(OLD) Frogyfro's Reroute (GOOD INFORMATION TO LOOK AT FOR A BEGINNER)

This is the route that I use in my WR (14:11).  It's much faster than the previous Any% route because I take advantage of doing the races out of order.  All skills train faster the higher level you are.  Flying is the most extreme.  Training flying to level 10 is incredibly tedious and wastes a ton of time.  The advantage that this route has is that flying is trained exclusively via skill seeds until reaching around level 50, after which flying trains relatively quickly.

A word of advice.  Obtaining coins early game does save a little bit of time, it's recommended that you attempt to do so.

Dying loses more time than you think.  The longer you last, the faster your skill trains.

The point values you need to reach the recommended level change based on how many coins you obtain.  I'm giving you the point scores I usually need, but they won't always be the same.  Remember that 500 points = 1 level in running and swimming, and 5,000 points = 1 level in flying.

If you have questions about this route, please ask me.  I'd love to help.

start game
eat the seeds
grind up to 42 running (21,000 points)

beginner running race
buy and eat as many skill seeds as possible
amateur running race
beginner flying race
buy and eat as many skill seeds as possible

grind up to 42 swimming (15,000 points)

amateur swimming race
buy and eat as many skill seeds as possible

grind up to 115 running (27,000 points)

expert running race
buy and eat as many skill seeds as possible

grind up to 115 swimming (27,000 points)

beginner swimming race
expert swimming race
buy and eat as many skill seeds as possible
amateur flying race
buy and eat as many skill seeds as possible

grind up to 100 flying (kill yourself when you start to slow down, usually around 20k at the beginning, moves to 25k at the end)

third flying race
buy just enough super seeds to get swimming and running to 150
(probably around 20, might need more.  remember that 5 skill seeds = 3 levels)

grind up to 150 flying (kill yourself when you start to slow down, usually around 40k at the beginning, moves to 50k at the end) 

beginner long race
amateur long race
expert long race
championship race
.done

2020 Glitched 100%

-Train Running Level 50
	25k (though you want to keep going if possible) 
-Eat all normal Seed
   	2-1
-Buy and Eat SS
    Enter 3-2 and get burned (Midnight Black)
-Train Swimming 127 (60k) use isg
  	2-3
-Buy and Eat SS  
-Train Running 123
	(Score depends on how much you got in your previous running) 
	3-1
   	1-3
	3-3
-Buy and Eat SS
-Max out Flying
	Do RcFly (Use RcF to skip the mini cutscene of the duck sliding down the ramp)	
-Do all remaining races starting with 1-1 (not the champ)
	RcP at the end of each race to not have to wait and jump right into the next race that you need to do
-Buy every color and hat (dont buy midnight black again)
	should be unable to afford anything else if you bought everything (take your time with this at first because people always mess this up and it invalidates the run if you dont buy everything :)
-Champ

2020 Glitched Any%

This run involves taking advantage of a bug where hitting "Clear" while your duck is wearing the crown will not completely remove the previous file's level count. After hitting clear the game stores the levels that you got in your previous file. The game stores them in a broken debug (?) minigame, that can normally not be accessed. We can access this with RC through the race select screen, and by doing that you can bring the previous file's levels into your own new current file. 
RcB = Right Click Back 
RcP = Right Click Play 
RcF/ Rc= Right Click Forward 
TS = Tab Seed 


Setup File
	Enter running and train until 75k (Everytime you die, hit RcB to reenter the minigame and the score you had previously remains) 
	Rcf to the champ 
	Rcf past the champ
	Get the crown on the Duck's head
Setup Done
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Actual Route 
-Hit "Clear"
-Enter the "Enter Race" Menu and RcB (this will give you 150 swimming if the setup file was done properly) 
-Go back to the main screen and TS to the out of bounds seed and level up to level 10 in flying and running
-Enter the running mingame
-Get about 2k points and RcF to finish the mingame, then RcB to go back (which gives you the score again) spam the two actions over and over again until you have 150
-Leave the minigame
-enter 3-4 and RcF to the champ 
-Beat the Champ 

	Champ

2020 Glitched NoRcB

This route is a "legacy route" that was the any% route before the community realized the potential of Right Click Back but after we found that you can beat the champion race with only 10 flying.
Over the years the route has been updated to incorporate new tech, such as Tab Seed (using seed out of bounds) and ISG (Island swim glitch to be able to one cycle swimming) 

-Tab Seed until your flying is level 10
	On the Main Screen press tab and hit the left arrow key until the yellow cursor goes off the screen
	Hit space and move the mouse cursor over the duck and the skill seed will go to your duck 
	Do that until your levels are 10
-Enter swimming and get isg off a island, rc to leave after getting 70k
-RC out of swimming and enter running
- max running
-Enter last expert race and RC into the Champion Race 




 ¤Side notes
RC stands for Right Click
TS is Tab seed
	Hit Tab and left twice and then hitting space will give you out of bounds seed
Quick rundown of ISG: 
						Get a island to appear between 0-7k (5k is optimal) 
						Jump in front of it then backup into it 
						Hold down and left once you have backed up into the island
						Hold those keys for a could seconds then hold the right key
						if executed properly (or the duck clips into another object while you are holding right and he is moving down your duck will be clipped out of bounds and you can get as many points as you need (which is 70k points)

2020 King of Ducks

Max Skills is a legacy Category that was the main category once RC was allowed. The point of this category is to beat the game with the maximum level in all your skills required to beat all the races. Aka get the "King of Ducks" rank. 
Out of Bounds Seed is banned
Right Click Back is banned 

-Running 85 (Collect as many coins as you can)
-Eat 2 normal seed
	2-1
-Buy and Eat 12 Skill Seed
-Train Swimming 114 (54,000)
	2-3
-Buy and eat 12 Skill Seed
	3-3
-Buy and eat Skill Seed 20
-Train Running level 127 (8-9k)
	3-1
-Buy and eat Skill Seed 20
	2-2
-Buy and eat Skill Seed 10
-Train flying 150
	RcFly to skip the ramp cutscene 
		Running:145
		Swimming:150
		Flying:150
-Enter 3-4 and RcP to the champ
-Champ

2020 NMG 100%

-Train Running Level 50+ (25k is the minimum) 
-Eat all normal seed
	2-1
-Buy and eat SS
-Enter Flying 3 and get burned (Midnight black)

-Train Swimming Level 115 (57kish)
	2-3
-Buy and eat SS
-Train Running 123
	3-1
	1-3
-Buy and eat SS
	3-3

-Buy and eat SS
-Buy Normal seed and eat after all the skill seed
-Train flying 150
	1-1

-Do remaining Races excluding Champ
-Buy all the hats and colors
-Champ

2020 NMG Any%

-Train Running Level 50 (25K minimum)  
-Eat normal seed (Leave one behind)
	1-1
	2-1
-Buy and eat SS to swimming level 9

-Train Swimming 90 (40K)
	2-3
	1-3
-Buy and eat SS to running level 69 
-Train Running 110-113 (113 unless yolo)
	3-1 (RNG race, you can lose at 110)

-Buy and eat SS 
	3-3
-Buy and eat SS
	2-2
-Buy and eat SS (50 flying)

-Train flying to 84 or 85
	3-2
-Buy and eat SS (100 flying 146+ swimming)
-Max flying
	1-2
	1-4
	2-4
	3-4
-Champ

2020 NMG No Skill Seed

The goal of No Skill Seed (NoSS) is to beat the game without feeding the duck any form of Skill Seed. The only seed you can purchase and eat is the brown normal seed.

-Running
Want to get around 20+ for the first cycle and ideally get more than 5k (around 15k) per cycle 
-Flying
	5k until 10
	6k
	7k
	8k
	10k until 20
	15k until 40
	20k 30k until max
-Swimming
	Ideally get around 40k for the first cycle 
-Eat enough food 10 levels of energy 
-Do all the races

2020 NMG Single Activity

For getting coins fly up and down
go until 100k flying each cycle to collect coins 
Play in low quality (?) 
Credit to Fqceless and Ennopponetwelve for the *route* 


-Until 150
	5k until 10
	6k
	7k
	8k
	10k until 20
	15k until 40
	20k 30k until max
Get 1070 (1080 if you want a backup seed)
-Buy and Eat SS
-2-1
-All beginner races
-Eat SS
-Intermediate 
-Eat SS
-3-2
-Eat SS
-3-4
-Eat SS
-3-1
-3-3
-Eat SS
-Champion

2021 In Browser Any%

- You need to play the version hosted on coolmath games: https://www.coolmathgames.com/0-duck-life
- It's recomended to ctrl + scroll wheel up the website up to 150% because the window with the game on 100% is quite small.
- Time starts when pressing yes on the question "Are you sure you want to clear data?".
- Being good at maths is helpful in this speedrun. 

Running (AROUND 200 points per level):
Go to running, you jump by pressing mouse.
You want to get a one-cycle up to level 150, but since this is too hard you can get more cycles.
When you get running up to level 150, go to swimming.

Swimming (AROUND 400 points per level):
This is the only activity in this version that you controll with keyboard.
You want to get a one-cycle this time up to level 115, but since this is too hard you can get more cycles.
When you get swimming up to level 115, go to flying.

Flying (500 points per level):
You control duck by draging your mouse up and down.
You will see a few major changes in speed while flying, hold your cursor in the water (dont click it).
When the duck will slow down for the 2nd time click your cursor, click retry and repeat the procces.
When you get flying up to level 150, go to the shop.

In the shop buy some skill seeds (the blue ones) and eat them untill you have energy level 44/45.
Now do all the races and the championship!

Quick tip for running and swimming: When you die, check what your level is, and then try to calculate how many points you need to level 150.

2026 NMG 100%

Running 44+  
1-1  
2-1  
SS  
Swimming 117  
2-3  
SS  
Running 125  
3-1  
3-3  
SS  
3-2 (Midnight Black)  
Flying 150  
1-2  
1-3  
1-4  
2-2  
2-4  
3-2  
3-4  
Energy 50*  
All hats and colours  
Champ  

\**Seed required*  
1 High 49  
2 Low 49  
3 High 48  
4 Low 48  
5 47  
6 High 46  
7 Low 46  
8 High 45  
9 Low 45  
10 44  
11 High 43  
12 Low 43  

Guide to Duck Life Acronyms

RC
	-Right Click
RCP
	-Right Click Play
RCF
	-Right Click Fast Forward
RCB
	-Right Click Back
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TS
	-Tab Seed
Tab
	-Tab key on the keyboard
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FF
	-Flash Functions (right clicking then hitting a button)
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ISG
	-Island Swim glitch
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ISS
	-Infinite Skill Seed 
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DL1
	-Duck Life 1
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MS
	-Max Skills
SS
	-Skill Seed
SA
	-Single Activity
WR
	-Rad Time B)
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Ghost
	-Eddiesaurus87

In Depth NMG Any% (Aimed at sub 13)

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Big credit to Fqceless for almost routing late 1-3 and helping me edit the guide. :)
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Have tab over 'Menu'. Hold your mouse approximately here so you can enter run training as soon as possible.
https://imgur.com/bcCJ3Fy
Start mashing space and left click to close the menu and enter + start running training.
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Running 1 (500 points per level):
Go as far as you can in your first cycle, then if your first cycle is:
<18k - Go as far as you can a second time. (If you don't get enough to reach level 44 on your second cycle, check this again to see what to do for your third, fourth, etc.)
18-22k - Get as many levels as you need to reach level 44.
>22k - Exit running training.
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When you die in training:
If you intend to go back into the minigame (i.e. you got <18k), buffer space inputs by holding it down. This will restart the minigame as soon as possible. Be careful not to press any keys after you start holding down space or it will not buffer the inputs. Also note there is about a 0.5 second window between holding down space and when it will start buffering inputs.

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If you intend to leave the minigame, hold your mouse in the bottom right so you can click the menu button then immediately start eating seed. Eat 4 seed.
https://imgur.com/Zp3e6cp
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Click 'Enter Race' (position your mouse over the button while your duck is eating the last seed).
Tab Space x2 to enter 1-1.
Once the race ends, press Tab Space. If you do this too early, you'll exit the race before it finishes so make sure to wait until after the screen transition.
Click 'Enter Race' (again try to have your mouse pre-positioned during the race).
Click 'Amateur Races' .
Tab Space to enter 2-1.
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[I will only cover buying Skill Seed once - henceforth 'SS']
Enter the shop (pre-position).
Tab Down Down Down then hold space to buy Skill Seed.
'Menu' (pre-position while buying SS).
Tab Left Left then press space rhythmically to eat Skill Seed. As a general rule, try to have a new Skill Seed reach the duck after he finishes the eating animation for the previous one.
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While your duck is eating the last Skill Seed, have the mouse over 'Train Swimming'. As soon as you see the last yellow bar appear (sublevel), mash click and space to enter + start swimming training as quickly as possible.
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Swimming 1 (500 points per level):
Aim for 40k to reach level 89 or 90. Either is fine, but try not to be outside that range. If you get a seed glitch with 88 swim (maybe even without seed glitch) you can lose 3-3 and if you go above 90 you're going to lose time from having to get extra flying levels (you'll probably reach 146 swimming too early). If you don't make it just keep going for more cycles until you do. Remember that if you know you're going to die you can buffer space inputs.
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'Menu'.
'Enter Race'.
Tab Space.
1-3.
'Enter Race' (pre-position).
Click 'Amateur Races'.
2-3.
SS.
'Train Running' (pre-position).
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Running 2 (500 points per level).
You're aiming for a level between 110 and 115, with a higher level giving you better chances of winning 3-1. 3-3 shouldn't be an issue if you got 89-90 swim.
110 - ???
111 - Basically suicide.
112 - Unlikely win.
113 - Likely win.
114 - Very likely win.
115 - (Probably) certain win.
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'Menu'.
'Enter Race'.
Click 'Expert Races'
3-1. A good split (end of race) is sub 7. Sub 6:30 is crazy good.
SS.
'Enter Race' (pre-position).
Click 'Expert Races'.
3-3.
SS.
'Enter Race' (pre-position).
Click 'Amateur Races'.
2-2.
SS.
'Train Flying' (pre-position).
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~~Flying 1 (5000 points per level):
Your first few cycles to get you to level 60 will depend on your flying level (which in turn depends on how much Skill Seed you've eaten):
45 - 25k 20k 30k
46 - 20k 20k 30k
47 - 15k 20k 30k
48 - 20k 20k 20k
49 - 15k 20k 20k
50 - 20k 30k
51 - 20k 25k
52 - 20k 20k
Always adjust depending on sub levels. For example, if you're on 48+2 bars, only get 18k on your first cycle (2k less than if you were on 0 bars).
From lvl 60 to 130, alternate 20k and 30k (pay attention to sublevels in case you go over/under by a few k) - get 20k to reach level 84.
From level 130 to 140 and 140 to 150, get 50k at a time since it's faster not to go through the ramp animation,
We do this because you gain a noticeable speed boost on every level multiple of 10.
NOTE: You can also use space buffering in flying, it's just harder since you need to angle yourself to hit the correct score (20k, 25k, etc.) well in advance since you need to be holding nothing but space for about half a second before dying).
https://imgur.com/vjOmLsB~~
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This is all really outdated (and incorrect). A few days after this guide was last updated (in January 2021), UnrealArchon analytically determined the optimal flying strategy. You can find the full document on the discord. However, we lately discovered that there are (extremely minor) improvements over that original model.
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In short, for flying, a relatively fast strategy (and UnrealArchon's original proposal) is to spend exactly 6.22 seconds (including ramp time) on each cycle. Simplified, this leads to the following route:
Flying 1: 18k, then 19k until you reach 84.
Flying 2: 30k, then 31k four times, then 32k three times or until you hit 150.
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The document also explains how effects such as the speedup every 10th level do not actually exist, so just follow this route and you'll be losing a very minimal amount of time in flying overall. Space buffering should still be used.
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'Menu' (pre-position).
'Enter Race'.
Click 'Expert Races'
3-2.
SS (Stop as soon as your swimming level hits 146, since you can beat the champ with 150/146/150).
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Flying 2 (5000 points per level):
Get to level 150 in groups of 10, exactly the same as Flying 1 but faster.
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'Menu' (pre-position).
'Enter Race'.
Tab Space.
1-2.
'Enter Race' (pre-position).
Click 'Beginner Races'.
1-4.
'Enter Race' (pre-position).
Click 'Amateur Races'.
2-4.
'Enter Race' (pre-position).
Click 'Expert Races'.
3-4.
'Enter Race' (pre-position).
Click 'World Championship'.
'Skip'.
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Done.
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Remember to Tab Enter out of every race.
You need to collect approximately 100 coins throughout the run to reach swimming 146 (assuming you get 92 in Swimming 1).

SHORT VERSION (For reference during runs):
Running 44+
1-1
2-1
SS
Swimming 89+
1-3
2-3
SS
Running 110-115 (113 is fairly safe)
3-1
SS
3-3
SS
2-2
SS
Flying 84
3-2
SS
Flying 150
1-2
1-4
2-4
3-4
Champ
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Name	Autor
(OLD) Frogyfro's Reroute (GOOD INFORMATION TO LOOK AT FOR A BEGINNER)	frogyfro 10 years ago
2020 Glitched 100%	Cheggjon 6 years ago
2020 Glitched Any%	Cheggjon 6 years ago
2020 Glitched NoRcB	Cheggjon 6 years ago
2020 King of Ducks	Cheggjon 6 years ago
2020 NMG 100%	Cheggjon 6 years ago
2020 NMG Any%	Cheggjon 5 years ago
2020 NMG No Skill Seed	Cheggjon 6 years ago
2020 NMG Single Activity	Cheggjon 6 years ago
2021 In Browser Any%	legiawarszawa 5 years ago
2026 NMG 100%	Caarda 2 months ago
Guide to Duck Life Acronyms	Cheggjon 6 years ago
In Depth NMG Any% (Aimed at sub 13)	Caarda 4 years ago