Any% Free Difficulty Optimal Misses

If you want the colour version (I would recommend), here's the link! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gDXssp0l0hBrTWbqfJFc4jMudwSNguJD/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111756535895811227372&rtpof=true&sd=true

This guide uses Lucien’s Minimum Song route guide and most of plnkblue’s Proud Any% optimal misses guide which I then made suitable for the Any% Free Difficulty route. Some songs I choose to play safe and have gone for All Excellent, you may want to find ways to optimise those. This entire guide runs with the idea that you can easily all excellent songs if you wanted to, with some optimal misses right on the cusp of you losing a star (eg. Destiny Islands get good or better ratings, if missing glides and stars will give you a 72% result, with at least 70% needed).

Good luck on your run! o7

Destiny Islands (3/3G) [B] (can miss glides and stars)
Bustin' Up on the Beach (6/6G) [B] (can miss glides and stars)
---4 Green star gate---
Turn off guests
DPAD UP
Night of Fate (9/9G) [P] (can miss glides and stars)
---7 Green star gate---
DPAD UP
Traverse Town (12/12G) [P] (can miss glides and barrels/boxes)
---10 Green star gate---
Hand in Hand (15) [P] (can miss stars)
DPAD UP
Shrouding Dark Cloud (18) [P] (can miss glides and stars)
---red gate---
DPAD UP
Welcome to Wonderland (21/3B) [P] (can miss stars)
To Our Surprise (24/6B) [P] (can miss glides and stars)
DPAD RIGHT
---22 Gold star gate---
A Day in Agrabah (27/9B) [P] (can miss stars)
Arabian Dream (30/12B) [P] (can miss stars)
DPAD UP
2ND SONG Spooks of Halloween Town (33/15B) [P] (can miss glides and some stars)
DPAD LEFT
Under the Sea (36/18B) [P] (can miss some stars)
An Adventure in Atlantica (39/21B) [P] (can miss non-Aquatank stars & final stars)
---20 Blue star gate---
DPAD LEFT
Captain Hook's Pirate Ship (42/24B) [P] (can miss glides and stars)
Pirate's Gigue (45/27B) [P] (can miss glides)
DPAD LEFT
Olympus Coliseum (48/30B) [P] (can miss stars and FIRST glide section)
---30 Blue star gate---
Go For It! (51) [P] (can miss 2 sets of stars)
DPAD RIGHT RIGHT
A Very Small Wish (54) [P] (can miss glides and stars)
Monstrous Monstro (57) [P] (go for ALL EXCELLENT, do not miss)
DPAD UP DOWN
Hollow Bastion (60) [P] (can miss glides and stars)
DPAD LEFT
Squirming Evil (63) [P] (can miss glides)
DPAD UP
Guardando nel buio (66) [P] (go for ALL EXCELLENT, do not miss)
---red gate---
DPAD LEFT
Castle Oblivion (69) [P] (can miss stars)
Forgotten Challenge (72) [B] (can miss stars)
DPAD LEFT
The 13th Struggle (75) [P] (can miss stars, but only up to 7 misses)
DPAD UP
The Force In You (78) [S] (can miss stars)
Double BOOST RIGHT
Lazy Afternoons (81/3S) [S] (can miss stars)
Sinister Sundown (84/6S) [S] (can miss glides, barrels/boxes, and stars)
---4 Silver star gate---
DPAD UP LEFT
Tension Rising (86/8S) [S] (can miss stars)
---red gate---
---62 Gold star gate---
DPAD UP
The Afternoon Streets (89/11S) [P] (can miss first stars)
---10 Silver star gate---
Working Together (92/14S) [P] (can miss glides and stars)
DPAD RIGHT RIGHT
2ND SONG Crossing to Neverland (95/17S) [P] (miss glides, 2nd and 3rd stars,19 count Large Body)
DPAD RIGHT
Fight and Away (98/20S) [S] (can miss glides and FIRST set of stars)
DPAD LEFT UP
Magical Mystery (101/23S) [B] (can miss glides and barrels/boxes)
DPAD UP LEFT
Waltz of the Damned (104/26S) [S] (can miss stars)
Dance of the Daring (107/29S) [S] (can miss stars but have more than 45% HP without items)
DPAD LEFT
2ND SONG Happy Holidays! (110/32S) [P] (can miss glides and first stars)
DPAD UP RIGHT
Monochrome Dreams (113/35S) [P] (can miss 1st stars and ability crystals)
---34 Silver star gate---
Old Friends, Old Rivals (116/38S) [P] (can miss stars and glides)
DPAD UP
2ND SONG Scherzo Di Notte (119/41S) [P] (can miss glides)
DPAD RIGHT
Sinister Shadows (122/44S) [P] (can miss glides and barrels/boxes)
DPAD UP
2ND SONG Byte Bashing (125/47S) [P] (can miss glides and 1st stars)
---45 Silver star gate---
---102 Gold star gate---
DPAD UP
Sacred Moon (128) [P] (miss glides and stars after the 138 chain)
DPAD UP
Darkness of the Unknown (131) [P] (go for ALL EXCELLENT, do not miss)
---red gate---
DPAD UP
Wonder of Electron (134) [P] (can miss stars)
No More Bugs!! (137) [P] (can miss glides and stars)
---red gate---
DPAD UP RIGHT
Traverse in Trance (140) [P] (can miss glides)
DPAD LEFT
Future Masters (143/3T) [P] (miss ability crystals)
The Promised Beginning (145/5T) [P] (can miss glides and stars)
---4 Teal star gate---
DPAD UP
The Secret Whispers (148/8T) [P] (can miss stars)
DPAD LEFT
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (151/11T) [P] (go for ALL EXCELLENT, do not miss)
Castle Escapade (154/14T) [P] (can miss glides)
DPAD UP
Radiant Garden (157/17T) [P] (go for ALL EXCELLENT, do not miss)
---16 Teal star gate---
Black Garden (160/20T) [P] (can miss glides and 4/6 stars)
DPAD UP
The Encounter (163/22T) [P] (can miss ability crystals)
---red gate---
DPAD RIGHT RIGHT
Rage Awakened -The Origin- (165/25T) [P] (can miss stars, ability crystals, and glides)
---24 Teal star gate---
---165 Gold star gate---
DPAD UP UP UP
You've Got a Friend in Me -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- (2O) [P] (go for ALL EXCELLENT, do not miss)
DPAD UP
Happy Hair Day (5O) [P] (go for ALL EXCELLENT do not miss)
---4 Orange star gate---
DPAD UP
Monster Smash! (8O) [P] (go for ALL EXCELLENT do not miss)
DPAD RIGHT
Robot Overdrive (11O) [P] (go for ALL EXCELLENT, do not miss)
---9 Orange star gate---
---11 Orange star gate---
DPAD UP UP
Rise of the Union [P] (go for ALL EXCELLENT, do not miss)
---red gate---
DPAD UP
Dark Domination (go for ALL EXCELLENT, do not miss)

Beginner Mode any% MoM Speedrun Guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pWvpLW9ra7pVpPwdrxjW2NMLLkr5T_rHKYEuQNDqapU/edit?usp=sharing

Melody of Memory any% guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LkWP3D_muc9cQxJ22wezpwAoZhdECpxoSQj2xX5XiVc/edit#

Minimum Song Route (any%)

Destiny Islands (3/3G) [B]
Bustin' Up on the Beach (6/6G) [B]
---4 Green star gate---
Night of Fate (9/9G) [P]
---7 Green star gate---
Traverse Town (12/12G) [P]
---10 Green star gate---
Hand in Hand (15) [P]
Shrouding Dark Cloud (18) [P]
---red gate---
Welcome to Wonderland (21/3B) [P]
To Our Surprise (24/6B) [P]
---22 Gold star gate---
A Day in Agrabah (27/9B) [P]
Arabian Dream (30/12B) [P]
Spooks of Halloween Town (33/15B) [P]
Under the Sea (36/18B) [P]
An Adventure in Atlantica (39/21B) [P]
---20 Blue star gate---
Captain Hook's Pirate Ship (42/24B) [P]
Pirate's Gigue (45/27B) [P]
Olympus Coliseum (48/30B) [P]
---30 Blue star gate---
Go For It! (51) [P]
A Very Small Wish (54) [P]
Monstrous Monstro (57) [P]
Hollow Bastion (60) [P]
Squirming Evil (63) [P] **YOU MUST HAVE GUESTS OFF BEFORE PLAYING THIS SONG**
Guardando nel buio (66) [P]
---red gate---
Castle Oblivion (69) [P]
Forgotten Challenge (72) [B]
The 13th Struggle (75) [P]
The Force In You (78) [S]
Lazy Afternoons (81/3S) [S]
Sinister Sundown (84/6S) [S]
---4 Silver star gate---
Tension Rising (86/8S) [S]
---red gate---
---62 Gold star gate---
The Afternoon Streets (89/11S) [P]
---10 Silver star gate---
Working Together (92/14S) [P]
Crossing to Neverland (95/17S) [P]
Fight and Away (98/20S) [S]
Magical Mystery (101/23S) [B]
Waltz of the Damned (104/26S) [S]
Dance of the Daring (107/29S) [S]
Happy Holidays! (110/32S) [P]
Monochrome Dreams (113/35S) [P]
---34 Silver star gate---
Old Friends, Old Rivals (116/38S) [P]
Scherzo Di Notte (119/41S) [P]
Sinister Shadows (122/44S) [P]
Byte Bashing (125/47S) [P]
---45 Silver star gate---
---102 Gold star gate---
Sacred Moon (128) [P]
Darkness of the Unknown (131) [P]
---red gate---
Wonder of Electron (134) [P]
No More Bugs!! (137) [P]
---red gate---
Traverse in Trance (140) [P]
Future Masters (143/3T) [P]
The Promised Beginning (145/5T) [P]
---4 Teal star gate---
The Secret Whispers (148/8T) [P]
Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (151/11T) [P]
Castle Escapade (154/14T) [P]
Radiant Garden (157/17T) [P]
---16 Teal star gate---
Black Garden (160/20T) [P]
The Encounter (163/22T) [P]
---red gate---
Rage Awakened -The Origin- (165/25T) [P]
---24 Teal star gate---
---165 Gold star gate---
You've Got a Friend in Me -KINGDOM HEARTS III Version- (2O) [P]
Happy Hair Day (5O) [P]
---4 Orange star gate---
Monster Smash! (8O) [P]
Robot Overdrive (11O) [P]
---9 Orange star gate---
---11 Orange star gate---
Rise of the Union [P]
---red gate---
Dark Domination

A couple notes:

-Fight and Away might be worth avoiding because it unlocks Vector to the Heavens and is somewhat out of the way on the map [note: would have to reroute Secret to Neverland as well for this]
-Tension Rising, The Promised Beginning, and The Encounter all give 2 stars and are unavoidable, which leaves no room for any other 2 star songs (e.g. Risky Romp) which locks a few paths out
-The route plays pretty deeply into CoM, but I think the extra checkpoints save time over playing longer songs

Platinum% Route/Notes

General Notes
 -spam item boosts/exp boosts/mickey until you have all the item-based trophies (use 100 items, get 10,000 
  item drops, 2,000 XP in one play, mickey for an hour)
 -keep guests on for 100 friend orbs as well as rhythm point bonuses
 -use Classic Team exclusively until you've hit LV99 with them, then make sure to use each team at least once
 -when you play Crossing to Neverland on Proud make sure you hit the 19-hit enemy
 -make sure you get the glide for 1 min trophy during some song, can be whatever, a long song on beginner is easiest

Step 1: World Tour
 -complete World Tour and play all songs
 -you do not need to get every star, but you do need 280 stars to unlock the three secrets
 -playing a song twice is acceptable if you need to, but NEVER play the same song on the same difficulty twice
 -it might be worth it to play a mix of difficulties to make it more likely you won't get duplicates during the COM battle section
 -you should get 22,500 rhythm points during this (max song unlock), especially if you're getting lots of FCs
 
Step 2: Synthesis
 -create all the synthable songs and any materials you need to make them
 -if you haven't got 100 synths/max moogle level yet, craft item boosts/exp boosts/mickeys. you can save this until later when you have more materials but make sure you've unlocked every song before proceeding

Step 3: COM Battles
 -if possible, play songs/difficulties you didn't play during World Tour
 -if you win every match you'll need to play two more matches after reaching plat 1

Step 4: all songs, all difficulties
 -make sure you're getting 50 FCs in each difficulty
 -you should reach 50,000 rhythm points here
 -you should also get LV99 Classic here if you haven't already
 -you get ONE chance to FC each Today's Tune, play them on beginner first and if you miss restart the song

Step 5: final grind(s)
 -the magic song for enemy grinding is What Lies Beneath (Proud), it provides 349 enemies in 142 seconds (including loading/results time), which is superior to both Wave of Darkness and Dark Domination while simultaneously being easier to FC than either
 -if somehow you reach 100,000 enemies and are missing 100 treasure chests, switch to Don't Think Twice field version (shortest song in the game)

Proud Any% Guide (With Optimal Misses)

This guide includes a list of suggested targets to purposefully miss in order to lower rhythm point rewards and save time on menuing. Can be run with or without utilizing the optimal misses!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13GIzVee46f5hVJQtpspKJmzbXmWDnMJY5QAIj_0mgBU/edit?usp=sharing

Proud Mode any% MoM Speedrun Guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WQE62_zf8nsaEwrXjfz4LzqNSm-drXnPcX8dZj4FvSU/edit?usp=sharing

Standard Mode any% MoM Speedrun Guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ewkh7YUC12uxqhDJzApgvdfmPM-QHTuAyurSaDRBIWM/edit?usp=sharing

World Tour Any% Proud Route (Updated)

You have got this!! My dpad directions should be good (ooh and let me know if you make a faster route!). Good luck and have fun!! :)

Update 15th May 2021: A new strategy where you turn off guests found by @plnkblue means that "Squirming Evil" becomes a viable song, the route has been changed to accomodate that. Also you cannot access options to change guests until you have cleared Destiny Islands world.

Destiny Islands
1.	Destiny Islands (3/3Green)
2.	Bustin' Up on the Beach (6/6Green)
	---4 Green star gate---
	DPAD UP

OPTIONS, DPAD UP, SELECT, DPAD UP, DPAD UP, DPAD UP, DPAD LEFT, OPTIONS (although it maybe faster if you just look to menu this).

Melody of Fate
3.	Night of Fate (9/9Green)
	---7 Green star gate---
	DPAD UP

Traverse Town
4.	Traverse Town (12/12Green)
	---10 Green star gate---
5.	Hand in Hand (15Green)
	DPAD UP

Melody of Beginnings
6.	Shrouding Dark Cloud (18Green)
	---red gate---
	DPAD UP

Welcome to Wonderland
7.	Welcome to Wonderland (21/3Blue/18Grn)
8.	To Our Surprise (24/6B/18Grn)
	---22 Gold star gate---
	DPAD RIGHT

Agrabah
9.	A Day in Agrabah (27/9B/18Grn)
10.	Arabian Dream (30/12B/18Grn)
	DPAD UP

Halloween Town
11.	This is Halloween (33/15B/18Grn)
12.	Spooks of Halloween Town (36/18B/18Grn)
	DPAD LEFT

Atlantica
13.	Under the Sea (39/21B/18Grn)
	--20 Blue star gate---
14.	An Adventure in Atlantica (42/24B/18Grn)
	DPAD LEFT

Never Land
15.	Captain Hook's Pirate Ship (45/27B)
16.	Pirate's Gigue (48/30B/18Grn)
	---30 Blue star gate---
	DPAD LEFT

Olympus Coliseum
17.	Olympus Coliseum (51/33B/18Grn)
18.	Go For It! (54/36B/18Grn)
	DPAD RIGHT, DPAD RIGHT

Monstro
19.	A Very Small Wish (57/39B/18Grn)
20.	Monstrous Monstro (60/42B/18Grn)
	DPAD UP, DPAD DOWN

Hollow Bastion
21.	Hollow Bastion (63/45B/18Grn)
22.	Scherzo Di Notte (65/47B/18Grn) 
	DPAD LEFT

Wicked Melody
23.	Squirming Evil (68/50B/18Grn) 
	DPAD UP

Seeker of Darkness
24.	Guardando nel buio (71/53B/18Grn)
	---red gate---
	DPAD LEFT

Castle Oblivion (first song)
25.	Castle Oblivion (74/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD UP, DPAD RIGHT 

The Other Twlight Town
26.	Lazy Afternoons (77/3Gry/56B/18Grn)
27.	Sinister Sundown (80/6Gry/56B/18Grn)
	---4 Grey star gate---
	DPAD UP

Melody of Waking
28.	Tension Rising (81/7Gry/56B/18Grn)
	---red gate---
	---62 Gold star gate---
	DPAD UP

Twilight Town
29.	The Afternoon Streets (84/10Gry/56B/18Grn)
30.	Working Together (87/13Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD RIGHT, DPAD RIGHT

Never Land (to the right, second song)
31.	Crossing to Neverland (90/16Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD UP, DPAD UP 

The Land of Dragons (first song)
32.	The Home of Dragons (93/19Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD LEFT

Beast’s Castle
33.	Waltz of the Damned (95/21Gry/56B/18Grn)
34.	Dance of the Daring (98/24Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD LEFT

Halloween Town 
35.	What a Surprise (101/27Gry/56B/18Grn)
36.	Happy Holidays! (104/30Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD UP, DPAD RIGHT

Timeless River
37.	Monochrome Dreams (107/33Gry/56B/18Grn)
38.	Old Friends, Old Rivals (110/36Gry/56B/18Grn)
	---34 Silver star gate---
	DPAD UP

Radiant Garden (second song)
39.	Scherzo Di Notte (113/39Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD RIGHT

Crushing Melody
40.	Sinister Shadows (116/42Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD UP

Space Paranoids (SECOND SONG) 
41.	Byte Bashing (119/45Gry/56B/18Grn)
	---45 Silver star gate---
	---102 Gold star gate---
	DPAD UP

The World that Never Was (FIRST SONG)
42.	Sacred Moon (122/48Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD UP, RIGHT

Superior of the In-Between
43.	Darkness of the Unknown (125/51Gry/56B/18Grn)
	---red gate---
	DPAD UP

System Sector
44.	Wonder of Electron (128/54Gry/56B/18Grn)
45.	No More Bugs!! (131/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
	---red gate---
	DPAD UP

The Land of Departure
46.	Future Masters (134/3T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
47.	Promised Beginning (136/5T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
	---4 Teal star gate---
	DPAD UP

Dwarf Woodlands (FIRST SONG)
48.	The Secret Whispers (139/8T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD LEFT

Castle of Dreams
49.	Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo (142/11T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
50.	Castle Escapade (145/14T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
	---red gate---
	DPAD UP

Radiant Garden
51.	Radiant Garden (148/17T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
52.	Black Garden (151/20T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
	---16 Teal star gate---
	DPAD LEFT

Deep Space
53.	Hau Oli Hau Oli (154/23T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
54.	Makaukau (157/26T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD UP

Evil Fairy
55.	The Encounter (159/28T/57Gry/56B/18Grn) 
	---red gate---
	---24 Teal star gate---
	DPAD RIGHT, DPAD RIGHT

Melody of Will
56.	Rage Awakened (162/29T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD UP

Melody of Culmination
57.	Black Powder (165/32T/57Gry/56B/18Grn)
	DPAD UP, DPAD UP
---165 Gold star gate---

KINGDOM HEARTS 3
58.	You've Got a Friend in Me (2O)

59.	Happy Hair Day (5O)
	---4 Orange star gate---

60.	Monster Smash! (8O)

61.	Robot Overdrive (11O)
	---9 Orange star gate---
	---11 Orange star gate---

62.	Rise of the Union
	---red gate---

63.	Dark Domination

名称	作者
Any% Free Difficulty Optimal Misses	PreferredWhale6 3 years ago
Beginner Mode any% MoM Speedrun Guide	SamuelSD7 4 years ago
Melody of Memory any% guide	ShibuyaGato 4 years ago
Minimum Song Route (any%)	Lucien15937 3 years ago
Platinum% Route/Notes	Lucien15937 4 years ago
Proud Any% Guide (With Optimal Misses)	plnkblue 3 years ago
Proud Mode any% MoM Speedrun Guide	SamuelSD7 4 years ago
Standard Mode any% MoM Speedrun Guide	SamuelSD7 4 years ago
World Tour Any% Proud Route (Updated)	PreferredWhale6 3 years ago