- All the layouts are fixed, as well as the rewards dropped by the bosses.
- No shops, choice altars, chests will be present in any level before the $\textsf{\color{#e18515}{Palace}}$.
- Double daggers are the weapon of choice until reaching the $\textsf{\color{#e18515}{Palace}}$.
- Pickup the $\textsf{\color{#cf3e3e}{Bow}}$ for some extra damage against $\textsf{\color{#cf3e3e}{Berude}}$ and then $\textsf{\color{#cf3e3e}{Berude's Gauntlet}}$ for some damage against $\textsf{\color{#cf3e3e}{Baatar}}$.
- $\textsf{\color{#cf3e3e}{Baatar's Horns}}$ are extremely slow against $\textsf{\color{#cf3e3e}{Nogai}}$, so you want to avoid it.
- The $\textsf{\color{#e18515}{Palace}}$ is the first level that has loot in this run. It has 4 rooms, but the fastest one is in the top right. It doesn’t guarantee a weapon, but with RNG Manip it’s possible. Refer the RNG Manip for the Palace chest section below.
- Defeat $\textsf{\color{#cf3e3e}{Nogai}}$ and finish the run.
RNG Manip for the Palace chest
- Check out the How RNG Works page to see what action advance the RNG and what action you need to avoid.
- For some reason, the game resets the RNG to a very specific value during the transition into the Palace after the Baatar fight.
- This means by carefully planning our actions, we can control the RNG value when opening the chest, and guarantee the loot of our choice.
- So far I’ve found the following setups that give a loot that let’s us complete the run:
- Dash 5 times immediately after getting control, drink. In the part where there is a one way platform to get to the higher elevation, don’t try to dash over it and instead use the wall to climb up without getting stuck. Now dash all the way to the right until the part where there are pole to climb to the upper room. Climb to the pole slowly by making sure you don’t trigger the yellow flash. Dash and enter the room with the chest. Make sure to not trigger any RNG advanced in the room with the chests before opening it. This will give Tabar.
- Follow the same as above until the first climb, but climb the left side this time. Make sure to trigger the yellow flash when jumping of the top pole to reach the higher platform. Take the 5 pole to get to the right side, while making sure to trigger the yellow flash in each of them. Descend to the small pole on the right side and jump in place 10 times (in such a way that it triggers the yellow flash). If you missed any of the yellow flashes in the previous section, make sure to add it in this step. Then on the way to the chest room, front flip 4 times to advance the RNG 4 more times (you will have Vayu’s breath active for sure by this point). This will give Double Daggers.
- Note: If you take too long in the level, there might be some RNG advances out of your control that will cause the chest to have an outcome that is out of your control.
The WR run in the category leaderboard is probably your best video reference.