Act 1 skip

[Franxx]

Hello,
i played this game a lot but not that much (only 200 hours)
what keeps me away from new runs is Act 1 since its HUGE. and im tired of repeating it over and over..
whats the fastest way to finish(skip) act 1. aside from just running straight forward to act 2 ( i guess u need Xp and gear) i play on tactical.

[Oozy Monster]

Play through Act 1. Make a permanent save. Reload and respec your character as needed, use magic mirror to change appearance.

[Cenwalh]

Go straight to Goblin Camp, find Halsin, do the encounter with Githyanki at the bridge (not sure if it's needed though). I think one of the main things that are required is the cutscene with Shadowheart's artifact, which I think triggers automatically when you are near the gobbo camp entrance or on the road to Act 2.

I'm pretty sure you can go back to the Act 1 zone after you entered Act 2, so you can always return to complete various side quests and find more loot you might need.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Franxx:

Act 1 skip
Hello,
i played this game a lot but not that much (only 200 hours)
what keeps me away from new runs is Act 1 since its HUGE. and im tired of repeating it over and over..
whats the fastest way to finish(skip) act 1. aside from just running straight forward to act 2 ( i guess u need Xp and gear) i play on tactical.

Disguise yourself as Drow, head to the Goblin Camp after your visited the Emerald Grove, help Minthara to raid it, continue with her Harp to the Shadowlands.

[Thomas D.]

There was somewhere a hole, I think it was near the Druid Grove where you could use Feather Fall (Spell / Potion) to go directly to the Underdark. There you can take a boat sailing into Act 2 skipping plenty of the other things (we did it by accident 🤣, then reloaded after we recognized what happend). But I dont remember if and what you exactly have to do to be able to take that Boat.

[Franxx]

Originally posted by Oozy Monster:

Play through Act 1. Make a permanent save. Reload and respec your character as needed, use magic mirror to change appearance.

i like this idea. definitely gonna do it on my current save im almost done fully with Act 1

[Grey]

Originally posted by Franxx:

Hello,
i played this game a lot but not that much (only 200 hours)
what keeps me away from new runs is Act 1 since its HUGE. and im tired of repeating it over and over..
whats the fastest way to finish(skip) act 1. aside from just running straight forward to act 2 ( i guess u need Xp and gear) i play on tactical.

Go the spider cave, feather fall down the chasm in the boss room, talk to duegar and use the boat to go to Grymforge and then go to Shadowcursed lands

[bijsmaak]

Ask someone's savegame?

[Pimpin Pippin]

You can just use a trainer ( flingtrainer ) to cheat up your experience and gold and just punch through the act 1 boss to reach act 2.
Make a save there for future use.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by Thomas D.:

There was somewhere a hole, I think it was near the Druid Grove where you could use Feather Fall (Spell / Potion) to go directly to the Underdark. There you can take a boat sailing into Act 2 skipping plenty of the other things (we did it by accident 🤣, then reloaded after we recognized what happend). But I dont remember if and what you exactly have to do to be able to take that Boat.

This hole is in the cavesystem beneath the blighted village where you fight the spider matriarch. Using feather fall to jump down there is btw a great way to get the sword phalar aluve early on.

[Thomas D.]

Yeah just dont remember it exactly anymore but Grey already explained it.

[TH3R4BB!T]

How long is act 1? The ship dropped on a beach, then getting forced down a path without checkpoints? I talked to someone, yet there is no autosave after that forcing me back to the start of the dropped ship when dying?

I never saw such a terrible checkpoint system in an RPG, so when do I get to a point it does save on checkpoints?

[Draknalor]

Originally posted by TH3R4BB!T:

How long is act 1? The ship dropped on a beach, then getting forced down a path without checkpoints? I talked to someone, yet there is no autosave after that forcing me back to the start of the dropped ship when dying?

I never saw such a terrible checkpoint system in an RPG, so when do I get to a point it does save on checkpoints?

There are very few checkpoints outside of major story stuff.

Make sure you press F5 often for a quick save.

As for how long it is.

On my very very first playthrough i think i was done around the 40 hr mark with act 1.

But it really depends on how much you want to explore & Discover.

I am up to 8 completed playthrough’s so these days everything go a lot faster.

[Thomas D.]

Checkpoint system in an RPG? I guess you never played a good RPG before...

[wtiger27]

If you try to do the Gith patrol at the Bridge, access to the Mountain pass before say level 4 min, and fail to succeed to talk your way out of a fight, you will get "owned". Leaving Act 1 too early, will only make your encounters in Act 2 harder.

[Thomas D.]

Talking your way ouf of a fight? Not a good idea, you might miss out of a great sword: https://bg3.wiki/wiki/Silver_Sword_of_the_Astral_Plane