Completing a run of Baldur's Gate 3's in honour mode remains one of the game's most coveted prizes, with only 2.3 per cent of Steam players having accomplished this feat according to global achievement statistics. For many, a successful honour mode run involves hours of meticulous preparation and careful progression, and the gruelling journey often makes the final reward taste sweeter.
Unfortunately for several players, an insidious bug is illegitimately ending honour mode runs right before Act 3's final boss fight against the Netherbrain. As reported most recently by SlytherJean, there's a bug with an unknown cause that seems to occur as the player triggers the cutscene at the end of the High Hall sequence before one climbs the stem to face the Netherbrain.
After the short cutscene ends, the player immediately experiences a total party kill (TPK) and is prompted to either delete the save or continue the run in custom mode. This bug has been reported multiple times, including by Reggie_Is_God over a month ago, with them saying "78 hours, nearly a year. And it ends to a bug. Struggling not to throw up at the moment."
Both of these reported cases occur at...
