Uncommon Tips, Tricks & Strats For Honor Mode In Baldur's Gate 3 (Act 1)

[@SlimXG]

IMPORTANT PATCH 7 UPDATE: If your Command Drop cast fails on Yeva, it will be treated as a criminal act and the Flaming Fist near the door will go looking for you. Be prepared to run out of Waukeen's Rest and hide around the corner if this happens. Once they stop looking for you and return to the door, you can move back into position and try again. I made a short follow-up video to cover some of the comments I got on this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6DKhmR_gp17oLc And Act 2 here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWSkaGeefpurjNk

[@MrJ4LoL]

Such a high quality video, avidly waiting for act 2 and 3! Really enjoyed this content, it looks like a lot of hard effort put into it.

[@SlimXG]

They do take a long time to make, but Act 2 video is in the works. I appreciate the patience hahah

[@hodr1000]

I some how glitches myrkl. I exploded caustic barrels at beginning and he no longer at attacked. Nor would dame Ayline

[@alvinbgyt5143]

no act 3?

[@SlimXG]

@@alvinbgyt5143 Not yet, but it's gonna happen

[@illonakarl-fuyu4180]

If you know a merchant will die, sell him an empty bag and put all his ownings inside. when he die , you'll loot the bag with all you put in it.

[@GuilhermeSartorelli]

Any idea if you can do this on console?

[@uraverageperson9585]

​@@GuilhermeSartorellifr

[@LaneBeckhart]

@@GuilhermeSartorelli you can't, PC gamers get whatever they want 🙄🙄

[@ShengFink]

@@LaneBeckhartsalty

[@LaneBeckhart]

@@ShengFink yeah 🤭

[@justinjohnson769]

Honour mode causes people to play the game in the least honorable way possible.

[@UnreliableUsername]

😂😂

[@RandomPersonLol366]

xD you need all help you can get

[@antonskor8127]

ironic for sure

[@Camel75749]

So true. The amount of times I had to escape the fight with my rogue to revive the party in act 1's hardest fights (like Owlbear, Gnolls etc.) is embarrassing

[@darkmaster666.]

Gnolls is doable but owlbear calling Mate is just insane. I barely lived by a thread.

[@vorsadelta7752]

You can also cast calm emotions on your party before tbe Harpie fight to completely bypass their charm. The harpy will remain singing and essentially be useless during the fight.

[@SlimXG]

Excellent point; I probably shoulda mentioned that one, too. I focused on Silence because I wanted to sing its praises throughout the video, for how versatile it is.

[@whiskeySe7en]

That's so dope. I haven't used that spell a single time

[@vorsadelta7752]

@@SlimXG silence is by and large a much more versatile spell and more useful in more situations! Just love to highlight the much more niche spells. Especially if you are able to easily swap them out with a Cleric.

[@YourBFAstro]

​@@vorsadelta7752that's the best part of prepared Spellcasters!

[@lordhelmchen3154]

Calm Emotions is freaking clutch in Honour Mode. Never used it before, now I had it save my ass multiple times already. Beyond making the harpy figt trivial, a single Calm Emotions (which has a good AoE and range) removes the Gnoll's Frenzy, so that they will never get their multi-attack. Also removes rage from enemy barbarians (though that's not as important in my experience) The 2nd spell I can't believe I never used before is Enhanced Ability. I have it on my bard and Shadowheart, meaning just like that I can get advantage in every ability I need (mostly charisma), and can keep up to two active for a whole day! Yes, it requires concentration, but one spell slot is well worth suceeding important checks. Especially since the Friends cantrip is dangerous in Honour Mode, as it can aggro npcs, get you imprisoned and frop reputation. Had to restart a whole run because Friends wore off on Kagha after I saved Arabella, which immediately made her activate the Rite of Thorns and Tiefling purge. Never used Friends ever since. :P

[@sleyana_]

Give us Act 2 and 3. This was amazing... one of the best BG3 videos out there!

[@SlimXG]

Quite the high praise. >.> Thank you. It'll take some time to finish, but I've started writing notes for the Act 2 video.

[@sleyana_]

@@SlimXG Most BG3 videos are either challenges or speedruns. Shorts often funny moments or quick guides. You made a full list (probably still lacking due to the huge amount of content) of secrets and cheese strats. I would love to see more videos about that. Not only honor mode but everything.

[@SlimXG]

@@sleyana_ "Everything," you say, hmm

[@sleyana_]

Sir... you got talent. Use it. Get a better mic soon and practice some voice acting. Your edit and comedy is great. @@SlimXG

[@SlimXG]

@@sleyana_ Better mic is essential, yes (I had to talk verrrry carefully and do many re-records for nearly every line in the video to compensate for the lousy properties of my cheap old mic). But, voice . . . acting? o_O

[@benjammin5252]

My jaw dropped on the shovel tip. I facepalmed immediately. 300 hours in and now I find this out.

[@casimirodpv]

Wait, die I miss something? Wich shovel tip?

[@benjammin5252]

@@casimirodpv if you fail a survival check for a dig spot, you can click and drag your shovel in the nearby area and dig it up any way.

[@casimirodpv]

@@benjammin5252 oh yea, thank you

[@lotos53]

​@@benjammin5252For a moment i was thinking about the summon 'shovel' 🤦🏻‍♀️ 😅

[@JonathanOtt-o6w]

I beat an entire two playthroughs before a friend showed me. *face palm*

[@JLeeRiddell]

Spider matriarch: an acid arrow will also take care of an entire clutch of eggs.

[@13christbane]

love the ping on the invisible enemies!

[@Arthillis]

Yeah that one is huge. Makes me think they will patch that out somehow though.

[@sethmichener9871]

yess I killed the hag before she went down into her lair with that one

[@scottmcmillen3015]

I’ve listened to hundreds of BG3 videos, and after all that, I’m impressed by how many things this video taught me about this game.

[@MMKGAMING292]

This is easily one of if not the best bg3 videos I’ve watched. My recommended really knocked it out of the park with this one. Exactly the type of video I’ve been looking for as I attempt honor mode

[@MMKGAMING292]

Please make one for acts 2 and 3 but I know that’s gonna be a huge undertaking

[@SlimXG]

Well that's quite the compliment (though maybe you've just watched a lot of terrible BG3 videos...)

[@SlimXG]

The feedback on this Act 1 video has been surprisingly positive, so I've started writing out notes for Act 2 (and looking into getting a better mic). But yeah, it will take some time to make the video. Maybe you will have successfully finished your whole Honor run by then!

[@ThatGuateKid]

i wish i knew some of thee before becuse ive been brute forcing my way through the game lol i just hit level 5 and decided to fuck up the goblin camp. this video was great honestly and super super helpful. all the underdark tips is going to be used for sure @@SlimXG

[@alexanderoyston272]

@@SlimXGhonour * we spell things correctly in English

[@SlimXG]

Random trivia: That clip of, "Silence!" is from a Jack in the Box commercial, and that's Steve Valentine who played Alistair in the Dragon Age games (as the Earl of Sandwich)

[@chloekravatz84]

Omg that was Alistair?! 😂 Thank you so much for that, made my day

[@SlimXG]

@@chloekravatz84 I've been quoting it since it was first on TV in 2002 hahah Can see the whole thing, here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZvKk3ypfLiNhcU

[@1957DLT]

Haven't tried honour mode yet but I have played through 4 times: still found about half a dozen+ tips I've never seen before. Hoping you complete Act 2 and 3 vids before I get back to BG3 for an honour run. Well done!

[@Arthillis]

Same, ive beaten it several times, and many of these tricks i had no clue about. Because I played the game a bit too much im taking a break, but plan to do a honor mode when i dust it off again. This video was practically a detailed cheat mode walk through of act 1. Makes me think you could almost do honor mode with the worst class build following these tips.

[@montezuma0000]

There is also a dagger on the body of someone in the worg pens. Its makes it so all goblins have disadvantage to attack you. Very good for the fights against the goblin bosses and cleaning up the camp after

[@JoshSweetvale]

Great for giving to a ranged character or a spellcaster who isn't Gale. Gale is better off with the sparkle staff.

[@pancakes4193]

WOW. Easily one of the best information guides to cruising through Act 1. Even the flow of progression you gave clearly has a lot of thought put into it, particularly the Myconid Colony up to the Creche part. MASSIVE thanks for the Hag tips too. I've always hated not being able to get the jump on her so I'm very delighted to know that you can still do that yourself.

[@SlimXG]

The hag fight is probably the most complex encounter in Act 1. For all the things I said about it, there's way more I coulda said, but the video is already long enough hahah. Thanks.

[@pancakes4193]

@@SlimXG I try to avoid meta-gamimg on most encounters whenever possible, and I handwave that as them not seeing the enemy beforehand- like an actual inverse ambush like the Spectator. (which you also gave a GREAT tip for) However now that I think about it in retrospect, it's not actually cheesy to get the jump on Ethel. After all, it's very obvious that reaching that part of the Hag's lair is a setup for an incoming fight, and by that point, the party is already made aware that Ethel can go invisible- so it's not "metagamey" for the player to try and one up that. For the Spectator, I've yet to think of a way to essentially "excuse" the party reverse-ambushing it, so perhaps I won't follow the trick you gave even if it's doable. It's not a super hard encounter anyway.

[@SlimXG]

My first time playing the game, I just naturally snuck around to the bottom and into Ethel's room, because it felt like the roguish thing to do. I still ended up stumbling into her and getting surprised, since I didn't have Volo's eye yet, that first time. But I had already clicked the button to lower Mayrina, so I didn't even know about Ethel burning the cage until I saw it in a video, later. And yeah, the Spectator fight is obviously designed specifically to surprise you, so there's no way to avoid it in any "realistic" way. The trick in the video is from the mindset of, "Hey, you've done the fight the normal way before, so here's a new way to try it."

[@Jules_Diplopia]

Maybe in Honour mode it is harder or impossible. But I sneak around the side of the tea house. From there it is possible to sneak attack Ethel whilst she is telling Mayrina to eat up. A single lightning arrow from stealth does 150 damage and kills her midst transformation. You shoot Ethel and roast the Hag. Looting the rest of her lair is a doddle from there on.

[@SwoleBenji]

22:32 Man, that's an amazing tip. I remember just firing random arrows till I hit the invis on one of my playthroughs.

[@5Black5Hawk]

Some other tips to add: You can defeat Guts without even a fight: Tell her about the mindflayer. She'll give you a sleep potion to abduct you. Chug it on a character that isn't immune to being put to sleep (elves). You'll wake up in her cell. Refuse any attempt to break free and eventually you'll get saved by Raphaels secretary without having to lift a finger. Get Mol's ring early: Get the quest to steal the idol from Mol - helping one of the kids first will make her friendly. Grab Khagas letter from the tree in the swamp and confront her to kill her. Now the druids will stop the ritual, allowing you to steal it from hiding with a fog cloud. Only when the ritual is stopped will you be able to steal the idol without the druids slaughtering the Tieflings in response. Easiest way to kill the Underdark Druegar and save the gnomes: Bring lots of ways to push enemies to make the fights trivial. Get the boots from the gnome at the Myconoid colony. Approach the Druegar at the beach (without Glut present) and tell the you got the boots. Enter the boat with your strongest character. When approached by the Druegar trade with him to buy his loot if you want it then shove him off the boat and kill the rest. Sail back to the beach to long rest as the rest is time sensitive. Approach the rebel leader on the too of the stairs and get him talking about his plan. Then insult him until he starts a fight which will not aggro the rest of the Druegar. Next toss the seargent in the lava and finish off the rest of the Druegar. Then you can free Nere with a barrel and fight him alone. I've done this as early as level 4 on HM.

[@caiacw]

Easily the best BG3 tips guide I’ve seen. Not only did you make me discover a couple of things I didn’t know, but you also made me reflect on some gameplay mechanics that I didn’t think about!

[@rizi7832]

this video is so impressive. how larian came up with and actually implemented all these tiny little secrets and interactions and how the playerbase are so creative to experiment with every mechanic, interaction and event this thoroughly. great work❤

[@anteyehero]

You can also get the brand from warlock near gut in the chapel if you kill gut. So if you forget your camp peeps (like I do, EVERY time) you can run them though the branding ceremony. Everyone disapproves of that….

[@schampsy2504]

Why these tips might seem simple to those already smashing honour mode, I have been waiting for something like this. I was just saying to my house mate how flooded youtube is with late game builds (and silly click bait) that have no relevance to someone trying to push through honour mode. I just lost my third honour mode at the end of Act 2, and these tips are just going to make Act 1 a lot smoother and more fun as I progress through and try new things. Thanks heaps brother! Calm voice, and just simple and easy things to do that aren't exploits, I bloody love it! Keen for an Act 2 or Act 3 if you ever get around to it!

[@SlimXG]

Wellll, some are on the exploity side, but I tried not to lean too heavily into that. =) Thank you for the kind words.

[@jfast8256]

I guess this is the difference between someone who has been playing D&D since THACO vs newer players. For those of us with more than 20 years of DMing experience or playing experience, it just seems impossible to struggle on honor mode. Legit the hardest parts are the damned skill checks. I legit lost both Jaheira and Minsc because I got 10 d20s, ALL OF THEM under 4. That being said, I've turned karmic dice back on. I can't handle any more 1 in 1 million failures. Honestly, just knowing the mechanics is enough to make honor mode super easy. Some classes are clearly better than others. Some classes only require a level 1 dip. You have a rogue? That's a Rogue/Fighter until it's level 3. You have a wizard? Naw, it's a level 1 cleric / x wizard. These little mechanical staples make the early game a breeze without cheesing people onto death spots and carrying them all across the map. Do you have a problem with respecing characters every level? I don't. My archer (sometimes... very rarely) can be respeced every level. (Fighter 1), (Rogue 1 / Fighter 1), (Sword Bard 3), (Assassin 3, Fighter 1), (Ranger 5), etc. Another super important thing that I believe (I have no data on this, I simply believe it on faith since I lack evidence to support my claim), people are too attached to their main character. When I play, EVERY CHARACTER is the main character. Every little extra thing you do for your main character, I do that for the extras. Gear is always given out to whichever character it supports best. I've noticed many players treat secondary characters as left overs. Best stuff goes on main, then secondary characters get left overs. Sometimes my main character has the cheapest most worthless gear because their class just doesn't require gear the way the others do.

[@itsappl3s663]

Honour mode is pretty chill if you build your characters reasonably well. It's not necessary to fully min max but you can if you want. But the main thing is to know your encounters. Understanding how to clear the major encounters and making preparations for them makes honour mode, muuuuuch easier

[@gabri-immortale]

​@@jfast8256 please could you write me down a level 5 build for act 1 and a level 8 per act 2 ? Something that go online early and can cover minor mistakes

[@jfast8256]

@@gabri-immortale Sure Healer Strong Heart Halfling Str 8, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 16 1. Bard - Persuasion / Deception / Perception (Urchin) Cantrips > V. Mockery, Mage Hand Spells > Healing Word, Feather Fall, Long Strider, Speak with Animals 2. Cleric (life) - Heavy Armor, Sanctuary 3. Lore Bard - Acrobatics/Medicine Expertise (Sleight of Hand/Persuasion) Spell > Dissonant Whispers 4. Bard > Spell > Eagle's Splendor 5. Bard > Hold Person (Charisma +2) 6. Bard > Hypnotic Pattern 7. Bard >Glyph of Warding, Mass Healing Word, Counter Spell 8. Cleric > Preserve Life (24 HP to all) every short rest (You can delay this cleric level as long as you would like) 9-12 is bard, magical secrets should be summon spells for more minions to absorb. Mephits and Elementals Gear to look out for. Zevlor > Hell riders gloves (healing gives 1/2 damage for 2 rounds) Let the human knock him out so you can steal these off him Volo > Ring of... something (Healing gives bless for 2 rounds) While talking to him, look at bottom left of screen, there should be button to trade with him. Buy this ring Alfira's lock box > Bard's Hat (not the greatest, but free healing with your bardic inspiration) This will keep your party alive. If shit hits the fan, this should be able to give you enough space to flee on honor mode. However, you still need your companions to pull their weight. So I'll add in 2 builds that can be used on any companion Monk NOTE!!!!!!! this requires buying 20-30 Elixers of Strength off Auntie Ethel. Any Companion (Astarion is best LATE GAME if you let him ascend) Str 8, Dex 17, Con 15, Int 8, Wis 16, Cha 8 1-6 Monk Open Hand Level 4 get Tavern Brawler (x2 str dmg so +10 dmg per hit) 7-10 Rogue Thief (Extra Bonus Action) Level 10 get Alert 11-12 Monk Level 12 Get Athletics (+1 Dex) You can swap Athletics/Alert if you like. Figure out if you want to move first or have godly jumps and +1 ac This is your boss killer. Knock down the boss with Topple and just pummel them to death. Ki Points come back on a short rest or a song of rest. Very useful in honor mode. Gear to look out for. At Creche, the human woman sell some body robes that will last for awhile. Any gloves that add damage. At goblin camp, the movement speed ring. Ranged Attacker Any companion Str 8, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 16 Swords Bard > 6 Two Weapon Fighting Level 4 grab either Dex +2 or Sharpshooter If you get sharpshooter, only activate it if your accuracy is 75%+ Turn it off if your accuracy is below 50% Spells, focus on stun spell like hold person and tashas laugh Gear to look out for. x2 +1 hand cross bows from Dammon. Gloves of Archery, Helmet of arcane acuity and the best medium armor you can find like Yuan ti Armor. Rings, look out for anything that increases damage like adding acid damage. This group synergizes pretty well as you get x4 short rests and by level 5/6 all 3 characters get ki points/inspiration back. This leaves you 1 free open spot for another character.

[@t.s.adrian8785]

I've seen half-dozen of these "secrets in Act 1" videos, and *YOURS* mentioned things they never talked about! Well done!

[@owencaulfield8310]

Some great tips there, thanks for sharing! After priestess Gut goes to her room and even after you kill her, you can still get your brand from a warlock Greez, right by her starting location. No need for conversation switches.

[@stonecoldanders]

For the Hag, you can also start with create water to make her wet, to tell her apart from the illusions. For Grym, have a throwing Barbarian up top and one invisible char yanking the lever when lava runs out.

[@Necro_fury]

I didnt know for the longest time but i think all the interactables in the lower level can just be shot at. Anything that would hit, throwing items, etc. Was so satly after having to constantly waste a char getting the lava to contiually flow every other turn

[@matthewkastner8151]

There were so many small little items that I had never seen or heard of before! Very impressive!

[@BingBangPoe]

Honour Mode is the finest example of "work smart, not hard". Great tips, by the way!

[@SuperSazn]

Would love to see your Honor Mode Act walkthroughs for 2 and 3 as well. Good stuff! I've cleared Honour myself and have come up with my own strategies for pathing and for each encounter. Learned a lot from yours! Pretty high quality video too. Hope your viewers/subs rise. You deserve it :)

[@lilitpresents]

I've spent like 60 hours trying and dying in honor mode lol, so this was really useful. Thank you!

[@Porifirion]

With vendors, if you have a backpack on you, you can sell it to them and put the items they sell inside of it gold included. So when you kill them all the items inside the backpack are saved. Started doing this whenever i know i will murder one

[@Starfloofle]

oh that's utterly brilliant...

[@jayrobitaille2402]

I have put in hundreds of hours in this game, probably making it my most played game. I still learned a staggering amount of new things from this video. That is really to this video's great credit.

[@SlimXG]

Much appreciated. I'm working on an Act 2 video that I hope will be equally educational.

[@buckmoonmedia5113]

The level of detail in this game is incredible. It feels like a lot of the Act 1 exploits could have actually been planned by the devs before they even thought of Honour Mode!

[@An4lAvenger]

Next to the guidance amulet is a small rock hole that you can get a spider egg from. It summons a group of I believe six spiderlings when thrown, under your command. I used them to tank many of the Owlbear hits as we decided we wanted to do the fight.

[@caffiend81]

For the spectator on honor mode I put down a glyph of warding set to sleep right on its spawn point. Then I had Shovel poke the drow mage. It spawned and immediately went to sleep lol

[@DontRollInitiative]

As a first-time honor moder, this is great. Thank you. After doing a part of Act I on instincts and previous experience, and suffering anxiety multiple times, I feel like I will return to this from time to time.

[@tired3444]

Big tip for the Spectator fight: Spells such as Charm Person or Tasha's Hideous Laughter can free charmed NPCs, turning enemies into allies, or at the very least meat shields. Want to stress, for whatever reason, you do NOT need to hit with these spells to clear their mind control.

[@The_butler_did_it1194]

Wow, i gotta say, well done mate. So often i see videos of "things you didnt know" that are things i definitely did. Ive fine combed this game, but you're the first to give so cool ideas. Gonna be honest, i was like "dam, why didnt i think of that." For the feather fall to Karlack. Its nothing game breaking but its clever. Very good video. Earnt my sub.

[@SlimXG]

It's the best way to avoid the pain of not having Karlach in your party as soon as possible! (Or killing her to get a nice robe as soon as possible)

[@MrFuggleGuggle]

Great tips! Would love to see an act 2 and 3…especially 2 because there’s at least 3 or 4 fights that can’t be cheese’d with dialogue. The Assault of Moonrise Towers if you ally and join the Harpers, comes to mind.

[@SlimXG]

Thank you kindly, and I'm workin' every day on the Act 2 video. Haven't gotten to Moonrise Towers yet, but I can promise you there will be plenty of tricks in there.

[@zmadl]

There's a more consistent way to get Voss' Sword at the entrance of the mountain pass. A level 5 Beast Master Ranger's bear has an attack that disarms without a check (as long as it hits), so you just make the bear invisible, bless it, then pray for the 80% with advantage to hit. You'll have to fight but you get the sword far more consistently. Of course this would likely require a respec (very few people use beast master), but 200ish gold for both respecs tends to be worth it for the best sword in the game for Lae'zel.

[@bajcli]

(especially if you can just steal it back from Withers anyway)

[@slumpywumpy4166]

I always just tend to use Battle Master. Make Karlach's Con 16, Use ASI to increase that to 18, and then have her chug a Giant Strength potion. Invis from a sorcerer, Precision attack before doing anything, Bless and Bardic Inspo and it took me around 3 tries.

[@megachonkboi7694]

I have a few tips which weren’t mentioned. 1. breaking the web bridge in the spider matriarch fight will make it fall and take up to 40 dmg and go prone 2. If you don’t want to fight the hag or get the hair from her you can sneak around and just use arcane lock on the staircase to the basement and she can’t leave that room making it a much easier fight without any of her abilities 3. For the spectator fight you can send any non player companion that you have down to the area without triggering any cutscenes and destroy all of the frozen drow 4. If you ever feel like you might die in a fight or want to test it out send one of your characters to camp or on the other side of the map or even at the edge of the combat so that you can leave combat to camp if things get rough. 5. USE BARRELS. any kind of flammable barrel like oil, firewine or smokepowder. they are so helpful in almost any fight and you can store them in your stronger characters and set them up near where any large health character or boss will be and then detonate it with fireball. It has saved me so many times. Any questions i am happy to answer ❤

[@SlimXG]

1. This is shown in the video. I didn't go into detail because it's a very common tactic. 2. Right. I left out any tricks like that because I considered getting the buff hair to be the primary reason to fight her. But I could have mentioned the other trick methods. If I was making the video these days, I woulda. 3. Interesting. Since the spectator has a new Legendary Action in Patch 7, it's probably worth considering extra tricks like that to make the fight even easier. 4. This is another tip that I didn't include because it was already in lots of other more general Honour Mode video guides. 5. I specifically set a rule of using no barrels because, again, it's a very common (and in my opinion, boring) tactic. I mention this in the intro of the video.

[@megachonkboi7694]

@@SlimXG I mentioned these tips for anyone who didn’t already know these tactics in the comment section 👍

[@LaneBeckhart]

Ty for the tips homie. I almost closed vid on the nth time ive seen someone say command drop everburn, but Im glad I stayed because the bliss spores before creche yllek/necromancy of thay is such a good idea.. and im thinking paired with shapeshifter boon would be almost gaurenteed awakened on honour mode. Fingers crossed we make it outta act 1 with this one xd

[@SlimXG]

Hahah yeah, I started the video like that as a joke on how common that tip is, hoping people would watch at least 10 seconds . . As for Awakened, remember that if your main character is the one sitting in the machine, all the rolls are saving throws, so Shapeshifter's Boon doesn't help.

[@LaneBeckhart]

@SlimXG confirmed tho, it was guaranteed awakened AND thay. No joke.. elixir of heroism and bless paired with bliss spores. Clutch. Rolled 30s on most all of it, except to use inspo on thay. Edit: there was Rest between switching zones between mountain pass and the underdark, but I don't think they counted as long rest cause I didn't use supplies. Iunno.

[@SlimXG]

After finishing the creche, Voss will force a rest when he comes to your camp. But if it wasn't that, then I dunno either.

[@nuclearbirds]

Decided to fight my way out of the Githyanki crèche rather than slip out through the secret entrance by the vendor. Got to the final encounter, by the main entrance. Everyone was low on health and spells. Had no rests remaining, but had a song of rest with my bard MC. Shadowheart was already reclassed to a light cleric. Had a potion of invisibility. Sent Shadowheart in while invisible, used radiance of dawn. Surprise round. Did it again turn 2. Made it Much, much easier.

[@meliannhawke3318]

This idea of selling items to vendors who you will fight soon is a revelation! I enjoy playing BG3 as a rather "realistic" role-playing game, and mostly without save-scumming. Thus I'm constantly short on gold, since I very rarely steal anything. But if the vendor has enough money to buy my items in the first place, he consequently should drop this amount of gold when defeated. So, I feel no inconsitencies or non-realistic outcomes when using your method, quite on the contrary. Thank you for this idea, allowing me to compensate for a disadvantage when playing a "realistic" style! ❤

[@SlimXG]

Just as realistic as that vendor somehow carrying multiple sets of full armor in his pocket!

[@meliannhawke3318]

@@SlimXG You have a point there! 😄

[@junospite]

it's actually insane how many things i missed while playing through the game THREE DIFFERENT TIMES! I'm on my fourth playthrough right now doing Honor mode and I'm both shocked and saddened about the amount of strong items I missed out on already lol. Great video!

[@sherrydowns4052]

With the strange ox, use disguise self away from the area, cast mage hand, send it to slap the ox, they kill the hand. Go disguised and buy the ring, then undisguise and the ox won’t hate the real you

[@minhkyng]

This is by far one of the best tip videos I've seen for BG3. Great video production and scripting, keep up the good work!

[@SidneyPearls]

I’ve beaten honor mode a while back but I cannot believe I didn’t know about the different route on the beach as well as the first Harper chest 😂 I always go fight the brains then grab the silver pendant after goblin gate. Awesome tips broski 🤙

[@ВладиславБулаев-л3э]

This is one of the best BG3 videos I've ever seen! Very useful and comprehensive, can't wait for another video!

[@SlimXG]

Thank you very much. Just so happens I uploaded another, much shorter video today, with a few more Act 1 bits. The full Act 2 video is in the works, though will take a while to complete.

[@jonathanfennell5628]

for the paladins: casting spike growth in the room with Anders and then running around the corner forcing them to run through it will take away 3/4 of their health. Making them trivial to defeat at level 3

[@What_do_I_Think]

Some of the tips I would call glitches, likely to be patched, but many are real. Would like to see more!

[@SlimXG]

Yeah, I tried to go for a spread from simpler tips up to stuff on the exploity side. And thanks!

[@bfit7753]

I've just started the game and watched a whole bunch of videos. This is easily the most entertaining one so far. I can tell it would have taken you ages to put it all together and it's very smart how you've humorised your failures. Looking forward to what you produce in the near future

[@SlimXG]

Much appreciated. And, yes, these do take a long time to make (the Act 2 video is probably going to take longer). And yeah, an example is how many tries it can take to get a clip of, say, failing the same 55% spell cast three times in a row hahah.

[@Joflyer0211]

holy crap dude, this video really makes me realize just how dense this game is, i considered myself pretty thourough and i still missed a ton of stuff in act one

[@ChipRed87]

Played since launch, learned about the Lesser Resto amulet next to the bear yesterday... Alternative to using command drop on the Gith patrol, You can cast Fear on almost all of them (including the dragon) and Voss will drop his weapon and run away on the dragon, AND everyone will start running away giving you more then enough time to clean up all the Gith. They are a lot easier when they can't parry because they are feared. Ideally your Fear caster walks up and gets perfect positioning for all the Gith by being invisible. The invisibility portrait ping thing is a hilarious oversight...

[@T.V-001]

im watching this 6 months later but this is a high quality video and i expected the creator to have alot more subscribers glad to see someone who puts alot of effort into it doing well

[@SlimXG]

That's funny, since this video feels low quality to me, now, compared to the stuff I've done more recently hahah. But thank you.

[@Dem_Memes21]

The first time I played the game, I had no clue the spider matriarch existed and when I stumbled upon it, i initiated the fight using my eldritch blast with knock back and sent her off the map. Didn’t even mean to kill her like that but hey it worked for my first time “fighting” her

[@SlimXG]

And the trick I show with the rogue slowly soloing that boss is how I did the fight on my first playthrough, mostly on accident. I was just stealthing around the cave, seeing how many of the spiders and ettercaps I could take out solo. So when I found the boss, I just decided to shoot it for fun (planning to reload), and then saw it get stuck like that, so I just kept shooting it. Did the fight "normally" on my next playthrough.

[@Leonnie13]

I took out Grym in honour mode by keeping Karlach from jumping to the forge. She threw down her returning pike doing tons of damage without ever risking herself. I have her spec’ed at Berzerker, tavern brawler, gloves of kushigo, ring of throwing… worked like a charm.

[@eldandnyis3572]

This seriously is a crazy good video, straight to the point, easy to follow and very comprehensive.

[@MirikaNL]

I did beat Honour Mode two days ago, but got curious about this video. I did learn something I had not known before even with the 750 hours of gameplay I've performed: I can just shovel unfound dig sites?!?!?!?! Holy hell. There are in general some really good tips in here that I had not thought of, I am clearly not that clever. Thanks for compiling these tips!

[@XxThe_ExiledxX]

Great tips. I'll be definitely trying some of these things out in order to skip crappy encounters and gain some advantage. Thanks

[@tengrin9489]

Probably one of the best guides out there.

[@SeanBeag]

Great video. Just on the vendor drops. If you trade the vendor a container, you can open the container in their inventory and then put all their items in it. Then when they die, they drop the container with everything in it.

[@SlimXG]

Yep, I included that trick in the follow-up video that's linked in the pinned comment

[@carlossuarez254]

This is the best bg3 video I’ve ever seen. I thought honor mode was too much for me, now after watching this I really want to give it a try, you just gave me bardic inspiration 🎲

[@SlimXG]

Hahah well thank you very much. I'm glad I could help. I'm working on a video for Act 2 that will go into much more detail than this one. I hope it helps, as well.

[@carlossuarez254]

@@SlimXG You’re my hero. I won’t miss the next video. Thank you so much!

[@tobb50]

I am glad you are bringing up the use of silence, my friends just thought it was a useless spell.

[@forestsavior]

14:55 if you don't care about Gut's loot (I rarely do), another safe gank on her is to agree to her consultation, let her close the door, then go over to the shelf near the door to her sanctum. There's a Silver Tray that you can drag onto the floor (don't pick it up) that irritates her and makes her wander over to pocket it. By doing this several times, you can lure her over to the wooden ledge near the chasm and helpfully Shove or Throw her in. This is usually what I do as a solo character to get rid of her.

[@mouhbear6769]

One of the best videos I've ever watched. Simple and pretty. Unbelivable Im deep in honour mode but I never figured out how to move rocks...until now

[@JoshSweetvale]

Disguise yerself as a Gith at the Creche for going into the Zaith'isk device. Not only will you be able to just stroll in, with the ring you'll have a big bonus to surviving the brain melt. Beats having Lae'zel do it. EDIT: Also yes, stack it with the Spore Bliss. Of course. Then fight your way out.

[@ST3G0NZ0]

man i have 650 hrs played time, 5 playthrough and still didnt know half of the thing in this video.. Amazing tips! Thx

[@TheA1ternative]

14:03 - A way to trade with Grat even after the poisoning: I found a way to continue chatting with Grat and trade with him. I tried to open the chest that was previously next to him and it gave me a prompt from the narrator going somethin like "this item is not for sale, perhaps you'd like to view their other items that ARE for sale instead."Leaving this here incase someone does a whoopsie. 14:52 - An even EASIER way to deal with Priestess Gut (SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS): If you let Gut knock you out (as long as you're not an elf like Astarion) and just don't resist being chained up in her basement and a "failsave" triggers which kills Gut for you. 15:36 - An easier Minthara kill (RIP loot tho): Convince her to attack the grove, once she moves a few feet/meters towards the wooden bridge just destroy the supports holding it in place (a 100% hitchance). 15:54 - Bonus reward for Investigating Kagha: If you lead in this quest with a druid character and complete it (whether you kill Kagha or not) you'll be presented with a unique tag on that character called "Faithwarden" and the Pale Oak staff (only obtainable this way, makes you immune to the ensnaring effect+difficult terrain of druidic vines) 21:10 - Another way to kill Ethel: If you have a void bulb and some patience, you can send her into the pit and 1shot her. This will prevent you from getting the hair boone or any loot that was on her corpse.

[@DaedricKing]

After three playthroughs i didnt think was much I hadnt found or tried. Man was I wrong. Awesome video! Thank you!

[@BelfastBiker]

I have had multiple play Throughs, and I’ve still learned an incredible amount from this single video. Honestly, this is the most informative video I have ever watched. Subscribed.

[@SlimXG]

That's quite the praise. Thank you

[@Jonkronn]

So keen to see an Act 2, these are the most helpful honour mode tips I've come across by far. Clean run to Act 2 just by following your guide! Cheers

[@SlimXG]

That's a relief that it was actually helpful in practical application hahah. Thanks

[@Wisper200]

there were loads of magic items that i've never seen before that i'll happily be grabbing next run thanks to this, especially that ring of pickpocket and stealth

[@Leonighto]

As someone who doesnt have shadowheart in the beginning because my game glitched this is really helpful

[@talesfromapartment8497]

I can't leave a comment about which specific tip I liked 'cause I liked them all! I've got almost 500 hours in this dang game and you showed me a ton of stuff I had no idea about. 10 outta 10. No notes!

[@SlimXG]

Hahah I'm glad ya liked it. I'm really digging deep for Act 2 tricks in the next video. Stay tuned.

[@MarkusAndersen96]

1:10 - I've almost finished two playthroughs and I already one minute into the video learn of a secret chest I haven't found, at the very start. what the hell!

[@branbaker77]

This is an incredible video. It was basically my guide for getting through Act 1 and I NEED you to make an Act 2 + 3! Definitely earned subscriber

[@SlimXG]

Thank you very much

[@erickmalm9458]

I've done 3 playthroughs and never knew about Boooal. This game is ridiculous. Thank you for the tips!

[@amylynnkelly]

These tips have been great during this newest attempt for me. Thank you-would love to see Act 2 and 3!

[@SlimXG]

Thank you! Act 2 video will be done soon(ish).

[@theOneAndOnlyLordArthur]

The shovel tip was so unreal, I had no idea you could do that!

[@effigy4541]

Probably the best tips video I've seen for BG3. Nice work!

[@DJMavis]

Greasing a stuck statue! Of course. I love Larian's game design

[@noct5488]

I learned... so many things thank you so much for this, I was struggling a lot with Act 1. I'd love to have a video like this for Act 2 and 3 as well!!

[@SlimXG]

You're quite welcome; I'm glad it helped

[@dragoninventor]

This video is incredible, genuinely some really clever techniques showcased for each boss and situation! This will do wonders for my honor mode run, thank you! I also like how you showcase multiple solutions to each boss (i.e. talking to Voss first or alternatively kidnapping and yeeting him lmao) so that you can still roll-play and cheese less if you'd prefer that.

[@SlimXG]

That sort of balance of tactics was exactly what I was going for. Especially when I had something on the more cheese/exploit side, I wanted to give a more traditional alternative as well

[@exxy9931]

Dude- the grease bottles on the statues, I never thought of that and never would've without watching this. Thank you for this. :pray:

[@PraetorianX89]

You actually can read it in a journal somewhere in the temple.

[@Dutchbrother07]

Super basic yet extremely helpful tip: Cast environmental traps/hazards such as spike growth and cloud of daggers at choke points, then run away. The majority of the AI will run straight through and many of the smaller enemies will die before they ever reach you. Bigger enemies come through hurt and with no backup

[@timkvernen4852]

Dang.. so many great tips here. Pointing at a portrait to see invis? Great idea :)

[@SlimXG]

I can't claim credit for that one, since I saw it in a solo challenge run video, and that guy got the tip from a comment on one of his other videos. I wish I knew who first figured that one out hahah.

[@WolfgangRP]

The one that was helpful for me was Bone Chill on the Lava Elemental. For some reason, I would never have thought of that

[@Marshal_Dunnik]

Inquisitor resisted the Grease, then resisted four Trip attacks in a row; got up (at 1/4 health) and Misty Stepped away, using his legendary action and almost ending my HM run (did have an escape plan into Lathander’s open doorway). That he didn’t was because I was Level 8. There’s a reason people avoid this fight on HM.

[@franklind.roosevelt7416]

I think I definitely made the right choice making the inquisitor my very last fight in act one. I got lucky with my rolls and I was fully prepared so it wound up not being too bad.

[@equilibrium9135]

Absolutely mindblowing. People have already sung you praises so leaving a comment just to do my share. Thanks a lot.

[@galvintky6733]

Amazing and informative video, looking forward for act 2 and act 3!

[@GeekandGlory]

Helpful Tip: If you are poisoning the booze at the goblin party, if you have most of your party inside and have one person doing it (I used Astarion), then if you poison the drink, run quickly inside the temple immediately after. Wait about five seconds and you will get the EXP for poisoning the drink but won't have to make any skill checks. You will only have to make the skill check if you don't run fast enough towards the door.

[@TheSilent333]

Act 2 and 3 versions of this would be great! Subbed!

[@bpajak]

This is a fantastic video! I have beaten honor mode and done countless runs through the game on other difficulties and there were plenty of things in this video I did not know. Thank you for putting this together. you earned my like and and subscribe. I look forward to seeing your Act 2 & Act 3 videos.

[@SlimXG]

Thank you very much, and I'm glad you liked it. I'm going into much more detail in the Act 2 video (which is why it's taking so long to make).

[@Atomix-4000]

All of these tips are CRAZY!! Didn't know any of them pretty much

[@xhy720]

Did not know how to get to the underdark early, thanks for that one!

[@domfreego]

great video, the pinging and portrait ping to find invisible enemies was great

[@dimitriusvoldun8031]

Wow... About 80% of those are things I didn't know. THANK YOU!!!

[@Sobersunrise]

You did an awesome job with this video! I've already cleared honour mode, but i really wish i had this video before i did because it would have made the early game much easier.

[@SlimXG]

Time for honour run #2!

[@devonvox5618]

This is going to be very convoluted, but just bear (no pun intended) with me please: Although you *can* use Command on Kith'rak Voss, you can instead just wait until level 5 to have a beastmaster ranger summon a bear and use Honeyed Paws on him, an attack with NO saving throw associated to it. If the attack connects, the sword drops. This can be increased to nearly 100% this early through a variety of ways, most notably: - Bless (Staff of arcane bless can even give you an additional 1d4 from the arcane tower) - Bardic Inspiration (1d8) - Invisibility (Necessary to get the bear close, but you thereby attack with advantage on your roll) - Diviniation Wizard (In the event you somehow miss, you can respec an ally to diviniation wizard if you so please) - War God's Blessing (a flat +10 to an attack roll from war cleric domain, but you would need to delay pre-creche to level 6, which is nearly all act 1 content...) There are probably other buffs I'm missing, but you can easily make it so that you always get the silver sword of the astral plane (if one so pleases). Doing so WILL mean that you have to fight the githyanki patrol and miss out on using them as an early exp bridge to level 4/5, however.

[@Morethanannoyed]

another path to karlach is jumping across the rocks in the river right above where you find the dog. and DO make sure the goblins in the village see you before you kill them - you get xp for talking your way in. stealth your caster through the lab under the village, get past the mirror and open the back door - all the skeletons face the normal path in so you can stealth gank them from behind.

[@hysteriablack]

Oh my, this is amazing. I will try this with the giths. I have survived so far, but I am so afraid to face the inquisitor. I had to reload a few times on tactician to beat him. Thanks for the tip! This time he will be flying into the chasm.

[@SlimXG]

Hahah very glad to be of assistance. I'm really surprised that they've never patched Improvised Melee Weapon to fix that weird trick.

[@zSavageWolves]

For the first fight against the intellect devourers, you can cast the minor illusion cantrip to make them all group up around the purple explosive cask, then detonate it with a firebolt from shadowheart. Fight won instantly!