How Baldur's Gate 3 Was Completed in Just Ten Minutes by a Speedrunner
Someone has completed Baldur's Gate 3, from start to credit roll, in just over ten minutes. Yes, ten minutes. A game with a 35.5 hour main story, 94 hours for a completionist run according to How Long to Beat, and it was over so fast I couldn't tell what was going on. Speedrunner Mae managed this incredible feat over the weekend using just the origin character Gale, an extremely powerful jump ability, and a specific set of choices that end the game just a little earlier than people might anticipate.
Warning: Mild spoilers for an early-game ending of Baldur's Gate 3 lie below. Read on at your own risk!
If you're wondering how speedrunners are sprinting through all three acts of Baldur's Gate 3 in this record time, one major component of the answer is simply that...they aren't. There's actually a "false" or "bad" ending of sorts to Baldur's Gate 3 that can be triggered in Act 2 by making a very specific choice as Gale. I won't spoil all the details of how this works, but if you're familiar with Gale's backstory, you know he has a "condition" of sorts that can be quite volatile. If triggered in a specific way during the events of Act 2, it's effectively Game Over for the party. So speedrunners just have to play as Gale, then sprint at top speed toward a very specific conversation in Act 2 and then make a specific choice that will role the credits to "complete" Baldur's Gate 3.
Still, this moment in Act 2 is pretty deep into the game - I say this as someone who's put in almost 30 hours and still isn't out of Act 1. To get there fast, speedrunners have to skip basically every single important moment on the way to Gale's decision. This includes everything with the goblin camp and the Emerald Grove, the entire Underdark, every
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