Any%
The first known Gothic 2 Classic speedrun was a segmented run done in 2015:
35:34 by Saradoc (Link)
The first real time runs were uploaded in 2016:
48:23 by Saradoc (Link)
44:19 by Saradoc (Link)
In late 2017 it was discovered how to do the catapult glitch in Gothic 2. However it would only cause a category split in 2023.
42:49 by Saradoc (Link)
42:41 by Karstix (Link)
41:14 by BlackSecret (Link)
37:48 by Saradoc (Link)
Up to this point catapults were done backwards at 30 fps, but sideways catapults at 50 fps were found to be vastly superior and the time quickly dropped:
35:10 by Saradoc (Link)
34:22 by Saradoc (Link)
31:15 by Saradoc (Link)
In 2023 maciolo69 discovered how to kill the dragons without first obtaining the Eye of Innos in Night of the Raven using Fire Rain. For a long while this new trick was not used in Classic since the method was inconsistent for an unknown reason. In 2024 Milgar completed the first run with a different method using Fear. To obtain the Fear scroll he first started chapter 3 to be able to buy them.
21:32 by Milgar (Link)
No Flying
The history of this category is identical with the Any% category up to the 44:19 by Saradoc in 2016. The category was only split in 2023 and only in 2024 have runs been performed specifically for this category.
Skips
27:48 by Milgar (Link)
All Chapters
35:19 by Karrypto (Link)
34:26 by Karrypto (Link)
34:21 by CrazyDoGaming (Link)
33:43 by Karrpyto (Link)
32:58 by Karrypto (Link)
32:30 by CrazyDoGaming (Link)
Glitch-Restricted
1:14:17 by Saradoc (Link)
1:08:28 by Karstix (Link)
59:35 by Saradoc (Link)
55:24 by Saradoc (Link)
53:47 by Saradoc (Link)
53:41 by Karrpyto (Link)
53:15 by Saradoc (Link)
53:13 by Karrypto (Link)
52:47 by Karrypto (Link)
52:29 by Saradoc (Link)
52:22 by Saradoc (Link)
51:54 by Saradoc (Link)
51:38 by Karrypto (Link)
Damageless
1:21:55 by Saradoc (Link)
1:16:51 by Saradoc (Link)
1:13:02 by Karrypto (Link)
1:08:04 by Karrypto (Link)
59:00 by Saradoc (Link)
58:53 by Karrypto (Link)
57:30 by Karrypto (Link)
Demo Any%
1:49 by Saradoc (Link)
1:24 by Saradoc (Link)
1:14 by Saradoc (Link)
1:01 by Saradoc (Link)
0:59 by Saradoc (Link)
Up to this point catapults were done backwards at 30 fps, but sideways catapults at 50 fps were found to be vastly superior:
0:44 by Saradoc (Link)
CrazyDoGaming found that it is faster to clip outside Xardas' tower near the furnace and catapult to the harbour from there instead of going up the tower:
0:41 by CrazyDoGaming (Link)
0:40 by Saradoc (Link)
The maximum fps limit has been reduced from 240 to 120.
All newly submitted runs must have their fps limited to a value of at most 120 and the current fps value must be displayed in the video.