Hi everyone. New to this board and have done speed runs in a couple of SNES games, mostly Link to the Past, Mario World, and Super Metroid, wanted to take a shot at FFMQ. I do not agree with using glitches so it would be a 100% No Glitch speed run. Other than not using the shop glitch and not using Cure on the Dark King, is there anything else that would not be allowed? Do i just need to get every item or do i also need to clear all battlefields including the ones that not award you any gear/items/spells?
Sorry also if this is a duplicate thread.
Dagger West
You'll have to collect every non-consumable item in the game (key items, weapons, equipment), so while that does not require every battlefield to be cleared, you will have to clear all of the ones that give you items.
I got to the Lava Dome at just under 4 hours, some time got lost due to the Ice Golem taking multiple attempts. I didn’t realize i had to save once Phoebe joined, then reset, in order for her to have Water resistance. I also went back through the Bone Dungeon a couple of times before fighting Flamerous Rex in order to have a good amount of seeds.
Any tips? 4 hours was my expected time to clear the full game but it took me that long just to defeat Medusa.
https://www.speedrun.com/ffmq?h=100_JPNo_Major_Glitches&x=vdo1p662
The specifications are slightly different, but a run on the Japanese version may be helpful.
In the Japanese version, we have the following rules as No Major Glitch.
Forbidden Glitches:
-carrying over second Phoebes Resistances. (You have to reset when Kaeli 1 joins, after that it is optional) -Buying 0 Items to change Items or create Items -Rewriting Item Slots by purchasing Items -Intentional Proliferation of consumption Items until Ice Golem -Cure on Dark King -0 Mega Grenade Event duping
Permitted Exploits:
-Life/Exit on bosses that are not resistant
I've never run 100% actually, so I don't really have any advice for you, especially since you're trying to go glitchless. I would say to limit how much time you take collecting seeds until you can buy them, but I don't know if the 100% routing factors in money for seeds or anything like that. Hopefully one of the 100% runners can chime in on their experiences, or you could try a Japanese run like R suggested!
