Tips for solo honour mode?

[echo_ML]

basically the title. i havn't even been able to make it past the grove questline yet.

[Sir_Baldur]

I play as a bard main. I just lost my honor run at the Elder Brain in Act 3.

I do:

1. Nautloid - Shadowheart casts command & has the Cambien drop their sword. If the devil saves twice, move on unless you're a cleric main for the intro and try two more times.

Recruit Shadowheart, Gale, Astarion.

2. Temple - Convince guys outside to leave / kill everyone inside

3. Recruit Lazel, convince Tieflings to leave

4. Goblin Ambush - walk up ledge - kill them all

5. Stop Aradin from leaving, defuse situation, convince Rolan to stay, let Auntie fuss over you, stop pick pocket from taking locket, stop Sazza from dying but leave her in the cave, discover hidden cave from prison room, save druid, take stones, kill goblins.

6. Sell stuff, buy leather armor +1 or whatever upgrade. Skip children, cast speak with animals, talk to strange ox, recruit Wyll, talk to Dammon, talk to Arabella parents, talk to Volo, tell bear to move off elevator, go up - stop bugbear assassin, go down, confront Kagra.

7. Save Arabella - go into office, picklock chest, learn of shadowdruids - talk to Nettie, take poison, speak with dead to drow, read but don't take - halsin journals.

8. Harpies - ensure fully rested - at least 2 people with silence or a way to stop the singing. If you silence on first round it will allow the child to disengage on the first round.

9. Talk to Mol, donate to the cause, don't steal the statue.

10. Leave the grove, head to blighted village - resolve goblins anyway you want. I convince them to stand down, free the gnome, kill the sleeping bugbear, kill the rutting two or convince them to leave, explore the basement - get the bracers of defense for Gale after solving the mirror puzzle. I convince the ogres to fight for me - then head south into the swamp to explore and try and save Mayrina.

11. I tried to save the two brothers, it's not really possible. They aggro even if you heal them from the damage they take from stepping on traps.

12. I explore this area first for exp to boost me to level 4 without entering the Hags house. Then I return and confront the Owlbear Cave

13. Owlbear cave is a deadly encounter - with the mate needing to be taken care of. I silence on the first round and then direct all damage towards the mother first.

This will take you to level 4 - then I go face the spider matriarch and call the ogres if I will. Poison resist elix are a must and you must destroy the eggs before facing her. She will take fall damage if you burn the web from under her but she can't fall into the pit.

Then head to the Hags lair. Poison resist is also a must, but so is magic missle, invis, jump, and feather fall. Hopefully you'll be almost level 5 by this point. If not, clear the underdark.

I tend to kill the Bulette, cast animate dead on it, and then use it to tank, just don't take it into the mushroom village.

[Delivor]

Originally posted by echo_ML:

basically the title. i havn't even been able to make it past the grove questline yet.

Don't play it if you need tips.

[echo_ML]

Originally posted by Delivor:

Originally posted by echo_ML:

basically the title. i havn't even been able to make it past the grove questline yet.

Don't play it if you need tips.

How kind of you.
I don't NEED tips, i've played this game enough. I was just asking if anyone has advice so i dont lose a 30 hour playthrough to something i didnt think to prepare for.

[Delivor]

Originally posted by Sir_Baldur:

This will take you to level 4 - then I go face the spider matriarch and call the ogres if I will. Poison resist elix are a must and you must destroy the eggs before facing her. She will take fall damage if you burn the web from under her but she can't fall into the pit.

Then head to the Hags lair. Poison resist is also a must, but so is magic missle, invis, jump, and feather fall. Hopefully you'll be almost level 5 by this point. If not, clear the underdark.

I would think twice before clearing the Tea House with lvl 4 party even on tactician.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Use barrels to kill everything.

[Panda]

If you mean solo aka Lone Wolf - choose sorcerer or bard.
Both can ignore act 2 with charisma checks, while bard can do it better and sorcerer in general more tanky (draconic) and stronger/broken cause of metamagic.

For a party - same like in Tactician mode, nothing else (just read boss special button before the fight/google it if you really care).

Use barrels in act 1 vs gnoles/ogres, there is nearly no point to spend that much time on them.
If you scared of Balthazar's fight - you can kill him before reaching battle lesbian.

P.S Auntie Ethel fears spiders.

[echo_ML]

Originally posted by Panda:

If you mean solo aka Lone Wolf - choose sorcerer or bard.
Both can ignore act 2 with charisma checks, while bard can do it better and sorcerer in general more tanky (draconic) and stronger/broken cause of metamagic.

For a party - same like in Tactician mode, nothing else (just read boss special button before the fight/google it if you really care).

Use barrels in act 1 vs gnoles/ogres, there is nearly no point to spend that much time on them.

Thx. Yeah i was taking about lone-wolf, and picking a class was difficult. I'll try sorcerer on my next run

[Panda]

Originally posted by echo_ML:

Originally posted by Panda:

If you mean solo aka Lone Wolf - choose sorcerer or bard.
Both can ignore act 2 with charisma checks, while bard can do it better and sorcerer in general more tanky (draconic) and stronger/broken cause of metamagic.

For a party - same like in Tactician mode, nothing else (just read boss special button before the fight/google it if you really care).

Use barrels in act 1 vs gnoles/ogres, there is nearly no point to spend that much time on them.

Thx. Yeah i was taking about lone-wolf, and picking a class was difficult. I'll try sorcerer on my next run

You can also choose any broken combo like gatling bard, sorcerer + cleric, thief + Gloom Stalker if you don't like pure classes, in general in terms of lone wolf rule:
Magic >>> Range (unless you have tons of Arrow of Many Targets) >>> Melee.
You can also abuse hide mechanic, if you really want.

[JustinGayme.TTV]

Originally posted by echo_ML:

basically the title. i havn't even been able to make it past the grove questline yet.

Im on my first honor mode. I love how its impssible to save scum ((unless you modify game files, in which case have at it, im trying to do it legit).

But anywho what exactsly are you having trouble with? Like, battles? Or are you geting bad dice rolls in dialogue that make people not like you?

My main tip is to be extremely slow about everything you do. Also , id suggest splitting your party into pairs of 2. Have two people enter places first/initiate things first, then you can decide to do with your 2nd pair based on how things are looking.

Ive never done any of this barrel extrem item stuff people do.

Edit if youre talking about playing with 1 character i have no experience.

[echo_ML]

Originally posted by JustinGayme.TTV:

Originally posted by echo_ML:

basically the title. i havn't even been able to make it past the grove questline yet.

Im on my first honor mode. I love how its impssible to save scum ((unless you modify game files, in which case have at it, im trying to do it legit).

But anywho what exactsly are you having trouble with? Like, battles? Or are you geting bad dice rolls in dialogue that make people not like you?

My main tip is to be extremely slow about everything you do. Also , id suggest splitting your party into pairs of 2. Have two people enter places first/initiate things first, then you can decide to do with your 2nd pair based on how things are looking.

Mostly the goblin camp. Because im solo i can't really take on any actual fights. I couldn't kill Gut the easy way because i keep succeeding the checks to drink the potion. I tried barrelmancy on ragzlin but he somehow always survives. Only one i've been able to kill is minthara. At this point i might just side with the goblins so i can move on lol

[Govi]

Beware of traps

[Gaslov]

From the solo runs I've seen there's a lot of explosive barrel use.

[JustinGayme.TTV]

Yea, i didnt realie OP meant one single character, thats my mistake. I can see more extreme/unconventioanl things being needed if trying with one character.