Complete tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDHVijF_KNGxh-VKvdAlSmG6XjWLV04sy

Glitchless Tutorial

https://youtu.be/wQyMw-Bq5Ic

Side note: I did not include tutorials for things that are done in Any% that might be tricky for new players (4A beginning climb, 8B Pipe Skip, etc.) Feel free to ask for links to tutorials on that stuff.

Timestamps
-----------------------------------------------------
0:00 - Intro
0:42 - Prologue Pipe Skip
1:10 - Prologue Pipe Skip (Safe Strats)
1:29 - 1A No Roll
1:59 - Flight Reverse Angle KG / Landing Pad Skip
3:09 - 1E Sliding Wallclimb
7:31 - 1E Gap Wallboost
8:15 - 1E Double Wallboost
8:45 - 1E Safe Strats
9:21 - Chase Skip
10:19 - 3D Death Abuse
10:51 - 3D Sliding Wallclimb
11:32 - 3D Safe Strats
12:00 - 4A Door Damage Cancel
12:40 - 4A Vent Room Skip
13:30 - Subway Corner Turn Jump
14:26 - Subway Safe Strats
14:46 - 5A Train Skip
15:39 - 5B Kick Momentum Cancel
16:27 - Tree Strats
18:00 - 6A Checkpoint Grab
19:21 - 7A Pole Fall
19:48 - 7A Safe Strats
19:56 - 7B Death Abuse
20:24 - 8A Big Jump
21:21 - 8A Safe Strats
21:32 - 8B Pole Wallboost
22:09 - 8B Safe Strats
23:02 - Shard Pole Wallrun
23:38 - Questions / Outro

BluMage's Wallclimb Sidestep Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB3jdh8YWO8

Basic movement tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRxB6-YRhAg&index=2&list=PLDHVijF_KNGxh-VKvdAlSmG6XjWLV04sy

Up to date run to learn basic route:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/147191277

Lik commnt & subscrib thx

How to setup Mirror's Edge for speedrunning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlEC-leivw4

If You're New

This game has some tricks that aren't very difficult to achieve no matter how much you have practiced it. These can be done on PC or console.

Sidestep Boost: Hold left in the direction you want to go and then jump! As soon as you jump, turn back to the direction you were facing and you'll find that you are instantly at full running speed, in contrast to the 7-10 second lead up from nothing to full sprint. This saves significant time and once you get the habit of doing it, it becomes second nature. Here's a fun test though: once you get used to this for a few months, try playing the game without it and notice how uncomfortable you'll be. Best place to practice this is at the beginning of New Eden where you have very long straightaways.

Wallrun Boost: Whenever you are near a wall, wallrunning on it, facing it as much as you can without jumping AT it, and quickly jumping off gains significant speed. This can be used to bring you to running speed and give you slight boost. Best place to practice this is in the subway station of New Eden, even if there are guards there.

Ventkick: Likely the easiest of all of these, you simply kick when falling straight down which usually happens when falling out of a vent but can also be done a few different ways, most notably through the Drop-Roll technique. This kick resets the height you can fall down at. You'll still take damage but it doesn't slow down your momentum which is important. To practice this, find a vent somewhere in the game, it doesn't really matter.

"Almost the" Kickglitch: I prefer to call it a Halfglitch and here's why: unlike a kickglitch, you don't jump off of the invisible platform below. This can save a few seconds or so throughout the run. When you kick off of a wallrun, you end up falling (as you could imagine) but then you land on this invisible platform for a few frames. This resets your height and allows you to fall further distances, similar to a vent kick. Best place to practice this is at the very beginning of New Eden against the wall to your right.

Drop-Roll: Likely the hardest one of all of these, a Drop-Roll consist of a player rolling on one surface so closely to the edge that they fall off of it after the rolling animation is complete. This resets the players drop height and can allow them to fall a significantly larger distance than usual. The best place to practice this is at the very beginning of The Boat with the vents to the left. At this spot, you can also practice the Ventkick to prevent having to roll after landing on the blue overhang below.

Hope this helps, but if it doesn't (or if you're looking for harder techniques), here are some more links that may be able to help you out.
http://mirrorsedge.wikia.com/wiki/Speedrunning
https://kb.speeddemosarchive.com/Mirror%27s_Edge
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/191kBz6cDWKaUvTwv8sxfgJAU_l03D7-E6J7IhW89RzM/edit#gid=0

Inbounds Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBqK28CocSc

This guide assumes you already know the basic Any% route, it will only cover places where inbounds differs.
At the start of chapter 5 i say it's no different, this is a mistake and the kickglitch is not allowed.
For this section you can follow an inbounds or glitchless run.

Livesplit Setup tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlaqJeQlsso&feature=youtu.be
Stop using the old million splits

Mirror's Edge FAQ / Troubleshooting Resources

Designed with all of the most commonly asked questions in the Mirror's Edge #help Discord channel in mind.

Plus whatever else we could think of. Special thanks to Jim and Heki for their contributions and cleanup.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16i_lHEDAH-wd5vQFo5l2Vmho5uQCXG4ArYDmYC185lc/edit?usp=sharing

Mirror's Edge Speedrun Guide (Russian translation)

Перевод можете найти здесь - https://docs.google.com/document/d/14wEIaD2Hv09WqW7_S_rhBQ5t4DJTiCHjeONtVbstC0A/edit?usp=sharing

Переведены 2 руководства по движению (сделанные BlackbeltGingaNinja и Odjur), так же в данном документе вы можете найти практический все скипы (на английском языке) использующиеся в основных категориях.

Mirror's Edge Speedrunning 101

An excellent series of videos by bluesatin that covers all the basic moves and game mechanics. You'll be a better runner after watching these.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4rezeZ703boaj9XaFMDe_MATY-WTvXgK

Skip Tier List: "What skips should I learn first?"

A couple points:

1. You should watch Walrus' tutorial videos to learn the overall route. His videos will be much more instructive and useful if you're just starting out. Those are also linked in the Guides section, but I'll link it here too just in case:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDHVijF_KNGxh-VKvdAlSmG6XjWLV04sy

2. As supplementary material, here's a "tier list" of strats. This tier list is solely my opinion, and it represents what strats I think new runners should learn / attempt first. Lowers tiers are "easier" or "more worth it go for," while higher tier strats are "less worth it" or "riskier." I developed the tier list after seeing many new runners burn out trying to learn strats that are too difficult for most beginners. Sadly, Mirror's Edge isn't the kind of game where you should try to do every strat from the get-go. Anyway, I digress. Here's the tier list—again, my opinion:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QVUR2pusYLEbb6jeDwCSuPpz16mzbi3Uq1EYx0SPCfk/edit?usp=sharing

Speedrunning on Linux guide

Website that details how to speedrun Mirror's Edge on Linux. Will be updated depending on current tools and info.

[https://loomeh.github.io/MedgingOnLinux/](https://loomeh.github.io/MedgingOnLinux/)


The Complete List of Video Tutorials

http://medb.faith/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=101

The Ultimate Mirror's Edge Speedrun Guide (Updated 2021)

FIND THE GUIDE HERE: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VSNIy2psmFrBNQtlHGR3FhOORQepZhdzZa3i4dQWK6E/edit?usp=sharing

Hello all! This Ultimate Guide uses material from many of the other guides linked on speedrun.com, plus many YouTube tutorials throughout the years. So, it's a great up-to-date place to start if you're new to the game! There are tutorials for all five main categories linked in this guide. There's also extensive tutorials and troubleshooting for how to best adjust your settings, add custom keybinds, add custom textures, etc. A team of moderators and top players will be working hard to keep this guide up-to-date.

We hope you enjoy!

BlackbeltGingaNinja

MrWalrus

Boohy77

Heki

Blink_

Loomeh

meteos_probably

nikvel

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Mirror's Edge

Playground One

Edge

Chase

Office

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Any%

Glitchless

test

Timer glitch

Is your run using the new Softimer built into Mirror's Edge Tweaks? Note: runs using the old Livesplit timer may be rejected.

Name	Autor
Complete tutorial	MrWalrus 10 years ago
Glitchless Tutorial	BlackbeltGingaNinja 9 years ago
How to setup Mirror's Edge for speedrunning	goopsoup 5 months ago
If You're New	Boohy77 11 years ago
Inbounds Tutorial	Heki 5 years ago
Livesplit Setup tutorial	Heki 10 years ago
Mirror's Edge FAQ / Troubleshooting Resources	meteos_probably 6 years ago
Mirror's Edge Speedrun Guide (Russian translation)	nikvel 4 years ago
Mirror's Edge Speedrunning 101	Req 10 years ago
Skip Tier List: "What skips should I learn first?"	BlackbeltGingaNinja 7 years ago
Speedrunning on Linux guide	Loomeh 2 years ago
The Complete List of Video Tutorials	Blink_ 9 years ago
The Ultimate Mirror's Edge Speedrun Guide (Updated 2021)	BlackbeltGingaNinja 5 years ago