Any% (no escape) Guide (Skips oil/potter vendor)

This guide is written with the assumption you know where everything is. Please see sageamagoo’s guide for the destruction part of the game at the beginning. Without his guide, this one would not have been possible.

General tips for saving time:

When the cursor has a double cursor, you can hold it down to walk and that will save time on clicking.

In the main menu there are options (if you can access them, this game is a bitch to get running sometimes) where you can have caps lock hit for double playback speed on all animations and skip fly-by sequences over the city. There are options for Arthur to be quiet as well, but that's if you're sick of him talking, that doesn't really save time. I personally enjoy the stupidity.

This run skips the potter/oil vendor at Atlantis and the gold leaf at El Dorado. This uses the secret cornbread item to get into the temple and the alms bowl for the healing water along with the butter bowl to oil the Bhuddist prayer wheels. Cornbread maybe saves about two minutes in an any% no escape.

Jumps are Shangri-La-->El Dorado-->Atlantis-->Shangri-La. So far, there doesn't appear to be the ability to do just three jumps, four seems to be the minimum.

Do the start of the game as normal, getting all the time codes in the destroyed city.

Teleport to Shangri-La
Get Pilgrim’s image
Turn into Pilgrim
Cross smaller bridge
Read writing next to colourful symbols
Read inscription on green Buddha statue (these writings unlock the Lama's text later on we need for an item)
go to greenhouse to enter tunnels

TUNNEL SECTION
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Start 1 on map: https://imgur.com/a/t6EaGVd

Forward
lever
Turn around
Through steam tunnel
Lever
Continue through open passageways to khan, do not touch levers
Grab sword.

[re-enter tunnels] Start 2 on map: https://imgur.com/a/t6EaGVd

lever (this is the first lever door after going back down the ladder from getting Khan's sword)
Turn around
Through steam tunnel
Lever
Forward
Forward
Lever
Turn around
Lever
Click 7 times (you will go through a steam room)
Lever
Turn around
continue to the Black Ball
Get butter boiler also

[re-enter main non-steam tunnels] Start 3 on map: https://imgur.com/a/t6EaGVd

Forward three times (three clicks)
LEVER
Continue forward next to roots under greenhouse

Teleport to El Dorado
get boy's image,
cut balloon with sword
Talk to guard
get shaman's image
“Tell me the story!”
“Who was young man?”
“Did they help?”
“Rest of Story?”
“Who is young man?”
“No”
“Bye”
Backtrack to the well
Turn into Shaman
Talk to Farmboy
“Do you have Talisman?”
“Mine broke” (this text is two seconds faster than "I need it", both give same result)
“Bye”
get talisman from boy
put in parrot code for cornbread
get cornbread
put in regular code for pool
remove talisman
get artifact

Teleport to Atlantis
Go down trap door
Grab gear
Use gear on floor
Turn handle 5 times, exit, turn handle again
Go right
Go down first crane
Get Beggar’s image
Talk to Beggar
“Sorry”
“Yes” (five seconds faster than "no")
Change into Beggar
Go on ship
Grab gaff
Get Captain’s image
Talk to Captain
“A few coins?”
“Bye”
Move off the ship
Change into Captain
Get Ferryman’s image
Talk to Ferryman
“Windmill”
“(give coin)”
Get Windmill Keeper’s image
Talk to Windmill Keeper
“Yes" (three seconds faster than "no")
Ferry to Dock
Change into Beggar
Talk to Captain
“Nasty Weather”
“Bye”
Move off the ship
Change into Captain
Talk to Beggar
“(give coin)”
“May rain”
“What’s your plan?”
“Bye”
Ferry to Temple (each choice is same length at 56 seconds but top choice faster for clicking)
Ferry right back to dock
get alms bowl
back to temple
Give cornbread to the guard (Just click and drag it onto him first opportunity)
get healing water into alms bowl
close stream with gaff
ferry to windmill
Talk to Windmill Keeper
“Long winter”
“What’s the plan?”
“Bye”
drag rope from floor onto ring (will snap into place when turns light brown, so you don’t have to be directly over the ring)
turn wheel
go down passage
Turn into Beggar
Get Saros’ image
Talk to Saros
“Insular views?”
“Opportunity?”
“What will you do?”
Use sun disc on gear thing
Turn gear thing
Turn left is faster than right
Go up stairs into temple
Go right and let water back in with the gaff
Grab artefact

Teleport to Shangri-La (should be right in front of roots)
put healing water on roots
Go back up ladder to the tree
get apple
give apple to yellow buddha (this one is picky on where you place it, I find best success directly under bowl)
go down grate into tunnels

from first non-steam tunnel room as usual: Start 1 on map: https://imgur.com/a/t6EaGVd
FORWARD
LEVER
FORWARD
FORWARD
LEVER
FORWARD into monastery

Exit monastery
Get Genghis Khan’s image
Use the sword on the red Buddha
Claim prize (red ball)
Re-enter the monastery
Turn into Genghis Khan
Use alms bowl on the blue Buddha
Claim prize (blue ball)
Talk to Lama
“Test”
“True Path”
“Realms?”
“Animal Realm”
“Ignorance”
“Bye”
Exit monastery

go across bridge
use book on green statue
Get prize (green ball)
Turn into Lama
Talk to bridge guy to extend bridge
go towards temple

go past where khan is
use butter boiler on top right prayer wheel
click prayer wheel in this order:
----3264----
----5x1x----
climb stairway give stones matching buddha's robe colour
grab lotus
go back out to bridge and ring bell to cross
turn into chameleon suit
talk to pilgrim
give lotus by dragging it

FINAL PUZZLE
The puzzle is the only random thing in the game. I recommend making a save file and familiarizing yourself with which way you should turn the artefacts to get the faces you want.

There are two possible combinations of faces to solve the puzzle. Each of these can be oriented in 3 ways, for a total of 6 correct answers. Here's what you want to do to solve it:

The bottom left face is always the same, so it's the one you should solve first. You want it to be the one with four outside sections and one triangle. Once you get this face done, leave it. You'll orient the other faces to fit it.

Now do the bottom-right face.
If there are two triangles, this is the first correct face. Orient it so the no-triangle side occupies the spot the triangle of the other one holds. If there is one triangle and the pieces around it aren't symmetrical, this is the second correct face. Orient it so the triangle is pointing the same way as the triangle on the bottom-left face.

Lastly, do the top artefact. The first correct face is the one that looks like horns, and the second is the one with three triangles. Match it up with the first or second bottom-right face respectively. Then just rotate it until the puzzle is complete.

END

Any% Route

Get image of the guy in front of you
Tele to Atlantis
Click on Agent 5's suit
Grab rope
Backtrack
Use rope
Go up ladder
Click on timepiece
Tele to El Dorodo
Click rock
Click stone valve thing
Grab wheel on well
Go up the hill
Grab basket
Use wheel and basket
Click on rope hook
Click on timepiece
Tele to Shangri-La
Get staff/control wheel
Use control wheel
Go down lowered bridge
Use staff
Go on Buddha
Click timepiece

Tele to El Dorodo
Get Farmboy’s image
Change into Farmboy
Go to Scribe’s area
Get Gold Leaf
Tele to Atlantis
Go down trap door
Grab gear
Use gear
Turn handle 5 times, exit, turn handle again
Go right
Go down crane
Get Beggar’s image
Talk to Beggar
“Sorry”
“Yes”
Change into Beggar
Go on ship
Grab gaff, NOT silk (You won’t need it Wink )
Get Captain’s image
Talk to Captain
“A few coins?”
“Bye”
Move away
Change into Captain
Get Ferryman’s image
Talk to Ferryman
“Windmill”
“(give coin)”
Get Windmill Keeper’s image
Talk to Windmill Keeper
“No”
Ferry to Dock
Change into Beggar
Talk to Captain
“Nasty Weather”
“Bye”
Move Away
Change into Captain
Talk to Beggar
“(give coin)”
“May rain”
“What’s your plan?”
“Bye”
Ferry to Temple (We go here because we need to unlock the ability to ferry to either the Potter or Oil Vendor, and the temple is faster than the windmill)
Get Guard’s image
Talk to Guard
“Who gets in?”
“What deliveries?”
“Bye”
Ferry to Oil Vendor
Get Olive Oil Vendor’s image
Move away
Turn into Olive Oil Vendor
Get Potter’s image
Talk to Potter
“Somewhere to go?”
“I’ll watch pots”
Turn clay thing
Grab raw clay
Place clay in oven
Place gold leaf on clay
Grab Pitcher/Bowl when you exit the oven
Turn oven (leaving the door wide open)
Grab gold clay
Turn into Potter
Go to Olive Oil place
Use gold clay on double axe symbol (apparently fired clay is malleable)
Fill pitcher with olive oil
Ferry to Temple
Talk to Guard
“(give medallion)”
Talk to Ferryman
Fill bowl with healing water
Use gaff on water stream
Turn into Captain
Ferry to Dock
Grab Alms Bowl
Ferry to Windmill
Talk to Windmill Keeper
“Long winter”
“What’s the plan?”
“Bye”
Put rope on ring
Turn wheel
Enter passage
Turn into Beggar
Get Saros’ image
Talk to Saros
“Insular views?”
“Opportunity?”
“What will you do?”
Use sun disc on gear thing
Turn gear thing
Go up stairs into temple
Go right and let water back in with the gaff
Grab artefact

Tele to Shangri-La
Get Pilgrim’s image
Turn into Pilgrim
Cross smaller bridge
Read writing next to colourful symbols
Read inscription on green Buddha statue
Use gaff on lever (no need to zoom in first)
Enter underground
Go right through the steam tunnel

---Tunnel section!---
Starting from the first non-steam tunnel:

Forward, lever, Backward, Forward, lever, continue to Khan (and grab his sword)

[re-enter tunnels]

lever, Backward, Forward, lever, Forward, Forward, lever, Backward, lever, 
Triple Forward, lever, DEFINITE SHIFT IN TEMP

Turn around, continue to the Black Ball (and hear the greatest Arthur text in the whole game)

[re-enter tunnels]

Forward, lever, Forward, lever, Backward, climb into monastery
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Exit the monastery
Get Genghis Khan’s image
Use the sword on the red Buddha
Claim your prize
Re-enter the monastery
Turn into Genghis Khan
Use alms bowl on the blue Buddha
Grab the blue stone
Get the Dali Lama’s image
Talk to the Lama (sometimes your game will randomly freeze here, idk why)
“Test”
“True Path”
“Realms?”
“Animal Realm”
“Ignorance”
“Bye”
Exit monastery
Change into Chameleon Suit
Ring bell (What’s that? A strange mechanical time traveler? Better let him cross the bridge.)
Cross both bridges
Use book of knowledge on green Buddha statue
Use gaff to enter tunnels
Go left through steam tunnel
Use healing water on roots
Climb up ladder
Grab apple/knife but leave the... wait, we can use a map in the tunnels? Ah well, don’t need to pick it up now.
Use apple on yellow Buddha
Grab yellow stone
Re-enter tunnels
Go left through steam tunnel

--Small tunnel section--
lever, continue forward to Monastery (this was set up to be fast during the previous tunnel section)
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Exit monastery
Walk to temple
Use oil on top right "Campbell Soup jukebox"
Click the cans in this order:
----3264----
----5x1x----
Climb stairway, giving the stones to the Buddhas as you go (It's very easy to misclick here and lose a lot of time; don't forget that you can drag the item right out of the inventory. Doing so eliminates the glitch where it will sometimes give you the wrong item when clicking too fast.)
Grab lotus
Backtrack
Ring bell
Cross big bridge
Talk to Pilgrim
“(give lotus)”

Tele to El Dorodo
Go outside
Go to the right
Cut rope
Go to Shaman (You don’t have to go back around the way you came)
Get Aviator Leader’s image
Talk to Aviator Leader
Get Shaman’s image (<-- This one's easy to forget!)
“Tell me the story!”
“Who was young man?”
“Did they help?”
“Rest of Story?”
“Who is young man?”
“No”
“Bye”
Backtrack to the well
Turn into Shaman
Talk to Farmboy
“Do you have Talisman?”
“I need it”
“Bye”
Re-backtrack
Head right to pond (no need to bother with the rest of the area since the order we press the heads in is the same every time)
Place talisman in indent
Press these faces, starting on the left and going clockwise:
Square-eyed guy, Bear guy, Parrot, AngryGuyWithTheTeethOnTheLeft
Head up the stairs and take out the talisman
Go in the tunnel and click on the face at the end
Grab the artefact

FINAL PUZZLE!!!!
The puzzle is the only random thing in the game. I recommend making a save file and familiarizing yourself with which way you should turn the artefacts to get the faces you want. And don't think about the puzzle geometrically. That sounds strange, but the programmers apparently didn't understand what a tetrahedron was, so the faces jump to the wrong spots on the artefacts.

There are two possible combinations of faces to solve the puzzle. Each of these can be oriented in 3 ways, for a total of 6 correct answers. Here's what you want to do to solve it:

The bottom left face is always the same, so it's the one you should solve first. You want it to be the one with four outside sections and one triangle. Once you get this face done, leave it. You'll orient the other faces to fit it.

Now do the bottom-right face. 
If there are two triangles, this is the first correct face. Orient it so the no-triangle side occupies the spot the triangle of the other one holds. If there is one triangle and the pieces around it aren't symmetrical, this is the second correct face. Orient it so the triangle is pointing the same way as the triangle on the bottom-left face.

Lastly, do the top artefact. The first correct face is the one that looks like horns, and the second is the one with three triangles. Match it up with the first or second bottom-right face respectively. Then just rotate it until the puzzle is complete.

...and you’re done!

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