Larian Studios' Fan Content Policy
LARIAN STUDIOS' FAN CONTENT POLICY
Last updated: 31 July 2025
We greatly value interaction with our community, and our team loves to discover the unique & wonderful content that you create every day, whether it’s fan art, videos, stories, screenshots, cosplays, mods, or anything else (collectively “Fan Content”).
This policy serves to clarify and specify the permissions we grant you regarding Fan Content. It in no way seeks to amend, change or render invalid our other agreements with you, in particular Larian Studios' terms of use, e.g., EULAs of our games.
In general, we’re lenient about what’s allowed, but before you share your content with the community, we need to set some boundaries in order to protect our own interests and keep our community safe for all. We have separated the policy into three main parts, depending on the Fan Content you want to create: 1. Creative Work, 2. Audiovisual Content, and 3. Modding. At the end of this policy, under 4. Common rules, you will find some general rules that apply to all types of Fan Content.
Additional or separate terms may apply to Fan Content or types of Fan Content you make for some of our games. Please refer to those terms as applicable. In particular, separate terms apply to Fan Content for the game Baldur’s Gate 3. If you’re interested in making Fan Content for BG3, please refer to the BG3 Fan Content Terms, not the terms of this Policy.
Navigation:
1. Creative Work
2. Audiovisual Content
3. Modding
3. Common rules
1. Creative Work
1.1. Definition
“Creative Work” refers to any works you create using or incorporating elements of Larian Studios’ Intellectual Property (“Larian Studios IP”) (such as code, themes, characters, names, stories, dialogue, locations, artwork, sounds, music, and visual effects) that are not Audiovisual Content or Mods as defined in Sections 2 and 3 of this Policy, respectively. Creative Work includes, but is not limited to, fan art, fanfiction, and cosplays.
1.2. Ownership
Every part of your Creative Work must be your own original work or you must have obtained the necessary permissions to use such part.
- To the extent that your Creative Work is your own original work, it is your property.
- For clarity, if your Creative Work includes or is derived from any Larian Studios IP, all rights, title and interest in and to this intellectual property remain with Larian Studios.
1.3. License
By sharing your Creative Work with us, distributing it or making it otherwise available to the public, you grant us a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use and exploit it in any way we see fit in order to allow us to share how our fans interact with the games we make, including reproducing it, displaying it, distributing it and communicating it to the public.
Additionally, to the extent permissible by applicable law, you agree to refrain from invoking any moral rights or similar rights you might have in your Creative Work against how Larian Studios or its partners use your work. However, in any and all cases in which we use your Creative Work, we will try to attribute it to you as its author if such attribution can be made with reasonable effort.
1.4. Profiting from your Creative Work
While we prefer Creative Work to remain free and accessible for all, there may be special circumstances where we are okay with you selling, licensing, distributing or otherwise transferring or exploiting your Creative Work for money or other benefits. These circumstances include:
- Accepting commissions to create Creative Work on individual request as a small business;
- Selling your Creative Work, such as prints or stickers, during conventions, exhibitions etc. as a small business;
- Asking for voluntary donations to support your work.
For clarity, we consider you a small business if you are operating under tax simplified or exempt regimes in your local jurisdiction, such as—but not limited to—hobby sellers in the United States, micro-entrepreneurs in France, or Kleingewerbetreibende in Germany. Please understand that if we become aware of your commercial activities, we may request documentation to verify that your use of our content remains within the permitted scope. This may include, but is not limited to, proof of your tax status, evidence of registration under a simplified business regime, or other relevant documentation that reflects the scale and nature of your operations. You agree to cooperate with such requests and to provide the requested information accurately and without undue delay.
We ask that you use your own best judgment in determining whether your case falls under these circumstances. If you are unsure, you can contact us via community@larian.com.
Circumstances under which you may exploit your Creative Work for money or other benefits expressly do not include digital or physical entrepreneurial sales or other transactions. They also do not include the sale of items that feature direct reproductions of original Larian Studios IP.
2. Audiovisual Content
2.1. Definition
“Audiovisual Content” refers to livestreams or videos you record of yourself and/or others playing Larian Studios games and upload on digital platforms such as YouTube and Twitch to share with others.
2.2. Ownership
Every part of your Audiovisual Content must be your own original work or you must have obtained the necessary permissions to use such part.
- To the extent that your Audiovisual Content is your own original work, it is your property.
- For clarity, all rights, title and interest in and to any audiovisual elements of Larian Studios’ games shown in your Audiovisual Content remain with Larian Studios.
2.3. License
By making an Audiovisual Work publicly available, you grant Larian Studios and its partners all necessary rights and clearances to use your Audiovisual Work. This includes a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use and exploit it in any way we see fit in order to allow us to share how our fans interact with the games we make, including reproducing it, displaying it, distributing it and communicating it to the public.
Additionally, to the extent permissible by applicable law, you agree to refrain from invoking any rights of personality including, but not limited to name, image and likeness rights, as well as moral rights or similar rights you might have in your Audiovisual Work against how Larian Studios or its partners use your work.
2.4. Profiting from your Audiovisual Content
We do not allow you to sell or license your Audiovisual Content to any third parties for any type of compensation. In particular, we do not condone you restricting access to your Audiovisual Content behind a paywall. However, you are free to take advantage of sponsorships, ad revenue, and donations to support your work — so long as:
- You don’t use a sponsor that would be harmful to Larian Studios’ image, like endorsing offensive or polarizing sponsors;
- You make it clear (verbally or visually) that they are acting as a sponsor only;
- You do not associate Larian Studios with your sponsor in any way; and
- The sponsoring does not interfere with the community’s access to your Audiovisual Content.
We ask that you use your own best judgment in determining whether your case falls under these circumstances. If you are unsure, you can contact us via community@larian.com.
3. Modding
3.1. Definition
“Modding” or “Mod/s” refers to modifications of Larian Studios games including, but not limited to, new items, weapons, characters, models, textures, etc.
3.2. Ownership
Every part of your Mods including but not limited to audio, code, assets, or visual elements (except for toolkits) must be your own original work or you must have obtained the necessary permissions to use such part.
- To the extent that your Mods are your own original work, they are your property.
- To the extent that any part of your Mod includes or is derived from Larian Studios IP, you agree that all intellectual property rights therein, whether registered or not, are owned by Larian Studios.
3.3. License
By making a mod publicly available, you grant Larian Studios and its partners all necessary rights and clearances to use your mod. This includes an irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, display, distribute, or otherwise exploit any mod in any way we see fit for the game.
Additionally, to the extent permissible by applicable law, you agree to refrain from invoking any moral rights or similar rights you might have in your mods against how Larian Studios or its partners use your mods.
3.4. Profiting from your Mods
Mods must remain free and accessible for all. That means that you will not sell, rent, lease, license, distribute or otherwise transfer or exploit your Mods for money or other benefits. As an exception to this rule, you may profit from your Mods in the following ways:
- Accepting commissions to create Mods on individual request, if the mods are also made available to the general public;
- Asking for voluntary donations to support your work.
We ask that you use your own best judgment in determining whether your case falls under these circumstances. If you are unsure, you can contact us via community@larian.com.
4. Common rules
4.1. Larian Studios and Third-Party IP
Respect Larian Studios IP, and also that of other companies.
- Don’t use Larian Studios’ logos and trademarks without written consent from us.
- Don’t tinker with the legal notices in our creations. If the Larian Studios IP you are incorporating into your Fan Content already has copyright, trademark, or other notices existing within it, don’t remove them.
- If using another company’s IP in your work in addition to Larian Studios’, it is your responsibility to follow that other company’s rules and guidelines, and to ensure you have the right to use their IP.
- Do not steal the work of others, be respectful of others’ content and contributions. If we learn that your Fan Content also includes other people’s IP (example: crossovers/mashups) without their permission, we may require you to take it down.
In addition to this Policy, your use of any Larian Studios IP must also comply with any other applicable Larian Studios' terms of use, e.g., the EULAs of our games.
4.2. No Larian Studios endorsement
Fan Content is not commissioned by Larian Studios, it is unofficial content. When sharing your creations, don’t create confusion about the nature of your work. Make sure it’s clear that your content is not commissioned or sponsored by Larian Studios and do not untruthfully state or suggest that you and/or your Fan Content are in any way endorsed by, affiliated with or approved by Larian Studios.
4.3. Content restrictions
It’s your Fan Content, so you are solely responsible for it and may be held liable for any Fan Content which you create and make publicly available.
By making your Fan Content publicly available, you warrant and represent to Larian Studios that it does not contain any elements that can be considered discriminatory, racist, obscene, libelous, offensive, illegal, defamatory, inappropriate, invasive, or likely to affect the reputation and goodwill of Larian Studios and its affiliates.
You further warrant and represent that it does not contain any corrupted data or other content that contains malicious code or in any way damages or interferes with the operation of Larian Studios games.
4.4. Community safety and termination
We take our community’s safety seriously. Any content or behavior that makes Larian Studios, its employees, or other players feel unwelcome or unsafe does not belong here.
Larian Studios reserves the right to suspend access to or terminate the license for any Fan Content at any time and for any reason, including when we think your use is inappropriate, offensive, damaging, or disparaging.
If you breach any of the rules in this Fan Content Policy, you shall automatically lose all rights to create and publish Fan Content, without notice. However, Larian Studios will still have the right to use any Fan Content you created and published as per the license granted to us herein.
4.5. Restrictions on the use of generative AI
Do not prompt or train generative AI tools using Larian Studios IP or otherwise try to recreate Larian Studios IP with generative AI tools to create Fan Content.
This includes, but is not limited to, imitating, mimicking, or replicating the voices or performances of voice actors in Larian Studios games or any real individuals without their explicit, written consent including voice swapping, deepfaking, and any other form of voice replication. It also extends to extracting audio data from the game files for any machine learning purposes and synthesizing new dialogue using actors’ voices as training material.
4.6. Miscellaneous
Larian Studios reserves the right to amend or modify this Fan Content Policy at any time, in any manner subject only to proper publication of such changes on our website.
4.7. Languages
For all purposes, this English language version of the Fan Content Policy shall be the original, governing instrument and understanding of the parties. In the event of any conflict between this English language version and any translation made available by Larian Studios, the English language version shall govern and control.
4.8. Contact us
If you have any questions or the Fan Content you want to make isn’t covered by this Policy, contact us via community@larian.com. We’ll reply back as soon as we can. Please understand that if you don’t hear from us, it does not mean we approve of your requested use of Larian Studios’ IP.