Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 Patch 1 eliminates a popular speedrunning method Larian StudiosFollowing the release of Patch 1, Baldur\u2019s Gate players have found that a method used to complete the game in under 10 minutes no longer works. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2018s first full patch has brought a multitude of changes to the game. As promised, Patch 1 makes over 1,000 mostly small adjustments, improving the flow and overall balance of the game. However, one of the patch\u2019s changes is impacting the speedrunning community in a major way. Following Patch 1, players will need to find a new approach for Any% runs, as the current method involving the Origin character Gale is no longer possible. Note, spoilers for Gale\u2019s storyline to follow. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s jumping Gale speedruns are no longer possible As pointed out by Reddit user and speedrunner Junior_Tart_6442, the latest patch notes include: \u201cFixed a level design quirk that would allow you to use a spell like Misty Step or Dimension Door to skip part of the main quest sequence in Act II.\u201d This is a major element of Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2019s current Any% speedrun method, which uses a unique aspect of Gale\u2019s character to hop across Acts 1 and 2, skipping virtually all story content. At the end of Act 2, there\u2019s a point where the player can choose to detonate the Netherese Destruction Orb in Gale\u2019s chest, which kills the party and major villains, causing the credits to roll. As of this writing, the Any% record is 6 minutes 29 seconds. For context, the record for runs without Gale is a significantly longer 49 minutes 55 seconds \u2013 still quite the achievement for an RPG with hundreds of hours of content to explore. A commenter on Junior_Tart_6442\u2019s post pointed out a practical reason for the change: Some players who weren\u2019t attempting the speedrun were missing important story content by using these spells in certain places. While disappointing for some players, Larian Studios definitely made the right choice here. Given the creativity and resilience of the speedrunning community, it surely won\u2019t be long until someone finds a new way to finish Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 at lightning speed. Until then, players will just have to keep trying to shave seconds off the time it takes to sleep with Lae\u2019zel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 Patch 1 eliminates a popular speedrunning method Larian StudiosFollowing the release of Patch 1, Baldur\u2019s Gate players have found that a method used to complete the game in under 10 minutes no longer works. Baldur\u2019s Gate 3\u2018s first full patch has brought a multitude of changes to the game. As promised, Patch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}