Baldur’s Gate 3 speedrunner smashes two world records in just two days

Baldur’s Gate 3 speedrunner, Mae, exceeded expectations over the past two days, smashing not one but two world records for speedruns through All-Acts and Honour Mode.

Speedrunning is a huge subculture amongst the gaming community. Plenty of games — from roguelikes to RPGs — get the breakneck treatment from speed-savvy gamers. Baldur’s Gate 3, which has a reputation for being one of the longer RPGs out there, is no exception. And one speedrunner in particular has been smashing records left, right, and center.

Mae, who describes herself on Patreon as a 20-year-old university student from Canada, holds several world records for Baldur’s Gate 3 speedruns already — including her insane 4:15 any% speedrun.

Earlier this month she appeared on Awesome Games Done Quick, showcasing some of her strategies in an any% speedrun which took just over 33 minutes. The speedrunner was back at the lengthy RPG again this weekend, this time beating the game in under twenty minutes and beating her AGDQ performance by 14 minutes.

Mae employed a range of creative strategies to achieve her record-breaking run. This included utilizing Shadowheart Invisible and in bear form to pulverize her way through mobs and bosses.

Mae then went on to “shadowbox” the companion — killing her opponent and bringing her along for the ride to Act 2 in the inventory.

Other creative strategies she employed included the feather fall/enhance leap combo, using this to moon jump her way past the non-essential combat.

She finished the All-Acts run with a new world record of 19:20. The next day she tried her hand at another run, this time in the game’s hardest difficulty.

After moonjumping her way to the High Hall, Mae swiftly dealt with the Elder Brain. Clocking another new world record in Honor Mode, as she finished at just 21 minutes and 17 seconds.