Baldur's Gate 3: Complete Guide - All Quests & Achievements (Act 1)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- Baldur's Gate 3 Complete Guided Walkthrough of all Quests, NPCs, and other missable content, in order. The Best and Most Complete Baldur's Gate 3 Guide, great for both experienced and beginner players that don't want to miss anything. In Part 1, we do everything important in Act 1 (Nautiloid Crash Region, The Underdark, Grymforge, and Mountain Pass)
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro and overview
0:57 - Character Creation
3:12 - Nautiloid Walkthrough & Basic Mechanics
7:30 - Saving Shadowheart & Brain Jars
8:46 - How to get "Devil's in the Details" Achievement / Trophy
12:45 - Recruiting Companions (Shadowheart, Astarion, Gale, Lae'zel)
16:18 - Approval System Explained
23:52 - Long Rest 1
25:26 - Chapel Ruins (Soul Coins & Withers NPC)
30:42 - Long Rest 2, How to Change Class with Withers
33:19 - Save All Tieflings at the Druid Grove (Part 1) & Level 3
36:40 - How to Get Unique Equipment from Merchants
39:38 - How to get OP (Auntie Ethel / Elixir of Hill Giant Strength)
40:38 - Saving Tieflings & Recruiting Wyll Companion
44:58 - Companion Romance Explained
46:37 - Kagha Quest, Alfira Lute / Instrument Proficiency Training for "Busker" Achievement
49:34 - Saving Remaining Tieflings at Druid Grove
52:47 - Saving Sazza at Druid Grove "She Cannot Be Caged" Achievement / Trophy
55:33 - Silver Pendant & Raphael NPC
57:30 - Long Rest 3
59:27 - How to Recruit Owlbear Cub (Step 1)
1:02:03 - Shadowheart Quest / Story
1:04:50 - How to Recruit Scratch the Dog to Camp
1:05:27 - Recruiting Karlach Companion and Making OP Monk Build
1:08:29 - Blighted Village Walkthrough (Achievements / Trophies)
1:18:06 - Shortcut to Underdark and Walkthrough
1:25:55 - Finishing Blighted Village (Infernal Iron, Barcus Wroot Quest)
1:28:59 - Level 4 (Best Feats)
1:30:59 - Karlach Quest (Repair Infernal Engine) & Gale Quest
1:35:32 - Missing Shipment / Gnoll Encounter
1:38:06 - Waukeen's Rest & Zhentarim Hideout Walkthrough
1:46:08 - Karlach Quest (False Paladins of Tyr)
1:48:36 - Long Rest 4 (Wyll Confronts Karlach)
1:50:30 - Early Legendary Greatsword (Silver Sword of the Astral Plane)
1:57:19 - Auntie Ethel Quest Start & Investigate Kagha Quest
2:03:11 - How to get Faithwarden Title, Pale Oak Staff, and Broodmother's Revenge Necklace
2:05:18 - Goblin Camp Walkthrough (Saving Owlbear Cub)
2:10:45 - Shattered Sanctum Walkthrough (Saving Sazza, Volo, and Halsin)
2:16:06 - Level 5
2:16:54 - Auntie Ethel / Mayrina Quest
2:19:38 - How to get Hag / Auntie Ethel Hair and Defeat / Kill Hag
2:24:48 - Volo's Ersatz Eye and Long Rest 5
2:26:20 - Important Companion Romance Choices
2:27:27 - Remaining Long Rests before Defending Druid Grove
2:29:19 - How to Romance 2 Companions (besides Wyll and one other)
2:30:23 - How to get "Fetch Quest" Achievement (Possibly Delayed)
2:30:48 - Defend the Druid Grove (& Keep All Tieflings alive)
2:34:07 - How to Get All Act 1 Companion Romance at Tiefling Part (Can only pick one + Wyll)
2:37:10 - Remaining Act 1 Long Rests (Owlbear Cub Achievement / Trophy)
2:39:08 - Myconid Colony Quests (Omeluum, Sovereign Glut, and Derryth)
2:40:17 - Rescue Baelen and Noblestalk Mushroom Location
2:42:06 - Filro the Forgotten (Ice Crystal), Sussar Tree Bark, and Duergar Invaders
2:44:31 - Arcane Tower Walkthrough
2:50:41 - Spectator and Dhourn (Icy Helve)
2:52:07 - Completing the Masterwork Weapon (Sussar Tree Bark) & Easter Egg (Place Autumncrocus at Myrna Tombstone)
2:53:27 - Completing Quests at Myconid Colony (Sovereign Spaw, Omeluum, Derryth)
2:55:15 - How to give Noblestalk to BOTH Shadowheart AND Derryth
2:57:34 - Icy Metal Location & How to get to Grymforge Location
2:58:42 - Grymforge Walkthrough (Magic Equipment & Idol of Shar Locations)
3:02:27 - How to get ENTIRE Runepowder Barrel from Philomeen NPC
3:04:07 - True Soul Nere Encounter (Rescue Deep Gnomes)
3:07:35 - Adamantine Forge Walkthrough (Shield and Splint Moulds)
3:08:42 - Mithral Vein/Ore & Sentient Amulet Locations, Level 6
3:11:47 - How to get "A Grym Fate" Achievement / Trophy
3:15:38 - Finishing Quests & Secret Location (The Festering Cove)
3:17:51 - Mountain Pass, Lady Esther and Owlbear Egg Interaction
3:19:26 - Path to the Rosymorn Monastery
3:20:40 - Ceremonial Weapons / Dawnmaster's Crest Puzzle Walkthrough
3:25:17 - Creche Y'llek Walkthrough (Shop/Vendor, Classroom, Hatchery)
3:27:30 - Zaith'isk Walkthrough (Awakened Feature & Consequences)
3:30:03 - Githyanki Inquisitor, Vlaakith, Astral Prism, Level 7, and Loot
3:34:29 - How to get Legendary Blood of Lathander "Taking Blood" Achievement / Trophy
3:36:35 - Remaining Unique Equipment in Creche Y'llek
3:37:53 - "The Lich-Queen's Wrath" Achievement / Trophy
3:38:50 - Preview of Act 2 / Outro
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The full series is out now!
Act 2 Video can be found here: th-cam.com/video/6UBfg_xxLiQ/w-d-xo.html
Act 3 Video can be found here: th-cam.com/video/uOgiMiSsDMM/w-d-xo.html
Info on what tricks/exploits are still working can be found below.
Update: knocking out vendors no longer gives ALL of there unique items (but it does give a few).
Update: Due to a balance change (or possibly bug) here is a new method to get "Pest Control" achievement.
1. Use Shovel in his Invisible form (or other invisible companions) to destroy the two clusters of eggs that are furthest from the Matriarch while outside of combat, BEFORE engaging the Phase Spider Matriarch Directly. This includes the cluster of eggs on the bottom level, as well as the cluster on the norther plateau, which can be reached by shovel by climbing down the vines to the south, then by moving them around the chasm to the north and climbing the cragged rock. The Matriarch and other spiders must be far enough away for Shovel to destroy the eggs without being detected.
The final cluster of eggs is more difficult to destroy without alerting the Matriarch. What I've found to work is use Karlach to gain surprise on the Matriarch with a flurry of blows. Then use her action to throw a Alchemist Fire on the final cluster of eggs. If any remain unbroken, another party member can use a firebolt, magic missile, or other ranged attack to destroy them. Sometimes the spider near the bottom cluster of eggs won't move away from them. In that case, you'll need to have another party member throw a second alchemist fire on that cluster while the Matriarch and other spiders are still surprised.
The Matriarch will no longer die from falling in the chasm. However, major damage can be dealt by shooting out the web bridges from beneath the Matriarch, which will cause it to take fall damage. You can also make use of Potions of speed on Karlach and Lae’zel to help them kill the Matriarch faster.
As of 04/06/24 (Patch 6) all of the following exploits/tricks still work:
- How to get Silver Sword of the Astral Plane early/in Act 1. (This still works to get the sword, but now seems to trigger an unavoidable combat.) I would send in just one character (the hireling) to get the sword to drop. I would then have a character with high initiative (alert feat, high dexterity, etc.) run and grab the sword, then run back/away and flee combat. The hostile Githyanki can be dealt with fairly easily upon reaching level 5 and it shouldn't negatively impact any questline. The game may determine that Voss holds a crossbow instead of his greatsword. If that happens, I do not currently know of any way to get the Silver Sword to drop and it may not be obtainable.
As of 04/06/24 (Patch 6) the following still work as shown in the video:
- How to get all rewards from Kagha Encounter (Broodmother’s Revenge, Pale Oak, and Faithwarden Title).
- How to get Auntie Ethel’s Hair & still defeat her/ save everyone that can be saved. (If you have to pick one, probably go with the Hair!)
- How to give Noblestalk Mushroom to BOTH Shadowheart AND Derryth. (If you have to pick one, Derryth provides more tangible/mechanical benefits, once you get to Act 3.)
Shatter great content dude I can’t believe your vids don’t get more views but I feel overtime the longer bg3 is out you’ll generate more views👍🏻🫡
Ungrouping companions, or sending them to camp no longer avoids their approval or disapproval, no matter how far away they are, they'll, somehow, know what you are doing, and you can see their responses to your actions.
Great update re patch 5. Concerning Dark Urge: I've restarted a tactician playthrough and can confirm that Alfira can still be knocked out to save her (immediately prior to rest 3 or 4), and will subsequently show up in act 2 (Last Light). Can update anyone interested concerning the "no one left behind" achievement. Cant wait to find out how you tackle House of Hope (nuke them, maybe?). Keep it up!
@@MartinRiber recording voiceover for part 2. Then the lengthy process of editing it all together. Hoping to get done with it by Friday morning. Then on to Act 3!
I do not think that the silver sword exploit works consistently post-Patch 5. Voss is almost always equipped with the crossbow instead of the silver sword.
EDIT: Confirmed with various Reddit posts it is apparently random what weapon he spawns in with during the cutscene, reloaded 50+ times to always have the cutscene with him with the the crossbow equipped. The only solution to this is to throw the iron flask and spawn the beholder next to him (from the high ground where the tiefling was) to force him to switch, then do the disarm method in the video.
I only sent in Karlach and the hireling (both invisible, could only splash the potion on 2/4 characters). I then disarmed with the hireling and had Karlach steal the sword. Karlach was detected but I used a scroll of blink and step of the wind jumps to disengage back to the fast travel point. Hireline died but resurrected her via Withers for 200 gold.
He is basically a human version of a perfect instruction manual for the game. I also realized, that I missed at least 60% of the game in Act 1 alone.
YES!! new to the game and game style and i felt so proud of myself when i killed all the goblin leaders and rescued halsin before heading to the underdark, only to realize i missed almost all of the side quests AND so so so many opportunities to gain approval/romance characters. after watching this, i realized just how much i was doing wrong. makes me upset when i see gamers who make fun of people for watching these kinds of video tutorials, but they are an absolute LIFESAVER!
This guide as good as it is, isn't completionist either.
Same 😂 i played my way and i ended up level 8 at act 3 when i should be level 8 after the first map of act 1
I missed a lot of content without realising it
@@madik4574 Not everyone wants to stumble around blindly.
ME TOO
The strict structure and sheer amount of work in this series is simply outstanding. I cannot understand why your pieces are not favoured by the algorithm because, as I hope you are aware of, they stand head and shoulders above any other similar content for BG3. Your build tips alone are better, more relevant and more comprehensive than any other I've seen - and to be honest, I've seen quite a lot of them. For others new to the channel I most highly recommend the Elden Ring series, even if you have no intention of playing the game - it's that good. Looking forward with great anticipation for act 2, and finally: thank you very much for sharing your deep understanding of this genre-defining game.
Thanks for the support Martin! Regardless of views, I’m committed to finishing this particular series in 2-3 more videos!
Well said. I agree
agreed and he has great voice
It's 3 and a half hours, im not saying that's a bad thing, im not dissing or hating in any way, im just saying that length no matter what it's about is always unfavorable in the algorithm
@@rhys.hushon I actually started this series with smaller parts (around 20-35 min) and they weren’t doing too well. This 1 part/act in a longer format is actually doing a lot better!
This guide is incredible. Wanted so badly to enjoy this game but was constantly overwhelmed by it. This is the only guide that doesn’t treat you like a D&D master to begin with, but instead takes everything one step at a time so that you’re a master by the end. Can’t endorse the effort and skills of this guy enough. He even answered my commented question from months later!
I too wanted so very much to like this game but good God. The review here is the most boring god-awful 10 steps just to do one thing ever. What a poorly designed game. Thank God this isn't how real dungeons and dragons is played because this is trash.
Just finished act 1 and wow…… I felt like I just played an entire game
Hahaha yeah im currently like 27 hours and 3/4 of the video
Right? It took me over 50 hours to get to Act 2 and I still missed sooo much.
The early access was only act 1 and I played 500 hours of it. And only cleared act 1 once lmao
@@superbeachboy358 I am working on my first play-through (I know I’m late to the party) and just finished Act one. I’m a completionist, and I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything. The number of things I missed and found out about in this guide was astounding. So, I set about working on the things I missed. 80 hours later.. I’m finally heading into Act 2. It’s unreal how much they packed into this game.
Just wanted to say this guide has been a true life saver for me and my wife. This is the first video game she has taken a liking to ever and it’s my first turn based style so it’s quite a steep learning curve for me much less me trying to teach her. Absolutely appreciate the detail and please keep it going!
I've been playing D&D since it was released, and video games since they became a thing, and this is hands down the best Tutorial / Walkthrough I've ever seen. If you're not already, you'd make a formidable DM!
Thank you for all your work in putting this Walkthrough together! I'm sure I'll be referencing it for a long time to come.
Thanks for the kind words and super generous donation Drunemeton!!
I've done a little bit of DMing but definitely still learning.
I am glad to hear the guide series has been helpful and wish you all the best. I am looking forward to Dragon's Dogma 2, hope to see you around for when that launches later this month!
@@ItsShatter I had a truly magical BG3 moment when my Tav was talking to Gut and I separated Astarion from the group and snuck into her chamber. SPOILER ALERT! He then took out the guard and robbed the place. He then continued to explore and found the ladder down to the temple! I felt sooo sneaky! But once there completely missed the radiant armor that your walkthrough showed! Grrr…. So after work today I’m going back for it.
Well, I don't disagree with you that this is a great tutorial. I won't be using it because I'll be playing real d&d which has nothing to do with this piece of crap video game. Just 2 minutes into this tutorial and I realized the game is absolutely garbage. And the herd mentality of making it out to be the greatest game ever is mind-boggling
Anyone who wants the early act 1 silver sword of astral plane after patch 5. See below for extra guidance:
1) Do the same invisibility/blessing etc. setup shown except I just went with the hireling and Karlach.
2) Have karlach hide a good distance away (on those big rock steps nearby is good) and then do the disarming attack on Voss with your hireling until he drops it.
3) At this point your hireling will just die from the fight so don’t worry.
4) Switch to karlach who shouldn’t have been noticed and sneak while they are not looking to steal the sword, as soon as you steal go turn based immediately and then dash to safety without triggering any fight.
4) Your dead hireling will be stuck in your party, to fix it at camp just have withers revive or entrust the body with him, then carry on.
Shatter happy new year and thanks for the guide i look forward to the next acts.
You might want to add to your post if you know about it about what to do if Kith'rak is holding his crossbow instead of the silver sword. Very annoying.
@@Lievyon what did you do?
Thank you! This was very helpful, for me I didn’t need anyone other than the hireling, once he dropped it, I stole it off the ground, transferred it from the hirelings inventory to my inventory, went to camp and did step 4. Im on console btw
This is also what I did. That dude just wasn't hanging around for a dialogue and potential rolls for the XP gains. Too bad about that. @@kgkartifact
*facepalm* I didn't to try this. Still managed to flee from combat w/the sword. Does this mean they will be hostile next I see them with Lae'zel?
Played through your Elden ring series twice and I was so happy to see you made a BG3 equivalent, it won’t be long before you completely blow up, incredible content 🐐
Something I found today completely by chance;
If you go to the Druid’s grove, head to the makeshift prison and jump one more platform down from the secret exit. Following the ledge, you should come across a pouch with an Arrow of Humanoid Slaying and an Arrow of Arcane Interface, as well as some silver.
You can also get to the pouch by jumping through the hole in the roof where the paralyzed tiefling is.
This is the Baldur's Gate 3 of walkthrough guides. Outstanding. 👏
Thx you for making this guide. I imagine it took a very long time. Your guide series on Elden Ring helped me tremendously
Im so happy with this guide! I was so confused that i never finished the playthrough and now i have the confidence! Job well done! You covered everything! Thank you!
As a brand new player to both Baldur’s Gate 3 (and D&D concepts in general) this is an invaluable guide! I hope there are similar videos for the other Acts. Thus far, the ‘open world’ structure of the maps and all the mechanics are a bit overwhelming, so I’ve been looking into guides so I don’t miss cool stuff or things needed for trophies (if I decide to tackle the trophies).
For anyone trying to get the legendary silver sword in act 1 (as of 4/14/24) you can still get the hireling, but have only the hireling go and get the sword to drop. Once the sword drops, pick it up as the hireling and move it to your inventory. The hireling will die but you will be fine if everyone else is sneaking a good distance away
note: you must then go to camp to revive the hireling then you can dismiss then and play normally
Ive watching plenty of 'short' videos about the basics of the game, and they were all really complicated. Didnt expect the 3+ hours video to be more useful 😅 thank you!!
OMG I've been looking for a guide like this for days! Every other guide goes through a few achievements, sounds like its in play order - THEN at the end they're like "BTW, IN ACT 1, DO THIS" like wtf?
Best guide!
I had been looking for something exactly like this video and I never found anything remotely as helpful, I hate missing anything in a game as big as this and this video helped so much.
This is for anyone not getting the Arka grieving scene after the goblin fight in front the emerald grove gate. Don't activate the fast travel sigil before going into the emerald grove as activating it will cause Arka to travel somewhere else and you'll miss the grieving scene in this guide.
You have to do it again? For the trophy?
@@joedelarosa7973 think I accidently replied to the wrong comment sry
On Ps5, I restarted so many times because Arka wasn't showing up, but the Sigil was being automatically added to my map after the fight with the goblins at the gate. I even tried moving my entire party to the left.
Instead, as soon as they opened the gates, I ran in as fast as I could. I noticed in an earlier attempt, it looked like Arka was walking behind Zevlor. That was my first and only successful attempt at getting her scene. I ignored looting, going to the sigil until after.
I wasn’t getting it so I may try this later on another run. I’m playing on ps5
THANK YOU!!!
Hey man. Amazing guide. Thank you for all your hard work.
Just one note about the Asterion bite scene. I followed along doing everything, but there was one point when at camp, I spoke to Asterion, and he told me about being a vampire. I think this conversation voids the biting scene.
I had been doing what you said (saving at the beginning of every new day), and reverted back to the start of day 3. Didn't do anything else other than long rest, and the scene came up the next long rest.
Just thought I'd mention it in case anybody else hasn't got the scene.
Thanks again for the amazing work. Can't wait for act 2.
3:38:03 If you don't get long rest triggered upon travelling to Grymforge. Take long rest whilst still in the Creche, once rested then fast travel to Grymforge and you should automatically trigger another long rest and the interaction with Kith'rak Voss.
Beat the entire game now going back using this guide, thanks for the effort you put into this. The only thorough vid I’ve found so far related to this topic.
Longrest 1, shadowheart comes first because Astarion will say to leave him alone otherwise
51:30 Join the task to steal the idol, once you've convinced Kagha to stop the ritual, stealing the idol doesn't lead to the tieflings being attacked. Though you still need to cast fog cloud or darkness on it. If caught, you can talk your way out. Giving the idol to Mol will give you the Ring of Protection which has +1AC
Thanks a ton for these videos. Your Elden Ring series was incredible and now i’m on another journey in BG3, thanks for being my guide
Wow! I’m freakin impressed with your dedication to this guide. When I came across this, I fully expected it to be just gameplay with time stamps lol. In the first 10 mins I’ve alrdy learned 3 major features on controller I had no clue about after 30hrs. Kudos to you sir ❤
Thanks! You're guide is really super good have a beer! Ive done it with a bard/lock🍻
Thanks for the generous donation, Phenom! I will definitely be giving Marshmallow extra treats tonight! Have a great week!
Man, I can’t wait for your Act 2 guide. Hope it gets posted soon. Love your guide. My party is on standby waiting for it. Thanks for your efforts!
Look out for it by Friday!
I know some people really enjoy going blind into a videogame and im one of them, but after "finishing" act one completely on my own i really felt like i missed alot. So i paused my own playthrough and decided to follow along with a guide for a second playthrough and try and get "everything" and WOW, i am SO happy i found your guide! Its perfect and im lovin' it, and so completely different from the way i played through act one the first time. Thank you!
for Merkon I found that casting Sanctuary on him helps a lot. he can't be targeted while its on him because he will never attack so it doesn't end early.
As a new player to BG3 (2nd play through), im finding the game very overwhelming, yet exciting, and want to discover everything there is. This is such a great video to help me experience this game in full potential, and the achievements are a bonus too.
Many thanks!
Your guide is amazing. It really has helped to fill in a lot of the blanks that the game doesn't bother to explain. You got yourself a new sub.Thank you for posting.
Incredible guide. Played through act 1 three times before using this guide and I was surprised at the amount of things I still hadn't found. Just at 40 hrs now and leaving this guide to go to the act 2 one. Thank you!
Damn this series is awesome and I’m sure took an insane amount of time to put together. Thanks for helping us noobs out!
Thank you so much for the donation oonz! I am working on Act 3 right now and it should be done by Friday. It will complete the series!
I’m still in act one haha but can’t wait to eventually get to it!
The best BG3 guide video by a long shot its not even close
Mate I’ve got to say this series is just class I’ve always wondered just how much content and different methods of completing a quest there is so thanks so much man. Also instructions were always clear to u do a good job bro 🙌
A quick note about the Auntie Ethel fight: The only way I could get Shadowheart far enough away to not get stuck in the conversation is to not have her in combat to begin with. The party does enough damage without the initial guiding bolt do make her bargain and then cast guiding bolt after gaining the hair. I hope this helps people who are stuck. I had to use an autosave right before descending to the bottom to get it right. PS: My characters didn't hit lvl 5 until after the fight.
Something else I'd recommend: Before visiting the grove/triggering the goblin battle there, maybe plop down another good save and long rest (or partial rest) a few times until Astarion tries to bite you and is caught in the act. You'll get a chance to massively increase his approval, and while it will cost a scroll of revivify, it will also get you inspiration for Shadowheart. And allow you to use his "bite" ability on humanoid enemies, buffing him for that entire in game day.
This is, by far, the best guide I have ever followed through any game I’ve ever played. So much work and dedication went into this. Thank you so much. I’m a new subscriber and can’t wait to see the rest. I still managed to screw some things up but it’s due to my own impatience and dumb luck. lol
Thank you for the detailed, explanatory, direct narrative; really appreciate it
To save some people some trouble the knocking out the merchants has been patched. I also think knocking them out no longer makes them upset with just the person who attacked but because it showed my whole party as losing attitude so i ended up going back on my previous save and smipping it all together
it worked for me on ps5
Every time I got Voss to drop his word the gith auto attacked, Voss disappeared without his minions and my remaining companions had forever agro
Just tried it too and the same happened for me. Must’ve been patched so the story isn’t spoiled and you don’t get an OP weapon so early hah
@@alexismerlo4521 I still got the sword off the ground. His minions just didn't "leave shortly after" so that ridiculous fight ensued. And I lost my ogres to the gith 💔
@@alexismerlo4521 similarly, I never seem to get any of my stuff back from looting the knocked out merchants
Watching and realizing just how much I missed 💀
Literally💀 I p*ssed off Aunty Ethel before buying anything from her & hardly talked to any of the Tieflings before rescuing Halsin 🤣🤣😳… might have to start again🤣
@@TillyLois I didn’t even meet Aunty Ethel…OOPSIES
Just bought baldur's gate this weekend, and i am already in love with it.
Thank you for your guides. They have helped me a lot
Amazing guide. Seriously helped me through my first and second playthrough. Though three things I found during both playthroughs in Act 1 during the Chapel Ruins section I found that if anyone in your party can perceive it there is a button on one of the pillars near the sarcophagi that when used will deactivate the traps and that if you loot the Entumed before opening the area where you would find Withers it besicly defanges them, and limits them to only magic. Also if you already have a scroll of Misty Step then when you leave the Myconid colony to save Baelen you could just do a Strength saving throw to get it to him. With him far from there before I had Karlach -as a monk- try for the Noblestalk it was a lot less stressful and made it easer to get to it.
Thank you so much for this! This is my first game like this and on my first character I completely blazed through act one i started a new character and followed this guide all the way through. This taught me everything i need to know and more! Hopefully i wont need the other two walkthroughs as much as i did this one!
well done bro, can't wait to see your act 2 guide😄
shatter your straight up killing it! I think I did maybe a quarter of this on my first place through and not nearly as well. I’m a little off script but I’m having a blast
I have over 6 years of DMing experience and you explain the larger mechanics of the TTRPG system better and more concisely than I ever have to new players and I mean that in the best way I’ve gotten so many of my friends behind BG3 through this guide
I love enjoying 100% of a game and thanks to you I got to experience everything that Act 1 of BG3 has to offer. Thank you so much!
Hi Valery, always happy to be of help. Thank you for the donation and for watching!
I had the dialog to initiate romance with shadowheart but karlachs isnt showing up at all. Am I screwed for the achieve with karlach now? I have a save pre and post romance option/scene with shadowheart and still no cigar with karlach option.
37:20 I could be missing something, but I'm pretty sure this exploit has been patched out of the game by now. I made a few attempts and successfully knocked this shopkeeper out, but I found that his available inventory upon defeat was far smaller than what was seen in this video, with only about 5 items available to loot even after I sold all my junk. It also seems the shopkeeper's attitude towards the entire party was soured, not just the first person to attack. It may be worth updating the description of this vid so players know
I gotta echo the sentiment of other commenters, this guide is incredible. I'll probably return and comment again if i find anything else that is outdated
Same. I lost -45 for 2 characters and -25 for the other 2.
This guide looks incredible. 6 minutes in and I'm confident I'll be able to follow along! Even went to look for a honour mode walkthrough. Either way, I will be using this when my physical version arrives. Cheers!
Amazing work, really. I've played near 200hrs of this game and still missed things and learning new mechanics from this video. Love it, new subscription.
Man you are one of the best channels I've come across. Such great content, hope you get way more recognition in the future for this outstanding work!
2:43:34 If you have near to you the King mushroom (the companion) they will attack you no matter what. Make him go away by controlling it and talk to the guy
I’m glad I checked your playlists when I bought BG3, I’m about to finish my first vanilla playthrough then I’m 100% following this!! Thanks again for the work you do (you helped me platinum Elden Ring not to long ago lmao)
Tried just playing and figuring out as I went along but after watching this video I saw so much that I missed. So many great tips.
Many heartfelt thanks for your outstanding guide and huge respect for the work behind it - especially for people with limited time but joy and interest in BG3, it is extremely useful. If I may ask the following questions (I have read the other comments, but haven't found any answers yet):
Is there any reason not to use Balanced as the difficulty level, instead of starting with Tactican, if several playthroughs are necessary anyway, other than not getting that one achievement in this playthrough?
1.) What should I pay attention to if my main character is a Paladin? My party mainly includes Astarion, Shadowheart, and Gale. I would like to cover the stories of the others as much as possible, but I'm not sure how to proceed without having to play mainly with other companions to follow your guide. What should I consider for this?
2.) I've seen in many guides that traders are knocked out, but I wonder if there's any disadvantage to extinguishing the light sources around the traders and just stealing everything relevant with Astarion and then teleporting away to a waypoint, so as not to get caught? This works multiple times in the same day without resting.
3.) I noticed that you optimize resting very much and only take a full rest when absolutely necessary. This is probably maximally efficient/effective for strong players, but is there any disadvantage to being more generous and resting more often? You have enough camp supplies. Does this prevent certain achievements?
I would be incredibly grateful for answers, as I fear I might realize too late that I have made a mistake.
For 2024, I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart!
for long rests you could long rest after every fight and still have more to spare, I just finished act 1 in my run with 1500+ supplies. just make sure you're constantly checking every crate for bottles and what not because they add up. long resting does make time pass in game but there's only 1 part of the story I've seen where you can miss it by resting.
I've not completed a playthrough with Paladin as my main character, but as far as I know this might work out for you:
1) Concerning companions: IS seems to prioritize character approval for companions, and although it is possible to maximize somewhat more - all of the advice in this video is sound. Astarion will not approve of many actions for a good playthrough, and in fact IS mainly brought him along for parts of the goblin camp (and introduction to Last Light in Act 2). Don't worry: you'll make good with Astarion during act 3. If you want tips on how to make Shadowhart, Astarion and Gale both tactician-powered and somewhat lore friendly, just ask.
2) For my own part, knocking out traders breaks immersion somewhat - so I never do that. Luckily I seldom find myself being short on gold, even in honor mode. Hopefully someone else might answer this one for you.
3) I think IS needs to limit long rests because the number of Soul Coins needed for buffing Karlack is somewhat limited. Since you play without her in the party this restraint do not apply. As far as I know there are no achievements affected by resting to often (although some quests are time limited - such as "rescuing" Nere in Grymforge and defeating Mystic Carrion in act 3).
Good gaming. Paladin is for sure my main for playthrough 4 😀
Obsessed with this video guide. It's helped me realize that there's SO many more places to go in Act 1. I did half of what's in this video and this video has helped me piece together the differences by doing things in different order. Thank you for this video!!
Thank you so much I just wanted to fully complete act 1 and this will be good
Aweseome video, love it, thanks alot. Maybe worth mentioning Spider Matriarch pushing death is only patched out on tactical difficulty and higher. So for someone who doesnt enjoy the fight, turning down the difficulty just for this action might be worth it.
This guide is very well made especially for beginners like me who don’t want to miss out on quests I can’t imagine how much time and effort this must have took so thank you man I’ve subbed and liked. I am quite confused on how the romance works though I’d like to do all the companion quests if possible but do you have to romance them for that?
I’ve found both shadowheart and karlach to be the most likeable so if it’s limited I would probably go that route but I’ve heard you can only romance one so maybe the game’s been updated or something I’d appreciate some guidance if anyone’s willing.
This guide will show how to romance both Shadowheart and Karlach through Act 2, at which point you will need to choose one to romance for the rest of the game. I will be very clear about when those choices need to be made so do not worry about it too much for now. All companion quests can be completed without romance, and I will be showing how to do each companion’s major quest throughout the series.
Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
Can’t fault you whatsoever mate I’m getting up to the point where you defend the grove and was getting quite confused whether i had to wait to initiate romances before or after so I appreciate your help, I’ve initiated romance with both through dialogue and it doesn’t seem to be an issue can’t wait to see your act 2 and 3 vids. Hope you had a good Christmas and have a good new year!
@@taylanjenkins730 likewise, happy holidays!
I have watched your elden ring guide twice over now and it has been incredible, was a little overwhelmed going into this game after a while but was relieved when I saw your guide. Thanks for the great work!
Love your guide and the pace of your explanation. Keep it up. 😊
What a great guide. Honestly, i think at 17 hours in a may just start over because i had no idea and mostly still don't know what I'm doing. I am constantly learning new mechanics or finding what i missed out on. Character leveling is dreadful and slow, and the leveling process is a bit stressful as i dont know or understand the importance of most new skills, talent, or perks.
This guide is SO helpful, i just wished id seen it earlier.
I am stuck as no one apart from Druids walking about at grove, no teiflings anywhere. I have Haslin in camp but can't get get anything from him to join group
If he is in camp then that is all to do with him for now. He won't become a playable character that you can get into your party until midway through Act 2.
thank you so much for doing this series. i was overwhelmed when i first started because i knew i was missing so much and this has been so helpful
Thank you for the generous donation Kelly, and for the kind words! I am always happy sharing with others in the joy of great games!
Thank you for for this video it’s really helped. I messed up my playerthrough (very new to games like this) and I knew I was doing something wrong and watched this and it really helped me find all the things I could truly do in the game. And the amount of story telling I was missing out on
I hate the algorithm sometimes. All your guide videos should be over 100k views given the quality of them and effort.
Happy to see that it has indeed passed that by far since :)
I can't say thank you enough. I'd be so lost without these guides. Thank you very much for sharing.
Really loving this guide so much! It’s helped immensely even though I don’t have the same build! I’m playing on ps5 btw and it’s still super effective
I will say I was still able to shove the matriarch into the chasm without having to do more to kill her. I am playing on balanced mode tho. I didn’t take out the eggs beforehand and still got the Pest Control achievement. So I feel like your strategy still works for that.
Been using your guide for the past few days in my stream! Love all the hints
Amazing guide, very detailed and thorough perfect for the beginner. Regarding Saza, I’m sure everyone knows after patch five you can recruit Minthara using non lethal attacks But you can also knock out Saza at the goblin camp after she turns hostile as well and she will also be in moonrise Towers enabling you to get the achievement. You get more experience from clearing the camp than defending the Grove and you don’t put the no one left behind achievement at risk because of a tiefling dying during the raid
Interesting.. I would be worried that this might be changed in a patch at some point. I also think you might need to knock her out and then make sure to finish the camp while everyone is still “temporarily hostile” for it to work- but if it worked for you then that’s great!
Q: How did you get Karlack proficient in the Returning Pike as a Monk?
Hey there, sorry for not getting to this sooner. I don’t think she is proficient with it, but for some reason when she throws it it still deals max/ a lot of damage. Doesn’t work well as a melee weapon though.
Thank you for the donation, hopefully this answers your question and let me know if you need anything else!
Throw is considered an unarmed attack for some reason so, being proficient with fists :), she shouldn't have problems throwing the pike. If you try and STAB someone with the pike, then you will have a much worse time.
@@ItsShatter was this by any chance patched/changed I can’t do much damage with it at all
These Guides are great man! Keep up the great work.
These guides are life saver, I’m always paranoid about missing stuff when i play games like these and these honestly had been a god send!! Thank you thank you
Nice to have this all in one place.
Yes and I’ve made some revisions/improvements based on feedback from commenters like you! So thank you for your input!
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Please keep those coming. Also, All hail the algorythm!
such an amazing walkthrough ! detailed and clear information! thank you so much for putting such an effort to make this beautiful guide !
Hey shatter, love this guide man. Its been super helpful for getting through this massive game. Thanks!
Pushed the Matriarch into the pit and it teleported back up 😂
Patched brother. You can switch the difficulty to the lowest for that fight and push her again, works in the lowest difficulty . Then simply switch difficulty again once done.
It got patched for Tactician sadly. To get the achievement, you can use someone in the party and have them stealthily shoot the matriarch eggs before fighting her. You’ll still have to fight her but at least she can’t summon any of her tiny spiders and you’ll get the achievement once you kill her.
So for the Underdark, you didn't cover going back and killing the other two minitours, nor the smuggler's den that behind them.
He said go and explore more if you want before long rest
Thanks! Your play through is what’s keeping me interested in playing this game 😊
Thank you for the kind donation, Martin! I am glad to hear you are enjoying the series!
You da real mvp!!!! I've never played a game like this, and your explanations have been so helpful. Thank you so much!!!
In addition to my other comment, I would also like to show you gratitude with deeds 😄
Thank you for your generous donation John! I am always happy to help. Wishing you a happy new year!
Watching this made me realise I’ve been playing BG3 wrong…🤣😅 I’ve missed out on SO many things 🤣🤣
There is no wrong way to play! But I definitely like pushing all the buttons and pulling all the levers lol
truly an incredible job with this!!
Bless you for making my first steps more easy. It gave me a better perspective on what is even possible in this game. I felt quiet overwhelmed.
omg this is amazing???? thank you so much for this and this series. i've put over 300 hours into my first few weeks of playing this game and i still learned so much. thank you.
You did what so many people try and fail to do. Well done!
Man this is great! Thanks so much for this.
Awesome guide, thanks so much!! You gained a subscriber today :)
Spectacular Video! I have played though on explorer and had problems because I had no idea what I'm doing. The amount of stuff I have missed is staggering. I'm going to play though this exactly the way you did and then try my hand at a few honour runs.
This series is amazingly helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for all of the effort you put into this guide. I just discovered this video after picking up the game, and I would like to say awesome job !
I appreciate what you have done with this series. I did a valor bard in my play through and did what you did with the party members
Thank you for the kind donation and words Dark Fire! I am glad to hear that the guide has been helpful!
I'm near the end of my first playthrough of bg3 and i am so captivated by the game that i already think about my second playthrough. this time i intend to go for %100 and this is literally the best guide on the internet
I want to put this here because I’ve tested this: 2:23:03 no it does not close off any relationships, on if you fight her after like the 3rd time. I got with lae zel 2 times, still kissed shadowheart and Karlach, and Still romanced Shadowheart and had the happy ending. You just have to break it off before act 2ish. On my current play through, same exact thing only this time I’m going for Karlach and even she says “I can have fun with the angry green alien but to save a piece of me for her.”
Thank you so much for this guide! I missed so much! The progression of the story was jumbled when I did my first playthrough, but after watching this it felt like a cohesive story! Eat good, Marshmallow!