Patch 8 warlock
Hexblade arrived with Patch 8 on 15 April 2025, Larian's final major content patch. It is one of the twelve new subclasses.
A later row on the patch-notes list, dated 29 September 2026, has no hotfix number. The subclass features below are the Patch 8 ones.
Patch 8, released 15 April 2025, is the final major content patch. The new subclasses include Hexblade for warlock.
bg3.wiki's patch-notes list gives 29 September 2026 the client version 4.1.1.7631656 and does not assign that row a hotfix number. Patch 8 itself is client 4.1.1.6758295.
Level 1: the bound weapon and the curse
Hex Warrior adds proficiency with medium armour, shields, and martial weapons. Bind Hexed Weapon binds your main-hand weapon. The damage becomes magical, you are proficient with it, and attacks with it use Charisma. You can have one pact weapon at a time.
Hexblade's Curse is a bonus action, out to 18 m / 60 ft, and it returns on a short rest. Damage rolls against the cursed target add your proficiency bonus. The number you need for a critical hit against that target drops by 1. If the target dies, you regain hit points equal to your warlock level plus your Charisma modifier. The curse lasts 10 turns.
A hit with the bound weapon can apply the curse on its own. That roll is a d20 with no modifiers and needs 17 or higher. It does not refresh a curse that is already on the target.
Hexblade is a warlock subclass released in Patch 8 on 15 April 2025. Level 1 Hex Warrior grants medium armour, shields, and martial weapons, plus Bind Hexed Weapon.
Bind Hexed Weapon uses an action. The bound weapon's damage is magical and uses Charisma. You can have only one pact weapon at a time. A hit can apply Hexblade's Curse on a d20 roll of 17 or higher, with no modifiers, and that hit will not refresh a curse already on the target.
Hexblade's Curse is a bonus action, range 18 m / 60 ft, and it recharges on a short rest. Damage rolls against the target add your proficiency bonus, your critical-hit number against the target drops by 1, and a kill restores hit points equal to your warlock level plus your Charisma modifier. The condition lasts 10 turns.
Level 5, level 6, and level 10
At warlock level 3, choose a pact. Pact of the Blade is the one whose Deepened Pact grants an Extra Attack at warlock level 5. That Extra Attack works with the hexed weapon.
On Explorer, Balanced, and Tactician, the pact Extra Attack stacks with Extra Attack from barbarian, fighter, monk, paladin, or ranger. On Honour Mode it does not stack. Two martial Extra Attacks never stack, on any difficulty. The breakpoints page is that rule.
At Hexblade level 6, Accursed Spectre is a reaction. When a cursed creature dies, you can raise a spectre from it for 10 turns. The corpse's size picks a Feeble, Mundane, or Primordial spectre. Constructs, elementals, oozes, plants, and undead do not qualify.
At Hexblade level 10, Armour of Hexes is a reaction. When a creature that carries your curse attacks you, it can cancel that attack. The chance is 50%.
A pact slot is the highest spell level you can cast. A lower-level warlock spell is upcast into that slot, and a short rest gives the slots back.
Deepened Pact arrives at warlock level 5. Pact of the Blade grants an Extra Attack with the pact weapon. The Hexblade's hexed weapon also works for that Extra Attack. Outside Honour Mode the pact Extra Attack stacks with a martial Extra Attack. On Honour Mode it does not.
Two martial Extra Attacks never stack. Action Surge still feeds Extra Attack on Honour Mode.
Accursed Spectre is a reaction learned from the level 6 feature. It raises a spectre for 10 turns from a fallen cursed target and does not work on constructs, elementals, oozes, plants, or undead.
Armour of Hexes arrives at Hexblade level 10. When a creature cursed with Hexblade's Curse attacks you, the feature can nullify the attack as a reaction. The chance is 50%.
Warlock spell slots come back on a short rest. They match the highest spell level the warlock can cast, and a lower-level warlock spell is upcast into that slot.
Stay pure, or dip a Charisma class
A pure Hexblade takes all 12 levels in warlock. Feats land at warlock 4, 8, and 12. The spectre at 6 and Armour of Hexes at 10 stay on that path.
Paladin shares Charisma and brings Divine Smite. Sorcerer shares Charisma and brings metamagic. On Honour Mode the pact Extra Attack does not stack with a paladin or fighter Extra Attack. The paladin-and-sorcerer page follows one smite split from level 1.
Withers rebuilds the split for 100 gold. Race, background, and appearance stay.
Feats arrive at class levels 4, 8, and 12.
A Hexblade guide lists a pure Hexblade, a paladin mix, and a sorcerer mix as the common directions. Both mixes share Charisma with the warlock.
Withers charges 100 gold to return a character to level 1 and rebuild class and ability scores. Race, background, and appearance stay.
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