How to SpeedRun Ironclad Any% [Fast Mode] by DrJoofy

How to SpeedRun the Spire with Ironclad Any% [Fast Mode]. (Made on 03/07/2018 Early Access Version) 

full guide (with proper formatting) found below
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OXVNFuHabasQ8TetnmHjoAzvLgpEzWaJtDfD2GQ5z6E/edit?usp=sharing

Disclaimer: If you like this guide, please consider following me on twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/drjoofy

If you **don't** want to read the full guide, here is how you download livesplit & some common misconceptions.

**LiveSplit (Download, Settings & Use)**
Create New folder on your desktop called livesplit 
Go to http://livesplit.github.io/downloads/ and download latest version of livesplit
Move the .zip folder to your livesplit folder on desktop
Right-click the zip folder and extract all to the desktop folder named livesplit
Open extracted folder and click on the Application file which has the logo of livesplit (three circles). This is the only executable file there
**KEEP IN MIND** livesplit takes like 30seconds to boot up every time i open it. IDK why but be patient pls
Open livesplit (a little nub with 0.00 will show up)
Right click on the nub and click open splits → from speedrun . com 
Search for ‘Slay the spire’ (be patient, interface is slow) 
Click slay the spire → fast mode ironclad any %
Check the box that says ‘download empty’
DO NOT check the boss that says include times as comparison
Click any one of the times that show up in black text and click download
Now you should have a timer that has all three segments, but a BUNCH of empty rows between act 2 and act 3
Right click on your livesplit player → edit layout → double click on word ‘splits’ → change ‘total splits’ to 3 → CLICK OK on that box → CLICK OK on next box
Now you have an appropriate sized livesplit player. We are almost done!
Right click on your livesplit player again → settings → check the box that says GLOBAL HOTKEYS
Finally right click livesplit player → settings → set your split/start/reset buttons to options that you find important! For slay the spire, I use numpad 1, 2, & 3 because the splits are usually during some animations
AND YER READY TO GO!
Remember your time starts when you click ‘embark’ and final split ends the second that final boss dies.

**Misconceptions about STS SpeedRuns**
“It’s all RNG and card spam”
As of 03/07/2018 I believe that RNG is only a major player after trying to push sub-8 minutes (top 5 players)
You do not need a perfect necro + double tap + WW + 6 energy + ice cream run to get top 10 
You do not need all of that to have a fun run and feel THE THRILL of PBs and interacting with the community

Good luck with your running!
Once again if you enjoyed this guide, consider following me on twitch! 
https://www.twitch.tv/drjoofy

About the Author:
I’m a twitch streamer who loves speedrunning STS! 
I have 180+ hours on the game and over 600 runs with IronClad. 
My PB as of writing this is 7:01 and is ranked at world #4.

Updated (03/18/18)

Ironclad in Under 6 minutes by DrJoofy (Advanced Guide)

If you are new to the speedrunning community, please see my sub 10-minute guide (https://tinyurl.com/y9ewkjj6). This is 	an amendment to that guide, and cannot stand alone as a complete guide for beginners. If you have not gotten a sub 10-minute run yet, following these rules will HURT you, not help you. Get the basics first. 



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Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/drjoofy
Discord: https://discord.gg/pTM96Ms
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Full Guide: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nTPgQtFkA8OxzkXtNJ6AZZe6ekflavcGf8vOXtVdSeM/edit?usp=sharing

SpeedRun Ironclad Any% [Fast Mode] by DrJoofy's Ironclad Guide Translated into Chinese

Original full guide (with proper formatting) found below 原文指引如下
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OXVNFuHabasQ8TetnmHjoAzvLgpEzWaJtDfD2GQ5z6E/edit?usp=sharing

Chinese version guide 漢化版本指引
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A1FzD-94oLfhF7GEAxsyGnjyO4SprjJJGsiJ2xi5c_0

Disclaimer: If you like this guide, please consider following the Original author on twitch at https://www.twitch.tv/drjoofy
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Speedrun Setup (automatic preferences overriding)

Hello! This guide is created in order to provide an easy way to setup a similar situation that the top runners use to start their runs. Essentially what is being done here, is a certain "save" point is being simulated; we are loading from files that are saved after two runs. The runs end up encountering all the bosses that are not "ideal"; the game then, on your next run, will give you the 3 "ideal" bosses. Since this situation is perfectly achievable normally, and is simply using intended game mechanics, it has been deemed allowed for this run. This guide details how to use a script that is located in the Resources tab to load the game using these saves without having to worry about manual replacing of files between every run.

A couple notes first:
- Between every run you do still need to close out of the game, and relaunch the file that will be detailed later.
- This does run the game "offline" and your scores will not be uploaded to the leaderboard. This is something that is achievable, but that will not be detailed in this guide.

Alright, to start off this setup you will simply need to download the rar file from https://www.speedrun.com/tools/StS_Preferences_Setup_1.1_x74s5.zip It includes 4 files:
    - preferences.saved/
    - run_speedrun_sts.bat
    - game_directory.txt
    - troubleshoot.bat

Extract this zip file wherever you want you want to be running this from. Note that this should be anywhere BUT directly in the game folder for SlayTheSpire. Also note that if steam is installed in a non-default location, or you are using steam 32 bit, you will need to edit the file "game_directory.txt". This needs to be the location of the SlayTheSpire game (this is the FOLDER of the game, not the exe/jar itself); by default it is "C:\Program Files\ (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SlayTheSpire", and this is what's in the txt file by default.

Once that's done, that should be it! You can now run the .bat file if you are on Windows. This will be the file that will be ran every time that you want to run the game

To outline exactly what the script does:
- Checks if the directory has the jar file that's used to run the game
    - If not it copies it, the preferences folder, and the video settings into the directory
    - If it is in the directory, it checks to see if there is a difference between the local version and steams
        - If there is, it will ask if you want to update, and do so if you answer yes
- It then removes the saves folder
- Then overwrites the information in preferences with our premade one
- Then runs the game

If you have any questions, you can ask me directly on Discord (Phantom#0004) or join the official Slay the Spire Speedrunning discord via this link: https://discord.gg/bJURpdk
Note: You can run the "troubleshoot.bat" and it will provide output that you can give me, that will help me figure out what's going wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypKSqaoBDTM

Name	Autor
How to SpeedRun Ironclad Any% [Fast Mode] by DrJoofy	DrJoofy 8 years ago
Ironclad in Under 6 minutes by DrJoofy (Advanced Guide)	DrJoofy 8 years ago
SpeedRun Ironclad Any% [Fast Mode] by DrJoofy's Ironclad Guide Translated into Chinese	akiyamakonata 8 years ago
Speedrun Setup (automatic preferences overriding)	Phantom 8 years ago