Any% (new game) guide Part 1

**NOTE: This guide is based on the original US version. The Japanese version and Graduation version have differences in them and requires a different guide, those will be WIP until I start running it.**

# *Speed Tech:*

- To make battles faster, I suggest using two things, firstly Somersault:
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this will allow you to launch them up in the air and will not provide them with the red invincibility once they land. Therefore allowing for more attacks to be chained. **Please do remember that this can only be done after you are level 2, one or two fights with B - S rank in Chapter 1 will do just fine.**
- Secondly, Pick a single shot long to medium range weapon, weapons like these:
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these weapons will allow you to shoot twice in succession making it deal tons of damage thus closing fights a whole lot faster.
- The way to shoot twice is to hold TRIANGLE while locked on to shoot a "Missile Locked" shot, once you let go of TRIANGLE, press it again and you will shoot a normal shot which most of the time will hit because the enemy is staggered unless however, you decide to move then your shot will **not** be accurate, please keep that in mind

- Always equip anything that increases your damage and the Vernier gauge, this is because if you retry 3 times in a level you will be able to get extra health that will completely heal you if you ever run out. 
As for the Vernier gauge, this is your bread and butter as doing "special" moves and/or boosting uses that gauge which means the more the better plus you have to manage it less.
Fights will close out sooner and there's the 3 retry method to fall back on if you need the extra health

- You can "hotswap" your weapons, this can be useful if you have multiple weapons and run out of ammo with one of them, swapping into another weapon will fully replenish your ammo. (Yes this can be done in personnel combat too)

# Routing:

# CHAPTER 1

1. After the cutscene, immediately press start to skip the opening
2. **DO NOT** fight Ruri, just run straight at her head-on and let her burst you down, this is how its supposed to end as defeating her is nigh impossible right now and will result in a huge timeloss
3. After the cutscenes and control is given back to you, check the shop and immediately close it then move to Steven and talk to him to move on (you have to choice to save after, it does take some time since you need to input a lot so not saving is also an option)
4. Once the cutscenes are over, you are put into a tutorial, press X to clear all the popup messages then press select and choose next subject until the option to press End Tutorial appears. You will have to skip messages twice for this section.
5. Again after the cutscenes and control is given back, you will be in Lifting training. Press X to clear all popup messages then press select and choose next subject until you are able to press End Tutorial. You will have to skip messages 3 times this section
6. After the cutscenes, you will be in a mock battle, since you cannot utilize Somersault yet, I suggest using normal moves paired with double shot barrages with the Rail gun, see the tech section above on how to shoot twice
7. Once the battle is over and the cutscenes have finished, you will be put into battle once again. At this point you should be lv 2, now you should be able to abuse Somersault and I highly recommend it to clear this battle and future battles fast.
8. After one LFO battle, you will be put into the Personnel combat tutorial, again you can skip this by pressing X to clear all pop-ups and pressing select --> next subject until you are able to press end tutorial
9. After the cutscenes, the game will prompt you if you would like to use the shop, choose yes and buy either a Power Cylinder, FCS or Power Booster, you can only afford one of them and its up to your preference. *Investing in Armor is a waste due to the fact that you can retry 3 times to get extra health. Power Cylinder increases your Melee damage by 15%, FCS increases your Shooting damage by 15% and Power Booster increases your Vernier by 15%*
10. **WARNING CONSIDER THIS LFO AS A BOSS, IT HURTS.** after a mock battle with Gillian, you will be put into a 2v1 fight with an unknown black LFO. This LFO chunks your health so pay attention to your health and vernier gauge, also don't forget to equip whatever you bought by pressing starting and choosing LFO in the equipment row.

**DO NOT** rely on Gillian or any NPC other than **HOLLAND.** the NPC AI in this game isn't the best and won't be of much use to you, the speedrunner. If you are having trouble with this boss, consider pressing retry 3-4 times to get extra health and abusing the Emergency Spin (R2) button whenever the boss LFO boosts to attack you.

11. After the cutscene, you will be put into a combination of an LFO fight and a Lifting race. These LFO fights should be fairly simple and will be fast if you implemented the tech I introduced earlier in the guide.
12. After another slew of cutscenes, the game will once again prompt if you would like to shop, choose yes, by now you should have 200,000+ money depending on how you rated in the past few fights. Choose whichever attachment you did **not** get from the earlier shop buy in step 10 e.g if you chose Power Cylinder then choose FCS and Power Booster, you will be able to afford both, however if you cannot then Personal preference is fine too.
13. After shopping, you will be put in a slew of battles, **DO NOT FORGET** to equip whatever equipment you bought. These battles should net you a fortune and will let you buy whatever is missing after.
14. The game will prompt you to use the shop before the last match, use that opportunity to buy out whatever it is that you are missing otherwise continue into the last match- this marks the end of all Chapter 1 player controlled sections, the remaining sets are all cutscenes before you are taken into the scoreboard signaling the end of the chapter and a split in your timer.

# CHAPTER 2

1. After a LARGE amount of cutscenes, the game will put you into the shop lobby area, talk to the receptionist and shop. I recommend buying a Laser Gun to abuse double shooting *(see the tech section to find out how to double shoot)*. Once you are done shopping, talk to Hooky **twice** and choose "Shopping Complete" once you are given a choice prompt.
2. You will now be put into a mock battle with Shaun, Shaun will mostly be using his Rail Gun and spacing you out- one well placed Laser Gun will let you be able to juggle him with Somersault + Double shoot with a Laser Gun and this battle will be over in no time.
3. After another set of mind numbing unskippable cutscenes, the game will put you in a 2v3 fight- to make things easier, try to focus on one LFO at a time, bursting them down with your chosen weapon, remember that you have an emergency spin button, any time they come in close, use that button and retaliate, this battle will be over in no time. Shaun will be of no help, so you have to deal with it 1v3. You should be fine 9/10 of the time, however if it proves difficult, consider pressing the retry button in the pause menu 3 times for extra health.
4. Another set of cutscenes and the game will put you in another 1v3, the same deal as the previous step, this shouldn't be too difficult if you abuse double shooting and somersault. After that it will put you into another with 6 rocket launching LFOs, these LFOs ***CANNOT*** melee and are very weak to Laser Guns, abuse double shooting and spacing yourself well to avoid their rockets and you should be A-OK
5. After that, you will be put into another 1v3 situation, now you have to protect a vehicle and dodge rockets, melee and machine guns at the same time. This shouldn't prove too difficult with proper Vernier management and double shooting + Somersault + Emergency Spin abuse. Right after, you will be put in a 1v5 situation, 3 rocket launchers and 2 Humanoid LFOs- I recommend dealing with the 3 rocket launchers because their rockets **can** and **WILL** stagger you to kingdom come.
6. The game will once again prompt to ask you if you would like to shop- choose no if you are fine with your current loadout, choose yes if you have something missing. *I personally do not recommend getting the Rocket Launcher as it does little damage to multiple units though if you prefer to do that then please go right ahead there is nothing else in the shop that you can use though if you are lazy you can buy the Rapid Fire Laser Gun for later since you can't equip it right away.*
7. After the cutscene, you will be put in a fight alongside Holland, a simple 2v5, 3 rocket launchers and 2 humanoids- as usual I suggest clearing the rocket launchers then moving to the humanoid LFOs. Keep in mind that Holland ***CAN*** and **WILL** hold out on his own making this a simple 2v4, probably the best NPC you can ask for in the whole series.
8. Following after that, you will be put in a very difficult 1v3 situation against an armored land attack vehicle, **THIS THING WILL RIP YOU TO SHREDS IF YOU DON'T DODGE ITS SHOTS.** Luckily this thing cannot move and the most annoying thing it can do is stagger you with either its rockets or lasers if you don't dodge them in time. This thing is a HUGE damage check, abuse double shooting and keep your distance, getting up close will guarantee a shot and will stagger you to kingdom come.
9. After you defeat it, you will have to fight the Gears' boss in a 1v3 situation, I recommend abusing Somersault and double shooting and just go straight for the Gears' boss' LFO (colored purple) as it will end the fight regardless if you defeated the others. This marks the end of Chapter 2's player controlled segments, the rest are cutscenes and the score screen will appear signaling a split in your timer.

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Any% (new game) guide Part 2

# CHAPTER 3

1. Once you have control, you will be back at base in the shop area, talk to the receptionist if you need to shop some more otherwise talk to Pez and move on
2. After a skippable cutscene, you will be put in a fight against Hooky and Steven with Gillian as your ally. This shouldn't be too hard, Shaun and Hooky play the same way, the only difference is that Hooky starts to distance the moment you blast him with melee attacks, Steven plays like a normal grunt. Just keep your distance from your ally Gillian as she will ALWAYS somehow hit you along with the other two. Yes there is friendly fire and will **STAGGER YOU**
3. After the fight, you will be put into yet another tutorial, like any other tutorial, clear all popups and choose next subject until you can end the tutorial.
4. Right after the tutorial, the game will once again prompt if you would like to buy from the shop. Choose yes and buy all the character related weapons and equipment that you can afford. This chapter will feature **ALOT** of personnel combat, some of which will require you to have decent equipment to be able to clear. If you still have spare funds, I advise you to buy the FCS HG and replace your  original FCS in your LFO equips, though you can pick it up later if need be. *Personally, I hate the personnel combat in this chapter, its way too janky to deal with and you'd have to rely on the 3 retry method*
5. You will then but put into a fight with another black custom LFO, this will be a pretty easy match if you just keep juggling the LFO with Somersault and double shooting with the Rapid Fire Laser. Just keep in mind that Somersault might put them in a spot that you can't reach, they will reset back however.
6. After, you will then be placed in your first ever personnel combat, this is probably the jankiest part of the run and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Just keep in mind that submachine guns will stagger your movement so deal with them first, an Electrode gun will stun them which allows you to get in close and do some clean CQC.
7. After another set of cutscenes, you will be placed just outside of the Lifting spot with 4 people, start by talking to the person on the right until you reach Hooky, **DO NOT** talk to Hooky first, talk to everyone else before Hooky and it will then put you into a Lifting race against Hooky. I recommend taking this shortcut and not the other one as it is more janky (photo below)![](/static/blob/rz2vokn0.png)*Do not go above and over the bars, go in-between. Going above will wipe you out most of the time, the other shortcut is way too janky to use and will net diminishing returns, hell sometimes it makes you go slower compared to going the normal way.*
8. After the Lifting session you will then be placed in a Personnel fight with 3 Fire Blade members. You cannot use any of your weapons and are hardlocked into fighting CQC, all I can say is manage your stamina well or you will pay the price.
9. Another set of cutscenes then you will be placed into another Lifting race, just keep in mind the shortcuts that I mentioned in step 7 and you will be fine, none of these guys can overtake you and the game is pretty lenient in giving you one mistake before they can catch up. Try not to wipeout more than once and you'll be just fine. *3 retries cannot save you here.*
10. Right after another long set of cutscenes you will be put into another personnel fight where you cannot use your weapons, only melee fighting. This is fairly simple and the same advice as step 8 applies.
11. After another cutscene, you are then put into an LFO fight with 3 humanoids and 2 biped rocket launchers. As usual start with the biped launchers because of their stagger potential and its easier to burst them down by double shooting, the rest is simple.
12. The game will then prompt you to shop, choose yes and buy the Power Cylinder HG, also don't forget to buy character equipment as another PITA Personnel fight is incoming and will be very difficult without proper equipment.
13. **WARNING HARD PERSONNEL FIGHT INCOMING**, this section is probably the hardest to deal with, mainly because everyone has a machine gun and can stagger + melt your health. If you are having trouble please use the 3 retry method. The best way I found to deal with these guys is to pick them off one by one using the sniper as it deals the most damage, however you are very vulnerable as you need to stand still to go into first person mode, don't forget that you can lock on using L1 and pinpoint a more accurate shot. You have to fight all Personnel in the area before you can move on. You can also use the hotswap method here if you find yourself out of ammo.
14. After a cutscene, you are then put into a 1v1 with the now known Black Custom LFO, this is the same as the opening fight of this chapter, the only difference is the terrain. If you keep juggling the LFO, just keep it in the middle and not to the rim as it gets a bit harder to connect shots or Somersaults
15. Right after that 1v1, you will be put into another fight, this time its a 1v2 against Raul. I suggest you to ignore the Black Custom LFO and go straight for Raul, this might prove difficult with the terrain but it is certainly possible. Just keep in mind that you can press the emergency spin button whenever the Black Custom LFO tries to attack
16. After a cutscene, you are then put in a 3v3 fight but with the same terrain as the opening fight. Keep in mind the terrain as you Somersault and you should be just fine, you also have to destroy all 3 enemy LFOs to move on. This marks the end of Chapter 3's Player controlled segment, the rest are all cutscenes and as usual the score screen pops up, signaling a split in your timer.

# CHAPTER 4

1. As with any start of the chapters, after the cutscene you will be place in the same lobby area as other chapters, talk with the receptionist and purchase Power Booster HG and then talk to Captain Saville to move on
2. The opening battle will pit you against 5 LFOs, 3 Bipeds and 2 Humanoids, as usual deal with the Bipeds first then the Humanoids.
3. You will then be placed in Personnel mode, you need to talk to the first kid you see **TWICE** and find the other kids before you can trigger the shop to appear. 

So talk to the first kid you see on the left and work your way towards the end.
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Once you see the end, turn left and you will see an alleyway, turn there and head to the end of the alley. ![](/static/blob/wzxjmqer.png)
You should find one of the two kids, talk to her once.
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Once done you should see stairs on the right, go up and drop down over the boxes, talk to the kid on the far end corner on the right, after you drop down from the box.
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Now look back to where you came from and turn right, there should be a box you can vault over which will take you back to the main street from before.
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Talk to the first kid again then across you should be a box that you can vault over using a smaller box on the left side of it.
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Once you vault over, the shopkeep and a certain girl should be there. If not then you might have missed one.

4. After a long slew of cutscenes, you will be then put into a 1v3 arena fight, this should be fairly simple with the correct weapons and equipment. Long range Laser will melt these LFOs and even more if you double shot with it, provided of course you equipped the HG versions of the Power Cylinder and FCS.
5. After another set of cutscenes, you will then be put into a backstreet market, you can choose to shop if needed or talk to Lyla to immediately move on.
6. After yet another set of cutscenes, you will then be put into another set of arena fights, this should also be fairly simple as most of these LFOs are paper thin in terms of armor. Double shot and Somersault will do their jobs really well here.
7. After a long cutscene, you will be back to the main street however this time there's military grunts roaming and will shoot on sight, the same as Chapter 3's Step 13 fight however there is no need to fight. My advice here is to just RUN, don't look back. Hold X and go into the alley, up the stairs and straight across the backyard to Lyla.
8. Once you regain control, you will be tasked to take 5 photos as evidence *(you can take photos by pressing TRIANGLE and aiming with the Left analog stick, press TRIANGLE once and voila you've taken a photo)*, below are the things you need to take photos of and they are in no particular order:![](/static/blob/3nvmvpnm.png)![](/static/blob/dz4wq4e6.png)![](/static/blob/wzxj3ver.png)![](/static/blob/rz2vjkn0.png)![](/static/blob/pzm94knk.png)*Bonus (There's more to these but I thought the ones above were the easiest to work with):*![](/static/blob/yzrm84e4.png)
9. After the introduction of one of the most hilarious characters to grace vol. 1, you are put into Personnel mode in an LFO fight, use your board to reach your 505 and fight. It is a standard 2v3 but there are reinforcements, once you reach two "waves" you will then be put into a 2v3 fight against Jean. Focus Jean (violet/purple colored LFO) as it will close out the fight earlier, there is no need to fight the other two grunts. This can be a bit difficult because Jean loves to spam rockets but shouldn't be as hard as Chapter 2. Please use 3 retries if you need the extra health. This marks the end of the Player controlled segments for Chapter 4, as usual cutscenes and scoreboard appears, this marks a split in your timer.

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Once that is done and all the cutscenes have finished, you will be forced into a personnel fight with the Natabatchi brothers, this can be pretty challenging since both can be fast and hard hitters but as with any presonnel fight, manage your stamina well and space them out, all will be well. By the way- no weapons only CQC.

# CHAPTER 5

1. After a fairly long cutscene, you are put into LFO lifting training, as usual you are able to skip by closing all popup messages and pressing select --> next subject until you reach the end tutorial but there's a catch, you can't end the tutorial, you are place in an unskippable fight against Hooky. LFO lifting only has one move that you would constantly use, Round Trip Turn, the only thing that makes this complicated is the movement, you can use your long range weapons like rail guns and missile launchers but they barely scratch in terms of damage. To effectively fight in LFO lifting, you would need to use your hold button (SQUARE) and turn to form as straight a line as possible to use moves like round trip turn, you will know once you enter a cinematic animation. Once you get used to it, the game will move on.
2. Right after LFO lifting training, you will be put into the lobby once again, talk to the receptionist and buy whatever you have missing otherwise talk to Gillian to move on
3. After that you will be put into the locker rooms, talk to **EVERYONE** except Hooky twice then talk to Hooky twice after doing your rounds.
4. Another set of cutscenes and it will put you in a small area with people, talk to **EVERYONE** and the game will automatically move on once you do, you will then be put in a 1v2 LFO fight that is fairly simple to clear especially with your equipment by now.
5. Cutscenes galore! once you have control, you will be fighting a 2v4 LFO battle with Gillian as your ally, as always **STAY FAR AWAY FROM GILLIAN** if you don't want to get staggered. Otherwise this fight is fairly standard and nothing will be a detriment to you so long as you abuse Somersault and double shooting.
6. After two cutscenes, you will be placed in probably the biggest run killer section of vol 1. You have to somehow help young Moondoggie in fighting an LFO as a personnel, it is recommended that you have bought LFO Sniper or Missile Launcher at this point in time. Everything else does peanuts. If you are lucky, you will be able to hit your shots and stagger the LFO most of the time, Moondoggie will do the rest.
7. After that you will be subjected to the worst map to fight LFOs in, keep in mind the terrain and you will go through this rough patch just fine. Two battles, one 1v2 and the other 1v3, you have to destroy all to move on.
8. After another set of cutscenes, you will be asked to shop or not, press yes if you need to buy otherwise skip because at this point you should have all the equipment you need.
9. You will then be placed in a Personnel battle against some hard hitting mobile security bots, LFO Sniper or Missile Launcher will singlehandedly carry you here, hotswapping will also be a huge help as both of those reload **REAL SLOW** even with a Loader attachment.
10. After an intense cutscene, you will be placed in another Personnel fight **HOWEVER** there is absolutely no need to fight, just open the locks in the four corners around the two LFOs and press the control button next to the Nirvash. They can be opened in no particular order however the switch near the Nirvash (number 5 in the image below) always has to be last.![](/static/blob/5nggwjnq.png)
11. After a relief of a cutscene, you will fight isolated 1v1 LFO battles, the same LFO that Raul used in Chapter 3. Once you defeat one, another one will come out, once you defeat two a cutscene will occur.
12. After seeing Sumner get called out and once you have control, you will fight this orb like monstrosity of an LFO. **DO NOT GET CLOSE TO IT** once you get staggered by standing too close to melee, your health will take a one way trip to the shredder. Defeat this boss by using single shot weapons and double shooting with them. I prefer to use the Long Range Laser or the Rail Cannon to shred it's health to bits, it can also be stun locked by double shooting and hotswapping here would be infinitely useful. Do not use Missiles as they don't deal that much damage to single targets, only use single target weapons for maximum speed.
13. Once the bamboozle of a cutscene is up, you are now piloting the NIRVASH one of the most fastest and strongest (in terms of vernier gauge) LFOs in the game. Protect Ruri in the 505 and once you deal enough damage to your former teammates, the game will interrupt with a cutscene.
14. Once the cutscene is over, you will now be fighting a 1v2 against Hooky & Gillian in their respective 505s while you use the NIRVASH without any weapon attachments, Somersault Juggle and other special moves here are very useful and will be your bread and butter from now on. This should be fairly easy with a couple of well placed emergency spins and juggles, this should send both of them packing, leading into the final ground battle of vol 1.
15. Once the cutscene is over, you will now fight Captain Saville in the unknown LFO that went berserk in Chapter 1. This is probably the **HARDEST** fight in all of vol 1. The general strategy is to keep juggling Saville with Somersault, **DO NOT LET HIM DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM YOU** otherwise Saville will bombard you with all the missiles that can stagger and do a LOT of damage. His melee combat is also lethal but pose little threat if you juggle him enough with somersault, couple it with a well placed emergency spin and you're set to go into the final battle.
16. This is the true final battle, both you and Saville fighting in the air using Ref Boards installed in the LFOs. This is fairly simple compared to ground Saville since you can dodge his missiles by doing Lifting Tricks, the only thing that makes this fight difficult is the lack of experience fighting while lifting, the only advice I can give is to try to hit Saville by holding and aiming yourself in a straight line towards him then pressing CIRCLE to do Lift Attacks, please keep in mind that the NIRVASH has a different skillset compared to the 505. 
17. After you lay out Captain Saville and the cutscene begins, this is time and your timers should stop by then. Congratulations, you have speedrun Eureka Seven Vol.1 The New Wave Any%!

Apologies for splitting it up, this is because of speedrun.com's site changes that only allows 10k characters.

# MISC

WIP

Name	Author
Any% (new game) guide Part 1	Mqkoto 1 year ago
Any% (new game) guide Part 2	Mqkoto 1 year ago