Digimon World 3 - Any% Guide East Sector (Outdated, see Ricky's notes)

**__READ THIS FIRST__**
- The guides still far from perfect and even can be updated/changed. This game still have many rooms from improvements. I will split the guides depend from sectors (East, South, West, Amaterasu, North, end game)
- Some strats are even not from my personal run. But most strats should help for people who want to speedrun this game.
- Kotemon and pack A is the default run. Many runners have tested every possible Digimon and he is by far the optimized Digimon for speedrun. Some may have potential faster (I did Guilmon), but you'll need perfect RNG to get better time. Kotemon is not only best Digimon for this, it's also more lenient for beginners
- Try to play the game casually first (using speedrun strats) before attempting. The explanations are below
¤ Familiarize what-to-do-next for the game. In this guide I won't tell you how to get certain items or go to NPC/Cities. I still give guides for mazes and for circuit boards you will give the direction or turn left/right for each intersections. Also for random battles, it's your decision when to Heal. Try to Heal inside battles to reduce load times when you Heal manually outside battles
¤ You can anticipate if enemies block your attack, knows what to do if worst case happens. 
¤ You will also learn the basic of the game as well (for example know where the North direction is, because this game screen is programmed to move diagonally). 
¤ You can also save your game to see in-game timer. While it's not accurate it still good measurement to see how fast your casual play before speedrun. Gunslinger will take 30 minutes in most speedruns so far so add your in-game timer and predict your own time. 
¤ To optimize your time, play the game, save on certain segments then reload with speedrun attitude. If you play on emulator just use save/load states (but still, save the game just in case). If you play on consoles, try to minimize the save point because saving the game can add load times more than 1 minute.
¤ Don't pick or buy any items or fight boss that not mentioned in the guide. You'll skip them if they're optional and not needed on speedrun.

**__GLOSSARY__**
- CB = Circuit Boards
- CC = Counter Crest
- N, W, S, E = North, South etc including South East for SE (keep in mind North is the upper right direction on screen)
- STR, DEF, SPD = Strength, Defense, Speed (other stats not related to the run at all)
- Fire T, Wind T = Elemental Tolerance stated
- Run-Counter =  This is term where you run away from battles but if you fail and the enemies attack you, Kotemon will counter it. Kill the enemies if you counter them.
- Counter-Heal =  This is battle condition where you only focused to Heal and you mostly damage the enemies by Counter
- Death Plug = This is battle condition where you stack tons of buff (mainly from item plug) then Kotemon intentionally die and revive/switch to him again. This death glitch allows you to get permanent stat boost in battle.
- Battle-Force = This is a condition where you walk around before certain screen to force the encounter. This is done to decrease the chance that you will encounter a harder Digimon in next area.

**__EAST SECTOR ROUTE__**
- Hot Head Kuwagamon and exit lab, get 300 BIT on inn and 300 BIT on sewer
- Shopping: Buy 11x power charge, 2x short sword, 1x leather coat (equip them to Kotemon). There are different equipment setup for the speedrun. But to me, this setup is more preferred for beginners.
- Go to Forest Inn, kill all encounters with Hot Head, reach lv 3 on the way. Pick Buckler on West Forest (If you don't get lv 3 do a Battle-Force outside inn). Rest at inn.
- Pick Bandana on Diver Lake (extra EXP from Crabmon as well) and rush to Seiryu. Talk to Tom in Seiryu Tower (kid before Seiryu Leader's room later)
- Rush to Protocol Ruins, reach lv 4 on the way. Before enter the ruins do Battle-Force then open menu: Heal Kotemon+Equip him Bandana.
- Beat the Minotarumon fixed battle by Hot Head(after you jump down from Pharaohmon, btw don't talk+fight him !!) then talk to Seiryu leader. Hopefully you will encounter Minotarumon as less as possible, exit this screen fast.
- You should get Dinohumon after this, turn on him on menu. There is chance you're not level up enough from ruins, just do battles in protocol forest until you unlock him. As Dinohumon, normal attack will oneshot enemies in early area.
- Go to Central Park and train to Leomon, Train SPD until at least 145 SPD (or close to it). You can choose either 5 or 10 TP, just get ready if your training suck. If you still have spare TP and get enough SPD, use it for STR
- Go to plug cape specifically area in the picture link to fight Triceramon. Two things to do: get TNT ball and learn Frost Cutter (Dinohumon lv 10). 
[IMG]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee89/handry_spoof/2575169c-4c4e-40e3-aea0-114b4127a1ec.png[/IMG]

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__Triceramon Grinding__
- Your main priority is getting Frost Cutter so you can leave if Dinohumon get lv 10 (there will be another segment to grind TNT Ball). If you get TNT Ball before lv 10 Dinohumon, you can leave in lv 9 instead.
- The battle turn in most time will go like this: Dino - Tricera - Dino - Dino. Counting out blocks, Tricera should die in 3 turns by normal attack only. Don't forget to Heal, Tricera can also three shots you (he deals 160 damage average and your HP is only 460 by average)
- If you get TNT pre-Frost Cutter, you can also go to Protocol Forest and Grind Goburimon (in the blind spot on screen). This might be slower, but you won't Heal Kotemon at all in this method
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- You should be lv 7 after the grind, now train SPD and aim for 180 SPD, the more the better. If you can, get 192 SPD like my run (useful for MasterTyrannomon). Keep count your money (you'll need 700 BIT for shopping)
- Rush to Seiryu City and do shopping: Buy 11x power charge, 1x life disk or 4x ice field (depends on your money or you're confident to not die for next boss). Rest at inn as well. Now rush to MasterTyrannomon (MT) and prepare for boss battle. Heal before the battle as well.

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__MasterTyrannomon Boss Battle__
- MT is a popular run killer by runners, mainly because you can still die even after Triceramon grind. So if you die or run reset, be prepared for it (that's why I add life disk in case you want second chance). Now your SPD will be determine your turn count. You will take double turn every 3 turns on 180 SPD while it's every 2 turns on 192 SPD.
- The basic strat for MT is keep using Frost Cutter and Heal when your HP is below 400. If you have Ice Field, use it at turn 2 (or turn 1 if you got 192 SPD). 
- There are back up strats if you die, either use life disk or use Renamon's Diamond Storm. The 2nd option only work when MT's HP is on red zone/almost die and you need to grind Kotemon to cover his lost EXP which cost more time. But for beginners, you can take the 2nd option for convenience.
- If you got Blast Digivolve, spam its finisher. All boss/forced fights will be like this.
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- Rush to Seiryu Leader and battle him. Heal Kotemon in random battles
¤ Mino: Heat Cutter until die
¤ Tyrano : use Ice field (if you buy it before) and spam Frost Cutter
¤ Apemon :  Frost Cutter until Ice field dispelled (if no Ice field just Heat cutter), Heal+Heat Cutter after. With your SPD, Apemon will double attack you in turn 4 so be careful after he attacks you 3 times.

- Visit Seiryu shop, sell Buckler (if you don't equip it to other Digimon) and buy+equip Tin Helm&Shield for Renamon&Patamon. Now we need to check all 3 Digimon's charisma. Buy Gym Suit for Renamon if not 210 total.
- Go back to Asuka City then to El Dorado, pick El Dorado ID. Check your money now, if it's more than 800 continue to auction, if not go to shop . Strip Kotemon's equipment and sell them until you got 800 BIT. There is no difference in term of time between get 800 BIT or not because if you get 800 BIT you get more random battles that waste more time.
- Buy the auction item then back to shop. Talk to the kid to access black market. Shopping: Sell auction item for 11k BIT, Buy Zweihander, Buy Wing helm+Dark cloak (Gargomon), buy 11x heal, buy 5x power plug, 2x guard plug, 2x fire field, 3x life disk (Wizmon). Buy 1x Fire Ring (Gomamon)

- Now long exploration begins. Go to East Station (trigger Guilmon's hunt), Forest inn (rest at inn), Central Park (Train more SPD, I got 235 SPD), then Asuka City to battle Keith.
- Frost cutter Triceramon and Heat Cutter other Digimon. If you don't get TNT Ball yet, pray for it XD if no luck, extra TNT grinding still long way later.
- Visit multiple Guilmon in each area: Asuka Inn 2F - Forest Inn - Seiryu Inn - East Station (trigger fake card) - Seiryu City outside save point - then Forest Inn BF (take a rest in any Inn, you want Kotemon in best HP and MP before boss)
- Go to East Station and you'll get a boss before arrive at South Sector

To be continued to South Sector guide

Digimon World 3 any% Beginner Notes - Guilmon (4/27/2020)

For those who want to run the game but it's been a few years or you just haven't played it, I put this together for you - I hope this helps and brings more people to run this amazing game! These are more detailed notes of what I had for myself and combines hdot/theRixer's notes. If you do have familiarity with the game, use hdot's notes -  

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12OkkDvtXZlEaNMFNmiybIGLSU6oebBSjHwx9Y1X-ShY/edit?usp=sharing

Join the Digimon Speedrunning Discord and find the World 3 channel to ask any questions and someone will help you out!

Digimon World 3 Speedrun Guide Compendium

This post will feature all the guides that are up-to-date with modern strats and discoveries for every Rookie possible. Keep in mind that some Rookies are more viable for the speedrun than others.
I'm listing all the guides available and give them a rating on Speed, Amount of Resets per finished run and Difficulty so that you can choose the route that suits you best. Enjoy!

**Kotemon:**
**[World Record Route by desa](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sqmPdYdAGYLpfdVP9RFRGspHOGHe7E0VTIcOfdDnQuM/edit?usp=sharing)** Speed: Highest | Resets: Highest | Difficulty: Medium

**Guilmon:**
**[2019 Route by Hdot12](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vqP9G85s-6PAOo3PpKeRb4ddE83yPr7P2YL41LpwTuo/edit?usp=sharing)** Speed: Highest | Resets: Highest | Difficulty: High

**Kumamon:**
**[Consistent Kumamon Route by desa WIP](https://docs.google.com/document/d/15ZQupAS95_tC4ru2bX1IZbjvgbYsLE8oKCiu5AgHC6k/edit?usp=sharing)** Speed: High | Resets: Medium | Difficulty: Low

**Monmon:**
**[Fastest Monmon Route by desa WIP](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z75uxqzlGZ56B2QxKhIWKSRTF1iwquxS7KptVkvzmEM/edit?usp=sharing)** Speed: High | Resets: Highest | Difficulty: Medium

Keep in mind: The guides will be updated every now and then and so will their ratings. I'll try and include several routes if available and update the looks of the guides progressively.

DW3 any% Guilmon strats (28/02/2019)

thought it might be a good idea to release my notes now. Guilmon is really worth it, despite being quite reset heavy. Definetely go for it if you want to compete for a top time!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vqP9G85s-6PAOo3PpKeRb4ddE83yPr7P2YL41LpwTuo/edit?usp=sharing

DW3 Ricky's note (Best notes so far, I'll help him to improve it)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yf8lGjvCYP2zSBoxnY2ujionyEAZ9UV9X9_vzM4hYIo

By http://www.speedrun.com/user/Ricky

Information on encounter rates

We already knew that Digimon World 3 uses a step counter like most JRPGs do.
So during my last stream Syd mapped out said step counter with cheat engine and found out that sometimes the "encounter rate" (the amount the step counter goes down with one single step) actually can change on the same map. this only changes our movement in the run on two maps. Central Park and Wind Prairy.

Central Park: on the grass the step counter goes down by 6, while on the road it goes down by only 3
Wind Prairy: same like above but you don't have a road made of stone but a sandy path with -3 here. again -6 for the grass.

So we can actually make the step counter go less down by getting as much of the road / sandy path as possible when moving through those maps. It's rather minor, however I tested it and for example on Seiryu City -> Wind Prairy -> Kicking Forest I was able to safe like 100 step points with aiming for the sandy path istead of just going through the grass what would be the fastest geometrically. Keep in mind that 100 steps can already mean an whole encounter if you get a low roll on the step count. So this could add up to a few encounters maybe during the whole run I think. Nothing major but we should have it in our mind when moving through those maps.

I also noticed some other differences on other maps which however don't affect our movement:

protocol forest: the rate is -6 outside of the forest with the maze, however is only -3 inside the forest
jungle grave: the rate is only -4 on the light sand before zanbamon, however -6 on the dark sand behind zanbamon


so yeah. the general encounter rate seems to be -6, however just for information purposes the encounter rates for the exceptions are the following ones: (the higher the negative number the more encounters you get statistically)

Asuka sewers: -9
Datamon screen: 0 (it just seems you can't get encounters where a boss fight is standing. for example you can't get encounters in front of MasterTyrannomon either - after you climbed up the ladder)
jungle shrine: -18
catacomb: -9 (no encounters before the bug maze exit - after you climbed down the ladder)
bug maze: -9
dum dum factory: -4 ; however the duct rooms: -9 and the hi-andromon screen and the sewers: -6 again
Freeze Mountain: -4 however Snow Mountain onwards: -6 again
Ice Dungeon: -18
Fire Dungeon: -9
Dark Dungeon: -4

Seabed's seem to have -6, however some special ones like the seabed before datamon or before the Suzaku underground cave have -9.

Circuit Boards all seem to have -3 but I did not test all. I guess for going to Bai Hu City for example, routes with only Circuit Boards should trigger less encounters then routes which include the Seabed.

I guess that's it. Oh, one more thing. You can't get encounters on map exists either. (when an arrow floats above Junior's head.) So don't try to force encounter while running into an exit. However running into a wall (which is no exit) triggers encounters, so that works. This also means that you shouldn't run into walls while moving across the map normally because you pretty much spend step counts then just on running against the wall and trigger encounters faster this way.

I think that covers everything. This might clear up some confusion during runs on whether one had bad luck with the step counter or if the encounter rate just is extremely high on that location, like on jungle shrine for example.

Name	Autor
Digimon World 3 - Any% Guide East Sector (Outdated, see Ricky's notes)	veeshadow 9 years ago
Digimon World 3 any% Beginner Notes - Guilmon (4/27/2020)	school_appropriate 5 years ago
Digimon World 3 Speedrun Guide Compendium	desa 3 years ago
DW3 any% Guilmon strats (28/02/2019)	Hdot12 6 years ago
DW3 Ricky's note (Best notes so far, I'll help him to improve it)	veeshadow 9 years ago
Information on encounter rates	Hdot12 7 years ago