Speedrunner successfully completed Baldur’s Gate 3 in just 10 minutes.
The world record was achieved by speedrunner Mei, who uploaded an Any% speedrun of 10 minutes and 3 seconds to YouTube.
How is this achieved? With Gale and tons of jumps. I think that would explain his name. Some spoilers follow.
The problem is that Mei doesn’t actually play the entire game. In the second act of the game, certain choices regarding companion Gale are made, effectively ending the game. This counts as an end, but it’s not a complete story.
So Speedrunner effectively has to play as Gale, run through the game as quickly as possible, and just pick a fake ending.
Still, getting to that point in just 10 minutes is an incredible feat. That means skipping key moments and dialogue altogether, and using clever positioning to sneak around combat confrontations.
It also means to jump. a lot. May cast Enhanced Leap on Gale and jumped through the game like the Hulk, accomplishing in two minutes what would have probably taken two hours in a playthrough. Ice knives are also used to quickly kill a few imps.
And that’s not the only speedrun May has achieved.Finished the speedrunner Sex Any% Speed Run – It’s essentially how fast you can get to the sex scene. Done in just under 8 minutes, Lae’zel is the easiest to put to bed.
According to the stats released by developer Larian, the way to get to this early false ending is probably also how 368 players were able to finish the game in the first weekend.
Other stats shared include Gale being the most popular Origin character (probably for this speedrun purpose), Paladin as the most popular class, and a total of 88 years players have spent creating characters. It includes things like