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
- ENTER right side of room
- GET cards
- ENTER hallway
- ENTER reception
- USE cards w/ hole punch
- ENTER garage
- RUN to back of garage
- RUN behind tires
- 2,2,2,2,3
- RUN to front of garage
- ENTER reception
- ENTER lobby
- ENTER street
- ENTER tents
- TALK to clown: 1,1,1,4
- STORE Robert Frost
- TALK to clown: 1,3
- STORE dead worm
- TALK to clown: 1,3
- STORE dead worm
- GET bread
- ENTER street
- ENTER alley
- ENTER back of alley
- USE rope
- ENTER office
- USE computer
- CHOOSE menu down 1
- CHOOSE “Ah, cripes…”
- EXIT office
- USE rope
- ENTER alley
- ENTER street
- ENTER lobby
- ENTER reception
- TALK to Eva: 1
- USE scythe on body bag
Part 2 - Good enough for government work
- ENTER lobby
- SLIDE to left of lobby
- ENTER coffin room
- USE dead worm on red hose
- USE dead worm on blue hose
- ENTER lobby
- SLIDE to elevator
- ENTER reception
- ENTER hallway
- ENTER Manny’s office
- USE filled balloon with mail chute
- USE filled balloon with mail chute
- ENTER hallway
- ENTER reception
- ENTER lobby
- SLIDE to right of lobby
- ENTER mail room
- ENTER mail machine
- USE door lock
- SLIDE to door
- ENTER lobby
- ENTER mail room
- USE mail machine door
- USE card on mail chute
- 4
- ENTER hallway
- ENTER reception
- ENTER door
- 3,3,1
Part 3 - The Lost Souls Alliance
- ENTER alley
- ENTER back of alley
- USE rope
- ENTER left precipice
- USE far left window
- USE desk drawer
- USE open desk drawer
- USE punching bag(x3)
- GET mouthpiece
- ENTER left precipice
- ENTER precipice
- USE coral with rope
- USE grappling hook
- USE ladder
- USE up rope
- ENTER rooftop
- ENTER center rooftop
- USE Robert Frost on dish vent
- USE bread on dish vent
- GET eggs
- ENTER rooftop
- ENTER precipice
- USE down rope
- ENTER garage
- ENTER back of garage
- ENTER shack
- USE mouthpiece on fil-a-dent machine
- ENTER garage
- USE mouthpiece
- ENTER alley
- USE wall camera
- USE mouthpiece on Eva
- USE eggs on Salvador
Part 4 - Love is for the living
- RUN south
- ENTER north
- RUN towards spider web
- USE bone pile
- USE bone on spider web
- USE bone pile then STORE bone(x3)
- USE scythe on spider web
- ENTER north
- GET heart
- USE heart on Glottis
- ENTER east
- USE lever
- USE lever again after Glottis climbs up
- Unholy Christmas Tree puzzle:
- Sync same-side pumps while desyncing opposite-side pumps
- Easiest done from right to left as the wheelbarrow takes more time to move forward than backward
- EXIT Bone Wagon
- RUN to sign post
- GET sign post
- RUN to forest center
- ENTER northwest
- RUN to bottom-center of screen
- USE sign post
- ENTER tunnel
- RUN to key
- USE key
- ENTER northeast
- ENTER barbed wire
- ENTER door (x2)
- ENTER west
- Fire Beaver puzzle:
- USE bone on tar
- EQUIP fire extinguisher
- WAIT for beaver to jump
- USE fire extinguisher on jumping beaver
- REPEAT x3, pause/unpause the game if a beaver gets stuck on its way up the rock formation
- ENTER bone dam
- ENTER gate
- USE key on lock
- ENTER upstairs
- ENTER cafe
- TALK to Celso: 3,3,3,3,4
- EXIT cafe
- ENTER downstairs
- ENTER fog
- ENTER downstairs
- USE photo on Velasco
- 1,4
- ENTER upstairs(x2)
- ENTER cafe
- USE book on Celso
Year 2
Part 1 - Another quiet night in old Rubacava
- ENTER office
- GET letter
- ENTER doorway
- ENTER lobby
- ENTER door
- 4
- ENTER door
- ENTER downstairs
- TALK to Velasco: 1,1,1,1,2,4
- ENTER hub
- ENTER Blue Casket exterior
- ENTER Blue Casket
- USE letter on character closest to camera
- ENTER south
- ENTER east
- GET book
- ENTER Blue Casket exterior
- ENTER elevator
- ENTER upstairs
- ENTER cafe
- ENTER lounge
- ENTER roulette
- TALK to Charlie: 1,1,1,3
- ENTER lounge
- GET gold liqueur
- USE VIP pass on Glottis
- ENTER lobby
- ENTER door(x2)
- ENTER downstairs(x3)
- ENTER archway
- ENTER bridge
- ENTER betting area
- ENTER downstairs
- ENTER right hallway
- ENTER litter box
- GET can opener
- ENTER hallway
- ENTER stairway
- ENTER betting area
- ENTER VIP area
- ENTER main lounge from north path
- Talk to Nick: 1,2,2,2,1
- Talk to Nick: 1,4
- GET cigarette case
- ENTER kitchen
- USE pantry
- GET baster
- WAIT for server to enter pantry
- USE pantry
- USE scythe on pantry
- USE can opener on keg
- USE keg
- USE forklift
- ENTER elevator
- EXIT forklift
- USE button
- USE forklift
- MOVE forklift under right fence gap
- EXIT forklift
- USE lever on forklift
- RUN to end of hall
Part 2 - Forensic botany is a trying job
- ENTER betting area
- ENTER upstairs(x2)
- USE gold liqueur
- ENTER through metal detector
- 3,1
- ENTER security
- USE cigarette case on Carla: 4,2
- ENTER betting area
- ENTER downstairs
- ENTER right hallway
- ENTER litter box
- USE scythe on litter box
- ENTER hallway
- ENTER stairway
- ENTER lower entrance
- ENTER docks
- ENTER hub
- ENTER dry docks
- ENTER lighthouse path
- ENTER lighthouse exterior
- USE key on door
- ENTER lighthouse
- ENTER dry docks
- USE book on bees
- ENTER Blue Casket exterior
- ENTER elevator
- ENTER upstairs(x3)
- ENTER cafe
- USE card on Lupe
- ENTER door
- ENTER downstairs(x3)
- ENTER elevator
- ENTER Blue Casket
- ENTER dish pit
- USE baster on sink
- ENTER Blue Casket
- ENTER Blue Casket exterior
- ENTER hub
- USE jacket
- ENTER docks
- ENTER tattoo parlor exterior
- ENTER tattoo parlor
- ENTER nook
- USE fridge
- USE fridge drawer
- RUN to bottle
- USE baster on bottle when Toto turns away
- USE Naranja
- USE rusty anchor card on Toto
- ENTER tattoo parlor exterior
- ENTER docks
- ENTER lower entrance
- ENTER stairway
- ENTER betting area
- ENTER south
- USE ticket printer
- Set to: 02 TUE 06 and print
- USE ticket with ticket counter
- ENTER VIP area
- ENTER main lounge from north path
- Talk to Nick
- ENTER west
- ENTER morgue
- USE metal detector on Membrillo
- USE dog tags on body when Membrillo is not looking at
- ENTER upstairs(x3)
- ENTER cafe
- ENTER office
- USE desk
- USE magnet button when table closest to Manny is highlighted
Year 3
Part 1 - The Sea of Lament
- ENTER bridge
- USE ladder
- RUN to center of room
- USE levers
- CHOOSE left
- EXIT levers
- USE right button(x3)
- ENTER porthole
- USE scythe on anchors
- ENTER engineering
- USE left button
- USE levers
- CHOOSE up
- ENTER any direction
- TALK to Chepito: 4
- RUN to Glottis
- USE Chepito
- MOVE left
- ENTER north
- RUN behind rock
- ENTER elevator
- ENTER catwalk
- ENTER secretary’s office
- RUN west
- TALK to angelitos: 1,3,3,3,3,2,4
- GET tiny hammer
- ENTER airlock
- ENTER catwalk
- ENTER secretary’s office
- USE ashtray when Meche pulls out a paper
- USE trash can
- ENTER airlock
- ENTER elevator
- ENTER west
- USE stockings on Chepito
- USE tiny hammer on Chepito
- ENTER north
- ENTER elevator
- ENTER catwalk
- ENTER secretary’s office
- TALK to Meche
Part 2 - This is going on your permanent record
- ENTER secretary’s office
- ENTER catwalk
- USE Bust-All on door
- STORE Bust-All
- USE door
- USE wheel to align the flat side of the tumblers with the right side of the door
- USE scythe on tumblers
- USE door handle
- ENTER vault
- USE door
- USE scythe on wire
- ENTER south
- USE axe
- ENTER south
- ENTER secret room
- USE axe in center of room
- ENTER south
- ENTER north
- ENTER crane
- USE crane
- ENTER south
- USE Bust-All with scoop
- ENTER north
- ENTER crane
- USE crane(x2)
- MOVE crane to far left
- USE crane
- EXIT crane
- RUN towards chain
- USE lever(x3)
- ENTER conveyor belt
- ENTER crane
- USE crane
- USE scythe on squid eye
Year 4
Part 1 - This world’s for suckers
- ENTER base of temple
- USE coffin
- ENTER temple stairs(x3)
- ENTER workshop
- ENTER break room
- USE mug with drying rack
- USE drawer(x2)
- ENTER workshop
- USE rag on barrel
- ENTER break room
- USE rag on toaster
Part 2 - A perkly little aperitif
- ENTER docks
- ENTER tattoo parlor exterior
- ENTER tattoo parlor
- USE cabinet
- ENTER tattoo parlor exterior
- ETNER docks
- ENTER hub
- ENTER east
- GET bottle
- ENTER hub
- ENTER Blue Casket exterior
- ENTER Blue Casket
- ENTER dish pit
- USE bottle on keg
- ENTER Blue Casket
- ENTER Blue Casket exterior
- ENTER hub
- ENTER docks
- USE bottle on Glottis
- TALK to Glottis
- ENTER garage
- USE liquid nitrogen on floor
- USE dynamite
Part 3 - …And a gun so we’ll have something to talk about
- TALK to Meche
- USE sprouted body
- USE note on bird
- USE trash can
- USE photo with bird
- ENTER sewers
- ENTER south
- USE ladder
- ENTER ladder
- USE coffee pot
- ENTER ladder
- USE coffee pot on actors
- ENTER ladder
- ENTER makeup
- ENTER ladder
- USE hand with grinder
- GET grinder
- ENTER ladder
- ENTER hallway
- ENTER sewers
- ENTER dark sewers
- RUN to east exit
- USE grinder(x2)
- MOVE forward
- USE remote
- USE catwalk
- USE ladder(x2)
- USE remote
- USE ladder
- ENTER east
- USE door
- USE scythe on tape
- USE door
- USE ladder
- ENTER casino
- TALK to unicycle skeleton(x2)
- TALK to Meche(x2)
- USE sheet on Charlie
- TALK to unicycle skeleton
- ENTER bathroom
- TALK to guard
- CHOOSE the number that most recently appeared on the board
- TALK to Celso: 2,3,3,3,3,
- RUN towards door
Part 4 - Hola, Manuel
- ENTER rooftop
- RUN to ledge
- USE grinder on sign
- USE growth formula on sign
- USE ladder
- ENTER hill
- USE greenhouse
- USE liquid nitrogen
- ENTER car
- TALK to Salvador
- USE suitcase
- GET ticket
- ENTER hill
- RUN behind greenhouse
- USE Salvador’s body
- RUN to car
- USE key on car
- RUN to water tower
- USE gun on water tower
- RUN to greenhouse
- USE greenhouse - TIME!