On the use of glitches/exploits/skips
NMG = No Major Glitches
With rare exceptions, all the glitches, skips and patched game mechanics are banned from the NMG subcategory. The only case where downpatching is allowed in NMG is to access missions that are no longer playable on the current patch.
⚠️ You may submit a NMG run where the One-Two is used as long as no runner performs the Infinite Reload glitch. All multiplayer NMG submissions on patch >=1.005.000 must show no One-Two equipped by any player via the loadout screen. If this is not shown or a One-Two is equipped, all POVs must be provided.
⚠️ You may submit a NMG run where the Supply Pack is used as long as no runner performs the Infinite Supply Pack fills glitch. If a multiplayer NMG submission from patch 1.004.000 to 1.004.102 shows a Supply Pack in the loadout of any player, all POVs must be provided.
Deathless exception
⚠️ The restrictions are the same for all the categories on Main Board and Category Extensions, except for Deathless categories (Unrestricted included) where teammates are not allowed to disconnect.
| EXPLOIT | DESCRIPTION | UNRESTRICTED / NMG | UNRESTRICTED DEATHLESS / NMG DEATHLESS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teammates disconnecting | Speeding up extraction/depletion of reinforcements | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
NMG/Unrestricted restrictions table
| GLITCH / EXPLOIT | DESCRIPTION | UNRESTRICTED | NMG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endless holes | Repoding in an endless Terminid Megacity hole to speed up deaths | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Emote in Hellpod | Emoting before exiting the Hellpod | ✔️ Allowed | ✔️ Allowed |
| Headless glitch | Duplicating an armor in the helmet slot | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Infinite grenades | Throwing your last grenade while spam opening the stratagem menu | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Infinite Reload | Using the glitched reload of the One-Two to reload other weapons | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Infinite Supply Pack fills | Using the pack while dropping it so as not to consume the supplies | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Invincible Shield Generator Pack | Using the glitched Shield Generator Pack, immune to melee attacks | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Kill multiplier exploit | Using Seeker grenades, Portable Hellbombs, K-9 to multiply kills | ✔️ Allowed | ✔️ Allowed |
| Lag abuse | Spam switching from window mode to full screen mode | ✔️ Teammates only | ❌ Banned |
| One True Flag glitch | Using the One True Flag to carry 2 items | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Stim cancel | Partially cancelling stim animation | ✔️ Allowed | ✔️ Allowed |
| Stratagem duping | Duplicating stratagems as you spawn them | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Toss cancel | Tossing platinum bars/batteries/shells further by emoting/opening the map | ✔️ Allowed | ✔️ Allowed |
| Ultimatum swap | Improving the Ultimatum's range by swapping quickly | ✔️ Allowed | ✔️ Allowed |
| Warp Pack desync | Warpping out of a mount to negate all friendly fire | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Weapon customization glitch | Using weapon customization to bring multiple of the same stratagem | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| SKIPS | |||
| E-710 skip | Making 2 shuttles appear in one turn | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Emergency skip | Running on a patch where all citizens evacuate instantly | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Megacity skip | Running on Terminid Megacities with broken optional objectives generation | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Pacifist skip | Using the Shield Generator Pack to leave the mission area | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| GAME MECHANIC | |||
| Old number of outposts | Running on a pre 1.006.001 patch where the number of outposts was lower | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Old Sabotage Air Base | Running an old version of Sabotage Air Base without the extra terminal steps and/or with a single Air Base Tower (outside of Megacities) | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| One-tap Tank | Using the Bastion to one-shot an Illuminate Overship | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Pre 1.004.000 Factory Strider | Running on the Min and Max difficulties prior to patch 1.004.000 | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Pre-buffed Bulk fabricators | Running with the Bulk Fabricators' original health | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Pre-buffed Infested Towers | Running with the Infested Towers' original health | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Pre-nerfed Camera | Running Commando: Acquire Evidence on a patch prior to 1.007.000 | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Pre-nerfed Commando | Using Commando's original demo force | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Pre-nerfed Repel Invasion Fleet | Running Repel Invasion Fleet's with its original spawn rate | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Pre-nerfed Ultimatum | Using Ultimatum's original demo force | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
| Speedy Pelican | Running with Pelican's landing maximum speed | ✔️ Allowed | ❌ Banned |
Speedrunners ! Patch 1.007.000 brought a host of new content and shadowpatches.
Although duplicate operations on the same planet still occur, it is once again possible to keep a seed without the operation modifiers being randomized after the first reset, and withou
