Any%

• R1 Shield
• R1 Make sure to unlock Ternion shortcut
• R1 Double Jump. Turn around and head towards R2 (no need to unlock door to right of Double Jump)
• R2 Unlock R2 sanctuary door
• R2 hidden shard
• R2 Air Dash
• R2 Strength Amp
• R2 Rebirth, return to sanctuary (first time you should have to do that, really)
• R2 Nemesis, activate moon jump, return to sanctuary
• R2 Route through R2 to R3
• R3 Unlock R3 sanctuary door
• R3 Grab steel spine, west key/hookshot, north key
• R3 hidden shard
• R3 Grab East key/wall run
• R1 Negociator Mask (20% discount in skill tree)
• R1 Arlie Waylon (on your way to the next split)
• R1 Cannon
• R1 Ternion
• R1 Hidden Shard
• R1 Dominion (Nemesis)
• R1 Burn your 3 Elder Shards
• R2 Hysteria (Nemesis)
• R3 South key
• R3 Rivalry (No Nemesis plz)
• S0 3 hordes
• S0 Neutral boss

For Resist%, All splits up to Dominion should be the same. At that point, R1 has been completed - you can choose to burn the 3 shards then, or wait until after you've collected more - just realize you will need to burn all 7 for the Resist ending. Most runs will probably do this in two trips, so burning the first 3 after Dominion will make the rest of the route safer.

• R2 Priest
• R2 Cultist
• R2 Bat things
• R2 Hysteria (Nemesis)
• R3 Soldier (mid miniboss)
• R3 Orb (East miniboss) (these two have an okay path between each other if you have unlocked the East elevator)
• R3 Laser/teleport miniboss (i'm bad with names, will update)
• R3 South key
• R3 Rivalry (no Nemesis plz)
• R1 Burn remaining shards
• S0 3 Hordes
• S0 Resist Boss

For Embrace%, it's useful to include embracing skills in the route - especially if you aren't planning on going back through later. Here's some general recommendations (needs to be tweaked) built off the Any% route above:

• R1 Shield
• R1 Make sure to unlock Ternion shortcut
• R1 Double Jump (make sure to unlock the door on Embrace% so you can get to corrupt the skill)
• R2 Unlock R2 sanctuary door
• R2 hidden shard
• R2 Air Dash
• R2 Strength Amp
• R2 Corrupt Strength Amp
• R2 Rebirth, return to sanctuary (first time you should have to do that, really)
• R2 Nemesis, activate moon jump, return to sanctuary
• R2 Route through R2 to R3
• R3 Unlock R3 sanctuary door
• R3 Grab steel spine, west key/hookshot, north key
• R3 hidden shard
• R3 Grab East key/wall run
• R1 Negociator Mask (20% discount in skill tree)
• R1 Arlie Waylon (on your way to the next split)
• R1 Cannon
• R1 Ternion
• R1 Hidden Shard
• R1 Dominion (Nemesis)
• R2 Priest
• R2 Cultist
• R2 Corrupt Air Dash
• R2 Bat thingies
• R2 Hysteria (Nemesis)
• R3 Soldier (mid miniboss)
• R3 Corrupt wallrun
• R3 Orb (East miniboss) (these two have an okay path between each other if you have unlocked the East elevator)
• R3 Corrupt hookshot
• R3 Laser/teleport miniboss (i'm bad with names, will update)
• R3 South key
• R3 Rivalry (no Nemesis plz)
• R1 Corrupt double jump, cannon, shield (can probably route at least one of these elsewhere)
• S0 3 hordes
• S0 Embrace boss

General Skill Routing Guidelines

• Before R1 Mask, grab both Energy Regen nodes, and 15% Luck
• Try to grab chests along the way in early route. Shoot for 5k shards before Mask (even after investing shards)
• After Mask (in order of priority, the order you get in each set is up to you) (i need to update this with what I have been using lately)
  • Get 15% damage before Dominion. Save perk slot 2 for after him unless you already have sharp edge.
  • No more than 4 energy
  • Focus on Crit, Crit damage nodes before Dominion/Hysteria
  • Armor, 40 Shield upgrades after Dominion, en route to Hysteria
  • 60 Shield, Shield delay upgrades help with Rivalry bullet spam. Focus on damage nodes otherwise.
• Save perk slot 3 for after Rivalry, and only if you have three perks worth using together

Perk combo suggestions/notes:

Sharp Edge "feels" like more of a boost early game. Assassin shines more when you have 200% or higher crit damage, and already have 15-20% base crit. I will take Sharp Edge over Assassin up to Dominion, then decide what to do from there based on perk availability.

• Dominion: 1 slot, Nemesis
• Dominion: 2 slots, Sharp Edge + Nemesis
• Hysteria: 1 slot, Nemesis
• Hysteria: 2 slots, Sharp Edge/Assassin + Nemesis
• South Lock: Berserk + Sharp Edge/Assassin/Shield Piercer
• Rivalry: Sharp Edge/Assassin + Steel Spine
• Hordes: Berserk + Life Absorb + Steel Spine
• Final boss: Sharp Edge/Assassin + Steel Spine + Rebirth