[Guide] Full Video Guide to Any%

[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zi_5_rLFZq7FTXgnx96FcokVqfUslQW](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zi_5_rLFZq7FTXgnx96FcokVqfUslQW)



[Guide] Full video guide to NMG

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zi_5_rLFZpzRy6x_lPUFuRAOcQfgADO

[Notes] All Dungeons notes (updated 21/06/23)

**Notes:**
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cVQ-W0-_hrVf6eLwoRKJFQIYDM39MQheogrtSP4TSj0/edit?usp=sharing



**Route Guide (WIP):**
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GWeMsNIVAk8Zuo_HWBZHA8m7ov2lSH_J0kyDZQF84Ss/edit

[Notes] Any% notes (WIP)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wDy_UmV37Zs-X6HI8ZTQ9ltUwAmq699-_k3qTXBwy3Y/edit?usp=sharing

[Notes] Miscellaneous Knowledge

A document for various miscellaneous knowledge that doesn't fit cleanly anywhere else.

[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YxaMXz5yBCPuB7sZ-kq-TbZM0iKP3Wp6Bptg2illVuM/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YxaMXz5yBCPuB7sZ-kq-TbZM0iKP3Wp6Bptg2illVuM/edit?usp=sharing)

[Notes] NMG Advanced notes

Largely follow the WR route.


[Google Doc Link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rp2bcZDunx5YADWnA6PCUD5xIKu8oejOhKcRHKEClT0/edit?usp=sharing)

[Notes] NMG Beginner notes

These notes describe a modified NMG route, that largely just ends up in an easier Designer/Creator strat, but include some other safety pickups and circuits.


[Google Doc Link](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zl9iccJJZEC2I3LYZWNmYPF2rWvctkaQfFnzL5JvRPc/edit?usp=sharing)

[Notes] True Spheromancer%

[Click here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rYhCaVCESNV7sKL0dRKJh1Ct29smxjBzZAuzJ58C35g/edit?usp=sharing) for notes

[Click here](https://www.speedrun.com/crosscode/resources/hm3yv) for settings.json

[Setup] Complete Setup Guide (Downpatching/Modding)

Anything not gameplay related that you need or could want to know is all in this

***[Google Doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d-CyFdjIGCTe6IbWznGMGgA6R9gG4A6U0pj15fPHV14/edit?usp=sharing)*** (click it).

Should you need help digesting all of it, ask for help in the Discord.

[Tutorial] Long Jumps and Dashing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhs0qk6qilU

[Tutorial] Menu Glitches

Here's an explanation of how the menu related glitches work.
**|[I have a playlist of videos about them](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLynxMmUcn6mfRNaSBW9Ai2v8tQZw6MJY)|**, but here are the tl;dw versions.

First of all I'll say ***"glitch a prompt"*** a lot and that always means to store a prompt and take it out its original menu.
To do that you need to accept and decline a menu button at the same time:
on Xbox: **A** and **B**
on Dualshock: **X** and **⭘**
on Keyboard: **⮠ ** and **🠤**



# Save Warp
Save Warps allow you to spawn in a difference entrance of the map, than the one you actually came from.

* Go into the save menu and glitch a save prompt.
  *Whether you wanna create a new save or overwrite an existing one is situational.*
* Now during a screen transition you wanna spam *Yes* during the fade out of the first room.
  *You will know that it succeeded when the save prompt lags a little during the black screen.*
* Go into the title menu and load the save you created.

There are many types of transitions with their own visual cues, don't hesitate to ask about them in the Discord, or watch the input display on someone else's run. The most common mistakes are spamming to slowly and starting to late.

For sideways transitions running will put the prompt on *No*. You can either just tap forwards to get it on *No* and then it'll go back on *Yes* as you run through, or on a gamepad you can tilt your stick slightly to walk through without changing the prompt.

(CLICK ->) **|[The theory behind save warping is explained in this video.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qraxGktFkcM)|**



# Back In Time
BiTs allow you to teleport to the position of a different save file.

* Have the file that is to be teleported in the Continue Slot (for example by loading it)
* Glitch a save prompt and leave into the title menu.
  *The save prompt is now open and inactive behind the title menu.
* In the *Load Menu* glitch a load prompt on the file you want to teleport to and go back to the title.
* Go back to the title, accept the load prompt, and then hit *Continue*.
* Go into the *Main Menu* (not the pause menu) and then out again.
* Spam *Yes* during the fade out.
  *You should hear it being accepted during the black screen.*
* Go into the title menu and hit *Continue.

If for some reason you wanted to do a BiT without the main menu enabled, the old method is to go into the save or options menu and when you go out of that the game will softlock in the back screen. There you can save with your glitched prompt and need to restart the game.

(CLICK ->) **|[Here is a video tutorial about it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noD8lQGhZBw)|**



# Character Swap
Character Swap let's you swap between Lea and Shizuka. Nothing else on the file is affected, not your progress and not your level. Only your sprite, your base stats and your ability to use combat arts.

This works very similiarly to BiTs so you can mistakenly perform the other one respectively.
The following example is gonna replace Shizuka with Lea. Just swap the names to do it the other way round.
Other than the file that you want to apply the swap on, you need a different file with the opposite character, which has the Main Menu enabled *(so pre-Rookie-Dungeon without Blank Glitch does not work)*.

* restart the Game
  *This is to clear the cache. There is another way, but it's not viable in runs.*
* Go into Lea's file.
  *This is to put it into the continue slot.*
* Glitch a save prompt and leave into the title menu.
* In the *Load Menu* glitch a load prompt on the Shizuka file and go back to the title.
* Accept the load prompt and then hit *Continue*.
* Go into the *Main Menu* (not the pause menu) and then out again.
* Wait for the load icon to appear, now hit *Yes*.
  *a BiT would save during the black screen before*
* Go into the title menu and hit *Continue*.

(CLICK ->) **|[Here is a video tutorial about it.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noD8lQGhZBw)|**



# Landmark Warp
This allows you to store a Landmark Prompt and use it at a different time or on a different file.

Just glitch the prompt on the map and don't mess it up by pressing left/right before you use it.

On m/kb this trick is annoying since you cannot use *Enter* and *Backspace* for it. You need to click it with LMB and as you release that you have to hit RMB or Backspace. *(same as Vendor Glitch)*

(CLICK ->) **|[Here is the video for completeness sake.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0hb8v_pIqc)|**



# Vendor Glitch
Glitching the vendor prompt does not work on gamepad, so chances are Vendor Glitch won't exist at all on the console versions, once they come out.

So to glitch the prompt:
* Grab your mouse.
* Go into the *Sell Menu*.
* Click on the item you want to perform the glitch on.
* As you release LMB you need to hit *Cancel* (so that's RMB, Backspace or Esc).
  *Getting this right is super annoying and it usually takes a few tries.*
* You should be outside of the *Sell Menu* with the prompt.

## Infinite Money
This allows you to sell any item for as much money as you like.

The item will be gone after this.
You need to have at least as much money as you would get for selling the amount of the item that you own plus one more.
So if you have 3 sandwiches, each selling for 50, you need at least 200 credits to perform the trick. Obviously you can sell them until you have only 1, then you only need 100.
Selling a more valuable item will make the trick faster.

* Glitch the vendor prompt.
* Hit +10 to overflow the selling number
* Go back into the *Sell Menu*
* Hover over the item in question and press **D** or 🠞 to keep overflowing the number to your liking.
* Hit Checkout and buy some bitches.



## Item Duping
This trick allows you to buy copies of items you own.

You need to pay for it though, so make use of vendor glitch first.
There is some equipment you cannot sell at all, so the trick won't work on those.

* Glitch the vendor prompt.
* Choose how many you want to buy.
* Go into the *Buy Menu*.
* Hover over any item and tap **D** and **A** or  🠞 and 🠜.
  *This refreshes the shopping cart to include your glitched purchase*
* Hit Checkout.

(CLICK ->) **|[Here is the video.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3D7d0Cp7qM)|**

[Tutorial] NMG Fight Tips and Pointers

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jZDI8TiYbpF-Cy6n-3PvVgVQKe0zw3mr779dc3cpP1w/edit?usp=sharing

[Tutorial] Other Tricks

This will be an explanation of tricks that are not menu glitches. Long jumps and infinite dashing has already been covered by Xdragon in the Guides section so check that one out. Boss Quick Kills for various categories are not covered in this guide.

There is a playlist of videos with **Dualshock input display** showcasing each trick to help you out. This guide will basically be a written step-by-step explanation to add on to these videos.  **These videos will be found at the top of each section covering each trick.**

**Note:** In order for keyboard users to buffer arts using the Quick Menu they will sometimes need an extra step. This is because the art button is the same binding for selecting prompts so it will open any of the 4 menus in the Quick Menu. You will need to back out of the opened menu while still holding down the art button that caused the menu to be selected.
(This is not needed if the menu that was opened was the **foods menu** or the **inspect interface**)

These tricks are sorted by which order speedruns usually perform them from start to finish of a run.

# Dash Arts midair

(CLICK >) **|[Video Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJGBVXQUrPg&list=PLNU8c4cTjUoxSdlor8kEJnKBteRmBqBP2&index=1)|**

By pressing the art button and the dash button together right after jumping you can extend your jump further. Dash arts in general will give you better distance jumping to a platform that is lower in elevation from your starting point or going off of jump pads.

Another advantage is to make frame perfect long jumps much easier as dash arts can be buffered. Here is how you can buffer them using the Quick Menu:

- Run towards the edge of a platform while continually pressing the Quick Menu until you recognize the frame your character is jumping. There are 3 queues you can use:
The dust cloud that appears at your feet (not reliable).
The character’s shadow appears on the lower floor.
The jump sound effect.
- Hold the dash button, the art button and the direction you want to go towards before letting go of Quick Menu.
- Let go of Quick Menu and quickly release the dash and art button.

As long as you are on an element with a Dash art unlocked you should be launched in the direction you are holding.

**If you repress Quick Menu a frame or so after the art starts charging it will allow you to cross larger gaps.**
Make sure to release the dash and art buttons before letting go of the Quick Menu when doing this.

# CrossCentral Barrier Skip

**WARNING WARNING WARNING:** This trick may become less consistent if your game is laggy. You should try out the Delta Time Limiter mod to help you here.

(CLICK >) **|[Video Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XddX55H1lgk)|** By Urinstein

This is the trick that runs use to bypass barriers to get to major landmarks in the game early. We will talk about the barrier skip performed via **tutorial exploit**. This will need Skip Tutorials checked before unlocking a Dash Art (or any other art type that has a tutorial) so you can have more control over when the tutorial plays.

- Hold the charge for a DASH ART.
- Open the options menu before you let go of the Charge Art button.
- Uncheck Skip Tutorials and close the menus until the game asks you to play a tutorial.
- Play the tutorial and do not replay it.

The result should cancel out the Access Denied and put you on the other side of the barrier. You can do this on other barriers outside of CrossCentral as well. Dash arts with more speed such as Heat’s 3 SP Crimson Stream are much easier to perform this trick with.

There are other methods way to skip these barriers, but this is the most accessible way to do so.
Another method is with **Slippery Slope** using NG+. Though this requires Heat's 3 SP Crimson Stream.

- Perform Crimson Stream straight into the barrier

You should get enough momentum to reach the trigger that lowers the barrier. You can just walk on through afterwards.

# Damage Boosts with Arts

(CLICK >) **|[Video Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cINnmCuXfWI&list=PLNU8c4cTjUoxSdlor8kEJnKBteRmBqBP2&index=3)|**

The main use is to get to higher elevation from below using arts that make the character jump in the air then getting hit by a damage source. Made obsolete by Dash Flares so **it is only used in No Major Skips.** The main art of choice is Heat’s 3 SP Flare Burn!. Can be performed with arts like Sphere Storm or Ragnarok as well.

Usually, these types of arts cannot be interrupted by a damage source, but you can start eating in the middle of an art. It is while eating that you can be pushed by damage.

- Perform Flare Burn!.
- Eat midair right before getting hit.

**Note:** The Jolt method will always push you south midair.

# Flare Boosts

(CLICK >) **|[Video Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_CgHN7WQLQ&list=PLNU8c4cTjUoxSdlor8kEJnKBteRmBqBP2&index=4)|**

[quote]**NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH "DAMAGE BOOSTS WITH ARTS".** The only time this trick is used is in the Para Island Raid for NMS speedruns[/quote]

In combination of the upward momentum you can get from the jump in Heat’s 3 SP Flare Burn! and an attack with **no set knockback** you can launch yourself very high when you get interrupted.

- Have an attack with **no set knockback** coming to hit you.
- Charge Flare Burn! and continually press Quick Menu until the attack is a couple frames away from connecting.
- Release the art button before letting go of the Quick Menu.
- Quickly release and hold the Quick Menu a frame or so after Flare Burn! is performed.
- Eat an item before the attack connects and causes an interrupt.

During this launch you have full control so you can dash midair as well.

They are named Flare Boosts because they are normally performed using Flare Burn!, but they can be performed with other arts that make the character jump as well. Flare Burn! is just simply much easier to time so please use it instead.

# Dash Flares

**WARNING WARNING WARNING:** This trick may become less consistent if your refresh rate is at 144hz. You should lower your monitor's refresh rate to 60hz.

(CLICK >) **|[Video Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm6AKbP7lwM&list=PLNU8c4cTjUoxSdlor8kEJnKBteRmBqBP2&index=5)|**

Ya slide against a **diagonal wall** and ya do Flare Burn! to get on top of it. I know, Flare Burn! Is the dumbest thing ever.

The necessary thing is keeping lateral momentum while Flare Burn! is performed. Simply walking into a wall then doing the art is not enough. In order to get this momentum you either…

- Dash towards the diagonal wall, sliding against it
Or
- Jump towards the diagonal wall, sliding against it
Then
- Perform Flare Burn! before you lose momentum (let go of the art button as soon as the second pulse of the charge happens).

Sometimes you will get a dash art if you are too fast with the dash method. You can buffer Flare Burn! by:

- Press Quick Menu right after dashing.
- Hold your aim and the art button before letting go of the Quick Menu.

**There might be some confusion with the timing.** You will get better results if the timing for the press for Quick Menu is closer to the moment you dashed. You essentially want to press both buttons at the same.

This can be done on horizontal and vertical walls as well, but they are frame perfect to do. Sliding against these walls will not work. You will need to perform Flare Burn! with a ridiculously precise spacing away from the wall. This is not required for speedruns.

# Moon Jumps

(CLICK >) **|[Video Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGeqfCr4mvE&list=PLNU8c4cTjUoxSdlor8kEJnKBteRmBqBP2&index=6)|**

Can only be performed on versions before 1.0.3 **EXCLUSIVELY ON PC**. Blizzard Hawk targets whatever Lea is hitting and if you are hit by Jolt during the art it sees that Lea hit herself so it targets her. This can be used to launch Lea sky high, but it is restricted to areas that you can receive the Jolt ailment.

Jolt normally interrupts Blizzard Hawk, so you are required to **have Iron Stance** to stop this from happening. Jolt does damage to you based on your ATK stat so you can **unequip your weapons** to lower the damage below the Iron Stance threshold.

- Get Jolted.
- Perform Blizzard Hawk.
- Get hit by Jolt before the **second blast** of Blizzard Hawk.

The second and third blasts of Blizzard Hawk have different properties. The second has the launch and the third has the freeze. If Jolt hits you after the second blast Blizzard Hawk will only target you in time for the third blast which causes a softlock.

During this launch you have full control so you can dash midair as well.

# Box Clip

(CLICK >) **|[Video Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O_A5NFF1J8&list=PLNU8c4cTjUoxSdlor8kEJnKBteRmBqBP2&index=7)|**

When you’ve messed with portals and boxes. If you grab a block right when it teleports from a Wave shot it can cause your character to grab it incorrectly. Used in the top section of Krys’kajo for speedruns to clip through a fence to grab a key early.

- Bounce a Wave shot off of a Wave block
- Grab the same block right when it teleports

3 different things can happen depending on the timing of the grab:

- Too early - Teleport with the block on the same side you grabbed it at
- A little early - Lea’s position does not change, but is grabbing the air. You can still clip with this.
- Just right - Lea snaps to the block’s new position, but is grabbing and facing the wrong direction.

If done right Lea loses her collision and you can push the block to move her into terrain to clip through it.

Generally best used for fences as your character can still move while inside them. Clipping into solid walls usually gets Lea stuck as her movement is locked.

# Flickering Jumps

(CLICK >) **|[Video Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWJQFGXMl_k&list=PLNU8c4cTjUoxSdlor8kEJnKBteRmBqBP2&index=8)|**

Requires Shock’s 6 SP Flickering Stars and an enemy to attack. This trick rockets Lea to the stars through clever exploitation of the jump part of the art.

- Perform Flickering Stars on an enemy
- Continually press Quick Menu until you see Lea in the air
- Eat an item

Lea will retain so much momentum from the jump that she will still be nearing the peak of the launch by the time she finishes eating. You will have full control after you finish eating so you can dash midair.

|ARCHIVES|

**[Guide] Beginner Guide/Reference to any% (outdated)** *By Leqi*
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jy-HnMbz4i2JYkPdzig2XsAk9yZs1qkftofldq7PJyo/edit?usp=sharing

**[Guide] beginner-friendly guide to any% NMG (outdated)** *By Rhaco_Dactylus*
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQ4zblcOjPdpf6AkRFiFdpszKPbKMgkW88EC3AuX0a32PndHrgMMhDxOBPwfqAzx3-Cia2DKSdOCHEy/pub

**[Guide] Sloa's hitchhiker's guide to Crosscode All Dungeons (outdated)** *By SloaTheDemon*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2idgyPwaqA

**[Setup] PresetRevival (outdated)** *By Xdragon*
https://docs.google.com/document/d/117bQoPCjIk33KxKVFCp3G62yLml9dlQON_k5ljjHuJY/edit?usp=sharing

**[Guide] CrossCode Version 0.8/0.8.5 Any% Guide (outdated)** *By Xdragon*
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1puvtZJBHswwLJJBZ4mJOS_Df9C0MnqJ7HQbhNUxXyNs/edit?usp=sharing

**[Setup] A General Video Guide - Settings, Warnings and Tips (outdated)** *By Symphiel*
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17-dmJFnaTxkIMXk9wZLS6wT6oqRMCv5lqfyOGnQMZk0/edit?usp=sharing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J_UZrsVaf0

Name	Autor
[Guide] Full Video Guide to Any%	gulebamse 5 months ago
[Guide] Full video guide to NMG	gulebamse 2 years ago
[Notes] All Dungeons notes (updated 21/06/23)	Juanba 1 year ago
[Notes] Any% notes (WIP)	Juanba 1 year ago
[Notes] Miscellaneous Knowledge	EpicYoshiMaster 4 months ago
[Notes] NMG Advanced notes	Urinstein 2 years ago
[Notes] NMG Beginner notes	Urinstein 2 years ago
[Notes] True Spheromancer%	MizuMatthias 7 months ago
[Setup] Complete Setup Guide (Downpatching/Modding)	Urinstein 2 years ago
[Tutorial] Long Jumps and Dashing	Xdragon 5 years ago
[Tutorial] Menu Glitches	Urinstein 2 years ago
[Tutorial] NMG Fight Tips and Pointers	Symphiel 2 years ago
[Tutorial] Other Tricks	Symphiel 2 years ago
\|ARCHIVES\|	Symphiel 2 years ago