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Harvey Randall

Baldur's Gate 3 speedrunner beats Ketheric Thorm to death with 11,000 pounds of invisible bear, shaves another 2 minutes off her Honour Mode world record

Ketheric Thorm, a boss in Baldur's Gate 3, stares defiantly off the screen while an invisible bear lurks in the background, poised to strike.

Baldur's Gate 3 has something called Honour Mode—an optional, permadeath difficulty that's supposed to be the hardest challenge it has to offer. Naturally, a speedrunner just cleared it in under 20 minutes.

While I was over here laboriously planning builds and tentatively shuffling my way through three acts of terrifying boss fights, Mae was studying the way of the bear—the orbital bear, to be precise. In case you're unfamiliar, here's the cliffnotes on why this strategy works:

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