BG3 Act 1 Build - Insane build to rule the early game. Solo Honor Mode (no stealth) Spore Druid

Okay, I didn't think about symbiotic entity as a way of breaking potions. It would probably work for other things too.

This seems like a lot of fun. I’ve beaten the game a number of times on balanced and honor mode, but haven’t really used a Druid at all. Going to have to try this one out when I take a break from Deep Rock Galactic Survivor.

I used the potion strat with dual-wielded hand crossbows to save Dame Aylin during the Avatar of Myrkul fight, since she had been stuck in the bone chill aura for most of the fight. Great tip that was; she turned the tide.

I usually try and get to lvl 4 before any combat besides the mandatory stuff, as a drow (or disguised) you can make it to grymforge and exploration XP is almost enough on it's own to hit 4

Sounds good, but I think 12 CON might give you some problems later on

very cool, nice to see druid get used. great job putting this vid together

Getting to level 4 without fighting is easy enough. Getting to level 5 is the real problem. Thanks for the build!

i really need to say this but if doing honour, remember friends can piss people off when it expires, one example is the zhentarim in act 1, if you use it on the shopkeeper to persuade them to sell the painter for less, when it expires they will become hostile immediately. be really careful when using this because a lot of potentially hostile people that are chill with you, will just instantly want to fight you as it ends

I really need to know what armor sets and clothing mods and character creation armor set mods you build creators use. I search and search and can never find anything as good you guys. Even the videos on mods dont cover the ones you all grab. 😅

I’d actually suggest not taking fighter or warlock levels. Just take 2 levels of Ranger instead. You still get archery fighting style, hand crossbow proficiency, as can pick up a familiar to help start fights with surprise/lure in enemies to distract them. Hunter’s Mark is a good source of bonus damage too.

Do I have to respect into 1 lvl of wizard to keep Shovel?

It's interresting for sure but make sure to have some fights to show how it works in action and how strong it is!
My advice: 30secs of showcase at the beginning of the video to make people interrested, the build and then 2-5min of gameplay with diverse fights

I tried halo of spores once and it seemed like the enemy always passed the save. How do you get it to actually connect? I assume the save DC is based on your wisdom? Would helm of arcane acuity help later on?

The githyanki fight in particular 😅

This is a fantastic build, even without the best gear. How would you evolve the build from here for levels 5-8, and then 9-12? Or would you completely respec and do something else afterwards?

Hello, how did you get 20 ft of range on halo of spores ?

Anders is redic in honor mode

Keep this in mind, Act 1 is only difficult because they have not made it to later acts. Hands down the hardest fight is the apostle of myrkul without barreling him. I should clarify on console, where a lot of PC tricks do not work. Rafael is another challenging fight but can be easy at level 12. The apostle of myrkul has to be fought at level 9 at least and its still insanely challenging.

Doing something similar but with shillelagh and torches. You can dual wield torches and each one does more dmg than the flaming greatsword that you can drop from the Tutorial boss.

Druid is my favorite class in any RPG, going way back to 1st edition D&D. In fact my online avatar/in-game name Drunemeton (Drew-nem-ah-ton [as in Pelaton]) is Galician: "The ‘oak sanctuary’ of Galatia, the Celtic province of Asia Minor, as described by Strabo (1st cent. ad), the Roman geographer. A council of the Galatians met here. Site not yet fixed on the modern map." (Oxford Dictionary) 🤓

When they came out with Circle of Spores I was like WTH!? But now having tried out this build on a new run I have to say you're right: This build does a great job in early game dishing out the damage! You just have to remember to stay out of the front lines, to keep those temp HP, but yet be close enough to use your reaction for that bit of extra damage.

However, I have to say it's currently VERY WEIRD to go around after combat and collect dead bodies. (This is based on some online comments stating that in later Acts Spore suffers a bit from lack of 'source material.') I've just cleared both Gobbo Camps, and but for a few that I yeeted into some pits, I've collected every dead body…

level 3 with warding bond solo build? how? iirc warding bond is cleric lv 3

where is there a steady source of elixirs of bloodlust?

Very interesting, thank you! So, what is the next template, for solo Act 2, please?

Do you continue levelling the Druid after Lvl 4 ?

Have you done the sirens fight ?

is this patched in patch 7?

your audio is very low compared to the rest of yt

akshuly... you can get level 4 just through dialog/meta knowledge, so go sword bard with disguise self/feather fall/jump and after that respec to whatever.

How to beat Act 1. 1. Start as any druid . Get Magic Initiate Cleric at lvl 4. Get Sanctuary. 2. Collect 800 gold. 3. Hire 3 mercenaries including druid. 4. Change 2 other to druid too. 5 Repeat your 4 lvl build. 6. Burn EVERYTHING with moonbeam staying safe with Sanctuary.