As a reminder to Baldur’s Gate 3 and other Larian Studios games, Larian Studios’s policy and guidelines restrict the selling of fan content. There are five basic rules when it comes to making content for Larian Studios’s games (not limited to Baldur’s Gate 3) and you can find them on the company’s website. The studio may take action against offenders.
The five basic rules for making fan content of Baldur’s Gate 3 and other Larian Studios games are:
- Keep it free.
- Keep it clear it’s fan content.
- Keep it honest.
- Keep it clean
- Keep it legit.
The fourth rule of “Keep it clean” simply means that Larian Studios reserves the right to stop your use of its IP if it deems your content “inappropriate, offensive, damaging, or disparaging.” It isn’t forbidding you from making R-18 content. “Keep it honest” and “Keep it clear it’s fan content” are very similar. The main rule in question is the first one, in which you cannot sell “fan content to any third parties for any type of compensation.”
If you really want to make Baldur’s Gate 3 fan content, you can do so. You simply cannot do it for profit. This would include putting something behind a paywall, or selling items at a convention. For reference, Larian Studios defines “fan content” as “fanart, videos, stories, screenshots, cosplays, mods, or anything else.” Uploading or giving things away for free are both totally alright.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is readily available on the PlayStation 5, macOS, and Windows PC. It will also launch on the Xbox Series X some time in 2023.
