Can you level 1-12 Without Leaving Baldur's Gate?

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

"Man gets disappointed by the job market in Baldur's Gate and decides to become an assassin to pay for groceries"

[@ProxyGateTactician]

lol I love it

[@TheDragonCat99]

"It was this or minimum wage"

[@Smol.Gillian]

the story of Toji Fushiguro

[@lagsaur]

The gig economy's rough but at least you gain valuable experience

[@babychicken2645]

Its almost like a Florida Man news story

[@poslednisoud]

Who would win? 1. Murder cult blessed by a god. 2. One sneaky homeless boi.

[@dsglogs]

That is a classic startup story! From garage and to wall street!

[@simondurso6743]

Homeless guy: Nah, I'd win

[@DevsClips]

It's so wild to me that the ROOF of the Foundry is 1) modeled, 2) patrolled by a Watcher, and 3) a valid way into the building.

[@hatsoff4524]

I was wondering why there's a red dot that I can't find, turns out you can sneak through the roof

[@liomurasaki]

It's called fly spell and it can be used by everyone (?

[@EUPassionStorm]

@@liomurasaki Oh no youre missing the obvious. By this point in the game you can be a half-illithid, and have unlocked the permanent ability to fly. I used it run around to every roof I could find.

[@RRRR-jr1gp]

@@EUPassionStorm I would guess most people don't go half-illithid because it makes the character ugly?

[@EUPassionStorm]

@RRRR-jr1gp there's plenty of mods for that, but yes most people don't like the look

[@javicontreras2315]

I love how a dude who was just a hobo turned assassin stumbled upon a nether stone he has no use for at all. I can just picture him selling the thing afterwards.

[@atsukana1704]

From regular hobo to murder hobo. This man has hoboed all over

[@andreamuselikova1066]

I love how almost every problem in this challange is solved by doors 😂❤

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I realized that by the end lol. It's like the exact opposite of my cat playthrough

[@bamcki991]

If doors are the enemies of normal dnd parties AND bg3 enemies, then doors really is the BBEG

[@daniellins4114]

Vox Machina would be proud

[@yograin3430]

Boxes and barrels are sad now. That box elevator to the factory roof! Amazing!

[@8shanrahan1]

I never even thought of using the doors lol I’ve put like 600 hours into this game. Very creative, well done

[@umbreeunix]

I love how you join a cult of murderers and then end up killing so many of them. Only room for one chaotic murder assassin in town XD

[@ProxyGateTactician]

The student became the master

[@mindassassin]

Murder monopoly

[@TheNeilBlack]

He had one job and damn was he good at it.

[@galaxychar]

That is the lore accurate Bhaalist way, he would be proud.

[@frost_wizrd]

"powerhungry emo dictator backed by military police robots" That might be the BEST way to describe gortash and the watchers

[@devindaniels1634]

Definitely, though final fantasy villain is probably number two. You could drop him in as a replacement into a number of them without changing anything about him and he'd fit right in.

[@tinyetoile5503]

To be honest, I fully expected him to stop at the first syllable of dictator.

[@csashta]

The challenge is great but... I was so invested in the roleplay! It was truly amazing, especially the makeover and saving Figaro part 🤣

[@Magnisimo68]

"I ran to the guards like the 7th level bitch I am" . Pure gold. Loved this video man, nice work.

[@tieltrooper]

"in a total gondian move" lol. I love that you changed your hairstyle

[@annemarie1699]

I consume so much bg3 content and I’m always so impressed with how you manage to take hours of gameplay and make it entertaining and new even though I’ve played through this game so many times! Also the way you edit it down is so funny and the narration is always so good.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Glad to hear it! It takes me soooo long, but always happy to read that people still enjoy it.

[@xanderforrester9759]

you can SHOCK THE CIRCUITRY?!?

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Yep! There is a note you can find nearby that hints at it. It says the cleaning staff should stop using water around the door.

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

Always read the notes and books in the game my man. They quite often give you hints about things and sometimes will put you onto the path of unmarked quests.

[@endoverlord423]

@@ProxyGateTactician I'm fairly certain I read that note, but I didn't understand the hint ended up just brute force guessing because apparently they don't have a security system against that lmao

[@ThatWarlockBoi]

@@endoverlord423I nat 20ed the lock pick check on the first try for that door lol

[@jonahweiss2124]

​@@ThatWarlockBoi lmao I just brute forced the combination, it didn't take that kong even

[@godnkls]

What sets you apart from other "challenge run" youtubers is how seamlessly you mix your comedy in the script. Not only do you complete some hard achievements for content, but you make those videos also really enjoyable to watch!

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Glad to hear people enjoy it lol the original script is always much longer because I try to cut out so many jokes. Like this one for example the first draft my voice lines were 24 minutes

[@godnkls]

@@ProxyGateTactician no results without effort! A 24min video only with jokes would be over the top, this one was great. Keep it up!

[@agilitykissa]

fun idea and an absolute banger of a script. great work

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks a ton!

[@ProxyGateTactician]

So close to 50k Subscribers! Thanks to everyone for watching. My computer died during the making of this video so if there's some areas that looks weird it's because I had to use a different computer while editing. Hopefully can get that fixed pretty soon! Thanks for checking out the video and if you enjoyed it let me know. I do try to change up the format a bit whenever I can to keep things fresh.

[@gumballz.9259]

may I ask what mod do you use to get to lower city at lv 1?

[@ProxyGateTactician]

@@gumballz.9259 I used the debug book mod and went through its commands to teleport a fresh character there. Plus the tutorial chest mod so I could add the debug book to my items instantly.

[@gumballz.9259]

@@ProxyGateTactician thanks a lot mate

[@GabbyJFS_02]

Idk if you’ve ever been told this but your videos give me slightly less chaotic Mittensquad vibes (R.I.P.) and am 100% here for it

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I was a huge fan of his as well. He's my main inspiration for the challenge videos, and I probably wouldn't have done videos in that style if not for him.

[@GabbyJFS_02]

It definitely shows in this vid in particular. It’s heartbreaking he’s gone, but it also makes me happy to see how many other people he’s inspired and encouraged. His legacy will definitely live on through that.

[@Plykiya]

so this is how I find out he died, damn.

[@alphgeek]

OK killing rats etc is a nice start. When you said a kobold fight went 40 rounds I was thinking OK, it must be tough at low level. But the bank vault fight? I find that a battle even with full party and summons. Edit: or the barber battle, dear lord.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

That one wasnt bad because I had the door to dip in and out of over and over, and could usually get a hit from stealth then run out and let the NPC's tank while my turn reset

[@chainsawboy2388]

@@ProxyGateTacticianthen you have me who makes it hard cause I’ve gotta save as many NPC’s as I can and those damn In is spammers are never revealed even by the eye from Voló.

[@joshuasims5421]

Amazing! This is actually really useful to know: essentially, as long as you can make it through act 2 alive, there is always enough XP in Baldurs gate to reach max level by questing. So you can wend your through to act 3 without having to worry about skipping encounters.

[@cocotig]

My favourite thing apart from the immersive roleplay in your videos, is seeing you cheese every battle. I've been really struggling with doing honour mode so I've been taking notes from you. (eg. rats can open doors, wolves can't xD)

[@yish-ka]

your scripts, editing and humor are just awesome dude. Idk how you keep coming up with ways to make the game we've all been playing on repeat fun and interesting, but you do, and I'm here for it.

[@MorganaEvelyn]

No shoes is the best way to start honestly ❤

[@Gorg465]

Mommy 😩

[@arikanori7188]

shadowfeet 🫶😍😍

[@Haunttts]

Ms.Evelyn what are you doing

[@FayeRantTheStrong]

​@@arikanori7188step on me shadowheart 🥵

[@PaladinJinx1996]

hah Agreed

[@SuenteusPi]

Fun vid, but it made me even more convinced that act 3 gives out way too much experience

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Crazy part is that is like half of Act 3 only. Because I didn't go to Iron Throne, Rivington, Raphael's place, or the end-game brain fight stuff.

[@Famin999]

You’re probably level 10 by the time you get to Act 3 anyway

[@ManubibiWalsh]

Yeah. I wish you could level up higher because then you’d do SOMETHING with all that experience you get. And actually, more achievable levels would make the final battle so much easier for me, and I love grinding... you know, wish I didn’t just have 12 levels to put all the skills I want in.

[@dontblamepeopleblamethegov559]

@@ProxyGateTactician you didn't go to Sorcerous Sundries too right?

[@ProxyGateTactician]

@@dontblamepeopleblamethegov559 I did visit the basement to grab the exploration exp, but didn’t fight anyone there.

[@DaniszAstronauta]

4:42 Okay THAT I had no idea was even possible. It's so good though :D

[@spacey7289]

I thoroughly enjoyed this. You have great story telling skills

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thank you so much!

[@warmarky184]

imagine the main party getting to baldurs gate and realizing everybody they were going to talk to already died and most of the problems have already been solved.

[@reecepayne3440]

Short answer: yes. The XP you can recieve just within the walls of baldurs gate sums to over 120kish

[@billwumsen4108]

This is such a great Idea!

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks!

[@billwumsen4108]

@@ProxyGateTactician if you ever want to make an experiement with a longer RP idea like this at a slower pace, maybe with some ingame sounds or speechlines from npcs, rest assured i will be there to slurp it all in! i really loved it! And im now trying to find more of this xD

[@ScreenPeekCity05]

Man your knowledge of this game has tought me more than just playing it, i didn't even know about half of these missions. Great video❤

[@MargaManterola]

Proxy, I've been waiting for this video! Thanks for the most amazing Baldur's gate content on KZbin

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks! much appreciated

[@speddymeow]

I love that your name is 'Morytania'

[@Cyb3rHusky]

"I understood that reference!"

[@FluxOperation]

I just realized today when I stumbled across this video that I have watched every single video you have. Cheers!!

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks so much! That’s amazing to hear. Appreciate you enjoyed my stuff

[@d2cmp]

And that was just lower city, imagine if we got upper city too

[@lucasnavarro2858]

Man... that's the best BG3 video i've ever seen

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks! 🙏🏻

[@ztyshadowswift]

I turned on the cc and repeated your words once and once again just don't want to miss any interesting parts. Love your video soooooo much!!

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Glad you like it! Thanks for checking it out

[@LuckyOwI777]

I had this video on in the background as I was writing emails, and I just had to do a double take when I heard "the first grave contained a living man"

[@logans.7932]

This guy is the reason the Dwarven fishmongerer had two Netherstones, he sold them to him

[@PieckuF]

Late to comment on this, but I gotta say I was a huge fan of this idea. Really like the way you edited it all together, and your cat at the beginning :) Def earned my sub for sure!

[@Maffytaffy]

This is my Baldurs Gate locked Ultimate Ironman

[@Novariko]

i always love your storytelling in these videos, another great one!

[@stevefilms1997]

“Can you exterminate the rats in my basement” **proceeds to detonate the basement in a fiery explosion**

[@Alunae]

4:17, "from Baldur's bum to ball of Rivia" hahahahahah, love this!

[@geekroom2365]

The challenge is fun but the role play makes this video 😂 love your stuff man!

[@emilia4355]

This is the content I love and want to see more of. Great video!

[@curlyparmesan]

I love the narrative you made for this, it's so neat and tidy!

[@korakys]

You write the best scripts of all the challenge runners and always teach me something new about this game. I'm currently playing with an unlocked level cap mod and have reached level 14, just playing normally and not murder-hoboing. Still got houses of grief and hope to go as well as Orin and Gortash fights.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Ohh that is cool! How does it scale the levels past 12?

[@korakys]

@@ProxyGateTactician I'm also using the no party size limit mod and a difficultly mod (Combat Extender) as well so it's hard to say how balanced it is in isolation. I've let Lae'zel and Gale continue to gain levels in fighter and wizard but it doesn't seem to really be worth it due to bugs or missing stuff, better to start multiclassing once you reach level 13.

[@hawthew194]

@@ProxyGateTacticianI did a whole play-through with it killing just about every bad guy and ended around 16-17 levels. I think level 20 would need a slight xp increase mod cause the requirements get pretty high.

[@korakys]

@@ProxyGateTactician I reached level 16 before fighting either Gortash or Orin. I feel confident I can reach 17 before climbing the brain stem. I have only killed 3 innocent guards so far so level 18 is probably achievable for an evil character.

[@korakys]

I'm at the brain stem and just short of level 18. Might go over in the final fight when I do that this evening. I got to 17 just after crossing the under city lake. Edit: got to the epilogue: 187xp short of level 18, lol. Minsc made it over the line though, he always had about 3k extra because I recruited him early. Edit 2: decided to reload from the last turn of the final fight and let a few more squidies parachute in. Made it to level 18 with 24xp extra.

[@christopherbratton9544]

This just confirms what everyone already knew: there is too much exp available in BG3 lol

[@a36457]

0:33 Caught it, he cheated the game with a starter cat, way too op.

[@Tobbzn]

Morytania, huh? I think that Settled the question of whether or not this is a homage ;)

[@ProxyGateTactician]

lol that's clever

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I tried to even make the dude look like he crawled out of a swamp for a reason :) glad someone noticed that.

[@Valosken]

Glad some people noticed this!

[@captainfire74]

Love your content and all the time you put into it !!! :)

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I appreciate that!

[@Memo-OwO]

Your narration is 10/10. So creative and funny hahaha

[@OrigamiAhsoka]

I’m honestly surprised it’s possible; and this is without any of the optional quests you can get from act 1 and 2 like killing the hag, saving the artist, and fighting lorroakan

[@gildeddrake1479]

crazy he did not even use wyrm's rock or rivington

[@DirtyDeedsDoneDirtCheapD4C]

Something I learned from this video is that using doors and running away with a bow are quite literally the best strategies in this game

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Yep! They were in divinity 2 as well. I used them all the time

[@liberalideas8224]

Thanks for this. I am just before Orin on my honor mode play through, but I am only level 10. I was trying to brain storm where I could get the safest xp from and this video is perfect for that. Thanks.

[@jensenmcjens4029]

Oh god I love that yt recommended me your channel the other day. Every vid blows my mind 🤣

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@EPE77U]

What a rollercoaster of a work life

[@monarchlaciel3057]

That fucking box tower at 11:30 blew my mind. I've been playing this game all wrong.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Haha I have used those so often :) I love them. I wonder if Larian expected people to use them like this

[@enzomatrix4146]

This actually seems like so much fun. I hope things like this are possible when official mod support is added in patch 7

[@BammerHammer627]

This video has just convinced me even more that we need a mod that extends the level cap to around 15. Act 3 gives out so much XP but if you've been playing the game right you'll be at least level 8 when you get there, and at least level 12 by the time you're even halfway done with the content in it.

[@myname8035]

This had me laughing literally every other sentence! Great video! (As always)

[@elijahavila6890]

I don’t rly comment that often but I rly do enjoy ur vids thanks man ❤

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks so much for leaving one! If you ever do i'll read them.

[@TheSzellin]

Not me actively playing Skyrim when he makes a crack about stealth archers.

[@thepiewhispererer]

Excellent, so much fun to watch - off to watch more of your vids now

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks for checking it out! Hope you enjoy

[@ZarionClark]

Truer words have never been said 12:03

[@neomiteyt]

This is the best story ever! I love it!

[@tricmagic]

Behold, perfectly balenced EXP ripe for the taking, all in the plam of Baldur's Hand.

[@scorpiowarrior7841]

he didn't even do Ethiel's quest in the city, really shows how much XP is in the city like god damn

[@ProxyGateTactician]

That one didn’t show up because I didn’t do act 1. It’s one of very few quests that it matters like thr

[@XillyWonka]

@@ProxyGateTactician is Wyrm's Rock necessary for House of Hope?

[@ProxyGateTactician]

@@XillyWonka no it isn’t. But I figured house of hope is outside of the city as it pops up to tell you you’re leaving the region

[@SerLagsalot]

Dang, Larian really overstacked Part 3. I knew it had a lot of 'level redundant' content, but I never imagined it would be 'you only need half the region can take you from 1 to 12' degrees. I know they've always said 12 was the intended cap but given they had to cut the entire Upper City... was it *really* the intended cap? PS; so long long to you reckon it'll be before PCGamer pumps out another article about you for this?

[@ProxyGateTactician]

lol I'm pretty sure they're AI articles, but most of the challenge videos I did have had one. I wish it was no level cap like Divinity 2, but understand why they went the way they did.

[@MargaManterola]

​@@ProxyGateTacticianwhy do you think that is?

[@TheAwkwardGuy]

@@MargaManterola It balances everything around level 12. Imagine if you could just keep leveling up in BG3. You're already overpowered by level 11.

[@SerLagsalot]

@@MargaManterola After 12-14, the player character power spikes well into the demi-godly domains.

[@korakys]

@@MargaManterola it gets exponentially harder to code and design the game mechanics as the levels increase due to D&D's crazy top tier spells and abilities.

[@mynacollyn4212]

Doors: a dnd party's worst enemy is a cheesing video game challenge runner's best friend

[@Bruh234]

You still had a few quests left too! Like finding the womans missing daughter, to start the quest go to the right of the entrance to the lower city into the Flaming Fist training area and then go into the door on the left, there you meet the woman and the mind altered guard, you go to the mermaid tavern or whatever it is called and then there is a door next to the bar which leads to the 2nd Hag fight but even if you can't fight the Hag you can just kill the 4 guards outside for something like 400-500 exp if needed

[@ProxyGateTactician]

The hag stuff didn’t trigger because I hadn’t done act 1. I teleported straight to 3 so all that questline doesn’t appear.

[@Bruh234]

@@ProxyGateTactician There is a trigger for that? Damn I never knew I just thought it was like every other encounter since I always deal with her in act 1, thanks for letting me know!

[@erin2394]

EMO DICTATOR THE WAY I SCREAMED LIKE AN EAGLE

[@tobiasbayer4866]

The craziest thing about this is that there has apparently been an additional section of Baldurs gate, the upper city, that has been cut/scrapped before release. Could you Imagine how much more content there would have been if they completed their original vision? Baldurs gate would have probaply rivaled act 1 in size.

[@Prince_Theo]

I see the Morytania/Swampletics tribute, haha nice

[@IlRe720]

A gondian move XD Also nine fingers could literally solo that fight in the thief’s guild by herself I still don’t understand why we even need to be there XD

[@leivaslt666]

Turn me into BALDUR OF RIVIA! lol

[@HPFireYT]

Pretty impressive you can get all 12 levels in just one region. It’s likely larian compensating for players who don’t chase down every possible quest, but still interesting!

[@sodedra5855]

you make the best videos!

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Thanks so much! Glad to hear it lol

[@nebulaarmour8601]

I am so hyped to play this game soon. I'm a big fan of Divinity Original Sin 2

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Me too! My next vid will probably be DoS2 because this computer I've got for now isn't working so well. Hopefully my pc is repaired soon

[@rypatokochev3387]

And there are still Ethel, Raphael, Lorrokoan, and probably some other quests that I can't think of

[@Cyphu]

I have like 800 hours in this game and Im still finding out new stuff. I didnt know about any of those events in the graveyard. This game always has something new to offer

[@strawberryfaithx3666]

Wait can someone tell me where 0:02 is? With the weird mummy looking people? I've played BG3 so many times and have never seen this

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Mystic Carrion’s house in act 3

[@B1T3F0RC3]

this feels reminiscent of the good ol' "escaping riften jail and killing the jarl with no weapons" type vids omfg. can't wait till bg3 is as old as skyrim XD

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I don’t think we’re gonna get 11 re-release like Skyrim did though :( But It’s got enough replayability that it should be ok

[@Isaax]

This is kind of off topic, but does anyone else have 10+ different characters, yet a strong tendency to lose the will to keep playing upon reaching act 3? I have about 1000 hours in the game but have not once completed it yet

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I did for my first 2 playthroughs. I really love act 1 though. It is like perfection and shows how much work they did there

[@Isaax]

@@ProxyGateTactician Right as I read this comment I'm in 3 hours deep in a session trying to force myself to finish the game, but even though I'm just trying to finish the main quest, I keep running into roadblocks where I have to look up the solution. Granted, I'm impatient and not giving the same care to try and read through everything, but it's kind of making me hate playing, ngl.

[@Peleski]

I often stop at level 12. The ending is epic, but epic once. ...

[@akiz90]

Don't know if these quests were available to you but there is enough XP in Baldur's Gate to go even a little beyond LVL12 if there wasn't a cap: - House of hope - Stop the presses - Underwater prison - Hag quest - Zhentarim VS The Guild - Mystic Carrion and perhaps even more, those are just some i though of right away.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

It was capped, but the hag wouldn't show up as i started in act 3 without doing act 1. I did do mystic carrion & zhent vs guild in the video. I didn't show the stop the presses, but did do it. (It was basically nothing involved so figured no point since it's such an uneventful quest) House of hope I considered to be outside of baldur's gate city as it requires a Yes to travel there same with the underwater prison.

[@jessblues848]

this is still the best bg3 channel!

[@viorp5267]

Living in baldurs gate is like living in Cyberpunk

[@unstoppable_disappointment]

Hahahaa. Love the name, sick Swamp Man reference.

[@BackflipBucky]

Absolutely love the fact that the character name was Morytania, tempting me to go back and watch that series...

[@ProxyGateTactician]

Settled is a legend

[@thebuffman5597]

1:00 You know you could just go at level 1 to the trader in city center, then go up to top, do a "risk" and grab the staff from the wannabe immortal guy's chamber, then basically you have chain lightning at level 1 lol. Just make sure to have arcana and guidance for the check with possible advantage from something, like a scroll, etc. If you don't wanna risk it, just go up to level 3 where you get enhance ability.

[@ProxyGateTactician]

that would be pretty smart actually lol I just knew I wanted to start with rats and work my way up. Didn't have a huge plan for it.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

I just like how you get enough money to retire, and become a local strongman after like an hour

[@iforgotmykeys666]

I always knew act 3 had too much xp

[@ProxyGateTactician]

I had figured there should be enough, but originally thought I’ll need to kill random NPC’s in the end. Was surprised that wasn’t really necessary

[@sterlander814]

I understand why you named him Morytania and made him look like that, lol. Swampletics was peak

[@stertrack520]

Bro did everything to save his barber

[@ProxyGateTactician]

He’s the only one in the city! Also explains why he’s so rich

[@gooseofwar1230]

I remember that therapy cult from my playthrough, I was a circle of spores Druid that summoned so many creatures I was the majority of the initiative.

[@notveryartificial4486]

You can open door to vault just by entering code on the floor. There is num pad there actually, and code is always 1354, I believe

[@Memo-OwO]

4:43 wow I didn't know that! That's so cool

[@musiccommands8615]

I sincerely hope all of larian sees this

[@lawrencefosterjenkins8216]

Watched for the challenge but stayed for how to cheese house of grief

[@2323stickboy]

Sees Roah Moonglow: “They took our Jobs!!!”

[@ProxyGateTactician]

😂 I wanted to work that in so badly somewhere

[@amirhoseinizadi925]

Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it. Subbed and liked 🤗🤗

[@DustinKnustin]

seeing the title i thought about using the best xp farm known to man: Refugees and Citizen