feburary, and one in every of these tasks has already been launched in teaser degree kind so that you can give a go.

Alongside the likes of Path To Menzoberranzan, whose creators – we interviewed them just last week – are aiming to launch their very own demo this yr, Forsaken by modder SquallyDaBeanz is without doubt one of the formidable BG3 customized campaigns within the works that is been wowing followers by way of quick YouTube progress showcases.

The excellent news is that it is not simply one thing you may watch and look ahead to, with SquallyDaBeanz having simply uploaded a playable version to Nexus Mods. It isn’t the complete marketing campaign but, however as a substitute a “teaser degree” that is designed to assist its creator “gauge participant curiosity within the setting and this fashion of marketing campaign earlier than investing extra time into the challenge”.

With that full model set to recreate “the Undead beginning zone ‘Tirisfal Glades’ from World of Warcraft (Basic/Vanilla) – although SquallyDaBeanz writes that “being such totally different video games, the method to encounters, quests, loot, and extra needed to be tailored to Baldur’s Gate 3 programs” – this teaser degree spans the “‘Deathknell’ area”. The modder says it is “about 1/eighth of the primary zone” of the complete mod, which can characteristic “the remainder of Tirisfal Glades and its areas, quests, encounters, and extra”.

As of writing, the brand new area you may discover incorporates a single city and dungeon. There is a “new storyline” to interact with via 5 quests to date, with recent NPCs and dialogue, fight encounters, and a celebration camp so that you can chill at whenever you want a break from testing all of that. It sounds such as you’ll not need to carry the bottom sport’s companions with you to relax, although, with the mod being designed to be performed as a solo adventurer, with mates by way of multiplayer, or with a band of hirelings summoned by way of a sarcophagus within the beginning room.

“The following main launch will embody all of Tirisfal Glades as ‘Act 1’,” SquallyDaBeanz writes relating to their future plans, “There are plans past that, however none that I am able to share”. That stated, they’ve included a listing of “deliberate options” within the description, which incorporates the likes of “full NPC dialogue and branching dialog paths”, a “higher Hireling system and mechanics”, and “distinctive Tactician/Honour Mode mechanics and enemies”,

There isn’t any concrete launch date for the complete factor, nevertheless, with the modder writing that they “plan to complete and launch” one other main marketing campaign mod known as ‘The Act Two Expansion‘ that they have been engaged on first earlier than doing any extra work on this challenge. What’s this different mod, you ask? Nicely, it is designed to be an growth of Baldur’s Gate 3’s fundamental story that’ll take Act 2 “past past the Shadowcursed Lands” and “bridge the story and gameplay hole earlier than Tav and the gang attain Baldur’s Gate“.

Yep, BG3 customized marketing campaign wanters, you are consuming good proper now.