Here is a guide to Speedrunning LBAL and each of the categories.

General tip - Go into options and change all of the speeds to "instant" under the gameplay tab. This will make it a lot quicker to get through the runs and hopefully get a good time!

Floor 1% and Floor 20% For Floor 1% and Floor 20% the goal is simply to win a run (beat the landlord) as quickly as possible. There isn't one best strategy for this as each run has the potential to be really quick.

My two main tips for these categories:

• Try to make symbol and item decisions as quickly as you're comfortable that you're making the best decision. Go with your gut and you'll certainly have to do some failed attempts but if you get better and better at making these decisions quickly, you should be able to get a good time.
• Know when a run is won. As soon as a run is won, you'll want to just spam skip and spin to get through the rest of the run extremely quickly. Developing a feel for when your run has passed this threshold will take some practice but don't be afraid to get a bit bold and just go for it. The earlier you stop thinking about the symbol and item choices the better time you'll get.

And of course, with every category just remember to practice and have fun!

Guillotine% The goal of guillotine% is to "destroy yourself" using guillotine essence as quickly as possible. There are 2 prominent strategies that I will outline, both are viable but have some differences.

Strat 1: Less resets + Lower potential This strategy is simply buffing flower to 1 billion through various means. The steps are as follows (no particular order except for winning):

• Win a run through any means (don't remove flower for a small time save)
• Once in endless, take anything that buffs flower
• On each guaranteed rare after 0 rent is due look for suns
• During essence choices look for guillotine essence, rain cloud essence, protractor essence, or telescope essence
• During item choices look for clear skies, protractor, and telescope
• Once you get enough buffers, extra adjacency, and have guillotine essence you should be able to hit 1 Billion coins and "destroy yourself"

Strat 2: More resets + Higher potential This strategy is to utilize capsule machine and capsule machine essence to get multiple, extra power buffing capsules to get 1 very large spin and "destroy yourself" with guillotine essence. The steps are as follows (no particular order except for winning):

• Win a run without destroying anything except for buffing capsule (and make sure to not destroy anything besides buffing capsule in endless either)
• Get capsule machine
• Get guillotine essence
• Get capsule machine essence and disable it
• Get 1 of the following: telescope essence, protractor essence, telescope, protractor
• If you get an essence, disable it
• If you get telescope or protractor, disable 1 spin before it gives extra adjacency so after you enable it the next spin will give adjacency
• Remove symbols until you have 14 symbols and 6 empties (remove any symbols that add other symbols so you don't have to do this multiple times)
• Once you have done all of the above, take a time capsule, enable capsule machine essence, enable the adjacency item you have, and spin. This will give you enough to get over 1 billion and "destroy yourself" with guillotine essence

The strategy you use is your choice. If you choose to use sun/flower strats you should get more successful runs but I believe strat 2 has more potential for faster runs. And of course, with every category just remember to practice and have fun!

Inf% The goal of Inf% is to get Inf coins (over 1e308). The method you can utilize to get this is to utilize the multiplicative nature of stacking capsule machines to get lots of REALLY powerful buffing capsules. The steps are as follows (no particular order except for winning):

• Win a run without destroying anything except for buffing capsule (and make sure to not destroy anything besides buffing capsule in endless either)
• Get comfy pillow
• Get 1 of every rare item (this will allow you to take rare items that you already have) With instant ramen you'll want to take any uncommon items you see in the hopes of getting a 2nd comfy pillow
• Get 5 capsule machines
• Get capsule machine essence and disable it
• Get 1 of the following: telescope essence, protractor essence, telescope, protractor
• If you get an essence, disable it
• If you get telescope or protractor, disable 1 spin before it gives extra adjacency so after you enable it the next spin will give adjacency
• Remove symbols until you have 8 symbols and 12 empties (remove any symbols that add other symbols so you don't have to do this multiple times)
• Once you have done all of the above, take a time capsule, enable capsule machine essence, enable the adjacency item you have, and spin. This will give you Inf money which is the end of the run!

And of course, with every category just remember to practice and have fun!

Void%

The goal of void% is to have an empty board as soon as possible. Because of this, my recommended strategy is just to take only symbols that Could be destroyed in the near future (bubble, key, lockbox, urn... etc). You need to make enough money to stay alive long enough. This allows time for the other main strategy: Hex of Destruction.

If you get enough things that can be destroyed, the necessary things that can destroy them, and Hex of Destruction to destroy enough things quickly, you should be able to remove the last of your symbols before you lose and end up with a relatively good time.

All Floors% The goal of All Floors% is to get a win on every floor of the game (1 through 20). The main strategy for this category is to play well rather than quickly. After all, the less runs you lose, the less time you'll lose.

I would recommend descending from 20-1 so you can get the hardest floors out of the way first. You may want to reset if you don't start with a win on floor 20, or even if you don't start with wins on both 20 and 19. And of course, with every category just remember to practice and have fun!