This is a basic route which gives a very high-level overview of it. For more details (chao locations, key locations, reasoning for teams, etc), go to the Detailed Route!

[center]Basic Text Route[/center] This requires starting the game off of an empty story mode file. Soft reset for every team swap.

Route 99 Start with T+S Map Chao Act 3 Act 2 Act 1 Special Stage Boss, reset to S+T

Sunset Hill Act 1 Map Chao Act 3 Reset at Knuckles cutscene, to K+T Act 2 Special Stage Boss

Ocean Base Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Special Stage Boss Reset to T+S

Toy Kingdom Act 1 Act 2 Map Chao, reset to S+T Act 3 Reset at Amy cutscene, to A+S Special Stage Boss

Twinkle Snow Act 1 Map Chao Act 2 Act 3 Special Stage If US version, Reset to K+S. If JP/EU version, stick with A+S Boss

Cyber Track Act 1 Reset to S+T Map Chao Act 2 Act 3 Reset at Cream cutscene, to A+S Special Stage Boss

Chaos Angel Act 1 Map Chao Act 2 Reset to T+A Act 3 Boss Altar Emerald Credits Start again with S+A (faster overworld) or S+K (faster boss) Special Stage Altar Emerald Nonaggression