! (new) How to setup the game

It's best to make a copy of the Gothic folder and move it out of the "Programs"/Steam folder as the write protection can mess with the installation of the patches.

1. Patches
First download:

- https://github.com/abbodi1406/vcredist/releases/download/v0.73.0/VisualCppRedist_AIO_x86_x64.exe
- https://www.speedrun.com/static/resource/ig2mc.rar?v=93bd44d

Then install:
- VisualCppRedist_AIO_x86_x64.exe
- Union Primary Universal 05.02.2022.exe
- Union 1.0k 03.05.2021.exe
And copy the contents of the appropriate folders into your Gothic folder and choose to overwrite:
- "copy into every game"
- "copy into G1 folder"

You then should have the ingame timer in the top left and version "1 S5.0 U1.0k" in the bottom right of the menu.
You can also start the "Chinese" mod from the GothicStarter for Any%.
You can also start the "Glitch-Restricted" mod to prevent accidentally strafing in the air or having duplicated trader items when playing the Glitch-Restricted/No Major Glitches/Damageless categories.

In case you want to use the Glitch-Restricted patch with other mods:
In the "other non-essential files" folder there is a folder containing the file "glitchless.patch". You can deactivate the file by changing the extension of it to something like "glitchless.patch-" and activate it again by renaming it back to "glitchless.patch".

2. Gothic.ini & Systempack.ini
The Gothic.ini and Systempack.ini are located in the Gothic\system folder.
You can do any changes to your Gothic.ini in video, audio, input etc., but do NOT change anything that would give a gameplay advantage like potion hotkeys, quick saves, inventory settings, etc.
Recommended settings:
playLogoVideos=0
zTexMaxSize=16384
zVobFarClipZScale=2
zStartupWindowed=0
If you want to reset your Gothic.ini, just delete it and start the game and a new one will appear.
You can also change anything in the Systempack.ini, but all gameplay-altering settings are disabled by the speedrun.patch file.

3. Livesplits with ingame timer

- Rick click "LiveSplit.exe" and choose Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab and choose "Run as Administrator".
- Open Livesplit
- Right click -> Compare Against -> Game Time
- Right click -> Edit Layout
- Add Control -> Scriptable Auto Splitter
- Set the Script Path to "gothic.asl".

4. frozen screen on videos and loading screens
You can fix this by running the game in the compatibility mode for an older Windows version, but that will increase loading times and lag.

5. limiting FPS
You may want to limit your fps. I recommend limiting it to 500 in general.

Download dxtory: http://exkode.com/dxtory-downloads-en.html

1. Run dxtory.
2. Go to the 8th tab (Advanced).
3. Put a checkmark at "Limit Video FPS" and enter 500.
You must keep the program open to have the effect.

! (old) How to setup the game

Don't use Spine! If you use Spine, don't be surprised when things don't work as they should because your files get ""fixed"" by Spine.
If you want to use Spine for mods or casual play, copy the Gothic folder and use that copy for speedrunning.
It's also best to make a copy of the Gothic folder and move it out of the "Programs" or Steam folder as the write protection/autoupdates can mess with the installation of the patches.


Everything you need is in here: https://www.speedrun.com/patches/speedrun_stuff_1.7.3_51h2e.zip

1.  Patches
- Install the 4 numbered patches in order.
- Copy the contents of the folder called "copy into Gothic folder (all categories)" into your Gothic folder and choose to overwrite.

2. Chinese Scripts (only for Any%)
You may want to make a backup copy of your Gothic/_work folder before this step!
- Open the "copy into Gothic folder (only any%)" folder.
- Move the "_work" folder into your Gothic folder and choose to overwrite.

3. fix videos freezing
Not all systems have this problem. You might be able to skip this step.
- Go to Gothic\system, right-click "GothicMod.exe" and choose Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab and choose "Windows XP (Service Pack 2)".
- Repeat this step for "Gothic_backup.exe".
- Go Gothic\system, right-click GothicStarter.exe and choose Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab and choose "Run as Administrator".

4. Gothic.ini & Systempack.ini
Go to Gothic\system and open Gothic.ini. Then set
playLogoVideos=0
zStartupWindowed=1
You can also do other changes to your ini in video, audio, input etc., but do NOT change anything that would give a gameplay advantage like potion hotkeys, quick saves, inventory settings, etc.
If you want to reset your Gothic.ini, just delete it and start the game and a new one will appear.
Also you can go to Gothic\system and open Systempack.ini and change anything there.
If you play "Glitchless" or "No Major Glitches", it's good to set FixStrafeBug=1 under [GLITCHLESS] to prevent accidentally breaking the rules.

5. Automatic Load Remover
- Open Livesplit
- Right click -> Compare Against -> Game Time
- Right click -> Edit Layout
- Add Control -> Scriptable Auto Splitter
- Set the Script Path to one of the ".asl" files (read below).
- Rick click "LiveSplit.exe" and choose Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab and choose "Run as Administrator".

6. Start the game
You can use either the GothicMod.exe or Gothic_backup.exe to play the game.
The Gothic_backup.exe gives you good OoB behaviour which is necessary for Any% and All Chapters, but it has a minor graphical glitch with bowstrings.
The GothicMod.exe doesn't have that graphical glitch and it's also necessary for playing mods.
(If you really want Chinese text instead of broken text in Any%, download the Chinese files from the Resources tab and use "system\Main.exe" and set "gothic_chin.asl" in LiveSplit.)

Chapter restrictions

ch1  
talk to Diego (ch = 0)


ch2  
join a guild  
talk to Lester


ch3  
give Kalom 3 eggs  
give Kalom almanac  
start ceremony


ch4  
Lukor goes mad  
give Angar 5 herbs  
give Saturas nyras focus and book (ch > 2)  
give Saturas 4 other focus stones (ch = 3)


ch5  
give Tarrok medicine  
give Tarrok 4 trophies


ch6  
talk to Xardas with strange sword  
talk to Xardas with orearmor  
load uriziel

FPS Explanation

By default Gothic's FPS is limited to 20.
Later Nico Bendlin published a patch that removes this limit and that patch is also included in Systempack and Union, where it can be toggled on/off with the FPS_Limit=1 setting in SystemPack.ini.

Many parts of Gothic's engine depend on the framerate, so a higher FPS is not always in the runner's favour. Most importantly jumps are cut short at high FPS, so you want to almost always want to run with the FPS limit active.
However for some actions higher FPS are better. That includes dialogues or looting chests or clipping through walls.

The default FPS limiter is applied in a very weird way:
The FPS get reduced to 20 whenever a KEY on the keyboard is PRESSED down.
Afterwards the FPS rise first slowly and then at a faster and faster pace until they reach the PC's capability.
However holding down a key does not apply the FPS limit. Neither does moving the mouse or pressing the left or right mouse button.
So if you for example run forwards and change your angle with the mouse and jump with the right mouse button, the FPS will keep rising.

You can observe this behaviour by entering bfrateb or setting Show_FPS_Counter = 1 in the SystemPack.ini. A framecounter will appear at the top-left corner. The ingame FPS display maxes out at 256 but it goes higher in reality regardless (a program like Dxtory can show the FPS above 256).

What this means for runners:
- Keep the default FPS limit. (The only exception would be some very short runs like the Mudball mod speedrun.)
- Skip dialogues with the right mouse button to benefit from rising FPS during dialogues.
- When doing the clipping method where you strafe into a corner, simply keep holding the strafe key without pressing anything else.
- When doing the clipping method where you do jumpkicks in a corner, hold Ctrl and spam the right mouse button to have your FPS rise.
- For runs like Glitchless with long bloodfly flying sections, where you only hold W, consider using a program like Dxtory* to have another cap of your FPS at a value like 300. An FPS in the thousands harms the GPU and also makes the movement over elevations weird.
- Also for Glitchless bloodfly flying sections intentionally apply the FPS limit at slight elevations that you can't fly over at high FPS. One such example is crossing the bridge when going from the Swamp Camp to the mountain fort.


*Dxtory:
Download dxtory: http://exkode.com/dxtory-downloads-en.html
1. Run dxtory.
2. Go to the 8th tab (Advanced).
3. Put a checkmark at "Limit Video FPS" and enter 300 or whatever value you want.
You must keep the program open to have the effect.

General Tricks and Bugs

**survive high falls, cancel landing animation, quickly put weapon away**  
press M (map button)

**fly or jump forwards while falling**  
hold jump and forward and press M

**getting into the ground and sliding through the gate**  
hold jump, forward and M

**go through gates or doors**  
Animal transformation almost always works. Strafing through the corner of a thin gate is possible, but can take a long time.

**duplicate potions**  
get hit while drinking

**fly across the map**  
pause in the right moment of the walking animation

**walk while in dialogue**  
Open the menu just as an NPC talks to you and load a previous save. Nobody can attack you or talk to you anymore. This is only useful for the very end as this cannot be canceled.

Glitch-Restricted rules

**Disclaimer:**

-Not all tricks that are not forbidden by the rules are automatically allowed. If they are not specifically listed under the tricks listed as "Allowed" or have already been used in a verified run of the category, you should ask before using them. Either ask one of the admins or ask in the following discord server. https://discord.gg/Gxx7xKMm

-The Glitch-Restricted rules are not always kept up to date with the newly found and generally known glitches, but only updated from time to time. Of course, these glitches that are not listed are still banned.

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**Banned in both "Glitch-Restricted" and "No Major Glitches":**

A1: using the map key (unless standing or walking on the ground, not during landing animations or sliding)

A2: strafing in the air¹

A3: attacking or blocking while falling (it is ok during a small jump towards an enemy that would not yield falling damage or a landing animation)¹

A4: drawing a weapon to get past guards (guards = people that warn you multiple times and then attack you)

A5: clipping through walls²

A6: animal transformation through walls

A7: retaining or duplicating consumable items (accidentally retained or duplicated items must not be used or sold (unless your total trade value is high enough either way))

A8: going out of bounds

A9: catapult glitch

A10: using the inventory during dialogues to keep an item that should be removed

A11: loading during a dialogue

A12: picking up items from a distance with a spell (by putting the spell away but keeping the item in focus)

A13: drawing a weapon to instantly kill a burning NPC

A14: using an object (like a switch or ore mound) through a wall

A15: strafing on slopes¹

A16: transferring a magic effect from one spell to another

A17: animal transformation in the air to avoid falling damage (transforming while jumping on even ground for faster movement is allowed, transforming back in the air as an animal that doesn't take falling damage (bloodfly) is also allowed)

A18: charging a chargable spell, interrupting it by strafing and then quickly throwing the fully charged spell at an enemy

A19: Moving inside dialogues to avoid enemies or other dialogues (It is okay if a dialogue such as Buster's Acrobatics teaching cannot be skipped to reduce the time loss but not in any other circumstance.)

A20: transforming back after death

A21: manipulating AI by holding strafe while falling

A22: (Demo only) running off an edge without falling

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¹does not apply to bloodfly transformation

²Partially clipping through small objects such as fences is ok und unavoidable.
But any gap in a solid wall that is smaller than the player model is not ok to clip through even if it is easy to do so.
Some gates look like they are composed of bars with gaps inbetween them that a meatbug could pass through. But they are in fact solid objects with a partially transparent texture. Going through such a gate as a meatbug violates this rule.

_________________________________________________________________________

**Banned in "Glitch-Restricted" but allowed in "No Major Glitches":**

B1: using the map key while standing or walking on the ground (not during landing animations or sliding)

B2: talking to Xardas without getting the teleport rune

B3: going into the Temple of the Sleeper before chapter 5

B4: skipping chapter 6

B5: reseting enemy aggro with save&load

B6: save&load to make undead orc priests use their melee weapon instead of spells

B7: save&load to make projectiles disappear

B8: save&load to stop people with bows or crossbows from attacking

B9: save&load to end burning

B10: using the Ulu-Mulu inside the Temple of the Sleeper

B11: beating up Balor or Viran, taking his 50 swampweeds and then getting another 50 swampweeds

B12: getting multiple experience from the Dusty quest

B13: leaving the barrier

B14: pausing during slides to increase speed

B15: looting an enemy from a distance by holding Action and pressing Up the moment he dies

B16: additional trader items

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**Allowed in both "Glitch-Restricted" and "No Major Glitches":**

C1: jumping on slopes

C2: other ways (besides A4 or A19) to get past guards

C3: edge boost

C4: turning to decrease falling damage

C5: returning from death (besides A20) or ending the game while dead

C6: drawing a weapon or strafing while using a spell or interacting with an object (except for A18)

C7: moving during scripted camera movements

C8: skipping undead orc priest dialogues

C9: double experience from NPCs

C10: using chargable spells with 0 mana

C11: being talked to by an NPC while falling

C12: keeping focus on an item or NPC by holding Ctrl

C13: extra melee hit without animation at the end of a combo

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Clarification for map key use:

Any use of the map key is banned in Glitch-Restricted.

In No Major Glitches you can use the map key while standing or walking on the ground to put away weapons more quickly. You may not press the map button while in the air, while in a jumping animation, while sliding or while in a landing animation.

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Refer to this Youtube video to see what is meant by each point:
https://youtu.be/mqZIIN_PFRE

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There is leniency when an accidental glitch obviously didn't help.

_________________________________________________________________________

You can undo a glitch that happened by loading a previous save. This also means you can hold M and press Esc to get up the menu and load a save while you are falling for example.

Gothic [No OoB] Speedrun Tutorial for Beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Q_EPfJC50

Undocumented Hotkeys (faster trading/looting)

F1, F2, F3, F4 - switch between the 4 windows during a trade

While trading or looting menu is open press  
F5 = 1  
F6 = 10  
F7 = 100  
F8 = 1000  
to move that many items at once.

World Record Progression

# Shared Record History Of Any% And No OOB
Since some techniques that spawned distinct categories were only found later the early record progression of these categories is identical.

## Early Segmented Runs
The history of Gothic 1 speedruns starts with segmented runs. Years went by before someone tried to run Gothic in a no reset setting. The very first segmented speedrun was intentionally not using glitches and got shared on fan-forums in 2004 or 2005:

2:05:?? by TheWonderer ([Link](https://www.worldofgothic.de/dl/download_134.htm))

TheWonderer then followed this with a "bugrun" in early 2007. He killed the troll near the start with the shrink scroll to learn Acrobatics in the New Camp. He also got a mana ring and ice arrow scrolls there to be able to kill the Fire Golem at Xardas' tower. At the tower he also grabbed speed potions from a chest and went to the temple and killed the orc priests mostly using the golem magic.

33:?? by TheWonderer ([Link](https://www.worldofgothic.de/dl/download_276.htm))

In 2008 Saradoc improved upon this by going directly to the golems and having the Ice Golem kill the Fire Golem by first freezing the player and then shooting ice arrows as the Fire Golem runs towards the player. Also he strafed through the corner of gates instead of opening them.

24:?? by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHuF3YRNIiw))

Shortly afterwards TheWonderer used the knowledge of the gate strafe glitch to improve upon it again:

19:30 by TheWonderer ([Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcdRIEq2w_E))

In 2011 Frexmega used the newly discovered M glitch to save a lot of time again:

17:56 by Frexmega ([Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYSiaYnkFtM))

## No Reset Runs

In 2013 Saradoc did the first known Gothic speedrun under no reset conditions:
	
26:?? by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/emk4gj5y))

20:18 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/9mrq137y))

18:43 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/nz13rwrm))

17:25 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/9yo471jm))

16:28 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/6yj9egzd))


At this point OOB clips were figured out and the category was split.

# No OOB
Again the history until the discovery of the catapult is shared. The category was only officially split in February of 2023.

16:05 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zq66l55y))

16:03 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zq60no1y))

15:42 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zpq9q4vy))

15:00 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z0ep584m))

14:52 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/m796dlwy))

14:37 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z13p4l9m))

14:32 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z13gdojm))


# No OOB (With Catapult)
At this point the catapult was discovered.

13:49 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z13gxj7m))

12:56 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y45x86qm))

12:41 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yo4l005m))

12:40 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y8q0o0dy))

12:21 by CarlosFdez ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z13ljxrm))

12:03 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zgnevnjy))

12:00 by CarlosFdez ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/m3dq64wz))

11:59 by CarlosFdez ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y978x82m))

11:47 by CarlosFdez ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/m3dqq6dz))

11:38 by CarlosFdez ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z5oppqgy))

11:31 by CarlosFdez ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y8qk265y))

11:09 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y97p7dem))

11:06 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z51v8jgm))

10:56 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y2qplxwy))

10:54 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mk3den5z))

10:48 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/meogwr8z))

10:36 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mk3o7g3z))

10:29 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z50rv4dy))

10:27 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mkggrv5y))

10:24 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yv1o7oey))

10:23 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zxo8915z))

10:20 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/m72no8wz))

10:15 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yoleg45y))

10:06 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z1q74k9y))

10:03 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/ywnv3g0y))

9:57 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/y6qw830z))



# No OOB (No Catapult)
The first WR run with a catapult happened in 2017, but the category split only happened in 2023. No submitted run seems to beat the 14:32 by Blacksecret from 2017, so that record seems to have stood for over 5 years technically.  
Interest in this category came up when a tournament with this ruleset was proposed. In the process of that comatose uploaded a video showcasing a route with safe strategies:

14:12 by comatose ([Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0-HIIOWlV0))

This would technically remain the best publicly known time until the tournament started on 2023-02-12 and the 3rd race happened:

14:03 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1737245939))

It was again improved in the 4th race:

14:02 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1737245939))


The semifinal was a Best of 3 between Saradoc and Blackhuf featuring two more improvements:

13:54 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1737246723))

13:33 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1737246723))

At this point calls for a category split became vocal and serious record attempts started:

12:52 by Saradoc ([Link](https://youtu.be/M8WtzOvxDgo))

12:47 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zg2ev3vy))

12:40 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mkv0d35y))

12:38 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zg282pdy))

12:34 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y80w3q1m))

12:29 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/znj28n8m))




# Any%
The last run before the category split was 16:28 by Saradoc in 2013 (see above). The category was split in 2016, when a method to clip out of bounds semi-reliably was figured out, but immediately declared cancer.

14:32 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/oy2jnx9z))

14:23 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yvgrr5ey))

13:49 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mk4d52xy))

12:56 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zq69089y))

11:03 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zpqggkny))

10:06 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y672qgqm))

9:51 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yojwpv5m))

9:19 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mrkk38gy))

8:51 by CrazyDoGaming ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zxnq0l8m))

8:33 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/z1l8klrm))

8:19 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/yl6o8ory))

8:13 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/mkq8dq5m))

8:11 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/y8k0oxny))

8:07 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/y9kdpqez))

7:55 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/zxw5dj8m))


# Glitch-Restricted
This category also started out purely with segmented runs. The first being a run shared on fan-forums in 2004 or 2005:

2:05:?? by TheWonderer ([Link](https://www.worldofgothic.de/dl/download_134.htm))

Someone improved on this run in 2013. It's important to note that there was no such thing as a ruleset back then and it was all up to the runner what to allow or disallow:

1:55:01 by Sleepy ([Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBUQmJgdjM0))

The first real time run was submitted to speedrun.com in 2017:

2:17:45 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z5o374gy))

2:08:20 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z5o304ey))

1:55:13 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z11381rz))

1:48:04 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y4ev9ekm))

1:46:42 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mr933j7m))

1:40:22 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z12k4dwy))

Blackhuf was running the Damageless category but got a run so good it was record in two categories simultaneously:

1:40:17 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y9xn09vy))

He then focused on just this category and made a huge improvement again:

1:35:59 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yl12kxkm))



# No Major Glitches
This category was created in 2017. Technically the 2:17 run by Saradoc would be the first record in this history (see above).

52:25 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z13oj4gm))

36:29 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/m7956wey))

33:11 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yo4dpd5m))

27:25 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y23njx7m))

27:11 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zgn6n40y))

26:04 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/ywpg500z))

24:22 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/ywpxj4nz))

23:39.67 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mr8x232y))

23:39.33 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y43ldj2z))

23:22 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z575pjdm))

22:54 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/znr8p3ly))

22:21 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yv3gxk6z))

22:09 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mk2o985m))

21:55 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y6lgqr6y))

21:35 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z155r29y))

21:20 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z5j36ddm))

21:13 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y91no1em))

20:38 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y6r9d4jy))

20:36 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/yon9onjz))

20:30 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/y62d8oqz))

20:18 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/yvvjwp6y))

19:54 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/yoop091y))


# All Chapters
This category was created in 2017. Technically the Glitch-Restricted record history up to the 2:08:20 by Saradoc (see above) would be the first records.

1:29:25 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zn8qv33z))

1:14:51 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zq69q9ry))

1:13:08 by Blacksecret ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yl0x9eky))

1:11:58 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z01k4w8y))

1:08:35 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z574djdm))

1:05:13 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z15veejy))

59:37 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zpro1nxm))

59:01 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/z508dkdy))

55:17 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zxow13qz))

52:27 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zp8xovvy))

51:29 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mkekx4xm))

51:07 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zx8v5jgm))

50:49 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yj82vngm))

50:06 by Proseidon ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yolopjjy))

50:05 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/m3l0jnqm))

44:52 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y98773nz))


# Damageless
The challenge of beating Gothic 1 without taking any damage has been considered for a time, but the first known serious attempts have been done by Saradoc in 2017 with the first successful attempt on the 12th try:

6:06:?? by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEyG3JOPuLg))

Note that that playthrough was neither intended to be a speedrun nor did it follow the existing rules for the Glitch-Restricted category. The first actual speedrun of the category was performed by comatose and a category was created shortly afterwards:

3:09:52 by comatose ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y2xj90jm))

2:06:11 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/mr10wrdz))

1:58:08 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y8een71y))

1:40:17 by Blackhuf ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y9xn09vy))



# Demo Any%

1:07.800 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/7z0dv18y))

1:01.751 by CrystallineMind ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/yl9ng6ry))

1:00.966 by CarlosFdez ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/m3dq98dz))

1:00.900 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zgnj79jy))

59.966 by CarlosFdez ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y2q15rjy))

58.400 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zq3l841y))

58.233 by CarlosFdez ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/me8rk63m))

40.500 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zp4j9drz))

37.950 by CarlosFdez ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y21ok86z))

36.966 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/zgwjd5dy))

35.583 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/runs/yj2191om))



# Demo Glitch-Restricted

The first speedrun of this category was done in 2017:

4:47 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y23d555m))

But that run contains an (unintentional) trick to not get fall damage by landing a running jump on an edge, which was found to be very exploitable, so in 2023 that trick was banned and the run replaced by a new one without that trick:

4:20 by Saradoc ([Link](https://www.speedrun.com/gothic/run/y6o1l8py))

Saradoc

PokerFacowaty

Gothic

MrKaKoss

Blackhuf

Blacksecret

eastdrop_rr

With Catapult

No Catapult

Switch

Catapult

Platform

- A category gets PC/Switch subcategories, when a Switch run is submitted.
- Load times are not removed.
- Crashes/Softlocks/Quitouts are treated the same as on the PC version including stopping the timer and adding time penalties.
- Keyboard/Mouse is banned. Third party controllers are allowed as l

Nome	Autor
! (new) How to setup the game	Saradoc 1 year ago
! (old) How to setup the game	Saradoc 4 years ago
Chapter restrictions	Saradoc 7 years ago
FPS Explanation	Saradoc 2 years ago
General Tricks and Bugs	Saradoc 7 years ago
Glitch-Restricted rules	Saradoc 1 year ago
Gothic [No OoB] Speedrun Tutorial for Beginners	PokerFacowaty 4 years ago
Undocumented Hotkeys (faster trading/looting)	Saradoc 5 years ago
World Record Progression	Saradoc 1 year ago