{"id":2080719,"date":"2026-08-06T14:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2080719"},"modified":"2026-08-06T14:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T11:47:39","slug":"baldurs-gate-3-third-anniversary-stats-reveal-most-killed-npcs-most-used-weapons-and-dark-urge-players-arent-the-most-murderous-playing-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2080719","title":{"rendered":"Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 third anniversary stats reveal most killed NPCs, most used weapons, and Dark Urge players aren&#8217;t the most murderous playing the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/baldurs-gate-iii\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Baldur&#8217;s Gate III<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 third anniversary stats reveal most killed NPCs, most used weapons, and Dark Urge players aren&#8217;t the most murderous playing the game<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Your Shadowheart is showing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/shadowheart-baldurs-gate-3_fRdLVe5.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A white-haired female elf with pale skin that&apos;s lined with thick black veins. 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I would be, too.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"shadowheart-baldurs-gate-3_fRdLVe5.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"320\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer \/ Larian<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-06T14:47:39+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 6, 2026, 2:47 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"e743aa5e-63ec-4654-845a-30b201311799\" data-name=\"Balduru0027s Gate III\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Balduru0026#39;s Gate III\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Balduru0026#39;s Gate III\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Balduru0027s Gate III\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Balduru0027s Gate III\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Baldur&apos;s Gate III\" title=\"Follow Baldur&apos;s Gate III\"><br \/>\n  Follow Baldur&#8217;s Gate III<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It&#8217;s been three years since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/baldurs-gate-3-a-critical-success-with-critical-failures\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3<\/a> was released, so developer Larian has data-dived to recover some illuminating statistics. Such as: non-Dark Urge players being surprisingly murderous.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside an infographic detailing the most-killed story NPCs in the game &#8211; it&#8217;s argumentative tiefling Zevlor, from the Druid&#8217;s Grove, if you&#8217;re asking &#8211; Larian revealed that &#8220;more non-Dark Urge players have managed to murder Alfira than Dark Urge players&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This is remarkable because as a Dark Urge player, you have no choice: if the tiefling bard Alfira stays with you in your camp overnight, you will slaughter her in her sleep. This has to happen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-making-of-the-dark-urge-in-baldurs-gate-3\">Larian once explained to me<\/a>, to show what you&#8217;re capable of as the Dark Urge. But you have no such &#8220;it happened automatically!&#8221; excuse if you&#8217;re not the Dark Urge. That a greater proportion of the 2.62 million Alfira murders should happen intentionally then&#8230; Well, what rotters you are.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Divinity - Official Cinematic Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RB-tDPPBDHk?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/RB-tDPPBDHk\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Divinity &#8211; Official Cinematic Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Larian has now moved on to making its new role-playing game Divinity.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RB-tDPPBDHk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among other statistics are those for the most chosen weapons in the game&#8217;s final battle, which are led by the ridiculously powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/bg3.wiki\/wiki\/Gontr_Mael\">Gontr Mael bow<\/a>. This hits hard, hastes you, and has a chance to cast a very useful spell. It&#8217;s a great choice, and an enormous 33.4 million people made this choice. That&#8217;s nearly 10 million more than the<a href=\"https:\/\/bg3.wiki\/wiki\/Balduran%27s_Giantslayer\"> Baldurian&#8217;s Giantslayer greatsword<\/a>. And it&#8217;s many, many more than &#8220;decided to bring a charcuterie board to a fight with a giant brain&#8221;, Larian said. Whoever you are: respect.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More niche statistics show &#8220;a handful&#8221; of players with upwards of 560 manual saves per playthrough, which sounds like a lot (was it me?), and that fewer than one percent of players amassed 180,000 gold in a playthrough, or managed to spend more than 120,000 gold. &#8220;That&#8217;s roughly 24 naked statues bought from Stoney and Boney at the Circus,&#8221; Larian noted.<\/p>\n<p>Even more niche: 114 people played the game in a square 1:1 screen ratio, perhaps pretending it was a CRPG from yesteryear, and more than 9000 &#8211; it&#8217;s over 9000! &#8211; played in a tipped-aside 9:16 screen ratio. And you people: I see you. You&#8217;re playing on a second monitor while supposed to be working, aren&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Baldur&apos;s Gate 3 infographic showing statistics from the game.\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/bg3-1_uu7nWAz.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.0\" width=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A Baldur&apos;s Gate 3 infographic showing statistics from the game.\" data-autosize=\"bounds_lossy\" data-uri=\"bg3-1_uu7nWAz.png\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.0\" width=\"1080\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"loading spinner large\"><\/span><\/p>\n<nav class=\"pagination--hoverable\">\n<div class=\"previous\">\n<button class=\"button pagination-button\"><br \/>\n<span aria-label=\"Previous\" class=\"icon\" role=\"img\" style=\"--icon-mask-image: 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src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/bg3-4-2-1.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A Baldur&apos;s Gate 3 infographic showing statistics from the game.\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"bg3-4-2-1.png\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1080\"><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"thumbnail\" data-attribution=\"Larian\" data-caption=\"Mmm, delicious statistics.\" data-uri=\"bg3-3-2.png\" title=\"Mmm, delicious statistics.\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Baldur&apos;s Gate 3 infographic showing statistics from the game.\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/bg3-3-2.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1080\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A Baldur&apos;s Gate 3 infographic showing statistics from the 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Larian continued to support Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 for years after the game was released, notably adding modding support and expanding the endings in the game, particularly where the Dark Urge was concerned. Larian, now propelled to gaming superstar status, has moved onto making its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/divinity-will-be-a-turn-based-rpg-and-see-larian-unleashed-declares-ceo-swen-vincke-replacing-the-dd-system-with-one-made-for-a-video-game\">new role-playing game Divinity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not D&amp;D owner Wizards of the Coast will follow Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 with a sequel remains to be seen. The latest suggestion seems to be that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/we-are-a-little-bit-masochistic-developers-are-running-scared-of-baldurs-gate-4-but-warhammer-40000-rogue-trader-studio-owlcat-would-consider-it-a-great-challenge\">Pathfinder and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader studio Owlcat might be in the running<\/a> for it, though it&#8217;s busy making Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-expanse-osiris-reborn-plays-like-a-mass-effect-like-sci-fi-adventure-in-fine-form-but-its-developers-use-of-ai-raises-some-difficult-questions\">the Mass Effect-like Expanse: Osiris Reborn<\/a> at the moment. Wizards of the Coast is internally making a D&amp;D game, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/wizards-of-the-coast-reveals-dungeons-dragons-game-warlock\">it&#8217;s an action adventure game called Warlock<\/a>, which was revealed at the end of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, if you haven&#8217;t played a Dark Urge playthrough in Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3, I wholeheartedly recommend it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/lets-get-evil\">I documented my BG3 Dark Urge playthrough for Eurogamer Supporters<\/a>, but if you head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/2837861909\">Larian&#8217;s Twitch page<\/a>, you&#8217;ll see a very familiar face documenting her Dark Urge run there.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>It&#8217;s been three years since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/baldurs-gate-3-a-critical-success-with-critical-failures\">Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3<\/a> was released, so developer Larian has data-dived to recover some illuminating statistics. Such as: non-Dark Urge players being surprisingly murderous.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside an infographic detailing the most-killed story NPCs in the game &#8211; it&#8217;s argumentative tiefling Zevlor, from the Druid&#8217;s Grove, if you&#8217;re asking &#8211; Larian revealed that &#8220;more non-Dark Urge players have managed to murder Alfira than Dark Urge players&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This is remarkable because as a Dark Urge player, you have no choice: if the tiefling bard Alfira stays with you in your camp overnight, you will slaughter her in her sleep. This has to happen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-making-of-the-dark-urge-in-baldurs-gate-3\">Larian once explained to me<\/a>, to show what you&#8217;re capable of as the Dark Urge. But you have no such &#8220;it happened automatically!&#8221; excuse if you&#8217;re not the Dark Urge. That a greater proportion of the 2.62 million Alfira murders should happen intentionally then&#8230; Well, what rotters you are.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Divinity - Official Cinematic Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RB-tDPPBDHk?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/RB-tDPPBDHk\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Divinity &#8211; Official Cinematic Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Larian has now moved on to making its new role-playing game Divinity.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RB-tDPPBDHk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among other statistics are those for the most chosen weapons in the game&#8217;s final battle, which are led by the ridiculously powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/bg3.wiki\/wiki\/Gontr_Mael\">Gontr Mael bow<\/a>. This hits hard, hastes you, and has a chance to cast a very useful spell. It&#8217;s a great choice, and an enormous 33.4 million people made this choice. That&#8217;s nearly 10 million more than the<a href=\"https:\/\/bg3.wiki\/wiki\/Balduran%27s_Giantslayer\"> Baldurian&#8217;s Giantslayer greatsword<\/a>. And it&#8217;s many, many more than &#8220;decided to bring a charcuterie board to a fight with a giant brain&#8221;, Larian said. Whoever you are: respect.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More niche statistics show &#8220;a handful&#8221; of players with upwards of 560 manual saves per playthrough, which sounds like a lot (was it me?), and that fewer than one percent of players amassed 180,000 gold in a playthrough, or managed to spend more than 120,000 gold. &#8220;That&#8217;s roughly 24 naked statues bought from Stoney and Boney at the Circus,&#8221; Larian noted.<\/p>\n<p>Even more niche: 114 people played the game in a square 1:1 screen ratio, perhaps pretending it was a CRPG from yesteryear, and more than 9000 &#8211; it&#8217;s over 9000! &#8211; played in a tipped-aside 9:16 screen ratio. And you people: I see you. 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class=\"label\"><br \/>\nCaption          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"attribution\">\n<span class=\"label\"><br \/>\nAttribution          <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-gallery-caption\">Mmm, delicious statistics.<\/div>\n<div class=\"advert_container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 was a gaming phenomenon when it launched three years ago, exploding as the worlds of Dungeons &amp; Dragons and video gaming combined. Larian continued to support Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 for years after the game was released, notably adding modding support and expanding the endings in the game, particularly where the Dark Urge was concerned. Larian, now propelled to gaming superstar status, has moved onto making its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/divinity-will-be-a-turn-based-rpg-and-see-larian-unleashed-declares-ceo-swen-vincke-replacing-the-dd-system-with-one-made-for-a-video-game\">new role-playing game Divinity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not D&amp;D owner Wizards of the Coast will follow Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 with a sequel remains to be seen. The latest suggestion seems to be that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/we-are-a-little-bit-masochistic-developers-are-running-scared-of-baldurs-gate-4-but-warhammer-40000-rogue-trader-studio-owlcat-would-consider-it-a-great-challenge\">Pathfinder and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader studio Owlcat might be in the running<\/a> for it, though it&#8217;s busy making Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-expanse-osiris-reborn-plays-like-a-mass-effect-like-sci-fi-adventure-in-fine-form-but-its-developers-use-of-ai-raises-some-difficult-questions\">the Mass Effect-like Expanse: Osiris Reborn<\/a> at the moment. Wizards of the Coast is internally making a D&amp;D game, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/wizards-of-the-coast-reveals-dungeons-dragons-game-warlock\">it&#8217;s an action adventure game called Warlock<\/a>, which was revealed at the end of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, if you haven&#8217;t played a Dark Urge playthrough in Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3, I wholeheartedly recommend it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/topics\/lets-get-evil\">I documented my BG3 Dark Urge playthrough for Eurogamer Supporters<\/a>, but if you head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/2837861909\">Larian&#8217;s Twitch page<\/a>, you&#8217;ll see a very familiar face documenting her Dark Urge run there.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Baldur&#8217;s Gate III Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 third anniversary stats reveal most killed NPCs, most used weapons, and Dark Urge players aren&#8217;t the most murderous playing the game Your Shadowheart is showing. 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