Can You Beat Baldur's Gate 3 at LEVEL ONE? | Act 1
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2023
- I'm going to try to beat Baldur's Gate 3 without leveling up my characters. My whole party will be level one for the entire playthrough. I'm breaking the run into a video for each act so people can watch more easily without being worried about spoilers.
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Missed opportunity to name your Gith "Le'vel O'ne"
My Skyrim character at level 1 was named m'aiq tyson
Made a character based on the Biden Blast meme (just spamming Eldritch Blast as much as I could lmao), went with Githyanki because it made me laugh.
Joesh'keph Bide'ehn.
i cackled
Man, BG3 minor illusion is even crazier than original dnd 5e. You just place it, and all enemies, no matter their wisdom, no matter their perception, run strait to it, probably yelling "AYO, what the hell, CAT?!"
Although I get it, cats are irresistible, it's impossible to look at one without trying to pet it.
You can do the same with a druids cat form or bards performance, really helps with making a lot of encounters easy.
The minor illusion doesn't last as long as the others but you can fix that by going into turn based mode.
You can also lure them with your summons such as zombie, ghoul, water/fire/earth/air elementals. Just their existence makes people on edge lol
I'm happy they changed minor illusion into a cat. In the Early Access phase it was just some kind of straw puppet dummy, which looked kinda dumb. Same for Invoke Duplicity.
eh I like minor illusion in dnd more because you can be more creative with what the image is
Enemies never go towards it for me :(
Honestly, thanks for doing this one act at a time, I've been wanting to watch BG3 content but have been afraid of spoilers, just started Act 3 so it's nice to know where there's a point to stop watching.
Yeah I figured it would help keep spoilers contained, with the added benefit of being more manageable editing projects for me :)
I've had the same experience. Though I'm sure I missed quite a few things in act 1 and 2 I could discover in a second playthrough.
@@Slackerhun You have no idea. I'm running 4 games at the same time, all in act 1. I'm over 50 hours in total and I still see new stuff.
@@Fracture.GamingLove it as well! Almost finished with Act 2 (I think?) but am craving for content as well
I spent 25 hours in act 1 after playing the EA a few times.
This game is insane.
Funfact: If you enter the Machine yourself and convince Lae'zel that you should do it, not only she APPROVES but you also transform your Illithid Actions to Bonus Actions as long as you pass ALL 3 checks!
“As long as you pass all 3 checks”
As if they’re easy to reach😭 how tf am I supposed to get a 30?!
a nat 20, not that its easy but yknow
WAIT THERE'S A BENIFIT IF YOU DO IT YOURSELF AND SURVIVE? FUCK I SHOULD'VE DONE THAT
You can also have laezel go in and at the end succeed a dc30 arcana check, less risk to you atleast@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa4545
@@valentai_777save scum
'So we can sneak by them without having any conversation'
New strat in the Social Anxiety Any % Run.
Your mastery of barrelmancy is nothing short of impressive, I could feel my brain physically expand when I saw you throw a chest onto the fire as a "staging area" to throw barrels further
Important note about chest of the mundane. It will break when u leave act 2. turning everything inside into mundane items. This can destroy quests items and soft lock your game.
This also is the case if you keep the chest of the mundane in your camp.
Kind of hope fracture sees this so we don't have to see this run come to an end like that.
That’s really good to know, thank you!! Does it permanently break, or just a one time messes up everything inside but I can put stuff back in and keep using it?
@@Fracture.Gaming the chest stops working entirely ... buuuut the items keep their original value, so you can still sell valuables :') (EDIT: future items being put into the chest beyond Act 2 will not be morphed etc. The chest becomes a mundane chest so to speak)
@@Fracture.Gaming i reported the bug to larian and they just emailed me back today saying it will be fixed in a future patch, so hopefully it's fixed before you make it to act iii for this challenge!
The chest is not working anymore, just a disclaimer
@@luv_sic That's because it turns out the weight change was a bug. The Chest of the Mundanes transformations are supposed to be illusory in nature to dissuade burglars. But in the game it transformed the items into the cutlery literally rather than illusory in terms of weight.
Fun fact for the hag fight, when she summons her clones just look for whichever one doesn't roll for initiative and that's her main body
You can also just track her with your eyes. The one that comes from her og spot is the real one.
@@gregortheoverlander4122 Not really, no. She randomly switches places with one of the clones when she summons them. Tested it a few times and can confirm that's the case.
Not doubting you, but I have done the fight 3 times and it did work for me every time. Maybe they patched it or maybe I just got super lucky. @@urart741
You can also get her wet and see which one she is
I'm late to comment here but if you also use Examine on them, you can find which one the real one is because it'll have the Fey Ancestry ability the clones don't.
That fight with the Gith is hilarious when you consider one round of combat is meant to be 6 seconds yet in less than that time you stacked 8 barrels and a chest next to each other
Honestly the fact you discovered the maces location by accident was pure luck and ingenious for this strat to save ya from the creche, well done! I just went full murder hobo in that section lmao
Yeah I was expecting to have to get be REALLY smooth with minor illusion to get out. Getting the mace was so much better. I've already used the sunlight spell in act 2 to nuke 8 enemies at once that I would have needed 20 turns otherwise to kill...
@@Fracture.GamingOn every playthrough, that mace is just too absurdly useful, especially for a weapon you find in Act 1.
Or you could do the puzzle and obtain the Mase without detonation.
@@supergoodadvice853It basically trivializes act 2 along with spirit guardians since act 2 is full of undead
Oh man, I knew Baldurs Gate 3 would erupt some amazing challenge runs on CZcams. But Level 1? This early? Good luck, also keep up the content - It's really good!
So something important about the gith creche: The longer laezel is in the chair the lower her stats get. If you go first you can get a powerup that makes your ilithid powers able to be used as a bonus action. Might come in handy for this challenge
Yeah that probably would have helped a lot, lol. Oh well!
@@Fracture.Gaming Bonus action black hole is QUITE the godsend.
@@Sdogofdoom not if you play Monk then its better as an action imo
The tactical, strategic manner in which all these situations are solved is truly fantastic.
Fun Fact: There is a crystal on the back side of the pillar like what powers the gates to get to the mace, you can destroy that to disable the trap before even going for the mace.
I’ll have to do that to avoid mass extermination of the Githyanki next time, lol
@@Fracture.Gaming Nah, you were doing all other races a favor.
That setup kill against the inquisitor was a piece of art XD Well done! Actually learned quite a bit from how to set off explosives without using actions!
If you actually manage to do this I will be pretty damn impressed lol. I struggled on random encounters while leveling normally
Act 1 I do pretty okay in, the main thing is, they throw numbers at you. So if you can burst down targets quick to thin numbers out the better. XD
Try not to spread damage around too much unless it makes tactical sense.
I struggled a bit more in the next area, enemies get buffed up a bit, especially if you are like me and wasnt running a magical team.
I struggle with the Gnoll fight the most… havent been able to save those 2 guys once… I was able to get the ever burn blade though.
@@XFizzlepop-Berrytwist if you approach the gnolls from the front of the cave, not form inside, they will aggro on you and you should be able to kill them this way without the guys dying.. in an ideal scenario that is
@@MrSuvvri
Yeah… I tried, but just kept dying that way. Haha, I need those two guys to tank a couple hits. XD or to dish out extra damage.
I'm gonna do it. I don't know to what extent I'll need to cheese the game, but that's never stopped me before 🙂
@@Fracture.Gaminglike the prologue?
A trick that still works from EA is surrounding a future enemy in chests so they can't move, then using fog cloud. You count as constantly in stealth while in the cloud, meaning (on a time limit) it's possible to kill a lot of neutral NPCs without entering combat unless your rolls (stealth and attack) suck.
They'll do the animation for their health recovery ability, but as long as you hit them again before their turn it doesn't do anything.
Without dual wielding Salami you won’t make it. I mean, maybe, but you will always ask yourself „what if…“.
all I am saying is that I feel like wielding salami should count as being unarmed.
This is hilarious. I can't believe your blind playthrough is essentially a level 1 run. I'm glad you did one act at a time cause I'm not nearly far enough and I know I'd end up watching the whole thing through.
You're doing this as your FIRST PLAYTROUGH?!
Goddayum, that's bravery. Hats off to you.
Only the mountain pass / underdark boat on was new to me. But yeah I might prioritize this playthrough and have it be my first full run of the game. I like the combination of not worrying about gaining experience, but also needing to use creative strategies to beat literally every combat. Everything one shots me in act 2…
@@Fracture.Gaming Ahh, I see.
If you go with the levelling curve, the game becomes pretty much trivial past level 5 on tactician. Haven't had a down since doing the gnolls at level 3.
I'm gonna do a challenge run soon too, full evil durge, no companions, the entire game on tactician with 1 character.
Probably going to be a lot easier in some regards to this, but in others might also be harder since I can't send myself supplies or do weird multi-character cheeses.
Overall still a lot easier than what you're doing I imagine.
This was a blast to watch, I can't wait to see how you fair in Act 2 and 3. There are some difficult fights even with a leveled party in those area's. I also love you aren't just using game breaking exploits to skip major parts and are trying to play the whole game with this challenge. That deserves some major respect!
Fracture: it all felt super questionable, like I wasn't making any of the right decisions
Fracture at that moment: _showing respect for a god-queen_
I found your channel yesterday and binged your videos for like 2 hours straight. You produce awesome, unique content. Please keep it up, the world needs you.
Dude, love your content, and just your creativity. Your ideas are simply inspiring lol
The potential for bg3 challenge runs is amazing and I can’t wait to see more!
This is amazing. That you managed to get past Act One is amazing on its own. Feel like I picked up a lot of good tips from seeing your work-arounds.
When dealing with Ethel - If you use any form of water on the Cage (to put the fire out) - It will show where Mayrina is (look for the wet debuff). When she summons her illusions - Ethel is ALWAYS the one further away AND the one that ISN'T wet! This way you could have dealt with the adds BEFORE fighting her!
The model for the real Mayrina is also visibly pregnant, while the illusion is not.
You can also right click each one and hit examine, Ethel is always the level 5 with uneven stats
@@Null_Experis I've not noticed a "Pregnant Ethel" when she changes her. Lol
I'll have to look for that when I play through again.
Better way is to simply sneak Asterion to the controls via the bottom and let Mayrina out before the encounter even begins.
@@EJHigz That won't get you the Ability point sadly. You have to fight her to trigger her begging. :(
In doing so she will either summon all of her allies - Or illusions (if you have killed her allies).
Nice! Its so refreshing watching someone play a game like BG3 that has lot of ways to do things, using all possible tools it has to offer.
Keep up the good work!
If you explore the forge area you can get some decent gear to help you out and the battle for the gear can be easily won with environmental effects, you can also snag your first runepowder bomb and an amulet that grants shatter
I'm actually loving all the little tips like this one. So many great supplies that I missed but can still go back for! It's cool that Act 1 and 2 are connected.
@@Fracture.Gamingone thing that also can help is that the Thorm Boss fight can be won on deception and persuasion checks
That amulet is so funny
@@Fracture.Gaming I hope you actually complete the game in this manner, I typed a long list of tips earlier but it never went through, so here they are again. I'll keep it super vague to avoid spoilers but still keep the important info you might need.
1. Chest of Mundane should no longer work in Act 3 and it will turn all the items permanently into dishes, at first glance you might be mad, but upon further investigation you will be enlightened to the fact that all consumables(bombs, etc.) have now become dishes with explosive yields. In other words, Larian, please don't patch my exploding dishes.
2. The Arcane Tower has a very nice support staff that can help you turn the tide of some battles, you'll know you found the staff once you read its upgraded spell(Bless). I wasn't sure if you grabbed it in the video, so just in case.
3. In Act 2, during the Shadowheart stuff, I highly recommend you equip your best weapons on your main character and Shadowheart. I do not know why but my Blood of Lathander(equipped on main) and some very rare ring(equipped on Shadowheart) were imitated by one of the mini quests and I had a legendary imitation and a nice ring added. The mini quest involved fighting yourself. I don't think this is a spoiler, I feel like it's vague enough.
4. Chest of Mundane again, after the chest bugs out, the dangerous dishes will also react slightly differently with explosions. Usually when you pile up bombs they explode push outwards explode again and so on(great for crowds, bad for bosses). However, the dishes have their own rules and when piled the explosion is concentrated and only slightly pushed outwards. This is a problem if you wanna one shot a boss but they are pushed away on the initial blast, but you can actually use this concentrated blast and make the bombs even more effective by simply dropping a void bulb or two into your "special" backpack and cause this terrific device to repeatedly pull enemies into this highly concentrated ball of energetic dishes.
5. In Act 3, there is a "character" that can be continuosly pickpocketed as long as no one else sees it and there are no consequences. This character has access to everything you may need to beat the game at Lvl 1. I wouldn't necessarily call this an exploit though since the character isn't really a person, so maybe they just don't care.
6. In Act 3, you can find a staff that lets you use necromancy spells without expending a spell slot, finding the staff is surprisingly easy considering how OP it is. Also, someone may have mentioned it but keep the Necromancy of Thay on you, you'll want it.
That is all for now, I wish you luck and look forward to your journey.
First runebarrel? Didn't know there was more than one.
this is some amazing bg3 content along with ur other videos, happy i discovered this channel!
Excellent video! I'm ready to see how you work around some of the fights in Act Two.
this is easily one of the funniest video of bg3 i have seen lmao. thank you for bestowing this video upon us lollll the hag section got me loling so hard
Ohhh man this one was super good, just finished act 1 and it certainly was an interesting video to watch, thanks bro
Speaking of throwing build for Lae'zel. I turned Halsin into my throw builder and gave him as much Jump Distance as possible and this man can jump from the ground to the 4th floor balcony's on some buildings. MAN CAN FLY
Damn I’m glad I subscribed to this channel. Thanks for just doing act 1
Daaamn impressive how smart and creative you were in the battles and your preperations. that was hella fun to watch and actually taught me some things!
I think the act 2 video will be even better! Act 1 I kinda just dumpstered, but act 2 forced me get crafty. I'll probably finish editing it in 1-2 days
Truly amazing content! First enthusiastic subscription in a long time! :)
I'm subscribing because you were kind enough to separate these into the games acts and that's susch a chad move.
This is the best Baldures Gate 3 playthrough I seen on YT. Keep it up
Having 8 intellect for the ogre's band was ingenius
I love this challenge so much. Such great work!!
Yknow, seeing you take out all these enemies in one fell swoop is incredibly satisfying and also *absolutely hilarious*
Bc I’ll be honest. I spent *hours*. And I mean *HOURS* trying to defeat minthara bc I was dumb and didn’t kill her in the goblin camp (or maybe smart, bc my party was pretty under leveled,, I got in very easily bc my PC is Lolth sworn drow), so I had to fight her in the raid for the emerald grove. Butttttt now that I have people with actual strength on my team I’ll definitely be trying out more oil barrel strats in the future….
This is a super interesting run, good luck to you!! I do think you’ll run into trouble in later acts when enemies get resistance/immunity to fire, making barrels effectively useless, but excited to see what strategies you can come up with to circumvent that!
Just started act 3, and I barely have any plans to use explosives! Gonna definitely use them for fun, but I’ve got more than enough tools now to win without them
I just found your channel yesterday and a new banger already let go
I love those unconventional ways to play baldurs gate.
I tried some myself but my Imagination is very limited. :c
Pls i need more of this
I so appreciate you splitting all of these into 3 videos each.
bro, I learned so much from this video. Thanks!!
This might be my favourite trilogy on the youtube currently. Well done man
Thanks I’m really glad you liked it!! This video was actually super fun to make, I wasn’t expecting to finish it this soon but I couldn’t help but go back and keep playing it
this is amazing... i love it, just got to act 2 last night on my first save scum playthrough.
Cool video man, gonna sub for the next parts
I was waiting for video like this
You can take the Blood of Lanthander if you insert the crest you got earlier in the creche. The quest to get it is actually pretty easy to do without combat you just have to gather the 4 weapons in the circular room, get the crest and bring it with you.
Pretty sure you have to defeat at least a guardian and a giant bird for that...
did both without combat@@JohnSmith-bs9ym
@JohnSmith-bs9ym oh, so now youse a wise guy or somethin'?
im a bit late but you can also use normal weapons instead of the ceremonial ones, as long as they're the same type. at least it worked for my friend a few months ago@@JohnSmith-bs9ym
or you can take four ordinary weapons and place them on the pedestals
Your videos are so cool man. Keep up the great work.
Thanks!!
"I'm gonna do this one act at a time so you can avoid spoilers and watch it when you're ready"
Awesome move, the number of these challenges I end my viewing early to avoid spoilers is rough. I enjoy them but I haven't seen most of act 3 yet
I just love this man's videos ngl ♥
I had found the chest of the mundane, but had no idea about the carry weight. What a killer tip! As a professional video game hoarder this is a tip I won't forget. Great video keep up the good work.
Just be aware that some other people have commented it breaks going into act 3 and will ruin all the items you put in it. So make sure you check for that when you enter act 3 and have the game saved so if they break you can go back and pull the items out
@@Fracture.Gaming Great for storing junk not so much your invaluable barrels.
Love this channel a few videos in thank you for the great content
11:09 I’m surprised you didn’t use the other mushroom circle in Auntie Ethel’s place to get the under dark it’s in the tunnel where the poison is, behind another illusory door north of it. It brings you out in between the Selunite Outpost and the Arcane Tower
Man now thats a challenge run lol. I dont know how you'll be able to do the later sections/final boss but im rooting for you. I might try this in the future as well.
I can confidently say that I’ll be able to clear act 3. Started working on it today, but I played through it normally first and didn’t see anything I won’t be able to handle
Im sure you will be able to beat it. Not having to worry about making the right choices and being able to talk yourself out of some fights will really help
one of my favorite cheese so far was a character with sanctuary using call lightning, which doesn't cancel sanctuary (or at least it didnt at that point).
slapped on some lightning resist gear and just had every enemy gather around the character while she casted call lightning on herself and enemies for free every turn
Does it make anyone else so giddy when you see Fracture make a decision that you also did during your play-through? ULTIMATE VALIDATION
Honestly creative videos like these are the reason why this game was created - bravo to you man this video is beautiful as fuck
It's kinda funny, act 2 was harder than act 3. I mean I'm not done with act 3 yet, but I have so many magic items and powerful Illithid abilities... and an absolutely absurd hoard of grenades, scrolls, and potions.
I am even struggling at Explorer because I don't have any clue what I'm doing and I just want to have a nice story and I wish the enemies would just surrender for me. So I am very glad that some one does this here, because I could never. (I also suck at stealthy games, maybe I just go full barbarian and roar everyone to the ground.)
Way to think outside the box. Good job champ.
THANK YOU for sectioning this by acts, i've felt like i'm missing out on so much BG3 content because i'm scared to see a spoiler before i'm finished D;
My pleasure :)
I felt bad when my first bg3 video was dark urge spoiler heavy, but I was too excited about the Psycho roleplay idea to hold off.
As you love to do cheese and exploits can I suggest some strats to try out. Can you try Twist of Fortune and it's Blood Money attacks and also Otiluke's Freezing Sphere (maybe not in this playthrough cuz I doubt you can get it without leveling) , they both should involve same sneaky sneaky drop in enemy pockets type of fun.
Maybe also throwing pouches or backpack full of alchemy fire or smoke powered bombs then detonating them.
Please continue Salami gang , that one is amazing!
Subbed and belled. Seriously doubt you can pull this off, but if you can I want to be around to see it happen. :) Wish you all the luck in the world and a healthy dose of skill and cunning as well. :)
I'm mid assault against moonrise tower at the end of act 2 right now :D but its bedtime...
Nice! I love restrictive challenge runs, love creative problem solving (even if I'm not very good at it myself). Personally I've been thinking about doing a solo tactician run, no party members only my create-a-character.
If you manage to get to the final boss, that encounter may prove difficult to complete. Subbed, will be eagerly awaiting the next videos in this series and hopefully be proven wrong
Great video, it was definitly worth it to subscribe XD
Glad you split this up.
I love this challenge run!
I don't know if it helps because I dunno how often you long rest, but I find strength to be a dump stat if you just have a giant potion ready
there should be more than enough in the game even if you kill Auntie early
That's a great point... I probably should have used Ethel's hair for charisma or dex on somebody. I think I just like that pike throwing build too much and wanted to give it extra resources.
@@Fracture.Gamingfor some reason when I was fighting the hag she didn't even give me the dialog when she was low on health ;-; sad that the game still quite buggy
These are genuinely superb. Just try to finish one of these series! I promise the rest of the game is SO GOOD haha
Haha yeah my goal is to start 3-4 different video concepts so I can see what people think and then finish the ones people enjoyed the most, which I’m so happy to see has been all of them so far!!
Ah, the classic Blood of Lathander escape route. Honestly seems way simpler than my own method of simply murdering my way out of the creche... but then again, I am a dark urge, so maybe I have an excuse?
This is a really interesting challenge so far! I'm curious how far you can go with this- a few fights in Act 2 come to mind that might be impossible without cheesing items and/or persuasion checks. Make sure you go into Act 2 with a good radiant damage dealer in your party (like, say, Shadowheart respecced to Light domain) and that's all I can say for advice without spoiling too much for you.
the Droz Raglin fight can be made much easier by convincing the cages spiders to eat the goblins, which causes them to move to the area just outside the throne room and aggro everything to run to them. A few well-placed smokepowder barrels will then quickly kill everything while they are fighting the spiders. That statues around True Soul gut can ALSO fall and kill them all, and you can destroy the bridge near Minthara to drop anyone standing on it into the void.
Additionally, in the Githyanki camp you can tell Laezel to keep going until you get an option to try and absorb the energy from the device, which gives you a secret skill that allows you to use your Illithid powers as a BONUS action on your main character.
The way I was fighting for my life in act 1 on story mode and you’re just zipping along at level 1 😂😂
14:35
"I'm doing what Lae'zel wants to do"
hussa a man of quality
for any future reference, in the heart of the gith creche where you fight the inquisitor, there's a tiny little patch in a corner you can jump to where the "can't long rest or fast travel" condition goes away. you can tell you're in it when the minimap stops glowing red. i assume it'll get patched over eventually but it's super useful
this was great! i have always considered the grymforge part of act one, and the gith creche part of act 2 though. i wanna see you take on the grymforge boss at level one.
I’m almost ashamed to admit I still haven’t even fought it on any character 😅 idk why, but I just skipped it on every playthrough I’ve done
Amazing! And here I am - struggling on a normal with leveling xD
Can finally come watch the rest of this video and act 2, getting throug slowly XD
Blood of lathander makes the shadowcurse a cake walk for the most part so good call on taking it.
I had no idea how important is was gonna be. It was a game changer for sure.
i could only watch the first 14 minutes so far since i am no that far into the game yet and didnt want anything spoiled for me but damn this was so fun and intersting to watch. I will definitly return once i finished the game!
Glad you enjoyed as much as you could! It'll be here for you when you're ready :)
Fun fact you can fast travel out of the secret Chamber where Lathanders Blood is because for some reason the game say its NOT enemy turf unlike the room where you spoke to the godqueen.
first of all, you just taught me you can multi select in the inventory, so thank you. also, great video 10/10 v entertainment
You're vids a becoming a daily watch for me liked and sub keep up the good content
Haha I don't make videos fast enough to support daily watching, but I'm really glad you enjoy them!!
@@Fracture.Gaming you got a back catalogue I just have to watch them 😆
Imagine a pack of resourceful level one adventurers as villains in an actual dnd game. The chaos and mental warfare of facing up against them would be unparalleled.
Barrelmancy at its finest. Great video.
"I've already made the decision to just do whatever Lae'zel want's" Is a solid way to play the game.
THE most interesting Baldurs Gate 3 playthrough on YT
Blowing up the crash then telling her when need to be more careful is fucking hilarious
I knew about the locks in the Blood of Lathander room but I didn't know that you can go full Indiana Jones and run away from the crumbling temple
The fact that it caused the death of the entire creche is just golden
this is unreal, i need the act 2 and 3 videos asap lol
As a person who just bought the game, you are based for doing it one act at time. Thanks
this dude is opening my eyes in this game
Spiffing brit who? Love this guy
Challenge idea I've always wanted to see, beating BG3 before gale explodes. if gale is your companion and dies and isn't resurrected you have 3 DAYS before he game ends you - meaning with the mandatory long rests for act 2-3 (VOSS) (Ambush) its just barely possible. drawbacks are you will have 3 characters for the entire playthrough as gale is deceased on the beach
Jesus, acts 2 and 3 are going to be so tough haha. Hopefully theres a bunch more explosives!
I watching just a bit of this made me realize that I can make some fights a lot easier by thinking outside the box.