Any% Guide

general notes:
	- main movement spell is ego + move rune
	- try to not run out of mana completely as it will take longer to refill
	- try to use as much mana before changing an area, as you get a free refill
	- consider using mouse for menus (preference)
	- trigger interrupting is opening a menu on the same tile a cutscene would start and thus skipping its trigger
	- void warping is opening any menu at the right time while falling. It can easily be done by pressing dpad up and spamming B on controller
    - texture lagging is using the lag created by changing the texture quality to skip some triggers
    - wrong warping is done by opening the map after choosing the destination while teleporting and focusing on another area
    - double zia is done by quitting out after warping. You then have to clear the loading screen after the dots at the bottom right start moving again
    - clipping is done by turncasting your size creo. Look in any direction where you dont want to create your creo, then cast it and turn in the right direction
    ---- the later you turn, the bigger is the pushback and the better you clip, but if you do it too late, your creo will be in the wrong position
    - having a save file in Lava grotto in your second slot (if slot 3 is empty) or your third slot, you wont hit the save lantern in Lava grotto saving time after the igni quitout

Tutorial
	- skip the mentor cutscene with trigger interrupting
	- skip the book cinematic cutscene with trigger interrupting (dont try to skip the dialog cutscene)

Haven

	- void warp south and leave to mystral woods

Mystral woods

    - head right and trigger interrupt rachels cutscene, so gain movement during it
    - go to the mana bulb and use the flower abuse glitch to cross the river
        ---- you have to fall into the water during picking up the mana bulb, so the screen fades to black
        ---- clear the popup text, then tap ego and move left
    - head up, explode the barrel and do the lardee boss fight
        ---- if you stand close enough and at a right angle he cant hit you, so you can mash him down with actus
        ---- you need a decent amount of health so his adds wont kill you
    - get the move rune and equip it to actus, ego and creo 
    - destroy the barrel blocking the path to old mines and enter
    - leave immediately (dont quit out here)
    - do twiggs skip (either creo version or lardee void)
    - head up to the rise

The rise

    - head left and texture lag before the bridge
    - while falling dash up, so you respawn in front of the right rune puzzle
    - grab the lantern to the right and solve the puzzle with spell redirecting
    - head up to the teleporter
    - double zia wrong warp to old mines

Old mines

    - press A after you heared the second load finish
    - move down till you cant see Zias shadow anymore, but dont leave the area
    - texture lag past the entrance loading zone, then dash up till you fall and respawn behind the door
    - head to the small pond infront of the boss door
    - fall into it, then dash after respawning to clip through the wall
    - trigger interrupt the sage cutscene, then talk to him to get the gaea element
    - quit out and reload

The rise

    - head up to the teleporter
    - double zia wrong warp to lava grotto, but mash A after quitting out, so you see the main menu (dont load into any save)
    - during the wrong warp setup, change your creo to gaea element

Lava grotto

    - this skips lava grottos intro cutscene and you see a weird view of thew bridge
    - to gain back movement press A to focus the camera on Zia and then open the start menu and close it
    - head to the lamp post before the big goblin fight and get OOB using creo
    - skip the scarab fight by falling into lava OOB (watch a run for the exact movement here)
    - trigger interrupt the sage cutscene, then talk to him to get the igni element
    - quit out and reload

The rise 

    - head back to the teleport pad
    - wrong warp to highlands (dont do double zia here)
    - while setting up the wrong warp create a new creo spell with move, and igni

Highlands

    - head to the goblin tent by the water
    - consider grabbing some health if low
    - fall into the water after triggering the loading zone
        ---- dash into the loading zone while holding dpad up and mashing B 
        ---- once the screen starts to fade, stop buffering the menu and dash right 
    - after respwaning head down and left to the size puzzle
    - solve it with your igni creo spell, then grab size
        ---- you can grab it from underneath the ledge, but its riskier
    - if you didnt die, head down to the teleport pad
        ---- if you died, thats not too bad although it looses some time
        ---- you will respawn in rise, so you have to go to the teleport pad
    - double zia wrong warp into dark tower
    - while setting up the wrong warp create a new creo spell with size and gaea

Dark tower

    - head towards the barrier blocking the way to the first clovis fight
    - press A while moving towards it, so you create a moving Zia
        ---- be careful with your angle, so she doesnt start moving in circles
        ---- you can do it from farther away, which is riskier
    - push the moving zia through the barrier using your size creo
    - immidiately hold left
    - you will enter the first clovis fight
    - dash left so zia will stop walking automatically, then trigger interrupt past the fight trigger
    - clip through the door past clovis1
    - exit out after you hit the lantern in the next door and reload
        ---- not exiting out before the last clovis fight makes you softlock
        ---- after reloading you can see your health and mana again, which is handy
    - clip through all sage room doors
    - before the final fight, collect some health
    - fight the last boss while manipulating his AI 
        ---- move in circles around him till he throws a rock
        ---- after that attack him with 4 igni creos and start moving in circles again
        ---- this will make so you survive his attacks and he doesnt teleport, which is the worst thing he could do
        ---- you should need to do this 2 times in between each puzzle (sometimes 3 if something messed up)
        ---- after each phase of puzzles hit him with 1 igni creo before circling around him
    - see the rules for the end timing
    - gz on PB?

Any% Save Corruption

How to downpatch the game

Version 1.4 is the fastest for Any% NSC. If you want to try that version/speedrun this game/category follow these instructions.

1. Get DepotDownloader here https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader/releases

2. Unpack it somewhere and then open cmd, easiest done by searching for "cmd" in Windows.

3. in cmd, go to the place where you unpacked DepotDownloader. You can navigate cmd by using the "cd <destination>" command, or do "cd .." to go back a level. To change the drive you're in simply type in the drive letter followed by a colon like so "E:"

4. type in "dotnet DepotDownloader.dll -app 529660 -depot 529661 -manifest 8990317819335972775 -username <your_steam_username> -password <your_steam_password>

(the <> should not be included in the command, they're only here to let you know which parts to replace)

If you get an error saying "'dotnet' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet", make sure you have .NET Core installed. You can get it here:
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/current

5. Go to "<place where you unpacked depotdownloader>\depotdownloader\depots\529661\2883180", your downpatched files will be here. You can either replace the ones in your steam folder with these or simply launch the older version from here.

5.1. If you replace your files in the steam folder, navigate to your steamapps folder (\Steam\steamapps), look for **appmanifest_529660** and open it in a text editor:
	- look for **StateFlags** and set its value to 4.
	- look for **UpdateResult** and set its value to 0.
	This makes Steam think the game is fully updated and installed.
	 - Save the file and re-open Steam.

If you wanna undo this, navigate to your steamapps folder, delete the **appmanifest_529660** and restart Steam.

I'd also suggest removing the game folder as well and let Steam redownload the game to go back to current patch because it might mess up the update and maybe mess with your achievement progress otherwise.

6. Congratulations you've successfully downpatched your game!

List of Glitches and skips

Trigger interrupting (found by Dolany):
https://youtu.be/6QgwfXYyoGg
Mystral Woods + Greyleaf + Rise Councillor CS skip (found by Drunkenshoe):
https://youtu.be/gaCBYv-BbSw
Scald skip (found by Drunkenshoe):
https://youtu.be/DnBVVMFDPQc
Gargol skip (found by Drunkenshoe):
https://youtu.be/9NJvohcCVYk
first sky temple skip (found by Drunkenshoe):
https://youtu.be/OjnqroN6-Og 
reason why you have to wait a bit after: 
https://youtu.be/iJ4rx1qo3H0
second sky temple skip (found by Drunkenshoe):
https://youtu.be/qRX2Jd7OHRc 
more consistent setup for the last part: 
https://youtu.be/qVsyRyIC_QY

Nome	Autor
Any% Guide	Dolany 5 years ago
Any% Save Corruption	Trendrekt 6 years ago
How to downpatch the game	Drunkenshoe 2 years ago
List of Glitches and skips	Dolany 6 years ago