Any% Route

The notes presented here aim to explain the (currently known) fastest route for each chapter of Encodya in detail. In order to go fast you should be familiar with the few hotkeys this game has to offer:

- Left mouse button: Skip individual dialogues
- TAB: Switch character
- M: Open map (if available)
- Number keys (1-5): Selects the corresponding dialogue option. Below, numbers behind a character represent which dialogue option to choose, e.g., "Old Man (2-4)" means: "When talking to the old man select dialogue options 2 and 4, in this order"
- ESC: Skip cutscene
- Mousewheel: Open & close inventory

Finally before diving into things I'd like to say that, obviously, no guide is perfect. If you spot any mistakes or if there is anything you'd like me to change in this guide please let me know!

### Prologue

- ESC to skip opening cutscene
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Collect empty jar 
- Go left
- Go down
- Collect antenna
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Interact with sushi box
- Go up
- Combine rotten sushi with empty jar
- Combine stinky jar with hole in wall
- Interact with hole in wall
- Go to map (M), select Historical Quarter

### Chapter 1

- Skip cutscene (wait 2s so the cutscene doesn't reappear later)
- Enter Diner
- Pick up tape
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Exit Diner
- Go to long road
- Go right to interact with Elevator Panel
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Talk to kid (3)
- Open map (M), go to Crossroad
- Go to bright alley
- Pick up capacitor
- Exit bright alley
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Enter electronics shop
- Interact with Old RAM Banks
- Exit shop
- Switch back to Tina (TAB)
- Enter ramen shop
- Talk to Chef (3-1)
- Exit shop
- Combine Holographic Prism with Big Signboard
- Collect stick
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Go to bus stop
- Talk to Nasty Robot (3-3)
- Give 16MB RAM to Nasty Robot
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Open map (M), go to Historic Quarter
- Combine stick with antenna
- Use long stick on electrician
- Open map (M), go to shelter
- Use keys on panel box
- Interact with panel box
- Talk to Eku (3)
- Give capacitor to Eku
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Change map (M), go to crossroads
- Go down
- Give RAM adapter to nasty robot
- Use map (M), go to Historical Quarters
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Use fuse on fuse box
- Enter abandoned store
- Pick up pliers and socks
- Exit store (ESC)
- Combine holographic prism and old gate
- Go down
- Talk to kid (3)
- Use token on elevator panel
- Go right
- Pick up waterproof flag
- Open map (M), go to Historical Quarter
- Go right to enter diner alley
- Combine pliers with wire
- Combine fish with cat
- Interact with leftovers
- Open map (M), go to shelter
- Go up (ESC)
- Pick up copper wire
- Combine copper wire with long stick
- Combine long copper stick with power box
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Go left
- Run to hole in wall
- Combine long electrified stick with watching drone (when it's on the right to catch the cycle)
- Talk to watching drone (1-ESC)
- Converse with Sam (3-3-3-ESC)
- Open map & go to Downtown

### Chapter 2

- Skip cutscene (wait 2s)
- Go right (Bureaucracy street)
- Enter registry office
- Interact with missing persons database
- Press "Quit"
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Talk to Roboceptionist (3)
- Open map (M), go to Crossroad
- Go to dark alley on the right
- Pick up mug from the ground
- Go back
- Enter ramen shop
- Combine cup with greasy substance
- Exit ramen shop
- Talk to traffic robot (3)
- Enter electronics shop
- Talk to Dick Bates (1-2)
- Interact with recovery pill in inventory
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Open map (M), go to Historical Quarter
- Enter diner
- Talk to Maisy on the right (3-3)
- Open map (M), go to Downtown
- Go right (Bureaucracy street)
- Enter registry office
- Interact with missing persons database
- "Search by name", click white box
- Print out a ticket
- Open map (M), go to Downtown
- Talk to Redheads (3-3)
- Go left (Business street)
- Talk to redheads (1)
- Give greasy substance to Redheads
- Open map (M), go to Historical Quarter
- Go down
- Go right and talk to Maisy
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Open map (M), go to Crossroad
- Talk to Traffic robot (3)
- Open map & go to Downtown
- Go right (Bureaucracy street)
- Enter registry office
- Talk to Roboceptionist (3)
- Enter corridor & archive
- Interact with archive terminal
- Click white box, then "Ren Herzog", then "Print file"
- Open map (M), go to residential area
- Go left to enter building
- Go up thrice (to floor 4)
- Go right, pick up Old music player
- Open map (M), go to Historical Quarter
- Enter diner
- Go right, combine old music player with mixer
- Switch back to Tina (TAB)
- Pick up DNA bracelet once music starts playing
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Open map (M), go to residential area
- Talk to Android (2-2-2)
- Give DNA bracelet to Android
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Enter building
- Find Hilde's apartment by interacting with the intercoms. Possible (known) locations are: 2-5, 3-3, and 4-4
- Once you found the correct intercom, the correct dialogues to choose are (2-2)
- Enter Hilde's apartment
- Talk to Hilde (1)
- Open map (M), go to Historical Quarter
- Enter diner
- Pick up online transmitter
- Combine online transmitter with signal disturber
- Open map (M), go to Downtown
- Go left (Business street)
- Enter corp lobby
- Use online disturber on corp guard
- Enter elevator & corporation office
- Interact with corp computer
- "Past employee records" > 2054 > R > Ren Herzog > Quit
- Open map (M), go to residential area
- Enter building
- Go to Hilde's apartment and enter
- Talk to her (2)
- Open map (M), go to Slums
- Talk to Old Man (2-4)
- Use Emosphere on Clerk
- Talk to Clerk (3-3)
- Go to Asian alley
- Enter abandoned hotel
- Go right & up
- Pick up the empty spray can next to room 203
- Open the map (M) and go to Slums
- Go to Asian alley
- Interact with public phone
- Enter number 144 852 976 and dial
- Use empty spray can on red spray can
- Open the map (M) and go to Slums
- Speak to Clerk (3)
- Go right
- Try to enter club (to scroll screen), enter Narrow Way
- Pick up Rocket Soda Voucher
- Open map (M), go to Crossroad
- Enter Ramen shop
- Use Emosphere on Chef Hayao
- Talk to Chef Hayao (1)
- Talk to Big Moustaches Guy (2-3)
- Exit Ramen shop
- Enter Dark Alley
- Combine Red spray with poster (#1)
- Combine Rocket Soda Voucher with Rocket Soda Dispenser
- Open map (M), go to shelter
- Combine Red spray with poster (#2)
- Open map (M), go to Residential Area
- Combine Red spray with poster (#3)
- Open map (M), go to Slums
- Combine Red spray with poster (#4)
- Go to clubs alley
- Enter club, then narrow way
- Combine Red spray with poster (#5)
- Open map (M), go to crossroad
- Go to bright alley & exit (to quickly change position)
- Talk to Cyber Junkie (2)
- Give Rocket soda to Joe
- Enter Ramen shop
- Give Photo to Chef Hayao
- Talk to Big Moustaches Guy (3)
- Open map (M), go to Slums
- Go right, enter club & narrow alley
- Go to Smirk's
- Talk to Robust Man (1-2-2)
- Open map (M), go to Slums
- Give Pendant to Old Man
- Go to Asian Alley, enter Abandoned Hotel
- Go right + up twice (3rd floor) (ESC)
- Interact with keypad next to room 303
- Enter room 303
- Talk to Chip (2)
- Change to Sam (TAB)
- Open map (M), go to Crossroad
- Enter electronics store
- Talk to Dick Bates (1-3)
- Open map (M), go to Slums
- Go right, enter club & narrow alley
- Go to Smirk's
- Talk to Cool Guy (2-2-2)
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Talk to Bartender (2-2-2)
- Open map (M), go to Downtown
- Use hacked remote on car
- Interact with car
- Go left (Business street)
- Enter corp lobby & use elevator
- Combine floppy disk with computer
- "Past Archive" > 2054 > "Alternate Cyberspace" > Download file
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Open map (M), go to crossroad
- Enter electronics store
- Give Tonic drink to Dick Bates
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Open map (M), go to slums
- Enter Asian Alley, enter hotel
- Go to room 303 & enter it
- Talk to Chip (3-ESC)
- Go right

### Chapter 3

- ESC
- Pick up flat stone
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Go right & up
- Look at elevator
- Go down + left (x3)
- Look at crate
- Open crate
- Interact with crate
- Go left & up
- Talk to Biped-bot (3-2-3-3)
- Go down & left
- Interact with Hydraulic Press
- Combine flat stone and Hydraulic Press
- Go right (x6)
- Interact with Junction Pipe (x3)
- Combine sharp stone with vine
- Go left
- Combine ladle and plant
- Go left (x4)
- Use lever
- Combine sticky ladle with weird bot
- Interact with lever
- Go up
- Talk to biped bot (3)
- Pick up biped bot
- Go down + right (x3)
- Combine biped bot with transport pipe
- Go right + up
- Interact with broken lift
- Go up
- Collect dry weed
- Look at background
- Open map (M), go to cave
- Interact with branch
- Pick up slingshot
- Pull vending machine
- Pick up token
- Open map (M), go to Cubic stone
- Use token with console
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Pick up crowbar
- Talk to cubic stone (2-3)
- Open map (M), go to cave
- Enter cave
- Pick up flint stone
- Pick up key
- Open map (M), go to pond
- Pick up pebbles
- Pick up round flint stone
- Open map (M), go to arrival point
- Go left twice
- Use slingshot on weird bot
- Interact with copper horn
- Go up
- Use rusty key on crate
- Interact with crate
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Go down & left
- Use crowbar on hatch
- Interact with hatch
- Open map (M), go to arrival point
- Switch back to Tina (TAB)
- Go right (x2)
- Go up (x2)
- Combine mouthpiece with horn
- Interact with horn
- Pick up air cog
- Open map (M), go to futuristic building
- Pick up stick
- Combine the two flintstones
- Put dry weed into fireplace
- Use flintstones on fireplace
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Pick up fire cog
- Open map (M), go to clearing access
- Pick up wire
- Open map (M), go to pond
- Combine wire with wooden stick
- Combine hook with stick and wire
- Combine baseball bat with shovel blade
- Use fishing rod on pond
- Open map (M), go to cave
- Enter cave
- Use shovel on X on the ground
- Pick up earth cog
- Combine the cogs with the mechanism
- Interact with the mechanism
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Open map (M), go to cubic stone
- Talk to Cubic Stone (3-3)
- Open map (M), go to clearing access
- Talk to robot (5)
- Go left (ESC)

### Chapter 4

- Mash left-click to go to ship and skip dialogue
- Go right
- Repair broken wire with Kurnia's tape
- Switch to Sam (TAB), go right
- Interact with the box, activate lever 2 & 3 as well as the red on-off button
- Go left (x2)
- Interact with lever
- Go right (x2)
- Deactivate lever 2 and the red button. Activate the first lever and the blue button
- Go left (x2), interact with lever
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Talk to Strawbot (1-2-2-1-5-4)
- Go to stern (ESC)
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Enter cabins
- Go all the way right (x3)
- Go down the ladder (x1)
- Go all the way left (x3)
- Enter cabin
- Open bottom right drawer and take key
- Exit cabin & ship (right x3, up x1, left x4)
- Combine key with first aid box
- Interact with first aid box
- Enter cabins
- Go all the way right (x3)
- Go down the ladder (x2)
- Go left (x2), enter door
- Talk to vastness to get the final door code. **Note:** This interaction is what (game-internally) determines the door code. Skipping this step results in no door code being correct
- Exit room, go right once, enter door
- Combine crowbar with pipe
- Exit and go right
- Combine pipe with Power Aspirator 2000
- Combine defibrillator with Power Aspirator 2000
- Interact with Power Aspirator 2000
- Go down & enter room
- Pick up helm
- Go up (x3) & left (x1)
- Go up stairs
- Combine helm with helm hub
- Interact with helm hub
- Exit room, go right (x1), down (x1), and left (x1)
- Enter storage
- Look at plastic box
- Interact with plastic box
- Go right (x1), down (x2), and left (x2)
- Use battery on keypad
- Interact with keypad and enter the code you learned about earlier. The three (known) possible codes are 214, 231, and 423. **Note:** If none of these codes work (despite having listened to the echo hint) restart the game and load the autosave
- Enter lab (ESC)
- Use red spray can on motion sensor
- Interact with lever on the left
- Interact with emergency button on the right (ESC)

### Chapter 5

- Go down
- Pick up raspberries
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Pick up big rock
- Go right & up
- Pick up small rock (behind Sam's right hand)
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Talk to Cube (3-2)
- Pick up raspberries
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Interact with pants
- Interact with box
- Go down & right
- Pick up raspberries on the right
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Pick up wooden plank
- Go left
- Pick up raspberries
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Combine plank and pointy rock
- Combine small rock and pointy rock
- Combine big rock and pointy rock (stand in the middle of the screen to minimize walking)
- Pick up bucket
- Combine bucket with long rope
- Go right
- Combine bucket with stream
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Go left (x2)
- Combine coin with bread dispenser
- Go left
- Talk to Ren (1-2-ESC)
- Go down
- Switch to Sam (TAB)
- Go right (x3) & up
- Pick up mini bot
- Go left (x2)
- Combine rusty mini bot with porous stone
- Go left
- Pick up big rock
- Go up
- Combine sharpened mini bot with cabinet
- Interact with cabinet
- Go down & right (x2)
- Combine fast release spray with heavy valve
- Interact with heavy valve
- Go up
- Combine screwdriver with big dead robot
- Interact with big dead robot
- Interact with pump and pipes
- Pick up big rock
- Go left
- Pick up big rock
- Combine big magnet with generator
- Go left (x3)
- Pick up large cog
- Switch to Tina (TAB)
- Go left
- Talk to Ren (ESC)
- Interact with terminal
- Start the scan
- Dialogue with Rumpf: 2-2
- Use plunger on drain
- Dialogue with Rumpf: 2-1
- Combine baseball with open pipe
- Dialogue with Rumpf: 4-3
- Combine fast release spray with fan
- Dialogue with Rumpf: 1-2
- Combine screwdriver with power box
- Dialogue with Rumpf: 3-1
- Interact with terminal
- Wait for unskippable cutscene to play out
- Go left (x3)
- Go up
- Interact with shelter

Setting up the Load Remover

1.) Setup Livesplit: http://livesplit.github.io/downloads/

2.) Right click anywhere in Livesplit and choose **Edit Splits**

https://i.imgur.com/bmWKAb2.png

3.) From the drop-down menu in the field "Game Name" select "Encodya"

4.) As a result of step 3 the text "Load remover for Encodya by toca" should have appeared underneath the "Start timer at:" box.  Underneath the "Attempts" box ensure that the **Activate** button is clicked

https://i.imgur.com/GHHpdrL.png

Name	Author
Any% Route	toca 1 year ago
Setting up the Load Remover	toca 1 year ago