In Baldur’s Gate 3, Honor Mode is the biggest challenge and any mistake can lead to the end. But hardly anyone there has failed so “stupidly”.
If you’re looking for a very special challenge with a lot of excitement in Baldur’s Gate 3, try Honor Mode. With just one chance, the RPG is much more intense and every decision needs to be reconsidered. But instead of meeting a heroic end in battle or through an unfortunate barrel explosion, Reddit user jointlvr420 managed the most inglorious death – through a dialogue option.
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What is “Honour Mode”? This difficulty was added later to the game and is roughly equivalent to the “Hardcore” mode of other games. In plain language, this means: You only have one life and you cannot reload. In the case of Baldur’s Gate 3, this also means that you cannot do “safe scumming” – every dice roll is final and the consequences have to be lived with.
How did the run end? Already at the end of Act 1, jointlvr420 met his end in Baldur’s Gate 3 – namely on the mountain pass that leads to Act 2. He had equipped his team almost perfectly, got a lot of rare armor and was even able to get a sword with relatively low probability. He spent a full 30 hours on Act 1 to play it as “perfectly” as possible.
But in the old temple complex in Lathander he made a serious mistake. He made a mess with Vlaakith, the leader of the Githyanki. And that meant that the game came to an immediate end.
Who is Vlaakith? Vlaakith is the Queen of the Githyanki and has a vested interest in the group helping her get back the Shadowheart relic. Her first appearance is quite imposing and intimidating – exactly as she intends. However, if you are not impressed and continue to irritate Vlaakith, her tone will become rude.
If you still don’t give in, Vlaakith will show her superiority. Instead of sending more troops after the heroes, she unleashes one of the most powerful spells – so powerful that the player can’t even learn it: Wish.
Wish ensures that a wish comes true – nothing more and nothing less. And Vlaakith doesn’t wish that she holds the relic in her hands, but rather directly wishes for the death of the group of heroes.
And that’s exactly how it happens. Vlaakith kills the heroes and with that Honor Mode came to a spontaneous end.
Have you tried Honor mode yet? How did your first run end?
Another player forgot an important item in his Honor Mode run and basically lost the entire game because he couldn’t reload: Baldur’s Gate 3: Player loses in the hardest mode because he forgets an item