Baldur's Gate 3 - Honour Mode in

[@ChronosReturns]

Edit: 12/13/2023 - Wow, 100k views, thanks everyone!

[@yall_might]

I respect that you're routing a glitchless run, but remember that your run does count and is very impressive. Anybody complaining probably couldn't even replicate the glitches and are being punks. Big Respect for this incredible run. PS, I followed with it and beat honor mode using your strats, so thanks for posting this.

[@thenegotiator2890]

I'm looking forward to the guides because I'm an idiot and can't get anything to work.

Thanks, I have no idea what is happening. But I loved the video.

[@petepeterson1240]

I'm sorry... that "it doesn't count"? What is that supposed to mean? Not counting for what? Why would anybody say something like that? You successfully cracked the game, probably with the help of a magnificent community - good work mate!

[@a1h10]

How do you pickup Gortash/Shadowheart with a "throw weapon"? I don't get it :(

[@WesleyWyndam-Pryce]

I beat this game in 38 minutes too. That's 138 hours and 38 minutes though.

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

Still faster than me lol

[@dangr123]

I got more than that in act 1 😆

[@yodasnot-so-wellcousin445]

@@dangr123that’s literally not possible unless your just going afk and shit lol. It’s not a flex that your not playing the game

[@izzzzzzzzzzy]

@@yodasnot-so-wellcousin445 i mean if someone restarts act 1 multiple times because they want to try it a different way (which is fairly common), its not absurd

[@ShandrensCorner]

@@yodasnot-so-wellcousin445 Oh it's possible!! Use enough time mulling over funny rebuilds, replaying conversations, etc :-P (obviously less relevant in honor mode though). I have over 1000 hours logged in the game and still haven't finished it 😛

[@SeveralGhost]

It's wild to me that this was a "slow and safe" run. I can't wait to see "fast and reckless"

[@bierrafeu7519]

Exactly like a Chess master muttering to himself "yeah so this is all theory" 12 moves in

[@randomperson8375]

I've never watched a speedrun of this game before, and right at the start where you jump through the wall of the nautiloid broke my brain for a moment. I never would have thought that was a thing you could do in this game lmao

[@WPNSTV]

Your brain broke from seeing a glitch in a video game? lol

[@stayonism]

@@WPNSTVit’s very clearly hyperbole, don’t take everything so literal 😂

[@nothingtoseehere9648]

@@WPNSTV yeah? it's normal to not understand a glitch, it wouldn't be called a glitch otherwise

[@JuanAntonioGarciaHeredia]

@@WPNSTV are you on the spectrum by any chance? Are you unable to comprehend rhetorical devices?

[@boogie8586]

​@WPNSTV taking common metaphors and phrases of speech as literal is a common sign of autism. Now you know🎉

[@kevinr7216]

Soon enough ppl will find a way to jump from the nautiloid and land on Ketheric’s fkin head

[@skulvana]

Lost it at throwing gortash off the bridge 😂 amazing

[@TheVegoran]

*Yeet Gortash* The emperor: "Bane's chosen has fallen" 😂

[@faithcael5703]

I love how this speedrun literally ignores walls, physics and all laws established by Larian and yet still works like.. as someone who studies game design this is just INSANE how well thought through this game is, and then some silly people decide to move some abilities around in their hotpar to permanentely recast witchbolt, or throw a boss off a bridge instead of fighting I LOVE this

[@slkrsmobile]

I was wondering why he was moving the ability on the hotbar. Is that what cycles the activation of Wichbolt?

[@forestsavior]

I really wish more people took this attitude towards speedruns. People are so quick to dismiss this stuff as "cheating" or "not really playing the game", when all they've done is expand the possibility space of a game where you can already do tons of crazy stuff just playing "by the rules". Like speedrunners aren't working just as hard to route these skips, glitches, and identify the fastest path possible as the the tabletop grognards are to win slowly by min-maxing within the rules and often additional fair-play handicaps (disclaimer: I do slow-jam solo Tactician/Honour mode challenge runs for this game so I'm taking a potshot at myself as well). It would be nice if people just had a little more imagination and a little more empathy when watching speedrunners work. Nobody is being actually harmed, in life or livelihood, because a speedrunner made your favorite single-player game do something unexpectedly silly.

[@faithcael5703]

@@forestsavior I've been a speed run fan since I first saw glitches for TLOZ: Twilight Princess back in like 2009 (was 8 years old back then). It's just fascinating to see and I honestly honour it. And I'll never stop preaching about how speed running is an art in itself. I mean, speedrunners aren't even destroying the games because if you check out any big names (linkus7 for wind walked, gymnast86, demon, swiftIke - I can only name Zelda speedrunners atm) they all spent HUNDREDS OF HOURS in the respective games and bringing even more attention to them. Speed running is the art of spending as much time in learning, how to beat the game in as little time as possible.

[@ozylocz4078]

If you haven’t played the game yet all I can say it’s everything you think it is and then a FUCK TON more. Truly one of the best rpgs we have gotten in decades and unfortunately unless another company really steps up we probably won’t see something like this for AT LEAST another 5-7 years.

[@CurtisDFogle]

lol first roll with the new die is a 1

[@JMN_89]

If you counted the character creation, I didn’t even beat that in 38 minutes.

[@sardauk3038]

The way you dealt with Orin and gortash is hilarious, the entire run is hilarious.

[@dhvbsdjhvlkgkjvhjhdv9919]

In my first play through it took me around 60 gameplay hours to reach baldurs gate, to see him reach it in 17minutes its crazy to me.

[@Ganychan]

it took me about 100 hours, I spent so long in the world and with the characters

[@MGVoltJesk]

Congrats on being the first to beat honor mode! Why did you go for the good ending instead of dominating the brain instead? Isn't it a lot faster?

[@ChronosReturns]

I went for the good ending since I wasn't sure if the other endings would give the achievement, could've been a few minutes faster doing other things, and I also didn't check if blowing up Gale counts as well in Act 2, but it probably doesn't work, so I just did All Acts with the best possible ending.

[@The_Siggo]

@@ChronosReturns As someone who did a Gale run on honour mode I can confirm that you are correct - I think any of the main act 3 wins should count towards the achievement

[@vamathi]

@@ChronosReturns Id doesn't even count it on tactician so I think it makes sense that tha Gale win Act 2 doesn't count on Honour mode either.

[@PabloTheZambie]

The Gale ending works in act 3 at least. I did it for my tactician achievement so circumvent doing the end fight just out of curisoity to see if it would work and it did.

[@KakaowyKruk]

Thank you. I was able to get my golden dice and achievement by imitating your strategy.

[@briankelly1240]

oh man, I was wondering if this would work for the golden dice, nice!

[@matschbanane9153]

I was searching for this comment!

[@kitten_with_bad_breath]

This was the first speedrun i have ever seen and seeing all the glitches....... My mind went poof. Seeing you get excited over getting golden die was the funny though😵‍💫

[@josephspear4069]

That was sick! Nice work. I can't wait to follow your tutorial vids! GG on the golden die!

[@popebinga]

"Just chill, take it easy, finish the game in under 40 minutes while relaxing" I jest, but super impressive run dude! Here's me still making basic mistakes in honour mode and you're already mastering skipping the things that scare me!

[@Still_cz]

at 38 minutes im still on the nautiloid

[@coreyjamessoper9005]

I'm still in character creation

[@archerz895]

Absolute INSANE!! I wonder if you will make another video with more details or comment on some trick you've done? Like some guides if it's possible.

[@bobbybee2975]

I was wondering why the honor mode achievement said 0.01% completed day of this patch.

[@bobbybee2975]

Can I note the irony in someone who knows tricks I cannot fathom the origins of not knowing how to change the dice skins? It made me chuckle. Nice run dude.

[@nio804]

I still haven't finished the game yet and somehow its seems that watching this run wouldn't really spoil *too* much.

[@justspance]

my mind is genuinely blown watching this

[@glennwigglesworth6652]

My honour mode playthrough lasted 38 minutes to.

[@amandapearson8922]

I just started this video and you zooming thru character creator got me scared AND hyped 😅

[@kurtcrean]

"For the first time in 36 minutes, your thoughts are your own" 😂 this looks like a fun way to get the gold dice!

[@yuuya2111]

I'm 300hrs and 5 Tavs, have not even beaten the game yet. I'm watching this to get my act together.

[@ethanpeeples6187]

To be fair speed running and playing the game normally are two separate beasts

[@nickwagner7137]

Any possible chance you can post some form of tutorial or link one somewhere? Would love to learn what in the world happened

[@raisinhehehehe]

does anyone know how he got shadowheart to glitch down into the verge of shadows at 9:27 i've been attempting it but i have no idea how he did it

[@ser-render-ser-vivor-ser-junn]

You can slow roast Shart back to life on medium throughout the night? That's new knowledge to me.

[@carmenadg8092]

GORTASH DEATH OH MY GOD

[@rileyroseinabox6754]

Seeing the map in each section was so funny

[@MoonyMoonzzi]

Tadpole business and Emperors voice affecting Jaheira is the funniest thing ever considering she doesn’t even have one. Truly going beyond the Devs imagination for these runs

[@kevinr7216]

Absolutely wild and insane

[@MrSedrack]

My brain can not comprehend what I just watched. I must evolve into an Illithid to understand this

[@Alex-hv5zy]

the way Gortash just gets yeeted to the chasm always make me laugh

[@ashathlok829]

good god almighty that boy's locked in ;3;

[@SergeantCrwhips]

that must seem so funny from the perspective of NPCs, just half naked people jumping across the planes ...also damn...shadowhert gets more abused than by the Dark Justiciars

[@androidedoidao]

17:00 all this part sounded like a cool desconstructed ambient beat id listen to lol

[@Kostasdxi]

Ah, one of the most powerful creatures in the universe, killed by fireworks.

[@inevitable48]

10/10 run and video, Keep it up. I love the consistency mindset.

[@andeeersu9287]

you are a beast :O

[@flow_leit]

Damn you manage to finish the game in 38min while i'm at +40hrs and still in Act I ahaha. Honestly i'm always amaze by the possibilities that this game offer. So much liberty and way to play, it's really impressive. All others games (RPGs i mean) feel insipide now. Anyway, good video and walkthrough ! (and sorry for my terrible english).

[@redelephantsdotnl]

holy crap. I´m gonna do this nautiloid like this EVERY time from now on.

[@jesseleeshoemakerjr5461]

Off the nautiloid and deleted Shadowheart in under 3 minutes 😊

[@MrAbraxus666]

Someone managed to get this on 02/12, wild.

[@MultiZernez]

i see the shart box strat is still going strong

[@natik8342]

I thought maybe I could do exactly what you did in this video to beat honour mode but 1:08 I already can’t do this jump lmao

[@KakaowyKruk]

This one isn't necessary. You can just run nautiloid as usual.

[@natik8342]

​@@KakaowyKruk yeah but if i'm having trouble in the first two minutes of the video then i doubt i can pull off everything else

[@purplepurina]

I'm having trouble with the burning crate ;-;@@natik8342

[@ShinekoKoro]

@@natik8342 I'm in the same boat - tried yesterday to maybe just do the first "couple minutes" and get to Act2. But after an hour of trying (and dying) on this first jump, I gave up ;D

[@BH-in8ju]

I didn’t even create a character within 38 minutes

[@TheTinkleFairy]

Ok so it's not just me having performance issues in act 3 with this patch. i barely get 40 fps by the wizard tower now

[@Hardymovies]

Amazing work!!

[@jonasheldhansen8069]

Gale still stuck waiting in the fast travel portal

[@common_undead]

How were you getting buffs like featherfall or enhance leap to not tick down?

[@ChronosReturns]

It's from a glitch called infinite status. By killing a character then picking them up while in turn based mode, turning off turned based mode and reviving them, any turn based status effects will be indefinite. This is really good by making any turn based effects like feather fall, enhance leap, and invisibility to not tick down, but any negative status effects will also not tick down. The statuses will tick down again after going back into turn based mode, such as entering combat or turning it on manually.

[@joseuriostegui3824]

"Baldur's Gate 3 - Honour Mode in 38:08" 50 minute video

[@CafeenMan]

I can't abide murdering my girl Shadowheart.

[@spicydaddy2526]

this is...amazing

[@brandonorcutt362]

I love honor mode I wished this had been the default option when I started playing not screw around with save slots I don't need or tempted into rerolling dice for perfect rolls I just play things thru now so much more fun

[@aspeno5613]

Surprised you beat that Gortash fight that was a close one

[@mathieuguillet4036]

Absolutely epic! Proof that Conjurer remains the OP class. 😉

[@gahfwa3541]

I got carpal tunnel syndrome watching this. Also nice job!

[@Christianarroyo96]

What is going on!!! 😭

[@l0ker507]

Muscle Wizard Stronk

[@harrisonriggs8732]

I've played through this game 4 times for a combined 230~ hours, so I thought I'd seen a pretty good chunk of what it has to offer. What the fuck is happening

[@taide1]

you're crazy, i gotta catch you live

[@BrokkysoppGaming]

Yo lol I had no idea you could just do gortash like that hahaha

[@Knidix]

What a madman

[@k0rar3x]

Wow! It's very interesting! I've never seen anything like that before! Good luck to you! I hope you will be able to buy a new PC soon ❤ 🎉

[@senopheria]

Hilarious, all that work for a cursed dice 50:09

[@harrylong2796]

im gunna say it.........of course he's a gnome

[@crazymammoth]

just noticed 26:03 Yeet that was hilarious

[@lovelybitofsquirrel8272]

wait.... you can just kidnap Gortash and throw him off a bridge?????

[@davidmills1520]

Could you explain what happened with Orrin? And, what made the whole defense of the Emperor between Acts 2 and 3 not have to happen?

[@awightman1221]

I'm guessing but it seems he never encountered Orin's shape-shifted form like normal and she was in that form when he found her and just killed the shapeshifted form in one hit before she could shift back to herself.

[@dudeist_priest]

I hope Tomato Anus does a video on a BG3 speedrun; this is insane

[@sarahp005]

When did you enter ketheric? I didn’t know you could sleep with him. Thanks.

[@Ariescz]

I have got not idea what the hell is happening with all these glitches the speedrun has to rely on to work, and Larian hasn't patched out yet, but I find it immensely hilarious.

[@chrism.7038]

I can't even get out of the character creator in 38 minutes...

[@caglayagmurr]

me skipping the whole game just to romance the companions ☠

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

Won't be able to. Need enough approval points first.

[@caglayagmurr]

@@ВладиславБулаев-л3э its just a joke 🥴

[@jkman10]

15:00 Why move the conjuration spell every hit?

[@LunarOverdrive]

this is a very normal speed to beat the game at. very very normal.

[@nodnar9495]

Tempted to try and copy this just for the achievement and gold dice holy

[@xHuddLL]

On my first day of trying to learn the tricks, I was able to get the infinite enhance leap and feather fall every time. But today i haven't been able to do it a single time. Is there a guide for this specific trick currently? If not i guess ill wait for the tutorial you commented about. Sick run btw

[@Warfiend]

This is amazing man, if you release a tutorial i will actually get into speedrunning this game. It's so good and it would would be such a good game to do it on

[@ChronosReturns]

I've started my tutorials, here's the first one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZPdoGOugKuHY5Ysi=ZxmoUvU12Kvvm1gA

[@Agrhonak]

That video does not exist ​@@ChronosReturns

[@ChronosReturns]

@@Agrhonak Sorry, pasted the link wrong so I updated it

[@MortlachNL]

I am happy if I spend less than an hour in the character creation screens.

[@thomaspedersen5134]

are we going to ignore 17:36?

[@ballixman6587]

Finished my first honor run going “fast” at 40 hours lmao

[@vyredrac7710]

How do you do some of these things on console (killing ketheric part mostly) and can i imitate this going slow with turning on turn based?

[@noamto]

What happens if you fail Command to get the lantern and the attack roll on Witchbolt? Or the throw on Gorash, or the attack roll on Orin, or the pickpocketing a couple of times?

[@ChronosReturns]

For all the chance rolls described above: If you fail Command Drop, you do have another level up for more spell slots, potentially 2 levels, giving you 5 45% shots at it. If you don't get it I believe you can still long rest at this point for them. For the attack roll on Witchbolt, it's the same thing as command drop, if you fail the attack roll you can keep attempting it i believe around 5 times at least, sneak improves the chance of it landing by about 10% as well. For the throw on Gortash, if you fail it he still stands there not doing anything, giving you infinite attempts without worry. For the attack roll on Orin, you have 2 chances to knock her out with 2 swings, once manually, then the second time when she's running. If she escapes, just wait around 15-20 seconds and she'll reappear and you can keep trying again. For the pickpocketing on Felogyr, that should not be necessary for the run, I just made a mistake so I needed to do backup strats here to ensure I had enough fireworks. Overall there's not as much RNG as you might think, and it can be lowered as well a bit. Of course, if you fail the rolls overall then tough luck, restarting a run isn't too long, and is common for speedrunners when you get unlucky to retry.

[@Chronal-Rend]

​@@ChronosReturnscouldn't you roll a halfling to have that inherently lucky feat?

[@harrylong2796]

Took me 38 minutes just to finish character customisation

[@gurbirsingh8479]

How do you do the jumping exploit at the start to get into the helm room?

[@ChronosReturns]

It's a skip called Nautiloid skip, probably one of the hardest speedrun tricks to learn. Here's a guide from Mae, the Any% WR holder: www.speedrun.com/baldurs_gate_3/guides/tab7v

[@raremage]

Im like 100 hours in and just finding my way through the city. Of course im doing every side quest I can find, but this makes me feel pretty weak.

[@RickDOMINOICKS]

Bro just threw gortash off the edge 😂😂

[@PinkieBobik2.0.]

btw and we are sending bug reports look at this if someone send this to dews they will ignore it because its too much work to fix the game :D but its kinda fun to watch im just struggeling to finish game on my second run on honor mode :D

[@benoitdione3632]

hello great run, I would like to know how to make the skip in the flesh whought door, is it possible to make it with Gayle?

[@BFG94k]

Fixed

[@hltvirg8416]

What did you do at 22:16 ? I cant get that part right 😅

[@davvixi9077]

Me: rethinking where should i get more xp because lvl 7 seems too fast for Shadowfell... This guy : lemme hop in XD

[@meghannpuntel2565]

I am scared… impressed!! But scared 😂

[@ChessHistorian]

I have so many questions, I don't know where to start.

[@CMDRBonbon]

Got to love speedrun exploits. Go from beach in front of ruins to Shadowheart naked heading into the Goblin Camp, camp exploit intermission, then your character is hulk leaping through Rosemary in under two minutes.

[@fenrisares]

Daaaamn But thank you for not blowing up my precious Gale

[@JSiuDev]

Congrats and one question. Why doing the Nightsong prison?

[@ChronosReturns]

Nightsong prison for this route is used in order to kill the Nightsong so Ketheric is no longer invulnerable. Later runs now have different strats that get around it in a different fashion.

[@JSiuDev]

@@ChronosReturns Thanks! I forget that requirement, lol