Can you level 1-12 Without Leaving Baldur's Gate?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- Baldur's Gate's Main City has so much content that if often feels like it could have been a game all on its own. Which made me wonder if you region locked your character to the lower city of Baldur's Gate... could you still level from 1 to 12? Confirming whether or not there is enough content to fill out the whole process. Well in this video I put it to the test to find out. Creating a fresh level 1 ranger, and going through the available content in the Lower City pushing it to its limits.
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"Man gets disappointed by the job market in Baldur's Gate and decides to become an assassin to pay for groceries"
lol I love it
"It was this or minimum wage"
the story of Toji Fushiguro
The gig economy's rough but at least you gain valuable experience
Its almost like a Florida Man news story
I love how almost every problem in this challange is solved by doors 😂❤
I realized that by the end lol. It's like the exact opposite of my cat playthrough
If doors are the enemies of normal dnd parties AND bg3 enemies, then doors really is the BBEG
Vox Machina would be proud
Boxes and barrels are sad now. That box elevator to the factory roof! Amazing!
I never even thought of using the doors lol I’ve put like 600 hours into this game. Very creative, well done
Who would win?
1. Murder cult blessed by a god.
2. One sneaky homeless boi.
The challenge is great but... I was so invested in the roleplay! It was truly amazing, especially the makeover and saving Figaro part 🤣
"in a total gondian move" lol. I love that you changed your hairstyle
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
The student became the master
you can SHOCK THE CIRCUITRY?!?
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.
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.
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.
Glad to hear it! It takes me soooo long, but always happy to read that people still enjoy it.
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.
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
No shoes is the best way to start honestly ❤
Mommy 😩
shadowfeet 🫶😍😍
Ms.Evelyn what are you doing
@@arikanori7188step on me shadowheart 🥵
hah Agreed
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
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.
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.
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)
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.
may I ask what mod do you use to get to lower city at lv 1?
@@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.
@@ProxyGateTactician thanks a lot mate
fun idea and an absolute banger of a script. great work
Thanks a ton!
Fun vid, but it made me even more convinced that act 3 gives out way too much experience
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.
You’re probably level 10 by the time you get to Act 3 anyway
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.
@@ProxyGateTactician you didn't go to Sorcerous Sundries too right?
@@dontblamepeopleblamethegov559 I did visit the basement to grab the exploration exp, but didn’t fight anyone there.
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.
This is such a great Idea!
Thanks!
@@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
4:42 Okay THAT I had no idea was even possible. It's so good though :D
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.
Ohh that is cool! How does it scale the levels past 12?
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
Proxy, I've been waiting for this video! Thanks for the most amazing Baldur's gate content on TH-cam
Thanks! much appreciated
This is the content I love and want to see more of. Great video!
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!
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
@@ProxyGateTactician no results without effort! A 24min video only with jokes would be over the top, this one was great. Keep it up!
i always love your storytelling in these videos, another great one!
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!!
Glad you like it! Thanks for checking it out
Excellent, so much fun to watch - off to watch more of your vids now
Thanks for checking it out! Hope you enjoy
I love that your name is 'Morytania'
The challenge is fun but the role play makes this video 😂 love your stuff man!
Oh god I love that yt recommended me your channel the other day. Every vid blows my mind 🤣
Glad you enjoy it!
And that was just lower city, imagine if we got upper city too
I thoroughly enjoyed this. You have great story telling skills
Thank you so much!
heres my guess: yes and youll still have half the content left over. i have no idea why larian decided to cap levels at a pathetic 12 (seriously a would be god is defeated by some random level 12 adventurer??) when they put so much content in act3 where u have no reason to do it because u will be max level after doing like 2 quests and almost all the loot is worthless truly inexplicable.
I don't think the intent is for you to clear all content in a single playthrough but to do some of it over different ones. Keeps things more challenging and fresh when only doing part of the content.
This had me laughing literally every other sentence! Great video! (As always)
I don’t rly comment that often but I rly do enjoy ur vids thanks man ❤
Thanks so much for leaving one! If you ever do i'll read them.
Morytania, huh? I think that Settled the question of whether or not this is a homage ;)
lol that's clever
I tried to even make the dude look like he crawled out of a swamp for a reason :) glad someone noticed that.
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
Yep! They were in divinity 2 as well. I used them all the time
Man... that's the best BG3 video i've ever seen
Thanks! 🙏🏻
you make the best videos!
Thanks so much! Glad to hear it lol
I just realized today when I stumbled across this video that I have watched every single video you have. Cheers!!
Thanks so much! That’s amazing to hear. Appreciate you enjoyed my stuff
Short answer: yes. The XP you can recieve just within the walls of baldurs gate sums to over 120kish
50k congratulitions😊🎉🎉🎉
🎉 thanks!
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.
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.
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
crazy he did not even use wyrm's rock or rivington
Turn me into BALDUR OF RIVIA! lol
You are a gem to the BG3 community ❤
This was brilliant great job
Thanks
I am so hyped to play this game soon. I'm a big fan of Divinity Original Sin 2
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
this is still the best bg3 channel!
I always knew act 3 had too much xp
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
he didn't even do Ethiel's quest in the city, really shows how much XP is in the city like god damn
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
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
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.
@@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!
Great vid
You forgot the Iron Throne, which while doesn't offer much, does give some sweet loot and XP.
It’s not in the city in my opinion so I left it out purposely
What a rollercoaster of a work life
This was something I've always wondered about actually
This actually seems like so much fun. I hope things like this are possible when official mod support is added in patch 7
Sees Roah Moonglow: “They took our Jobs!!!”
😂 I wanted to work that in so badly somewhere
That fucking box tower at 11:30 blew my mind. I've been playing this game all wrong.
Haha I have used those so often :) I love them. I wonder if Larian expected people to use them like this
Excellent!
Many thanks!
Damn I really need to finish the game so I can watch your videos
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?
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.
@@ProxyGateTacticianwhy do you think that is?
@@MargaManterola It balances everything around level 12. Imagine if you could just keep leveling up in BG3. You're already overpowered by level 11.
@@MargaManterola After 12-14, the player character power spikes well into the demi-godly domains.
@@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.
Not me actively playing Skyrim when he makes a crack about stealth archers.
Honestly impressed
EMO DICTATOR
THE WAY I SCREAMED LIKE AN EAGLE
great video
Thanks!
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.
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.
That was impressive
"I ran to the guards like the 7th level bitch I am" . Pure gold. Loved this video man, nice work.
I see the Morytania/Swampletics tribute, haha nice
I freaked out because you picked the exact same face, hair qnd beard as my first tav, the warlock.
I was going to ask why not go to Rivington, The Iron Throne, or Hell
but then I realized none of those are in Baldur's Gate
A cool video, as always.
BTW, did you know it's possible ally with the netherbrain? Temporarily, at least.
Hmm what do you mean exactly? Not sure if I know what ur talking about. Is it the moonrise towers conversation?
@@ProxyGateTactician In A3, if you kill Gortash without disabling the Steel Watch by blowing up the Foundry, the Netherbrain takes over control of the Steel Watchers.
If you then talk to one of them, you'll be talking to the Netherbrain and you'll make a (sort of) alliance. You'll kill Orin for the Netherbrain and in exchange the Netherbrain will make the Steel Watchers ignore you and overlook your actions. (though, testing the limits of this, I did find one instance where they reacted to my "crime", entering the ship with tadpoles which is docked near the Foundry aggroed the 2 Steel Watchers guarding that place)
Additionally, the brain blows up the Foundry because it finds it already has enough Watchers.
Of course, once you do kill Orin, the brain declares you redundant and betrays you. Every Steel Watcher in the city will be hostile to you, and if one of them starts a fight with you when there are Flaming Fists nearby, they too will aggro.
This had some serious BG1 chapter 7 vibes, where you have to avoid the Flaming Fists patrolling Baldur's Gate because you're accused of murder.
I did this in my second run because I was curious to see what would happen with the Steel Watch if Gortash wasn't around anymore. I sure wasn't expecting that turn of events!
It's cool Larian anticipated so many possible chain of events
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!
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.
I would still call rivington "The city" tho.
That's like calling Newark part of New York city, or Watford part of London.
In the sense that it's true, but people from there will get mad about it.
Playing with the Unlock Level Curve Mod I was able to (just barely!) reach level 18 by the end of the game. It could make for an interesting, if time consuming to make, video: how high can you level if you weren't capped? Can you make it all the way to 20? It would be hard for sure, if it's even possible. I think level 19 is likely but 20 is stretching it.
I barely killed any innocent people in my playthrough so there is a pile of xp to add. Also, a youtuber named Melth recently showed how to get to level 8 in Act 1 alone so there's another bunch. Playing Durge would probably also help, I didn't do that this run. On the other hand I _was_ using the No Party Limit mod so I got quite a bit of additional xp from inspiration events.
this is the true dnd experience
I sincerely hope all of larian sees this
Now you're ready for the theatre of blood!
Amazing video it gave me tips for quests I forgot to do on my first playtrought ❤
By the way I don’t really think that Orin hates Gortash because he enslaved people…. (She has done 21 000 times worst)
lol true she does suggest you destroy the Steelwatch though if you talk to her, but yeah not for the Gondians sake
Living in baldurs gate is like living in Cyberpunk
I've never made it out of Act 1 😢 i just really enjoy it, and i keep restarting as different characters and doing diffrent things
Watched for the challenge but stayed for how to cheese house of grief
Bro did everything to save his barber
He’s the only one in the city! Also explains why he’s so rich
10/10 video
And he still has all the ghosts in lady jannath’s house as well
Gawd does anyone do those? So annoying
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
I don't know how this mod expands if you leave the city, but from roleplaying perspective it would be interesting to level up this kind of character, and move to the 'countryside' and introduce yourself as this badass adventurer who started as a beggar to the group of people we know from the game like Shadowheart. Pretty much become their 'guide' of sorts.
It doesn’t really expand at all sadly. I just used the debug book to teleport there right away and wasn’t sure how it would react
I always figured there was too much xp in act 3. That’s why now I usually get like 10k xp early on in act 3 by just doing
The Ansur puzzle
Persuading the grease gang
And decent aradin
I recently learned Dragonborn just get the grease guy for free no toll required. But disguise self doesn’t work for that
@@ProxyGateTactician interesting, I didn’t even get that dialogue when playing my Durge (no customizing, still Dragonborn) but maybe it’s just certain choices. Also interesting to see disguise self doesn’t work. Wonder if it’s an oversight or on purpose
Respect the Swampletics reference.
I found out that there was no upcoming DLC from you, now I'm the heartbroken one
:( sorry
i like the video i only wish it was a little slower paced
I just like how you get enough money to retire, and become a local strongman after like an hour
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
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
Damn the number of ways this game can be played is truly astonishing lol
It’s funny you became an assassin since your character kind of looks like John Wick, or Keanu Reaves at least.
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
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
@@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.
I often stop at level 12. The ending is epic, but epic once. ...
Since I got lvl 8 in the first act and went 12 before even finishing act 2 I would say yes you can.
great video but there's no way that was easy. also murder hobo lol
got me rolling with baller of rivia 🤣🤣