Can You Beat Baldur's Gate 3 at LEVEL ONE? | Act 2

I'm going to try to beat Baldur's Gate 3 on Tactician Difficulty without leveling up my characters. I've already completed act 1 and my party is headed into act 2 in this video. Can I clear the game with only level one characters?

[Fracture.Gaming]

Edit: in case this somehow wasn’t clear, you should expect to see act 2 spoilers in an act 2 video about beating act 2…

[jhfh]

The interesting thing about Shadowheart and whether or not she kills the nightsong is what decision she makes (if you don't go for the persuasion and just leave it up to her) depends on her approval of the player. So basically if you love/respect her despite being who she is it will rub off on her and she'll find her way to doing the right thing on her own. It's actually a really good message imo

[fattuscattus]

I’d say the emotional damage from stealing Ketheric’s crumpled up note was what won you the fight. Truly a game changer there.

[gabe]

Pro tip:

In the beginning when you get to the ambush with Karniss, you’ll actually get a dialogue and be able to choose to side with the ambushers, who are Harpers. This is much easier for two options:

1. You’ll get to go straight to Last Light Inn, which has two more merchants who both have great gear.

2. You’ll get to take the Moonlantern from Karniss. Unlike other moonlanterns, if you take the one from Karniss, you can free the pixie inside and you’ll get protection from the Shadows without having to actually carry the moonlantern.

[dreamerofthorns]

Despite the fact that Balthazar (and his buddies) say that death doesn't stop him...
if you merc him in his little room in the Gauntlet, he doesn't come back.
It also helps to pretend to be his ally and convince him to give you an item that summons his flesh golem- then kill _him_ during any other fight.

[TheHolyGopnikCrusader]

There is actually a really easy cheese for the Apostle of Myrkul. Disarm him. Its like a 33% chance, but if you manage to disarm him and just stay out of range, he can''t do shit. His unarmed attacks do low dmg and are pretty lousy in regards to being able to hit you. His scythe falls into the pit under him, so he's not gonna grab it.
Completely discovered it on accident on my run, I assumed he was immune to disarming being a boss and all, but I misclicked and what do ya know

[rainypanda]

If you haven't left to act 3 yet, i think you can go back to act 1 to grab the necromancy crystal. I had Astarion use a invisibility scroll and just walk over to grab the gem
As soon as he grabbed the gem, it dropped his invis and combat started. So I then had Astarion use a feather fall potion and made him jump down the hole that leads to the underdark to avoid combat with those spiders. An easy enough heist

[dreamerofthorns]

"In act 2, I'm going to put an emphasis on Shadowheart"

did... did he make this decision _before_ learning that the required dungeon is Shadowheart's story dungeon?
If so, that's a fuckin amazing coincidence. Can't wait to see how a party member pleaser deals with yet another moral dilemma. Glad you made the right calls for Laezel's in the last video <3

[umbra]

For the Balthazar fight, you could've also shoved him off the platform while in stealth!

[BananenBoerBob]

You can actually defeat phase 1 Ketheric with a dialogue check (which may or may not be related to the same check you do on top of the tower). If you do he just jumps into the void, being brought up as the avatar of myrkul skipping straight to phase 2. Downside of doing this is that all the necromites, mindflayer etc. are still alive and the Nightsong is still trapped at the start of combat

[battlecarrier]

If you pick the "trust Shadowheart'" option you get another chance to leverage a bit more information to make the persuasion have a lower DC, and you get a hefty approval to boot.

[Lin-nche]

I really recommend doing a thorough play through after your challenge run. There’s a ton of flavor, story, allies and gear that you just miss. It will definitely help you map out future challenge runs if you know what builds there are.

[dungeonsanddioramas]

For the necromancy gem, I’ll only say this much… you’ll get another chance to find it in act 3. I thought I was screwed as well because I didn’t get it in act 1. But I surprisingly came across it

[thejohngalt]

You are an inspiration to all those that deal in the forbidden art of Cheesomancy.

[Iluminatili]

The fight with the harpers assaulting Moonrise is very annoying even when playing the game normally. But I think it's possible to skip completely by climbing around the outside of the tower. Once you find the way to the first floor just pop an invis potion to walk past the ghouls guarding the door to the roof and you're at the Kethteric fight with minimal effort.

[knavesquill]

Act 3 has 2 spots where a lot of smokepowder barrels are stashed away, so there is hope you can get a good number more later in the game. There may be more I've missed so far.

[alpaca]

I know you're way past it by now, but getting scratch in your camp and befriending him let's you summon him as a familiar and then you can have him use the help action on downed party members

[elvisthao]

The dialogue option with Ketheric does have some merit, but not for your run specifically. If you succeed this check, you get another one confronting him again in the final area, and if you succeed that one, it skips straight to the second phase with Myrkul's Avatar.

[Ryxbar]

I'm doing a solo (0 companions allowed, not even in camp) run for my second playthrough and the cheese I've been learning from your videos has been so helpful! Great videos, keep at it ^.^

[panPompa]

Also if you've missed areas in act 1 you can come back. So the gem for necromancy of Thay is still most likely there.