Player of Baldur’s Gate 3 Devoted a Month to Slaying 583 Non-Playable Characters

Over the previous couple of weeks, a Reddit user known as u/caufenkamp and player of Baldur’s Gate 3 has been using the BG3 subreddit to document their guilty pleasure: exterminating NPCs. On August 26, they achieved a new accomplishment by eliminating and leaving to decay 583 non-playable characters from Act 1 and Act 2 of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The Week In Games: Releases Beyond Baldur’s Gate 3OffEnglishOne could attribute this, at least in part, to the Dark Urge, a mysterious backstory that subject one’s character to sadistic thoughts, many of which players feel an intense desire to carry out.AdvertisementWhile certain Dark Urge prompts that emerge during dialogue options can be suppressed or disregarded, there are other paths that inevitably lead to bloodshed. However, none of these inexorable Dark Urge paths culminate in a massacre of non-playable characters. Nevertheless, caufenkamp, who already plays a Dark Urge character, discovered an unexpected talent for extermination.AdvertisementAdvertisementTo intensify the situation with a sprinkling of Law & Order, caufenkamp has also taken to dragging their deceased NPCs and meticulously categorizing them at a campsite, ensuring that the bodies are accounted for by placing them in a container shaped like a teddy bear. They stated in their initial Reddit post about the BG3 genocide, originally spotted by Dexerto, that they simply “always thought it would be fascinating to visualize all those you combat in a game.”Read More: Baldur’s Gate 3’s Initial Major Update Resolves ‘Over 1000’ Issues“Someone called it a Jeffrey Dahmer simulator,” remarked an individual in a popular comment.On August 26, caufenkamp’s stack of victims reached unprecedented heights. The NPCs are so intertwined like strands of pasta, that it is difficult to differentiate them even though caufenkamp attempted to sort them by type, such as goblin.“It’s a bit messy,” admitted caufenkamp about the mishmash on Reddit, while also noting that they still unintentionally misplace some bodies of creatures and monsters, but they let it slide—”I’m not necessarily going out of my way to murder people,” they clarified.Tell that to the judge. Nevertheless, this serial killer appears to be facing performance issues. Caufenkamp’s latest Reddit update suggests that their collection of skeletons is causing “some performance problems outside of the camp map” as they progress through Act 3. Advertisement