LONEWOLF Challenge | Can You Beat Baldurs Gate 3 Solo | ACT 1
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- čas přidán 23. 10. 2023
- Hey, Xasra here! If you're into intense challenges, deep strategy, and nail-biting gameplay, you've come to the right place. Ever wondered what Baldurs Gate 3 would look like with just ONE character battling the odds? Let's find out together! SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON to follow this epic solo journey!
This my first time trying this style of video, and I've learned a lot of things through adobe premiere and mechanics of Baldur's Gate 3. If you guys do enjoy this style of content, feel free to leave a comment on what other challenge runs I could do. I'm currently planning on doing my first Dark Urge playthrough once I finish this run for all three acts of the game, and would love to have you join me.
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Welcome to my "Lone Wolf" challenge run of Baldurs Gate 3! With 5 years of D&D experience backing me up, I'm taking on BG3 with a twist: just one character. No party, no back-up, just pure strategy and a dash of luck (and some save-scumming).
Join me, Xasra, as I navigate the treacherous terrain and powerful foes of this iconic game, relying solely on my knowledge of RPG mechanics and the skills I've honed over the years. Whether you're here for intense gameplay, strategic insights, or to see if I'll actually pull this off, there's content here for every gaming enthusiast.
I'll be sharing highlight reels of the most heart-stopping moments, tutorials on how I strategize my solo runs, and my insights on how Baldur's Gate 3 holds up for such a unique challenge.
Follow XasraVA on Twitch for even more nail-biting gameplay, and let me know in the comments how you think this solo adventure will unfold.
Challenge accepted!
Music Used - Various Persona Songs, Undertale, Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Mods List - Native Mod Loader, Dice Set Expansion, No More Dirt And Blood, Unvisual Volo's Eye, Basket of Equipment, Aether's Black Dye, Improved UI, BG3 Mod Fixer, Sneak Attack Fixed (reaction), 5eSpells, Graviturgy Subclass, Chronurgy Subclass, Cleric Subclasses, Blood Hunter class, Artificer class, Tutorial Chest Summoning, Tav's Hairpack, New Character Creation presets, Horns of Faerun, Half Illithid w/out black veins and etc, Faces of Faerun, Customizer - Standalone, Vessnelle's Hair Collection 1&2, Improved UI Assets, LSLib/Divine Tool, and Artificer 5e Spells Addon. (All run through Vortex Launcher)
#Xasra #LoneWolfRun #gameplayChallenge - Hry
Hey guys, glad you watched my video! This is a new style im trying, and took a lot of effort to make (though it can be improved). If you enjoyed, comment what other videos you'd like to see (explanations, in depth guides etc). And be sure to like and Subscribe! I'm trying to hit 1000 subscribers by the end of the year, so I hope we can do it 😎
That was fun.
When I told the githyanki goddess to go screw herself, the game said "game over" and I had to load a save. That's what was BS. I played through with a skill monkey to get the most out of the game. But I would have liked to play as my fav, the Druid. This game is too long and annoying to do again. DOS 2 was better gameplay.
I love these vids man, you're funny and you know what you're doing. Its really cool to see your strategies and how you improvise on the fly, great vids 10/10
i reckon you did it
You should make a video on how you made the character in character creation.
The number of times I've rolled a critical miss with advantage in this game is truly accursed.
life is pain :(
Istg it's always when you haven't saved your game for like an hour too
@burger9788 FACTS. I thought my luck was just ass for a while, but after I started doing an actual full save and reloading it every so often it got SO much better.
I roll ones more often than fights I’ve encountered.
Are you using "Karmic Dice"? They make combat a lot harder but make save scumming dialogue a lot easier.
And that's how we learned BG3 isn't about whether or not you can kill everyone on your own, but about the friends you make along the way.
And the friends you ignore the whole game
23:02 Quicksave in case of accidentally getting laid, certified gamer moment.
I loved his analogy for the bulletproof vest and darkness comparison. Why? Because the fact that knives do go through those vests due to the knife being pointy lol
There’s always an export lol
@@mr.ghilie9797 XD
Literally just paused to make this comment XD
Hence the stab rating and the spike rating
Its not nearly as effective at piercing a vest when being thrown though.
i just want to say, the fact that you can meet all the origin character in the 'town' area even though you did not accept them in your party is amazing.
After watching this video, I immediately started a new dark urge play through with the same rules. 22 hours in, loving my evil as hell Gloom Stalker. Cheers mate great video ^^
Gloom stalkers are awesome! Especially for single character runs.
"Gloom Stalker"
Fredd : Let's see who's behind this mask
"Stealth Archer"
That's what I always joke with my friend with his Rogue Ranger
FYI, there's actually nothing preventing you from long resting with Halsin as a temporary ally. You can just tell him to wait, and he will rejoin you after the long rest.
Voiceover Xasra: casually describing the various scenarios of act one mechanics and encounters
Actual Xasra: yeah so I cast darkness and pushed them lol, feel free to try it yourself.
So yeah this video is hilarious and I love your editing style, it makes a bunch of content really quick and manageable. I can’t wait to see the next parts!
If you destroy every living thing in the Githyanki creche you can get pretty powerful gear from it. Up until I did that I was struggling man, so to finish the game solo is impressive to me. Remember to bring a certain Hag to her knees and make her beg, she will note your ABILITY and get your POINT. Don't be afraid of Volo, it's hard to SEE why but sometimes things are INVISIBLE to us.
27:30 Although we understand and agree with your point, that is not a great analogy. Bulletproof vests are made of ballistic fabric and knives will actually cut through them fairly easily.
Your character actually looks so good, whole reason I clicked this video. Makes me want to play the game again just to make a cool looking character
Are those horns moded? Or real? Cuz I like them 😢
@@Au_n1 They are mods. Horns of Faerun mod is the one he is using.
@ZavernKY what about the face? I can't quite find one that matches.
Default customization is ass in bg3 so you'll need mods
Man love this!! Your character is so beautiful and your jokes had me rolling! Please do a part 2! I need to know what happens next!
I hope that for the next expansion or BG4 Larian will add an AI that checks if you're placing explosive barrels next to bosses and make the character react to it, or ask you what are you doing.
they know when you drop an explosive for the quest where you clear the rubble, so they've already programmed the behavior into the game funnily enough enough
@@JoshuaClassified i put a boom barrel next to someone.. then i tried to move it a bit and dude thought i was stealing so he put the barrel in his pocket and i got in trouble... then i realized he stole my stolen barrel lol
@@H0LYTAC0 LOL, I wonder if NPCs have a carry weight and if you can make them take enough to be encumbered.
@@JoshuaClassified that would be hilarious 😂
@@JoshuaClassifiedidk about weight but i have made enemies screw themselves a lot using their inventory with the anti magic flowers
Dude your editing and ingenuity are top notch. Excellent stuff.
What is this? A lone wolf run done well actually keeping reasonable rules? Without difficulty changing mods? Incredible
The only mod I might do eventually is Tactician Plus, just to make sure I suffer :)
Nice vid, been thinking about doing a solo run myself, probably bardlock. Being able to throw items into darkness maxes sense, you can see the smoke cloud. If you had a legion of archers you'd just command them to fire into the darkness until the caster died. Rather then a glitch/bug I think its more of an accuracy by volume tactic.
best music used the persona soundtrack was spot on for the grym fight especially the nature of it using something completely different than doing damage to win honestly great video
I really like that at 4:25 you're standing next to fire, but you still took the time to pull out a candle to dip your crossbow XD! My kind of guy!
Your tiefling is so freaking cute! Watching this was a joy and now I want to do my own lonewolf playthrough >.
Glad this popped up on my feed, I highly enjoyed it
Glad you enjoyed it, I can't wait to play Act 2
When you get the runepowder vial, if you are fast enough, you can actually kill the NPC before they despawn to loot their body and claim the entire barrel, that does 40-150 force damage on explosion. Incredibly OP
First time to channel I just finished my second play through on Tactician with Dark Urge . I love how you explained the crit chances 😂
great video ! I was tinkering with the idea of a solo rogue-thief/warlock-pact of the blade. Figure can do all face party stuff and tackle traps/locks and still be able to use the OP darkness/devil sight plus the extra attacks/bonus actions might be helpful. Also thinking of going drow for the free extra darkness cast.
Could mention; those books in the first dungeon add up to a lot of money sold to merchants :D.
TOP TIER COMMENTARY AND EDITING. It has been alooooong time since I subbed to someone off the first vid lol
The horn jewelry is absolutely cute, lol.
You have engaging commentary, deserving of a bigger channel, I hope it grows in the future
I did the same challenge but with a Storm Cleric. Whenever an enemy hits you, you can retaliate. Its quite fun
you can long rest with halsin in your group in act 1.
he asks where you are going, you say chill, and he waits for you to long rest
There is no fight required to get to the Necromancy book of Tay, only the mirror which you have to talk to, the skeletons in the room are skippable by not touching the coffins
Yeah true, I just forgot the answers to the mirror, so I skipped it lol 😭
You can also avoid being surprised by them if you break the coffins rather than interacting with them.
My first run I totally skipped the coffins so when I opened them my second run I was thoroughly surprised lol.
Darkness blinds creatures within. Goblins have Devilsight (darkvision), also fun fact: basic "bulletproof" armor is not knife proof. Cuz physics, I'm not a scientist just pointing it out.
That's actually completely hilarious and illogical, but I wasn't aware goblins specifically had the ability "Devils Sight". Even the Warlock ones just have regular Dark Vision, I'll go back and check because that's really interesting.
After checking the Wiki and a previous save, all goblins have "Dark vision" (natural darkness) and not "Devil's Sight" (magical darkness).The only enemies I could find in the game with Devils Sight are Raphael, Yurgir, and most creatures classified as "Devils".
@@Xasra Darkness is sporadic in how well in works, in my (rather extensive hundreds and hundreds of hours) experience. I've had enemies shoot and walk into it as if it wasn't there, while at other times it stops them. HIDING in darkness (or fog cloud) is extremely consistent and effective, but just standing in it doesn't always work. It is possible that there is a bug where superior darkvision is giving devil's sight; I'm not sure about that.
Solo tactician is extremely doable, by the way, without barrelmancy, but you have to get used to it. Gloomstalker is one of the best for that, but all sorts of builds are possible. Warlock would actually be one of the hardest characters to solo with (assuming pure/single class). Eldritch blast doesn't do much damage until late in Act 3. Even with the Potent Robe, you are looking at around 1-10 +10 X 2 in mid game, with bad initiative, saves, and AC. A Gloomstalker can hit for 40 twice, plus their free ambush attack, with a better to-hit, and they can bonus hide plus have massive initiative, as well. 40 comes from something like: 1-8 Titan Longbow +1 enhancement +4 str from hill giant club +5 dex +3 wis arcane circlet, +1-4 lesser helldusk (or 2 bracers of archery) +2 caustic band +1-4 psychic damage ring +1-4 fire dip in candle + 2-5 Drakeforged Glaive enchantment +10 sharpshooter. It is useful to have that gloomstalker build to compare other builds to for reference. And all the eq in that build can be gotten around lvl 5ish early Act 2 right after beating the 3 goblin bosses before even fighting much otherwise, except for the arcane circlet which is part of the Inquisitor fight. The ring in that room can be looted without any fighting and without aggroing anything if you invis and "send to camp" rather than "steal." Your AC can be 25 even with all that +dam eq (Yuan-ti armor, Ac boots from Mattis at last light, cloak of prot, iron-banded shield, and 20 dex). Saves are also good - not that it matters, as you never really need to get attacked back.
Looks super fun, might try this out myself. And damn, that's some nice face and horns.
I turned of karmic dice the second i started for that real d&d experience
Quick tip for Nere fight. If you kill all of his minions and then take a long rest when you return not only will the wall already be blown open but Nere will be dead. I’ve done this on all of my solo runs and honestly fighting his band is always the toughest part for me. You can get lucky and thunder wave a couple of guards off the ledges into the lava when no one is looking without triggering a fight.
Loved this video, also really loved that you played Kingdom Hearts music in the background, made me want to play all the games again lol
If I’m not wrong the second half had persona 5 music playing
I was loving all the KH music, but then you brought out Undertale and I'm sold lol funny vid too
Ive cleared all modes except Honour mode in BG3 solo as a monk with bard dual spec ( 1 lvl ) and monk as open hand....im trying honour mode atm and its crazy hard haha so if u want a real challenge hope u do a Honour solo series as well :D keep it up! u got this
Instant like for playing on a sensible difficulty for trying a challenge.
Lava elemental was actually easy with water barrels, smoke powder barrels, and sleet storm to keep it doused.
Jesus, that checks out 😂
Late to the party, but for those wondering about the hair used in this MC Tav, its apparently from a mod that is not in the description list called "More Hairs (Full Release)" on nexus. Cool vid btw, never tried such challenges myself, i couldn't stand using no companions ever in my playthroughs, i would miss them to much both as a crutch mechanic and just to have some around with a story/personality instead of a blank slate (like mercs are)
Do you know what mod this face comes from? It looks really good
@@nedlamond7563 In the description:
Mods List - Native Mod Loader, Dice Set Expansion, No More Dirt And Blood, Unvisual Volo's Eye, Basket of Equipment, Aether's Black Dye, Improved UI, BG3 Mod Fixer, Sneak Attack Fixed (reaction), 5eSpells, Graviturgy Subclass, Chronurgy Subclass, Cleric Subclasses, Blood Hunter class, Artificer class, Tutorial Chest Summoning, Tav's Hairpack, New Character Creation presets, Horns of Faerun, Half Illithid w/out black veins and etc, Faces of Faerun, Customizer - Standalone, Vessnelle's Hair Collection 1&2, Improved UI Assets, LSLib/Divine Tool, and Artificer 5e Spells Addon. (All run through Vortex Launcher)
just a quick note for the 15:30 spot stealth jumping is completely possible.....but you have to be stealthed before you jump. you werent in stealth probably because you jumped across right after casting.
Oh, well that's good to know 🫠
Nah that encounter with auntie Ethel was amazing😂
I tried to go there today and soon as I got close it just popped the interaction where she appears and talks, and then I had to reload, quite quickly
Sora's theme off rip was so nice to hear randomly on a BG3 video lol
Yeah a drow warlock was my character too on my first playthrough awesome character
if you like darkness, then you should do the Shadowhearth's quest and get her items. very powerful set with hiding and shadow skills.
Nice.
I just (20Dec) started a solo campaign (High Elf- boy, am I EVER! - Monk) before my buddy linked me this vid. Took Blade Ward as my cantrip-yeah-it's weak, but useful. Since I have a bow and decent Dex I don't need "Fiyah Bolto!" (Borrowed from Bell Cranel). Plus, that way I don't have "higher/lower powers" to thank if I win. My buddy (the one who linked your vid to me) is Warlock friendly, tho. He recommends Eldritch Bolt. I prefer Magic Missile as it never misses. You say toe-mahto . . .
I allowed free sneak attacks (in custom), and boosted +2 Mastery. Running no mods . . . though I intend to download and install leveling to 20 when it's appropriate. I'm not just some character, mind you, I'm the guy they're depending on to save the campaign.
I skipped rescuing Darksnot and left her crying at the crypt door for later pickpocketing. I simply dumped Lazy, never used her. I did have Gale (the windiest ***hole in the game) for the Grove defense fight, but dumped him soon after. I ditched As*tarion . . . he's lucky I didn't just off him. Anyone who holds a knife to my throat is automatically a bad guy - T or F?
I'm carefully leveling in any way possible short of combat . . . with a 10 Str and 10 Cha.
That single pixel . . . the owlbear cub hates me for that reason. I dodged him. G'bye and g'day, little one!
Got to admit . . . this is straining my Boomer game play to the max. Tally ho!
Barrelmancy is my favourite spec in this game. Makes everything so much easier xD
15:00 I realised too late that I should prep with barrels and such, and I tend to forget but it's my first playthrough so still learning. But I threw most of the goblins down to the spiders, had one guy standing up on the beams and a goblin came up to me so tossed him all the way down to the spiders 🤣
Throwing stuff and people is my new favourite attack.
i have subed in the hopes that you'll post a cut version of your act 2 lonewolf, like this video. neat trick with thte darkness
I used to only play MMO's and then BG3 came along. This offline game that has more depth and replayability than all MMO's. I have played nothing since and still get excited for my next playthrough. I hope they keep optimising the performance of the game, especially Act 3 but even with these issues it's an amazing game.
Just wanna take a moment to say, incredible taste in music my guy
There are short solo adventures in an early addition of dnd, one (meant for a cleric)'s big bad is an alcohol mummy priest
:0 there were some parts that I didn't know existed in Act 1 like the fish people, the robot in the mage tower, and some of the encounters in Grimforge. I will have to return to those ares and explore some more to find them.
"Hello, I'm Ga"y got me off guard XDD
Knives can absolutely be used to puncture Kevlar (bullet resistant) vests. Unless you buy the multi threat armor, which has metal plates as well to stop knives, a knife will absolutely go through the vest like you stabbing through a blanket wrapped around your chest. Gotta have multi-threat armor. Just FYI as I was a Prison Correctional Officer.
Love this! Fog is better than darkness. I said it. Esp with Eversight Ring
I just finished act 2 today and found it, I 100% agree with you 😈
Fun. Nice editing.
Thanks man, took awhile to edit it 🥹
that character is the only reason i click this video
its so cool ngl
This has been so entertaining to watch, earned a sub :)
still working on my own "channel", racking up those recorded gameplay lol.. :D
I SAW THAT BLOODLESS EFFECT YOU AINT SLICK
Shhhh you saw nothing
and now you can do it again in honour mode :D
New books tend to show up as they become relevant to the location or story, which is pretty cool. Reminds me of the attention Bethesda used to give to item placement...
Dark Urge is the best way to play solo because of the perks
so glad someone did this before i did so i don’t have to
You have a great game/anime voice. ❤
25:34 I enlarged my tavernbrawler monk/barbarian who proceeded to RKO that piece of trash into the scrap heap.
If the vest is Kevlar mesh a knife will totally penetrate it easier than a bullet.
Hey, nice video! I was watching the stream for Act 2 and couldn't help but wonder how are you able to use booming blade as a "'Deepened pact extra attack.I can only use it with normal attacks, am running similar mods and trying to finish a solo run also. Can you help me with that? Ty!
That's interesting. I haven't updated some of my mods in a hot minute, so the version I'm using might count as an attack action similar to divine smite (mods can be unintentional on occasion). Just make sure you bind your pact weapon every rest as well ( I often forget to) because deepened pact won't trigger with a normal weapon even if you're proficient, it has to be the one you marked as the pact weapon. Let me know if any of that helps.
ACT 1 he proclaims in bold letters in the title and in the opening minute gives a spoiler that the player doesn't find out about until at least Act 2...five head shit right there. Truly the biggest of all brains /s
Truly, I'm the most 5 head individual
I can appreciate that Kingdom Hearts and Undertale music throughout this video.
Karmic dice is such a weird mechanic that it also effects enemies and also effects you if you have too many good rolls in a row and forces you to get bad rolls.
And yet its default on, which means most players would be using it without even realising why enemies suddenly can multi-crit them
It doesn't cause you to get bad rolls if you get too many good rolls in a row. It shouldn't affect lucky streaks at all in that way. It only affects unlucky streaks, for both sides (I believe it even says now that it affects enemies too, in the information). I'm confused why so many people think Karmic Dice forces unlucky rolls when you have too many good ones? Where is this information coming from?
@@ElysetheEevee Because that's how it worked for 3 years, if you roll lucky, it will force the dice to roll low for you.
If you roll unlucky, then it forces the dice to roll high.
If enemies roll low constantly, such as attacking in darkness on an easier difficulty, then they will have crit streaks on you.
As soon as I turned Karmic dice off, I hit enemies more often and they hit me less. I Know this is personal bias but you can really feel it when you have 22 AC characters who shouldn't ever miss.
"Let me solo it" new character name
Coming back to this because *Spoilers* (I just started act 3, i wanna watch this in one go.) But subbed just because of Kingdom hearts music
You can long rest with Halsin in your party as a temp, he says the same dialogue as when he went back to the prison
Amazing Video! I just found 2 new mods! 😻 and great work editing. Now a question: could you use a companion to action levers and others during scripted fight sayyyy against a huge adamantine war golem? ☺️
I haven't tested it myself, but big hammers seem to work well for me.
Your character is so pretty you really did her good.
In the gobblin camp first area, put poison in the brew container 😊
Do you need a distraction for that? Like minor illusion, because they were always looking over there when I tried to do it 🫠
@@Xasra better if you are not seen, but there are some persuasive/deceptive checks you can do. Also casting darkness is a good way to conceal what you are doing
@@Thomasnmi oh, lol I'm dumb 😭
good video
The impression of Halsin was incredible! 🤣 I died laughing!
Walmart Manager 😂😂😂
*Sets game to medium difficulty, uses exploits, uses barrelmancy, sits in darkness through every fight, savescums*
"Wow that was easier than I thought"
Lmfao
What mods u used for Tav appearance? Look amazing
Fighting a spectator never been more frustrating
killing Auntie Ethel is a waste, just get her low, then take her hair for a stat boost. there is a reason for it being a waste but its a spoiler so I'll avoid telling you, just... trust me, that is what you want, you want the stat boost. the second best thing after that is keeping Connor for yourself as a zombie minion. Doing the right thing is the least desirable in this quest.
yeah, but its funnier to just cheese her XD
I was letting my friend pick what allies I got to have. Let’s just say I am also completing this challenge… so far just got to the druid camp. I made the mistake of choosing tactician before I decided he’d pick my allies. Oops.
I would love this, though for me, l will try it out in a duo. Either me and Minthara or Me and shadowheart. I have to have my waifu next to me as l take on these odds. Still learning the game to see which classes would suite this endeavor. Your vid will hopefully teach me alot.
27:20 btw The knife would go through because bullets aren't sharp their essentially highspeed rocks the knife would go through because its sharp
but yeah the throwing javelins thing is stupid but they can't fix it because they still want you throwing potions into it and it takes way too much time to write new code for throwing weapons
It's funny how people talk about how hard the lava elemental in the forge is. Create water. Or just scare it with frightening abilities. Both work
Unless I’m mistaken, you could have also gotten a permanent buff if you sacrificed a character to the the fish people
You're right I should have sacrificed Gale 🤣
@@Xasra tbf though I looked it up after posting this and it only gives you a boost if a target is bleeding which wasn’t something you were using anyways
Take Karlach to the barn and have her open the door. No fight, but a much better scene.
A bulletproof jacket made out of Kevlar would stop most bullets quite well but a thin sharp knife like a stiletto or even an arrow would go right through. A bullet crushes and the Kevlar weave hold up well to being smashed through however sharp points get between the weave and go right through it. Armor, like everything else must be adjusted for what you expect to face.
In short your knife vs. bulletproof comparison does not stand up to reality and how armor actually works.
Man, those mods look so cool. I hope Larian does what CDPR did with Witcher 3 and releases a bunch of little packs of gear and items for free... and two really big, really cool expansions for very reasonable prices.
OMG I LOVE YOUR CHARACTER! My only question is how did you get the horns mod to work? I've been struggling to get mods to work on bg3 ever since I bought it.
I use Nexus mod manager, just make sure you look up a tutorial and back up your saves
Yeah even though I turned off karmic dice, the enemies almost always crit me even when they have disadvantage and I always crit fail
Amazing, what cosmetic mods did you use?
13:57 Blood loss 💀. Someone was feeling suspiciously generous
24:08 you can just enhanced jump or teleport to the left of the nere door to avoid all the fights
(I didnt even find the door in my first playthrough)
In fact a bullet proof vest does not protect against knives or sharp objects. Just bullets.
"Luckily, arson doesn't require a verbal component." Oh, really now. The more you know.
I don't know how or why but i know several players who solo'd the whole game on Tactician. Pure min maxing