All Acts - Any Difficulty (Shar Temple route) [Outdated]

Credits : MrOgam, imTaiyl, lokiratm, Gyoo, Mae, Shiki, ZWANgo CRPG Speedrunning Discord

The run is done on the latest patch (v4.1.1.3956130 at the time of writing this document). You need to use Time Without Loads in Livesplit. The load removal tool is accessible directly in Livesplit : in the Edit Splits settings, after selecting the game to Baldur’s Gate 3, Livesplit should suggest to activate the Load Removal a few settings below. We suggest to use it at least to start the run. Splits are up to you.

The run starts in Balanced difficulty. Difficulty will change multiple times during the run.

Main character will be referenced as Tav (default name given to a custom character)

You can run with or without Karmic Dice. It’s been thought that for Any% All Acts, using karmic dice may be slightly beneficial, but it’s very difficult to prove.

It is recommended to unbind Skip Turn from Spacebar since it won’t be useful, and this way you can mash cutscenes with both Space and RMB.

Character Creation

Custom origin

Deep Gnome or Lightfoot Halfling Wizard

Cantrips : Minor Illusion, any damaging cantrip, whatever else

Spells : Witch Bolt, Fog, Enhance Leap, Feather Fall, Chrome Orb, Magic Missile

Background : Criminal or Urchin

Stats : 17 Str, 16 Dex, 10 Con, 14 Int, 8 Wis, 8 Cha

Prepare : Enhance Leap, Chrome Orb, Magic Missile

Nautiloid

Mash RMB to skip intro cutscene.

Enhance Leap, then jump to the next room.

Guide for Nautiloid skip : https://www.speedrun.com/baldurs_gate_3/guides/tab7v

Additional notes :

In the latest patches, the light source used as a visual cue is not visible anymore. The positioning remains the same, it’s just less convenient to find the right spot.

With Gnome or Halfling, you will need Triple Dash to be able to reach the transponder : once you’re in position to do the skip, use dash, turn on turn based mode, dash again, do the skip (don’t forget to mash RMB as quickly as possible between the 2 jumps), and once in battle, dash again before you start moving. If done correctly you should be able to cover the distance to the transponder in one turn.

Act 1

Setup node for Fling to High Road : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjp5X6Ca4qY

After setup, Enhance Leap and meet Shadowheart. Pick up barrel on the way.

Talk to Shadowheart (mash 1 and RMB), recruit her then kill her with Magic Missile then melee attacks (Ctrl + click on her)

Loot all her stuff and pick her up in Tav’s inventory, go to camp.

In camp, go to Shadowheart’s place to pick bottle of water.

Jump to boxes near the river, pick one up and put Shadowheart inside.

Cast Fire Orb next to you, turn on turn based mode, drop the box in the fire then fling it. Once Shadowheart’s portrait disappears on the left side of the screen, turn off turn based mode. If done correctly, you should get a few exp points and the game will automatically turn to night.

After cutscene, play as Shadowheart (F2) and leave camp. Skip cutscene and go to High Road.

In camp, select Shadowheart and kill Tav. Turn on turn based mode, loot him and pick him up.

In Mountain Pass, revive Tav and change prepared spells and pick Feather Fall and Fog instead of Chrome Orb and Magic Missile.

Enhance Leap + Feather Fall, jump up to the tree trunk. Cast fog on the crossway, jump inside, then jump west as far as you can. If done correctly this should skip the battle against the undeads. You can then jump directly to the entrance of Act 2.

Act 2

Overworld

Enhance Leap & Feather Fall on both characters.

Using Shadowheart, jump down to the Absolute Camp. Talk to Orc and spam 1 to summon Drider.

Change spells :

Command spell on Shadowheart (replace any existing spell),

Magic Missile instead of Fog on Tav

Quicksave.

Use Command:Drop on Drider. You have 2 tries. If both fail, reload.

Grab Moonlantern and release Pixie (Dialogues : 4 - 1). Use Disguise spell to transform Shadowheart as a Halflin/Gnome.

Use Tav and jump down to the Absolute camp. Kidnap Shadowheart.

Jump your way across the lands to reach Baldur’s Gate Waypoint. On your way, make sure to dodge the Fountain encounter.

After discovering Baldur’s Gate Waypoint, go north around House of Healing, sneak jump over Raphael and enter Mausoleum.

In Mausoleum, go straight and cast Magic Missile on the paintings puzzle : West, East, North

Enter Temple of Shar

Temple of Shar

Bruteforce orb puzzle with jump. This will release Shadowheart from kidnapping.

Regroup characters and jump to the next gate. Shadowheart will follow.

Select Tav, prepare Fog instead of Magic Missile and use Arcane Recovery Lv1.

Skip skeleton fight by either casting Minor Illusion or sneak jump (Minor Illusion may be slightly slower but overall safer. And there’s a cat.)

Past the skeleton fight, jump down to the library.

Library skip : https://www.speedrun.com/baldurs_gate_3/guides/2nms4

Grab Shar’s Spear, teleport to Edge of Shadows. Transfer all of Tav’s equipment to Shadowheart

Shadowfell

Shadowfell Sequence Break : Buff Shadowheart with Enhanced Leap. Using Shadowheart, enter Shadowfell. During the first cutscene, switch to Tav and teleport quickly to Baldur’s Gate Waypoint. Go through the bridge to trigger cutscene until the dialogue. On the dialogue, switch back to Shadowheart. In Shadowfell, jump until you reach the position you need to sneak next to Balthazar. Switch back to Tav. On the dialogue, click “Continue forward”. You’re in the illithid oubliette.

Oubliette skip : Baldur's Gate 3 Any% Tutorial - Oubliette & Braincat Jumping

Use the long rest tentacle refreshment to get your spell points back. Go to the elevator and level up both characters :

Tav :

Subclass : Conjuration

Spells : whatever

Prepare : Witch Bolt instead of Chrome Orb

Shadowheart :

Double class : Wizard

Cantrips : whatever

Spells : just make sure Fog is there but it should be picked by default

Prepare : Fog

Still with Tav, go to the boss door and open it. Once you reach the choice to enter or go away, switch back to Shadowheart.

Finish your way down to the lowest platform. On this platform, make sure you land at the tip of the platform to prevent accidentally triggering the fight.

(Full size : https://i.imgur.com/ycp59AK.jpeg)

Sneak from point 1 to 2, cast fog in the spot 3. Balthazar should go close to the void.

Sneak again inside the fog, right click on Nightsong and talk to her. Skip cutscenes 6 times and switch to Tav.

Ketheric

Difficulty : Explorer

Enter the boss room, skip cutscenes.

Facing Ketheric, jump to the tip of the left upper platform. Quicksave for safety, sneak and cast Witch Bolt until it hits, then repeat until Ketheric dies.

When Myrkul appears, grab water bottle from Shadowheart’s inventory and throw it on Myrkul to deal double damage with Witch Bolt. Once the double damage wears off, finish with regular Witch Bolts.

After Myrkul is dead, jump to Ketheric’s body, loot him and skip cutscenes. Go to the portal.

If Jaheira is next to you after you teleported, no need to talk to her. She’ll be at the camp.

Talk to Wulbren (3 - 3), finish quest to get ~250 gold. Exit Moonrise Towers to the North and teleport to Baldur’s Gate Waypoint as soon as you can.

Switch to Shadowheart, exit Shadowfell while still being sneak to not trigger the fight against Balthazar. (This will also not trigger a dialogue with Raphael at the exit of the Mausoleum. If you still trigger this dialogue for some reason, try to attack Raphael and he will vanish instantly)

Teleport to Baldur’s Gate Waypoint, go to Baldur’s Gate with one of the characters.

Camp

Recruit Jaheira.

With Tav, jump is Chasm

Switch to Jaheira, go to Withers. Grab 2 boxes on the way, then talk to Withers to reskill (2 - 2 - 4) :

Level 1 : Fighter, Str 17, Dex 16, Const 15

Level 2 : nothing

Level 3 : Eldritch Knight

Cantrip : Mage Hand + whatever

Spells : Whatever

Extended : Enhance Leap

Level 4 :

Spells : Whatever

Replace : Chrome Orb -> Feather Fall

Feat : Ability Improvement : Str+2 (19)

Level 5 : nothing

Level 6 :

Feat : Alert

Level 7 :

Spells : whatever

Level 8 :

Extended : Invisibility

Feat : Athlete : Str+1 (20)

Select Shadowheart, rest in camp, this will trigger the Gith ambush. Using Jaheira, cast mage hand, jump to upper stairs, use Action Surge and Dash to the portal. Once you click the portal, quickly alternate between the mage hand by clicking on it and Tav by pressing F1.

Astral Plane

Select Mage Hand and shove Shadowheart off the edge. Switch to Jaheira and cast invisibility and exit the Astral Plane. Long rest, then use the campfire afterwards. This should skip all of the Gith fight.

Act 3

Gortash

Using Jaheira : Turn based mode on, grab Tav, turn based mode off, Enhance Leap + Feather Fall, jump towards South Span Checkpoint until before the Steel Watcher

Rebuff both + Invisibility, jump on rooftops towards Wyrm Rock balcony, open all doors, and enter throne room. Use improvised melee weapon on Gortash to leave the room with him before invisibility wears off and move to the northern balcony

Rebuff Enhance Leap + Feather Fall. Kidnap Gortash, stack boxes from inventory near the battlement closest to the bridge.

Jump on the boxes then big jump to the bridge. Move a bit closer to lower city then throw Gortash off the Bridge and loot the stone.

Skip cutscene, move to Lower City

Lower City

Level up Tav :

Level 3 :

Spells : Misty Step, Invisibility

Prepare : Misty Step, Invisibility

Level 4 :

Spells : whatever

Cantrips : whatever

Feat : Athlete, Str+1

Level 5 : skip

Using Tav, put Pixie Bell in action bar. Equip Ketheric’s Hammer to Tav

Enhance Leap + Feather Fall, jump your way up to the fireworks shop

Sell Ketheric Armor, buy 2 stacks of fireworks that add up to ~14 fireworks total. Leave by clip jumping through the back wall of the shop.

Jump west and north to the sewers entrance.

Temple of Baal

Jump northwest through the door towards Temple of Baal. Rebuff if necessary.

Use Pixie Bell (Dialogue 5 to leave) when Jenna runs towards you to skip her trigger

Shoot the hanging body with ray of frost, go towards Baal Temple

Rebuff Enhance Leap + Feather Fall + Invisibility. You can cross the gauntlet without triggering the fight.

Go to Ball Temple Waypoint. Cross the bridge to reach the massive door.

Cast Misty Step through door in Tactical View.

Jump towards Jenna, turn on non lethal attacks, quicksave and hit her. If she doesn’t go down in one hit, quickly turn on turn based mode to attack again.

Skip cutscenes.

Switch to Jaheira, teleport to Temple Waypoint.

Buff Enhance Leap, go to Morphic Pools : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVMT1ADDVn0

Morphic Pools

Shadowheart jumps into water.

Morphic Pools Skip :

Go to that spot

Enhance Leap + Feather Fall

Tactician view, camera fully unzoomed. Jump towards there (where the mouse is) :

Jump to the upper platform :

Jump above the boulder. It is easier to figure out correct positioning without tactical view. You really need to aim between the torch and the bridge, otherwise there is a chance you will trigger the fight against intellect devourers.

Jump towards brain. By doing the Gith Fight skip. Cast Invisibility and make your way down first so you don’t get seen by the enemies.

Go to Orpheus in Astral Plane.

Get turned into a Mind Flayer (3 then 1 - 1), Shove one gith to start a surprise fight and leave Astral Plane

Endgame

With Jaheira, jump in chasm.

With Tav, fly northeast towards trader. Buy smokebombs if you don’t feel confident with the amount of explosives you have.

Buff invisibility, fly through the courtyard. Watch out for some moving enemies that can detect invisibility. Just wait a bit if they’re on the way.

When behind the Brain Stem, use Misty Step and aim for the spot on the image above.

Buff invisibility, dash, enter final fight.

Fly to crown, dominate it, enter Netherbrain area.

Drop your stacks of fireworks next to you then throw them to the ground next to the Netherbrain.

Last cutscene : 2 - 1.

Timer stops when you see the X button at the top right of your screen (credits start)