Following a heartfelt message thanking the community, developer Larian Studios shared some Baldur’s Gate 3 fun anniversary statistics, outlining all the shenanigans players had been up to over the last 12 months. From Tav’s and Durge’s classes and races, to the most kissable companion, to all the accomplishments, deaths, and endings. Let’s dive right in!
When it comes to player characters, over 93% players have chosen to play as a custom avatar, with 15% of them having a taste for something darker and sticking with Dark Urge. Unsurprisingly, the top 3 classes are Paladin, Sorcerer (the better Wizard!) and the Fighter. Race-wise, players favored Elves, Half-Elves and Humans. Those who stuck with the Origin characters, mostly went for Astarion, Gale and Shadowheart as the runner-up.
Over 3.3 million Tavs and Durges have killed the Netherbrain. Out of them, 200k have talked Gale into blowing himself up to accomplish such a feat. But that is not all! In the last year, almost 2 million players have betrayed the Best Squid, the Emperor. After all that he did for you! The peak of heartlessness.
However, the most impressive roleplaying feat comes from 34 madlads that have chosen to kill themselves at the end of the game after Vlaakith’s rejection while playing as Avatar Lae’zel. Talk about dedication, both for the players and the character!
Let’s tackle one of the more exciting topics: romances! We all remember how the Internet reacted to that one video with Astarion and the bear-Halsin, so needless to say Tavs have no chill when it comes to the amorous intents.
Over the last year, players had over 75 million companion kisses – that’s almost 206k kisses per day! The leader of the kissy gang is Shadowheart, having received 27 million kisses total. Astarion is up next with 15 million. The last but certainly not the least is Minthara with almost 170k kisses.
Now for a bit of naughty statistics:
- 658k players slept with Halsin. Out of these brave souls, 70% (just a bit over 450k!) got down and dirty with his human form. But the other 30% (almost 200k!) decided to get closer to nature and went with the bear. We don’t shame here!
- 1.1 million players got down with the Emperor. 63% of them (almost 700k) have chosen the easy path and got down with the Dream Guardian form. You have spent too much time in the character creator to simply let it go to waste! The other 37% (just over 400k) have discovered “the sensual pleasure of mind flayer tentacles” in Larian’s own words. Remember: squid is fine, too!
For those who have no time for all these romances and fluff, Larian also shared some battle-oriented Baldur’s Gate 3 stats.
Well over a million players have attempted the Honour Mode, but only 141,660 have made it to the end in one piece. Out of the lost and vanquished, 76% have honorably deleted their save game, while the other 24% continued on with their adventure in the Custom Mode.
For 1.9 million players, their adventures turned quite cheesy, while 3.5 million have encountered some friendly dinosaurs. 2 million total players have not forgotten their little Intellect Devourer friend and freed Us from the Colony.
But most importantly, over 375k Dark Urges took Alfira to the school of hard knocks and managed to spare her life.
