Battle keyboard controls

The game allows to control the party during battles using a keyboard. This is an undocumented feature. 
Controls:

Number keys — select actions, party members and targets
Tab key — switch between the party members
Esc — cancel current action
Enter / Space — confirm selected action

Things break when trying to combine both types of controls (mouse and keyboard).

Actions:

#Beat Attack
Using keyboard controls it is possible to:
1. Target unreachable enemies (obstructed by someone or something) if using ranged weapons
2. Attack friendly characters including the currently active character


A simple example on how attack a party member:
	1. Press 1 to select Beat Attack action
	2. Hover over any party member's portrait to select them
	3. Target any enemy using the number keys
	4. Click on the party member's portrait

#Use Item
Same targeting options as for the previous action. The only difference is that there are items that are made for friendly characters / party members. Combining keyboard and mouse controls allows to use these items on enemies.

A simple example on how use a healing item on an enemy:
	1. Press 3 to select Use Item action
	2. Select any healing item
	3. Hover over any enemy portrait
	4. Press a number key to select a party member
	5. Click on the enemy's portrait

#Mystech
Same targeting options as for the previous actions.

The option can be selected even if no mystech or shield is equipped:
1. If no mystech is equipped the game will crash when selecting mystech power
2. If no shield is equipped the action will not go past targeting stage (can be canceled)

Using keyboard controls allows to bypass NRG requirements almost completely. Party member doesn't need to have enough NRG or shield throughput in order to use it. For this to work a shield needs to have enough throughput to cast at least the first power of mystech.

When using mouse controls the game usually allows to select mystech power out of 4 options (from 1 to 4). When using keyboard controls there are up to to 10 options (0-9 number keys). The outcome depends on a currently equipped shieldcell and presence of cobalt crawlers in the combination.

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya4QGP8pTsM)

[Tests of using different combinations](https://www.speedrun.com/anachronox/guide/5w53s)

*Keyboard controls allow using mystech during the battle with Rictus.*

*Targeting with keyboard allows to use mystech on dead party members. That allows to use Bane mystech on a dead character which results in reviving.*

#Skill
Same targeting options as for the previous actions.

Unlike with mystech selecting a skill with keyboard without enough bouge will not allow it to be used.

Many skills are hardcoded to affect specific party members. For example using FatimaScreen on some other character will still apply all effects to Boots and play animation correctly.

The area of effect skills that do damage will affect every enemy regardless of selected target + selected target. So selecting ally when using a skill will only damage 1 ally character + every other enemy character.

Bugs or features[?] of the game [Main]

#. **Skipping cutscenes**

#. — With a trigger save
[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9wEx2awxQk)
*Some cinematics in the game are started by triggers placed in the world*
1. Press F4 while running into a trigger (keep running until the splash appears)
2. Save and load

*Since you'd need to save and load at the same time it is more safe to press F4 to open the menu. Sometimes the game would make saving column greyed-out if the menu is opened with F2 or F3.*

#. — With Cinematic menu

#. —— *Some basics*

*Some cinematics however may start playing after talking to someone, after level transitions and etc. Skipping them with the first method is either very inconsistent or won't work at all.*

*A big chunk of cutscenes that will be playing throughout the game will be stored in the Cinematic menu. To simplify that is just a list of autosaves prior to cinematic playing. That makes them usable to warp around the world, switch the game states and etc.*

*Cinematics are usually added right at the start of the playback, which means that you don't have to wait till they end to get an entry into the Cinematic menu*

*To close the game while the cinematic is playing press CTRL+SHIFT+F10 or F10 and then ENTER.*

After cinematic is skipped it is considered to be seen and will be added to the Cinematics menu unless:

* The game thinks that there is another cinematic playing on the background (skipping 2 cinematics in a row without unloading saves only the first one (more information in Unloading section).
* The game crashed after the playback [?]

#. —— *Skip mechanics*

* Interrupting cinematic during loading (by mashing / pressing F1-F4) the cinematic would not play but the party will be warped to the map it takes place at. The world state will be [reset completely](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9nRfHXYUss) as if you've just started the game but the party (stats, inventory and equipment) will remain.
*So much is getting reset that it is basically unusable in the run, the most major of all: the Tours transport won't work, even if you've got a One Gate pass, preventing from going to the endgame without redoing the Bricks section.*

* Attempting to play a cinematic while party is on the map it is originally taking place at will result in nothing being played. The game state, however, will change to the one from the cinematic.

Combine both and you can skip most of the cinematics in the game: 
	1. Warp to a map. (Load the cinematic once)
	2. Set game state. (Load the cinematic twice)
*Basically it is done by running the cinematic twice.*

#. —— *Unloading*

Skipping cinematics like that has a little side effect. After setting game state through the Cinematic menu the game will think that the cinematic have started playing. That means that it is expecting it to finish at some point which will result in unloading the game to Main Menu.

Ways to avoid:

* Be aware of places the unloading happens
* Or just save and restart the game

When the unloading occurs:

* After using elevators
* After level transitions
* During battles 
* Sometimes happens shortly after warping
* Toggling bridge at Detta Fortress (Basement)
*In general as I understand playing any small level cutscene will trigger unloading when finished*

The idea is to save right prior to unloading to not lose any progress.

#. **Warping**

#. — Cinematic warping

In general cinematic warping is based on ability to play cinematics on the maps they are not taking place at.

#. —— *Warping to maps*

Some cinematics end with map transition. Cinematics from the Cinematics menu can be played on any map. That allows to trigger map transition when needed by playing cinematics from the menu. 

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwkpJnKAv_s)

1. Make a save where you want to warp from
2. Play one of the cinematics from the list below.
3. While the cinematic is loading mash F3 then load the saved game. This will run a chosen cinematic at place where you saved.
4. Wait till it ends and the map transition splash appears (one moment please...) from here you've got a few seconds to open the save menu (F2) and save.
5. Press ESC and wait till the game unloads back into Main menu, then load the game.

*The cinematic will not start playing if you are on the same map where it is taking place, but the game state will change to the one from the cinematic.*

* Instead of using F2 / F3 to save and load. Press F4. It is the safest way and ensures that both loading and saving menus will be available. If the cursor disappears you can switch to the other menus with PageUp / PageDown or Num9 / Num3. *

List of the cinematics that end with map transition:

* Grumpos Joins 	>>> Tenements
* A Stone in the Dirt >>> Tenements
* Landing on Sunder >>> Sunder
* Disguises >>> Sender Commons
* Going to Sender Station >>> Sender Station
* PAL-18 Mission Solo >>> Sender Commons (night)
* PAL-18 Solo Enters >>> Sender Museum + Sender Commons (night)
* Brave the Levant >>> Levant Entrance
* Big Gun Outro >>> Crevice
* Anachronox Intro >>> Rowdy's. That one is different, instead of selecting the cinematic from Cinematics menu you need to start a new game, then skip it (mash F1-F4 while the game is loading) and only then play it from the Cinematics menu. After that load any save where you want it to play. It makes it possible to warp to Rowdy's anytime. It takes around 1:50s to do the whole thing. 

# —— *Warp in direction*

What it means is that instead of appearing exactly in the location where the cinematic takes place it is possible to stop midway. Imagine while playing a cutscene on a map of your choice the character instead of instantly teleporting to the location of the cinematic, moves with a constant speed in the direction of the location he has to be during the cinematic, until reaches it. And if you'd interrupt that with (F1-F4) on start the character will only travel a chunk of the whole distance.
 
The character moves during the window where the cinematic starts and the game notices that the player is in the menu and sets the pause. Somehow that window is constant and so the movespeed of the character hence the skips based on that glitch are pretty consistent.

*Basically that allows you to get almost anywhere since by adjusting the starting point the location you will end up in changes as well, the only thing that is constant is the direction.*

It is usually required for the party leader to be a participant of the cinematic you are using for anything to happen.

There are only 2 cinematics known for now that follow that logic: "Stone Sentinel" and "PAL-18 Wakes". 

*Switching characters stops them from falling down (reduces fall speed).*

Where it is used in the current any%:

[Shuttle Clip](https://youtu.be/aVtpCaPtYaY?t=2243) (Stone Sentinel cinematic)
[Fortress1 Clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDC-NUwUCdo) (PAL-18 Wakes cinematic)

# — Shuttle warp

*Allows to travel to almost any planet available via shuttle.*

[Example](https://youtu.be/caitWBX_ClU?t=26)

The idea is to call the shuttle travel menu while being on the map it is not implemented at.
Basically you need 2 saves:
1. In the location where you want to travel to (shuttle should not be present on that location I assume) 
2. Save where the character is directly facing the shuttle's entrance.

There is a window to "use" the shuttle entrance during save-loading which allows to call it on the map it might be not implemented at. So you start at the save 2, make sure you can "use" the shuttle entrance with the use key then load the save 1. While it is loading mash the use key (clicking works as well). You should get 2 arrow buttons using which you can select the destination, since the travel is not implemented on the map you called it there will be no preview where you are going to travel.

Why is Limbus unlocked by default? No idea.

Location mapping:

Hephaestus <<< Limbus <<< >>> Anachronox  >>> Sender Station
(loops)

# —— *Persistent shuttle warp*

Keeps the numpad keys bound so that shuttle warp can be triggered at any time. Even after the game is restarted. Binding is tied to a saved game.

To do that you will need to run into any common battle with the travel UI on screen and then use numpad keys + enter to warp out of the battle. Optionally restart the game to get rid of the side effects. After that the save affected will be able to travel to anywhere at any time. (select location with num keys and press enter to confirm).

[Example](https://youtu.be/xYpX3dGqccA?t=30)

*The shuttle screen can be used to trigger speed strafing.*

#**Battles**

The game levels up your characters automatically from time to time even if you don't do any fighting, so you don't have to worry about missing experience by skipping fights.

# — Skipping battles

1. Make a save before a trigger (it is better for the trigger to be a cutscene (which will lead to a fight) instead of a plain battle, that helps to avoid a lot of side-effects, like remapped controls, part of battle UI overlapping the screen and etc)
2. While running into a trigger press F3 (keep moving forward until the pause splash appears)
3. Load the game (it doesn't matter actually what save file you will load at that point, the thing will still work)

*Press F5 to track whether battle skip is active or not. If the menu doesn't open then it is.*

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcIRJWZrdds)

The place in the video is the most early and reliable at least for now way to skip fights whenever it is needed. You do this once and all future triggers leading to fights will be skipped. As for now the only way to undo the effect is to restart the game.

Examples of places it can be activated at:

* The first fight at Fountain Area right after Rowdy's
* Stone Sentinel fight
* Magmatos
and etc.

# — In-battle

[Battle keyboard controls](https://www.speedrun.com/anachronox/guide/z7s8e)

#**Misc**

# — Dupe

# —— *Equipment dupe*

*Way to duplicate any items currently equipped.*

1. From the save with the item equipped load the save you want to duplicate it to.
2. During loading mash **F5** to open the inventory screen before the game finished loading.
3. Unequip everything you want to transfer, unpause the game, exit the inventory and save.
*The original save keeps the item as well so it can be done as many times as required*
*Duping bugs is possible by unequipping elementor but it has some restrictions. It seems to me you can get only twice the amount of bugs you had. (out of 3 cobalt crawlers I've got 6, but not more if repeated).*

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ldavaU5cvQ)

# —— *Pick-up dupe*

There is a way to pick up up to 3 copies of an item at the same time. To do that bind **Use** action to scroll wheel.

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8mw84nx_xE)

# — Speed strafing

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p65uCDjPSZc)

1. Talk to an NPC, pause the game. (Pause/Break) 
2. Scroll through the dialogue until the window closes while holding W+D (other combinations work as well) 
3. Unpause the game.
*This may not work with some NPCs*
*Seems like in some cases it requires the dialogue to be on the last line. The game does not reset camera position if a character has more to say.*
*It is possible to set up speedstrafe in one save and use it on the other as long as both saves are on the same map*

# —— *Shuttle speed strafe setup*

Speedstrafe can also be activated with the help of shuttle UI. If persistent shuttle warp is set up you can basically activate it at any time:

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj2JZ3dbGME)

1. Press num4 or 6
2. Pause with Pause Break
3. Hold "W" and "D"
4. Press "F4" then ESC.
5. Pause Break again to unpause

# — Talking to party members

Switching characters during pause makes them clickable with mouse. If there is any event assigned to the character on click, on the map the party is at, it will be called.

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkTa1aH0Gms)

1. Make sure Boots is selected
2. Place the cursor over Boots
3. Pause 
4. Press "Tab"
5. Click
6. Unpause the game

Examples:

* Building 5 — Helmet quest (Grumpos)
* Hephaestus Entertainment District — Investigation quest events (Party)
* Tower of the Grand Mysterium — Elementor tutorial (Grumpos); Investigation quest events (Party). 
* Limbus — Volunteer events

# — Worldskill clip

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkghVHa7tdU)

It allows to travel in direction where worldskill happened the last time. After it is set up the movement is triggered mostly by dialogue boxes. May also work with interfaces like elevators, terminals and such.

When using wordskill mouse input is not locked while moving to the worldskill object, which allows to cancel it by interacting with something. The game is still expecting the window to appear and the state is not reset, so the movement will be resumed when 2D window appears.

1. Find a worldskill object which has something nearby to interrupt it. (some interactable object)
2. Use worldskill and while the character is trying to get closer, interrupt it by clicking on something/someone.
3. Find any other object or an actor that triggers movement and interact.

*Make sure to trigger worldskill as far from the object as possible, because it needs to be interrupted prior to character reaching the object + some extra distance, because there seems to be some sort of a threshold (character doesn't have to be precisely near the object for a minigame to start, so if it was interrupted really close to it the minigame might still start).

The inconsistent part of it, as for now, is that characters, sometimes, keep using pathing which prevents going through walls and such.

# **Map specific**

# — The Bricks

# —— *Stargent Laserblade early*

There is a way to click on the wall behind the compartment that is supposed to be opened with Stiletto's worldskill.

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDQ2cZLG2o4)

# —— *Batman skip*

Allows to skip elevator animation at Tenements when going down. It is done by running into the fence by holding W+D.

[Example](https://youtu.be/AUgnlw3prVc?t=264)

# —— *Free One Gate pass*

Allows to get One Gate pass for free. Even though One Gate pass will cost nothing it is still required to have 5000$ to have the One Gate option unlocked. Pausing seems to swap the prices for the tickets, so if you will try to buy tickets to Sender Station that way they will cost as much as One Gate pass normally.

1. Click on the ticket terminal
2. Wait till the menu appears
3. Pause the game
4. Click on the One Gate button
5. Buy the pass
6. Unpause the game

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1brRn0fR8)

Bugs or features[?] of the game [Not used anywhere yet]

This is a guide for glitches that were found in the game but are not in use in the current Any% route.

# — Warp in direction

Unused:

[Sunder Skip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntp0Js60_lw) (PAL-18 Wakes cinematic)

# — Alternative battle skip
And this is what happens if you'd attempt to skip a battle which is not tied to a cutscene:
[Example](https://youtu.be/k2QfDqnIq5U)
The battleskip works but there are some side effects

# — Winning common battle
*Allows to get the win screen without killing the enemy. There are no rewards for winning battles like that for some reason.*
[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xAPGrHBUn0)

To do that:
1. Run into a trigger pressing F4
2. Unpause the game (F10 / pause break)
3. Wait till the fight is lost (Fatima button will become greyed-out)
4. Save the game and load
5. Pause the game (pause break) and click
6. Press "esc"
7. Run into a trigger again
8. Don't move after battle summary, instead save and load
done!

*Alternative way is to warp out of the battle with persistent shuttle warp and then revisit the trigger after restarting the game*

# — In-battle (inventory overlay)

You can enter battles with inventory screen on. To do that press F5 before entering a trigger that starts a fight, then unpause the game by pressing F10.

Equipping / unequipping anything when a character is dead will revive him giving 1 hp
Equipping / unequipping shields will reset them (the NRG bar)
Equipping / unequipping weapons will make the characters attack with no animation

**Eqiup** / **unequip all** buttons do similar things

# —— *Pick-up dupe (Old)*

*It's a bit tricky to do and only gives 1 copy of an item.*

There is a window between picking an item up and blocking input, which means that you get to open main menu when starting to pick up an item. Saving in that state will allow you to replay the pick-up animation on load but this time there will be no input block hence you get to pick-up an item 1 more time during the animation.

1. Click on the item you want to dupe and press F4 at the same time (click should be slightly earlier)
2. Save and load
3. During pick-up animation click on the item

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spoIjlpJDVA)

# —— *Window clip*

Allows to clip outside the window of Boots's office. Somewhat faster way to leave Rowdy's but seems to be pretty inconsistent. It is done by interacting with the window while running into it.

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Sr6HLVQWk)

*Interact with the **use** key (**space** by default)*

# —— *Noggin skip*

Allows to get into Mystech Tunnels early. It is done by positioning an NPC near the fence and using him as a trampoline.

[Example](https://youtu.be/OYKngZ_TV0g?t=678)

*Holding shift helps a lot to position more precisely*
*Talking to an NPC makes them idle for a few seconds before going somewhere and so talking repeatedly helps to keep them in place*
*Replaced with speed strafing over the fence in any% route*

# —— *Stone Sentinel alternative skip*

Dying during the encounter and saving afterwards allows to save the game on the battle arena. Then there is a way to navigate outside and get to the stone as it is done in the main Stone Sentinel skip. 

1. While running into the trigger press F5
2. Wait till the party is dead
3. Save and load

*Slower than skipping with a cinematic, but maybe can be helpful for the other categories*

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeBiiYrt0V4)

# —— *Sock check skip*

Allows to bypass the requirement for sock on bridge at Hovel. It is done by running and saving into the trigger in a similar way as cutscene skip is done.

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCEPerU3KuQ)

# —— *Stone in the Dirt Rowdy's copy*

During Rowdy's Secret Boots sees a flashback of the Stone in the Dirt scene. The area was copied to the Rowdy's map to make it happen. Luckily the stone entity kept it's parameters. Clicking on the stone without any preparations will result in an error. However if the Mystech2 map was visited right before Rowdy's the script on the stone will work and will play Stone in the Dirt scene even though it takes place at Rowdy's.

So running:
map mystech2
map rowdys
and then clicking on the stone there will run the scene

# — Sender Station

# —— *Commons fence clip*

Saves some time on walking from Lounge to Sender Station. It is done by talking (with the use key) and holding **S** until clipped.

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4XbTBtdEXI)

# —— *Activating Stiletto*

Stiletto's worldskill tutorial can be skipped, keeping the trigger in place. So that when you'll need to add her to the party you'll just walk into it. (After the museum mission at night).

[Example](https://youtu.be/bPhOgGzENtA?t=3415) : Setup
[Example](https://youtu.be/bPhOgGzENtA?t=4386) : Trigger

# — Hephaestus

# —— *Activating PAL-18*
*Assigns PAL-18 to the party and moves Grumpos*
1. Save the game
2. Play "PAL-18 Wakes". While it is loading, press F3 and load your saved game so that the cinematic plays there.
3. Wait till the end of it and save.
*The character has to be unlocked (be present in F5 menu)*
*Not only it activates PAL-18, but changes the position of already present character according to the cinematic (Grumpos)
It is not clear exactly how this works and when. This won't work on every map.*

[Example](https://youtu.be/vuCFwElJAD0?t=4292)

# —— *Tower elevator clip*

There is a way to go down the elevator shaft at Hephtower1. At the bottom of it there is Grumpos with the sequence related to elementor tutorial.

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czzf2upsbdo)

Clicking on Grumpos:
1. If there is only 1 party member the quest log will update. That will also unlock elementor.
2. If there is more than 1 party member the elementor tutorial will begin.

*Shouldn't be able to have both at the same time but for some reason sometimes it is enough to just talk once with an additional party member to get both elementor and elementor tutorial if clicking fast through the tutorial, but sometimes it doesn't work.*

*More consistent way would be to click on Grumpos the second time right before the elementor tutorial begins. After screen fading out there is a small window to click on him. And apparently the game keeps the party size at 1 during the tutorial, so it triggers the correct sequence (getting elementor and updating quest log).* 

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i85ePZvuZ80) : Route for getting into the shaft with additional party member.

# —— *Lower Levant wall slide*

The rock wall that prevents from going to the next map does not completely block the way. So sliding into it from the nearby wall allows to go around it.

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Dteo-n798)

# — Fortress

# —— *Fortress with 3 characters*

Allows to have just 3 characters (Boots | Stiletto | PAL), without additional party members, during the Detta Fortress section. Currently seems to softlock the game during the final fight but looks pretty interesting nevertheless.

1. When the party arrangement screen appears fill both parties completely
2. Pause the game and bring the extra members back to the pool
3. Press accept button

*What's interesting is that it influences the final fight. As a result Stiletto disappears and it is possible to have only 2 characters active at a time. The game seems to crash when the second character replaces an orb.*

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hnonna9z4A)

# —— *Fortress pickup warp*

Allows to move a party to the place of the selected pick-up.

1. Point at any pick-up (Don't move the mouse anywhere after that)
2. Press "Pause Break"
3. Shift + Tab to switch between the parties
4. Click, then unpause

[Example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bbEB2eAQWo)

Console commands

#**Common**

#— Key combinations

ALT+SHIFT+F10 to enable console, ~ to open
CTRL+SHIFT+F10 to quit the game anytime (or F10 + ENTER)

#— Movement

exec q2 — Quake-style spectator camera preset (noclip, allows to fly around)
exec anox — default third-person controls preset (reverts things back to normal)
noclip — walk through walls

#— Environment

gl_drawflat 1 — shows BSP geometry, the actual structure of the map, revealing invisible walls and such
r_fullbright 1 — disables lighting

#— Misc

battlewin — win a battle instantly
quit — exit the game (useful if ui breaks)
exec testjosh — AI debug (switch between the AI view-modes by pressing F1-F4. From 0 to 3, 3 - shows everything.)
modellist — to track what models / actors are loaded on the level
cmdlist — list commands

#— Debug

invoke 1:86 — shows the menu which allows to edit your party (add items, level up and etc)
invoke 1:860 — old debug menu

#— Maps

**List all maps:**
cd maps
dir

**Minigames**
Hive mission:
map hivebay
invoke 67:3096

~~~

map "mapname" — warps you to the selected map (no brackets required)

~~~

#**Advanced**

#— Config presets
***exec** runs a config with a supplied name from "anoxdata/configs"*
*example: "exec anox" runs "anoxdata/configs/anox.cfg"*




#— Invoking events
***invoke** runs the event of the id supplied. The events can be global or local, they are stored in gamefiles of .ape extension. To find out event ids you can look through the decompiled scripts [here](https://github.com/AlpacaNox/Anachronox/tree/master/APE/Gameflow)*

**Invoke** is used a lot throughout the game for UI and any sorts of in-game events.

#— Running cinematics

For a cinematic to play properly you would need the party to be at the map it is taking place at, otherwise the cinematic will still play but the environment won't match. 

Most script files already contain the map name in the name of their script file which helps to figure out where to play them. For example for the script file **fortress2_detta_intro.s** the name of the map would be **fortress2**.

## Playing cinematics with the "playscene" console command

To play a cinematic open the console and type in:
**map *nameofthemap* **
**extern "playscene *cinematicnamehere*"**

for example:
**map black**
**extern "playscene black_intro"**
will run the Main Menu Intro cinematic — **black_intro.s**

## Playing cinematics with Planet (in-game cinematic editor)
Playing cinematics that way will show a lot of extra things on screen, you will be able to see how the cinematics were put together. This engine module was used to make all cutscenes in the game and left for modders to use. Similarly as for the previous approach you will need to first use **map** command to load the proper environment.

To play cinematic with Planet:
open the console and type in:
**map *nameofthemap* **
**planet**
This will run Planet. To be able to click on the buttons press the **TAB** key.
* Click on the **File** button
* Type in the name of the script you would like to play
* Click on the **Load** button
* Press **F5** to start playing the cinematic and **F8** to stop

##List of the script files

*amb / ambi scripts are usually little scripts used to control environment on the maps, these are not really cinematics and are used for animating little scenes to play on a background*

*some cinematics are so huge that they were split on several script files and then chained together in-game*

**[A table with scripts from the game](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KpVUunUhmbGUBiiijQQint6EEliXdiuI3FemJm7Po3E/edit?usp=sharing) (Google Sheets)**

Creating savegames via console for making splits later

I use console to save and load savegames at the start of each segment. Menu allows for <10 save games. Suggestion: "savegame 101" for Bricks, "savegame 102" for Sender, etc. This way you can always load a segment to do a split.

How to not crash the game

There are several places, at least for now known to me where the game can consistently crash. Not only you will lose progress if you didn't save, but the game will also forget all the cinematic saves that were unlocked during that session, whether you were saving the game or not.

* Attempting to call any menu while "Anachronox Intro" or "Fatima Stops Boots" begin.
* Loading the cinematic autosave "Going to Sender Station"
* Destroying the holograms during Rictus fight (Use as little AOE skills as possible)
* Using keyboard to order bivice (an elementor which allows to have 2 input bugs) mystech attack (when selecting the input bug)
* Loading a save made during a battle (crash if used after restarting the game, softlock(likely) if in the same session).
* The battle after "Lost in Space". It is very special, it is not happening on the "Chamber" map, it is a separate one, related to the cinematic. All characters here have maxed out hp for some reason and using mystech here, at least with keyboard led here to crash several times. So I'd advice to just wait for Rho's special(Plasma Wall).

Lists [stats/skills/items]

#Basic abilities:
Might: affects Beefiness and Beat skill
Agility: affects Speed, Beat, Beatblock skills + dodge chance
Wisdom: affects the BeatBlock skill

The main skills that are used in battle: Beefiness, Beat, Speed, and Beat Block

Beefiness: raw damage
Beat: chance to hit
Speed: attack speed
Beat block: dodge

Bouge: the blue bar

http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/169/t25857-list-of-all-battleskills/

#AUX

protection:

Annulet of Alertness: Protects from consciousness effects in battle.
Antiwinky Annulet: Protects from winky in battle.
Blood Filter Fascia: Protects from poison in battle.
Circlet of Safety: Protects from all conditions in battle.
Disenslavement Round: Protects from PsySlave in battle.
Fire Retardant Roundlet: Protects from burning in battle.
FreezeMeNot Loop: Protects from freezing in battle.
Speedsure Circlet: Protects against Slow in battle.
Turboalert Wristpincher: Protects from Winky and Nuts in battle.
Valesta's Bracelet: Bracelet belonging to Valesta. [Adds Beatspeed and protects from Nuts]
Ward of the Incarnate: Protects from physicality MysTech effects in battle.

stat increase:

Beef Bracers: Increases beefiness two levels when worn.
Bouge Bangle: Bouge rises somewhat faster in battle.
Cobalt Bangle: MysBlock improved somewhat.
DoubleUp Bracer: Doubles weapon bonus for Beat attacks.
Eluder Band: Increases Block ability one level.
MysMe Microbelt: Increases MysBlock one level.
Rapid Wristlet: Increase beatspeed two levels in battle.
Redirt's Dashoop: Increase beatspeed one level in battle.
Wanda's Bracelet: Bracelet belonging to Wanda. [Slightly increases MysBlock]
Wristbands of Whacking: Increases beefiness one level in battle.

other:

Instabouge Icon: Start battle with full Bouge.
Regenergy Round: Regenerate a little during battle.
Regenergy Round Plus: Regenerate some during battle.
True View Torque: Enemies' HP shown during battle.

Bracers of IDDQD: The shadow knows [invulnerability, can't be acquired normally]
Shadow Bracers: The shadow protects you... [invulnerability, return 1000 items to the robot in Votowne]

#Mystech

Boots — Freeze [cyan]
Stiletto — Slow [blue]
Rho — Poison [green]
PAL-18 — Nuts [yellow]
Paco — Burn [red]
Democratus — Winky [pink]
Grumpos — Bane [white]

— Psy [obsidian]
— Hecatomb [cobalt]

More on mystech:

https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Anachronox/Appendices
https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Anachronox/Cobalt_Crawlers
https://www.gog.com/forum/anachronox/elementor_explenation

Mystech extra options tests

Tests of what will happen if instead of selecting normal options (1-4) for mystech strength during the battle the other ones (5-0) were to be chosen.

Dettacorp Personal Powercell - Firestorm
5 softlock (long bar)
6 softlock (particle effect)
7 long bar + 50k damage PoisonSpin
8 softlock (particle effect)
9 softlock (long bar + particle effect)
0 softlock (particle effect)

Mysteria Gold Shieldcell - Firestorm
5 long bar + 50k damage PoisonSpin
6 softlock (particle effect)
7 softlock (long bar + particle effect)
8 softlock (particle effect)
9 90k damage PoisonSpin
0 50k damage PoisonTempest

Mysteria Shieldcell - Firestorm
3 softlock (long bar)
4 softlock (particle effect)
5 long bar + 50k damage PoisonSpin
6 softlock (particle effect)
7 softlock (long bar + particle effect)
8 softlock (particle effect)
9 90k PoisonSpin
0 50k PoisonTempest

Mysteria Gold Shieldcell and Mysteria Shieldcell equal results

Sender Standard Shieldcell - Firestorm
4 softlock (long bar)
5 softlock (particle effect)
6 long bar + 50k damage PoisonSpin 
7 softlock (particle effect)
8 softlock (long bar + particle effect)
9 softlock (particle effect)
0 90k PoisonSpin

Pre-owned Shieldcell - Fireslag
5 softlock (long bar)
6 softlock (particle effect)
7 50k damage PoisonSpin
8 30k damage PoisonTempest
9 25k damage PoisonTempest
0 20k damage PoisonTempest

Mysteria Gold Shieldcell - Fireslag
5 softlock (long bar)
6 softlock (particle effect)
7 50k damage PoisonSpin
8 30k damage PoisonTempest
9 25k damage PoisonTempest
0 20k damage PoisonTempest

Old Ducalion Shieldcell - Fireslag
5 softlock (long bar)
6 softlock (particle effect)
7 50k damage PoisonSpin
8 30k damage PoisonTempest
9 25k damage PoisonTempest
0 20k damage PoisonTempest

Pre-owned Shieldcell - PoisonBeams

2 softlock -
3 softlock -
4 softlock -
5 softlock (long bar + particle effect)
6 50k damage Bane
7 35k damage BaneSlaught
8 90k damage PoisonSpin
9 40k damage PoisonTempest
0 30k damage PoisonTempest

Mysteria Gold Shieldcell - PoisonBeams
5 softlock -
6 softlock -
7 softlock -
8 softlock (long bar + particle effect)
9 50k damage Bane
0 35k damage BaneSlaught


Dettacorp Personal Powercell - PoisonBeams



8
16
32
128
256
512

Burn = Poison

Mystech Slag level doesn't matter, only shieldcell
Mystech Element does matter

Burn

64 softlock (long bar)
64 softlock (particle effect)
64 long bar + 50k PoisonSpin
64 softlock (particle effect)
64 7 softlock (long bar + particle effect)
64 8 softlock (particle effect)
64 9 90k damage PoisonSpin
64 0 50k damage PoisonTempest

NMS Route - Blind/Beginner Friendly

Still a few things to test and iron out.

Levant section now that worldskill clip is disallowed. 
Staff Sweep early.
Early Stone Sentinel.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ML0jBqOya1PhL5eZcmD0ZYZMww28mxCsy3DpCq73hN8/edit?usp=sharing

Quest events

More [here](https://github.com/AlpacaNox/Anachronox/tree/master/APE)

#Casinox Area

##switch 10:1325
set MET_CONRAD = 1
extern is_quest_done "Know about Conrad" @ boo
if (@boo != 2) {
  extern complete_quest "Know about Conrad"
  extern add_quest "Talk to Conrad"
}
if (func_charinparty[grumpos] == 3)
  extern set_party_leader boots
set Conrad1 = (Conrad1 + 1)
extern playlevelmusic mp3/bricks/bricks_normal_2_5.mp3
extern playscene bricksc_conrad1

##switch 10:1330
set CONRAD_GONE = 1
set FOLLOW_LUCKO = 1
set TOURS_OPEN = 1
set FATIMA_LUCKO = 1
extern stopambient ambi_bricksc_plate
extern add_quest "Know Lucko"
extern complete_quest "Conrad Might Know"
extern playscene bricksc_conrad2 0 10:1331


#Limbus

The participants of the Limbus battle are hardcoded, that means that if you'd bring Grumpos to that area and run the events nothing will work because he's undefined here.

##switch 92:1
set CURRENT_PLANET = 9
set CURRENT_BANK = 92
loadape "biggun"
if (play_limbus_intro == 1) {
  set talked_to_santa = 1
  set play_limbus_intro = 0
  extern set_party_leader boots
  extern complete_quest "Explore Limbus"
  extern playscene limbus_scene86
} else if (battle_alldone) {
} else
if ((Battle_Gun == 1) && (Battle_Bridge == 0))
  goto 92:0170                              
if ((Battle_Cliff == 1) && (Battle_AllDone == 0)) {
  console "battlestart 0"
  goto 0:0
}
if (Battle_AllDone) {
  gosub 92:0801		                      
  gosub 92:2			                                                 
}

##switch 92:2
if (@santa_spawned == 0) {
  set @santa_spawned = 1
}
if (where_am_i_1 == 4) 
  gosub 92:8004
if (where_am_i_1 == 2)
  gosub 92:8000
if (where_am_i_1 == 1)
  gosub 92:8008
if (where_am_i_1 == 3)
  gosub 92:8012
if (where_am_i_1 && ((where_am_i_2 == 0) || (where_am_i_2 == 4)))
  gosub 92:8005
if (where_am_i_1 && ((where_am_i_2 == 0) || (where_am_i_2 == 2)))
  gosub 92:8001
if (where_am_i_1 && ((where_am_i_2 == 0) || (where_am_i_2 == 1)))
  gosub 92:8009
if (where_am_i_1 && ((where_am_i_2 == 0) || (where_am_i_2 == 3)))
  gosub 92:8013
if (where_am_i_2 && ((where_am_i_3 == 0) || (where_am_i_3 == 4)))
  gosub 92:8006
if (where_am_i_2 && ((where_am_i_3 == 0) || (where_am_i_3 == 2)))
  gosub 92:8002
if (where_am_i_2 && ((where_am_i_3 == 0) || (where_am_i_3 == 1)))
  gosub 92:8010
if (where_am_i_2 && ((where_am_i_3 == 0) || (where_am_i_3 == 3)))
  gosub 92:8014
if (where_am_i_3 && ((where_am_i_4 == 0) || (where_am_i_4 == 4)))
  gosub 92:8007
if (where_am_i_3 && ((where_am_i_4 == 0) || (where_am_i_4 == 2)))
  gosub 92:8003
if (where_am_i_3 && ((where_am_i_4 == 0) || (where_am_i_4 == 1)))
  gosub 92:8011
if (where_am_i_3 && ((where_am_i_4 == 0) || (where_am_i_4 == 3)))
  gosub 92:8015
if (where_am_i_4) {
  gosub 92:8021
  gosub 92:8020
  gosub 92:8022
  gosub 92:8023
}
goto 0:0

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##switch 92:101
set Santa1 = (Santa1 + 1)
if (Santa1 > 1)
  goto 92:0110
goto 92:0105     

##window 92:105
title "Santadramangetricus"
body "The first point of interest in the city of Sesostris is the Lance of the Vigil. It is the very reason we are being invaded. You will find the Lance on the Pillars of Sesostris."
nextwindow 92:0106

##window 92:106
title "Santadramangetricus"
body "The second point of interest is the Bridge of Betrayal. You already know it intimately... it is where you fought and destroyed the Sagen-Kra."
nextwindow 92:0107

##window 92:107
title "Santadramangetricus"
body "The third and final point of interest is the Cliff of Casting, which you will find within the city."
cam left restore zip
nextwindow 92:0108

##window 92:108
title "Santadramangetricus"
body "I cannot stress enough the importance of this battle. Fight to your last, and do not fail. The fate of existence rests in your hands."
startswitch {
  extern add_quest "Find Pillars"
  extern add_quest "Find Bridge"
  extern add_quest "Find Cliff"
}

finishswitch {
}

##switch 92:701
if (limbus_saw_dome)
  goto 92:750
gosub 1:5
if (party_population < 3)
  goto 92:0705
goto 92:0715

##window 92:705
title "Santadramangetricus"
body "Words fail me."

##window 92:710
title "Santadramangetricus"
body "You must return with both of your friends. I wish to give my profound thanks."

##window 92:715
title "Santadramangetricus"
body "You have participated in the greatest chapter of our story. You have pushed back the death of our universe."
nextwindow 92:0717

##window 92:717
title "Santadramangetricus"
body "In helping us, you have become part of The Vigil, and are entitled to our knowledge."
nextwindow 92:0725

##window 92:725
title "Santadramangetricus"
body "If your leader would follow me, it is time for you to hear the sacred story."

finishswitch {
  extern set_party_leader boots
  extern add_quest "Find Rowdy"
  set PRE_DETTA = 1
  set PLAY_LIMBUSDOME = 1
  set limbus_saw_dome = 1
  console "set storysave \"Limbus Dome|The Dome of Desulinominus\""
  console "map limbusdome"
}

##switch 92:8021
if (@santa_spawned == 0) {
  extern AI_SpawnEntity @townhall_santa_handle npc_santa santa 92:0701 townhall_santa
  set @santa_spawned = 1
}

#Elementor tutorial

Route and strats for the easiest difficulty

1. BRICKS
- do all four things -> leave rowdy’s
- whackmaster's, leave after the first tutorial
- dynamo, take Valesta’s bracelet
- go to grumpos
- platform 1, talk to noxguard and get the helmet, bring back to Grumpos
- mystech tunnels entrance, talk to Lord Merphadin
- floater conrad, talk twice
- tenements: Barton Arms guy (abuse speedup, he won't get away, but never get close)
- taxi to rowdy's: sick dude
- junkyard (old ducalion shieldcell to grumpos, vistin three-beam)
- tunnels (batt, spikehead)
- taxi to anox tours: buy battery
- taxi to rowdy's: 1) to pal; 2) whackmaster's (five-prism)
- taxi to spaceport (PAL takes shockclaw from the bot)

2. SENDER STATION and BRAIN TRAIN
- hotel: talk to doctor, take rose
- talk to the purple woman near the clown about the doctor
- vendomart (! in the following order): 1. meditate on the prism, 2. hack to get coats
- dormitory: yammer one ticket
- hotel: doctor in love, get the second ticket
- museum: hack the database
- starport: gate 2, hack the entrance, scroll-click through the dialogue, it doesn't matter what you click 
- brain train: talk to the peanut girl scientist, then talk to the linguinator guy twice

3. SUNDER
- talk to guard
- bar, cards
- green 691, red 507, blue 493
- trueview torque
1: RED; BLUE; YELLOW; GREEN
2: GREEN; YELLOW; GREEN; YELLOW
3: RED; GREEN; BLUE; YELLOW
4: RED; RED; GREEN; GREEN

4. VOTOWNE
team: boots, grumpos, pal
- take the proposition sheet from a guy near the ramp
- right after that look at the orange poster about vomit torture
- ask the guy on the ramp and THEN buy quack-quack juice and give it to him
- guy on the zigzag ramp
- chrissy
- guy on a chest, yammer
- pal robot near republic inn
- room 304: doublebracer
- room 201
- votabulator: guess one vote
- go to the council
- warship bay: just go straight to the fighter and have one fight on the way, keep the speed-up after the battle (see glitches and skips guide for keeping the speedup)
- fail the hive mini-game

5. HIVE
- activate two sugar cubes, collect PoisonSpin after the fight
- collect 6 shards of different colors
- collect the Bane mystech near one of the shards
- heal and fill NRG before the boss fight, lead party with Rho, Rho must have PoisonSpin and full Callossum Cell, Grumpos must have Bane and full Old Ducalion Cell
- queen (8500 HP), attack with PoisonSpin, Bane and StaffSweep
- lounge on Sender: take PAL and Grumpos
- vendomart: buy Octogun for Boots

6. SENDER, FTM
- take rho and PAL, and fight your way to the red light district
- Kev in Slutopia and complete the quest
- return to lounge and collect a petal on your way back (it's behind the tree near entrance to routubes)

7. SENDER, TDD
- skip stiletto’s world-skill, collect a petal (it's behind the tree near entrance to routubes)
- take PAL, democratus will tag along

8. HEPHAESTUS
team: Grumpos, Rho
- talk to grumpos
- ed's shop: buy shocksphere, mysteria gold shieldcell x 3, buy a FreezeMeNot
- install shocksphere, give your party gold shieldcells
- collect Annulet of Alertness
- hotel: sleeping guy’s slip
- collect grit near the well, talk to abbot
- collect grit near transport
- go down and talk to norman
- go down, code 49665, resonating fluid
- finish the quest

9. LEVANT
- go left, turn on the controls midway
- go to start of the level, middle tunnel, go up, staffsweep salamanders, pick lock, activate
- go to start of the level, left tunnel, go to the end and activate
- go to start of the level, panel, go to the door in the right tunnel, go to the next level
- fork right, get breaker
- collect bouge bangle and cobalt crawler before the boss fight
- make a freeze elementor with a cobalt crawler in the center, give it to Boots. from now on, the FreezeZone attacks by Boots are going to be literally a game changer
- heal all party members and attack the boss, don't bother with activating vents

10. KSC GRIMACER and KRAPTON PRISON
- sender, vendomart: buy Starblaster for Boots, Resonance Crystal for Democratus, new Claw for PAL and 3 Standard Sender Shieldcells
- collect a petal
- grimacer battles: rely on Boots's FreezeZone elementor attacks, robots are attacked Democratus's Theta or PAL
- In one of the corridors there's Theta Squarewave Crystal behind one of the arches — you must take it! Equip Democratus with Theta Crystal and DoubleBracer
- red door panel: Right 3, Right 1, Right 2, Left 1, no change (this opens all the Red Security Doors)
- collect SuperHero Cell and equip Boots with it
- green door panel: Left 1, Right 1, Right 2, no change, Left 2
- boss fight: rely on Democratus's Theta attack doubled by DoubleBracer, help with Boots's Starblaster attacks if needed, PAL can also help; all hits on Rictus, don't attack others
prison:
- dog’s water dish
- big bee pisses
- little gray man, for mind-reading powers
- Talk to the dog to find out where Invisolad is.
- Now read Invisolad's mind for the last two digits.
- read The-Guy-Near-The-Orange-Button's mind for the second part of the code

11. WHITENDON
take all three photos, grab Stargent HandCannon along the way and go to burgomaster
then go to the inn

12. COMMITEON
first level: turn around and enter 65712
second level: give paco BougeBangle; use RadiusRage through the whole area
third level: go down the ramp and collect cobalt crawler, be careful with speeding while going to the elevator not run out of time

13. BALLOTINE
- you can reach the wheel from above

14. WHITE CAVES
- equip DoubleBracer and HandCannon
- collect and equip FreezeMeNot near the timeminder after the first battle if you didn't buy a FreezeMeNot on Hephaestus in Ed's Crap Store
- after the battle with 3 walruses go down, look closely on the left and collect Cobalt Crawler. upgrade your cyan bug with 2 petals and add two cobalt crawlers to it. Now it should have 3 cobalt crawlers.
- collect and install Supershot
- before boss fight: must have DoubleBracer, HandCannon, Supershot, BougeBangle equipped

VOTOWNE, SECOND TIME
- to republic inn, sleep and go back

LIMBUS
- team: boots, paco, pal
- paco on the bridge, boots near the spikey tunnel, pal shoots the ships down
- NB: the more ships you destroy, the less the rest of the party will have to fight
- paco attacks with RadiusRage and other attacks, Boots attacks with Freeze elementor

ANOX TO SENDER TO ANOX TO DETTA
> Zordo's: Flashpak and Bladerangs
> OneGate dealer: 6 detta personal powercells, 20+ healcompletes, many NRG-heavy things such as Batts

DETTA: Basement
> boots, up the ramp and right, no fight
> pal, to vent
> stiletto, to the door, don't fight anybody
A C K M: Astro Cordica Kepler Mojo
Q A E: Quasar Astro Eternal
- don't fight dudes in the garage
Floater, buy protection: FreezeMeNot's and TurboWristPinchers
- loadout before the final battles: 
> ignore Grumpos, you can take everything from him
> equip everybody except Grumpos must have Detta Cell
> Stiletto: Annulet of Alertness, BougeBangle, make sure she has PainPirouette installed
> Boots: FreezeMeNot, TurboPincher, One-host elementor set to Freeze with 3 Cobalt Crawlers, Superhero Cell 

DETTA BOSS BATTLE 1: FatimaScreen, kill fixers first, then AerialTrigger attack the rest, do Beat attacks then if needed
DETTA BOSS BATTLE 2: Flashpak, PainPiroutte, Flashpak, PainPiroutte. The main idea is to kill Detta off with a Pain Pirouette before he gets to the next crate and heals. Make that a priority.
FINAL BATTLE: Boots attacks with max FreezeZone elementor attacks, others move in. Others help if needed.

Route for Any% no speedup, easiest difficulty 01:29:20

[The run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch1HlC_l4_0)

#The Bricks

— [Leave Rowdys right away](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=346)
— [Skip the first fight and Bricks Intro](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=360)
(Keep the save right after exiting Rowdy's, that will be an easy way later on to trigger battleskip.)
— [Leave Whackmaster after the first tutorial begins](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=414)
— [Skip](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=492) K'Conrad's cutscene
— Talk to The Doorlord 
*even though no quest update appears it is still required, you won't be able to talk to him after Mystech Tunnels*
— [Speedstrafe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p65uCDjPSZc
) [over the fence to enter the tunnels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTofhWZLZIs)
— [Skip Stone Sentinel using the cinematic](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=1771)
— Skip "Meeting Detta" (restart the game)
— Get twice a Stargent Laserblade from the wall
— Visit Deanamo, [skip the cinematic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl28pq0fO6I) take Valesta's Bracelet and equip it (the cutscene unloads after using the elevator at Building 5)
— Skip "Meeting Grumpos" (unload will happen after the elevator)
— Activate battleskip before exiting Tenements
— Get the helmet
— Warp back to Tenements with "Stone in the Dirt"
— [Return the helmet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHWoadivNtU)
— Sell Laserblades to Ghalla
— Skip "K'Conrad Speaks Again" (unload will happen after the elevator)
— Go to Tours and buy a battery from Bloomgold
— Warp back to Rowdy's with "Anachronox Intro" and wake up PAL-18.
— After the cutscene activate the battleskip
— Leave the office with worldskill clip
— Back to Tours, buy tickets [for free](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU1brRn0fR8) and travel to Sender Station.

#Pre Detta

##Sender Station

— Save the game and [clip](https://youtu.be/aVtpCaPtYaY?t=2238) inside the Rho's Shuttle corridor
— Make a save in front of the Shuttle entrance and keep it.
— Travel to Anachronox
— Make sure you don't have battleskip, save near the nox guard.
— Call shuttle warp UI on save at Anachronox, then talk to the guard by pressing space. Scroll through the dialogue until the battle begins.
— Press "num6" two times and then "enter" to travel to Sender Station during the battle
— Make 2 saves
— Restart the game
— Travel to Hephaestus

##Hephaestus

— Buy a Mysteria Gold Shieldcell, FreezeMeNot Loop and TurboAlert Writstpincher
— Press "num4", then "enter" to travel to Limbus

##Limbus

— Activate battleskip
— Reach Sesostris, skip Prisoners of Limbus
— Volunteer at bridge and cliffs
— Get Firestorm mystech from the shopkeeper
— Equip Boots with Firestorm and Mysteria Gold Shieldcell
— During the battle when Boots is ready press "4" and then "9" keys to select mystech, afterwards click on the enemies to attack, repeat for every enemy
— After done with the event go to the throne room and make a save in front of Santa. Make a separate one just in case for duping items later on
— Load the save made at Sender Station in front of the Shuttle.
— Press "num4", then "enter" to travel to Limbus
— Activate battleskip and get to Sesostris. Skip Prisoners of Limbus again, it will overwrite the old one.
— Now save and [load the save](https://youtu.be/aVtpCaPtYaY?t=3390) where Boots is solo and finished the event. Make sure you can talk to Santa with the "use" key. Load the save with party of 3, while loading mash the "use" key.
*That works in a very similar way as the [shuttle warp](https://www.speedrun.com/Anachronox/guide/lbbub#ch7Shuttle_Warp) the difference is that you talk to an NPC instead of interacting with a wall.*

— Skip "The Dome" and warp out with "Anachronox Intro".

##Rowdys

— Press "num4" 2 times and then "enter" to travel to Hephaestus during the "Rowdy's Secret" cutscene.

##Hephaestus

— Press "num6" 2 times and then "enter" to travel to Sender Station.

##Sender Station

— Make a save
— Play "PAL-18 Wakes", mash F4 while it is loading
— Load the save, while it is loading mash F4
— Unpause the game and wait for the sound of Boots activating PAL-18
— Save and load the game (the unload will happen after leaving the Station (to Commons)
— Go to Lounge of Commerce, talk to PAL-18 and agree to meet at One Gate
— Press "num6" and then "enter" to warp to Anachronox

##The Bricks

— Travel to One Gate Station

##One Gate Station

— Proceed to One Gate

##One Gate

— While assembling the party make sure Grumpos goes with Stiletto

#Fortress

##Fortress Grounds

— [Hold](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UY_x15dYBE) "back" right after assembling the parties and pressing accept.

##Fortress Basement

*If the swap party key doesn't work rebind the key*
— [Warp as Boots to skip the door](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UY_x15dYBE)
*The cinematic will either unload shortly after warp or after toggling the bridge by PAL*
— Unlock the left console with PAL, lower the bridge, enter A C K M: Astro Cordica Kepler Mojo
— Leave the level

##Fortress

— Switch to Stiletto's party and select Grumpos
— [Warp to the pod room and activate the pods](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDC-NUwUCdo).
*2 Saves, one got the pods in place that can be reached easily. In the second the pods are interactable but unreachable, combine 2 things and there we go.*
*[Backup strats](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUGu42-6lik) for interacting with the pods*

##Upper Fortress

— Boots: activate the airlock, unlock the chamber door, activate platform
— Stiletto: unlock the workshop door
— PAL: reach the workshop control panel, unlock security level 4
— Boots: activate the airlock
— PAL: activate airlock 2
— All groups enter airlock 2
— Gather everyone near the big door
— Restart the game to get rid of battleskip
— Dupe Boots's gear from Sesostris save 6 times
— Equip everyone with: Firestorm, Mysteria Gold Shieldcell, TurboAlert Wristpincher and FreezeMeNot Loop 
— Use mystech the same way as in battles at Limbus

#Echo Gate

— Use mystech the same way as in battles at Limbus, try not to end up with 2 characters not having each other in line of sight

Route for Any% no speedup, easiest difficulty 01:55:45 (Limbus Warp)

[!](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JrTcxJqhrgvyRF9zp9oRHCMBjOVUiXls)

#Route

The Bricks

— [Leave Rowdys right away](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=346)
— [Skip the first fight and Bricks Intro](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=360)
*Optionally keep a save right after exiting Rowdy's, that will be an easy way later on to trigger battleskip.*
— [Leave Whackmaster after the first tutorial begins](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=414)
— [Skip KConrads cutscene](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=492)
— Visit Deanamo
— Skip "Meeting Grumpos" (Quit and load the cinematic save, unload will happen after the elevator")
— Activate battleskip before exiting Tenements or Building 5
— Get the helmet
— Go back to Grumpos (Skipping the cinematic is not much faster than a normal way)
— Talk to The Doorlord 
*otherwise he will disappear after you exit the tunnels, softlocking the game*
— [Speedstrafe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p65uCDjPSZc
) [over the fence to enter the tunnels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTofhWZLZIs)
— [Get a Stargent Laserblade from the wall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDQ2cZLG2o4)
— Pick up everything except for basic healgrease on the way to the boss (to sell later for 1000 cr)
— [Skip Stone Sentinel using the cinematic](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=1771)
— Skip "Meeting Detta" (Quit and load the cinematic save, unload will happen after the elevator")
— Sell everything except for Stargent Laserblade to Ghalla
— Skip "K'Conrad Speaks Again" (Quit and load the cinematic save, unload will happen after the elevator")
— Go to Tours and buy a battery from Bloomgold
— Warp back to Rowdy's with "Anachronox Intro". PAL-18 Wakes.
— After the cutscene activate the battleskip
— Back to Tours, buy tickets (only Grumpos can buy) and travel to Sender.

Sender Station

— Save the game to a new slot (keep it)
— Skip "What's the Plan, Stan?"
— Go to Vend'O'Mart and hack the terminal. (To unlock the cutscene ("Disguises") for warping).
— Skip the cutscene and load the save when arrived to the station.
— Clip out of bounds (Meeting Detta is the one I use), then clip into the corridor leading to the Rho's shuttle(Stone Sentinel)

Hephaestus

— Buy Mysteria Gold Shieldcell
— Pickup Annulet of Alertness on the way.
— Optionally take a petal on the way
— Get to the front entrance of the Tower.
— [Save, play PAL18 Wakes, load the save, wait till the end of the cinematic, save, load. Talk to Grumpos](https://youtu.be/gsG6hxffgPw?t=2981)
*That will pull Grumpos from the elevator shaft to the first floor of the tower, make PAL active and warp Boots here as well.*
— Talk to Grumpos

Sender Station

— Warp with "Disguises"
— Go to Routubes
— Optionally pick up a yellow bug
— [Clip out of bounds and reach the trigger leading to the next level](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5TXo_zithk)
— Save right after entering Routubes 2 since it is very likely that the cinematic will unload right after the map transition
— Pick up a grey bug
— Pick up a red bug
— Get to the Red Light District
— Talk to floater to get a cobalt crawler [Will make elementor attacks AOE]
— Pickup a Turboalert Wristpincher
— Complete the "Ring" quest and skip "Stiletto Dance"(will unload together with "Disguises" after warping)
— Warp with "Disguises"
— Complete the PAL's section, right after PAL-18 and Stiletto leave the museum. Save and warp with "PAL-18 Drops the Ball"
— Get back to the Lounge of Commerce, skip Universe Troubles, warp with Disguises
— Collect enough petals to level up the elementor up to 80 output or more, add a cobalt crawler to the combo
— Warp to Limbus

Limbus

— Activate battleskip
— Reach Sesostris, skip Prisoners of Limbus
— Equip Boots with a shieldcell and elementor
— Volunteer at every position as Boots
— After done with the event warp back to Sender, get to the Lounge of Commerce, take PAL-18, then go back to the place where Stiletto's worldskill tutorial should've happened. This will add her to the party. Now warp back to Crevice with "Big Gun Outro".
— Get to Santa, skip The Dome cutscene, warp to Rowdy's with Anachronox Intro 

Rowdys

— Warp back to Sender with "Disguises" during the cutscene. You'll need to progress in dialogue while Disguises plays.

Sender

— Level up the elementor up to ~180 output. I am not sure how much exactly is required to oneshot the orbs in the final fight, but that seems like enough.
— Talk to someone, then get to the space station and take a shuttle to Anachronox
— Buy the tickets to OneGate

OneGate

— Buy a Detta Shieldcell from Parvenute

Detta Fortress 

Grounds

— [Hold "back" right after assembling the parties and pressing accept](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UY_x15dYBE)

Basement

— [Warp as Boots to skip the door](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UY_x15dYBE)
* The cinematic will either unload shortly after warp or after toggling the bridge by PAL
— Unlock the left console with PAL, lower the bridge, enter A C K M: Astro Cordica Kepler Mojo
— Leave the level

Fortress

— PAL: unlock the console, open the door security level 1
— Boots: use control panel, enter Q A E: Quasar Astro Eternal. Unlock security level 2
— Pal: unlock the generator panel, take a corridor to the right, use control panel
— Stiletto: use transport pods, unlock the pods for Boots
— Boots: use the pods < the only thing that matters here

Upper Fortress

— Boots: activate the airlock, unlock the chamber door, activate platform
— Stiletto: unlock the workshop door
— PAL: reach the workshop control panel, unlock security level 4
— Boots: activate the airlock
— Boots: buy 5 Turboalert Wristpinchers
— PAL: activate airlock 2
— All groups enter airlock 2
— Gather everyone near the big door
— Reset the game to get rid of the battleskip
— Equip Stiletto with a TurboAlert Wristpincher, Detta Shieldcell and a Bane Elementor. Equip the rest of the party (except Grumpos) with TurboAlert Wristpinchers. 
— The first phase: 1 bane attack + 1 beat attack by Stiletto. The second phase: ??? (It was supposed to be 5 attacks by Stiletto + 1 Pain Pirouette, but that is inconsistent)

Echo Gate

— Makes sense to let Boots move in first since his element is ice and no one's got anything to resist it
— Stiletto spams Bane elementor, others move in
* the move point for spheres is always the last one in the menu

new:

bricks > hephtower > slounge > limbus > rowdys > hephpoor > slounge > onegate  > outro

est possible 01:30:00

 there is a way to level up Stiletto. Warp back to slounge after getting her from Onegate cutscene. Then play Detta fortress intro anywhere to restart the fortress mission.
hephpoor after Rowdys is to get rid of the party members. That warps PAL to slounge so that we can talk to him and unlock the trigger at onegate for Detta Fortress mission. Since it warps only PAL you can't buy onegate pass at this point since you need someone other than Boots or PAL to do that, that is why it is a good idea to buy the pass prior to leaving Bricks the first time as Grumpos.

losing all the awards and gold after talking to Santa with old party. However the Big Gun Outro autosave got everything you had prior to talking so that you can transfer (dupe) annulet of alertness, firestorm if needed.

should have 5200+ cr prior to going to tours. Since 5k unlocks the OneGate Pass button. And 200 is required to buy a battery.

1 save at sender shuttle [to warp to limbus, bricks, talk to Santa (warp with Big Gun Outro)]
1 save at Hephaestus Ed's shop > 1 at Entertainment district [shield dupe, can be rewritten afterwards]
1 save at lounge post elementor tutorial (warp to Limbus as solo Boots, talk to Grumpos after Limbus)
from that save equip shield, and warp to Limbus as Boots solo
1 save at Parvenute to buy 2 Detta Shieldcells and Poison Tempest
1 save at Hephaestus near the annulet of alertness for duping
buy One Gate pass before leaving Bricks the first time
!Tower entrance not required, just a shieldcell

Before Detta Bossfight Boots should have Detta Shieldcell + Firestorm and Stiletto should have Detta Shieldcell + Poison Tempest.

Both have dot which gives the highest possible damage output.

Detta is invulnerable to psy and freeze

use Burn mystech from a shoopkeeper at Limbus + Mysteria Gold Shieldcell to get through the Limbus event. Get a better shield and use the same mystech in the final fight to get rid of orbs.

Can get PsySummonHarmonic from Mad Caleb at Tours for free (Post Limbus) 

+ Bricks pickups: Batt + Stargent Laserblade
+ skip PAL mission
+ buy and dupe weapons at Zordos after The Dome
+ skip Fortress1

Route for Any% no speedup, easiest difficulty 03:25:06

// keeping this route since it might be useful for 100% category even if it's outdated

[!](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JrTcxJqhrgvyRF9zp9oRHCMBjOVUiXls)
Progress so far:

[Anachronox Any% 03:25:06](https://www.speedrun.com/Anachronox/run/m7p2vo4m)

"restore the state" means to load the cinematic while being on the same map where it takes place

#Route

The Bricks

— [Leave Rowdys right away](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=346)
— [Skip the first fight and Bricks Intro](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=360)
*Optionally keep a save right after exiting Rowdy's, that will be an easy way later on to trigger battleskip.*
— [Leave Whackmaster after the first tutorial begins](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=414)
— [Skip KConrads cutscene](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=492)
— Visit Deanamo
— Skip "Meeting Grumpos" (Quit and load the cinematic save, unload will happen after the elevator")
— Get the helmet
— Go back to Grumpos (Skipping the cinematic is not much faster than a normal way)
— Talk to The Doorlord 
*otherwise he will disappear after you exit the tunnels, softlocking the game*
— [Speedstrafe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p65uCDjPSZc
) [over the fence to enter the tunnels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTofhWZLZIs)
— [Get a Stargent Laserblade from the wall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDQ2cZLG2o4)
— Pick up a Batt on the way to the boss (to sell later for 500 cr)
— [Skip Stone Sentinel using the cinematic](https://youtu.be/roHPGGb-VJA?t=1771)
— Skip "Meeting Detta" (Quit and load the cinematic save, unload will happen after the elevator")
— Sell a Batt to Ghalla (to get enough money to buy a battery and tickets)
— Skip "K'Conrad Speaks Again" (Quit and load the cinematic save, unload will happen after the elevator")
— Go to Tours and buy a battery from Bloomgold
— Go back to Rowdy's. Get the camera and PAL-18. [warping to Rowdy's with Anachronox Intro saves around 30s]
— Back to Tours, buy tickets and travel to Sender. *Make sure to use anyone other than Boots to buy the tickets

Sender Station

— Save the game (keep it)
— Skip "What's the Plan, Stan?"
— Go to Vend'O'Mart and hack the terminal. (To unlock the cutscene ("Disguises") for warping).
— Get back to the space station (load the saved game)
— [Clip out of bounds, then clip into the corridor leading to the Brain Train using the The Stone Sentinel cinematic](https://youtu.be/gsG6hxffgPw) * Meeting Detta is the easiest to use
— [Skip The Brain Bouncer cutscene](https://youtu.be/gsG6hxffgPw?t=68)
— Make sure the cinematic is unloaded, otherwise reset the game
— Talk to the Brain Bouncer

Brain Train

— [Talk to the dudes](https://youtu.be/gsG6hxffgPw?t=230)

Sunder

— [Clip out of bounds, use PAL18 Wakes to clip inbounds, navigate your way to the shuttle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntp0Js60_lw)
— At the end of "Sunder Breaks" mash F4 (to save and load during the beginning of "Lost in Space"). Warp with "Disguises".
* if missed you can recover by using Lost in Space from the cinematics menu

Sender Station

— Take a shuttle to Hephaestus

Hephaestus

— Pickup Annulet of Alertness on the way.
— Get to the front entrance of the Tower.
— [Save, play PAL18 Wakes, load the save, wait till the end of the cinematic, save, load. Talk to Grumpos](https://youtu.be/gsG6hxffgPw?t=2981)
*That will pull Grumpos from the elevator shaft to the first floor of the tower, make PAL active and warp Boots here as well.*

Sender Station

— Warp with "Disguises"
— Go to the Routubes
— Pick up a yellow bug
— [Clip out of bounds and reach the trigger leading to the next level](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5TXo_zithk)
— Save before exiting the level since it is very likely that the cinematic will unload right after the map transition
— Pick up a grey bug
— Get to the Red Light District
— Talk to floater to get a cobalt crawler [Will make Bane attacks AOE]
— Complete the "Ring" quest and skip "Stiletto Dance"(will unload together with "Disguises" after warping)
— Warp with "Disguises"
— Complete the PAL's section, get back to the Lounge of Commerce, skip Universe Troubles, warp with Disguises
— Get back to the lounge, take PAL and Rho, talk to Grumpos.
— Take a shuttle to Hephaestus

Hephaestus

— Pickup a bivice and a red bug near the entrance to hotel.
— Use the second entrance
— Skip "Caught Trespassing"
— Talk to the abbot

Levant

— Activate battleskip if it isn't active already
— Activate bridge, power and the gates
— [Skip level 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Dteo-n798)
— On level 3 collect a cobalt crawler and a Bouge Bangle
— Skip Magmatos fight, then warp with "Braving the Levant". Get back to the upper level of Tower.
— Talk to the abbot
— Skip "Grand Mysterium" (Quit and load the cinematic save, unload will happen together with "Disguises" after warping)
— Warp with "Disguises"

Sender Station

— Take PAL and leave the Lounge
— Sell Annulet of Alertness and buy 3 Standard Sender Shields
— Take a shuttle to Limbus

Villain Ship

— Skip Villain Ship Intro. Go out of bounds (Bricks Intro for example). Go on top of the actual bay room, there are several, the highest one is the one you need. Clip inbounds with "Stone Sentinel" from the ceiling. It will unload somewhere, save more, probably after exiting bay. 
— [Press the button in the bay area to open the door](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8dFW0Mghfk)
— [Reach the room with a red cross on the floor.](https://youtu.be/q8dFW0Mghfk?t=9)
— [Warp from here one floor upwards using The Stone Sentinel cinematic.](https://youtu.be/q8dFW0Mghfk?t=70)
— [Enter the combination Left 1, Right 1, Right 2, no change, Left 2 and save right after. Wait till the cinematic unloads then load the game and proceed through the green door.](https://youtu.be/q8dFW0Mghfk?t=93)
— [Right before the fight with Rictus restart the game to reset the battleskip.](https://youtu.be/q8dFW0Mghfk?t=166)
— Pick up an elementor. Equip party with Standard Sender Shieldcells. Add 1 more cobalt crawler to Boots's elementor, assemble the other 2 elementors with bugs available. [during the fight careful with bivice, it can crash the game, probably because of keyboard input]
— Use Boots's elementor to attack only in phase 1, in phase 2 use it only to heal (you can probably afford one attack though)
* Using strong AOE attacks is very dangerous in the second phase of the fight since if you'd manage to destroy the holograms the game is very likely to crash

Krapton Prison

— Get Beef Bracers and equip Boots with them

Whitendon

— Skip "Votowne Action News"
— Take a photo
— Get a Stargent HandCannon
— Take the other 2 photos
— Report to Burgomaster
— Sleep in the tavern
— VOTOWNE ACTION NEWS WILL UNLOAD RIGHT AFTER COMMITEON INTRO UNLESS YOU RESET EARLIER 
^^^ this can ruin a run since the Commiteon intro does not appear in the cinematics list, nor autosave is being made. So if you'd miss that one you'll have to watch Boots's Flashback again + Commiteon Intro ofc.

Commiteon

65712

Abandoned base

— Get the cobalt crawler

Ballotine

— Skip "PAL-18 Dreams" (Quit and load the cinematic save, unload will happen after the elevator")
— [Ballotine PAL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoLF06BHUUg) (you can reach the valve from above)

White Caves

— Collect Supershot and a cobalt crawler. 
— Right before the Wimpa fight equip Boots with a Beef Bracer, Bouge Bangle, Stargent Handcannon, and learn Supershot. Mystech won't do much since we don't have any shield with output more than 128. Spam normal attack, when Wimpa starts moving around cast Aerial Trigger (once should be enough).

Whitendon 2

— Report to Burgomaster

Votowne

— Get a DoubleUp Bracer at Republic Inn (floor 3)
— Skip Fatima's Flashback, then warp with Disguises
— Take a shuttle to Limbus

Limbus

— Unlock "Landing on Limbus". Restart, activate battleskip, restore the state.
— Unlock "Prisoners of Limbus", restart, restore the state, save, restart, load the game (since no good place to unload the cutscene)
— Unlock "The Dome". Restart, restore the state.
— Warp to Rowdy's with "Anachronox Intro"

Rowdys

— Warp back to Sender with "Disguises" during the cutscene. You'll need to progress in dialogue while Disguises plays.

Sender

— Talk to someone, then get to the space station and take a shuttle to Anachronox
— Buy tickets to OneGate

OneGate

— Buy a Detta Shieldcell from Parvenute

Detta Fortress 

Grounds

— [Hold "back" right after assembling the parties and pressing accept](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UY_x15dYBE)

Basement

— [Warp as Boots to skip the door](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UY_x15dYBE)
* The cinematic will either unload shortly after warp or after toggling the bridge by PAL
— Unlock the left console with PAL, lower the bridge, enter A C K M: Astro Cordica Kepler Mojo
— Leave the level

Fortress

— PAL: unlock the console, open the door security level 1
— Boots: use control panel, enter Q A E: Quasar Astro Eternal. Unlock security level 2
— Pal: unlock the generator panel, take a corridor to the right, use control panel
— Stiletto: use transport pods, unlock the pods for Boots
— Boots: use the pods < the only thing that matters here

Upper Fortress

— Boots: activate the airlock, unlock the chamber door, activate platform
— Stiletto: unlock the workshop door
— PAL: reach the workshop control panel, unlock security level 4
— Boots: activate the airlock
— Boots: buy 6 Turboalert Wristpinchers
— PAL: activate airlock 2
— All groups enter airlock 2
— Gather everyone near the big door
— Reset the game to get rid of battleskip
— Equip Stiletto with a DoubleUp Bracer, TurboAlert Wristpincher, Detta Shieldcell and a Bane Elementor. Boost the Bane elementor as much as possible. Equip Boots with Beef Bracers, TurboAlert Wristpincher. Equip the rest of the party (except Grumpos) with TurboAlert Wristpinchers. 
— The first phase: 1 bane attack by Stiletto + 1 normal by Boots. The second: wait till both characters have their bouge bar filled and then use Aerial Trigger (first) and Pain Pirouette during a single turn. That should make around 35k damage, ending the battle.

Echo Gate

— Makes sense to let Boots move in first since his element is ice and no one's got anything to resist it
— Stiletto spams Bane elementor, others move in
* the move point for spheres is always the last one in the menu

#Segment commentary

##The Bricks
The walls that block you off from entering the Junkyard and Tours seem to replace the real map transfer triggers, meaning that even if you can bypass the wall there is no way to enter those 2 maps early.

* Talking to Grumpos for the first time unlocks the Junkyard and a part of Casinox Area.
* Talking to K'Conrad the second time unlocks Tours (to be able to do that you need to get Grumpos to join you, which will trigger the event where Fatima updates the quest log and says to talk to the Doorlord, and then the Doorlord triggers K'Conrad to talk to you for the second time. So you need all that just to be able to access Tours.

The Doorlord disappears once you finish the Mystech Tunnels. In theory you could skip Grumpos quest, because he joins you in the second part of the tunnels anyway but the problem is that the quest that gets Grumpos to join is required for Doorlord to update the quest log and finishing the Tunnels despawns him, so that order will softlock the game. That's why getting Grumpos to join normally is required to be able to advance further.

Eddie does nothing it seems, there's no point in Junkyard, since it is possible to enter the tunnels right from the beginning without doing any quests.

##Votowne — Hephaestus

There is a way to skip everything from Votowne (first visit) to arriving at Sender Station after Hive. The way to do it is to warp to Sender somewhere after the "Sunder Breaks" cinematic. What you need here is Rho to join you which happens right in the beginning of "Lost in Space" to be able to access the shuttle later on. However sequence breaking like that leads to some consequences regarding Votowne. But! That's not all!. Then we go to Hephaestus and talk to hidden Grumpos which skips completely the investigation section in the Monastery. And currently this is the most optimal way to ensure that Votowne gets ready for the second state (when you arrive there after Villain's Ship). The best indicators of that are: unlocked elementor, the Grumpos's table has the things on in the Lounge of Commerce or you can just warp to Votowne and see if the additional npcs got spawned here. (Again all that happens much earlier than you actually get to Votowne the second time).

Even though Votowne changed the state and the dialogue in Republic Inn is available (resting is supposed to lead to Fatima's cinematic) it won't work until you legitimately arrive here through the cinematic from Whitendon.
The fact that you finish the investigation quest and play elementor intro before doing Rho's quest on Sender Station means that you will get warped to the Lounge afterwards. Since there's no one else at lounge except Boots and Grumpos, Fatima won't let you out and the only way to escape it seems to warp with any cinematic ("Disguises" seems to be the most suitable). From that point you need to do Rho's quest solely with Boots.

There might be a way to do this differently, without having to go to Hephaestus twice, but I found that the route in the run is the most optimal one and backtracking doesn't waste too much time regarding the other routes.
Doing things the opposite way (Rho's quest first) will make Grumpos to disappear when completed, denying access to Hephaestus (since you need him in party to get there). There is a way to avoid that by making a save before doing Rho's quest, do the quest until PAL's solo mission (the museum quest) and unlock "PAL Solo Enters" cinematic. Then warp with Boots, PAL and Grumpos there from the save made prior to the quest (right after arriving to Votowne the first time). Completing the PAL's quest with a whole party ensures that Grumpos won't become inactive (disappear) during the cutscene.

However that breaks Votowne for some reason, it remains in it's 0 state, softlocking the game in later stages.

The fight with Magmatos is optional, skipping will complete the quest. However you'll have to get back to the monastery somehow. Warping with "Braving the Levant" is one of the options.

Segment to savegame mapping suggestion

I use console to save and load savegames at the start of each segment. Menu allows for <10 save games. Suggestion: "savegame 101" for Bricks, "savegame 102" for Sender, etc. This way you can always load a segment to do a split.

use console to save and load savegames:
<savegame 999>
<loadgame 999>

The Esc menu only allows for about 10 savegames

I use the following convention for the savegames:
110 - Bricks
120 - Sender
130 - Sunder
140 - Votowne
150 - Hive
160 - Hephaestus
170 - Levant
180 - Sender, FTM apparatus
190 - Sender, museum heist
200 - Grimacer and prison
210 - Whitedon
220 - Commiteon base
230 - Ballotine
240 - White caves
250 - Votowne, visit 2
260 - Limbus
270 - Bricks, visit 2
(to be continued)

Skips and glitches

THOSE THAT I USE, in chronological order:
• you can walk out of whackmaster's right after the first part of the tutorial. the goon blocking the path to casinox area will be gone
• if you hold the speedup button before the fight is over and release it when the "Hell yeah we won" animation starts playing, you get sped up without needing to hold the speedup button. nice
• fail boat and hive mini-games, they are not worth it

USEFUL GLITCHES, NOT USED IN A RECORDED SPEEDRUN YET:
• death glitch: die in a battle, on death screen press "pause" and then click. you'll get to the menu. the menu should be overlaying your character in a weird way. press "esc". now you can move character but the cam is fixed. useful for skipping battles, especially near transition points, such as Fointain Area Goon Fight or Commiteon Last Fight

THOSE THAT I CAN'T FIND APPLICATION TO:
• loading an auto-save resets objects on the level and enemies don't attack you, though not always. auto-save is created on a level load if there were no manual saves 15+ minutes before that. hypothetically, a well-timed auto-save could be very useful, especially to skip battle-intense areas
• sometimes during the tutorial at the whackmaster's boots gets out of bounds. couldn't find application for it yet
• On Sunder if you run out of time and die just click and then hit Esc. You're back in the game and the timer is gone.
• you can often load a cinematic from the menu and just at the end of it there might be a second or two when you can save game. the game will throw you out to the main menu but you can load the save game you made after that. have no idea how to use it ))

Name	Author
Battle keyboard controls	Deleted 4 years ago
Bugs or features[?] of the game [Main]	Deleted 4 years ago
Bugs or features[?] of the game [Not used anywhere yet]	Deleted 4 years ago
Console commands	Deleted 4 years ago
Creating savegames via console for making splits later	Ronald_Railgun 8 years ago
How to not crash the game	Deleted 5 years ago
Lists [stats/skills/items]	Deleted 5 years ago
Mystech extra options tests	Deleted 4 years ago
NMS Route - Blind/Beginner Friendly	Palmer 5 years ago
Quest events	Deleted 5 years ago
Route and strats for the easiest difficulty	Ronald_Railgun 8 years ago
Route for Any% no speedup, easiest difficulty 01:29:20	Deleted 5 years ago
Route for Any% no speedup, easiest difficulty 01:55:45 (Limbus Warp)	Deleted 6 years ago
Route for Any% no speedup, easiest difficulty 03:25:06	Deleted 6 years ago
Segment to savegame mapping suggestion	Ronald_Railgun 8 years ago
Skips and glitches	Ronald_Railgun 8 years ago