[OBSOLETE AFTER PATCH 1.0.6] Air Swim in Pump and Dump

**EDIT: UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER PATCH 1.0.6 OF THE GAME, AIR SWIM IS NOT A WORKING GLITCH ANYMORE**



**Air Swim** was found by **Zeldrene**. Your character continues swimming in air after getting to the surface from underwater. Air Swim is used in **Shadow Fish Lagoon** (approx. 45 second timesave) and **Pump And Dump** (approx. 30 second timesave).

Below is the guide on the **Pump and Dump Air Swim**. Pictures and video by Zeldrene!

Air Swim in Pump and Dump works in a similar fashion as the one on Shadow Fish Lagoon. You approach from the left as normal. Imagine **3 zones** (picture below). After you get into **zone 3**, turn around, go back into **zone 2** and turn around again in the narrow vertical slice. **MAKE SURE TO NOT TOUCH ZONE 1!**

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From this point forward, the setup is done. Swim out of the water, and you'll keep swimming in air until you re-enter water or die. Keep swimming above the level, until you get to the final water of the level. Re-enter the water here, and finish the level like you normally would.

Here's a video of the setup done on Shadow Fish Lagoon, which works with a similar idea as the one in Pump and Dump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEO4jmPUpL8

Here's a video of the entire level with Air Swim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR6AF5SKEfo

[OBSOLETE AFTER PATCH 1.0.6] Air Swim in Shadow Fish Lagoon 

**EDIT: UNFORTUNATELY, AFTER PATCH 1.0.6 OF THE GAME, AIR SWIM IS NOT A WORKING GLITCH ANYMORE**



**Air Swim** was found by **Zeldrene**. Your character continues swimming in air after getting to the surface from underwater. Air Swim is used in **Shadow Fish Lagoon** (approx. 45 second timesave) and **Pump And Dump** (approx. 30 second timesave).

Below is the guide on the **Shadow Fish Lagoon Air Swim**. Pictures and videos by Zeldrene!

You approach from the left as normal. Imagine **3 zones** (picture below). After you get into **zone 3**, keep going until you deposit the fish, and turn around. Go back into **zone 2** and turn around again in the narrow vertical slice (picture below). **MAKE SURE TO NOT TOUCH ZONE 1!**

![](/static/blob/pzm9624n.jpg)

From this point forward, the setup is done. Swim out of the water, and you'll keep swimming in air until you re-enter water or die. Keep swimming upwards until you get above the level, out of bounds. Swim to the right until you see a red line (picture below), which is located above the level exit. Go down from here, touch the end trigger and finish the level.

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Here's a video of the setup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEO4jmPUpL8

Here's a video of the entire level with Air Swim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Frqy34vFuZw

Movement speed

**MOVEMENT SPEED FROM FASTEST TO SLOWEST:**

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S2GV7SxK5s

Version differences

In terms of loading times, fastest to slowest version is:

**PS5 > PC >> PS4 >> Xbox Series X/S (> Xbox One** ) >>> Switch

From the footage I've seen, PS5 has easily the fastest loading times, followed shortly by PC. Xbox Series X and S seem to have pretty much identical loading times, but this might get proven wrong with possible further investigation in the future. Switch loading times are the longest, and the difference between Xbox/Switch has the biggest difference by a lot. There's been quite a few performance issues reported on the Switch-version as well, so speedrunning the game on Switch isn't recommended.

The only PS4 footage I found was the version played on a PS5, which most likely affects the loading times. There still was a noticeable difference to the Xbox Series -version, so it's an assumption that the PS4 is faster. I'll update this if other results come up.

I couldn't find any footage on the Xbox One version, so this is just an assumption. If I do, I'll update this.

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[OBSOLETE AFTER PATCH 1.0.6] Air Swim in Pump and Dump	haapis 6 months ago
[OBSOLETE AFTER PATCH 1.0.6] Air Swim in Shadow Fish Lagoon	haapis 6 months ago
Movement speed	haapis 7 months ago
Version differences	haapis 8 months ago