105% Routing/Masks Guide by Tebt

Any% No Item Glitch BEGINNER/MID-LEVEL mask routing guide (2019)

Any% No Item Glitch routing/cycles mostly high-level garbage

This is not a full tutorial. If you don’t know how the game’s movement works, go watch The8bitbeast’s video.  Even if you think you do know, go watch it anyway if you haven’t.  And if you need movement strats, go reference the top few runners.  This is mainly a dump of cycle info that should probably be written down somewhere outside of a handful of people’s brains.  Some of this isn’t even relevant to anyone not approaching 43 or low 44 so haha

Before the run, death abuse to reset the global cycles in order to make them predictable.  Optimally, you should also wait a bit afterward before starting the next run to push the cycles forward a bit further, to reduce waiting in 2.  Throughout this guide I’ll be mentioning specific times on the timer a lot for the sake of describing cycles, but note that this depends on all of the following olo
- How good your movement is from the point where I mention the time to the point where the cycle actually matters
- The amount of time you delay between death abuse and starting the next run, offsetting the relationship between your timer and the global cycle timer
- The amount of time you spend in the pause menu turning off sfx  (cycles don’t run while game is paused)
- Loading times  (cycles don’t run during these either)

WARP 1

As mentioned above, death abuse before run to reset cycles.  The immediate goal is to get past the electric plates in 2 with minimal waiting.  Adjust the amount of time for which you wait after the death abuse accordingly.  After 2, the rest of warp 1 has no global cycles worth caring about so you can really do whatever you want (as long as 4 is done after 1 because masks).

WARP 2

The primary cycle concern here is the position of the scimitar enemies in 7.  If you get past the first one while he is walking away, then you can also get past the last one while he is walking away.  If the first enemy is swinging and you have to go over him, then there’s a good chance you’ll lose a mask to the last scimitar, and even if you don’t, the movement is slower anyway.  If you do lose a mask, you can get the extra mask from the changing crate at the start of 6, losing about 2 seconds.

In order to ensure a good cycle in 7, the warp 2 level order should vary, with a few possible options.  Here is my general approach, starting with the *powerup textbox time* on Tiny (i.e. the splitting method used by Koji and Zoey but not me because I just really wanted to confuse everybody I guess):
7:52-7:53 -- 7 first, followed by either 9 or 6 depending on the weather in China and the amount of food I've eaten that day
7:54-7:56 -- 9 first, usually followed by 7.  If on the lower end of this range and 9 was good (so probably 9:12-9:13 touching the portal at end of 9), you may be too early into 7, so do 8 next to push the cycle forward a bit.  If 9 was bad such that you’ll be too late into 7, do 6 next and pray I guess?
7:57-7:58 -- 8 then 7
Anything slower -- either go time how long it takes for the scimitar guy to walk back and forth once and add that cycle length to all of the above times or just go faster

WARP 3

The primary concern here is the electric plate near the start of 12.  If you know you’re going to just barely miss a cycle, you can do 14 first.  If that goes well enough, it’ll reduce the amount of waiting you have to do at the start of 12.  A Dingodile powerup time of 15:00 + multiples of 4 seconds roughly marks the cutoff point between one deep trouble cycle and the next.  For example, if I got 15:03, I knew I could make the cycle I wanted, but with high 15:04, I knew for sure I would miss it by a little bit.

Aside from that detail, there are two possible relevant routes for warp 3:  12 (no damage abuse, no god cycle) -> 13,  or 12 (one damage abuse, god cycle) -> 11 -> 13.  I do the first route, Koji does the second.  The second route is marginally faster (less than a second) when everything goes well, but this requires 12 movement to be very good, and also then needs 11 to be good enough to get favorable cycles in 13.  The first route gives free consistent cycles in 13, along with 12 obviously being easier.  Since the difference is so small and the non god cycle route is so much easier (seriously, 13 is a pain), I honestly don’t recommend the god cycle.  43:43 is possible without it anyway so what more you do want???

Oh yeah and make sure you damage abuse once in N. Tropy, saves like 2s or something

WARP 4

The water in 20 is *not* connected to global cycles, and there’s a god cycle in there that saves ~3s.  It’s the most difficult thing that exists in this category right now, my PB doesn't do it, and it looks roughly like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSNbxxiVzuQ

18 is first to get the mask, and then we always do 20 after this for some reason but it doesn’t really need to be that way.  17 is last because it takes away your masks.  Anyway the primary global cycle is that of the doors in 16. The laser gates in 19 are also global cycle and kinda matter, but they only slow you down somewhat if they’re on a bad cycle since you can go around them.  You can’t really do anything about their cycle anyway since 16 doors matter more and you don’t have any other choice here unless you defy this pointless trend of doing 20 first every time.

Rough plan based on the time touching the portal at the end of 20:
28:22-28:24 -- 19 -> 16
28:25-28:27 -- 16 -> 19
For times outside this range, add or subtract multiples of 6 seconds to the above (the length of a full door cycle in 16)

N. Gin sucks, please discover warp 5 gate clip so we can skip fighting him, thanks.

WARP 5

The 3 platforming levels basically have to be done in the order 25 -> 21 -> 23, so the only thing we can really care about is the door cycles in 25, which again are 6 seconds.  Doing 22 first pushes the cycle forward by ~1.5-2s, or more if your driving sucks; doing 24 first pulls the cycle backward by like a second or something.  If you don't do 22 first and are on a cycle where you know 21/23 will suck, you could try doing 22 in the middle there somewhere and see if it improves things but I never got this far.

You want to make it through the first door in 25 with enough leeway to also make it through the second door before it closes, and you can damage abuse on the mummy if it’s going to be close.  Once you’ve made it through the second door, there’s a fair amount of leeway to make the last door:  “perfect” movement gets you to the last door moments after it closes.  If you are slow enough that the last door doesn’t spawn until after it would have already closed, the closing won’t happen and so it may remain open for an unusually long amount of time.  This phenomenon doesn’t save time since it requires you being slow at getting there in the first place.

If you barely make it through the first door, you probably won’t make the second door.  And if you don’t make it through the second door, it is then much tighter, but still possible, to make the last door before it closes again (losing ~2-3s since you are barely making the end of the same door cycle you would have made if you hadn’t gotten stuck behind the second door).

Rough plan based on N. Gin powerup time:
33:59-34:00 -- 25 first
34:01-34:02 -- 24 first
34:03-34:04 -- 22 first
Again, add or subtract multiples of 6 seconds for times outside this range.

Ta-da the legendary goal of 43:43 is now in your hands thank you.

Crash Bandicoot 3 - PAL Any% Routing and Tips.

PAL Any% Level Route.

 Warp 1:

Lv3 Orient Express - 0 Masks.
Lv5 Makin' Waves 0 Masks.
Lv2 Under Pressure - 2 Masks.
Lv1 Toad Village -  1 Mask.
Lv4 Bone Yard - 1 Mask

Playing the levels without masks first so you don't risk losing the masks on them levels. Should level Warp One with 2 Masks.
 
 Warp 2:

Lv8 Hog Ride - 0 Masks.
Lv6 Gee Wiz - 2 Masks.
Lv9 Tomb Time - 1 Mask.
Lv7 Hang 'Em High - 0 Masks.
Lv10 Midnight Run - 0 Masks.

Should leave Warp 2 again with 2 Masks.

 Warp 3:

Lv13 High Time 
Lv12 Deep Trouble 
Lv11 Dino Might! 
Lv14 Road Crash 
Lv15 Double Header 

¤THIS WARP HAS NO MASKS AT ALL. BE CAUTIOUS, YOU NEED THE MASKS FOR WARP 4¤

 Warp 4: 

¤THIS COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON HOW MANY MASKS YOU HAVE. DO NOT ENTER BYE BYE BLIMPS WITH MASK UNLESS IT IS THE LAST LEVEL YOU ENTER. BYE BYE BLIMPS WILL TAKE YOUR MASKS AWAY. THIS WARP YOU SHOULD TRY AND PLAY AROUND YOUR MASKS. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE 2 MASKS DO NOT ENTER TOMB WADER UNLESS YOU HAVE NO OTHER LEVELS LEFT. IF YOU HAVE 1 MASK ENTER EITHER Sphynxinator or Future Frenzy FIRST TO GET 2 MASKS THEN ENTER WOMB TADER.

(IF YOU HAVE 2 MASKS)

Lv20 Tomb Wader - 1 Mask.
Lv16 Sphynxinator - 1 Mask.
Lv19 Future Frenzy - 1 Mask
Lv18 Tell no Tales - 0 Masks.
Lv17 Bye Bye Blimps - 0 Masks.

(IF YOU HAVE ONE MASK)

Lv16 Sphynxinator OR Lv19 Future Frenzy - 2 Masks in total, 1 in EACH level.
(IF YOU STILL HAVE ONE MASK AFTER ONE OF THE LEVEL, ENTER THE OTHER TO GET 2. ENTER THE OTHER LEVEL AFTER TOMB WADER IF YOU HAVE 2)
Lv20 Tomb Wader - 1 Mask.
Lv18 Tell no Tales - 0 Masks.
Lv17 Bye Bye Blimps - 0 Masks.

(IF YOU HAVE NO MASKS)

Lv16 Sphynxinator - 1 Mask.
Lv19 Future Frenzy - 1 Mask.
Lv20 Tomb Wader - 1 Mask.
Lv18 Tell no Tales - 0 Masks.
Lv17 Bye Bye Blimps - 0 Masks.

Warp 5:

Lv22 Orange Asphalt - 0 Masks.
Lv24 Mad Bombers - 0 Masks.
Lv25 Bug Lite - 3 Masks.
Lv21 Gone Tomorrow - 0 Masks.
Lv23 Flaming Passion - 0 Masks.

Incomplete and incoherent 105% talkthrough - by Dustiel

Item Glitch guide (any%)

HOW THE GLITCH WORKS (also applies to Crash 2):
This game has an intended feature where if you bounce on multiple enemies consecutively without touching the ground, you are given a small reward. The 2nd bounce gives a wumpa, the 3rd bounce gives 2 wumpa, the 4th bounce gives 3 wumpa, and the 5th bounce gives an extra life. There is a combination of oversights that turn this feature into a useful speedrunning strat by which we can get 25 crystals very early in the game and thus unlock all of the remaining boss fights without playing most levels.

1. Crystals and other such items are stored in the game's memory in such a way that if you chain over 200 bounces, the game actually gives you these items as the bounce reward. Crystals are awarded by bounces 201-264. (Yes you can get more than 25 crystals)
2. It is possible to prevent the bounce counter from resetting upon touching the ground, by preventing Crash from entering his normal standing/walking animation state. To do this, you must be spinning when you land on the ground, and then immediately either jump or go into a crouch.
(Advanced route only):
3. Bouncing on most boxes, including arrow crates, also increases your bounce counter, though it does not actually grant the associated rewards.
4. Exiting a bonus round does not reset your bounce counter as long as you spin when you land on the exit platform, and hold crouch as the platform touches down in the main level.

BEGINNER ROUTE (Tiny)
The Tiny boss fight is the only place in this game where an infinite number of enemies will spawn if you just keep waiting. The idea is to bounce on as many lions as you can during each wave, and then spin jump around the arena to avoid Tiny while maintaining your bounce counter. More lions spawn per wave after you've hit Tiny twice. Bounce on 225 or more lions to be safe; even though you only need 20 more crystals by the time you get to Tiny, you may need more than 220 bounces, and I can't be bothered to check what the exact needed number is when this is just the beginner route anyway. Watch Jacques' any% run for a visual example of this Tiny strat.

ADVANCED ROUTE (Bone Yard + Gee Wiz)
There are some additional details about the glitch necessary for full optimization of the number of bounces done in this category:
1. Landing on the platform to exit a bonus round (with a spin) actually adds 1 to your bounce counter.
2. Bouncing on a ! crate does not increase the bounce counter. More specifically, the bounce itself adds 1 to the counter, but triggering a ! crate in any way subtracts 1 from the counter.
3. Each crystal in the game is a unique item and cannot be granted twice. If you do 201 bounces in a level to get a crystal, and then 201 bounces in another level, then when you return to the warp room from the second time, you will still only have 1 crystal. In this case Crash will still perform the warp room animation of throwing the crystal into the air, but it will be a duplicate that does not increase your number of crystals; do not be fooled.

The actual route involves two steps. First, perform the item glitch in Bone Yard to get 5 crystals more quickly than playing each of the 5 levels normally, then beat Tiny like normal. Second, perform the item glitch in Gee Wiz to get 20 more crystals. Both cases will make use of the bonus round, so remember to spin upon landing on the bonus exit platform, and to be holding crouch before the exit platform touches down in the main level.

Bone Yard:
Once you reach the forward-moving section of the level, take care to avoid killing any of the enemies, and enter the bonus. Do 197 bounces on the arrow crate, bounce on two more boxes on your way to the exit, and then landing on the exit platform brings your bounce counter to a total of 200. Bounce on the 4 enemies in this section of the level, starting with the one in front of the bonus platform and working backwards. Once you've bounced on the 4th, you can drop the bounce counter and perform normal movement to finish the level. Those 4 enemies plus the level's regular crystal give you the 5 you need to unlock Tiny.

Gee Wiz:
Avoid killing any enemies starting with the pair of frogs after the first checkpoint, and enter the bonus. Along the way you may also want to break some of the boxes that could become an obstacle during the item glitch backtrack. Make sure to leave at least one box intact from the large stack on the hill just before the bonus round.

Do 202 bounces on the arrow crate, bounce on 1 box in addition to the ! crate (which doesn't count), and land on the exit platform for a total of 204. Then start working your way forward, and backtrack once you've killed the enemy at the end of the level. In order to avoid wasting enemies on duplicate crystals, you need to bounce on a box instead of an enemy for two specific bounces. After 8 enemies, you'll arrive at the above-mentioned stack of boxes at the top of the hill. Bounce on one of these. Then after bouncing on 2 more enemies, bounce on the box on top of a TNT at the bridge. Continue on for 9 more enemies, ending at a pair of frogs. Death abuse to spawn closer to the end of the level, and finish. These 19 enemies plus Gee Wiz's own crystal give you the remaining 20 you need to unlock all bosses.

MORE ADVANCED STRATS FOR IF YOU LIKE THIS CATEGORY TOO MUCH
It is precise but doable to chain NSJs while maintaining the bounce counter by spinning and sliding with a certain timing. Proof of concept:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwtjrVF3eOc

NTSC-J Gold Relic Times (for 105%)

0:57:50 - Lv1 Toad Village
1:19:90 - Lv2 Under Pressure
0:27:80 - Lv3 Orient Express
1:40:20 - Lv4 Bone Yard
1:00:20 - Lv5 Makin' Waves
1:22:70 - Lv6 Gee Wiz
0:53:60 - Lv7 Hang 'Em High
0:41:40 - Lv8 Hog Ride
1:10:00 - Lv9 Tomb Time
0:38:20 - Lv10 Midnight Run
1:25:70 - Lv11 Dino Might!
1:26:10 - Lv12 Deep Trouble
1:04:10 - Lv13 High Time
1:20:10 - Lv14 Road Crash
1:21:10 - Lv15 Double Header
1:22:63 - Lv16 Sphynxinator
1:03:40 - Lv17 Bye Bye Blimps
1:26:60 - Lv18 Tell no Tales
1:34:00 - Lv19 Future Frenzy
1:45:03 - Lv20 Tomb Wader
1:25:60 - Lv21 Gone Tomorrow
1:31:30 - Lv22 Orange Asphalt
1:13:10 - Lv23 Flaming Passion
1:55:20 - Lv24 Mad Bombers
1:34:83 - Lv25 Bug Lite
0:50:50 - Lv26 Ski Crazed
1:49:80 - Lv28 Area 51?
1:01:43 - Lv30 Rings of Power
0:30:10 - Lv31 Hot Coco
0:50:03 - Lv32 Eggipus Rex

NTSC-U Gold Relic Times (for 105%)

30 gold relics are required for the gem in the warp room near Coco to appear. Note that a tie will not give you the better relic in this game.
This guide is replacing BetaM's gold relic times post as some of the times were incorrect. Credit to SlySwooper for the testing.

0:57.50 - Lv1 Toad Village
1:17.90 - Lv2 Under Pressure
0:27.80 - Lv3 Orient Express
1:40.20 - Lv4 Bone Yard
0:58.20 - Lv5 Makin' Waves
1:22.70 - Lv6 Gee Wiz
0:52.63 - Lv7 Hang 'Em High
0:41.43 - Lv8 Hog Ride
1:10.00 - Lv9 Tomb Time
0:38.20 - Lv10 Midnight Run
1:25.73 - Lv11 Dino Might!
1:25.13 - Lv12 Deep Trouble
1:04.10 - Lv13 High Time
1:20.70 - Lv14 Road Crash
1:21.13 - Lv15 Double Header
1:22.63 - Lv16 Sphynxinator
0:58.40 - Lv17 Bye Bye Blimps
1:25.63 - Lv18 Tell no Tales
1:34.00 - Lv19 Future Frenzy
1:45.03 - Lv20 Tomb Wader
1:25.60 - Lv21 Gone Tomorrow
1:31.30 - Lv22 Orange Asphalt
1:13.10 - Lv23 Flaming Passion
1:55.20 - Lv24 Mad Bombers
1:34.83 - Lv25 Bug Lite
0:50.50 - Lv26 Ski Crazed
1:49.80 - Lv28 Area 51?
1:01.43 - Lv30 Rings of Power
1:20.70 - Lv31 Hot Coco
1:25.73 - Lv32 Eggipus Rex

Corrections:
Feb 16 2022: Correction to Orange Asphalt time (1:31.80 -> 1:31.30)

PAL    Gold Relic Times (for 105%)

0:56:52 - Lv1 Toad Village
1:17:92 - Lv2 Under Pressure
0:27:80 - Lv3 Orient Express
1:38:20 - Lv4 Bone Yard
0:58:20 - Lv5 Makin' Waves
1:21:72 - Lv6 Gee Wiz
0:51:64 - Lv7 Hang 'Em High
0:41:44 - Lv8 Hog Ride
1:09:00 - Lv9 Tomb Time
0:38:20 - Lv10 Midnight Run
1:24:76 - Lv11 Dino Might!
1:25:16 - Lv12 Deep Trouble
1:04:12 - Lv13 High Time
1:20:72 - Lv14 Road Crash
1:21:16 - Lv15 Double Header
1:22:64 - Lv16 Sphynxinator
0:58:40 - Lv17 Bye Bye Blimps
1:25:64 - Lv18 Tell no Tales
1:34:00 - Lv19 Future Frenzy
1:45:04 - Lv20 Tomb Wader
1:23:60 - Lv21 Gone Tomorrow
1:31:28 - Lv22 Orange Asphalt
1:12:08 - Lv23 Flaming Passion
1:55:20 - Lv24 Mad Bombers
1:32:84 - Lv25 Bug Lite
0:50:48 - Lv26 Ski Crazed
1:49:80 - Lv28 Area 51?
1:03:44 - Lv30 Rings of Power
0:30:08 - Lv31 Hot Coco
0:50:00 - Lv32 Eggipus Rex

Speedrun Movement Tutorial

Strats playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDWY7qrhvH2XnF3o6rNdIqbvr907NqHQa

Yellow gem early resources (105%)

Dust's tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgsBoMexCMA

My specific setup with 100% consistency (watch the above video first):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYpu4laJVCk&feature=youtu.be

Name	Author
105% Routing/Masks Guide by Tebt	Tebt_W 5 years ago
Any% No Item Glitch BEGINNER/MID-LEVEL mask routing guide (2019)	Tebt_W 5 years ago
Any% No Item Glitch routing/cycles mostly high-level garbage	burgerlands2 5 years ago
Crash Bandicoot 3 - PAL Any% Routing and Tips.	Diamondaire 9 years ago
Incomplete and incoherent 105% talkthrough - by Dustiel	BlitzPhoenix98 7 years ago
Item Glitch guide (any%)	burgerlands2 5 years ago
NTSC-J Gold Relic Times (for 105%)	BetaM 10 years ago
NTSC-U Gold Relic Times (for 105%)	Tebt_W 1 year ago
PAL Gold Relic Times (for 105%)	BetaM 7 years ago
Speedrun Movement Tutorial	The8bitbeast 7 years ago
Strats playlist	Tebt_W 5 years ago
Yellow gem early resources (105%)	Tebt_W 5 years ago