This guide will teach some of the new players the basics of getting better run times, I hope this can help a few people who will one day see this.

A big part of running DeadCore is doing the category you want. If you want to do Glitches allowed, keep in mind you will have to do a lot of really hard frame perfect tricks. You have some on NWNM and none in glitchless (keep in mind if you want to do glitchless or NWNM, there are certain glitches that aren't allowed, either because they are over powered glitches or because... it is a glitchless category) . So that is all I want to start off in. A few things I want to note is that you might want to view previous runs to get an idea of the route you want to take, if you want, you can improve on that route by making it more consistent for yourself or a faster route in general.

Basics to all categories: So every category has some of the same attributes obviously. These are 1. Spamming blast jumps 2. Using a good boost management and 3. Consistency of not dying. Going over blast jumps, the best performance to do this trick is to aim 90 degrees down and blast and jump at the same time. The blast doesn't need to be full, it will always be the same height. Boost management is also very important. Some parts of every run need some type of good boost management in order for you to make it to certain areas. Best thing I can tell you is to try and press your dash key as fast as possible and let go. This allows you to go a considerable distance without wasting a lot of boost and is the best way to dash in long distances. Lastly, consistency. This mainly comes with just repetition of playing the game, but make sure to practice certain parts of your run if you keep dying there.

Glitches Allowed tricks: -Practicing Mega Jumps - Practice those megas as much as possible, this is what makes this run so fast. -Wall clips - Use those wall clips -Watch Hasel's run on this category to get an idea of what you are doing

NWNM: -Practice super jumps and curveboosts - Get these good, you don't want to lose a run to bad curveboosts and super jumps. -Watch imawakkas run to get an idea of what you are doing

Glitchless: -Boost management - Huge part of this run, just make sure to practice on boost management to make it the best possible, this category solely focuses on boost and how it can be used. -Watch Nrrillinthases run on this category (self promotion much :>).

NG and NG+ are different categories, there isn't much of a difference in the categories other than the fact one will take longer than the other and the route is different,

If you need more help, looking for more information, or you have a pretty optimized time in which you need more help, here is a doc that goes into much more detail about basic mechanics and advanced techniques you can use for the mechanics: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pf7StPme6qmyZcYGBRxMcidexNamqmChtfoSsQwlOhw/

Hope this helped!