Baldur's Gate 3 Speedrun Explained

[@maeeeeeee]

I've gotten a lot of comments about how the narration in this video is too fast -- sorry! Was very anxious recording this because it was my first time doing voiceover for a video. I'll keep this in mind going forward and try to keep things at a more digestible pace. Join my Discord server full of dastardly individuals and dastardlier memes: discord.gg/yzmdzy9WXj

[@flyingwhale157]

Well, it is a speedrun. It is only fair that you speedrun speaking too.

[@ninjatom9]

Trying to fit too much in such a short vid 😂 you did well

[@RogerOver9000]

Speedrunning voiceovering 😂 english isnt my main language but i can understand it spoken pretty well, listening to it for 20 years; what makes me harder to follow the phrases here i think its that some portions of the words are whispered or too much compacted and my brain needs to spend a bit more time to analyze them and pan out the correct word, and coupled to the speed it lags behind therefore it has to skip portions of the phrases to keep the pace, resulting for me getting a fragmented message. Nice game speedruns tho!

[@King_Sad_Boy]

You did great! Reminded me slightly of Tomatoanus

[@Oniphire]

I just assumed you had to speak quickly to keep up with the speedrun.

[@ColonelMustache]

Elminster patiently waits for Gale in the mountain pass, expecting him to arrive in about a week or two. He knows what he's about to ask of Gale is a great sacrifice. Suddenly, weeks ahead of schedule, Gale lands with a crash, seemingly having fallen from the sky. Before Elminster can even extend a greeting, Gale takes the power and immediately launches into the horizon, just as quickly as he arrived. No more than a minute later, Elminster notices the mushroom cloud forming in the distance.

[@smowl2679]

I *need* to see this animated

[@Sheamu5]

best damn wizard I've ever seen

[@nilessebek4255]

The ol' yoink kaboom. Gale loves it.

[@sqw33k]

Oh god, I'm crying of laughter from this comment! xD

[@marenjones6665]

"WHAT IN THE NAME OF HYLIA!"

[@OldManJenkinsSource]

Judge: You are currently charged with aggravated assault. How do you plead? Speedrunner: Actually, that's something we in the community like to call "HP manipulation".

[@MK67322]

This comment deserves one more like.

[@eestaashottentotti2242]

Now I see every war movie in a different light.

[@jeffjefferson5095]

“HP manipulation” is the best euphemism for murder ever lmao

[@TheLostEggroll]

Poor Gale. Every speed run includes him blowing up XD

[@maeeeeeee]

Not quite -- there's Sex% which involves different kinds of blowing

[@JD_13]

Swings and roundabouts..

[@YouWillNeverKnowMan]

​@@maeeeeeeebruh 😂

[@avocadothecat]

​@@maeeeeeeeis there a category where onedoesn't use the Gale boom?

[@MorganaEvelyn]

I mean it's fitting for Gale to have that strength that man is way too ripped for a 8 STR wizard. This is incredible Mae, even tho you explained it so concisely it still went over my head. It just shows how complex and technical the speed running techniques are 👑

[@xGodAlmighty]

your pfp, allah yuetini alqua... also yeah same xd

[@xvxsethrenxvx]

The Mae/Morgana crossover is something I never knew I wanted. Praise to both the best BG3 shitposter and BG3 speed sexer.

[@xGodAlmighty]

@@xvxsethrenxvx if you only joined the discord server

[@xeroze01]

I don't think I have seen another speedrunner channel deserve to blow up as this. Lots of effort, right ingredients like clear explanations and communication skills, scripting, not to mention a willingness to listen to feedback. Hopefully the popularity of baldurs gate will help your channel reach a much wider audience. I know it reached me from the KZbin algo, and hopefully many others.

[@maeeeeeee]

It makes me super happy to read comments like these - thanks for your appreciation, and I hope to keep making great stuff going forward :^)

[@mushu657]

I wanna know the reaction of characters like withers or raphael when gale shows up, beats shadowheart to death, puts her into a flaming box and chucks into a mountain at the speed of light

[@maeeeeeee]

"Thy wheel of fate turns ever to the dark..."

[@forestsavior]

Raph must be especially thrown off his game. He worked so hard rehearsing the cat-and-mouse rhyme and the "you need my help" speeches and Gale just ignores him and rudely lobs a single Magic Missile at him before performing a parlor trick fucked up enough for the Hells themselves. Then Gale and his ex-lovely assistant disappear, and moments later, there's a strange sickly glow beyond the mountains in the Shadow-Cursed Lands. He defused Raph's whole Crown scheme so fast and so absurdly that Raph might not even remember to be pissed off until days after the fact. Withers probably isn't that bothered. He's seen weirder.

[@wfb.subtraktor311]

@@forestsavior Withers will literally just go to a parallel reality and try again without a second thought.

[@ed2cute831]

I love this. From names like Shadowboxing to tactics like "HP Manipulation". Kudos~!

[@rhinosaur77]

i've been a game dev level designer for 16years and speed running community never ceases to amaze me, keep it up. love you all

[@anelacey]

"Your honor, I didn't murder her, I was just performing HP manipulation"

[@ErinGnarkill]

to be fair she gets glitched back to life just in time for gale to Oppenheimer himeself

[@stolas4647]

i like the fact that every new wr from you the guardian's look is a bit worse every time

[@alexadams4017]

worse?

[@mastersonogashira1796]

Nothing scream D&D more than putting your dead teammate’s corpse in a crate and yeeting it across the map. I can imagine the game code is like GM desperately flipping his note trying to set the game back to course

[@maeeeeeee]

Rest assured I will be trying this strategy at my table next week.

[@killfacebalor2474]

@@maeeeeeee😂😂😂😂

[@mcbill7352]

"we will be performing hp manipulation" *slices a character to ribbons*

[@jamesohearn2364]

I always have massive respect for incredibly long games that you can immediately jump to the end to, given enough shenanigans. Something something player freedom if I looked into why I like that, probably. Anyway, that was super awesome! I'll have to send this to my wife, she's been absolutely obsessed with this game lately and already has a hundred hours in it (I know, I know, rookie numbers).

[@cleiru7859]

I have a day job, and I have more than 200 hours into this game. It's just so good 😅

[@Lilly-qt4yy]

Look into pathological demand avoidance, if you take a journey of introspection it will probably explain why you like open ended game design

[@sporepda]

Thats not game giving you options, thats game being buggy mess. Glad you like it, bugs can be good fun (i mean, look at any Bethesda game), but they are not genuine design choice

[@wfb.subtraktor311]

@@sporepda Most of this would still work without glitches. You can practically skip almost every fight in the game with vision altering spells and super jump, and afaik you can even get into the mind flayer colony from the moonrise prison by jumping into a hole, so you dont even have to get nightsong.

[@juice2]

I loved how for brief moments this resembled an actual story narration. Would love to hear more storytelling around absurd game glitches in the future. 😂

[@srsgoblin]

I enjoy you explain why theres a nuclear powered sleep paralysis daemon as part of the speedrun.

[@bungalowjuice7225]

Your run cracked me up. It was so hilarious, especially the shadowboxing xD

[@ShandrensCorner]

This is awesome mate. So glad you took reddits advice of putting voice-over on explaining the tricks! Makes it much easier/possible for non-speedrunners like myself to understand what the hell is happening 🙂 Your narration may be fast (i like the speed of it tbh), but it is very concise packing in lots of information with few words. Good job!

[@TheLemonyOne]

The fact that killing shadowheart gives her inspiration kinda fits somehow, awesome speedrun

[@naerolf09]

i had no problems listening to your voice i think the speed was fine lol good video

[@bigaj6901]

I had heard the rumours of ppl beating BG3 in less than 5mins, which is insane to me bc I still haven't beat the game ONCE (on PC btw). Mindblowing, thanks for sharing ❤

[@zombieham904]

This is absolutely wild. Really impressive!!

[@lach7324]

Yeah the speaking was fast, but I really enjoyed it. Helped clear up a lot of questions I had about what the hell was going on in the speedrun. You clearly are quite passionate about it and it was a fun watch. Hope you make more stuff, dropping a subscribe to keep an eye out.

[@maeeeeeee]

These kinds of comments are part of what make me really happy that I have the opportunity to do what I do. Thanks for the kind words, and definitely stay tuned if you're into these kinds of explanation videos -- I have something coming out within the next few days that should be right up your alley :^)

[@vamp97]

Your voice is very relaxing to listen to, thanks for explaining the insanity of that speedrun

[@OytheGreat]

Just wanted to say this was AMAZING! Also you have a really nice voice :)

[@meatbuns]

The amount of work you guys as speedrunners put into finding as many exploits and glitches, and as much time and practices ya'll put into truly hamming this game is just beautiful- Its insane to see you guys sharpen your runs even more- its unfortunate that the side effect of seeing your runs has warped my perspective of this already hammed on man even more lmao, bless gale 😂 speedrun gale's will live seared into my mind forever 😀 shit makes me howl laughing and i love you guys for it 😂❤

[@connoraldridge8825]

Even with you explaining, it's still beyond me. Well played

[@chaotickreg7024]

I personally love the fast talking. It's not only my speed, but it's also impressive you can keep up with the game.

[@AmazingLube]

It's insane to me how fast you can finish this game considering it has sooo much content. I managed to spend about 60 hours doing everything in act 1 and I am currently in act 2 still.

[@ozylocz4078]

It helps to play it ina way that was completely unintended and ending the game 2/3 of the way in lol

[@im7254]

had about 200 hours of playtime before starting act 3, at 300 hours now still not done

[@im7254]

@@daveyreetz6493 I don't know lots of experiments. I had 700 hours from early access too and I made sure to get every thing in every act like obscure weapons that are normally monster-only. plus I changed builds or respeced after almost every fight bc can't stand ever doing same thing twice

[@ozylocz4078]

@@daveyreetz6493 you definitely didn’t take your time, or you read the dialogue instead of letting it finish (I personally don’t think that’s taking your time) or you played on story mode. doing most of the things in act 1&2 and even half the stuff in act 3 will easily put you over 55 hours in you’re actually listening to dialogue, speaking with companions, reading books/notes (of course not ALL of them)and what not, especially if you played on tactician. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that style of playing but I personally don’t consider that “taking your time”. I do agree that 300 is ALOT. I think it’s possible to 100% the game in 300 hours lol

[@redditshorts4u679]

@@ozylocz4078 why would the game offer the ending at act 2 if it was "unintended ending"

[@Sigskogi]

This gives mega Tomatoanus vibes! Really well done vo and well done on the new(er) record!

[@resudue3459]

thats a hilarious speed run. I've beaten the game probably 5 or 6 times now just normally playing and thought i'd give the run a whirl. Maybe i'll actually try it out now.

[@blorg7174]

2:34 "And then we perform hp manipulation" I need to remember that the next time an npc accuses me of killing someone.

[@Idealist_Metaphor]

This is not only a guide, but also a huge flex lmao 😂

[@TacoCub]

Thank you so much for this. All your videos have been astonishing

[@stfueg0]

Lowkey was hoping for a more detailed explanation on how that node glitch works, but I didn't realize this was an explanation% run as well, my b.

[@maeeeeeee]

I have a video to fully explain what's going on with shadowboxing in the works, but in the meantime I highly recommend weedmoder's video on Any% since that one goes a bit more in-depth than I do here

[@stfueg0]

@@maeeeeeee 🙏 i was meming, but looking forward to it! congrats on the run!

[@rgbspike453]

I think this one goes p in depth imo! support the speedrun bing community :3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4DbmZxjpMmomKcsi=cMbb_qa5roD1xxHx

[@sagebauer1077]

I'm definitely gonna use that HP Manipulation strategy next time my co-op partners act up

[@hazeldejesus]

BG3 has taught me that many ppl don’t know how to pronounce revivify lmao

[@TheMeditron]

Excited to see your 100% no glitch speed run!

[@avoidant560]

The morally good or ambiguous ones?

[@oeilbleu6054]

you can check their earlier uploads, before the box glitch was found

[@maeeeeeee]

I don't know if I could call it a speedrun if it takes 30 hours LOL

[@TheMeditron]

@@maeeeeeee lol, i was being facetious! Love the content tho, keep it up!

[@CourtneyCoulson]

Speed running and speed talking seems to be your specialties.

[@k1ck0ff]

Still got no dang idea how someone figured all this out...

[@Bertanis]

I haven't laughed so hard in months as when I saw how ridiculous you made your guardian look.

[@regisatlas]

great narration! this is so funny and impressive too

[@noahcarver4232]

"manipulate our party's hp to 0" is a fun way of putting it

[@Ana_Ng]

getting big tomatoangus (silent g) vibes, love it

[@redelephantsdotnl]

For a second, I thought this was Early Access, I've never seen Shadowheart wait outside the temple doors in Full Release.

[@DrPepperNOW]

Great use of Shart in the box

[@azranova]

Interesting, my guess about how the whole stuffing-Shadowheart-in-a-box-thing worked was mostly correct, I just didn't realize the box needed to break. Interesting vid! (P.S. I like your voice, you should do more videos with voiceovers)

[@s3dation]

I don’t think I have ever laughed as hard as I have at seeing the dream guardian, holy xrap

[@thepeterwan]

the burning box things was the key, interesting glitch.

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

Dang! You complete the game in less than 4 minutes. I've been playing BG3 for close to 500 hours now, and I still haven't completed Act 2. 🤣

[@nineshine3839]

This was worth watching for the guardian alone

[@ummmmmmmmmmmnmmmm]

I'm playing the game casually and I'm still in act 1. I appreciate that this didn't include any major spoilers despite the fact that it spoiled the ending of the game lol.

[@Aonalion]

a speedrun of the speedrun :) jk, this is super interesting, speedruns are mindblowing to me so it's always cool to see an explanation!

[@AhTome13]

Great breakdown!

[@matthewball2354]

Awesome video, fills me with happiness

[@shilohmagic7173]

"any ending" heh sounds like it's time to explode gale

[@RuijsNL]

Nice explanation, the original vid had me confused haha!

[@kenriven5237]

Thank you for the explanation, and well done!

[@Austln]

It was a quick narration but for those that can keep up amazing! Well done

[@ilex_occulta]

gale really is god's gift to speedrunners, isn't he?

[@zacharybrown3010]

Mae voice reveal ❤

[@zacharybrown3010]

oh uh I forgot to mention the explanation is great

[@swasloids]

i stil dont understand how it works but i understand it more now

[@darkdragonmedeus705]

Oh yeah, this was the video I should have been commenting on.

[@juniperusauron]

This is GENIUS! I was following your speedruns and it seems Larian patched all of them :'D any updated speedrun we can lean on? T_T

[@augustcaddel7478]

You're my new favourite internet person

[@maeeeeeee]

You're my new favourite internet person too, random citizen!

[@luxsignifer6996]

I always wonder with speedruns like this, how in heck do people discover these procedures, do they mess with the game code or wut

[@maeeeeeee]

It was a step by step process. The container fling was discovered in DoS2, then we found out that dead bodies trigger cutscenes in this game, and we combined that knowledge to get skips like Shadowboxing. Wall clips and stuff like that are done by crazy people like Hati on the CRPG Speedrunning Discord server -- he is an absolute madman

[@luxsignifer6996]

@@maeeeeeee Despite me not being much of a fan of any% speeds, I can't but appreciate the craftmanship, patience and dedication of this community in this process. Congrats :D

[@amoltov496]

At first I like "Damn she speaks fast!", and then I realized that it's nothing to be surprised.

[@antoine1191]

the fucking clown in the cutscene gets me every time :'D

[@fulltimewife1075]

You genuinely have one of the most sweetest, calming voices I have ever heard in my life, Goodluck in all your future runs!!!!

[@maeeeeeee]

SO happy to hear this when I was so nervous recording it lol. Thank you

[@EscalateWorldOfTanksBlitz]

@@maeeeeeee I mean this in the nicest way possible but you can def still tell. (:

[@RobinBooze468]

It's the most hilarious thing I've ever seen, love it hahaha

[@bobsavage3317]

Thanks for explaining that.

[@lastar7824]

I love how you refer to murder as hp manipulation

[@themikeberg]

Holy shit, I'm 150+ hours in with a few abandoned runs and finally made it to act 3 for the first time. I wont watch the full video cause spoilers but this is insane that skip on the nautiloid is hilarious.

[@fratellinidindia694]

Great job

[@ASTROMOSTRA6]

This was wild

[@azazel6300]

Good explanation, and I love your voice!

[@stefanheinze-milne7040]

Nicely done! :)

[@maeeeeeee]

thank you!

[@RobTunes]

3:36

[@WoundedWarrior2008]

I love your voice! :D great job progressing on this category. Curious if or when 100% category will be a thing?

[@DsiakMondala]

O-M-G!!! Soo cool! This is waaay faster than a valid person takes to hang on the ceiling!!! xoxo!!!

[@AspelShuyin]

I'm not entirely sure how Shadowheart actually gets launched across the map, but this was certainly wacky to watch

[@wiking102]

You are awesome , i have a lot of respect for you

[@nekrosis4431]

Is there an explanation somewhere of how to perform the yeeting part of shadowboxing? You try to put an object somewhere (it fails, but creates a node) How do you get your desired object to be yeeted towards the node? In the video it looks like you just flick the box 1m to the side... I'm sure that part could be used for massive shenanigans by casual players like me.

[@maeeeeeee]

The container has to have an open/close animation. To do the yeet, you try to move it during that animation.

[@MitchellGwr]

I've been following your videos of this route for a while, so an explanation is much appreciated. Is there an any% category that doesn't involve Shadowboxing? I'm interested in seeing what kind of skips have been discovered throughout this massive game.

[@maeeeeeee]

I would check out the CRPG Speedrunning Discord server if you're interested in learning more about potential skips, as there's a lot more going on there. You can also check out weedmoder's video on the topic, or check out an Any% No Gale run, where they pull off a whole bunch of crazy stuff in acts 2 and 3.

[@austinhernandez216]

I set up the node wrong and successfully got the shadow box once, but Shadowheart ended up in the Abandoned Refuge at Grymforge lol Now I can't get the shadow box to trigger.

[@maeeeeeee]

It's VERY specific positioning and hard to get, easily the hardest trick in the game. If it's something you want to explore further, check out the CPRG Speedrunning Discord server, where there's a ton more info on it.

[@austinhernandez216]

@@maeeeeeee Thank you! I will check it out and let you know if I fuck it up more!

[@derpdawg420]

so you managed to beat the game in the same amount of time it takes most people to walk out of the first room you start the game in

[@slashroar]

Can you still do this? I tried but i'm stuck at the beginning at the jumping through the wall glitch, was it patched ?

[@perennialcoma]

Shartboxing, amazing!

[@epicsnake21]

Great job on your voiceover! It sounds really good! I know how much of a struggle it can be to say sentence from a script correctly. (I've made a few short films).

[@OminousKittens]

trying this so I can get the golden d20 from beatin honour mode, how at 2:57 did the box just dissapear?

[@RamyASMR]

I have ~160h in this game in 2 playthroughs. This was hilarious. Subbed.

[@jnbsp3512]

the link on the other video sais "explanation" but links to itself whoops congrats on the fun speedrun

[@maeeeeeee]

Thanks for letting me know -- don't edit descriptions at 4 AM

[@jnbsp3512]

@@maeeeeeee speedrunning the commentary and speedrunning the description ;) I really liked your narration because normally I need to watch things at 2x speed

[@3PointGaming]

Thanks for the explanation! Do you know if this is possible on PS5 or on Tactician?

[@maeeeeeee]

Unlikely because of a lot of input spamming needed that can only really be done on M+KB.

[@DrChrisCopeland]

Is this still valid in patch 7?

[@johnnybostonforever]

thank you for this

[@Verbose_Verbatim]

How dare you have excellent taste in music from 5th Gen Pokemon.

[@feloniousbutterfly]

Excuse me, HIDEOUS??? Gale's guardian here is gorgeous!!

[@ingolf82]

I wonder how much longer a act 3 speed run ending would take, I assume it's not really doable since you have to fight the brain to kill it and here you don't need any fighting at all

[@maeeeeeee]

It's doable but much, much longer. weedmoder is routing out all acts glitchless right now and I think she's gotten it down to 2 hours, while all acts with glitches is closer to ~50 minutes I think.

[@MrFancyPantsMan]

So, I like the video and I was actually able to follow along with how fast you were talking. That being said, what do you mean by "launch" shadowheart? Do I just move the box containing her into an invalid area again? Is there a specific spot you should move her to? or any invalid surface works?