Notes before starting -You must have the correct pictures in your album before starting this route or you will not get an accurate time -Setting Time to Fast as soon as possible (especially before getting to chapter 2) reduces the amount of real time your train partners will take to recharge their abilities (Cedric refueling the ridepod, Erik making bombs, etc) -Run at 45 degrees to the camera while controlling Max (essecially always running at an angle) to increase your speed slightly -Ridepods move faster when moving NE/NW/SE/SW (this may also be true for characters) and it is noticeable with the Jet Hover -Your Supernova can kill certain enemies faster than the Nova Cannon II (especially undead enemies) You may find this useful to help yourself get a faster time -Remember to not get stingy with your money. If you die you lose way more time having to reload than you'd lose having to find some more money somewhere else in the game -DO NOT FORGET GEOSTONES!!!!!! Each level is labeled with "Geostone" if you need the Geostone -You need 38 medals by the end of Chapter 4 so you can get 40 medals from 2 "No Heal" levels in Chapter 5. The Sirus fight in Chapter 6 is VERY long with a Ridepod (it only does 10 damage to him per hit) -You may find a faster/better strategy--If you do, share it! The community for running this game is small. If we find ways to run this game faster, more people will actually run it and the community will grow.

PROLOGUE

-Settings > Text Speed Fast, Time Fast, Map Mode 3 -3rd cut scene after battle can't be skipped until you can see Cedric -Get Wrench, fix vacuum -Press Square at clown, talk to couple, old lady, and child -Square at clown again -Clowns take 3 hits, block after a third hit or if you keep missing to cancel attack animation

CHAPTER 1

-1-1 Rat x 6 (Medal for no heal) (Medal Cound: 1) -1-2 Rat x 3 -1-3 Balloon x 4 -Linda (Wait 30 seconds)

-Belt, Pipe, Milk Can -Morton, Buy (Have at least this much in your inventory) 20 Scrap of Metal 4 Thick Hide 2 Huck of Copper -Invent and Make Energy Pack (Belt,Milk,Pipe) -Talk to Cedric Twice

-Linda -Start collecting Ridepod Fuel by breaking crates -1-4 Vanguard x 4 (Medal for ridepod wipe) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 2) -1-5 Vanguard x 3 (Kill Nightmare x4 for Silver Ball) (Medal for no heal) (Medal Cound: 3) -Halloween (switch to ridepod after throwing bomb, spam attack button to try for quick kill) -Flotsam (Quick kill is 2 on right and 1 on left, normal is 1 right and 2 left, slow is 1 right, 1 left, and 1 right)

CHAPTER 2

-Repair Robot Parts, Barrel Cannon -Get Bombs (From erik) -Put Borneo in party (Increase carrot chance) -Sindain -Firbits

-Open all possible chests (for chestnut) & Full Clear 2-4 to 2-8 for possible medals and for gold

-2-1 Himarra x 8 -2-2 Tore x 5 (Must have 400EXP on ridepod by here) -2-3 Tortoise x 4 (Kill with improved bombs)

-Great Fish Swamp -Talk to Fishing Firbit -Catch 2 Fish (Get some extra bait after first catch, one fish must be a Prisclean) -Utan -If Poison Apples are there, You need them. -Catch Mardan with poison apple -Give Mardan a Prisclean -Go back to Firbits -Leave dungeon, Repair Robot Parts, Upgrade to Improved Core (900) -Get More Bombs (Erik) -Move to Sindain -Inside Firbit's House => Carpenterion

-Move to Swamp -To Utan -Exit

-2-4 Pumpkin Head x 6, Geostone (Medal for Ridepod Wipe + Time) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 5) -2-5 Tore x 5, Geostone -2-6 Pixie x 6, Geostone [Mimics] -2-7 Gyumo x 5. Geostone (Medal for Ridepod Wipe + Time) (Medal Cound: 7) -2-8 Hunter Fox x 6, Geostone (Medal for No Heal + Time) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 9) -2-9 Hunter Fox x 4

-Leave Dungeon => Sindain -Pickup and break everything but Firbit House and the Trees -Move to Station -To Conda, Buy (Up to this amount) 65 Rolling Log (87 if no chestnut) 3 Sturdy Cloth (4 if no chestnut) 2 Glass Material (3 if no chestnut) 42 Sticky Clay 4 Sugar Cane (6 if no chestnut) 6 Forest Dew 40 Scrap of Metal (42 if no chestnut) 2 Silver Ball 16 Hunk of Copper 3 Light Element 6 Fire Element 2 Wind Element (3 if no chestnut)

-Move to Palm Brinks -Buy a Holy Water from Bruno if needed (Check your inventory, do not make the unnecessary trip) -Recruit Gordon (Give Holy Water) -Max's Room, Get Album -Import and save all pictures to idea board (Do not save memory card or pictures will be erased from album)

-Invent the following: Aquarium (Fountain + Window + Wooden Box) Bell Trigger (Fountain + Phone + Tree) Energy Pack (Urn) (Energy Pipe + Generator + Pot) Jet Hover (Candle + Firehouse + Relaxation Fountain Nova Cannon II (Fire Gem Alter + Streetlight + The Sun) Energy Pack (Barrel) (Barrel + Belt + Tree)

-Make Bell Trigger, Energy Pack (Barrel), & Jet Hover -Recruit Gerald and Adel -If you have a chestnut, recruit Ferdinand -If you do not have a chestnut or a carrot recruit Polly -If night, recruit Claire from her home then move to Palm Brinks Station -If day, move to Palm Brinks Station, Exit, and recruit Claire -Recruit Mayor Need

Move to Sindain -Build and Place 3 Pot 2 Wooden House 1 Eye Tree 1 1 Eye Tree 2 1 Nose Tree 15 River -Adel and Gordon Reside in Sindain -Polly Resides in Sindain (If you don't have a chestnut) -Future -Past to Future again -Past to Future a 3rd time -Coins, Himarra Badge, and Gold Paint (4500 gilda total, spend as much gilda as possible since you'll lose 1/2 soon) -Chestnut if you don't have one, Carrot if you don't have one -Upgrades

-Move to Woods -1-1 Sundrop, Escape -Rainbow Falls -Scene on top of the Flower is skippable after faceplant camera switch -Rainbow Butterfly

-Future -Take Train -To Balance Valley => Lin's House -Move to Sindain Station -Repair Robot Parts (Cedric), Upgrade to Core 2 (1400) -Get Bombs (Erik) -Equip Jet Hover & Energy Pack (Barrel) -Move to Sindain

-Move to Palm Brinks -Upgrades (In front of Cedric's shop and cart near police station/Cedric's shop) -Recruit Donny and get the Upgrade Next to Donny -Exit Dungeon -Recruit Parn -Get Purple Paint in Parn’s House -Recruit Ferdinand if you have not -Recruit Bruno -Recruit Dr. Dell -To Lin’s House

CHAPTER 3

-Mayor Need in Party (For extra monster gold) -Move To Starlight Canyon

-3-1 Masked Tribesman x 8, Geostone (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) (Medal Cound: 11) -3-2 Elfas x 3, Geostone (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 12) -3-3 Dog Statue x 4 (Full Clear) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 13) -3-4 Thunder Gemron x 4 (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 14)

-Exit -Repair Robot Parts at Sindain -Upgrade to Core 3 (2000), Buy Shield Upgrades (as many as possible) -To Conda, Buy 12 Sticky Clay 50 Holy Element 20 Fire Element -Make & Equip Nova Cannon II -Get Bombs (Erik) -Cedric as 3rd Party Member -Move to Palm Brinks, Mort's, Buy 1 Seal-Breaking Scroll >10 Repair Powder (as much as you can, below 20 but above 10) -Move to Starlight Canyon

-3-5 Elfas x 11 Take Moon Exit (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 15) -3-5 Elfas x 11 Take Sun Exit -3-8 Elfas x 6 (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 17)

-3-6 Elfas x 4 (Full Clear) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 18) -3-7 Fire Gemron x 4, Geostone (Full Clear + No Heal) (Medal Cound: 20)

-3-9 Fire Gemron x 2, Geostone (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 21) -3-10 Thunder Gemron x 2 (Full Clear) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 22) -3-11 Elfas x 2 (Full Clear) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 23) -3-12 Dragon x 1 (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 25)

-Exit Dungeon -Move to Sindain Station -Repair Robot Parts, Upgrade to Super Core (3500), Spend any remaining exp on shield upgrades -Get Bombs -To Conda, Buy 36 Sturdy Rock 3 Sturdy Cloth 7 Glass Material 36 Sticky Clay 13 Forest Dew 5 Scrap of Metal 1 Holy Element 6 Rolling Logs 23 Earth Element 14 Water Element 2 Fire Element -Make and Equip Energy Pack (Urn) -To Parn, Buy 20 Purple Paint 10 Red Paint 10 Blue Paint 10 Green Paint -To Balance Valley -Make 13 Thorn Tree 1 Brick House 1 Chinese Stand 1 Star Lamp 1 Church 3 Pots -8 Trees, Church and Bruno at farthest Platform -Everything else +Parn (purple brick house) and Ferdinand (chinese stand) on closest

-Future -Lao Chao -Bridge Upgrade from Bistro and Time Portal -To Starlight Canyon -Barga’s Valley(Can't skip Spheda explanation HIT NO!) -Fail to impress Monica with less than amazing Spheda skillz -White Windflower -Future -Miracle Dumplings -Save Lin’s Life -Future -Chest in front of Star Items -Two chests in center platform -Starglass -To Starlight Canyon

-Phantom Memo Eater -3-13 Wind Element x 5 (Full Clear) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 26) -3-14 Dragon x 3 (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 27) -3-15 Holy Gemron x 2 (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 29) -3-16 Dragon x 5 (Full Clear) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 30)

-Safety Save (Dying as Monica or having Lin get damaged is a game over!)

-Lighthouse -Cant Skip the Top of the Lighthouse Scene before the battle until the camera changes -Takes 8 Bombs to kill Gaspard

-Future -Can't skip second cutscene until you see Moonflower Palace -Take Train -To Balance Valley

-To Veniccio Station -Repair Robot Parts -Upgrade Sheild on Ridepod if you have extra exp -Cedric as 3rd Party Member (for the ridepod refuel)

CHAPTER 4

-Pau -To Ocean’s Roar Cave -4-1 Geron x 4, Geostone (Full Clear) (Medal Cound: 31) -4-2 Geron x 4 (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) (Medal Cound: 33) -4-3 Beach Rat x 4, Geostone (Full Clear + No Heal) (Medal Cound: 35) -4-4 Beach Rat x 4 -4-5 Geron x 6, Geostone -4-6 Sand Moler x 8 -4-7 Auntie Medusa x 4 (Full Clear + Ridepod Wipe) [Mimics] (Medal Cound: 37) -4-8 Shiva x 2 -Cave of Ancient Murals

-To Palm Brinks, Mort's, Buy 1 Seal-Breaking Scroll

-Move to Veniccio Station Repair Robot Parts -To Conda, Buy 59 Rolling Log 2 Bundle of Hay 4 Sturdy Rock 6 Sturdy Cloth 20 Sticky Clay 24 Glass Material 88 Scraps of Metal 8 Light Element 15 Water Element 1 Wind Element 9 Fire Element

-To Veniccio -Make 8 Pier 4 Iron House 1 Pot Torch 4 Pots 1 Shop Boat -Build Veniccio, Purple/Red House near Boat, pot torch close to red/blue house, pots between all 4 houses (purple/green/red/blue) -Move Claire in Red House, Donny in Blue House

-Future -Get 1 Upgrades on way to Red Lab and 2 on the way back -Make Aquarium and put extra Chapter 2 Fish in -Feed Electric Worm to Fish

-Make Safety Save (Optional, but this can ruin a run) -Puppet Shingala (Use Bell Trigger) (DO NOT KILL OR IT IS GAME OVER)

-Move to Ocean’s Roar Cave -4-9 Zappy x 2 -4-10 Sand Moler x 4 -4-11 Neo Vanguard x 4 Geostone (No Heal) (Medal Cound: 38) -4-12 Sand Moler x 4 -4-13 Neo Vanguard x 4 -4-14 Zappy x 6 Geostone Exit Dungeon

-Make 1 Windmill 8 Luna Light -Place anywhere on empty spaces -Future -Shell Talkie, Upgrade in back of Blue Lab

-Get Medicine -Heal Shingala -Dr. Jaming

-Future -Center Platform Upgrades at 2, 5, 7, 9, and 11 o’clock -Into Center Building -Take Train -Can't skip scene where the train is arriving

CHAPTER 5

-Repair Robot Parts, Get shield upgrades if possible -To Heim Rada -To Veniccio -Recruit Pau & Add to party at Train

-To Mount Gundor -5-1 Rifle Wolf x 6, Geostone -Exit and buy a Scroll -5-2 Steam Tore x 2, Geostone -5-3 Ice Gundron x 4 -5-4 Rifle Wolf x 6 -5-5 Steam Tore x 2, Geostone -5-6 Griffon Soldier x 6 -5-7 Griffon Soldier x 6 -5-8 Steam Tore x 2, Geostone -5-9 Griffon Soldier x 6 -5-10 Rifle Wolf x 2 -5-11 Steam Tore x 4 -Exit Dungeon

-To Heim Rada Stop -Repair Robot Parts -To Conda, Buy 4 Rolling Log 12 Sturdy Rock 2 Sturdy Cloth 52 Sticky Clay 17 Glass Material 108 Scrap of Metal 4 Hunk of Copper 1 Wind Element 4 Thunder Element 1 Wind Element 3 Fire Element

-Move to Heim Rada -Make 12 Pot 3 Iron House 1 Brick House 1 Windmill 3 Iron Stand 1 Iron Chimney 2 1 Generator 1 Great Crane 1 Power Arm

-Future -To East Gate -2 Upgrades Just past Lift -Second Floor, Time Bomb -2 Nearby Upgrades -First Floor -To Time Gate

-To Mount Gundor Peak -Bomb the Fire Squall -Fight the Flying Battleship -Lower Exit

-5-12 Chimera x 2 -5-13 Lava Runner x 6 -5-14 Chimera x 4 -5-15 Bone Lord x 4 -5-16 Red Dragon x 6 Exit Dungeon

-To Cedric’s House -Repair Robot Parts & Get Sheild Upgrades if possible -To Train, Mayor Need, Buy 1 Name Change Ticket -Change the name of a weapon to Supernova & Equip -Future -To West Gate -Upgrade -To Lift -3rd Floor -Upgrade under ramp -Fire Horn

-To Mount Gundor Mouth -Can't skip parting lava cutscene -Gaspard

-Future -To Bridge -Paznos vs Golems Cutscene -Every time the scene shifts to inside Paznos after the Golem army is first show is a skippable mini-scene

-To Veniccio/Luna Labs -Ixion -After the first two scenes no skipping until Chapter 6!

CHAPTER 6

-Sirus

-To Rainbow Butterfly Woods Star Path -2-7 Gyumo x 5, Star Path -2S-1 Spirit Flyer x 6 -2S-2 Mad Tore x 4 -2S-3 Mad Tore x 6 -Trentos -Earth Gem

-To Starlight Canyon Star Path -3-10 Thunder Gemron x 2, Star Path -3S-1 Balalla x 12 -3S-2 Balalla x 6 -3S-3 Bluno x 6 -Lapis Garter -Wind Gem

-To Palm Brinks, Mort's, Buy 2 Seal-Breaking Scroll (One for now, one for chapter 7)

-To Ocean’s Roar Cave Star Path -4-9 Auntie Medusa x 4, Star Path -4S-1 Star Tortoise x 4 -4S-2 Fat Naga x 6 -4S-3 Arkerath x 4 -Sea Dragon -Water Gem

-To Mount Gundor Star Path -5-4 Rifle Wolf x 6, Star Path -5S-1 Red Fox x 6 -5S-2 Fire Spirit x 4 -5S-3 Flaming Nail x 8 -Inferno -Fire Gem

-To Kazarov Stonehenge -Gems in Altars -Talk to Osmond -Enter Palace -No Skippy this Scene

CHAPTER 7

-Moonflower Palace

-7-1 Castle Eater x 6 -7-2 Club x 5, Geostone -7-3 Evil Performer x 6 -7-4 Castle Eater x 6, Sun Exit -7-4 Castle Eater x 6, Moon Exit

-7-5 Evil Performer x 6, Geostone -7-6 Moon Goyone x 6 -7-7 Stormy x 2 -7-8 Moon Goyone x 6, Geostone

-7-9 Moonflowephant x 1 -7-10 Evil Performer x 6, Geostone

-Garden -Take Flower of the Sun

-Make sure to have a Seal-Breaking Scroll

-7-11 Stormy x 1, Geostone -7-12 Fire Drake x 4, Geostone -7-13 Moonflowephant x 2, Geostone -7-14 Guardia x 4, Geostone

-7-15 Thunder Ghost x 4, Geostone -7-16 Vanguard Mk 2 x 2 -7-17 Stormy x 2

-7-18 Vanguard Mk 2 x 6, Geostone -7-19 Leogriff x 2

-Alexandra’s Room, Use Flower of the Sun on Vase

-7-20 S. Club x 1, Geostone -7-21 Vanguard Mk 2 x 6 -7-22 Leach x 4

-7-23 Vanguard Mk 2 x 4 -7-24 Earth Dragon x 4 -Exit Dungeon

-All Non-Monica Foyer Upgrades All but 3rd on left and right Downstairs all but 2nd on left Left, Under stairs Right, by stairs All but 2nd on right 2 by door

-To Sindain Conda, Buy 2 Rolling Log 52 Sturdy Rock 33 Rough Rock 2 Glass Material 1 Gold Bar 3 Light Element 16 Holy Element 20 Earth Element 36 Water Element
2 Life Element 1 Wind Element -Repair Ridepod -Buy Premium Chicken from Ferdinand (Can skip if you got crunchy bread from Polly) -Buy Heartthrob Cherries from Adel (Griffon can stop you) -Buy Medusa Tears from Bruno (Dark Element can petrify you) -Add Bruno to Party (for revive ability) -Make sure you have 15 gun repair powder, 3 weapon repair powder, and 1 ridepod fuel (you can have 0, but 1 is to be safe)

-To Moonflower Palace, Make 16 Petal Stream 1 Fountain 1 Hall of Sorrow 1 Stardust Pond 2 Starlight Stairs 6 Flower Beds 1 Palace Stairs 16 Moon Column 1 Silver Bench 8 Road to Golbad 4 Roads 2 Camellia Tree -Place according to picture -Cutscenes -Add Sun+Moon Stone to Supernova

-Enter "Sirus" when prompted -Griffon (Use Supernova) -Minibosses (Use Supernova/Ridepod) -Dark Element (Use Supernova. Use stamina drinks if you have them, with those it's possible to kill him before he goes big) .done