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Sadly, “Myrkul seems to be coded to not be permanently gold,” they reported.
(Get on it, Larian!)
“At first, this [was a] Laezel origin run,” they explain.
Why not: the reasoning behind many of mankind’s greatest advancements.
On top of that, it turns out solid gold is really hard literally, as a material.
Gold bosses have extremely high resistances and don’t necessarilydiefrom being gilded.
The idea of turning every worthy enemy into gold started at that point.
“Im a bit sad that I cant collect them as gold statues,” they add.
“They cant be moved by force at all.
Once you kill them in gold form, their remains are like corpses [hit with] Disintegrate.
I mean, I could try turning Elder Brain into gold too but thats too risky.”
Of all the gildable bosses, Viconia was apparently the most difficult to pull off.
“She starts the fight with Sanctuary and has tons of Sharran with her,” NnmnsP explains.
“Trying to bait her to get Sanctuary blocked while clearing Sharran is quite something.
This run is more like a speed run, about 35 hours.
Golden challenge took maybe half of that.
Act 3 is huge.”
Can’t think why!
To NnmnsP goes the crown.
If anyone else wants to claim it, you’d best come equipped with a spell save bonus.
