Can You Beat Baldur's Gate 3 Without EVER Being Seen?

[@pienapples787]

It's actually super cool to see the work of multiple speedrunners have put into BG3 shown here even if a little. The Mindflayer colony jump isn't as easy as Bouch made it seem and is actually a run killer most of the time and it's nicknamed "Braincat Jump" as Intellect Devourers are technically brain cats :3 If you were ever wondering how the jumps through walls work, it's simply put a mixture of spamming the jump input and the clicking input to force the game to jump regardless of whether or not you could make the jump. You can do this almost anywhere in the game with varying results and it's actually really silly.

[@iurilourenco]

You mean mind flayer colony, I was confused for a minute thinking you were meaning the underdark.

[@pienapples787]

@iurilourenco You're right! I totally put the wrong colony, I fixed it!

[@traceable7875]

I don’t think “braincat” is a great term for a taloned parasite made out of another’s brain that takes over peoples bodies and uses them to kill others… The closest thing cats actually give to that is their toxoplasmosis.

[@alhovera]

this!!!! im so happy ahahaha

[@sspilex]

@@traceable7875 I'm pretty sure they are called braincats because US disguises itself as a cat.

[@pastamasta6873]

Such a nutty idea story wise: Saving the world but no one will never know who did it

[@kingofgrim4761]

We can make a religion out of this!

[@TheForeignGamer]

​@@kingofgrim4761 no don't

[@CyberGhostArt]

killing 60% of its population while you're in it cuz you're shy

[@MirOmran]

The Grey Fox be like

[@Papa-Truck-Kun]

@@TheForeignGamer Too late I'm doing it

[@hi-its-ty]

Bouch are you sure we don't need an intervention, at this rate you're actually going to beat the game without starting a campaign

[@4ng3l_c0rpes8]

Next video title is gonna be like "Can You Beat Badlur's Gate 3 Without Turning On The Computer?"

[@Daedalus-Inc]

@@4ng3l_c0rpes8Pulls out the D&D player’s handbook and a character sheet.

[@TheHill347]

@@4ng3l_c0rpes8 naa "can you beat b3 on a pregnancy test?"

[@GZF4]

In all fairness this challenge is easy as fuck

[@Misora7303]

​@@4ng3l_c0rpes8he memorized the story and mechanics and will so an actual DnD campaign

[@Strellizia]

after the adventure ends, the news read "Baldur's gate.. saves itself?"

[@kektagonb3469]

Mysterious circumstances and an unseen hero! Baldurs Gate saved by the gods themselves? For as of yet unknown reasons, a mindflayer invasion of Baldurs Gate to rule the sword coast crumbles into dust! Our savior? Parties unknown, if any. The nightsong, a deific child of the moon, thought to have died or returned to the heavens, erupted from within the shadow-cursed lands and put the mad dog Kethric Thorm to rest. A war party led by Isobelle Thorm against her father denies any involvement. His evil is gone, but darkness still plagues the lands visible from Moonrise Towers. Not long after the Nightsong felled Thorm, a spirit of murder ripped Lorn Enver Gortash to ribbons in his own meeting hall. A meeting amongst advisors and affluents alike, all claim to have seen the same; Gortash idling in his seat, when he is suddenly bleeding in the floor, lacerations tearing into his skin from no weapon. Later that week, an expeditionary mission found the remains of a Bhallist temple, recently terminated. It seems even the lord of murder’s acolytes aren’t safe from the forces that bled Gortash dry. By the weeks end, the previously mentioned Mind Flayer Invasion seemed to stop before it truly began! A colossal mindflayer Elderbrain erupted from the earth, ripping Baldurs gate apart from the inside! But soon after the invasion began, the brain collapsed, taking the invasion force with it. It

[@mausebas]

"Nothing ever happens."

[@justaperson8781]

@@mausebasONE PIECE REFERENCE

[@meekrab9027]

Elder brain murdered, killer at large

[@vidyagaems4063]

Huh? Must have been the wind...

[@tomaszzalewski4541]

Tony Lazzuto? He.... Huh What? Must have been the wind

[@totallynormalname365]

This whole operation is run by Tony Lazzuto- huh?! Hey, who goes there?

[@MrRickles2pointO]

Read this at 20:37 and it couldn't have been more perfect.

[@dont_take_it_personal]

I thought this was a Tenchu meme for the longest

[@OrRaino]

You then Realise you spent $100k with your credit card.

[@flashmann7859]

No matter what game you play it will always eventually lead to the stealth archer

[@loafofbeans8291]

all roads lead to rome i suppose

[@doolallyshake64]

@@loafofbeans8291 you mean Cyrodiil

[@jexania]

the gaming equivalent to carcinization

[@supersushiman2908]

Looks like someone's playing Skyrim...

[@madeking4]

Unless technology has advanced enough for you to have a silenced sniper rifle

[@eloisaguercoll1875]

Withers, The Emperor, 3 random Githyankis, and the Nether Brain. The only people who will be able to tell the story of the Hero

[@1Tsk1]

He should've killed the Giths & The Emperor. No witnesses except for Withers.

[@nova_supreme8390]

@1Tsk1 Withers is a bro so we can trust him to keep the secret.

[@1Tsk1]

@@nova_supreme8390 exactly

[@Mix-pk6ck]

​@@1Tsk1 it is kinda possible to kill Withers. I saw a video where Tav played some music in front of Withers and camp members threw some coins, while withers tried to get closer. Once music stopped playing he simply exploded and became a pile of bones. Or much easier way, you can lower one of his stats to 0, then any character(including him) dies.

[@kalyxo_tb]

not sure about his run specifically but iirc the gith in the camp are dead when you return. So basically it would just be Withers and the Emperor still around to tell the tale

[@math9172]

Ahhh yes, Baldur's Gate 3 : Social Anxiety Edition.

[@foxanimatronic2120]

Im dying thats hilarious

[@adv8882]

yeah,just like in real life,the onle people that ever see you is your grandpa,your inner demons and god

[@pbsixgun6]

@@adv8882 Do the children count as inner demons?

[@adv8882]

@@pbsixgun6 yeah of course children are not real

[@DuckPower2017]

@pbsixgun6 @adv8882 i hope that mean's by your logic the children in the grove are not real and you can get your pocket's pick by inner demon's and scammed by some "nothing's" doing a magic trick and selling overpriced useless rings

[@IvJo]

Good job, Agent 47. Now find an exit.

[@supersushiman2908]

A man of culture I see

[@denisyldrm7928]

true ​@@supersushiman2908

[@SadnanSanim00071]

I want a omniscient perspective where you see kedric thorm, etc get randomly killed and people just randomly dying

[@mausebas]

Death Note

[@xolagix]

Persona 5

[@thebadgerking5996]

Funny how with everybody making jokes in the last few videos about him eventually beating the game just by looking at it, he instead chooses to beat the game without the game seeing him.

[@NoForksGiven]

Bro does NOT want to be known for existing

[@hilnnerfarias913]

All antisocial people around the world

[@Argamep]

17:53 I can't stop laughing at what this must have looked like from Myrkul´s perspective: Out of nowhere the source of his chosen´s immortality is released from her bonds and as Kethric turns towards this inexplicable event he is instantly torn apart by a dozen arrows appearing out of thin air in the opposite direction. Reflexively, in an act of desperation, the Lord of Bones summons his avatar and in the same breath it fucking explodes. The God of Death probably stayed out of mortal machinations for few centuries after that.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

19:10 that gith fight there is one way to avoid being spotted, but doing it requires talking to the Pixie so it wouldn't help you in this run. You can use the animal form transformation from the pixie while behind that portal then long rest as an animal and you wont be put into ur bed. You can do the same thing to skip the entire kethric fight (pixie transform can TP out of maps that are red). You can go straight to act 3 without even fighting Kethric that way.

[@pienapples787]

Someone's done their research into speedrunning BG3... new video coming soon?

[@ennaizily289]

Wait, you mean its possible to just skip Ketheric? XD

[@bunnyboygamille]

Oh my gosh and here I thought all that bit was was just a stupid (and hilarious imo) fourth wall break. Time to make a new character 🙃

[@Goldziu]

The pixie gives you animal form transformation? O.o

[@pienapples787]

@Goldziu Specifically an interaction with the bell under certain circumstances, but basically Pixie are tricksters and notoriously mean, ring the bell enough to annoy them and they randomly wildshape you.

[@Makujah_]

Regular people don't even know you're there. Great villains only know that you maybe exist. Interplanary beings are aware of you, but can never get you. And only a literal god and a slithery genie in your hand are the ones who have ever seen you

[@namerer55]

Imagine the big conflict that everyones worried about just solves itself with no one knowing who did it

[@joeschmoe1797]

Yeah, and the whole city of Underdark just died from arrow infection in process.

[@mateuszszafranski8964]

Something tells me Patch 8 is going to address this playthrough with a unique ending.

[@1993Southparkfan]

Patch 8? We didn’t even get patch 7 yet.

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

Something tells me there will be no new endings after Patch 7...

[@EnergizingBane]

If not, patch 9 for sure.

[@deus6773]

wow, that skyrim mod looks great!

[@the_truant]

Much like everyone in this playthrough, I did not see this coming

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

This is hilarious. Imagine you're the bad guys, and no party ever confronts you, your men just start seemingly randomly dying, then you yourself. I name this halfling of this playthrough...The Ghost of the Gate.

[@Hambalugabag]

Did the ghost of the gate get her invisibility as punishment for killing her family? So she needs to wear their ashes on her skin 😂

[@ygma1460]

I think we can ignore Withers and Emperor, because both technically always "see" you.

[@seleckt6600]

"Yeah so this giant brain started floating above the city. And then it exploded for some reason, real weird, nobody knows what that was about. Anyway, the circus is in town" -Baldur's gate resident, probably.

[@MorganaEvelyn]

Stealth is one of my favorite mechanics in BG3 because it's so fun. Love the video 😊 PS I like the appreciation for pass without trace

[@MetalKingII]

I love seeing your favourite build utilized in such a cool challenge run. I actually got kinda hyped starting to see him going for it during the video as I immediatly recognized it from your channel

[@byeFofiko1]

This video reminded me so much of your stealth archer honor mode video

[@jeffrando]

I saw this build and thought of you for sure haha

[@nukeofficial1103]

Hell yeah, the stealth archer build was literally one of my favourite playthroughs. Not having to wait for anyone else in combat is just amazing lmao

[@HomeMadeFanVideos]

"This is incredible," I say as I click on yet another Bouch video that manages to exceed my expectations of what he can do in this game.

[@nitaigur6990]

Bouch: you took everything from me! The elder brain: I don’t even know who you are

[@OracleNeedsAHandle]

Though it was impossible to not break stealth right at the end, you did flawlessly complete a talk to no human beings run.

[@zanuka7487]

imagine how scary it must be to hear about an unrelenting and invisible force killing everyone and you know you're next

[@tanna_k]

4:18 If you're looking for the parasite, you can just take the headband from Findal and use it to unlock the secret door past the poison vents straight to the druid library. Just click on the gate with it equipped and it opens. Using the same headband, you can exit the library into Nettie's area.

[@CyberGhostArt]

here's an idea, consumable ONLY run, NO BARRELS cheese

[@ketra1504]

Here's a counter idea, BARRELS ONLY run. Actually, how about both

[@bunnyboygamille]

​@@ketra1504I would 100% watch a barrels only run 😂 What do we want: barrelmancy When do we want it: yes

[@lordshennington2756]

@@bunnyboygamille The Donkey Kong Quest

[@EvilMyself]

Again an amazing video about an extremely dumb idea. The fact that you manage to fit all 3 acts in a 25 min video is extremely impressive as well.

[@Beetleboltz]

This run is for someone who has such massive social anxiety they rather kill people instead of talk to them

[@sheoofisles1573]

Each time i think you can't make a more insane and more interesting challange. But here we are

[@hippiepanda5630]

By the way you probably know this but when you sell a pouch or any sort of container to a merchant and after that put all of that merchant's stock into the container, when you kill them all of the things inside of the container will still be there and that's a neat way to get all the stock of a merchant. You can also put all of the items in the container and after that take a partial rest and do it again so you can get a lot of scrolls of revivify, arrows, potions and scrolls.

[@_holy__ghost]

the day larian patch this out is the day i stop playing the game

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

​@@_holy__ghostbruh...

[@Rudolph386]

Unfortunately, you can’t sell a bag to a merchant without talking to them. You could reverse pickpocket a bag into their inventory but I don’t think you can move things into the bag from the pickpocket menu, so the bag exploit would be unusable in this run.

[@MrParadux]

You can actually get the parasite in the grove without being seen: If you equip the crown Findal drops, you can open the big stone door into Halsin's chamber and get the parasite. It is the same one Nettie wears and functions the same way, too.

[@gregoryvoisin5905]

21:50 casual 45 stealth check

[@shinymathom]

If you have the moonlantern, Dolly Thrice sees you.

[@ClippEdGame]

Around 3:50. That was essentially skyrim’s guard thinking “must’ve been the wind” 😂

[@pyechos]

wow Bouch ! I was thinking about you today and here you are, showing us yet again that a man can live perfectly in full insanity 🥰

[@papperankan]

bouch i love your bg3 videos, always watch them. so happy to see another one. i think ive watched most videos twice, i just rewatch them when i forget most parts, they are just so good.

[@GrimmBones]

Almost any time I see people do Temple of Shar, I'm surprised how many times I see Balthazar usually appear at the Nightsong encounter. He never did that for me, cause I was always like "Imma backstab this guy the moment I can", so I always kill him before then. I didn't even know he'll appear there, actually, until I saw it in some of your vids, and other BG3 challenge run vids from other KZbinrs.

[@infiniteshay8660]

When you're socially awkward and want to save the day but dont want people recognizing you at the grocery store.

[@Gaming_Killer20]

Image, Faerun’s greatest hero! And not a single soul knows them

[@maryrose2676]

Seen by: Withers Balduran At least 3 hirelings Gith camp ambushers Brain

[@ryancleaver9651]

hey man i just wanna say, your content is amazing and you dont have nearly enough recognition. i hope you never get discouraged and keep uploading.

[@nCmixam]

"Oh wow, BG3 has so many mechanics, i wonder how he's going to handle EXP gain." "It's just stealth archer all over again."

[@ulfy01]

It doesn't matter how many hundreds of hours I have in this game, I always learn something new from these videos.

[@TheOneAndOnlyJell_O]

18:25 Just seeing your PC cry out for mercy gave me a chuckle

[@redviper57]

Man at 10:45 i did NOT know you could give mage hand a weapon. I always thought it was only meant for grabbing things far away. Im an actual moron thanks for this info

[@ThePsychoHazard]

I found it finally. For those of you searching for the song at 15:16 , its Steam Gardens from Mario Odyssey. Took forever to find. There's an 8-bit version too.

[@unleashed1208]

Doing God's work

[@abbey1683]

Only using scrolls would go crazyyyy. Great vid as always I love watching these challenge runs!

[@spiralhaze2070]

A quick tip for aspiring villains: Get True Seeing!

[@metricsplease]

2:30 When you escaped the nautiloid, you skipped a cutscene where an injured mind flayer looks directly into your eyes right before you get hit by debris and fall from the ship 🤨

[@guilhermebrandao1178]

I love how the persona 5 theme on 5:50 fits so well on the context :)

[@Mary97574]

i really love these challenges. even when you can't fully complete them, you showing the process and the reasoning for why some things work and others don't is extremely interesting!

[@eliashana6227]

You could bring gale into the party I think? It would probably mean you’ll also get spotted by eliminster but it would allow you to skip being spotted by all the enemies on the nether brain via skipping the fight

[@bountygiver2]

But this method does increases number of spotters as the video managed to go through the netherbrain stem without being spotted by anyone else. In low% runs lower percentage slower run is ranked higher, so doing the hard way for lower number of spotters is a better run. Someone else did mention you can get the pixie to turn you into an animal and sleep as an animal to avoid the 3 gith to trade 3 spotters for one, but without hirelings the following fight would be impossible to stealth (unless sleeping with an already dead hireling in your party works)

[@wintermiller4845]

@@bountygiver2 This run has everyone on top of the netherbrain see you for the turn you start combat & open the portal. That's a fair few more folks than gale and elminster.

[@fqleonhart5612]

Huge Plus for me for the use of the Song "Price" from Persona 5. Price fits so perfectly in that goofy-stealth catch / see me if you can - run =)

[@izimonics2]

17:51 when you ask the homeless guy to empty his pockets in the liquor store

[@Sandokir]

Run ends 5:30 but thats further than I expected. Well done

[@blindcocostudios]

By the way, if you kill Findal under the grove, he has the crown to open Nettie's lab from behind, so you could get the drow parasite without her seeing you. I know it's too late for this run, but it could be interesting to know for future playthroughs

[@leila13dnd]

I like how Withers gets a pass on being perceived because he won't tell anyone.

[@LeoTheDarkAngel]

I was so excited to see this video! It's unlikely you ever saw my comment, but when you jokingly asked for suggestions in the cheesewheel-video, I commented about an all-stealth run and to see this idea as a video now makes me very happy!

[@captainclown2718]

Netherbrain dies, the dead three are defeated and the grand design is stopped. "Must have been the Wind!"

[@devin5513]

For getting into act 2, using an invisibility potion instead of a scroll works. It wont wear off in the same way and you can walk past the goblin

[@discountdisco2273]

Killing Mykul like that made me laugh. Imagine you, a god of death, getting summoned and immediately die to 30 powder barrels.

[@ChimeraGuy]

The timing for this video is awesome for me as I’m currently trying a stealth run specifically Morgana Evelyn’s stealth archer but now I can use some of the tips you used aswell

[@windseyywoo]

this was super entertaining can tell you put a lot of effort in this video! earned a subscriber can't wait for the next crazy play!

[@knack1756]

Always Love watching your challenge runs. The Videos move along in a nice pace, so i dont fall asleep, and show off some dumb things you can do in Bg3.

[@Kittyinshadows]

Mystra and all the other gods are watching like "Oh. guess we didn't need to worry, it fixed itself."

[@Mrodyo]

the emperor is in your head that man can see you since the start of your adventure

[@SpaceCat_0]

I just dropped a video where lazy as YTer tried to beat Skyrim in stealth, using melee only, without being detected. Somehow every non hostile NPC detected him and he didn’t even try to do anything with that. Such profanity insulted me very badly. I’m glad to see such quality content as your video. Thank you.

[@wynnyx7071]

In the first cave past the first big goblin fight there is a halfling druid laying unconscious. If you take the circlet, you can sneak into the back door of the grove and end up in the room with the dead drow.

[@Marianojoey]

Since you killed Findal in the cave towards the Druid Grove, you can loot the Key of Nature from him and enter the grove directly inside Halsim's lab, and get access to the parasite there without even talking to Nettie. To go to the lab, instead of following the rute that takes you to the Grove's Prison, you have to jump in the wall close to where the goblins are guarding Findal, and you get to another secret door. :)

[@andrewwowk935]

The whole of Baldurs Gate is just seeing things randomly resolving themselves

[@danielgareth4205]

Your builds are truly amazing! You are genius!

[@MikaTheAboveAverageDog]

@3:12 The cat saw you without stealth bro, you're done, THE CAT SAW!

[@Qu4resma]

12:31 "The most underrated spell in the entire game: Pass Without Trace" I've never seen such a bold-faced lie being told(for the sake of the narrative, of course) with no hesitation whatsoever XD Another banger video, great job Bouch-sensei!

[@bes1753]

Wow, my man still in the business! Good to see new challenge, cheers

[@mobgabriel1767]

kept you waiting huh? elder brain? nautiloid? my guardian? githyanki? a lich queen huh? mind flayer tadpole? you mean her parents served selune? a vampiric ritual huh? consume... a magic item??? the godess of magic? your soul goes to hell? the war of blood huh?

[@An_Cardb0ardBox]

I was so happy to see this video in my feed, love your vids

[@AshnSilvercorp]

Withers: _I've been watching you since the very beginning. I'll just say my old eye doesn't count... and we'll call this a meeting beyond the realms of your challenge mortal._

[@nightmareraven3045]

I remember accidentally breaking the game like you did in act two and entering the mindflayer colony before finding Aylin, so pretty funny that you used the same exact trick in this challange

[@DrFoggyPants]

Excellent Snake, age hasn't slowed you down one bit

[@cloudyskies2]

I think a looser version of this challenge would be fun as hell to try myself, great video

[@rafsuu_]

Introverts playing BG3 be like

[@ejire4407]

Nice video but in fact you can get the parasite from the drow in Act 1 without being seen. With the +1 Nature crown that you can loot from the corpse of Findal you can directly enter the room where there is the parasite without entering the room where Netie is (meaning that no one is there exept you). To get there, in the room where Findal is, you can climb up right, where one of the goblin is (you can also jump there to the right from the place you killed Findal with a firebolt). There is a secret passage being a litteral WALL at the end which if you succeed a perception check can interract with it but is locked. However if you put the crown looted from Findal on it will open itself giving you access to the room where the drow is without anyone seeing you. Carefull with the hidden explosive traps on the way.

[@modemuffel9911]

It’s an awesome video and I know I am being petty, but to me your hirlings seeing you is breaking the premise

[@crofoegbu6535]

Technically the hirelings are just zombie meat robots piloted by Withers so technically the hirelings seeing you still all count as just Withers seeing you through their undead eyes 😄😄😄

[@treyturner9707]

next run: class abilities only, no actions, attacks, or spells that aren't given to you by your class or subclass

[@SenaFoxGirl]

Taking "operating from the shadows" to a whole new level.

[@SevenWiredAngels]

ah wonderful, always glad when there’s an upload from bouch

[@Arthur-mm5vp]

lmfao this is great - the unseen unkown origin character that actually is in everyones playthrough, but has never been seen

[@dravenaddams8108]

it is fucking insane to see someone roll a 45 on a d20

[@ColeTrainStudio]

Challenge run ideas you have not yet done. They will not be anything super absurd like being a cheese or having 0 stats, but just restrictions that will hopefully breed creativity. --Kill things only using gravity. Interpret that as you will. --Magic only run, but you can only use each spell once, including cantrips. --You can only cast healing spells on enemies, you can't attack them any other way. --Using only consumables, and then again without using any at all. --Using the most overly complicated, obnoxious exploits for literally everything. --Kill things only with Armor of Agathys-like spells or abilities; that is, the only way to do damage is by getting hit first. --No looting or trading run. --No class run (I'm sure there's a mod for this or something). Hopefully you find one of these interesting.

[@mauigonz]

The true Phantom Assassin Imagine the terror and rumors among the common folk, of how every superpower died by invisible arrows, hopeless to defend themselves or even identify the assassin.

[@l3lackPlagu3]

I swear you keep finding new ways to play this game no matter whats been done

[@tipiet560]

Btw there is another way into the mindflayer colony in the moonrise prison. Beside the the tower, when you enter the prison on, the left side is a hole that leads there.

[@bunnyboygamille]

A video after my own heart! I'm always creeping around in stealth mode and keep a massive supply of invisibility potions and scrolls on me as well as making sure at least one party member has the spell prepared. Oh, and I play as Dark Urge exclusively to make use of the Deathstalker Mantle. Meanwhile all of my coworkers say they never even bother with stealth and just rush into every fight and just two days ago I was playing co-op with someone, told him to drop into stealth before entering the area by Ethel's with the wood woads (I wanted a round of surprise) (he had never even seen this area before in spite of having completed Act 1 multiple times), and then found myself yelling "stop" until he just ran Karlach straight in there and all my best laid plans were thwarted 😭.

[@Sickolas7]

brains dont have eyes, it couldnt see you

[@electricVGC]

can't avoid the gith ambush = bad game? love the work you've done, you're possibly one of the most gamers of all time

[@bingonight1504]

I was JUST wondering this!! I've never seen Withers hanging out at the goblin camp thats crazy

[@parleyeon7951]

> Myrkul gets blown up the moment he gets summoned Somewhere, the spirit of Old Man Henderson nods proudly