DW2 Any% Route (Vaccine Start)

A new route is being worked on involving a Kabuterimon. The idea is to Paralyze enemies in order to make them lose lots of turns. This route is a work in progress. Please refer back to this guide whenever it develops. If you want to find the previous Vaccine Route, look back on "Previous Routes" in the Forums. If you want to find the current route for optimal WR attempts, look at SmartBall's Virus route.

There are two versions in Digimon World 2: Japanese and English. English is the optimal version to use due to the Japanese version being prone to inexplicable softlocks. Plus the text and some of the animations are a bit faster in English. Little is known about the Japanese differences, though it's best to stick to English.

Here is the route up to BIOS Domain. This is as much of the route that has been completed.

Time to start the run. When naming things, press Start and then X to instantly name things without changing anything. Memorize the text and when to do this at the beginning when naming your protagonist. You could also delete letters so it's only the first letter, but it doesn't save enough frames throughout the run compared to instantly confirming it.

In the Boot Domain, Run Away from the first battle. In the Boss battle, Seadramon attacks Leomon while the other two attack ToyAgumon first, then Veedramon on the second turn. No Misses should happen. If you Miss, it's early enough in the run for it to be a good time to Reset.

Now we're going to go to the first real Domain- SCSI. Not yet- you are going to need enough Energy Points (abbreviated as EP) to make it through. Go to the Mechanic and buy a Crab-BAT2 so you can begin the Domain with 200 EP. It only costs 100 BITs, so you can afford it just fine. Don't buy anything else though.

Having 200 EP isn't enough- you also need to know how to not waste it. Before the Boss, Hagurumon, your Agumon needs to be Level 2 at least- and you will need to run into enough enemies to get there. You may have to go out of your way to get these, so here's how to do it wasting the least EP possible- first of all, make a beeline to the exit. If you see that something is a dead end, turn back immediately. Also, make educated guesses as to how long the corridors are, remembering where rooms were compared to other rooms. And generally, if you find the room with the floor portal, take the first opportunity you get. Even better if the portal is in the same room as some enemies, which it is sometimes. Only go slightly out of your way of the portal room if you still need to level up on Floor 3.

Now we're going to confront the boss, Hagurumon. One mechanic in this game is that a Digimon's HP and MP are restored when they level up- so make sure you level up right before Hagurumon, since you will finish this domain only with Agumon.

Agumon, on its own, is not powerful enough to outdo Hagurumon- though at the start of the game, you are given two HP-Driver1s and an MP-Driver1. You will most likely have to use an HP-Driver against Hagurumon. Just keep attacking and use an HP-Driver when your HP gets low enough to not be able to survive another hit- you'll be able to recover HP before anything happens and attack in the same turn.

After you return to Gold Hawk Headquarters, you will have unlocked two new Domains. Don't travel to them yet- go to the Vendor on the right and sell your MP-Driver1, then buy 3 CD Players and 2 Wristwatches. Before the next Domain, don't forget to Transfer them into your Digi-Beetle. Items you get from chests in Domains will automatically go into the Beetle, but bought itmes will need to be Transferred. When Buying the Items, it's right, X down to the MP-Driver, X, Triangle, left, down down down, X, X, down, X, X, X. When you Transfer them, Triangle, right, X, right, X, and 5 X presses to Transfer the CD Players and Wristwatches followed by two Triangles to exit the Server and exit the Menu to go back to the main map or a room.

We will go to Disk Domain first. The goal here is to recruit two Digimon, ToyAgumon and Tentomon, and defeat the Boss in one go. In order to get the ToyAgumon, you will need two CD Players, while Tentomon can be recruited with one CD Player and both Wristwatches. One thing about capturing Digimon is that even at a full Heart (the biggest of three), Digimon will only join you 7/8 times (and they can reject Items in the first place too, and you will only have just enough to get both to a full Heart). Given the amount of Captures we must do throughout a run, the chance of this happening adds up, and provokes a Reset of the console and a restart of the entire Domain. If Items happen to be Rejected and there is the Medium Heart (or even a Small Heart), feel free to take your chances. We have to Capture two Digimon in Disk Domain, so that chance rises from 1/8 to 1/4 of the run not continuing. A Miss in Boot Domain will provoke a Reset, but this is a bit further in the run after a good Boot Domain, a good SCSI Domain, and good Shopping and Transferring with no mistakes, so it's up to you to decide if it's worth continuing the run or Resetting. You can collect a Toy Car on a Boss Floor for emergencies.

After that, you will be all prepared for the Boss: Sukamon, Numemon, and DemiDevimon. Target Sukamon with everyone first, then DemiDevimon, then Numemon. If two hits can defeat one and you can get one hit on the next, don't risk it- remember that missing attacks is a thing. At the end of this battle, you should have Agumon at Level 6, and the other two at Level 5. Don't forget to go straight forward and rescue Angemon before Auto-Piloting out.

Video Domain is next, but we aren't ready to go there- we have things to do first. Visit the Meditation Dome and Angemon will give you 2000 free BITs. Visit the Digimon Center and you will automatically Trade ToyAgumon for SnowAgumon. Go to Video Domain and make a beeline to the Floor Portals, avoiding battles along the way. With a full team of three, this will happen much easier. Instead, you need money more than levels at this point, so collect whatever Treasure you run into.

The Boss is Kokatorimon, and only Kokatorimon. This is normally a powerful Digimon for this point in the game, but it's a 3-on-1 battle. Attack the Kokatorimon over and over again for an easy win.

Next is going to the Tamer's Club to meet Mark Shultz, who will give you a free Toy Plane. You can also go to the Digimon Center and get a free Toy Plane from Chris Conner. Be sure to put both of them in your Digi-Beetle, as well as any Treasure you've collected.

Don't enter the BIOS Domain until you have 400 EP, which you get through buying and Installing 2 more Crab-BATs for 100 BITs each. On the Boss Floor of the BIOS Domain, you will want to Capture MetalGreymon with one of your Toy Planes. Before the battle, make sure each Digimon is Level 7.

Optimal strategies for the BIOS Domain Boss have not been determined yet.

This route is a Work in Progress. ZChaotix is working on a new route right now! He is working on multiple routes to see which one is better, so stay tuned for updates!

DW2 Any% Route (Virus Start)

Hello.  I have been asked to post my notes to my speedrun online so here they are:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TxyUFcld9L2uc51WLyy8Kwr75Aqz7CsE/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110285664540972576373&rtpof=true&sd=true

A few things to note:

- This run is heavily RNG dependent.  No two runs will be the same and one would be a fool to think otherwise.  
- On the same note as this you will not always have money to buy everything you need.  Improv is often needed.
- The number in parenthesis next to each domain name is the number of floors deep it is.
- Always consider carrying things such as healing items and parts fix with you to make things easier (and at times making things possible at all.)
- I type the word "SPLIT" in my notes when I split throughout the run.  The only split times that are relevant are the start time and the end time.  You're free to split whenever you want, haha.
- As already somewhat mentioned, stuff happens.  Sometimes you won't be able to follow each step to the letter and will need to improvise.
- I'll add anything else I think of when I think of it.

The purpose of posting these notes isn't to handhold you throughout the entire playthrough.  Considerable game knowledge is needed to run this game successfully.  My best advice would be to forget my route for awhile and just play the game using your own instinct and judgement to get through it as fast as you can.  After that, try and fix things you think you are able to fix in your own route and try again (and again!)  After a few tries if you'd like to try my route by all means give it a shot.  Use what you may have learned on your own and apply it to my notes.  Just about any optimized game has routing input from many players, and copy-pasting my route into your run may hurt your chances of finding something new.  I encourage you to experiment and try and optimize things because my route is certainly not perfect.

DW2 Defeat Metalgreymon Vaccine/ZChaotix Route

Boot Domain (2 Floors)
Be ready on START for naming
Flee until boss
fire arrow and volcanic strike toy agumon, flower/lightning spear veedramon
 
After training mission, go to gold hawk
Talk to leader, exit room, talk to leader again
 
Upgrade Crab-BAT to 3 (1000 BITS)
SCSI Domain (4 Floors)
get to level 2 for boss (2 fights)
Boss: Hagurumon (18exp) Heal once with Good RNG
 
Talk to leader
Sell MP/EP items, Buy 2 CD Players (500 BITS) (depending on luck you may have to sell additional hp items to get 500) Transfer to digi-beetle.
Video Domain (5 Floors)
Capture Toyagumon on floor 2-3
Auto-pilot, trade toyagumon for snowagumon

Disk Domain (5 Floors)
Get both to 5 before boss (90 Exp for SnowAgu) 
(4 Fights Total, one on boss floor)
Boss floor down, all the way left, left to pick chest (25% chance of HP-Driver), right to boss
Boss: Sukamon, Numemon, DemiDevimon (51exp)
Focus suka, then demi, then numemon, HEAL UNDER 30

Autopilot after fight
Upgrade Crab-BAT to 4 (500 BITS) (Upgrade to 5 for more safety if healing item count is good)

Video Domain (5 Floors)
Go straight to boss
Boss: Kokatorimon (31exp)
 
Talk to leader
Sell everything except hp disks/drivers, buy hp-disks (150 BITS ea) or vac-hp-rom (300 BITS ea) to inventory 6-7. Transfer to digi-beetle.
Go to trainer center twice

BIOS Domain (6 Floors)
Unavoidable mine on 2F, then chance of hp-driver in chest after MG on 2F
Boss floor go left then up, heal if needed, toy plane if trying to capture
Metalgreymon (75% Capture on Large Heart)
Heal below 40hp depending on giga/horn damage, pray for gigas
TIME at WIN

Stage, heart size, chance to recruit:
        		     S       M       L 
rookie  	  	25%     63%    100%
champion    	22%     55%     88%
ultimate    	19%     47%     75%
mega	    	16%     39%     63%

Name	Author
DW2 Any% Route (Vaccine Start)	PrincessRescuer 2 years ago
DW2 Any% Route (Virus Start)	Smartball 5 years ago
DW2 Defeat Metalgreymon Vaccine/ZChaotix Route	kyonlion 3 years ago