this thread is specifically for the runners to communicate about finding skips/glitches because as of 11th December 2017 we have none :(

Mr.Brewballs u said about the bridge between golden hills pass and goldos stronghold.i understand that if u havent killed the paladin before the brewery u cant go into the brewery. one of my ideas is that using the glitch idea i spoke about before, avoiding the trigger zone for a quest. i wonder if u can duplicate minions with the forging glitch but with spawning pits? other ideas for anywhere: kicking minions into something using spells to affect something

Here are a few random things I've found playing around with hacks.

There's nothing super interesting though. As for the bridge, I haven't found any way to get a minion across. Even placing 30 greens on guard markers across the entire edge and using confusion on the sheep doesn't seem to work. If we could get one minion across to turn the wheel we can skip Sir William, the inn, heavens peak, and the brewery which could potentially bring the any% run to under 2 hours.

Cool Who made the any% route? What happens if you go straight for the paladin without doing the inn? We should look 4 any possible way to get to the paladin without doing the understreets. Is the route in the best order.we should minimise walking distances. Do u have to get all your minions back before fighting the wizard? I'm also wondering if slow would help.maybe it changes hitboxes ect.

I did the routing for any% for the most part. It could absolutely use more optimization.

If you try to fight Sir William before defeating the succubus and stealing its statue in the inn you'll find the drawbridge to the citadel is closed.

I've looked around heavens peak for an alternate entrance to skip the understreets but haven't found anything yet.

I'll have to test the wizard fight a little bit to see if any of the hives could be skipped. Maybe if you can manage to get a minion to jump the gap by the wheels?

Ez'est glitch of ours life's before the minions fight (after Old Overlord introduction) quit the game during the cinematic of Velvet breaking the TH, after you re:enter you will be able to use magic (flametrower or Shield spell tier II destroys the minions pretty fast). Also and while not relevant 4 Any% is interesting to know that u could skip part of Evernight abyss (and a little part of Greedy Beer addicts abyss) by using the guard mark with Greens againts enemy's with the high ground (that Gaster blaster bastard behind the scenography & Metal head grim reaper after the magma section).

It's been a while since the last response in this thread. It's time to update the list of skips that are known as of March 2025: 1. It is no longer necessary to collect a mana totem in the Ruborian Desert, and you no longer need to collect a health totem in the Castle Spree (now it is enough to collect only 2 mana upgrades to successfully complete a run in the Any% category, although this increases the difficulty in the second half of the game). 2. In November 2023, Kahn's skip was found, which allows you to save about two minutes if you do it the first time, but this trick is very difficult and does not always work. 3. In the Heaven's Peak, you can save about 40 seconds if you take 2-3 reds, who, after leaving the Understreets, you must immediately be sent to remove the fire barricade. 4. You can save about 15 seconds in the Spawning Pits if you don't rock the entourage to the maximum. 4. Spree can be saved 15-30 seconds faster compared to the old strats, if you manage to destroy a fiery creature summoning bandits with the help of Greens. 5. It is better to pick up the second shield spell in the Brewery, it will be faster by ~ 15-20 c. Together, Kenway79, NemezidaRevenge466 and I have created the most optimized route for the Any% category. So far, I see 1 hour 56 minutes as the last achievable limit of the category, because the sum of the best segments for me is 1:55:44. I don't think it's possible to lower the time in this category even further, because there is too much randomness in it and sometimes it is very annoying.

As for the bridge in the Golden Hills: I tried, but unfortunately, you can skip the Brewery only using cheats, which is actually illegal, and I doubt that they will make a separate category for cheats, although it would be nice, because with cheats you can completely skip the battle with Melvin, half of the Heaven's Peak, 90% of the Golden Hills, 98% of the Desert and avoid most of the time walking, especially in Evernight and Mellow Hills, then the total time will be less than 1 hour and 50 minutes.