With the release of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC for ELDEN RING, developer FromSoftware really managed to up the difficulty of the game once more. Introducing new, [hard-hitting bosses](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Promised+Consort+Radahn) that really love to throw punches like Mike Tyson, a new [NPC 'gank' fight](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Leda+and+Allies+Boss) for players to despise (hehe), the elegantly brutal fight with [Bayle](https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com/Bayle+The+Dread), likely the hardest fight with a dragon FromSoftware has created so far, a wide variety of new weapons, spells and items, a whole new map to explore and more!

But.. what if all of that wasn't even enough? What if the speedrun community just has to push things even further once again? Well Souls veteran and speedrunner @Distortion2 just had that exact idea...

# **Defeat All Remembrance Bosses at Rune Level 1 (aka RL1 DLC%)**

Announcing the **RL1 (Rune Level 1) DLC%** competition, which requires runners to beat **all the major bosses of the DLC**, also known as **Remembrance bosses** as quickly as possible at **Rune Level 1** which means **no leveling up is allowed at all**. 

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As if this wasn't big enough of a feat already, Distortion2 announced there **would be even more restrictions** added to make things even more interesting. To name a few (but not exclusive to):

## **ONE Scadutree Fragment upgrade PER defeated boss**

Debuting in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC: **Scadutree Fragments** are optional consumables that can be used to enhance simultaneously offensive and defensive capabilities at any Sites of Grace, acting like a permanent boost to your DLC damage dealt and damage negation.

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Quite a few of these can be collected pretty early in the DLC through some clever routing, making some boss fights (a lot) easier because of the signifcant damage and defense increases that these Scadutree Fragments offer.

So to spice things up further for the competition, **participants are only allowed to use one single Scadutree Fragment upgrade per defeated DLC boss** which further increases this challenge's difficulty, forcing participants to really think about their equipment and routing.

## **DLC equipment and items ONLY**

Apart from that, **participants may only use equipment found in the DLC along with what is provided on the character through a pre-made savefile** meaning no base game equipment that can be used to quickly become overpowered with. Wow!

.. and there are even more restrictions though you can look these up in the Discord server for the event below!

Such a huge challenge doesn't come easy at all.. and thus offers a huge reward for participants.
The total prize pool for the competition is a whopping **$10,000** divided between 1st to 10th places, plus **a bonus prize pool from donations** that Distortion2 graciously offers on top of this already huge prize pool, as per Distortion2's last message:

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This is surely going to be one hell of a competition!


Interested in participating in the competition? 
Or to hunt for boss strategies or glitches? 
Or even simply to specatate the event? 
We would love to see you!

Join the [ELDEN RING RL1 DLC% Discord](https://discord.gg/JnnHjQ5MyQ) to learn about the complete ruleset for the competition, prizepool information, boss strategies, routing, other participants and more!

Good luck to all the participants!









Its been barely one month after the popular DLC "Shadow of the Erdtree" released for ELDEN RING but already a huge new speedrun competition involving this new DLC just got announced..

HUGE $10,000 ELDEN RING Competition by Distortion2

If you don’t know, the SRC Series is a lineup of challenges we're rolling out semi-regularly, funded entirely by Speedrun.com. SRC Series challenges are designed to be fun and engaging, focusing on community involvement. The prize bounties are smaller compared to sponsored challenges, providing a break from the stress of high-stakes competition! We hope SRC Series challenges will continue to bring speedrunners from all kinds of communities together to discover new games and meet new people.

Here’s everything you’ll want to know heading into the challenge:

**Starting Date:** July 19th, 2024

**Duration:** 10 days, until 11:59 PM UTC July 29th, 2024

## **Prizes!**

We’ve got a whole LOAD of prizes this time around! Have a look at the list below:

**First Place:**- Mad Jack Figure

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**Top 3:**

- $500 Prize Pool

**Top 5:**- Your name in the credits

- Artbook & Soundtrack Steam Key

**All Participants:**- 1 Month of SRC Supporter

- “Mullet Mad” Title

Big thanks to Mullet Mad Jack developer HAMMER95 for providing the figurine, credits spots, as well as the artbook and soundtrack keys!

**Prize Pool Distribution:**

The $500 prize pool will be distributed among the top performers for fastest completion time in the Any% category. The distribution is as follows:

**1st place** - $250

**2nd place** - $150

**3rd place** - $100

Please note that in order to comply with international tax law, **the challenge cash prize may be subject to tax withholding based on the winner's country of residence.**

## **Participation Prizes:**

As usual with all of our SRC Series Challenges, we are bringing back participation prizes!

First of all, any runner who submits any runs to the Mullet Mad Jack challenge will receive **one month** of SRC Supporter, if you haven’t heard of Supporter before you may learn more about it [here](https://www.speedrun.com/supporter)!

Secondly, any challenge participants will be awarded with the title “Mullet Mad”. If you’re unfamiliar with Titles, they are a unique descriptor that goes alongside your username on your profile (as well as profile popovers) which can (as of right now) only be acquired by participating in Challenges right here on SRC. To find out more, check out our last article about Titles! [https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles](https://www.speedrun.com/news/17vr795x-introducing-titles)

## **Eligibility:**

Open to players aged 18 and above worldwide, with the following exceptions: North Korea, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Iran, Somalia, and Venezuela.

If you are under the age of 18, not to worry! You can still participate and win the participation prizes, but unfortunately you will not be eligible for the cash prizes amongst the top 3.

## **Category:**

The category of choice for the challenge this time around is Any%! Go as fast as you can on any difficulty you’d like (except for “NO TIMER”) and complete the game!

## **Submission:**

Record your speedrun and submit it via[ our Challenge leaderboard here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/lwp40yez-Mullet_Mad_Jack-mullet-mad-jack-speedrun-challenge)

Follow the guidelines provided for video formatting and submission requirements, found in the rules section. Please note that a new requirement has been added to this challenge, requiring that prize eligible runs must have been live streamed.

## **Rules and Regulations:**

All speedruns must adhere to the official rules, available on the Speedrun.com Challenge leaderboard.

Contest Rules:[https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/lwp40yez-Mullet_Mad_Jack-mullet-mad-jack-speedrun-challenge/contest](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/lwp40yez-Mullet_Mad_Jack-mullet-mad-jack-speedrun-challenge/contest)

Category Rules: [https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/lwp40yez-Mullet_Mad_Jack-mullet-mad-jack-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge](https://www.speedrun.com/challenges/lwp40yez-Mullet_Mad_Jack-mullet-mad-jack-speedrun-challenge/rules?view=challenge)

## **Preparation Suggestions**

To find tips & tricks for the speedrun, visit[ the Mullet Mad Jack leaderboard right here on Speedrun.com.](https://www.speedrun.com/Mullet_Mad_Jack) Follow either the game or the challenge to receive notifications about challenge activity! You can also join[ the Mullet Mad Jack Discord server](https://discord.gg/47S9Ms6zme) and chat in #speedrunning to keep up with the community!

**Good luck, and have fun!️**11:59 PM

Are you an 80’s anime, synthwave, or otherwise a first-person shooter fan? We've got some exciting news to share – the next challenge as part of our SRC Series will be… Mullet Mad Jack!

SRC Series: MULLET MAD JACK Speedrun Challenge!

The Metroid Dread Speedrunning Community is pleased to be able to partner again with [SpeedGaming Live](https://sglive.speedgaming.org/) and our good friend [kekumanshoyu](https://www.speedrun.com/users/kekumanshoyu) to hold another tournament showcasing Metroid Dread, this time in the **[Any% Glitchless](https://www.speedrun.com/mdread?h=Any-glitchless-Rookie&x=9kv83mjd-wle962k8.klr8wp21-ylp6w5rn.jq66533q)** category!

Here are a few things you should know:

**This is an online tournament**. Signups are open to all with no entry fee, but please make sure you are able to follow the scheduling requirements detailed in the tournament rulebook. **You must be flexible enough to potentially schedule matches with international players within 5 days of the matches being made available by the tournament organizers.**

The qualifiers will begin on **July 20th**, and the actual tournament will run from August 5th to the end of September.

Signups will close on **July 27th @ 11:59 EDT**. The earlier you sign up, the more qualifiers you can join!

## Qualifier Heats

Before the tournament begins, there will be eight qualifier matches that determine the bracket positioning.

Qualifier heat schedule (*all times are in US Eastern*)

- Two heats on **Saturday July 20th, 2024: 10:00AM and 6:00PM**
- Two heats on **Sunday, July 21st, 2024: 2:00PM and 10:00PM**
- Two heats on **Saturday July 27th, 2024: 12:00PM and 8:00PM**
- Two heats on **Sunday, July 28th, 2024: 4:00PM and 12:00AM** (technically Monday morning)

**YOU MUST PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST TWO HEATS**. You can participate in more than two if you would like. In fact, we encourage it because your best time from the qualifiers will determine your bracket positioning.

## Rules

Please read the rulebook below in order to familiarize yourself with the rules:

## [Any% Glitchless Tournament Rulebook](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TxVr6bh-vheTs_C4L4u0_QKYBFlWnveruryzM0xvQLc/edit?usp=sharing)

## Other Notes

- You are required to join the SpeedGaming Live Discord server to participate: https://discord.gg/eH4qa3Fnew
- We encourage all runners to show up 10 minutes early for the qualifiers and for the rest of the tournament. This helps the staff and admins out *greatly*.
- During the qualifiers, four people will be chosen at random to be showcased on one of the SpeedGaming channels on Twitch.
- There's a prize pool for this tournament! As of this news post, the prize pool amount is $85.00 USD. If you want to contribute further to the pool, visit this link and follow the instructions: [https://matcherino.com/t/sglive24?contribute=true](https://matcherino.com/t/sglive24?contribute=true)

Take care, and See You Next Mission.

The Metroid Dread Speedrunning Community is pleased to be able to hold another tournament showcasing Metroid Dread, this time in the Any% Glitchless category!

SpeedGaming Live 2024 Metroid Dread Any% Glitchless Tournament

[Binary Breakers](https://www.twitch.tv/binary_breakers) is gearing up for our first ever speedrunning marathon! This event is being held as part of our celebrations for [International Non-Binary People's Day](https://www.hrc.org/news/celebrating-the-diversity-of-the-non-binary-community-for-international-non), and will showcase runs from folks who identify somewhere between, outside, or beyond the gender binary. To learn more about our community, [please visit our website](https://binarybreakersspeedrunning.carrd.co/). 

The Summer BBQ (Binaries Broken Quickly) benefits [LGBTQ Freedom Fund](https://www.lgbtqfund.org/), and will take place on Saturday, July 13th. [Please click here to view the schedule](https://horaro.org/bbsbbq/2024?key=BYOBBQ). 

Binary Breakers has announced the schedule for our first ever speedrunning marathon! This event benefits LGBTQ Freedom Fund, and will take place on Saturday, July 13th. Schedule here: https://horaro.org/bbsbbq/2024?key=BYOBBQ

Binary Breakers Summer BBQ Schedule Release!

Metroid Dread

Elden Ring

jay_yeen

Daravae

xwpw4y0l

bigscared

SRC Series: MULLET MAD JACK Speedrun Challenge

nzy2zyq3

ALTF42 $5000 Speedrun Challenge

The Splodey 10K Challenge

MoistCr1TiKaL $15,000 Speedrun Challenge #5

Athena Crisis Completionist Speedrun Challenge

1k75870l

Survive both Chapter 1 & 2 of Poppy Playtime

SRC Series: Poppy Playtime Duo Challenge

3dydl7r2

SRC Series: Ultrakill All Secret Levels (Inbounds)

SRC Series: Rocket Racing Expert Tracks

m9yx0ygj

Pit of Eternal Sands - $10,000 Speedrun Challenge

Blood Will Run $10,000 Challenge

m2p98y5x

ULTRAKILL

Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1

ALTF42 [Early Access]

Ghostrunner 2

Another Crab's Treasure

In order to properly figure out categories, rules, timing method, etc. this leaderboard will not feature any runs for the first two weeks after the game's release. In the meantime you can join us in the [Prince of Persia discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/0Ss0agDWPoiSvr3E) to discuss about the game.

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown

Rocket Racing

MULLET MAD JACK

Athena Crisis

Splodey

Chained Together

The leaderboards will open 2 weeks from launch to allow discussion about the categories we want to start out with.

Hades 2

Categories are being discussed in the discord and will be created in the coming days/weeks!