Hi, for the people that read this guide it is made for level mode, with and without vampire which is timed with REAL time(Rta) NOT in game time(Igt).

The guide is primarily focused on those who are new or want to get in to speedrunning SK.

Disclaimer: Please read the ENTIRE guide before doing the sections step by step.

Cloud save exploit: The cloud save exploit is essential for speedrunning. It’s the main way to keep plants and not having to plant them again an again

The way you do it: On the opening screen you click on the cloud button over the settings button. Once you’re in there you click upload progress AFTER you have planted all your plants and forged all your weapons. NOW you can click the upload progress button. Now, if you fail or succeed a run to do it again simply, go to the cloud and retrieve the progress.

Hero: Rouge, the reason is because of the Iaido skill which is great for going from room to room.

Weapons: Electric ninja stars(Ens) x3 gives you the most dps in rooms and against bosses. It also automatically shoots when you switch weapon. It also gives the more dps than just regular shooting. You get three of them from the trigun buff from the fantastic flower.

Plants: The must have plants when using Ens is binary tree(more shotgun shells), watermelon(faster reload) and fantastic flower(for the trigun buff) which does a heavy lifting in the insane dps output of ens.

4 plots: If you are a free to play player and haven’t unlocked the fifth plot which you get from beating wave 46 of origin. I would recommend having dragon fruit tree(fire immunity) or mandrake(poison immunity).

5 plots: If you do have the fifth plot I have four recommendations. 1: the other immunity buff(fire or poison). 2: the radar flower for 1+ damage with the ens. 3: 1 extra fantastic flower for a higher chance of getting the trigun buff. 4: magic flower since spamming ens eats energy quickly.

5+ plots: If you are not f2p and have bought plots I’d recommend doing the suggestions listed above or experiment with you feel are missing,

Attachments: I wold say that the grindstone which gives you +1 damage and the poison stone is the best combo, but ammo pouch and electric stone is also very good. The ones I wouldn’t recommend is energy stone, lava stone and auto fire, while you can certainly use them the others are just better.

Challenges: If the daily challenge has infinite energy, x2 attack speed -x2 damage, -x2 attack speed x2 damage, dwarfism, -x2 ability cooldown then use it UNLESS it has the following: more enemies in the dungeon, +100% skill cooldown, random weapon reforge, more rooms in the dungeon, melee weapons only(Ens does not count as a melee weapon), -50% energy, chance to change character, max 1 weapon. You can also consider putting gigantism on the list since you get as you get quite chunky, but you do also get more hp and armor.

Statues: If you don’t have the holy statue don’t worry about this section, but if you do have it the best statue is the rouge statue which gives a speedboost when using your skill. You can argue that the berserker statue gives you more damage but for a speedrun speed also matters a lot.

Drinks: If you have the beverage vending machine you can get a random drink for five coins. The best drink by far is milk as it decreases all damage by -1. In second I’d say wine since extra hp is always nice. In third is coconut and orange juice, coconut gives +1 shield so if you have knights buff this is OP AF, orange juice is good even though you have magic flower cus ens x3 takes so much energy. In fourth is coffee and Bloody Mary they don’t really give any advantages which is why there here. Tea is a bit of a wild card it gives +1 buff slot which is good but it also increases load times and thus the dime of the run, but if you get +1 combo or lower skill cool down you can pick up the pace again instantly fast.

Summary: In this guide I’ve given a lot of strategy ideas which can be molded into one that fits personal struggles with speedrunning Soul Knight. Thanks for reading this guide, I hope it was helpful.

Please stop sending in runs with Igt, thank you.