Any% Tutorial Video

A complete tutorial for the current any% route (as of 2022)

https://youtu.be/wqPWN0eDPu0

Framedump - sub 2:30 route - March 2017

Note: Under development

This guide explains my WR video (2:27:47), so you will need to watch that while reading. 
The following abbreviations (from the bugs/exploits sticky) will need to be understood - this is just to save me time in writing the guide.

(FDW) Fast Draw Weapon
(FA) Fast Attack
(SS) Spell Spam
(ML) Mob Lure
(DS) Door Summon
(QQ) Quick Save / Quick Load
Also: 
# = split
(SMon) Solo mode on
(SMoff) Solo mode off

Make sure to quick save as often as possible, especially before entering a new area (crossing a yellow line), because after a while of play, the game may crash.

1. Masad
New game, press Esc three times, #.
Head over to the soldier, QQ.
FDW, kill him using FA.
Continue to the end of the level, picking up the hidden item along the way.
QQ as you get pulled into NPC dialogue at the bridge.
Skip cutscene (esc), then try to get high ground against the boss, FA
Go to world map, and head for Lenele.

Note: Quick save on the world map to avoid encounters.

2. Lenele 1
Grab the hidden item and sell everything at the merchant.
Go to the marketplace merchant and spend all gold on lightning runes.
Head for the palace.
¤unskippable cutscene¤

3. Sewers 1
Go to edge of water, FDW, SMon.
Avoid the bacites, but ML two of them - this is difficult and risky so it will take practice.
At the bottom of the ramp SMoff.
3/4 the way up the next ramp SMon. - Flece should be in (or close to) the room that leads to the doors.
Get the golem to open the gate.
Switch to Flece and head through the first gate.
Switch to Joseph and open the second gate - take off his tunic.
Take Flece to the end
¤boss fight¤'
Use lightning runes to kill the golems.
Go to next area.

4. Palace sneak
Collect the amethyst in the side room, then head up to the palace.
Engage the NPC through the wall, then exit the dialogue.
Do the same with the NPC through the next wall (this is not necessary, but its safer).
Continue the dialogue until you have received all 4 items.
Put on the servants clothing.
Head up to the top level.
Collect the Amethyst and 1000 gold, then talk to Yago through the wall.
# as the cutscene starts, then skip the cutscene.
Head to the world map, and sell the amethysts at the outskirts merchant.
Head to Iona

5. Iona
Buy fire arrow scrolls at the merchant, but save 1000 gold. (save more if you can).
Find the NPC and get Rosalind into your party. Pick up the citrine hidden in the room.
Exit the building and approach the first NPC. Get the key.
Go to the library, pick up the hidden item in the second to last bookshelf. Enter the catacombs.

6. Catacombs
Complete the puzzle.
Go into character screen and change Rosalind's AI to 'melee'. This is so she follows correctly.
Switch to Joseph, FDW, SMon.
ML the first 2 enemies.
At the bottom of the ramp before the intersection, SMoff (see video).
Take the left path.
Activate the switch at the end and switch to Rosalind.
ML the closest enemies, and take the right path.
Activate the switch and switch to Flece.
ML to the closest enemies and head to the boss.
Use Flece to SS the boss using fire arrows (should take 3).
Pick up the ring of light, #.
ML two skeletons and exit (fire arrow x2 on archers if they engage).
Go back to the world map.
Go to Lenele.

7. Lenele 2
Sell the citrine at the merchant.
Go to the palace.
Head up the stairs to the left as you enter the palace.
Try to head into the throne room, you will be pulled into dialogue with Yago, QQ to avoid it.
Speak to the King, skip the cutscene.
Speak to the prince and go through all dialogue.
Speak to the Queen and go through all dialogue.
Head to the Temple of Urath to get the Blade for khosani.
Head to Tancred's Haven for the map, then to the merchant for the map.
Go to the world map.
See video for direction to the Khosani.

8. Rider fight
You will encounter the rider, and you need to kill him.
SS fire arrows.
Head back to world map.

9. Khosani
Walk around near the mountain until you get the encounter.
The encounter happens during the day, so I always spam Quick save while the sundial (middle of HUD) shows night time.
In the encounter, speak to the NPC and enter the next area.
Go through the dialogue of the first NPC.
Go to the Ulsadana chambers, and QQ here to avoid waiting for the door.
Speak to the Ulsadana, until you get a dialogue option with all the names of your party members, click Farewell.
Go back to the NPC you first spoke to (he will have followed you to this room, or still be walking there if you were very fast). Go through the dialogue.
Head to the trials entrance, QQ.
Enter the trials.

10. Trials.
SMon with Joseph, and go around the circle in the center of the room.
See video for next puzzle.
In the room with the raised middle platform, avoid touching the platform and walk around to the locked exit.
Use DS - Summon 'mist elemental' as close to the door as possible. It will appear on the other side.
Complete the puzzles as quickly as possible - see video.
# immediately after skipping the cutscene.
SMoff, banish the summon, and then run joseph over to the exit gate.
Once the cutscene plays for the first phase of the boss being beaten, SMon
Pick up the pyros ring that was dropped.
Send each party member over to the exit.
Note: Sometimes even the solo mode party members will try to engage the boss.
DS on the exit gate, and exit the trials.
Sell the ring at the merchant.
Buy inferno scrolls (you can also buy some meteor scrolls for suicide).
Go to world map.
Go to Ikaemos.

11. Ikaemos
Select Flece, and suicide the other party members.
SMon, go to the palace.
Open character screen and put 2 skill points in pick lock.
Inferno once on enemies that get in your way to knock them back.
Pausing at each door to pick will make this path easier.
Pick up the dagger and kill all nearby enemies.
Go to the next area.
Revive all party members, and heal.
Use Joseph to grab the first dagger, using fire arrow to lure the enemy away so you can get it.
Use Flece to sneak for the next dagger (sneak is to clip through the golem blocking the staircase).
Use Rosalind to get the last dagger.
Exit with Jekhar.
Run to the final door, and activate the lock 4 times - you will need to walk around it as you do, or it might not unlock all of them, also there may be no sound at this point (bug), so you will need to watch the door, which will open once all the daggers are inserted.
Kill the boss with infernos, then #.
Make sure you pick up what he drops.
Exit Ikaemos in a similar way to how you came in.
Enter world map and go to Lenele.

12. Lenele 3
Talk to the merchant (second NPC), sell all items that you can.
Go to world map, and head for Iona.
Talk to the merchant, and buy the following:
40+ icicle scrolls
100+ healing draughts
50+ meteor scrolls
Spend the rest of your gold on inferno scrolls.
Go back to Lenele.
Enter the sewers.
Select your preferred party member and suicide the others. 
Go to tancred's haven.
Speak to tancred, then speak to yago. Enter the sewers again.
Switch to Joseph, SMon then head for the exit. Make sure to suicide Flece with meteor scrolls.
Run straight to the palace, using meteor scrolls to kill enemies next to the area exits.
Note: Quick save before the palace, as there will be a boss fight, and the game tends to crash on this loading screen.

13. Spoiler Fight
This fight can be very annoying because he is able to paralyze you with arrows. There are 2 main strategies for the first 'phase' of the fight (the meteor is faster but less consistent).
Either:
1st phase:
a. Walk into the room, and pause as soon as the horse is within range - this is difficult because he is very fast - you 				should be at the first row of seats. SS meteor scroll x10.
b. Same as above, but you will need to get a little bit closer, this time use inferno scrolls (20 or so).
2nd phase:
SS meteor scrolls.
# and skip cutscene.
Note: You should practice this fight until you can do it in just over 30 seconds. You can potentially lose a lot of time here.

14. Tower of Eleh
Go to the elevator golem, kill off any guards (inferno scrolls) that followed you there.
Go to 'Upper Level'.
Go to the Hut, where the tomb key is kept.
Note: A good idea is to kill the guard to the hut, and the guards that followed you, but make sure they are not right next to the door - it's possible that their corpses can block the doorway.
Grab the key, and head back to the elevator.
Go to 'Lower Level'.
Find Joseph, and then head back to the elevator and go to 'Upper Level' again.
Select Flece, SMon then head to the scaffolding.
ML the first 2 guards you see, and decent the stairs.
Note: this will take practice, and you need to be careful that the guards continue to follow you, otherwise you will get engaged by archers and you will be in a bad spot. Switch camera views using F12 to get a good angle to see the next staircase.
Once at the bottom, head to the exit and kill the guards that followed you.
Exit to world map.

15. Wolong
Once on the world map, you can now see Wolong. Go there.
Switch to Joseph, SMon.
Find Rosalind and an NPC in the forest.
Before speaking to them, collect the item on the ground behind them.
Speak to the NPC.
Mash through the dialogue.
Switch back to Flece.
Go to the pier adjacent to the one you started on, and speak to the NPC.
Go through the fishing-onyx card-i have no fruit dialogue options.
Exit dialogue, then go to the next NPC, who is behind you standing next to a building.
Ask for the rice bowl.
The next NPC is down in the courtyard at the back.
Ask for the knife.
Come back from the courtyard, and to your right, in between buildings is another NPC.
Ask for the fruit.
Head back to the fisherman NPC, and follow the same dialogue, but this time you have the fruit.
Now head up the Hill to the left, and speak to the NPC.
Trade the Box for charcoal.
Use Meteor scrolls to kill Flece.
Now with Joseph, speak to the NPC again. Make sure you go through all dialogue, until you have received 'Tears of Usaman' this is important.
Now head to the caverns (see video).

16. Caverns of Wolong
Note: This area probably needs the most practice of all. It is a bit of a labyrinth, and so its easy to get lost. Also, you need to time it very well, since there is no timer for the invisibility potion, and you need it to last until a specific point. Also, the minotaurs are very dangers, as they have quite a big range, and deal lots of damage. They will die to a few inferno scrolls, but we can't afford to waste many. I will explain here some of the important points, but this part needs to be learnt by watching the video.

SMon, FDW
Get as close to the first minotaur as you can without aggroing it. Quick save if you like.
Use the 'Tears of Usaman', and run through the caverns as quickly as you can.
Once you reached the 1:23:15 point in the video, wait here until the invisibility runs out, because we need the guard.
ML him, and head around to the healing plant - ML the other guy that is here.
You might get hit here, as it's very hard to avoid these guys.
Head to the healing pool.
Talk to the NPC and get the ring, then head to the pool.
# and skip the cutscene. 
ML the same two guys back out of the caverns.
Make sure you pick up the item on the ground before the lever.
Exit the caverns.

17. Wolong continued
Head down the stairs.
You will be drawn into dialogue with an NPC, QQ to skip it. Continue down.
Once you reach the docks, there will be a boss fight.
SS inferno scrolls.
Skip the cutscenes.
Run down the stairs again.
You will find Jekhar to the left of the docks.
Go through all the dialogue and receive the next ring.
Suicide Flece, and kill any guards near jekhar and joseph.
Exit to world map.
Return to Wolong immediately - it will be a town now.
Go to the merchant in the courtyard and sell the bow.
Go to the other merchant to the right of the courtyard.
Buy the following:
10+ healing elixers (preference)
2 Drithen's Brews
20+ Meteor scrolls
60+ icicle scrolls
Spend the rest on inferno scrolls.
Exit to world map.
Head for Liangshan.

18. Liangshan
Select Jekhar, SMon, FDW
Run forward a bit, then to the right, and around the rocks.
Follow the video, making sure to heal if your party members are about to die.
Enter the boss fight, and skip the cutscene.
Immediately run to the left, and ML the first two enemies that you find.
Go to the Shrine.
Enter the dialogue with NPC.
Cure poison first, then go through the rest of the dialogue.
As soon as dialogue completes, run up the stairs a bit - the enemies will now engage him.
Once he is dead, kill them with inferno.
Pick up the item he dropped (ring of the forest).
Exit to world map.
Head for Eleh

19. Murod.
Choose your preffered character, SMon, FDW.
Run to the mini-boss fight.
SS inferno x15 or so.
Go to the palace.
Note: Practice this boss fight until you can do it in a minute or less. This fight can be annoying with Murod teleporting, but actually you can beat his first phase by pausing and SS.
SMoff - your party members will find Murod if he teleports.
Run up to Murod, pause, SS infernox20+
Repeat for second phase.
Head back to the entrance and speak to the NPC.
Go through the dialogue, and choose to go back to Medeva.
You will arrive at Khosani.

20. Khosani
Go through the dialogue, then go speak to the Ulsadana.
Mash through the dialogue.
Exit to world map.
Go to Iona.

21. Iona
Note: this part can be tricky, and the guards are quite strong, it will take practice.
Choose your preffered character (Jekhar best for beginners, but Flece is faster)
SMon, FDW
ML the first 2 enemies
Go to the library.
Speak to Yago, and mash through the dialogue.
Exit the same way you came.
Go to Lenele

22. Lenele
SMon, switch to Jekhar
Go to the sewers, and suicide Rosalind
Follow the same route as the last time you were here.
Note: be careful of the blue monsters, they can 1 shot paralyze you.
Note: Be ready to pause once you exit the sewers - the camera will be obscured and guards will engage you immediately.
FDW, SMon, unpause
Evade the enemies (inferno scroll for knockback if you need).
Run straight to the palace.
Kill the guards at the palace with inferno.
Note: save here, and if you need to, restart the game or it might crash.

23. Sornehan and Galienne
Note: still working on improving this fight, so the way you kill Galienne is a matter of preference between kicking or chain attack. Also, guards will approach the fight, kill them off with inferno.
Go to the head of the room, skip the cutscene.
SS inferno on the prince.
Use the Drithen's Brews on both characters 
Melee down Galienne, or kick her (kicking will require practice).
Grab the scrolls (all items if you aren't sure which is which).
Exit the area.
Head to Khosani.

24. Khosani - Pyrul
Speak to the NPC, you will receive the ring of fire.
Go to the trials.
Switch to Flece, SMon, FDW, use Tears of Usaman.
Run through the area quickly.
Skip the cutscene.
SMoff.
SS icicle scrolls.
Skip the cutscene, #.
Speak to the NPC at the Khosani entrance, you will get the rings of light and stone.
Go to Iona

25. Iona - Luminar
Do the same as the last time you were here.
Enter the library.
Skip the cutscene.
Note: Still working on improving this fight. This is basically just 2 minutes of spamming inferno scrolls, and is quite tedious.
SS inferno scrolls (and a combination of inferno and meteor if you prefer).
Skip the cutscene, #.
Switch to Flece or Jekhar, SMon, FDW.
ML the guards that follow you here, and head back to the start. Suicide the other party members with meteor.
Exit to world map.
Head to Ikaemos.

26. Ikaemos - Titus
Note: still working on a route for this area that makes use of the new terrain.
Switch to Jekhar, SMon, FDW
Go to the palace.
Note: this boss fight will be the same strategy as with Luminar, but it's generally a bit faster. Practice these boss fights to learn their mechanics.
SS inferno.
Skip cutscene, #.
Exit the same way you came.
Head back to Khosani.

27. Khosani
Go straight to the Ulsadana.
Mash through the dialogue.
Speak to the NPC at the entrance to the Khosani, get the ring of darkness.
Exit and head for Lenele.

28. Lenele 5 - Machival
Follow the exact same route as last time you were here.
The only difference will be that upon exiting the sewers you will use 'Tears of Usaman'.
This way you can run past all the guards and straight to the boss fight.
Make sure that you save before the fight and restart the game.

Note: This fight is super inconsistent and will require the most practice. 
There are 3 phases.
1st: Urath - After taking a certain amount of damage (typically 1/4 - 1/3 total HP), he will fly up to one of the balconies. Sometimes he will attempt to fly, but then change his mind <- this is the best outcome.
2nd: Joseph clone - He will run away a lot, and can summon. Sometimes he will stand still, but typically will run away 2 or 3 times.
3rd: Machival - a fight similar to Titus, but with more HP.

Skip the cutscene
Select Flece, SMon
Pause and heal the other characters to full.
Approach him with Flece
Pause, SS inferno x20+
- He will usually try to fly away after this much damage - lets assume he flies away.
Take note of the direction he goes.
Switch to Jekhar and go there.
As you approach the top of the first flight of stairs, pause the game and check if you are being approached by a guard, these guards can put you to sleep with their attack.
Inferno to knockback the guard, then evade him and approach Machival.
Pause, SS inferno x20+
If he flies away, switch back to Flece and repeat.
Skip the cutscene.
Immediately pursue the Joseph clone.
Once he has stopped, SS inferno.
Chase him again.
Repeat.
Skip the cutscene.
SMoff, heal up characters.
SS inferno until dead.
Final #

THE END;

I think it is obvious that there are many improvements to be made to this route. There will be a forum thread that deals with current routing work being done, and suggestions can be made there also. This guide will be updated and improved as I go along.

Name	Autor
Any% Tutorial Video	LifeL1ke 3 years ago
Framedump - sub 2:30 route - March 2017	FrameDump 9 years ago