Getting Started with speedrunning Grimhook

# Here's a list of resources that you'll need to get started on running grimhook

[Input Overlay | OBS Forums (obsproject.com)](https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/input-overlay.552/)
This input overlay is required for the categories: Any% Glitchless, 100% Glitchless, and optional for the rest of the categories. this link will guide you to the obs forums where you can download the input visualizer, in the guide there's also a 20-minute video that goes into detail on how to get it all set up and running and how to add or remove certain parts of the overlay if you would like.

[Broadcaster Software | OBS (obsproject.com)](https://obsproject.com/)
OBS is used to record your runs; you can use any other recording software you'd like this is just what most people use and the recording software that is the simplest to use.

[Downloads (livesplit.org)](https://livesplit.org/downloads/)
This is the timer we all use; currently, there are no premade splits or autosplitter, we all start the timer at the beginning, and end the timer whenever we're finished with the run.

[https://discord.gg/PCDTdgStV6](https://discord.gg/PCDTdgStV6)
This is the official Grimhook discord server, all of the speedrun.com moderators and runners are there; if you have any questions for a strat, need advice, or just want to come hang out and talk about Grimhook speedrunning or Grimhook in general. (Joining is optional, but we're all friendly and love to talk about the game an ways to improve all the routes for categories)

How to down-patch Grimhook for speedrunning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV33tB3RrkQ
The video above shows how to do it or follow these steps:
In
1) press Windows key + R and input the text "steam://open/console" into the popup. 
2) input the text "download_depot 2667430 2667431 1368769308640417532" 
3) go to your Steam file and follow the path "\Steam\steamapps\content\app_2667430\depot_2667431" In there you will find a Grimhook.exe file, running this file will give you the old version of the game

Save file location for 100% runs

The save file is located in C:\Users\NAME\AppData\Local\Grimhook\Saved\SaveGames

You can either move or delete your old save, relaunch the game and set your preferred sensitivity and fov. 

Then I would recommend making a copy of this new save for future attempts.



Skip Guide (12/25)

Grimhook has a good hunk of skips that can be abused. I'll categorize them here.

More will likely be discovered.

**Screenwalking**:
Due to the game's programming, before the first and second cutscenes, your screen fades to black, before it removes your control of the character. This means you can walk for a brief moment after the screen fades to black, and before the cutscene plays.

**Tori Skip**:

After picking up Kaia-Talia, you want to go to the ravine, where she gives you the ability to tentacle jump. Going past the rock with mushrooms on it will trigger the dialog that unlocks the ability. After that, you want to turn and go back to the first rock you double-jumped on, you're going to double-jump, look at the ground, and then use your tentacle jump.

If done correctly, you will have enough speed and height to get out of the cave and be able to walk right out-side and into the section where you are under the sea wall. After that, you will want to **Menu reload** to get your abilities

**Menu Reloading:**
Menu reloading is a glitch that allows you to skip unlocking certain abilities such as wall running, tentacle jumping, and double jumping.

This glitch is only possible in one place we know of right now, when you exit the cave and see you are under the sea wall.

Before the hook there is a little wooden box going past it will give you a checkpoint right before the grapple, after which you can go back to the main menu, hit play, and hit continue.

When you reload back into the game the game will give you all the abilities you *should* have by this point in the game, regardless if you went and unlocked them all.

This skip will save significant time and is very easy to learn.

**Slow Hook Skip**:
If you have killed the robots in combat 1 in the right order the last robot will be on the left of the door, you can hit the robot 6 times instead of 3 to knock it up higher, then you can propel yourself off the robot by pressing space the same way you propel off the lamps.

Doing this correctly will give you enough height to climb the wall on the left and you will be able to immediately go through the Combat 1 gate as soon as it's opened; instead of waiting for the lamp to move and light up. This skip saves around 5-10 seconds.

**Watergate/Combat 2 Skip:**
You can use the lamps that are on before the combat to gain speed which you can maintain with tentacle jumps and with good speed you can tentacle jump before the gate and do the skip as we used to it before a "pacifist* way of doing it was discovered (if this explanation is unclear refer to this run Bisafy's any% no OOB run @ 4:39 in the youtube video).

In Combat 2, you need to kill the first robot, to activate the lamps, after that, you want to grapple to the lamp that is in front of the waterfall and dash off the lamp. To consistently get this trick you want to be looking up and right to the waterfall. To know if you're at the right height - you should be able to see the gap between the wall and the waterfall even if you fail the skip. (this is a slower method that will lose you time compared to the new route)


if done correctly you'll easily get through the gap in the wall and the waterfall.

Best of luck to all of you, speedrunners!

King_2xQuestionMark

SnowBuried

MisterThomas

Grimhook

Spaceman_231

Lead99999

USA / NTSC

Glitchless 100%

100%

Glitchless

Any%

no OOB

100% Glitch

## I'm extremely happy to inform you guys that the game has gotten a lot of new people doing runs lately. This is great for the community and health of the game an I'm really happy to see our favorite game growing! But please before you submit or even go do your first run. *Read the rules!* Me and t

Name	Author
Getting Started with speedrunning Grimhook	King_2xQuestionMark 1 year ago
How to down-patch Grimhook for speedrunning	King_2xQuestionMark 1 year ago
Save file location for 100% runs	SnowBuried 1 year ago
Skip Guide (12/25)	MisterThomas 1 year ago