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Fan Audit Finds 237 Hours of Baldur's Gate 3 Dialogue as Larian CEO Admits the Studio Wasn't Keeping Track

The community tally logs 173,642 voice files across roughly 2,068 characters, underscoring how branching choices required extensive bespoke recordings.

Overview

  • Reddit user Everwhite-moonlight extracted and timed the audio to a total of 236 hours, 55 minutes, and 45 seconds of spoken dialogue.
  • The analysis attributes the largest single contribution to narrator Amelia Tyler at about 14 hours, 43 minutes, and 55 seconds across 7,629 files.
  • Among playable companions, Astarion ranks near the top with roughly 13 hours, 6 minutes, and 23 seconds, with Shadowheart, Gale, Lae’zel, and Karlach each exceeding ten hours.
  • Larian previously confirmed a script of over two million words performed by more than 240 actors, placing BG3 at the high end of fully voiced RPGs compared with titles like Starfield and Cyberpunk 2077.
  • Following the findings going viral, Larian CEO Swen Vincke said the studio “wasn’t really keeping track,” as community members continue refining attributions and credits.