Patch 01.003.102. Exploits and glitches used:

• Speedy Pelican
• Stim Cancel (works on current patch)
• Ultimatum Swap (works on current patch)

Predator armor (Peak Physique) · Steel Trooper helmet · Cover of Darkness cape

Eruptor · Ultimatum · Gas grenades

Eagle 500kg Bomb · Jump Pack · Fast Recon Vehicle · Machine Gun Sentry

It's runs like this that remind me why I love speedrunning so much :) The most obvious way to destroy hatcheries is with an Eagle 500kg Bomb or an Orbital Barrage, but seeing that all 3 were the Flag variant exclusive to Megacities, I wanted to see if we could go even faster using only our weapons and bingo!

The Eruptor is the key: its shrapnel can destroy the eggs six at a time, provided you aim at very specific points. The other Megacity hatcheries variant require 5 or 6 shots, so I was incredibly lucky to find this seed. The rest of the routes are fairly standard, except for Squid's, who had quite a lot to do in addition to inputting the extraction code; including 2 Eagle 500kg Bomb throws that had to be precise enough to clear the medium outpost.

Luckily, we didn't have to deal with a Lidar Station. The optional objectives were fairly lenient, and the Megacity skip gave us only 4/5 of them as SEAF Artillery never spawns. From 1.003.101 to 1.004.000, Terminid Megacities can spawn 1 to 3 broken optional objectives (SEAF Artillery, SEAF SAM Site, Retrieve Mutant Larva) that don't appear on the map. A mission can be verified as 100% Unrestricted as long as the number of optional objectives shown as cleared in the stats screen matches the number of valid optional objectives icons.

Squad: @JaesaWilde · @Canis_xo · @BlueSpaceSquid · @Rangeddust700