FULL RUN GUIDE -- Any% beginners guide [TEXT]
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FULL RUN GUIDE -- Any% beginners guide [TEXT]
Updated 4 years ago by Etem

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Intro/Settings

  • Steam version is best version.
  • Game is normally run in French which saves time due to spoken dialogue, but it's recommended to learn it in English/your preferred language, and start running in French once you are more familiar.
  • The run is measured with loadless time, this is configurable in LiveSplit along with the autosplitter (Edit Splits, set game to Fable: The Lost Chapters, then click Activate).
  • You can run the game in a window using dxwnd, for information on how to do so: https://www.speedrun.com/fabletlc/guide/3pj34
  • Gameplay Settings: Subtitles off, Tutorials off, Guildmaster Help and Interface Opacity are optional. If you are having issues with the camera, turn off Follow Camera.
  • Video Settings: Lower resolutions are better, as UI elements do not scale making mouse movement slower at higher resolutions.
  • Keybinds: Rebind Block/Roll to a more comfortable key (e.g. R), Context Sensitive Item 3 to something else (Will Potions), Absorb Experience and Spell mode should be bound to two seperate keys rather than them being assigned to one key by default.

Before you begin

  • When you're first making a speedrunning profile, immediately Hero Save once you gain control, use this save as a 'reset point'.
  • Don't spam the Roll key blindly when moving as this results in inconsistent rolls.
  • Get a feel for the movement and the timing of rolling by doing laps around Oakvale.
  • When resetting, quit to the main menu rather than loading directly via Esc + Load Game, as stats can carry over otherwise and invalidate your run.
  • Don't change profile when doing runs, as this can cause save corruption which will invalidate the run.

Childhood

  • Go backwards, roll to Bully, punch 4x
  • Straight down hill, give teddy bear to girl with the 1 key
  • Speak to Brom, then speak with the cheating husband behind the house
  • Accept Bribe, guards will now chase you when you are nearby (RNG)
  • Speak to Trader and get Chocolates, straight towards Theresa
  • Say no, press 1 to give Chocolates (saying yes loses 1 second, you can do this if you want starting out)
  • Follow path to Brom, finishes quest

Guild Training

  • Guild a little bit more difficult to roll in, make your way to Guildmaster
  • Use your Stick on the beetles, don't swing randomly, try to get as many in a single hit
  • Attack phase of melee= 3 hits, move forward 4 hits.
  • Block phase = Roll-Block Hit-Roll-Block-Roll-Block-Block-Roll-Block
  • Fight = 3 hits, wait for Whisper (she will flip forwards or backwards, RNG), 4 hits
  • Ranged: After hitting Dummies, during test hit Guildmaster 4x with Bow
  • Will: After hitting dummy, fire lightning then hit the Guildmaster 4x with Bow
  • Maze: Melee = Hit 7x, Ranged = Hit from a distance, Magic = Shift + Left Click to lightning
  • Free up hotbar slot for Assassins Rush
  • Upgrade: Assassins Rush 1

Wasp Menace

  • Take Quest, leave Guild
  • Movement = Rush then Roll, get a feel for the timing
  • Go to Picnic Area
  • Zap first 2 Wasps, then use the sword on the rest
  • Charge Bow while Wasp Queen is summoning Wasps
  • Wait for her to spawn more wasps (health threshold)
  • Finish her off with your sword

Protect Orchard Farm

  • Go to Bowerstone (use Will pot on your way)
  • Sell 1 Health Potion + all Resurrection Phials
  • Buy all Apple Pies + Grain Sacks, Fishing Rod + Spade
  • Sell all Apple Pies + Sacks, buy all Will Potions
  • If you want more health potions, buy/sell Pies 2x
  • Speak to Maze, sell Yew Longbow, buy Ebony Longbow
  • Free up hotbar slot, get Ages of Might potion, port back to Guild
  • Take Protect Orchard Farm + Boast, head to Orchard Farm (Greatwood Lake entrance)
  • In Greatwood Entrance pick up Will Master's Elixir
  • 3 waves of 3 bandits, use bow to take care of them all, hit Guards with lightning in berween to sustain the multiplier
  • Kill Guards after killing all 9 bandits
  • 3x Bow hits on Whisper after flourishing
  • 11/12 Multiplier required, use Ages of Might potion at end

Trader Escort

  • Go to Greatwood Cullis Gate
  • Kill first Bandit in Gorge, avoid the rest
  • Port back to Guild, take Trader Escort
  • Upgrades: Phys 3, Health 3, Speed 2, Magic Power 1, Multi Strike 1, Summon 1, Berserk 1, Rush 2 (set keys on hotbar)
  • If you're short on exp, scrap Magic Power 1 or Physique 3 (use Physique 2)
  • Go to Chamber of Fate, clip into floor to get Aeons (guide: )
  • Port to GW Cullis Gate, get your Summon to kill a Bandit or Hobbe (if there's only wasps, do this in GW Caves)
  • Say Yes to first trader, use Rush + Berserk + roll for movement through Entrance, Marshes, Lake
  • Kill Yellow Hat + Infected Trader at Camp, enter Ancient Cullis Gate when Red Hat trader starts moving (killing skips dialogue)
  • Use Berserk + Multi Strike to kill Earth Troll

Bandit Camp

  • After finishing quest, dig up + use Golden Carrot (sleep in Oakvale Tavern as backup)
  • speak to General trader (don't rush/berserk or you'll scare him)
  • Buy/sell Perfume 2x, buy/sell Emeralds to ~47K, buy all potions, speak to Maze
  • Go to Clifftop Path, clip gate (guide: )
  • Pick up Ages of Skill potion (free up 3x hotbar slots)
  • Use Cullis gate to go back to the Guild when you reach Twinblade's camp, pick up quest, return to TB's Camp
  • Clip second gate, get Ages of Will pot (backup - kill guy for pass)
  • Clip in third map, get Ages of Might pot (backup - pay Assassin)
  • in Twinblade fight, Berserk after ~6 seconds, take 1 or 2 hits from Twinblade/Bandits, wait him to jam swords into ground, hit with Berserk + MStrike 2x

Find The Archaeologist

  • Go back to Guild, sell Ebony Bow, buy Master Longbow + Will Potions (Health Potions optional, don't get if you paid the assassin)
  • Speak to Maze, teleport to Witchwood Cullis Gate
  • Break bushes, ignore troll, get Ages of Will pot
  • Hit stones with bow in order: Front, Back, Left, Right
  • You can summon clip the demon door which saves time but it is more difficult

White Balverine

  • Head to Knothole Glade, port back to Guild as soon as you enter the map
  • Take quest, upgrades: Accuracy 2, Multi Arrow 1
  • Use Multi Arrow on first 4 balverines (look away to spawn next balverines), make sure you take all the exp
  • Hit White Balverine 10x with Lightning, skip scene, go to top of hill, hit White Balverine 10x, skip scene
  • When you get the Silver Augmentation, augment the Master Longbow, try to teleport to the Guild and select Reload
  • Go back to Knothole Glade and repeat.
  • Make sure all your Ages of Might/Skill/Will pots are on your hotbar, and Multi Strike is not up
  • Put second Silver on Bow, fire at White Balverine when the bow is fully drawn
  • Use pots at 37 multiplier, teleport back to Knothole Glade

The Arena

  • Take quest, Upgrades: Physique 5, Speed 5, Accuracy 4, Enflame 3, Multi Strike 3, Force Push 3, Physical Shield 2, Berserk 2, Magic Power 4
  • Spam Undo Upgrade + D key on Enflame (Hotshot glitch) to level it to Level 4
  • Set all binds, go back to Knothole Glade, make way to Arena
  • At Arena store, buy all Will Potions
  • Wasps = Enflame + Force Push, Hobbes = Enflame, Balverines = Enflame, Bow on White Balverines, Undead = Enflame (2x for larger ones), Bandits = Enflame, Berserk hit archers in last waves + Multi Strike last ones, Earth Troll = Multi Strike hits
  • Rock Troll = Multi Strike hits, rush occasionally to reset AI
  • Arachanox = Use tutorial to assist with this fight, 2x Multi Strike hits, burrow, 2x Multi Strike hits, burrow, 2x Multi strike hits (link in desc)
  • Whisper = Multi Strike hit, wait for her to throw grenades, rush + Multi strike

Rescue The Archaeologist

  • Go to Barrow Fields after Arena, Grey House. teleport to Guild, take Quest
  • Upgrades: Physique MAX, Speed MAX, Accuracy MAX, Magic Power MAX, Multi Strike MAX, Force Push MAX, Slow Time 1/2, Physical Shield 3, Berserk 3, Assassin Rush MAX, Multi Arrow MAX
  • If you don't have enough exp, things to skip out on (first to last): Force Push, Multi Arrow (3 is fine), Accuracy (5/6 is fine), Magic Power (5/6 is fine), Physique (6 is fine)
  • Teleport to Bowerstone South, go up the stairs into Bowerstone North
  • Buy/Sell Diamonds, buy Will Potions, buy Solus Greatsword
  • Rush past all minions, force pushing gives breathing room
  • In Windmill Hill, break barrel by Dreadwing for Golden Carrot (backup: sleep @ Hook Coast)
  • In Prison Path, you must kill the final 2 minions quickly, slow time can help

Lychfield Graveyard

  • Teleport to Guild, teleport back (puts you at the start of the map)
  • Go to Lychfield Graveyard
  • Pick up helmet, speak to Gravekeeper, kill him
  • Dig up Nostro's Sword, open tomb with Nostro's Armour, fish for Nostro's Shield
  • Open Nostro's tomb, avoid all undead in Old Graveyard Path (movement is challenging here)
  • Use bow for small undead in the Circle, slow time + 2x Enflame for larger undead

Bargate Prison

  • Rolling rather than rushing in the tunnels is usually better as undead spawn constantly
  • Take right path in the Cliffside Path
  • Pick up your mother, make way back
  • Don't Force Push after picking up Scarlet Robe the first time (starts dialogue which cancels Berserk)
  • Prison is 34 seconds faster in French
  • Wait, race, sneaking minigame, rinse and repeat
  • After getting the key in your second year, pick up Missing Belongings from Barracks, then Scarlet from Torture Chamber
  • For Kraken, Enflame Tentacles (try and hit as many in one hit), then use Multi Arrow shots when the head emerges

Gateway/Return To Hook Coast

  • After Prison, go to Barrow Fields, make your way to Ancient Cullis Gate
  • Before entering Ancient Cullis Gate, use your Golden Carrot
  • Enflame all the undead, get as many in a hit as possible
  • In Hook Coast, buy Will potions from the General store, then go to Abbey
  • After cutscene, go back to the Guild, Maze's quarters, speak to Guildmaster
  • Equip Solus Greatsword
  • Go back to Hook Coast Abbey, wait for Guildmaster (prepare Berserk, Shield, Multi Strike)
  • Use Maze fight video tutorial -- link: https://www.speedrun.com/fabletlc/guide/t0qdr

Try To Stop Jack of Blades

  • After Maze fight, go back to the Guild
  • This quest is mostly movement, use Force Push to get breathing room

Jack of Blades

  • Go to Chamber of Fate, make sure you have at least 2 Multi Arrow shots
  • Berserk + Multi Strike Minions + Jack
  • If he falls into floor (rare), Enflame him, otherwise 2x Multi Arrow shots
  • Kill Theresa for the Sword

Prophets of the Fire Heart

  • Go back to Guild, upgrade Berserk to Level 4
  • Go to Lookout Point, enter Demon Door
  • Hold Block key while starting quest (after Quest Start prompt), allows for faster movement during puzzles Puzzle 1: R-U-R-U-R-D-D-L Puzzle 2: R-R-R-U-U-L-L Puzzle 3: R-R-U-R-U-L-D-L-L-U-R-U-R-D-D-L Puzzle 4: U-U-R-U-R-D-D-D-L-U-U-R-R-L-D Puzzle 5: U-U-U-D-U-R-R-D-D-D-R-U-D

Ship of the Drowned

  • Equip Solus Greatsword again, go to Hook Coast
  • Interact with pedestal at the top of the Lighthouse
  • Slowtime, hit Summoner with Berserk + Multi Strike hit
  • Rush + kill other 2 summoners

Oracle of Snowspire

  • To fight Ice Troll, Berserk hit until his health threshold, wait until he's punched 12x, start hitting
  • Make way to Snowspire
  • After entering Snowspire, port to Archon's Shrine, make way to Necropolis
  • This part is RNG. Use minimap to look for green dots, interact with the graves to check
  • Dig the graves: T. Fung, I. Lovett, Georg W
  • Make your way to the end of map, kill minions first, then Summoners
  • Go back to Snowspire, speak to Scythe

Kill Thunder

  • Go to Archon's Shrine, skip scene, go to Knothole Glade
  • Punch Thunder, prepare Multi Strike + Berserk
  • 2x Berserk + Multi Strike hits

Kill Briar Rose

  • Go back to Archon's Shrine, Force Push Briar to start fight
  • Force Push clones, attack real one

Killing Nostro

  • After Briar fight, teleport to Lychfield
  • Make your way to Old Graveyard Path
  • Once you reach the end of the first bridge, teleport to the Guild
  • Recall to Old Graveyard Path, interact with door behind you (recalling puts you at the end of the map
  • Prepare Sword, Berserk + Multi Strike
  • Enflame Undead, hit Nostro (2x hits)

The Final Battle

  • Teleport to Archon's Shrine, enter Archon's Folly
  • For Dragon fight, Berserk, Multi Strike hits, when he prepares attack, either rush for i-frames, or prepare Will Potions.
  • Skip scenes, GG