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# Contents

Clicking the Header of a section returns you to the contents page.

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|1| [Intro](#user-content-fnref-1)|          | [Any%](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/y53ky#user-content-fnref-1)|
|2| [Terminology](#user-content-fnref-2)|          | [Any% No K5E](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/y53ky#user-content-fnref-2)|
|3| [Routing Dependency Overview](#user-content-fnref-3)|          | [Single File](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/y53ky#user-content-fnref-3)|
|4| [Category Overview](#user-content-fnref-4)|          | [Glitchless](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/qf0l4)|
|5| [Versions](#user-content-fnref-5)|          | [100%](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/y53ky#user-content-fnref-5)|
|6| [Tools](#user-content-fnref-6)|          | [New Game+](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/y53ky#user-content-fnref-6)|
|7| [Fuel Cells](#user-content-fnref-7)|          | [Spellstones](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/y53ky#user-content-fnref-7)|
|8| [Other](#user-content-fnref-8)|          | [](#user-content-fnref-)|
|| [](#user-content-fnref-)|          | [All Glitches](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/rk50r#user-content-fnref-0)|
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# 1) [Intro](#user-content-fnref-0)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFpPpw8YgOE

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# 2) [Terminology](#user-content-fnref-0)

### Locations

| ID       | Name |
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|____________|______________________________|
|KP|Krazoa Palace |
|TTH|Thorntail Hollow |
|IM | Ice Mountain |
|SHW |Snowhorn Wastes |
|DIM |Dark Ice Mines |
|MMP |Moon Mountain Pass |
|VFPT/VFP |Volcano Force Point Temple |
|CC |Cape Claw|
|CRF |Cloudrunner Fortress |
|OFPT/OFP|Ocean Force Point Temple |
|LFV |Lightfoot Village |
|WC |Walled City |
|DR |Dragon Rock |
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### Skip Acronyms 

| ID       | Name |
|----------|---------|
|_________|______________________________|
|BCRS |Baby Cloudrunner Skip |
|(S)GQ |(Super)Ground Quake |
|GBS |Gold Bar Skip |
|REK |Red-Eye King |
|ZGS(S) |Zoom Goggles Skip (Skip) S |
|SS |Spellstone |
|K(X) |Krazoa Spirit (X)|

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### Staff Upgrades

| Name |
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|______________________________|
|Fire Blast|
|Rocket Boost|
|Ice Blast|
|Ground Quake (GQ)|
|Super Ground Quake (SGQ)|
|Disguise|
|Portal Device|
|Magic 1 (Snowhorn Wastes)|
|Magic 2 (Thorntail Hollow Above Shop)|
|Magic 3 (Cape Claw Using Cannon)|

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# 3) [Routing Dependency Overview](#user-content-fnref-0)

The end sequence of the game is triggered by collecting K5 from WC2. The portal to K5 can be accessed at any point after reaching WC, but the portal won’t work unless you’ve returned SS4 to OFP2, OFP2 cannot be entered without first returning SS2 to OFP1. In order to reach the end of K5 ice blast is required. You cannot fly to a dungeon without having unlocked all dungeons before it, so all dungeon gateways need to be unlocked to reach WC and DR. So the point of the route is to open all gateways to dungeons, collect and return SS2 and SS4, collect Ice blast. DR requires flame command from DIM to complete.

### Ice Blast/Unlock DIM

There is no known way to enter VFP early using glitches and you cannot access VFP2 with SS3 before having entered VFP1, so collecting the first spellstone from DIM is required. You do not need to finish VFP1 and can leave as soon as you collect Ice Blast. DIM is also required to unlock flame command. To unlock DIM you need to reach Garunde Te which is a requirement anyway as all gateways are required. Garunde Te can be accessed via ()DIME, ()Shield Hover or by getting all white grubtubs from the TTH well.

### SS2/Unlock CRF

Unlocking SS2 normally requires you to collect K2 to get a wallet, so you can afford the 60 scarabs to enter Cape Claw. This can be skipped using ()GBS for CC1 and ()CCE for future visits. Save the Queen and complete Cloud Runner Fortress as normal.

### Unlock WC

To unlock Walled City you need the portal device from completing the egg minigame which is triggered by returning K3 from LFV to KP. Returning this spirit requires disguise which is collected from CRF anyway. In Single File routes K3 can be collected by finishing OFP1 then doing LFV as normal. In ESW routes you can do ()K3E to collect the spirit without doing LFV, this typically allows us to delay OFP1 until the end of the run so we can do OFP1 and 2 at the same time to skip having to make multiple trips.

### Unlock DR

Unlocking DR is triggered by returning K4 to KP. Collecting K4 is the biggest difference between single file and esw routes. In Single file routes you are required to actually complete WC and get SS3 and return it to VFP (this doesn’t require you to have finished VFP1 as long as you have atleast collected ice blast before collecting SS3). This allows you to get a wallet and buy the snowhorn artifact to do the SHW trial and unlock K4 normally. In ESW routes all this can be skipped entirely by doing ()K4E allowing us to skip SS3 and VFP2. Returning K4 to KP requires portal device which you get anyway.

### Entering OFP

If you skip CC2 by doing OFP1 at the end of the run with OFP2 then the water will not be lowered and the fire gem door will be closed, OFP can be accessed using ()CC3 Airswim. This needs portal device and iceblast which you get anyway. There are alternate ways which do not need iceblast, but they are slower.

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# 4) [Category Overview](#user-content-fnref-0)

### Any%

While the game considers you to be riding an object such as the bike or mammoth, leaving the map will not cause you to softlock. By getting oob in IM you can set up a trick allowing you to get airswim while having the game considering you mounted allowing you to swim to the K5 Shrine at the end of the game, however a memory manipulation is required for you to complete the K5 shrine and begin the end sequence of the game. This category has 3 of the games most difficult and precise tricks. This category has a route that is just under an hour requiring all 3 tricks to be completed including two of them in a row, and an alternate route only requiring 2 of the tricks which takes an hour and a half by using 2 files.

### Any% No K5E (NK5 or BMC)

Any% No K5E allows for the use of multiple files allowing for a set of tricks called ESWs which use certain checkpoints staying active when swapping files to warp Fox’s position between locations on other files. This can be used to collect K3 and K4 early allowing quicker access to WC and DR without having to complete LFV, WC1 and VFP2. This category skips: K2, CC2 , LFV, WC1 (Spellstone 3), VFP2 with the optimal route being around 3 and a half hours.

### Single File (SF)

Single File acts as a more restricted category only allowing the use of one file, as well as banning void travel and shield hover.  This category requires you to collect every spellstone, but with most major glitches and tricks allowed. The only major collectable skipped is K2. Single File has multiple optional major tricks and routes depending on difficulty. The optimal route is around 4 hours long.

### Glitchless

Glitchless requires you to complete every section in the game in the developer intended order without the use of glitches, however the category does still have certain tricks that are considered glitchless such as [Seam Walk](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/rk50r#user-content-fnref-7). The optimal route is around 5 hours.

### 100%

100% requires you to collect and submit all Spellstones and Krazoa Spirits, as well as obtaining all magic upgrades, shop upgrades, maps and depositing all cheat tokens in the maze. Multiple files are allowed for this category. The optimal route is around 5 hours.

### New Game+

New Game+ allows you to start the run with premade files already created and at [ESW](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/rk50r#user-content-fnref-4) checkpoints. The run only allows for the use of basic ESWs in order to get a new file to the end of the game by warping to the positions of the other files. The route for this category is around 32 minutes.

### Spellstones (SS1,SS2,SS3,SS4)

The Spellstone categories only require you to collect a specific spellstone and each category time ends after collecting it. All Spellstones can be collected as your first spellstone using glitches and for SS3 and SS4 multiple files are needed. SS2 is a highly recommended beginner category as its only around an hour and a half so shorter than full game categories, but it still contains the games two most important tricks that all other categories use.

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# 5) [Versions](#user-content-fnref-0)

The game has 3 regions (PAL, US, JP) and 2 versions (v1.0 and v1.1). All JP discs are 1.0, all PAL discs are 1.1, US discs can be either 1.0 or 1.1. The regions can be easily worked out by the front of the disc, JP has a unique white design, PAL and US share a blue and orange design, but PAL says PAL on the disc and the US doesn’t. All discs will also at the bottom say “EUR” (PAL), “USA” or “JPN” to identify their region. US/JP discs cannot be played on PAL consoles and vice versa even if the console region is changed.

![](/static/blob/1n57o6pe.png)

For US discs, the version can be determined by text on the inner ring on the back of the disc. The back of the disk has the text “DOL-GSAE-0-“, at the end is 2 digits which determine the version “00” for v1.0, “01” for v1.1. Be aware that on the back of US v1.0 discs they may say JP instead if US, v1.0 US and JP discs are identical discs so this is not an issue.

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## v1.0

v1.0 has a unique trick, in this version fox has collision with explosive barrels allowing for a trick called [Damage Clip]( https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/rk50r#user-content-fnref-19) which allows you to get out of bounds in Ice Mountain. This trick is a requirement for the Any% category meaning Any% can only be ran on v1.0.

While performing certain tricks such as [Gold Bar Skip](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/rk50r#user-content-fnref-9-2), the game will load areas without textures displaying default textures instead. These textures will be coloured a mix of red, green, blue and yellow.

## v1.1

In Dragon Rock at the end of the Hightop section the ending cutscene will trigger 12 seconds faster than on v1.0. Parts of the game can also load slightly faster, overall v1.1 saves 15 seconds over v1.0 on full game runs.

While performing certain tricks such as [Gold Bar Skip](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/rk50r#user-content-fnref-9-2), the game will load areas without textures displaying default textures instead. These textures will be coloured grey.

## PAL

PAL has the same 15 seconds of timesave over v1.0 as PAL is v1.1. However PAL runs at 50fps instead of 60fps, this leads to small changes due to things missed when converting to 50fps, but there is no major gameplay, routing or trick differences between PAL and US v1.1 except one. Due to the difference [Shield Hover](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/rk50r#user-content-fnref-3) may be much more difficult to perform on PAL, however this is already an extremely difficult trick that is only recommended if wanting to get the WR.

## Language

For full game categories playing with JP text saves 4-5 seconds over English text. PAL cannot use JP text. For US and JP discs, the language is automatically set to whatever region the console is set to, the console is allowed to be modded to change the region to JP.

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# 6) [Tools](#user-content-fnref-0)

[This site allows you to view a 3d model of all maps in the game]( https://noclip.website/#sfa/hollow)

[For Any% K5E, this tool can be used with an emulator to see the memory values to practice the memory manip. V2 is for US and JPN for JP.](https://github.com/zcanann/K5E/releases)

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# 7) [Fuel Cells](#user-content-fnref-0)

Throughout the run you need to collect 42 fuel cells total with each dungeon needing the following:

- DIM - 5

- CRF - 10

- WC - 12

- DR - 15

Cells can be bought from the shop but this is slow and never used. There are 75 overworld fuel cells

- TTH (including well and sewers)- 20
- IM - 5
- SHW - 11
- VFP – 12
- VFP/MMP Link - 4
- MMP - 3
- CC – 8
- OFP - 6
- LFV - 6

In SHW one of the fuel cells under Garunde Te shares a flag with one of the switch platform cells meaning you can only collect one of them, this makes the cells under Garunde Te never worth it.

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AA - Glitch Guide (Work In Progress)

AA - Routing Guide (Work In Progress)

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# Contents

| ID       | Name |                                                  |
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|1| [Any%](#user-content-fnref-1)|         [Main Guide](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/sph4q#user-content-fnref-0)           |
|2| [Any% No K5E](#user-content-fnref-2)||
|3| [Single File](#user-content-fnref-3)||
|4| [Glitchless](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/qf0l4)||
|5| [100%](#user-content-fnref-5)||
|6| [New Game+](#user-content-fnref-6)||
|7| [Spellstones](#user-content-fnref-7)||
|8| [Spellstones SRM](#user-content-fnref-8)||
|9| [Spellstones NG+](#user-content-fnref-9)||
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# [Any%](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/sph4q)

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# [Any% No K5E](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/sph4q)

Any% No K5E (NK5/BMC) is an unrestricted full game category allowing all glitches except for the trick K5E#5. This category allows the use of multiple files in order to warp your position between files to escape soft locks and allow for more major skips. All files used during the run must be made during the run, pre-made files are not allowed.

| Required Tricks        | Recommended Major Tricks | Recommended Minor Tricks |
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|___________________________________|___________________________________|______________________________|
|•	[Air Swim]()|   •	[DIME]()   |•	[Queen Camera Lock]()|
|•	[Cape Claw Early (CCE)]()|         •	[Gold Bar Skip (GBS)](#user-content-fnref-2)|[•	Dragon Rock Barrel Clip ]()|
|•	[Krazoa 3 Early (K3E)]()|           •	[Baby Cloudrunner Skip (BCRS)](#user-content-fnref-3)|[•	Electric Slide]()|
|•	[Krazoa 4 Early (K4E)]()|          ||
|•	[Well Camera Lock]()|           ||
|•	[ESW]()| |||
|•	[Cape Claw Air swim]() |         ||
|•	[Zoom Goggle Skip Skip (ZGSS)]()|         ||
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### Route Options

For the first major trick in the run there is the option of doing either Shield Hover# or Dark Ice Mines Early (DIME#2-1). Shield Hover is the most difficult trick in the game to do consistently and is only recommended if you are actively trying to get the world record, so it is highly recommended you avoid it completely and instead do DIME which is similar to K4E# which is a required trick.


For completing Dark Ice Mines there are two possible routes. The first is to enter the lower mines mostly as intended then do a trick called Seam Walk# to skip to the final boss, this is the more beginner friendly route as its safer and easier to learn, but is the slower route by approximately 5:30. The second option is to do a trick called Bike Skip/Dismount Glitch# allowing you to skip straight from unlocking the mammoth to the final boss room, this trick has multiple parts to it including navigating both Fox and the bike separately through the bike tunnels while the camera constantly moves around and flashes making it very difficult to look at and a precise trick on the bike at the end, failing this trick at the end looses 7 minutes making this the much riskier option. This trick is not recommended to learn immediately, but it is possible to learn. These tricks have no effect outside of DIM, so the rest of the route will be identical no matter which you choose.

### Game Versions

All glitches and tricks can be used on all versions of the game. Using JP text saves 4-5 seconds over English text. Version 1.1 saves 15 seconds over version 1.0.

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# [Single File](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/sph4q)

Single File acts as a more restricted category only allowing the use of one file, as well as banning void travel and shield hover. This category requires you to collect every spellstone, with most major glitches and tricks allowed. The only major collectable skipped is K2. However despite being more restricted this results in the run having many big tricks and glitches unique to this route resulting in this being the most difficult full game category to learn the WR route for, but many of the big tricks are optional WR only Strats.

| Required Tricks        | Recommended Major Tricks     | Recommended Minor Tricks |
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|•	[Air Swim]()|•	[Baby Cloudrunner Skip (BCRS)   ]()|•	[Queen Camera Lock]()|
|•	[Cape Claw Early (CCE)]()|         |•	[Dragon Rock Barrel Clip ]()|
|•	[Well Camera Lock]()|           |•	[Electric Slide]()|
|•	[Red-Eye King Early (REKE)]()|          ||
|•	[Zoom Goggle Skip Skip (ZGSS)]() |||
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Optional Tricks
- Bike Skip or Gate Despawn+Seam Walk
- Cog Skip 
- Fire gem Launch(FGL) + Gold Bar Skip (GBS)
- Ball Hover + DIME
### Route Options 

The main routing options for the overall run depend on whether you choose to do two specific tricks, both using Ball Entanglement, Fire Gem Launch(FGL) and Ball Hover(SHW ball launch) and what tricks you decide to use in DIM. FGL is not a bad trick, but Ball Hover is recommended as a WR Strat only as it requires extremely precise positioning, angles and a frame perfect input while being 3 hours into the run and losing several minutes on each failure. Both require you to press A one frame after pressing Y which is frame perfect but not that bad, it’s similar to Cam Lock.

FGL allow you to collect the fire gem without needing to use the gold bar ladder to reach the disguise entrance, this allows you to do Gold Bar Skip instead of CCE for WC1 which saves time, FGL itself is also faster than the intended way to collect the fire gem by ()(). Overall FGL+GBS saves (1:30 or 2?) over collecting the fire gem normally on doing CCE.

Ball Hover allows us to complete the SHW trial and access K4 without needing to get the key from the Queen Earthwalker by collecting the white grub tubs. This saves several minutes by skipping the well and the Queen Cutscene. This is a WR only Strat and saves (3?)

DIM
In order to enter K4 you need to collect the Snow Horn from DIM, this makes the time save from Bike Skip less than it normally would be in multi file categories. However getting the Mammoth for and doing Bike Skip also allows for a trick called Cog Skip which allows you to collect the Snow Horn without collecting the 3 cogs and using the cannon. Cog Skip saves around (1 minute), so overall doing Bike Skip + Cog Skip saves a significant amount of time however Bike Skip is a very difficult and long trick with it losing 7-8 minutes if you fail it at the end. If you don’t want to use Bike Skip the Alternative is to use the snowhorn to enter the lower portion of the dungeon normally and do Seam Walk. Cog Skip is not worth it unless you are also doing Bike Skip, you can skip unlocking the Mammoth using Gate Despawn then playing as normal to collect the Snowhorn. Bike Skip is still worth the time save event without Cog Skip.
Overall Bike Skip + Cog Skip saves ()() over Gate Despawn+Seam Walk.

### Game Versions

All glitches and tricks for this category can be used on any version of the game. Using JP text saves 4-5 seconds over English. Version 1.1 saves 15 seconds over 1.0.

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# [Glitchless](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/sph4q)

The main Glitchless guide can be found [here](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/qf0l4)

Glitchless requires you to complete every section in the game in the developer intended order without the use of glitches, however the category does still have certain tricks that are considered glitchless such as Seam Walk. The optimal route is around 5 hours. There are no routing differences or options.

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# [100%](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/sph4q)

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# [New Game+](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/sph4q)

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# [Spellstones](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/sph4q)

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# [Spellstones SRM](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/sph4q)

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# [Spellstones NG+](https://www.speedrun.com/sfa/guides/sph4q)

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Any% Route, Glitch Hunting Notes

This guide links to a visual PDF route for beating Star Fox Adventures Any%.

This guide omits the collection of Bomb Spores, Eggs/Seeds, Staff Energy Gems, Scarabs, Blue GrubTubs, and all flying missions triggered by travel.

To suggest an edit, PM me on Discord: Zac#6707

# Any% Routes
There are two main Any% routes.
1) A newer route (Void Travel) which relies on heavily RNG based memory glitches, and hard to execute tricks. Roughly ~1h, and requires v1.0 of SFA.
2) The previous route (BMC), which does not use any memory glitches. Roughly ~4h, and works on all versions.

__[Here is the Figma diagram of the Any% routes](https://www.figma.com/file/ZgY49TY9ooOqcXMVtERI4M/Star-Fox-Adventures-Route-Guide?node-id=8%3A11)__

__[Here is a PDF of the Any% routes](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c_NYzLnJNN5nxjP5Dfc6fvvWNiWQuOmZ/view?usp=sharing)__

The Figma diagram is more likely to be up to date, but I do my best to keep the PDF updated. To create a PDF from the Figma diagram: create a Figma account > Select the Any% Route > Export Frames to PDF.

# Old Any% Route (Single-File, no ESW)
This follows the WR route (as of 3/21/2021).

__[Here is a PDF of the entire Any% route without ESW](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ixVU7rp872oOcPIvRib_7HRJvZJRXO39/view?usp=sharing)__

__[Here is the raw file which can be edited on diagrams.net](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oWUrfhBL31Zb9QFzdAsVliGaYxIxH55O/view?usp=sharing)__

# Fuel Cell Timings
When skips are discovered, routing Fuel Cells is tedious work. I made a spreadsheet that measures how much time it takes to collect each Fuel Cell in the game.

The time used is the minimum time it would take to collect the Fuel Cell in an optimal route. For example, the Fuel Cell Behind the Queen EarthWalker takes 0s to collect when opening the door to Walled City, but would take 6s+ if collected earlier. We use the minimum of those, which is 0s.

__[Here is the Google Sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15jK1hMDu73rxGOCnd7LQgf3oulEbgiaVlGi60k9n4jg/edit?usp=sharing)__

# Hacked Routes
I have also attempted various hacked routes and made notes.

__[Here is the PDF](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sMHCRzYYr4yfNU0DoKsuQi7mirReuRNS/view?usp=sharing)__

__[Here is the raw file which can be edited on diagrams.net](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s_LGIxi8UbjD4hHyusQGrEQrunD7ZlKO/view?usp=sharing)__

Event Storage Warp Guide

# Introduction
ESW is a useful method for copying files, and warping to special locations. This glitch can only be performed at an ESW checkpoint. There are 23 known ESW checkpoints in the game.

This technique allows us to mix save files. Certain save data is kept in "low-flags", and other data is kept in "high-flags"

ESW (Normal Warp) =Event Storage Warp = Low-flags of current file / High-flags of ESW file
RESW (Copy Warp)  = Reverse Event Storage Warp = Low-flags of ESW file / High-flags of ESW file. This allows us to copy files, which we normally cannot do from menus.
RRESW (Boomerang Warp) = Reverse Reverse Event Storage Warp = Low-flags of ESW file / High-flags of current file. Briefly warp to an ESW location, and then back to where you warped from.

## Important Notes
- Dying by falling into a void out is the equivalent of dying without saving.
- All ESW checkpoints are invisible planes, with the exception of the mammoth ESW checkpoints.
- There are multiple types of checkpoints in the game. (Unverified) There are ESW checkpoints, revive checkpoints, and save checkpoints. ESW is a special type of revive checkpoint. Save checkpoints are locations where Fox/Krystal are placed after saving and reloading the file.
- Some areas seem to disable warping to an ESW location. For example, Fox cannot use ESW to leave the start of Ice Mountain.
- The first location in the game where a save is possible is after Krystal lands in Krazoa Palace.

To suggest an edit, PM me on Discord: Zac#6707

## Useful Tools & Resources
__[Here are notes about each ESW checkpoint](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UQbL4QSJ0ffAxggcXPwcEjFDEW6g-uBhXtIYAkz3jhw/edit?usp=sharing)__

__[noclip.website is a website that allows us to view 3D maps of every level](https://noclip.website/#sfa/hollow;ShareData=APmhxUwXJ?7j|-2T9XQUWcjaE5~Q*VUgi[VTU(j!+[{W/8~Cq_8TqPXUgP^OV[)__. This is useful for finding the locations of triggers to help pinpoint where loading triggers and checkpoints are. To view these, be sure to toggle on 'Show developer objects'

# How ESW Works
There are special revive checkpoints in the game (ESW checkpoints) that are not cleared when switching to another file. We can hit one of these checkpoints, then die on a different file. We will then revive at the ESW checkpoint of the first file.

There are three variables we can control:
1) The **Respawn Location / Game Progression Flags / Tricky state [1] / Weather Effects [2]** of whichever file collided with the ESW checkpoint. Walking into a save checkpoint after colliding with the ESW checkpoint will cancel the ESW.
2) The **Inventory / Health / Magic / GrubTub Meter / Collected Item State [3] / Collected Upgrades / Flight Progression [4] / Save Location [5] / File Name** of whichever file was saved before dying. If no save has occurred since the console has turned on, the most recently loaded file is used.
3) The file on which the death occurs. This file will be overwritten on the next save.

The only things that matter are these three variables. These steps can be executed on one or more files, for example:
Ex 1) Save on slot #1. Checkpoint on slot #1. Die on slot #1.
Ex 2) Checkpoint on slot #1. Save on slot #2. Die on slot #3.
Ex 3) Checkpoint on slot #2. Save on slot #2. Die on slot #1.

This glitch has nothing to do with the slots themselves. In fact, I rigorously tested swapping memory cards on the title screen (in Dolphin) with various combinations of hitting checkpoints and saving. It still boils down to controlling these three variables. There is nothing we can do with multiple memory cards that we can't do with one.

[1] Tricky state refers to whether or not Tricky is with Fox.
[2] This refers to the FX caused by whether, such as snow.
[3] This refers to collected items, such as Fuel Cells.
[4] This refers to which dungeons Fox has flown to. In order to fly to a dungeon, Fox must have visited all previous dungeons. The first flight must start from Dinosaur Planet.
[5] This is the position/map of the last save checkpoint. Usually this position is not used, because we warp to the ESW checkpoint. However, if immediately save/quit after warping, we can load into this position instead. See examples below.

# Example Scenarios
To get a good grasp of how this works, I've included some example scenarios.

## Basic RESW (Full file copy)
This trick requires two files. Get to an ESW checkpoint as Fox. After hitting the checkpoint, quit the game, and optionally save. Load into a second file, and die without saving. Upon reviving, we will have the progress of the first file.

In this example, we:
- Get to Dark Ice Mines on one file.
- Get to Krystal on another file (first savable location is at Krazoa Palace)
- Load the Dark Ice Mines file, and walk passed the ESW checkpoint at the first gate
- Save/Quit
- Load the Krystal file, and jump off the cliff (equivalent to dying without saving)
- Note: It is important to only save after hitting a save trigger after warping as Krystal. Save/Quitting immediately causes a file corruption.

https://youtu.be/mxh-daO-H_k

Result:
- Two files at Dark Ice Mines

## Basic ESW
The most basic case for this glitch is to warp from one file to an ESW checkpoint. Here we use a warp to escape the K4 cage. This is currently only used in the TAS run, but we can learn from it still.

In this example, we:
- Get Krazoa #4 without opening the gate (Currently TAS only)
- Have another file at an ESW checkpoint. In this case, I used the ThornTail Egg event checkpoint.
- Enter the ESW file. Walk into the ESW trigger.
- Enter the K4 file. Die. In this case, the only possible death is from a Tricky flame suicide.
- Save when prompted.

Result:
- ESW setup file is unchanged
- K4 file has warped to ThornTail.

https://youtu.be/IpyPJ0tPsds

## Different File Death ESW
Since ESW checkpoints are revive checkpoints, death is always required. However, we do not need to die on the files used to set up the trick. We can die on ANY file.

This example is the same as the Basic ESW example above, except instead of dying from Tricky's flames, we die in ThornTail!

In this example, we:
- Get Krazoa #4 without opening the gate (Currently TAS only)
- Have another file at an ESW checkpoint. In this case, I used the ThornTail Egg event checkpoint.
- Enter the ESW file. Walk into the ESW trigger.
- Enter the K4 file. Save/Quit.
- Reload the ThornTail ESW file, and die.

Result:
- ESW setup file is overwritten with the K4 file, but we are in ThornTail now.
- The old K4 file is still there, stuck behind the gate.

https://youtu.be/yXilzdQ50Nc

## Same File Warp to a Previous Location
It is possible to warp to nearly ANY previously visited location on the same file. The warp must start from an ESW checkpoint, but can end almost anywhere.

The glitch works as follows:
- Save in ANY location where ESW is not disabled
- Progress through the game
- Hit an ESW checkpoint
- Quit without saving
- We should lose all of our progress, and be back where we saved
- Die
- Our progress is recovered, and we are back where we were
- Save/Quit/Reload to keep our progress, but warp to where we saved.

In this example, we:
- Save after obtaining Freeze Blast
- Collect SpellStone #3
- Collect Moon Stone (This is on top of an ESW checkpoint)
- Quit without saving
- Die in Volcano Point, being careful not to hit a save checkpoint
- We now are back at the Moon Stone
- Save/Quit immediately
- We are now at Volcano Point, but with the Moon Stone and SS3!

TODO: Video

## Same-File Warp to Undo Using Items
This is the similar to the previous glitch, except we keep the progress of the old save file. This can be used to keep items we normally use or turn in. We can duplicate up to 20 GrubTubs using this method, but in practice it is hard to duplicate that many in-route.

This can be used to duplicate Fuel Cells, but unfortunately it is only temporary due flight progression not being saved. This means we will be forced to spend them again later.

In this example, we:
- Save before flying to Dark Ice Mines
- Fly to Dark Ice Mines
- Walk into the ESW checkpoint
- Quit without saving
- Reload the file
- Die and save when prompted
- We are now at Dark Ice Mines without spending Fuel Cells

https://youtu.be/TUzTUkqnuco

# Exceptions to the Rules
There are a few exceptions to the normal rules for ESW.

## Krystal File Corruption
In addition to showing all the cool tricks, it is good to show how a trick can go wrong.

The ESW checkpoint stores the respawn position, but the last saved file stores the raw position & map. This means if we save/quit after performing an ESW, the game will undo the warp, and place Fox back at his original location. Unfortunately, attempting this as Krystal actually causes a file corruption.

In this example, we:
- Get to Dark Ice Mines on one file.
- Get to Krystal on another file.
- Hit the ESW checkpoint at the gate in Dark Ice Mines.
- Quit to title
- Enter the Krystal file, and die without saving (ie falling off a cliff)
- The Dark Ice Mines File is now duplicated.
- Save/Quit immediately on the duplicated file (This is a mistake. Save/Quit needs to happen after hitting a save checkpoint to avoid file corruption.)

https://youtu.be/eTHZfIXT-qo

The lesson here is NEVER save/quit immediately after copying a Fox file to a Krystal file. You need to hit a save checkpoint.

## Erased Files
After hitting an ESW checkpoint and erasing any file, all ESWs performed after this will cause the selected file to also be erased after saving.

This could be explored a bit more, I'll update here once I have a better understanding.

## Krystal High-Flag Transfer
Attempting to ESW after saving on the Krystal file does not do what one would expect. Instead of warping to Fox's location, Krystal always warps to the Krazoa Shrine #1. We have not found a way to warp out of Krazoa Palace as Krystal.

By failing the warp, we have the side-effect of transferring game high-flags without finishing the warp.

https://youtu.be/MWhVYwJYdWM

Attempting to beat the game with this file after warping to Krazoa Shrine #1 will result in a soft-lock in Ice Mountain, since the game thinks you have already rescued Tricky. The speeder race is unfinishable.

Depending on the state of Krazoa Palace in the ESW file, the K1 shrine area can be loaded or unloaded.

Krazoa Shrine #1 loaded:
https://youtu.be/OQ4O6q9VIr4

Krazoa Shrine #1 unloaded:
https://youtu.be/E6CF93XI3jc

# Credits
These credits are partially guesswork from old discord and forum posts. Feel free to let me know if I'm wrong.
- NarbeVoguel for the original discovery, and the discovery of the DIM gate/Walled City ESW locations
- BvqRzxi5 for significant work in understanding the mechanics of this glitch, and finding the DIM 2nd lava + all CRF ESW locations, and the discovery of undoing a warp (keeping the save location) after performing an ESW
- CelestialDerp for finding the Dragon Rock ESW locations.
- Keanu23898 for the discovery of the Krazoa 5 ESW locations
- zcanann for discovering the Mammoth/Egg Event ESW locations, and same-file warping.

Glitchless Tutorial

This series of videos is a comprehensive live speedrun tutorial of Star Fox Adventures Glitchless. I go through the game step by step, showing the ideal strats for each individual moment of the run. A good speedrun of this category sits right around 5 hours. Under 5 hours is extremely difficult, and anything under a 5:10 is considered pretty good. The strats that I talk about in this guide are everything that you need to know to get a sub-5:05 in Glitchless.

There are some things to note before you watch this tutorial.

- As I play through the game I stop and re-do sections over and over to showcase ideal strats as precisely as I can, this may involve some re-trying on my part if things don't go the correct way, or even just showing something twice for the sake of being thorough. This is not a commentated speedrun, it is a live tutorial. 

- During these videos I operate under the assumption that you know the general structure of this game. I go over specific things such as routing, etc., however the "where to go and what to do next" is taken as an assumed fact that you know this already.

- When it comes to some of the major tricks of this game that have already had tutorials made for them, I will demonstrate the trick and explain along the way however we may not dive heavily into detail; if that is the case, it is because tutorials already exist for these tricks and I will link videos to those tutorials in the description of the relevant video.

- Finally, I want to point out that this guide will be most useful to you if you have already taken the time to watch the "Star Fox Adventures Tutorial for Movement, and Knowledge" by Celestial_Derp on YouTube, linked in the descriptions of each video in my series.

I hope you find the guide helpful.

# Part 1 (Beginning through Dark Ice Mines)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvYyABpnUYg

# Part 2 (Fire Beacons through Cloudrunner Fortress)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SrDphsILUQ

# Part 3 (Cape Claw 2 through Walled City 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR12hTHTz9Y

# Part 4 (Volcano Temple 2 through Dragon Rock)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TEqrgwp_s8

# Part 5 (Ocean Temple 2 through Andross)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTSEiu0ZLP4

# Full Twitch Playlist

https://www.twitch.tv/collections/GgrGpFgO7xffqg

# Full YouTube Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtNmf90vjuIIjcoUhe4fmjYohVBH7Mkud

### I hope you found this series of guides useful! Run Glitchless, its the game's best category ;)

Pickups / Tricky Feed Route

**SFA pickup/feed route**
*()=total in inventory*

Thorntail 1
10 scarabs from rock after fire blaster (10)
bomb spore after scarabs (1)
2 fuel cells by arwing after queen (2)
3 bomb spores after queen (4)
3 bomb spores after rock candy (7)
10 scarabs after rock candy (10)
red mana plant before warpstone

Ice Mountain
red mana plant before ice mountain race
2 fuel cells after race save/quit (4)
2 grubtubs after Tricky (2)
feed tricky (0)
grubtub after lave pit (1)

Snowhorn 1
grubtub after tunnel dig (2)
3 grubtubs during sharpclaws (5)
feed tricky (0)
1 grubtub during 2nd alpine dig (1)
2 grubtubs during mana cave dig (3)
3 grubtubs before ice block (6)
10 scarabs from basket before toll (20)
5 scarabs from rock before toll (25)
pay toll (0)
2 grubtubs during toll (8)
2 grubtubs in sewers (10)

Thorntail 2
yellow plant after queen
grubtub during tricky well dig (11) 
2 fuel cells after rocket boost (6)
2 fuel cells after 2nd mana upgrade (8)
4 fuel cells behind waterfall (12)
health boxes behind waterfall for DIME

Snowhorn 2
feed tricky (7) before frostweed
4 fuel cells along river after frostweed (16)
yellow plant at end of river

Dark Ice Mines
Red Mana Plant after gate skip
Health Box after gate skip
1 Grubtub before third gear (8)
Yellow Mana Plant before third gear
Feed Tricky before blowhorn puzzle (3)
4 Grubtubs during blowhorn puzzle (7)
Feed Tricky after blowhorn (2)
1 Grubtub (3) before calling snowhorn
1 Grubtub (4) after calling snowhorn
Health Box before silver key
Yellow Mana Plant after silver key
Red Mana Plant before ice river
Health box before ice river
Health box during barrel escort
Health box before seam walk
2 Grubtubs (6) in Galdon's room after flame command
note all three grubtubs can be obtained, but is very rare

Thorntail 3
3 Fuel Cells in cave after first beacon (14)
2 Fuel Cells (14) after second beacon (16)
Feed Tricky after second beacon (1)

Cape Claw 1
Fuel Cell on small platform (17)
4 grutubs during first dig (5)
2 grubtubs during flame command (7)
Feed Tricky before 4th gold bar (2)
Fuel Cell dug up in cave by first gold bar (18)
Yellow plant on exit
2 fuel cells by lightfoot entrance (20)
red plant before thorntail

Cloud Runner Fortress 1
health boxes at start 

Cape Claw 2
2 fuel cells in gas chamber (22)
fuel cell on small platform (23)

Cloud Runner Fortress 2
health boxes by wind tunnel
blue plant after wind tunnel

Thorntail 4
yellow plant before leaving to volcano
fuel cell before poison pit (14)
fuel cell after poison pit (15)

Moon Mountain Pass
fuel cell before key use (16)
fuel cell before sharpclaw (17)

Volcano 1
2 fuel cells behind disguise gate (19)
bafomdad behind disguise gate
fuel cell under bridge (20)

Thorntail 5
fuel cell before portal (21)

Snowhorn 3
2 fuel cells before mammoth (23)
2 fuel cells before shrine (25)

Thorntail 6
2 fuel cells in cave after warpstone cutscene (27)

Dragon Rock
yellow plant before first ladder climb
bafomdad used on above ladder
yellow plant before freeing hightop

Cape Claw 3
Feed Tricky before loading Cape Claw (0)
Yellow plant on arrival

Ocean 2
Yellow plant before disguise panel
Yellow plant on exit from cape claw

RTA K5E Tutorial

This is a guide for obtaining Krazoa Spirit #5 early, which saves 2.5-3 hours over BMC with perfect execution.

As of now, this glitch sequence is missing setups for several of the hard tricks required. Once we figure out reliable setups, and confirm that it works on console, this will save significant time in Any%.

# Cannon Clip / Explosive Barrel Clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k59JwYDoxlU

# Bike Flag Glitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5AQSiNV0gE

# Ice Mountain Void Travel Setup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz-9OFrwM78

# Walled City Void Walking
MISSING SETUP! Please refer to Fuzzyness's WR run for a better technique than those used in the videos below.

Here is the trick performed in RTA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yehv1f2qFoo

Here is an improvement to the trick that uses staff swings to reset gravity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ePMYxNj1ps

Techniques (WIP)

[section=Roll-Cancelling]
*Discovered by ???*

__[big]**Trick Description**[/big]__
Fox's roll is slightly faster than normal running speed, however there is a slight delay between the end of his roll that prevents him from instantly starting his next roll. There is a way to fix this, albeit it is likely not RTA viable. Roll-Cancelling allows Fox to cancel the end animation of his roll, enabling him to do another roll right away.

__[big]**How-To**[/big]__

1. Press X to roll
2. On frame 14 press R to shield
3. On frame 15 release shield and press X to roll
4. Repeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TB_cWcYcG0

[section=Swim in Air]
*Discovered by Cerpin (needs confirmation)* 

__[big]**Trick Description**[/big]__
Swim in Air is a glitch that makes Fox, well, swim in the air. This allows Fox to travel to unintentional areas on the map. When swim in air is active there will be a body of water surrounding Fox wherever he goes. Swim in air can be cancelled by moving too far out of bounds or by hitting a surface.

__[big]**How-To**[/big]__
There are a couple of ways Fox can activate swim in air. The first method is by walking off of a waterfall and stopping Fox's movement at the right time. It is advised that Fox is moving slowly as the outcome will most likely either be A: swim in air acquired or B: forward boost back onto waterfall, which means you can retry without having to walk all the way back.

1. Look towards the general area of the big scarab rock
2. Hold L and start strafing to the right at a certain speed
3. Let go of the control stick when Fox's right foot is about to pass the edge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym-nXaIYRxg

If you didn't get it first try and walked slow enough, Fox will boost back up onto the ledge as long as L was held. It's advised to keep the camera angle you previously had, as the further you look to the right, the more difficult it becomes to retry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-bp0ziROH4


Version / Region Guide

[section= NTSC-U Region]
NTSC-U can be 1.0 or 1.1
buying a JP disc/wii is not needed for NTSC as the disc contains the JP Files and a wii can be hombrewed to JP region.

[section= NTSC-J Region]
NTSC-J can be 1.0 or 1.1
This region disc also has the US files.

[section= PAL Region]
PAL can only be 1.1
PAL is the only region that does not contain the JP files, therefore it is impossible to hombrew to JP.
 A US/JP copy can be played on a hombrewed PAL wii.

[section=1.0 Version]
While performing Oob tricks such as Cape Claw Early, the game pre loads areas with loading boxes. These boxes will be colored red, blue, green and yellow.
The end of the High Top section in Dragonrock will last for 15 seconds before the cutscene triggers.

[section=1.1 Version]
While performing Oob tricks such as Cape Claw Early, the game pre loads areas with loading boxes. These boxes will be gray.
After beating Galdon and watching the cutscene, there won't be a screen fade transition as you gain control. This was most likely a mistake by the dev/region team.
There is an EarthWalker glitch in Dragon Rock (useless) that is patched.
The Hightop section ending will trigger to the cutscene in 3 seconds, saving 12 seconds from 1.0 overall.
Ice Mountain Barrel Clip (useless) is patched.
Dark Ice Mines mammoth clipping is patched.

Video Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-qjhJiVsnkFGHvc0ZNQnNFLB8wCz9ITc

Water Mechanics & Plane Heights

Swimming is critical to most out of bounds glitches in this game.

If Fox enters and exits a plane of water without colliding with ground, he will continue to swim at that plane level, even beyond the bounds of the water. Normally the game prevents this by ensuring that all water is encapsulated by land, but there are OOB glitches that get around this.

Fox lacks the ability to dive, but there are a few known methods for controlling swim height outlined in this guide.

#All Water Plane Heights
I've recorded the heights of all water sources in the game. __[Here is a spreadsheet of all water plane heights in SFA](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1naW4dAw16G1rF4Moa7MvmwuVa2GHNiwANsdw4vAp8X0/edit?usp=sharing)__

Most water planes are flat, but there are some notable exceptions. This is not yet fully understood. For example, performing an air-swim from the waterfall in ThornTail Hollow can result in a swim height between -645 and -646.5 (as far as I know). This small difference can actually make or break some tricks -- for example Dark Ice Mines Early (DIME) needs this number to be as close as possible to -645, or the glitch does not work.

Swimming near a different water plane will cause Fox to switch to that plane.
To travel upwards, the new water plane must be within 116 units
To travel downwards, the new water plane must be within 125 units

## Technical Information
Depth != PlayerY. The player will actually be 21 units above the surface depth.
The player also oscillates by about 2 units up and down constantly (+/- 1 unit)

When standing on land, the game registers Fox as having a swim plane of depth -100,000. Simple memory scanning can be used to find this value.
- If using Dolphin Memory Engine, a float scan can find these values.
- If using Cheat Engine, this requires scanning for Big Endian Floats. See https://forum.cheatengine.org/viewtopic.php?%20t=551054

# Swim Cancelling
There are three known ways to cancel a swim:
1) A collision cancel. If Fox's feet collide with anything that can be stood on, the swim is canceled.
2) An item discovery prompt cancel. If Fox is outside water and picks up an item for the first time, the discovery prompt will end the swim. An old TAS Any% route used to do a Fuel Cell cancel to collect K4.
3) A cutscene cancel. Some cutscenes, such as the sewer switch change cutscene, cause Fox's swim to cancel. Not all cutscenes do this. For example, the Tricky color change cutscene does not. Also, some cutscenes will warp Fox, canceling the swim.

# Height Control Methods
There are a few known methods for controlling swimming height within a water plane.

## Ceiling Collision
Normally, Fox cannot be pushed downwards once he rises to the top of the water plane. However, if Fox never fully reaches the surface, it is possible for him to collide with a ceiling and be pushed downwards.

This technique is not used in the current route.

https://youtu.be/e1GfruAFMq0

## Underwater Staff Swinging (TAS Only)
Underwater Staff Swinging (USS) is an incredibly useful trick.

USS allows Fox to be registered to a certain swim plane, but drop down to his current sub-plane height (see the sub-plane section below for details). This essentially allows fox to "dive" to sub-plane levels, and re-emerge when convenient.

This used to be the only method for obtaining K4 early, but we have since found a better setup using Memory Leak. USS is still used in the "No Void Traveling" TAS route to obtain Ground Quake Early.

Requirements to start the trick:
- Fox must be able to stand adjacent to the body of water.
- Fox must be able to swing his staff into the water without the staff colliding with an object. This swing must bring Fox far enough into the water such that the game considers him swimming.

Requirements to sustain the trick:
- Fox must ALWAYS be moving in any direction. The trick does not work if standing still.
- You must swing within a 4 frame window to start the next staff swing. Missing this window will cause Fox to start swimming, cancelling the trick. A human can do this for a few swings, but not for the continuous 2m 30s required for K4 early. Turbo controllers can work too (but are not accepted in Any%).

Example 1) Getting into the K4 room. This trick uses underwater staff swinging, a sub-plane transfer (to lose height, preventing a water-plane transfer to the river), and a Fuel Cell discovery swim-cancel to complete the trick (not shown in video).
https://youtu.be/CYkqW7i5uIM

Example 2) TAS only Cape Claw OOB. This trick does an incredibly long underwater swing sequence, followed by a collision cancel. This trick is not used in any route.
https://youtu.be/bIO7Cl3kayw

# Sub-Planes
A strange mechanic we have uncovered is that Fox will "sink" to a special sub-plane in certain situations.

Sub-planes are dependent on the terrain above them. They are ALWAYS lower than the terrain (we have yet to find an exception to this).

Example 1) If you perform Cape Claw Early without Tricky, the intro cutscene in Cape Claw will glitch. This causes Fox will fall through the floor forever. However, if you walk forward and press Z to zoom at the exact right moment, Fox will stop falling. The height at which this is possible is the sub-plane.

https://youtu.be/-AssACxPueA

Example 2) If you perform DIME to get to SnowHorn wastes before obtaining Tricky, and kill the 3 SharpClaw by the scarab bag mammoth, Fox will fall as before after a short delay. If Fox aims with Fire Blast and does not release (not shown in video), he will sink to the exact height of the sub-plane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxsrBF2yGhE

Sub-planes are important for understanding underwater staff swinging.

Skyreon

JubJub62

StarFalco64

zcanann

Goal314

Star Fox Adventures

Celestial_Derp

Ketsumomo

JPN / NTSC

Blank Memory Card

Single File

test

Spellstone 1

Spellstone 2

Spellstone 3

Spellstone 4

No SRM

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Stale Reference Manipulation

As of today, new rules have been added to the leaderboard. The following has changed.

# Rules:

From this point onwards, the following categories will have new rules.

### **Spellstones:**

- Stale Reference Manipulation (SRM) will no longer be allowed for this category.

Since SRM is viable and en

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