Any% Beginner Friendly Speedrun Guide 2024 

Notes based on existing Sickynar's guide, updated with new formatting, critical path directions, and RagnarAlvarr's WR route strats.

The guide is meant to be as beginner friendly as possible, I am learning the run myself so any feedback on this guide would be much appreciated!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n_QSEZmbw83fubWyXsOqoxj3a22y0EAVjGYyUE_SuVM/

Any% Speedrun Guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gVSAjQUKRZL84UCJdGc-w6WUbFk-N-iPPcpL3dxyWyY/edit?usp=sharing

Lost Odyssey Language Speed Differences

# **TL;DR** - Play in Japanese until the menu before the Magic Beast fight after Nefarious Saints in Disc 4. Switch to German. Assuming fast menus, you'll save a few seconds by switching.

You can switch languages on the fly in Lost Odyssey. There are 6 dubs in total: English, Japanese, German, French, Italian and Korean. Korean is untested.

As a whole, Japanese is ~17 seconds faster than the next fastest language, French. Switch to German at the end and you get ~21 seconds of time save over English.

I suggest changing the language before Grand Staff Magic Beast as you need to change formation anyways.

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XpurJTXzdJKSMl0HJgMf9ZKJtHGojNmJVmSiJQVjBTI/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XpurJTXzdJKSMl0HJgMf9ZKJtHGojNmJVmSiJQVjBTI/edit?usp=sharing)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRF3mK0fBQ4

Lost Odyssey NG+ Any% Guide

# [LINK TO GUIDE](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1u3-4GLMZWIo2d8Y78D0ZSVv_hlZ6ch51meh5BEp_PCY/edit?usp=sharing)

This guide includes directions, menus, battles, discussion, GIFs, videos, and images to help you do the NG+ run. This route (in combination with Xbox Series hardware) can save over ~40 minutes compared to the [drridgesnapoleon](https://www.speedrun.com/users/dridgesnapoleon) route. It includes optimizations valid for NG as well. In combination with language dub, this guide represents about a ~1 minute time save for the current NG WR.

Big thanks to [mtbanger](https://www.speedrun.com/users/mtbanger) for letting me use his formatted guide as a baseline for mine. The formatting has been adjusted somewhat (though I kept dialog spelled the British way ;) )

Mandatory SP and Gold Gain table 

```
  Enemy                             SP Gain   Gold Gain   Tot. SP Gained    Tot. G Gained
 --------------------------------- --------- ----------- ----------------- ----------------- 
  Initial Gold                      0         500         0                 500                
  Insane Khent Soldier              0         50          0                 550                
  Keloton Tutorial                  2         0           2                 550                
  Grilgan                           10        750         12                1300               
  Numara Army                       6         1200        18                2500               
  Numara Knights                    4         400         22                2900               
  Numara Cavalry                    5         1000        27                3900               
  Numara Heavy Corps                4         800         31                4700               
  Kakanas Tank                      11        10000       42                14700              
  Tempter / ULF                     4         560         46                15260              
  Dark Sorcerer / Night Fliers      7         690         53                15950              
  Rough Queen & Servants            14        5640        67                21590              
  Mantalas                          13        6000        80                27590              
  Dinozaoro                         10        8000        90                35590              
  Glacier Fragments / Beast         3         1000        93                36590              
  Glacier Fragments 2               2         300         95                36890              
  Glacier Beast x3                  3         1200        98                38090              
  Uhran Infantry/Dog                3         700         101               38790              
  Uhran Infantry/Dog                3         700         104               39490              
  Uhran Infantry/Ghotzan Infantry   6         1200        110               40690              
  Living Ice                        10        5000        120               45690              
  Magic Beast                       10        10000       130               55690              
  Ice Magic Beast                   10        8000        140               63690              
  Ancient Fiend                     12        8000        152               71690              
  Arthrosaurus                      10        8000        162               79690              
  Arthrosaurus x4                   40        32000       202               111690             
  Kakanas Tank                      13        10000       215               121690             
  Nefarious Saints                  6         9000        221               130690             
  Alpha/Beta                        20        20000       241               150690             
  Magic Beast                       10        10000       251               160690             

```

Uhran Spies Skip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=433_u9SXDO0

It's slightly faster to leave on the right side than to go back to where you came from.

Nombre	Autor
Any% Beginner Friendly Speedrun Guide 2024	mtbanger 7 months ago
Any% Speedrun Guide	Sickynar 6 years ago
Lost Odyssey Language Speed Differences	PlywoodCow 3 months ago
Lost Odyssey NG+ Any% Guide	PlywoodCow 6 days ago
Mandatory SP and Gold Gain table	mtbanger 3 months ago
Uhran Spies Skip	PlywoodCow 4 months ago