Beginners Guide to Any% - Setup/Tricks/Tech

Hi friends, I've put together a video for beginners looking to speedrun the game. The video covers my settings, the tricks and tech done on the (current) top 2 runs, as well as some oversight into RNG. I hope it helps new runners! If you have any questions feel free to reach out as I am happy to help.

This doesn't cover the route itself but if people may find it helpful I may make a guide for that in time.

Anyways, here's the video: https://youtu.be/fh-jAquyBH4

Grim Fandango: Remastered Any% Speedrun Route Guide

# Grim Fandango: Remastered Any% Speedrun Route Guide

# Preface

This guide is meant as a starting point for anyone interested in learning the Grim Fandango: Remastered speedrun route. I will not cover any glitches or tech in this guide, with one exception; this is simply to get you from start to finish with as few inputs as possible. I strongly recommend watching the setup/tricks/tech guide created by thewoofs before using this guide, as it contains a lot of helpful information to get you started. I hope you find this useful, and that you enjoy running Grim Fandango!



# Using This Guide

This guide should take you through every screen, and every action required to finish the game. The actions are broken up into keywords which are defined as follows:

- CHOOSE: Select an option from a menu, usually by clicking on it.
- ENTER: Move to a new screen. Any time you click while your cursor is displayed as an arrow, you are ENTER-ing.
- EXIT: Like ENTER, but usually for getting out of a vehicle.
- GET: Pick up the named item with your pick up key, or the pick up icon on the verb coin. You can usually accomplish this with the USE action as well, but not always.
- RUN: Exactly what it sounds like. Make Manny go somewhere fast by holding your run key or double clicking.
- SLIDE: There are a few instances where utilizing the Item Slide tech can save significant enough time for me to note here. Item Sliding is accomplished by double-clicking on your destination, and equipping any item from your inventory using a number key. Watch thewoof’s setup/tricks/tech guide for more information. 
- STORE: Put an item into your inventory. The fastest method is usually by pressing your pick up key.
- TALK: Speak to a character using your action key or the speech bubble icon on the verb coin.
- USE: Use an item, either by itself or on another character/item. If the step simply says “USE (item)”, the item will either be on screen, or you will need to equip it from your inventory.

Any time a step includes a series of numbers, it means you should select the corresponding dialogue option, 1 being the option at the top of the list. Some dialogues will be started automatically, hence the lack of a preceding TALK action before the numbers.

On with the game!



# Year 1

### 	Part 1 - A rich, dead saint

1. ENTER right side of room
2. GET cards
3. ENTER hallway
4. ENTER reception
5. USE cards w/ hole punch
6. ENTER garage
7. RUN to back of garage
8. RUN behind tires
9. 2,2,2,2,3
10. RUN to front of garage
11. ENTER reception
12. ENTER lobby
13. ENTER street
14. ENTER tents
15. TALK to clown: 1,1,1,4
16. STORE Robert Frost
17. TALK to clown: 1,3
18. STORE dead worm
19. TALK to clown: 1,3
20. STORE dead worm
21. GET bread
22. ENTER street
23. ENTER alley
24. ENTER back of alley
25. USE rope
26. ENTER office
27. USE computer
28. CHOOSE menu down 1
29. CHOOSE “Ah, cripes…”
30. EXIT office
31. USE rope
32. ENTER alley
33. ENTER street
34. ENTER lobby
35. ENTER reception
36. TALK to Eva: 1
37. USE scythe on body bag

### Part 2 - Good enough for government work

1. ENTER lobby
2. SLIDE to left of lobby
3. ENTER coffin room
4. USE dead worm on red hose
5. USE dead worm on blue hose
6. ENTER lobby
7. SLIDE to elevator
8. ENTER reception
9. ENTER hallway
10. ENTER Manny’s office
11. USE filled balloon with mail chute
12. USE filled balloon with mail chute
13. ENTER hallway
14. ENTER reception
15. ENTER lobby
16. SLIDE to right of lobby
17. ENTER mail room
18. ENTER mail machine
19. USE door lock
20. SLIDE to door
21. ENTER lobby
22. ENTER mail room
23. USE mail machine door
24. USE card on mail chute
25. 4
26. ENTER hallway
27. ENTER reception
28. ENTER door
29. 3,3,1

### Part 3 - The Lost Souls Alliance

1. ENTER alley
2. ENTER back of alley
3. USE rope
4. ENTER left precipice
5. USE far left window
6. USE desk drawer
7. USE open desk drawer
8. USE punching bag(x3)
9. GET mouthpiece
10. ENTER left precipice
11. ENTER precipice
12. USE coral with rope 
13. USE grappling hook
14. USE ladder
15. USE up rope
16. ENTER rooftop
17. ENTER center rooftop
18. USE Robert Frost on dish vent
19. USE bread on dish vent
20. GET eggs
21. ENTER rooftop
22. ENTER precipice
23. USE down rope
24. ENTER garage
25. ENTER back of garage
26. ENTER shack
27. USE mouthpiece on fil-a-dent machine
28. ENTER garage
29. USE mouthpiece
30. ENTER alley
31. USE wall camera
32. USE mouthpiece on Eva
33. USE eggs on Salvador

### Part 4 - Love is for the living

1. RUN south
2. ENTER north
3. RUN towards spider web
4. USE bone pile
5. USE bone on spider web
6. USE bone pile then STORE bone(x3)
7. USE scythe on spider web
8. ENTER north
9. GET heart
10. USE heart on Glottis
11. ENTER east
12. USE lever
13. USE lever again after Glottis climbs up
14. Unholy Christmas Tree puzzle:
    1. Sync same-side pumps while desyncing opposite-side pumps
    2. Easiest done from right to left as the wheelbarrow takes more time to move forward than backward
15. EXIT Bone Wagon
16. RUN to sign post
17. GET sign post
18. RUN to forest center
19. ENTER northwest
20. RUN to bottom-center of screen
21. USE sign post
22. ENTER tunnel
23. RUN to key
24. USE key
25. ENTER northeast
26. ENTER barbed wire
27. ENTER door (x2)
28. ENTER west
29. Fire Beaver puzzle:
    1. USE bone on tar
    2. EQUIP fire extinguisher
    3. WAIT for beaver to jump
    4. USE fire extinguisher on jumping beaver
    5. REPEAT x3, pause/unpause the game if a beaver gets stuck on its way up the rock formation
30. ENTER bone dam
31. ENTER gate
32. USE key on lock
33. ENTER upstairs
34. ENTER cafe
35. TALK to Celso: 3,3,3,3,4
36. EXIT cafe
37. ENTER downstairs
38. ENTER fog
39. ENTER downstairs
40. USE photo on Velasco
41. 1,4
42. ENTER upstairs(x2)
43. ENTER cafe
44. USE book on Celso

# Year 2

### 	Part 1 - Another quiet night in old Rubacava

1. ENTER office
2. GET letter
3. ENTER doorway
4. ENTER lobby
5. ENTER door
6. 4
7. ENTER door
8. ENTER downstairs
9. TALK to Velasco: 1,1,1,1,2,4
10. ENTER hub
11. ENTER Blue Casket exterior
12. ENTER Blue Casket
13. USE letter on character closest to camera
14. ENTER south
15. ENTER east
16. GET book
17. ENTER Blue Casket exterior
18. ENTER elevator
19. ENTER upstairs
20. ENTER cafe
21. ENTER lounge
22. ENTER roulette
23. TALK to Charlie: 1,1,1,3
24. ENTER lounge
25. GET gold liqueur
26. USE VIP pass on Glottis
27. ENTER lobby
28. ENTER door(x2)
29. ENTER downstairs(x3)
30. ENTER archway
31. ENTER bridge
32. ENTER betting area
33. ENTER downstairs
34. ENTER right hallway
35. ENTER litter box
36. GET can opener
37. ENTER hallway
38. ENTER stairway
39. ENTER betting area
40. ENTER VIP area
41. ENTER main lounge from north path
42. Talk to Nick: 1,2,2,2,1
43. Talk to Nick: 1,4
44. GET cigarette case
45. ENTER kitchen
46. USE pantry
47. GET baster
48. WAIT for server to enter pantry
49. USE pantry
50. USE scythe on pantry
51. USE can opener on keg
52. USE keg
53. USE forklift
54. ENTER elevator
55. EXIT forklift
56. USE button
57. USE forklift
58. MOVE forklift under right fence gap
59. EXIT forklift
60. USE lever on forklift
61. RUN to end of hall

### 	Part 2 - Forensic botany is a trying job

1. ENTER betting area
2. ENTER upstairs(x2)
3. USE gold liqueur
4. ENTER through metal detector
5. 3,1
6. ENTER security
7. USE cigarette case on Carla: 4,2
8. ENTER betting area
9. ENTER downstairs
10. ENTER right hallway
11. ENTER litter box
12. USE scythe on litter box
13. ENTER hallway
14. ENTER stairway
15. ENTER lower entrance
16. ENTER docks
17. ENTER hub
18. ENTER dry docks
19. ENTER lighthouse path
20. ENTER lighthouse exterior
21. USE key on door
22. ENTER lighthouse
23. ENTER dry docks
24. USE book on bees
25. ENTER Blue Casket exterior
26. ENTER elevator
27. ENTER upstairs(x3)
28. ENTER cafe
29. USE card on Lupe
30. ENTER door
31. ENTER downstairs(x3)
32. ENTER elevator
33. ENTER Blue Casket
34. ENTER dish pit
35. USE baster on sink
36. ENTER Blue Casket
37. ENTER Blue Casket exterior
38. ENTER hub
39. USE jacket
40. ENTER docks
41. ENTER tattoo parlor exterior
42. ENTER tattoo parlor
43. ENTER nook
44. USE fridge
45. USE fridge drawer
46. RUN to bottle
47. USE baster on bottle when Toto turns away
48. USE Naranja
49. USE rusty anchor card on Toto
50. ENTER tattoo parlor exterior
51. ENTER docks
52. ENTER lower entrance
53. ENTER stairway
54. ENTER betting area
55. ENTER south
56. USE ticket printer
    1. Set to: 02 TUE 06 and print
57. USE ticket with ticket counter
58. ENTER VIP area
59. ENTER main lounge from north path
60. Talk to Nick
61. ENTER west
62. ENTER morgue
63. USE metal detector on Membrillo
64. USE dog tags on body when Membrillo is not looking at
65. ENTER upstairs(x3)
66. ENTER cafe
67. ENTER office
68. USE desk
69. USE magnet button when table closest to Manny is highlighted



# Year 3

### 	Part 1 - The Sea of Lament

1. ENTER bridge
2. USE ladder
3. RUN to center of room
4. USE levers
5. CHOOSE left
6. EXIT levers
7. USE right button(x3)
8. ENTER porthole
9. USE scythe on anchors
10. ENTER engineering
11. USE left button
12. USE levers
13. CHOOSE up
14. ENTER any direction
15. TALK to Chepito: 4
16. RUN to Glottis
17. USE Chepito
18. MOVE left
19. ENTER north
20. RUN behind rock
21. ENTER elevator
22. ENTER catwalk
23. ENTER secretary’s office
24. RUN west
25. TALK to angelitos: 1,3,3,3,3,2,4
26. GET tiny hammer
27. ENTER airlock
28. ENTER catwalk
29. ENTER secretary’s office
30. USE ashtray when Meche pulls out a paper
31. USE trash can
32. ENTER airlock
33. ENTER elevator
34. ENTER west
35. USE stockings on Chepito
36. USE tiny hammer on Chepito
37. ENTER north
38. ENTER elevator
39. ENTER catwalk
40. ENTER secretary’s office
41. TALK to Meche

### Part 2 - This is going on your permanent record

1. ENTER secretary’s office
2. ENTER catwalk
3. USE Bust-All on door
4. STORE Bust-All
5. USE door
6. USE wheel to align the flat side of the tumblers with the right side of the door
7. USE scythe on tumblers
8. USE door handle
9. ENTER vault
10. USE door
11. USE scythe on wire
12. ENTER south
13. USE axe
14. ENTER south
15. ENTER secret room
16. USE axe in center of room
17. ENTER south
18. ENTER north
19. ENTER crane
20. USE crane
21. ENTER south
22. USE Bust-All with scoop
23. ENTER north
24. ENTER crane
25. USE crane(x2)
26. MOVE crane to far left
27. USE crane
28. EXIT crane
29. RUN towards chain
30. USE lever(x3)
31. ENTER conveyor belt
32. ENTER crane
33. USE crane
34. USE scythe on squid eye

# Year 4

### 	Part 1 - This world’s for suckers

1. ENTER base of temple
2. USE coffin
3. ENTER temple stairs(x3)
4. ENTER workshop
5. ENTER break room
6. USE mug with drying rack
7. USE drawer(x2)
8. ENTER workshop
9. USE rag on barrel
10. ENTER break room
11. USE rag on toaster

### Part 2 - A perkly little aperitif 

1. ENTER docks
2. ENTER tattoo parlor exterior
3. ENTER tattoo parlor
4. USE cabinet
5. ENTER tattoo parlor exterior
6. ETNER docks
7. ENTER hub
8. ENTER east
9. GET bottle
10. ENTER hub
11. ENTER Blue Casket exterior
12. ENTER Blue Casket
13. ENTER dish pit
14. USE bottle on keg
15. ENTER Blue Casket
16. ENTER Blue Casket exterior
17. ENTER hub
18. ENTER docks
19. USE bottle on Glottis
20. TALK to Glottis
21. ENTER garage
22. USE liquid nitrogen on floor
23. USE dynamite

### Part 3 - …And a gun so we’ll have something to talk about

1. TALK to Meche
2. USE sprouted body
3. USE note on bird
4. USE trash can
5. USE photo with bird
6. ENTER sewers
7. ENTER south
8. USE ladder
9. ENTER ladder
10. USE coffee pot
11. ENTER ladder
12. USE coffee pot on actors
13. ENTER ladder
14. ENTER makeup
15. ENTER ladder
16. USE hand with grinder
17. GET grinder
18. ENTER ladder
19. ENTER hallway
20. ENTER sewers
21. ENTER dark sewers
22. RUN to east exit
23. USE grinder(x2)
24. MOVE forward
25. USE remote
26. USE catwalk
27. USE ladder(x2)
28. USE remote
29. USE ladder
30. ENTER east
31. USE door
32. USE scythe on tape
33. USE door
34. USE ladder
35. ENTER casino
36. TALK to unicycle skeleton(x2)
37. TALK to Meche(x2)
38. USE sheet on Charlie
39. TALK to unicycle skeleton
40. ENTER bathroom
41. TALK to guard
42. CHOOSE the number that most recently appeared on the board
43. TALK to Celso: 2,3,3,3,3,
44. RUN towards door

### 	Part 4 - Hola, Manuel

1. ENTER rooftop
2. RUN to ledge
3. USE grinder on sign
4. USE growth formula on sign
5. USE ladder
6. ENTER hill
7. USE greenhouse
8. USE liquid nitrogen
9. ENTER car
10. TALK to Salvador
11. USE suitcase
12. GET ticket
13. ENTER hill
14. RUN behind greenhouse
15. USE Salvador’s body
16. RUN to car
17. USE key on car
18. RUN to water tower
19. USE gun on water tower
20. RUN to greenhouse
21. USE greenhouse - TIME!

Name	Author
Beginners Guide to Any% - Setup/Tricks/Tech	thewoofs 2 years ago
Grim Fandango: Remastered Any% Speedrun Route Guide	omesta 1 year ago