The way to change controllable companions in co-op

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Whereas taking part in Baldur’s Gate 3 with a buddy, you’ll quickly notice that sure gamers have management over completely different NPC get together members. With two-player co-op, you possibly can have two NPC companions, and with three pals taking part in directly, you possibly can have one. However what if you wish to swap who will get management over which get together member? Let’s go over the right way to change controllable companions throughout a co-op Baldur’s Gate 3 playthrough.

The way to assign companions to gamers in Baldur’s Gate 3 multiplayer co-op

The sport gained’t let you know outright how to do that, however I can promise you it’s attainable. How one can change your controllable companions in Baldur’s Gate 3 co-op is thru the menu display screen. Whilst you’re in your multiplayer co-op sport, any participant can press the ‘Esc’ key, then choose ‘Session‘.

On this Session display screen, you possibly can decide and select which gamers have full management over particular NPC companions. You’ll be able to solely have 4 characters in a single get together, in order acknowledged earlier than, you’ll both have two or much less companions accessible to manage in co-op. You’re free to recruit each companion, however you’re nonetheless caught to the max get together dimension.

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To change the controllable companions, simply click on the arrow buttons to swap them round. Every participant has a column to suit any companion they’ll management. By management, I imply they may observe your individual character round in Group mode, and so they’re controllable out and in of fight. If that companion’s flip arrives in fight, solely you possibly can management them, not any of your folks.

Swapping out for a brand new companion works the identical method because it does in single-player. Head to camp, inform your companion they need to keep, then ask a brand new companion to hitch you. They need to routinely assign to your management, and in the event that they don’t, you now know the right way to repair that.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is out there on Steam.