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Hi everyone,

I'm dealing with a bit of a specific problem. I want to play Gothic 1 with all the "good old bugs" I loved as a kid 25 years ago.

I'm talking about things like drawing your sword to glitch through guards into the castle, using the Meatbug transformation to skip into the Sleeper’s Temple in Chapter 1, or using the Control spell to loot heavy guard armor from NPCs.

The problem is that with today’s necessity of installing various Resource Packs, Player Kits, and SystemPacks to even get the game running on a modern PC, most of these "fun bugs" are patched out.

Is there any way to run Gothic 1 on a high-end PC with Windows 11 while keeping these glitches intact? I want the stability for modern hardware, but I want the engine to remain as "broken" as it was in 2001.

Any tips on which specific versions of patches to use (or which fixes to disable) would be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone, I'm planning three separate challenge runs in Gothic 1: one for Melee only, one for Ranged only, and one for Magic only. I have a solid plan for almost everything, but there are a few things I'm not sure how to solve yet.

For the Ranged-only challenge: How do I deal with Xardas’s golems?

My plan is to lure the Stone Golem to Lester during the Focus Stones chapter and the Ice Golem to Milten. But what about the Fire Golem? I was thinking about luring him all the way to Cronos in the New Camp, but I’m worried the Mercenaries might take the aggro and mess it up.

Also, for the Ranged challenge: Any ideas on how to kill the final Shaman in the Sleeper’s Temple?

I’d appreciate any tips or ideas you guys might have. Thanks a lot! :)