Baldur's Gate 3 player reveals what happens if you skip Chapter 1
As one Baldur's Gate 3 player discovered, it seems you can practically skip the first chapter, and some interesting things happen when you do.
Skipping Chapter 1 in Baldur's Gate 3 requires caution because you don't level up as quickly as you would if you did as planned. ” Jumping “It's a great word to use because you're not really missing the entire law.
There are large chunks of content that you can simply skip over, taking you straight to Mountain Pass and the Shadowlands. One player experienced all of this in Honor Mode.
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Baldur's Gate 3 player skips the first chapter and explains the interesting outcomes that follow
On Reddit, Gamer u/Competitive-Hall6922 Share his experience. ” Yesterday I decided to skip the first chapter as much as possible. I rushed towards the mountain pass to escape all the fighting. This gave interesting results “.
He noted that although part of the plot is missing, the game gets to you as best it can under the circumstances:
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- The wither appears even if you don't find it in its basement.
- Raphael shows up at camp instead of interrupting your exploration.
- Four camp night story events take place at the same time.
- Minthara can be found in Highmoon Towers to be rescued because you did not kill her.
In the comments, Baldur's Gate 3 players raved about the poster's decision to try all of this in Honor mode. However, they also noticed that they were missing some things despite playing the entire first chapter.
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” On my first try, I missed a lot. I didn't get past the first chapter, but I couldn't find Weather, Maul, or Elvira. One day, Weather showed up at the camp. At the tiefling party, I was thinking, but who are these people? I was confused when Elvira acted like she knew me. And when Moll supported me in Dernier Lumiere…but who are you?? » Player explained.
In general, if you skip Chapter 1, it feels like some decisions are made for you and you don't have as much control over the story as you would if you were following quests. As another player noted, even the developers couldn't predict someone trying to do this.
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Finally, one of the players said sarcastically: It's incredibly bold to play Baldur's Gate 3 this way. The developers couldn't have properly planned for how uninteresting Faerun would be. This is tearing up “.
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