Can an AVERAGE Person Conquer Baldur's Gate 3 HARDEST Mode?

[@richardlandrum1966]

I beat HM when it was still 0.9% A few tips. Survival is useless (its just for finding buried chests) most important abilities are perception and persuasion Nothing has a higher movement rate than a strength based monk. (Step of wind removes the "bonus action cost" from jumping. Its insane how far they can move in one turn. Good insurance for escaping a bad encounter. It can even let you completely skip the last two fights before the brain. Bring gale and you can also skip the brain fight. Buy scrolls of "minor globe if invulnerability" whenever you can. 3 or 4 helps make a mockery of myrkul.....the hardest fight you HAVE to fight (cast on party and unload at range, or cast on nightsong to keep herin the fight (be sure not to put myrkul in it). Having an active party member stay in camp is also good insurance vs a wipe, ESPECIALLY in act 1. Always remember you can flee combat!! Having an invis potion or misty step scroll on hand is good for this if you don't have a monk or thief to sprint. 5 levels in berserker, plus 3 levels in theif is awesome for throwing 4 baddies into the abyss each turn or for piling them together on aoe spells. Good luck!!

[@TheBeansYoutube]

These are all such great suggestions, thanks! I think I'll definitely try to keep 1 person in base as my playthroughs tend to derail quickly! XD

[@Focal_DCS]

One thing that’s helped me so far on my honor mode run is to overprepare for EVERY. SINGLE. FIGHT. Like even the fight in the ruins at the very start can be a run ender if you aren’t careful

[@TheBeansYoutube]

Oh man... thats crazy, thanks for the advice! I am not the most prepared person so this is going to be an interesting playthrough 😅💀

[@xFreeSoul3x]

I've beaten HM twice now and the best piece of advice i can give you is to go slow, dont rush anything and DON'T rush to the bosses, do everything else, then the bosses. they are so much stronger in HM, if you are underleveled or unprepared you have no chance... Good luck!

[@TheBeansYoutube]

DANG! Honour mode twice!? That's awesome, and thank you for the advice! I need to do my due diligence if I want to beat this, that's for sure

[@benk50000]

A couple tips: 1: If you leave an active party member in camp after you free Withers, you can't really wipe since the party member in camp can keep paying Withers to revive everyone. Downside here is fights are a lot harder with only 3 party members rather than 4 so this can deplete your gold. (Unless you pickpocket it back, but that is basically an exploit.) 2: I would recommend respecing all the companions with Withers to give them even stats, as odd stats don't do anything. While your at it, I would also recommend changing Shadowheart's domain if you are going to use her because Trickery is the worst cleric domain. You probably want to give her the produce flame cantrip too, it's usually better than sacred flame.

[@TheBeansYoutube]

Ooo thank you for the tips! I will try my best to follow them hehe

[@alexmashkin863]

One tip for winning Honour mode - take Alert feat as soon as possible for your character build. Going first is a tremendous advantage that will serve you well throughout the game. Also looting everything, selling everything and being well stocked at all times provides good safety net. Whether you want to abuse trader restock mechanics too much or not.

[@itsbigshoop]

This tip is very good. Alert can prevent a TPK in the case of your party getting surprised. Although, I would argue this is most important in late act 2 and act 3. In act 1, very few fights can surprise you and even fewer can really deal with you if you are diligent about precasting things like Twinned Haste from a sorcerer, Spirit Guardians on your cleric, whatever summon spells you decide to use, etc. precasting makes act 1 playable without Alert, but about halfway through act 2, you will STRUGGLE without Alert. Fights become much more punishing, enemy dpr goes up significantly faster than your hit points, and going first often means getting a good position with each of your characters placed in the proper location to do there job. The cleric and the tank in the thick of it, the archer and the mage far enough away to never be targeted…also, minor illusion can allow you to group enemies up from stealth, allowing you to set up MASSIVE surprise rounds.

[@alexmashkin863]

@drizzledaddygaming994 Way too much random info for a new (ish) guy :-)) I disagree, Alert serves you well from a get go, later becomes invaluable, just makes the fights go so much smoother. Other than that, no matter actual tactics and playstyle, another good advice is to take things slow and careful, scout out, plan out before engaging, don't be shy to run away from the fight if you're unsure. I finished honour in a lot of different ways and playstyles, solo as well. But my very first honour win was a paladin themed party on full Alert, nuking everything first turn. I abused shop restocking, camp casters and everything in between beside bugs and exploits. Fun :-))

[@TheBeansYoutube]

I've been seeing Alert being brought up, I need to check it out but I do enjoy all these different views and strategies :D It makes me more confident that I will be able to do HM if I am actively thinking about what I'm doing

[@alexmashkin863]

@TheBeansKZbin That's the main thing, think about what you're doing, consider your options, never rush anything and always remember that you can pop potion of invisibility and run :-)

[@itsbigshoop]

I’ve done 2 solo HM runs (Tav Sorcerer, Astarion Swords Bard) and 3 HM runs with friends (one was Origin characters only with lore friendly builds). The biggest tip I can give is to look stuff up like builds, content you may have missed in previous playthroughs, how to obtain different gear, how to virtually force success on difficult ability checks, such as Mirror of Loss, etc., and formulate a gameplan that you will stick to. Each character in your party will require different gear, and some gear, like the Risky Ring, is so good that, almost, any character can put it to great use. This means, knowing, in advance, who gets what loot is tantamount to success. I also HIGHLY recommend building at least one party member as a Radiating Orb Cleric and one as a Divination Wizard. This will make life much easier for your first playthrough as they bring utility that cannot be replicated by other classes or magic items.

[@TheBeansYoutube]

Dang I haven't even thought of builds for my party yet but that makes sense! Thanks for the advice, I think I need to read up ALOT on this game again 😅

[@DarthCalliope]

I believe in you! You've got this! (I also romanced Shadowheart; she's my brooding, slightly fanatic, cinnamon roll.) I've beaten the game on tactician and that's about as far as I got. Honour Mode is punishing and it hurts so good. I wish I could give you advice, but the people in the comments have your back!

[@TheBeansYoutube]

Thank you for the support! Shadowheart is the best and oh man everyone has been saying honour mode is so hard and I am scared to play again 😅

[@bonjouritsready]

Honour Mode is dependent on your understanding of the mechanics and the abilities of the enemies in each battle (particularly the bosses with their legendary actions). Take your time, think about the composition of your team and you’ll be grand. Don’t be too worried about making everyone a tank, to be fair, having 2/3 big damage dealers to nova down most of the turn order before they can move is super effective (especially if you give everyone alert as their first feat). You don’t need specific builds, specific weapons - just use what works for you and you can do it 👍🏻

[@TheBeansYoutube]

Ooo thanks for the advice! Hearing that I can focus on damage is a relief!

[@AJ91244756]

I struggle even on tactician level😭 HM is something else!

[@TheBeansYoutube]

Oh god now im getting really worried for Honour mode 😭😭😭 im am not the best bd3 player so i think this is going to be a long series 😔

[@TheProblem2025]

I’m the same! I try to tell myself every failure is just another step toward complete HM victory! 🎉

[@TortelBortel]

Just stumbled upon your channel, so far I love the vibes keep it up!

[@TheBeansYoutube]

Thank you! Will do! :D

[@gothentical]

Also, just saying, in DnD and bg3 some races have the same "abilities" !! : - half-orcs have that one ability that allows them to get up on 1HP instead of being downed - gnomes have "gnome cunning" which gives them advantage on: INT, CHAR, WIS and SAVING THROWS . I personally often opt for the half orc because I always end up dying in stupid situations 😭😭 (Small tip again: half-orc barbarian is overpowered almost directly in dnd because it gives you a high AC and Strengh at level 1 .)

[@TheBeansYoutube]

Dang I didn't realize this ! I should have definitely put more thought into what race I was gonna play 😭😂

[@gothentical]

@@TheBeansKZbin 😁😁

[@vinyldash3633]

Happy Algorithm day! o7 good vid!

[@TheBeansYoutube]

hehe thanks!

[@vinyldash3633]

@TheBeansKZbin here's my own lil tip to contribute! Gruel/Oatmeal and Raspberries are overpowered!! (Quickest explain, they stack, and cost nothing to consume in combat. No bonus action or actions needed! Ive gone from 4 hp back up to 110 in a single turn on a barbarian in mid to late game just bc i saved up a fistful of about 45 raspberries! (And i still had my movement, bonus action, and action that turn) So if you see a pot of stew or a berry bush, grab em!

[@TheBeansYoutube]

omg I never knew that was a thing wtf!! Thanks for the info :D

[@L0rdF4ng0]

what i did on my HM run is follow the speedrun strats. took me i think 6/7 attempts (mostly cuz i'd screw up in the very beginning) and about 6h in the end. i'd recomend you look up a little guid, the very least for boss fights. also, if only one party member lives you can alwaus revive the others

[@TheBeansYoutube]

WHOA 6 HOURS?! Thats crazy :O I'll check out some speedrunning guides, thanks for the info!

[@mathewlortie4270]

Next is ur honor mode playthrough

[@gothentical]

Hi ! Just discovered your youtube channel, have you tried playing sea of thieves with your friends ? That could be a fun multi-player game to see on your channel !

[@TheBeansYoutube]

Oooo that's a good idea! I've never played sea of thieves but I think that would be so fun!

[@gothentical]

@@TheBeansKZbin I’m looking forward to it !! 😄

[@gothentical]

@@TheBeansKZbin also it could be fun if you guys made a discord server !! So that your subscribers / followers can play with you sometimes !

[@TheBeansYoutube]

That would be fun! I'll have to see about getting that set up :D

[@gothentical]

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