Can You Beat Baldur's Gate 3 Without ANY Actions or Bonus Actions?

[@the_truant]

My man is going to beat the game just by looking at it soon enough

[@MinnowTF]

CRUSHING Act 1 as a LONEWOLF PAIR OF EYEBALLS

[@fertlis7043]

Don’t give him any ideas

[@bonkeroons69]

Can you beat Baldur's Gate 3 by only teleporting

[@Snjeguzica]

"can you beat baldur's gate 3 without moving a muscle IRL? (he sits in his chair like stephen hawking and plays the game with a neuralink connected to his pc)

[@nickSmithOffic1al]

And you thought goonly was cursed

[@A_Typhlosion]

Most people's challenges are things like solo monk. Bro's challenges is the removal of several core game mechanics.

[@SnakeD1ck]

That is what a challenge run should be like half the challenge runs I see are basically can you beat (insert game) but my name is mark

[@TacoRemixx]

@@SnakeD1ckmy name is mark and all my challenge runs are like this.

[@Jsnaith]

"Can I beat bg3 using only the best classes in explorer in under 100 hours????" Type content from some people lol. I like this channel's challenge runs tho

[@atomhere]

you guys are acting like he's built a new niche way to beat the game when he's basically using the same hammerhraft build that's been a game breaking and heavily abused way to solo the game since it came out. all he did differently was find out the people were using spore druid to get a free potion use and use that to fly for free instead of using an action or bonus action.

[@FaeMagic]

@@SnakeD1ck That’s not a challenge run, that’s a hypothetical run.

[@Consequencesofasymphony]

"Can't open the door because I don't have enough damage" "So anyway I went back to the scrying eye and killed it with two bombs"

[@ocel6037]

True why he didnt use the bomb for the door 😂

[@sephikong8323]

Gale : "Remind me again, why do I have to kill myself ?" Durge : "I don't want to do a single action myself"

[@amunak_]

Yeah I love how he disses Shadowheart and Gale for just standing the whole game doing nothing, but my man only like, walked the whole game, also doing nothing. What a hypocrite! :D

[@ThalesWell]

Hey! He concentrated very hard on stomping on some potion bottles on the ground!

[@shaniaduchene8063]

Honestly that’s very on brand for the dark urge. Kills people just by walking near them!

[@matthewkemp594]

"For my next BG3 challenge, I will smack myself on the head with this hammer until I forget that the game was ever published. Afterwards, I will beat the game without being aware that it even exists."

[@misuvittupaa8068]

Virgin run

[@jhfh3112]

This is a descent that eventually ends with you beating BG3 with a blindfold, no items or levels and only being able to operate the keyboard with your feet

[@milenaber8346]

DON"T GIVE HIM IDEAS!

[@Quillancrow]

You have to be kidding me

[@cabinet_mike3864]

love how all of those characters you make are Durge. Bhaal just out there putting his kids in the weirdest situations for fun.

[@MisterA744]

Bhaalin' - but at what cost

[@coyoteseattle]

I mean, that *was* kinda the plot of the first two games. :p

[@dravenaddams8108]

bhaal's stuck in a time loop and getting increasingly bored

[@TheRichestTea]

I was unsure how the rotten food would make this possible, but the reveal was mindblowing. This game is mental

[@SwiftDeath0608]

Evil Lae’Zel: “Reaction, not action.”

[@TheSlugKing]

If you need a way to open locked chests without lockpicking, you can just pick up the chest, go to a trader, and then double click the chest in the trading window to drag the items to your inventory. Quest related chests like the one containing the Iron Flask won't normally show up in the trading menu, but if you place them inside of a pouch or backpack they'll appear in there. This actually allows you to steal the Iron Flask and return the locked chest to complete the quest.

[@rjai5003]

I swear the next challenge is going to be “Can you beat Baldur’s Gate 3 without doing literally anything?” and he’ll still somehow be able to do it

[@viorp5267]

1:35 thought it'd be ranger because gloom stalker gets an attack which consumes no actions or bonus actions

[@holyheckism]

wait thats true, i wonder why he didnt use it

[@TheSinisterSquid13]

its only a one-time attack that can ONLY be used on the character's first turn. if ever he got surprised or cc'd, he wouldn't even be able to use it without leaving and re-entering the combat. focusing on using reactions seems a lot more consistent

[@MalcolmLikesMtg]

​@@holyheckismprobably because it can only be used once per combat on the first turn.

[@TacoRemixx]

@@MalcolmLikesMtgright then you’d have to be duergar to constantly invis to keep going out and in on the fight. Makes sense spores are more consistent with more utility for things like opening doors and potions before the hammer.

[@thenintenbro9193]

​@TacoRemixx Duergar invis still requires an action though, no?

[@cybermage99]

I found a slight cheese in my most recent honor mode playthrough. I stepped out into the goblin camp after killing the big 3 and got swarmed. My initiative was garbo for all except astarion (assassin with alert) So I immediately had him go back inside as my insurance policy just in case. Saw he got his actions back and decided to go back out. He got put in the current turn of initiative because of alert, got his actions back because of assassin so I could shoot again, get a free crit, bonus action dash, leave and return on loop. I had other party member's whose turns were holding up initiative, so I had inifinite ability to enter and leave combat firing arrows. Probably already the sort of thing in your repetoire but if not I wanted to let you know so you could experiment with it and maybe use it in a hard place in the future. I wouldn't have lost my honor run without it (hypnotic pattern for the win) but it was certainly fun to find my first infinite damage mechanic of my own

[@0xNWM]

used this in steel watcher titan fight on my duo run, was very excited to discover this (100% cheese) mechanic independently

[@mohebn]

Im very sorry to be the one to say this. but equipping items costs an action

[@xLionsxxSmithyx]

Yup.

[@4m4n40]

Unless you’re out of combat

[@Awesomeguy732]

​@@4m4n40 If you put the game in turn based and swap gear, I'm fairly certain it does. Following your logic, spells, attacks, and such don't cost actions either (unless using one starts combat)

[@bouch_]

that is true, somehow I did not think about that. Guess I'll just have to do it all again.

[@goofyahhTM]

​@@bouch_ You're insane

[@ronnievinsmoke]

"Now I may not be able to do anything else but at least I can be below average at the drums" brother I felt that in my soul

[@themurmeli88]

0:13 I was going to say "Quick Save/Quick Load" but I guess that's up there too.

[@cmpethy]

Donning armor is an action, no? Unless there’s away to make it equip automatically that I’m missing. Not that this discredits the run in my eyes, this was incredible!

[@brianahambor9147]

it is but its not directly labeled in the game that way

[@tiger2498]

Now we need to beat it without moving

[@Cheerwine091]

11:50 Imagining a Half-Orc rapidly slurping down Mindflayer Tadpoles to prevent the doctor from noticing that they were stolen by them is incredibly funny to me.

[@DimaProstov]

ritual means cast as a cantrip - cantrip is an action. u can even see it lights up an action bar at 8:25

[@almcaeobtac]

Good catch, woopsie!

[@hellofrommk.6488]

Equipping items also requires actions

[@ConfusedGeriatric]

This is incredible, you’re either a genius or a fool to do such things

[@LeoTheDarkAngel]

He is a fool for doing it, but a genius for succeeding.

[@ericroll]

Incredibly creative! Also, your knowledge of magic items is unsurpassed. There are so many quirky little abilities that magic items are infused with. Half the time I pick up a magic item and think, "When the heck is this ever going to be useful?" You flip that script and ask, "How can I make this random magic item useful?" Really brilliant!

[@unpredictablehalfbread6043]

You could use Crates to build bridges and "Climb On" which doesn't use an action or bonus action. Diagonal bridge and then break the end one, causing you to fall to the other side.

[@tovaldp179]

When I read the title I knew I was about to be both shocked about how crafty you can get. Great work love videos

[@alexbroo592]

i love how you got from normal challange runs like the summons one, to this, you are my favourite channel

[@sullychow4123]

These runs are getting crazier and crazier. Your content is so creative, well done.

[@ponyglee]

*eats rotten food mid-combat* *screams like a banshee in sheer rage*

[@Lucif3r20]

I feel the need to say this @Bouch out of all the bg content ive watched you are by far my favorite, i have watched every piece of content on your channel (Save for the palworld one, sorry mate) and I really love watching so thank you for making the content you do

[@toad1414]

You are absolutely incredible, I am stunned Absolutely insane thing to do.

[@GigaAxo]

I've discussed reverberation builds with people before, but never seen anything quite like this one. I am intrigued absolutely incredible!

[@zeckafernandes]

Equipping items requires an action, but some things can be overlooked for fun runs like these, great run

[@NormaaIi]

Utterly deranged. I love it

[@Oscar-ng8by]

I'm pretty sure there is an item in act 3 that lets you cast a spell for free (no actions or spellslots). Maybe that woudl make it possible to cast Karsus' Compulsion. Forgot what the items was called sadly but I think you can get it at sorcerous sundries. Great video btw, you always put the the craziest bg3 challanges

[@dastark_3024]

Markoheshkir :)

[@sarrach94]

Assuming you mean Markoheshkir, that does not actually make the spell not use an action. Same goes for the Staff of Spellpower which has the same ability as well as the Freecast tadpole power.

[@adamjeviczki3175]

It only stops the spell from using a spell slot, not actions.

[@NottTheProtagonist]

Madmans done it again

[@cubansquare251]

This man is an evil genius and must be protected at all costs.

[@nb6955]

Not sure why I imagined Gordon screaming RAAAAAAAAW when you raged after eating the carrot lol.

[@StaubengeI]

I am just blown away by the level of genius you put into all of these absolutely insane challenges. Underwear only run? Sure, because we will lower their strength with every throw and then make a shadow slurp them to death. No Action run? No problem, we will just eat poisoned food to trigger a rage that gives us endless movement speed so we can fly-jump everyone to death. Next up: Can we beat BG3 with only dialogue by always clicking the 1st option? Somehow yes, because using a potato and Minor Illusion gives us the buff needed. Idk

[@AntoinePelissier]

A few things, Scratch has "help" action and you can go through pipes while transformed as a cat with your druid.

[@Devotee_of_void]

My struggling with normal honor mode: Random guy casually beating it solo with monstrous restrictions:

[@nicii179]

everytime i think „SURELY not“ when reading the title i get proven wrong. 10/10

[@captainfrodopotter1456]

respect for finding all these niche things, props man

[@user-zn4vv4mv1d]

Bro, i recently watched some of your videos, u remind me of ymfah, its a very popular youtuber, who makes videos mostly about souls games. I really enjoy watching people creating new unique strats and beating the game, so go on, you are the best.

[@Lukastar1]

Dude it is absolutely insane to me how many playthroughs these KZbinrs churn out. I have 500 hours in this game and I haven’t finished it ONCE

[@theDebel1]

I did not expect you to become this mad when I first subscribed - can't say I'm not entertained!

[@loglog7]

A BG3 KZbinr continuing to make excellent content after the hype is dying down? I must say… Benji please check if this guy is a vicious murderer.

[@myname8035]

Awesome video as always! Would love to see you do a lone wolf level one (honour mode maybe?) playthrough :)

[@ericroll]

This would have been a huge challenge just by eliminating Actions. But no, you also chose to eliminate Bonus Actions. I genuflect in your general direction good sir!

[@During0nTouR]

correct me if I'm wrong, but equipping items does cost an action. But still awesome work man ^^

[@kosekimajutsushi1833]

best and more creative BG3 video ive ever seen , LEARN FORM THIS GUY LUALITY

[@loicgrandemange6114]

Can you beat BG3 with a hand tied in your back, dancing on one foot, and your other leg wrapped with mozza cheese and ham (because why not) ?

[@omegaoverl0ad]

Technically, he failed the challenge at the very start, equipping and unequipped armour and items requires an action, and he unequipped his gear right at the start

[@JoyKirbs]

Unequipping actually doesn't take an action, weirdly enough. Only equipping. Which would still break the run, yes, but, it's just a fun lil fact.

[@Fern3552]

Very creative solutions. I wish i had even a modicum of this dudes problem solving skills.

[@Crunkz21]

My man here should be hired by governments as a problem solver.

[@fortuitousj]

Little known fact, equipping items counts as an action. This is normally not noticeable, but can be observed when in turn based mode or in combat.

[@PrimroseParadox]

Nothing quite says "Where there's a will, there's a way" like these increasingly more absurd challenge runs

[@FatalHog]

And here i wait for the "can you beat the game without using movement" run

[@marijnyboy8402]

Im sorry he can't run that

[@jackkirk1160]

Since 1 turn spans the time of six seconds that means you basically speedblitzed the entire game Gortash Kethrick and Orin debriefing in hell like "so basically all I saw was an orc sprint at me she then proceeded to continuously break the sound barrier killing me with 40 explosions before I could blink"

[@anafidelli565]

i love these kind of challenge, I always learn something new that we can do in this game

[@akraftmann6667]

This is quite literally impossible because the game doesn't tell you but talking counts as a 'interact' similar to equipping a item, this takes a full action it's just that its out of combat and recharges almost instantly

[@shaniaduchene8063]

I can’t tell which is more impressive: this, or beating Mario without pressing the A button

[@nicholasjessen4066]

Bro, are you ok? These challenge runs are becoming a bit...concerning...

[@em_the_android]

Casually became the chosen of the murder god just for a laugh

[@leplay2309]

Equipping an item requires an action as well

[@martinrose2668]

very interesting! some exploits are so big that if i was larian, i'd patch them tbh. like equipping and unequipping the ring is a neat little loophole (although certainly needs a cap), but reloading the save feels unfair. a very fun build though holy shit

[@Jimbo_Jenkins_VT]

love how he says took him so many tries to get to her lmao but the thing is that the brain enemies you have to actively go into their area xP u can run up to that door without a problem as long as you don't get their attention lmao!

[@PenguinFondue]

I love this game, and I love how wild these challenges have gotten

[@Amanda-zt8et]

You can actually get the tongue of madness from a few vendors (I think auntie ethel and derreth?) and the tinmask spores you can cause the tinmask mushrooms around the underdark to explode and they will drop tinmask spores that you can pick up as long as you dont get beffudled. I almost always skip the arcane tower now.

[@smolwyvernboi3250]

idk if it's still in the game but ik you used to be able to get around locks on chests by picking them up and bringing them to traders since when you double click it just opens the chest like you would for any other container

[@jonesynarwhal]

This is by far the most ludicrous BG3 run I've ever seen.

[@sliceoflife3611]

Jesus Christ the amount of content from 1 game is CRAIIIIIZEEEEEEEEH 😂

[@Piggyrocket]

Oye, beltalowda! Love dat subtle expanse reference in chapter titles.

[@gildeddrake1479]

I got another challenge for you: lonewolf, no summon, no controlable npc (temporary uncontrollable allies are ok), no damage (even from retaliation effect like the radiant helm in the creche or the jumping/flying hammer), no debuffing effect (not even throwing haste potions at people to make them lethargic). You can only kill people through dialogs, cutscenes, merging fights or by pushing them in an endless abyss (no floor). I'll leave it to you to figure out if there is a way to beat the apostle of myrkul (maybe chestmancy + buffing aylin ?) but if there truly isn't, you can make one exception just for him and actually damage him. Also the goal is not only to beat the game but also to solve as many encounters as possible.

[@TheXBlade360]

Larian give this man another game or something, he's slowly loosing his sanity

[@TheMonchedCookie]

My man's challenge runs are getting scarier and scarier

[@NaiHmee]

I love how it went from "hey, can we kill everything in one hit the entire game?" to "Let's remove one of the single most important mechanic of the game and try to beat it."

[@RyozeDT]

As much as I love ur vids. It is painful to watch videos where u limit urself rather than focusing on a cool build. I'd love to see u use ur creativity in something similar as the summoner or os build. Also, I enjoyed the quantity when vids was split into acts as the quality of ur vids are already so high. But it is just my opinion, great video as always!

[@Nightdreamr]

Bouch striving to achieve new levels of masochism with every video

[@HomeMadeFanVideos]

"Can you beat baldur's gate 3 without loading the game?" up next fr seriously, you're incredible!!

[@bingonight1504]

14:28 honestly if the weird doctor's death animation just looked like that every time I wouldn't even question it

[@SherifNeamatalla]

3:50 "It's me, Zevlor and a bugbear left", this sounds like the start of a dirty joke hahaha

[@wickerman6000]

I recently found a bug that could potentially help you with this challenge. It's related to killing Gale, as you know, after he dies, his body starts to emit a necrotic aura that passively deals damage to everyone around him, except for Gale himself, and you need to resurrect him within 3 days, otherwise he will explode and the game will end. So I didn't quite understand how I did it, but after several kills and resurrections of Gale in a row, he retained the necrotic aura, despite the fact that he was alive (it seems like after the last resurrection I immediately helped him get up and maybe because of this the aura was bugged and did not disappear). So my Gale turned into a walking source of passive necrotic damage, and all he had to do was stand and wait for the enemy to come closer or approach them himself and watch them slowly die. True, I did not find any useful use for this, because this damage also applies to allies, so my entire party and my Tav simply died while being near Gale and running around the map, but if this bug has not been fixed yet, then I think you will find a use for it.

[@ThatCroewGuy]

Those are some cool looking mindflayers at the start, in the crashed nautiloid

[@math9172]

STOP MAN STOP. I'M GENUINELY WORRIED FOR YOU.

[@agrithdragonflame3775]

Fun fact: You don't have to go to the Arcane Tower to get Timmask spores. Whenever a Timmask mushroom goes off, it usually drops a spore or two. They despawn after a few seconds, but you have more than enough time to grab them (I recommend using someone with high Con to make the saves to resist being befuddled). However, in Act 1, you do have to go to the tower to get Tongue of Madness, so this fun fact is a bit of a moot point.

[@xLionsxxSmithyx]

Nope, I'm pretty sure you can buy Tongue of madness from the Dwarf woman, (I forget their names lmao)

[@agrithdragonflame3775]

@xLionsxxSmithyx Well, yes. Bonecloak can sell them after you reach level 6. Which requires you to have done almost everything in Act 1 prior to the mountain pass.

[@sheoofisles1573]

You are insane and I love it!

[@peterboyall3506]

I mean this with all sincerity, I promise. I am proud of you.

[@myname8035]

16:00 you know it's a Bouch video when this tune kicks in 😎

[@babyshowerhazard]

I would never guess some of the strategies you use. There really is an infinite amount of ways to compete this game

[@ItsJoeyNoodles]

I thought this game already had a bunch of cool builds, and then you're over here like, "I killed things by flying around them"

[@MagicGonads]

But Bouch, you silly goose, you forgot that equipping items uses an action!

[@MagicGonads]

(Ok, I assumed it applied also outside of combat, but one can check that using turn based mode, if it turns out that outside of combat it doesn't cost an action, that would have been nice to explain in the video, and if it does use an action it would need to be an exception because that would suck)

[@TheThebigice]

@@MagicGonads ritual summons are also an action, and it is an action outside of combat.

[@arbor_]

Speeding through your uploads looking forward to more content ;) No pressure though take your time we wouldn’t be here if you didn’t put so much work into them

[@ieldore]

Amazing just how many BG3 tactics involve just vibrating in place

[@Meliodas-xs4jc]

Remember bouch , crying is a free action

[@lorrainemurphy8168]

Are you okay?

[@elendil2107]

Whatever happens the fact that he'll never cheat relieves me fr

[@dtrippy66]

Incredibly clever playthrough!

[@Meliodas-xs4jc]

I would like to call this build as the mosquito build

[@Bonibello]

This challenge feels like it would be perfect for my reaction fighter build: Polearm master + sentinel + riposte + mage slayer

[@ethanpeeples6187]

You can actually buy the spores for the mindflayer quest from the dwarf if youre level 6

[@ethanpeeples6187]

Welp nevermind i just saw you used that.

[@justdoingmything]

So for the gauntlet of shar - the invisible maze is the same through out every game, you just gotta maneuver the outer ring (through the opening on the right) and walk carefully to disable the gem in the middle, no need to actually use the lever or dim the lanterns