A Baldur’s Gate 3 player managed to go through almost the entire game as a cat, and now they’ve shared some of the takeaways.
By now, everyone who’s been paying attention to 2023 knows that Baldur’s Gate 3 was one of the runaway successes of the year. The biggest reason for that? Near-limitless flexibility and the willingness to adapt to whatever the play wants to do. But what if they wanted to be a cat for the whole game?
Well, if you’re playing as a Druid, that’s not even that impossible. With Wild Shapes available, Druids are able to spend plenty of time as a broad suite of animals, ranging from the mighty owlbear to a simple cat.
One particularly curious player decided to push this mechanic to its limits, by spending the entire game in Wild Shapes form, to varying degrees of success.
Baldur’s Gate 3 druid player demonstrates the strength of wild shapes
Posting on the Baldur’s Gate subreddit, the player said: “I decided to go through Baldur’s Gate 3 fully using the Druid’s Cat Forms as a fun challenge. Had a lot of fun, and found that Larian planned a few unique cutscenes for wild shapes, but for the most part the cutscenes didn’t work.”
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The player discovered that cats only ever take 1 point of damage when falling, no matter how high, presumably because cats always land on their feet. There’s also unique dialogue with Kagha’s snake while you’re rescuing Arabella.
Perhaps most interestingly, there’s a way you can kill Raphael early in Act 1. The player noted: “In the mountain pass transition you can kill Raphael while wildshaped for the 1400 XP because he is not able to start the conversation with you as an animal.
“It takes a long time, but that is a huge bonus for that level. He also would never spawn in his regular locations while I was walking around as a cat.”
