Can You Beat Baldur's Gate 3 Without Killing Anything? 

If you enjoyed this make sure to check out my latest Challenge Run, Where I attempted to Beat Baldur's Gate 3 As the Unluckiest Man In the World: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y8BNXo3f5Wk.htmlsi=47JtclqwdDC_ycKr

Absolutely fascinating that the Steel Watchers actually have dialogue and functions for a PC that never killed anyone or anything, something pretty much nobody would do.

“Most companions seem pretty murdery, so I didn’t recruit them” *recruits Minthara*

4:19 "Look, I know she's a brutal and empathiless killer, but I can fix her!" Truly the mantra of Baldur's Gate 3.

I am beyond impressed. Especially by the Steel Watcher at the drawbridge recognising you haven't killed anyone. Absolutely mad.

most players: "you can only get Minthara on an evil genocidal run" Proxy: *gets Minthara by litterally not hurting a fly*

The irony of leaving Orin alive in this run when her entire thing is killing people at the altar of Bhaal. I'm pretty sure that alone would make her more angry than actually killing her.

Blows my mind that they actually included a "your record is clean' line for the Steel Watchers. They've been waiting for you!!! :) Very cool challenge :)))

I was so ready to see you just cheese most fights with non-lethal damage, but was pleasantly surprised it was used only once.

this run is the entire reasoning behind not pulling the lever on the trolley problem

The steel watch letting you into Baldur’s Gate is crazy. I can’t believe this challenge was possible, awesome video!

This was an insane challenge run. Props to you, and props to Larian for making the game so perfectly balanced that this is possible :D

The freedom of choice in this game is unreal. I can’t believe you pulled this off. Well done!

"A final fantasy character" "A handsome young man" Love the way you rag in gorty lol

FYI you can talk the spider guy to give you a lantern and to go into the shadows. You can find them later possessed by the shadow curse, but you technically didn't kill them

As a fun little trick I learned form my (failed) full pacifist run, you actually don't need any umbral gems at all (I used one for the elevator, but that is besides the point). You can actually open the door at the bottom using knock as well.

Loved your narration. I'm so glad you picked Minthara in your party she's perfect for the theme of this run ☺

"We struck an alliance with this handsome young man" - this will never not be funny haha. Young Gortash and his easy smile winning hearts left and right! A hella impressive playthrough, thank you for putting it all together, was throughly entertained!

"I can fix her". My man.

Turning Gortash into a Gondian was brilliant, couldnt stop laughing

I must have sat the whole video watching with my jaw open, absolutely fascinating and such commitment to go through with this insane plan! WOuld have never thought it possible! Incredible job!!!!

Game of the Year. Amazing

Had a ton of fun playing through Baldur's Gate and finding creative ways to get past things. If you're interested in seeing anymore like this let me know! (Although they'd probably have to be longer because it was difficult to cut a game this long down to 18 minutes)

This is hilarious and props to your ingenuity for finding ways to not kill anyone... directly. To be the devil's advocate, I'd say casting hold person or buffing an NPC who will kill your enemies counts as being an accomplice and indirect killing. It's like giving an active shooter your gun, or extra mags so that they can kill people. I only thought of this since you counted convincing the enemy to kill themselves as killing and it won't hold up in court. Well, restraining someone (=casting hold person) so that someone else can kill them also wouldn't held up in court. And so I think if you see casting hold person, buffing NPC, and setting up explosive barrels as not killing, then convincing the enemy to off themselves should also count as not killing and is okay to do in this run. All in all, amazing video, subbed for creativity.

I enjoy watching people do funky challenge runs like this, so this video was already fun for me just for that. But I'll also compliment the editing! Turning THAT much footage into a tight 18min video is really impressive. Kudos!

Recently I've been wondering if it's possible to kill every last NPC in the game (and if not, how many are actually required to be kept alive). But this challenge seems even more interesting. Great video!

Im glad you went through all acts. You're a real one. So tired of all these "can you beat like this" and they only do act one lmao.

I wonder if using "knock out" still counts as not killing, even for the watchers. Either way, extremely fun to watch play through! Thanks for taking the time to do all this!

I really hope the devs see this. Impressive work!

Wow I didn't even know Steel Watch could let the player into Baluder's Gate. I finished alr 3 playthroughs but bg3 still amazes me lol. Also great content 🤩

as a speedrunner of this game i clicked on this not thinking it would be possible and im kinda amazed you pulled this off

Well done. Not only your playthrough is impressive, but also the narration are very entertaining. Congratulation on this achievement

Absolutely loved this video! It's like watching a pacifist's guide to navigating a fantasy war zone. Your approach was as skillful as it was non-lethal. The creativity and effort you put into this challenge was both impressive and inspiring. It's videos like these that add a whole new level of excitement to gaming :)

Getting the club of hill giant strength at the arcane tower and respecing your str into int would be really useful for a lot of the later ability checks. I havent watched most of the video yet since its 2 am and I have to go to work tomorrow, but I'd also probably dump con for wis. Duegar's invis lets you basically ignore damage, and refreshes on the start of combat, so there is basically no need to get con. Also, dipping one into light cleric for sanctuary and warding flare is really good for staying alive

great work! the run is impressive and your commentary and editing are spot on. instantly subbed!

that was freakin' amazing!! the amount of dedication and and planning that went into this are amazing. thank you so much!!

Awesome! That’s some real dedication & god level patience to do stuff like this. I was cheering you on the entire video! Well done!

You came across some serious road blocks but were able to over come them using your wits. Truly an amazing watch!

This was such a phenomenal video ProxyGateTactician. I don't know how many of these type of challenge runs you could manipulate in BG3, but even if the challenge is eventually concluded as impossible, I'd still watch the sh*t out of those future vids! Congrats on the success of the video and cracking into the algorithm mate!

great video, learning that you don't need one of the umbral gems is clutch for me. I love how these challenges force you to learn and use underutilized mechanics like non lethal attacks

Incredible work! I expected you had to abandon the run at some point but you made it you magnificent person :D

I love this video and your narration was insane, well done! I thought such a playthrough would be impossible!

Damn dude you make the most engaging and awesome BG3 videos! This was so much fun to watch. Bravo, seriously clever problem solving, I absolutely loved it and can't wait to see what you come up with next!

This video is awesome! Thank you so much for taking the time to make it! As someone who is not very good at baldurs combat, this has given me a lot of options to avoid the real annoying fights!

I played as a bard and had a lowkey similar challenge set for myself, but instead of going invis I used non-lethal strikes, worked everywhere except with the hag, which I avoided, most bosses went down with words (my rules were a bit different xD), but I didn't even know that Ketheric had a fight before he gave up, I thought it was a normal thing, and that my roll didn't really matter. I love your vids Proxy, I can just see the passion and quality pouring out of them, and sincerely thank you for giving us this amazing mix of humour and useful info!

This was the craziest thing I watched in a long time. Thank you for this :).

The dedication? Insane. Honestly, good job on this because I deadass never thought this kinda play through wouldn’t be possible 😂

good job man, very fun watch, thank you for sharing!

I'm absolutely obsessed with all those super-cut style challenge videos of BG3. Also, greaat video mate.

Edit: replies have corrected me. This was patched in patch1. Idk what difficulty you were playing on, but in Act 2 inside of Shar's Temple, the final door that requires 3 stones to unlock can be opened with Knock on Balanced difficulty (probably Explorer as well but idk, never tried). That's how I bypassed it all in my very first playthrough only to find out that it's not possible on tactician anymore while doing my second playthrough :D

Yet again the insanely high quality content. Thank you for such attention to detail!!

Loved the video! Your list type vids are on regular rotation but I always love a good lets play and you did it wonderfully! ❤ would love to see more stuff like this.

Amazing work! I didn't think this could have been possible without your very creative and clever walkthrough!

Love the video and the dedication. You're easily my favorite BG3 content creator

What a fantastic challenge. I was worried about how you'd manage the Netherbrain but that was great.

This was fascinating! Incredible work!

This is legitimately amazing. Really impressed by the work that went into this video

Incredible run

That was beyond amazing, thank you so much!

Enjoyed the video thanks for posting!

Great job achieving this! Also, your commentary is hilarious! Loved the video!

Fun challenge, hope you do some more

I came here expecting for you to just use the non lethal option but daaaaamn i am mighty impressed 👏👏👏

This truly is an amazing feat. Well done!

So much I never saw or thought about! Brilliant perspective! Adapt and overcome always

This is the best challenge run I've seen and I've seen alot

I love the StarCraft music in the background! I used to listen to the soundtrack just for fun it's a great one. Also, I appreciated this video because I'm to to BG3 and as a newbie it's hard to figure out different ways to approach combat other than just murder lol

Absolutely insane. Great run. Love the content man. Keep it up 👍😎😁

i thought about doing this run. thank you for giving pointers!! Thats awesome. I probably would not have considered all that

Great Challenge run, with a lot of creative thinking to avoid doing direct damage. thank you very much for sharing.

The mentality of every BG3 player. “I can fix them”

That was remarkable! Loved the playthrough! All the shenanigans u had to do to... What an incredible game.

This is awesome!!! So much thinking had to have gone into it lol, major props!!

Quite a job. Well done.

Amazing job👏👏

Love the dedication bro!

What an incredible watch 👏😳 I'm completely in awe and have no words left.

Great video, very entertaining. Its pretty amazing ho much is possible in BG3. The Orin bit was a bit much of glitch abuse for my taste, but thats just me. Great job!

Lovely video

This video is so awesome

Amazing video! ❤ By the way you are so smart you literally find your way out of EVERY situation

This game is a masterpiece. You can get away with literally anything.

Loved the video, your stuff is always a great watch. The commitment to not killing was almost as good as the commitment to calling Shar "Shah"

Absolutely loving your content! Hilarious and really fun to see all of the different ways one could play the game if they had a lot of patience and tenacity (which I don't). :)

Amazing content! I love the way you include these jokes and references in your narration. Keep up the great work! ❤

it seems like you created BG version of Dalai Lama, that's awesome playthrough👍 Love DnD because of unlimited ways to resolve adventures

I actually got the Moonlantern from the spider guy by convincing him to give it to me and then told him to just walk into the shadow curse without it because my cleric prayer would protect him 😅 He doesn’t die just gets possessed… so still within the rules I guess (don’t know if it works without cleric tho)

Awesome! Wonderful challenge!

Hmm, I wonder if there is a way to avoid killing the brain by taking it over at the end. I think if you turn into a mindflayer and use the netherstones yourself, then you can takeo ver the brain when you defeat it in a normal fight. However, that would need the Orphic Hammer, and so you'd need to kill Raphael I think, unless there is a exploit to escape the House of Hope without killing anyone.

The _Look I can fix her_ got to me 😂

This is hillarious… what a brilliant idea to play this way. Truly enjoyed this. 👏

Very-very nice, thank you for the fun video!

This is canon now

"I can fix her"

Incredible. I love this! Thanks for sharing

That's really sneaky and creative. Good job.

Okay but the important thing is, did the ghoul at the circus entrance still call you a murderer?

You are the real elder brain

This is actually kind of amazing. Good job!

Hella impressive! Great work!