Following a community vote, all categories under this ruleset have been removed. The runs can be found in the spreadsheet here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iCniAbOy7GsJP43vjoslCaqYCYMbbKBjqtanRNdFajY

To do this you would need to buy an auto potion instead of a super pike ball when leaving Scuttle Town, which would make the spider boss fight much slower if you didn't get a monster milk or super pike ball drop, so I'm not sure how viable this is. This skip is definitely faster than the current pistol tune up strat for normal mode runs, and it could allow the pistol to be skipped entirely if anyone knows a way to do the tan line temple skip without the pistol. I tried for a while and couldn't find any way around that purple block without it.

What is the proper combination of files to remove to get onto the initial release? Everything I've tried either crashes immediately or freezes on the main menu.

In the rules on the leaderboards here, it states: Use one character for the speedrun. No Cross-character wrong warping.

The intent behind this is probably to prevent people from using previous characters to warp around in the middle of a run, so I would think it could be covered just as well with something like: All characters used must be created within the time of the current run.

I am not sure if there are any situations where using multiple characters would be faster, but I just feel that it is arbitrary to ban the use of them. If I am wrong in my assumption of the intent behind these rules, please let me know.

Anyone here have access to the initial PC release? Looking into this as a speedrun and saw this in the 1.0.0.4 patch notes:

• Fixed work menu exploit allowing one turn-in to earn all turn-ins

I'm thinking that if that also increases devotion level as normal, you could use this to obtain weapons/spells that you need high devotion levels for without ridiculous amounts of grinding.

Edit: I was able to find the patch I wanted on my own, if anyone else wants it I can send it to them if they provide proof that they already have a legal copy of the game.