Can You Beat Baldur's Gate 3 By Doing Absolutely Nothing?

[@tickytickytango5634]

"How the hells did you get the netherstones?" "Oh, I stole them from an alternate dimension."

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I could ask the Emperor the same thing. How did he give me Kethric's? The squids got some explainin to do

[@Starfloofle]

when the DM doesn't double check your inventory sheet and then is so exasperated by the fourth hour of not engaging with his plot that he just goes "fine. you have the netherstone. whatever."

[@Nate7.75]

What is this Marvel?

[@RamadaArtist]

Don't you mean, from _anether_ dimension?

[@LeHoboBob]

Failsafing one netherstone and stealing TWO from the dev world is next level.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

None of the dead three's chosen were harmed in the making of this video

[@ДмитрийОсипов-м9д]

​@@ProxyGateTactician so ethical even a Paladin would be in tears

[@jjacklevel]

It's last level

[@Masterchifwin]

Don't spoil the video...

[@silvory7021]

@@Masterchifwin Don't read the comments before watching a video that you don't want spoiled

[@Jason-bd5iq]

I’ve learned so much about the game from these challenge runs

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I've learned so much from doing them

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

the Emperor bringing Ketheric's stone even when the party hasn't killed him proved that he is just too lazy to do it himself in regular playthroughs 🗿

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks for watching nothing guys

[@wook14010]

Thanks for nothing Proxy

[@horizonbumpy2828]

i don't think creating a second character to summon mage hand should be allowed, and mage hand itself, its something you control, especially how you use it in 4:17

[@alanborges4392]

Another fantastic video

[@gilded_lady]

I made sure to do nothing while watching nothing to keep in spirit of it all.

[@ankitk236]

bit sad that most of this was done via exploits and not legit means like covering yourself in arcane ward, armor of agathys thp, setting up spike growth etc out of combat and then luring the enemy and waiting them to finish themselves

[@TheMossEnthusiast]

I love how you briefly make reference to insane time sinks required to get through stages of the game. I hope your sanity remains whole, Proxy

[@roax206]

@TheMossEnthusiast what sanity? I feel like no sane person would attempt these challenges. I think that is exactly why everyone loves these videos.

[@solomarkgulo]

Just when I think Proxy has reached the limit of what you can/can't do in the game, he drops another challenge video

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Oh i've got loads of ideas. Time is the major issue

[@Adealerofblackberry]

bro he did nothing

[@kyle8204]

Is there a build that let's you heal enemies to death? That could be an interesting challenge

[@GAMER32231]

@@ProxyGateTactician and I've got ANOTHER new challenge idea: honor mode, tactician enhanced mod, with the "IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE" settings preset, and no companions are allowed. also, that preset is 500% enemy HP, and enemies have 3 extra actions and 3 extra bonus actions, if I remember correctly. *Good Luck... you'll need it.*

[@calbum7078]

the story of a collection of goldbrickers who leave an angel to die, completely destroy the timeline, rob the Larian devs, and blow themselves up

[@ProxyGateTactician]

poor nightsong thought she escaped a life of imprisonment only to be moved from space to a rotting nasty mindflayer colony instead

[@zeroxinski]

probably my favorite vid on this channel, stealing the stones from the dev plane is insane

[@kirant]

I'd like to believe "we stole a Netherstone from a room with three Orins, Gortash, and a sheep" is canonical in this game.

[@jjacklevel]

A very polite game. It never interrupts your other conversations

[@YamatoCannon985]

That was the most unhinged playthrough I've ever seen.

[@garmfilf2789]

But he did nothing. It wasn't unhinged.

[@wekashipo7507]

I'm terrified of what might come next. Beating BG3 without leaving character creation? Beating BG3 without making any inputs? Beating BG3 without starting the game? Beating BG3 without a computer?

[@marykateharmon]

The last one is just larping.

[@hi123452008]

That's just playing D&D.

[@loptrjotun7662]

Beating BG3 without installing the game

[@Jorgon01]

Beating BG3 without owning the game. Beating BG3 without electricity.

[@hi123452008]

@@Jorgon01 Beating BG3 without owning the game is easy. 🏴‍☠ Not recommended tho, Larian is a great company.

[@MorganaEvelyn]

Pixieport or Cowport is the most cursed tech I learnt from you thank you Proxy

[@hoanganhvanderhoff465]

In your solo wizard run, you did that and skip the whole ketheric fight *mind blowing*

[@tired-snail]

cat: can beat the game (other than that one door) using every action only once: can beat the game doing nothing: can beat the game disney princess: PENDING

[@reubenwittwer4020]

WHERE IS IT?

[@Eclyocy]

When you put a dead companion to Orin’s pocket, I thought “ha, now it would be easier to get that Netherstone from her…” And then you’ve teleported to a whole “pocket dimension”… 🤯

[@shaeebutters8263]

I've been struggling with depression which has made me an insomniac and I just so happened to find your channel out of sheer dumb luck. I watch these videos when I can't sleep or when I try to sleep, and it has worked wonders. Thank you for sharing 😴

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Sorry to hear that, but i'm glad to help you even in a minor way.

[@Mattsothelioma]

I love this kind of thing. *pause* Not your depression! That makes me sad and I wish you luck in recovery. But seeing people who talk about how something simple is able to help them out. To help slowly pick them up out of a gutter. That first step is always so small, and it can be anything. But it’s *everything*… And here I am waxing philosophical about a video where someone defeats Mega Kraang the Luigi way… Tldr. I really do offer my condolences. For what little the sympathy an internet stranger with a silly name is worth.

[@halo6842]

Ive been watching these vids for a year and I'm still impressed every time. I hope the devs know about you. You know more about BG3 than i know about my own damn self lmao

[@ProxyGateTactician]

The owner of Larian actually shared one of my videos on twitter a few weeks ago, so that confirmed at least one of them have watched my videos. That was a big shock to me

[@halo6842]

@ProxyGateTactician that's fucking awesome!

[@vladm2364]

Proxy is the only reason this game gets new patches.

[@jekkin8972]

Well this is sure gonna be a fun ride. Why is this guy so insane, true mad lad.

[@KaiWolf18]

I'll admit, you faked me out by bringing Gale along lol, loved the ending. I love how you turn this game from a high-fantasy rpg into a puzzle game

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

I won’t lie, I thought this vid would be based on making dodge tanking builds with items that deal damage to enemies when they miss, but this was even more wild and funny. Glad to see mage hand getting as much creative use in bg3 as it does dnd 🙏

[@gildeddrake1479]

i was 100% expecting the stupid helm that does radiant damage when enemies miss or some dead gale or dead girl necrotic aura.

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

@ same LOL

[@Dorumin]

That plane with the three Orin clones seems like a fun place to be :^)

[@TheMurlocOracle]

4:38 "Forget about White vans and free candy, just get yourself this new mage hand with evolved kidnapping capabilities. Kidnapping has never been so easy" - Some normal TV advertising probably

[@lyravale1148]

Even though you did absolutely nothing, I've never been more impressed. Thanks Proxy ♥

[@alsknbullwrm]

1:10 you can WHAT

[@Meyna86]

My GPU just went into witness protection after watching this video. 4-player self-co-op, here I come.

[@DuskMageNecrozma]

Mage Hand isn't available so he has to get off the old-fashioned way Get off the Nautiloid, of course

[@dotXyore]

@@DuskMageNecrozma I love you for that.

[@twelvelemons1182]

Glad to see my main man Gale gets to survive one of these challenge videos for once lol. He deserves it after all the suffering he’s usually put through

[@samhayes-astrion]

alternative title: Beating Baldur's Gate 3 by holding the characters accountable and making them solve their problems on their own.

[@inigoaraluce8493]

Crazy how you manage to outdo yourself each time man... I literally couldn't think of anything crazier than this 😂

[@Quxxnstars]

I don't know how you manage to outdo yourself every time with these challenges, but here we are, yet again! I legitimately laughed until I cried, this was amazing to watch.

[@Allurian90]

13:30 It's really Larian's fault for not letting the Beholder guide you through the finale

[@korakys]

I haven't stopped and skipped back to clarify more. You packed a crazy amount of tricks into this video!

[@JhuliaSalviano]

It reminds me of how it takes much more work to pretend I am working than the work itself. With that said I am watching this while I should be working. Great video!

[@alfrink1c]

I feel like Proxy's writing has gotten so much better and sassier. I laughed outloud at some parts I didnt expect

[@FazeCShot]

Seeing the fairy bell skip work is so cool, awesome video

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Found that one day by complete accident a few months ago and was looking forward to finding a good video to show it off in.

[@FazeCShot]

​@@ProxyGateTactician I heard bouch mention it and have been hoping you would!

[@ProxyGateTactician]

@@FazeCShot Right it didn't work when he tried, and the reason is the rooftop fight with nightsong must be done for the kethric skip to work.

[@FazeCShot]

@ProxyGateTactician good to know, insane effort as always man

[@karlwittenburg5868]

@@ProxyGateTacticianyou _have to_ do that fight? It doesn’t work if you let Balthazar take Aylin?

[@turtlecheese8]

I'd love to see a compilation of all the silly ideas you've tried that just didn't work out and fizzled in the first ten minutes or so.

[@kingofgrim4761]

Proxy gate best of 2024 fails/bloopers for challenge runs?

[@bixusmaleficus]

Proxy does it again! Or... does nothing? Genius! Thank you for another piece of quality entertainment!

[@MajorTanya]

Oh boy this is going to be a blast ❤ thanks for the video, Proxy

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks for watching Tanya

[@jekkin8972]

THE MUSIC IS GLORIOUS. Imma go fry some zerg

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I'll go proxy some gates

[@stagnant19]

New Proxy video on my birthday? Thanks for doing nothing

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Happy birthday Stagnant. Hope you had a good 1

[@sginrummy88]

i love how you opened a second window of the game when you could have just... picked up a controller and entered as a Player 2

[@elisitchin3279]

I... I have no idea how any challenge run could top this one. Well done.

[@Heldojin]

Jesus Christ, are you a Netherbrain in disguise!? Amazing work again.

[@KamisatoArtHyouka]

Babe wake up, new Proxy Gate Tactician Videos just dropped.

[@MagpieMcGraw]

I thought this was going to be a run using my favorite build: Holy Lance Helm + Luminous Armor + Boots of Stormy Clamor.

[@ipad3kelarens574]

The way this challenges are going, I have a feeling the next one gonna be "beating baldurs gate by not playing baldurs gate"

[@Swm9445]

8:42, you gotta tell us how you time travelled back to act 2!

[@Emanig.sumtin]

Finnaly someone trying to say ok now do insert thing that's harder because even one step up like doing nothing without moving or without actions is impossible I think

[@zigzagintrusion]

3:45 and 9:00 got me to subscribe. The deadpan delivery is just too good LOL

[@randomgirl6947]

I know everyone here jokes about the next video being "Can you beat BG3 without playing BG3", but hear me out: What if there was a way to control 2 games at the same time? Like your inputs being registered in both games simultaneously. Imagine playing something like Minecraft while trying to beat the nautiloid fight. Idk how much the controls overlap, re-binding the keys would probably be necessary to make gameplay of both games more smooth. But maybe it could work? Idk if this is possible, I don't even play on pc, but if it is maybe you could try to pull it off? Love your vids btw❤️

[@enderkitty6668]

i've always wanted to watch a proxy video this level of live, thanks for another one Proxy!

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks!

[@ovencake523]

this is a new level of insanity and i love it i dont know what award you won from this but you won it

[@naninyan]

Rumors say Mage Hand's original form had a back, but it had since lost forever as carrying too hard for this challenge.

[@neutrality4660]

10/10 lol getting closer to that 100k Proxy!!! You deserve it man, good vid as always

[@ButtersTM]

It cutting to you kidnapping a skeleton really got me lmao

[@RandomPerson-zy5pr]

Game will say that MC saved the world from destruction, but he was actually just a tourist

[@mahdiabr3019]

doing nothing he says , bro broke the fabric of reality and the 4th wall at same time

[@frozenroseberry]

That was hell of a playthrough. Great video, waitin' for more

[@zerosuchi]

13:33 You know I was also about to feel bad for you because of this insane series of events but I burst out laughing when it happened with Raphael as well 😂😂😂 This video is incredible

[@tatertot5138]

These challenge videos are so fun dude. For real makes me miss Mitten Squad

[@Synthia17]

Man, a dev reacting to those challenges would be a one hell of a video

[@c2kiyomi]

"Kidnap my character, kill the kidnapper, pick up his corpse, causing the kidnappee to disappear. Put the corpse into a box, reverse-pick pocket the box into Bhaal's Chosen's pockets to enter the Realm of Dev." My head hurts from shaking my head.

[@Master_Kragnar]

Love the StarCraft 2 music in the background!!

[@markhanson5031]

Is this how the term "pocket dimension" came about? By taking a corpse, and reverse pickpocketing a body into Orin, in order to reach the Creators Dimension?

[@thepyrokitten]

Holy. Shit. This was art. My reaction is just that Shia Lebouef clapping meme. Bravo.

[@friedwithrice]

I love your videos, I feel like you've become more confident in your humor and i love it. You're so funny

[@AryOnYT]

This is probably the wildest bg3 challenge run I've ever seen 😂

[@jormananormanu]

7:28 - Don't worry, I've been subscribed this whole time, I got you fam.

[@SamsonScorpio]

That was an amazingly through study of a brilliant game. You are very committed to your content.

[@orangenschwestern5005]

Just the Chaos I needed today. Very cool. One moment you have your sanity the next you lose it all when he bugs himself into the developer area. Love it

[@philgroves7694]

This is truly the BEST video of a BG3 playthrough I've seen yet! Thanks!

[@blueboltshrimp]

wow.... the dedication to be like "3 hours later X happened" "tried another 5 hours on this thing" incredible guess you've mage handed my subscribe button

[@Morfalath]

skipping the ketheric fight was so wild, i subbed

[@ArmyDucks]

This is one of the best videos on your channel lol

[@deutscher1a]

Being a subscriber is a rare achievement im proud to have

[@orbitronsorbitrons]

This is so goddamn good, my absolute favourite bg3 content and its not even particularly close

[@gar-sen]

Proxy is a baller and makes some of the BEST bg3 stuff I've seen! Also, I love the thumbnail lmao.

[@aremamarang]

Just when I thought you were out of tricks you do pull this off. Great video

[@valeon7303]

I live in great fear of you. I've done burs of build crafting, strategizing, and looting... and you beat the game with just a mage hand and a jar.

[@LoFiAxolotl]

TOTALLY NORMAL Bg3 attempt... this might be my favorite video of 2024

[@JadedJasantha]

That's amazing, ingenious, astounding, everything-but-the-show-stopping

[@toomuchstuff_notenoughspace]

love waking up to a big hearty bowl of proxy first thing in the morning

[@troublemaker1778]

Good job dude! Genuinely an insane video!

[@Alttoviulu92]

Hilarious watch, and also a learning experience. Who would have known that mage hand is so handy?

[@김성헌-k1d]

Actually fucking genius holy shit

[@ProxyGateTactician]

감사합니다!

[@seihoukei-streams]

That Pixie trick is huge game changer, and we've already found some fun uses for it. There's an alternative to it that's harder to apply but does not require the bell / is not prevented by having pixie blessing - you can resolve Polymorph on yourself. Tranfsorming either way seems to prevent wuite few things from happening and allows some minor skips. So, thank you for this beautiful base discovery~

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Oh really I haven’t heard about those kind of curious what else people have found

[@seihoukei-streams]

@@ProxyGateTactician As an example of my findings that would be relevant for this run - you can get to opposite side of Astral prism fight if you become polymorphed and invisible (I could not manage enough movement with Dolly's one turn). There are few spots on very far end that are out of trigger area. Then you can place cloud of dagger behind a monk and throw caustic bulb into it. Caustic bulb would be broken by cloud of dagegrs and its damage would not be attributed to you and it would not trigger the cutscene, and they slowly melt down. Two on floating rocks are easier, ones hitting intellect devourers are more tricky because of elevation. EDIT: Another funny use is dollymorphing during last second of countdown when crashing creche. You can be standing inside but if you time it right, game does not kill you but teleports outside. Still, can be tricky, I failed it first time live XD Another thing is dollymorphing during forced Voss night when you have Lae'zel and killed W'wargaz/been to Astral Prism. It just ends the night and gets you wherever you were going. Yet another thing (that I actually found before learning about Dollyporting) is attacking Voss in Act 1 with some summon (I used Connor) while dollymorphed. So far in my testing, it made Voss NOT leave and also NOT gain (or maybe lose?) invulnerability that he gets there.

[@philbarbato]

And they said a true pacifist run was impossible…

[@zlothz]

This is your most unhinged journey, yet! 🤯Well done!

[@matolies]

7:32 What do you mean IF you could? If that mage hand in my house wasn't yours, whose was it? Who did it subscribe to?

[@JostleJins]

It’s finally here… I both feared and knew this day would come

[@LeHoboBob]

You just added Bigby's Hand to BG3.

[@gideon.drake31]

If there’s anything that deserves a sub, it’s this

[@DJdopaminCZ]

I love people with such game obsession they can turn it inside out. Respect my man ❤️ I subscribe

[@nyjel2813]

Alright, fine, I’ll subscribe

[@SeekerTerminarch]

The "afk" run has been such an interesting concept for me in many games. Set up as much as you want, but once combat starts its hands off. Things tend to get really strange really quickly lol

[@ccvvxxbbbbxxvvcc7541]

"theoretically if he landed all of his hits and they landed none of theirs the battle should be winnable" - yes that's how the game works

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Lmao reading this quote is funnier than it should be

[@alexissnape9345]

next video is just i beat Baldur's gate without opening the game XD genuinely though this is some next level shit. i'm out here fighting for my life in honour mode and you're pulling these insane stunts, respect man, respect.

[@asbestoz1123]

12:30 this part is so funny I just imagine what it looks like realtime

[@Louves192]

13:25 Something similar happened to me in my last honour mode run. One of the Orpheus honour guards was still alive for some reason, which caused the Emperor to turn hostile towards me and he left.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Wonder how he was still alive. Non lethal damage?

[@formatomi]

And i thought this will be some kind of Abjuration run where enemies kill themselves with retaliation damage.. boy was i wrong lol :’D

[@tatotato85]

Did nothing and yet is the wildest playthrough i have ever watched