Any% Route

Everything up to the Tower of Gelve is based off Baku_Zero's initial routeing, except for the manipulation to escape battles.
 
The RNG is 2 bytes. When entering dialogue with a NPC, the first byte gets set to a certain value based on what dialogue is initiated.
Talking to shopkeepers and a few minor NPCs set both bytes to a certain value.
The RNG increments every frame when NPCs that can move are on the screen so there can be no errors when walking through towns.
The guard at the north end of Ehdo never moves, which is very kind of him.
When the menu is open, the RNG does not increment. No need to worry there.
 
Proper Thrust: If you hold the direction you're attacking in, you deal more damage.
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Create a new file, and then reset and load your save to skip the introduction.
 
<Ehdo>
Buy 7 Shadows.
Buy HyperSpeed1, and 2 Wings.
 
<Walk to Castle>
Step into the Forest of Confusion twice to perform encounter skips.
(How the TAS does it here: https://youtu.be/kvaH1j3HAh0?t=1m14s)
 
<Ehdo Castle>
Talk to the King and leave.
 
<Walk to Somusa>
Enter the east side of Somusa.
 
Battle #1: Open and close menu once, and then escape. (2 Red Crawlers)
 
<Somusa>
Buy a Pearl.
Buy a Knife.
Leave from the south.
 
<Walk to Tower of Gelve>
Battle #1: Open and close menu once, and then escape. (3 Red Crawlers)
Battle #2: Equip the Knife, and then escape. (4 Blue Crabs)
 
<Tower of Gelve>
Get the 2 Pearls at the Tower of Gelve.
Use Shadows to get through narrow corridors filled with enemies. Try to keep at least 3, one for the boss, two for later.
Kill any blue crabs or red starfish on the way. The blue crabs give one EXP and take one hit to kill.
The red starfish can drop a lot of gold and also take one hit to kill.
You want at least 110 Gold by the time you exit the Tower of Gelve.
If you have to use a Shadow or 2 to get through the 3rd statue area, you'll need 130 or 150 Gold.
 
<Tower of Gelve Complete>
Wing to Ehdo.
 
<Ehdo>
Buy Shadows until you have 2 in your inventory.
Buy a Flash Ball, and 2 Wings.
Talk to the Item Shop owner to reset the RNG.
 
<Walk to Castle>
Do it the same way as you did previously.
 
<Ehdo Castle>
Talk to the King.
Wing to Ehdo and enter the east side.
 
<Ehdo>
Talk to the Healer.
Leave and take the boat at the harbor.
 
Battle #1: Open and close the menu once, and then escape. (2 Red Crawlers)
 
<Walk to Cave Near Karuza>
Battle #1: Open and close menu once, and then escape. (4 Red Starfish)
Battle #2: Escape. (5 Red Crawlers)
Battle #3: Open and close menu once, and then escape. (2 Red Eye Flowers)
 
<Cave Near Karuza>
Walk until you hear the bonking noise in these directions:
Left, Up, Right, Up, Left, Up, Left, Down, Left, Up, Left, Up.
Take three steps right, two steps up, and then step left 6 times, and then walk up.
If you did it correctly, you should get the Golden Stone.
 
Battle #1: Escape. (3 Green Flies, 1 Purple Soldier)
Battle #2: Escape. (Lose EXP) (2 Red Starfish, 2 Purple Face Things)
Battle #3: Escape. (3 Red Starfish, 1 Purple Face Thing)
 
Use a Flash Ball to escape.
 
<Walk to Highria>
Battle #1: Escape. (5 Green Flies)
Battle #2: Escape. (Lose EXP) (3 Blue Heavy Knights, 1 Red Cralwer)
Battle #3: Open and close the menu once, and then escape. (4 Green Flies, 1 Purple Soldier)
 
<Highria>
Buy 30 Arrows.
 
<Walk to Tower of Broww>
Battle #1: Escape. (Lose EXP) (5 Blue Slimes)
 
<Tower of Broww>
Get 50 Arrows, and the 2 Garnets and then death warp.
Use a Shadow to get through northern corridor on the 1st floor.
Use a Shadow to get through Blue Knights before the 2nd Garnet if necessary.
 
<Ehdo>
Wing to Somusa.
 
<Somusa>
Sell all your gems.
Wing to Ehdo.
 
<Ehdo>
Buy Shadows until you have 4 in your inventory.
Buy 4 Wings.
Talk to the Item Shop owner to reset the RNG.
Wing to Highria.
 
<Highria>
Buy a Steel Sword.
 
<Walk to Tower of Broww>
Battle #1: Escape. (Lose EXP) (5 Blue Slimes)
 
<Tower of Broww>
Equip the Steel Sword, and drop the Knife.
Push the first statue.
Grind to at least Level 10 & 4230 Gold in the room north of the northeast staircase on the 3rd Floor.
If you want to level faster at the risk of not having enough gold, fight the Blue Crabs east of the staircase as well.
I'd recommend doing this until at least level 3 to help get the ball rolling faster.
 
Reset the room if:
If the room is full of Green Flies and you're below Level 5, or are low on health.
If the Purple Soldiers are clumped together in the vertical corridor.
 
If you run into trouble and you lose a lot of health early into a level, you can go north to pick up a Balm.
At Level 2 Green Flies can be one-shot with a proper thrust. Purple Warriors can be defeated with 2 normal attacks.
At Level 5 the Green Flies can be one-shot with any attack.
At Level 6 the Purple Soldiers can be one-shot with a proper thrust.
At Level 10 the Purple Soldiers can be one-shot with any attack.
 
There's a Elixir south of the eastern stairs in the central section of the 2nd Floor. Grab it for safety.
Use a Shadow to get through the rooms with the icy floors uninterrupted.
Use a Shadow against the boss once you get rid of the scissors.
 
<Tower of Broww Complete>  
Wing to Highria.
 
<Highria>
Sell the Steel Sword. Buy a Fire Sword and a Wood Bow.
Talk to the weapon shop owner to reset the RNG.
Talk to the Elder.
Wing to Highria.
 
<Walk to Riria>
Walk around east of the forest to the south of Highria to the bridge.
Use the Seed.
Near Riria, walk around the forest to the east and enter Riria's east side.
 
Battle #1: Escape. (5 Green Flies)
Battle #2: Escape. (Lose EXP) (3 Blue Heavy Knights, 1 Red Crawler)
 
<Riria>
Buy a Capsule.
Wing to Ehdo.
 
<Ehdo>
Enter the east side of Ehdo and enter the clinic.
Buy Shadows until you have 4 in your inventory, Magic Sede, and 20 Sedes.
Buy a Flash Ball, and 2 Wings.
 
<Walk to Ehdo Castle>
Do the walk as you've done previously.
 
<Ehdo Castle>
Talk to the Princess.
Wing to Somusa.
 
<Walk to the Spring>
Battle #1: Equip the Fire Sword and the Wood Bow, and then escape. (3 Red Crawlers)
 
<Spring>
Drop 30 Arrows to get the Golden Arrow.
 
<Walk to the Cave near Somusa>
Battle #1: Use the 20 Sede, and then escape. (4 Blue Crabs)
 
<Cave Near Somusa>
Walk until you hear the bonking noise in these directions:
Up, Left, Up, Right, Up.
 
Take one step right, and up 4 times.
 
Walk until you hear the bonking noise in these directions:
Left, Up, Left, Up, Left, Up, Left, Down, Right, Down, Right
 
If you did everything right, you should encounter the boss.
Hold left as the fight starts to avoid the boss at the start.
Walk around in a way so that boss continues to circles you, while pelting it with arrows.
 
Battle #1: Open and close the menu twice, and then escape. (1 Silver Face Thing)
Battle #2: Escape. (1 Silver Face Thing)
Battle #3: Open and close the menu once, and then escape. (4 Red Snails)
Battle #4: Escape. (5 Red Snails)
 
<3rd Boss Defeated>
Use a Flash Ball.
Wing to Somusa.
 
<Somusa>
Buy 2 Wings.
Talk to the item shop owner to reset the RNG.
Wing to Somusa.
 
<Walk to the Cave near Somusa>
Battle #1: Open and close the menu once, and then escape. (3 Red Crawlers)
 
<Cave Near Somusa>
Walk until you hear the bonking noise in these directions:
Up, Left, Up, Right, Up.
 
Take one step right, and up 4 times.
 
Walk until you hear the bonking noise in these directions:
Left, Up, Left, Up, Left, Up, Left, Down, Right, Down, Right, Down
 
Take one step left.
Walk down until you hear the bonking noise.
Take 3 steps right. (Battle #7 will happen on the 2nd of these steps.)
Walk up until you get into Battle #8. (5 Gold Starfish)
Walk one step down. Walk right until exiting the cave.
 
Battle #1: Escape. (3 Purple Soldiers)
Battle #2: Open and close the menu twice, and then escape. (Wizrobes)
Battle #3: Open and close the menu twice, and then escape. (1 Silver Face Thing)
Battle #4: Escape. (1 Silver Face Thing)
Battle #5: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (4 Red Snails)
Battle #6: Escape. (5 Red Snails)
Battle #7: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (4 Green Flies, 1 Purple Soldier)
Battle #8: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (5 Gold Starfish)
 
<Walk to Tegusa>
The walk through here stays off desert tiles as much as possible.
 
Battle #1: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (Wizrobes)
Battle #2: Escape. (3 White Dullahans)
Battle #3: Escape. (3 Blue Eye Flowers)
Battle #4: Escape. (5 Silver Crawlers)
Battle #5: Escape. (3 Red Elephants)
Battle #6: Escape. (4 Red Starfish)
Battle #7: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (Wizrobes)
Battle #8: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (5 Silver Crawlers)
Battle #9: Escape. (3 Blue Heavy Knights, 1 Red Crawler)
Battle #10: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (5 Silver Crawlers)
 
Enter Teguza from the south.
 
<Tegusa>
Talk to the old man from below.
Leave to the south.
 
<Walk to Harbor>
30 Gold to ride the boat.
 
Battle #1: Escape. (4 Red Bugs)
Battle #2: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (3 Red Bugs)
Battle #3: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (3 Red Bugs)
Battle #4: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (5 Silver Crawlers)
Battle #5: Escape. (3 Blue Heavy Knights, 1 Red Crawler)
Battle #6: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (5 Silver Crawlers)
Battle #7: Escape. (4 Red Starfish)
Battle #8: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (5 Red Crabs)
 
<Walk to North Tower>
Battle #1: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (5 Gold Slimes)
Battle #2: Open and close the menu five times, and then escape. (4 Green Flies)
Battle #3: Open and close the menu twice, and then escape. (5 Blue Slimes)
Battle #4: Escape. (4 Gold Slimes, 1 Red Ox)
Battle #5: Escape. (5 Green Flies)
Battle #6: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (3 Large Red Wizrobes)
Battle #7: Open and close the menu twice, and then escape. (3 Silver Crawlers)
Battle #8: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (3 Large Red Wizrobes)
Battle #9: Escape (1 Purple Ox)
Battle #10: Escape. (Lose Gold) (5 Gold Starfish)
 
<North Tower>
Use a Shadow for the first room full of Wizrobes you have to defeat.
Use a Shadow to get through the 1st room with Gold Slimes.
Use a Shadow to get through the southern corridors of the 2nd floor after pushing the 1st statue.
Switch to Sede after getting back to the 1st floor.
Use Sede to clear out the Silver Crawlers and Silver Heavy Knights in the way for the rest of dungeon.
Use a Shadow for the boss.
You should have 655 Gold or close to it before leaving.
 
<North Tower Complete>
Wing to Ehdo.
 
<Ehdo>
Buy 5 Shadows.
Talk to the Magic Shop Owner.
Buy 3 Wings.
 
<Walk through Forest of Confusion>
Head directly east after exiting town from the north.
Once you get to the border of the forest:
Take 2 steps right, Hold up until Battle #1.
Take 1 step right, Press up twice, and walk normally the rest of the way.
 
Battle #1: Open and close the menu twice, and then escape.
 
<Sky World>
Drop down the northeastern-most hole to get the Rope.
 
Battle #1: Escape. (2 Red Brains, 1 Green Fly)
Battle #2: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (Black Clouds) (5 Blue Flies)
Battle #3: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (4 Blue Flies, 1 Purple Brain)
Battle #4: Escape. (3 Green Flies, 1 Red Brain)
Battle #5: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (4 Red Snails)
Battle #6: Escape. (4 Blue Flies, 1 Purple Brain)
Battle #7: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (4 Blue Flies)
Battle #8: Escape. (Lose HP) (4 Green Flies)
Battle #9: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (3 Green Flies)
 
<Near Somusa>
Wing to Riria.
 
<Walk to Zellia>
Battle #1: Escape. (3 Purple Soldiers)
Battle #2: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (3 Large Red Wizrobe)
Battle #3: Escape. (5 Red Crabs)
 
<Zellia>
Talk to the old man inside the house.
Wing to Somusa.
 
<Walk to Phantom Towers>
Use The Crystal in the middle of the circle of towers.
 
Battle #1: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (3 Blue Crabs)
 
<Phantom Towers>
Go left. Use a Shadow, go left. Go up. Go up. Go left. Go left. Use a Shadow, go down.
Get the HyperSpeed3, drop the HyperSpeed1, and go up north to the boss.
Use another shadow once your current one wears off.
You need 510 Gold on hand before you complete the Phantom Towers.
 
As a backup, there's a Garnet north of the Phantom Towers.
 
<Phantom Towers Complete>
Wing to Ehdo.
 
<Ehdo>
Buy 2 Wings.
Talk to the Item Shop Owner to reset the RNG.
 
<Walk to Ehdo Castle>
Same thing as before.
 
<Ehdo Castle>
Talk to the Princess to start the fight.
One Shadow should be enough, but there's another available in case he's being difficult and teleporting a lot.
 
<Wizard Defeated>
Talk to a guard to reset the RNG.
Wing to Highria.
 
<Walk to Baig>
Battle #1: Open and close the menu once, and then escape. (2 Blue Knights, 2 Blue Slimes)
 
<Baig>
Buy the Jump Shoes, and Shadows until you have 9 in your inventory.
Go around the Magic Shop to the left, and exit north.
 
<Walk to Final Tower>
Cave #1: Step left.
Cave #2: Take a step up. Walk until you hear the bonking noise in these directions: Right, Down, Right.
Cave #3: Walk until you hear the bonking noise in these directions: Down, Right.
Cave #4: Hold up.
 
Battle #1: Escape. (1 Blue Knight, 4 Blue Slimes)
Battle #2: Escape. (3 Blue Knights)
Battle #3: Escape. (Lose Gold) (5 Blue Slimes)
Battle #4: Escape. (5 Green Flies)
Battle #5: Escape. (5 Blue Slimes)
Battle #6: Open and close the menu, and then escape. (1 Blue Knight, 4 Blue Slimes)
Battle #7: Escape. (1 Blue Knight, 4 Blue Slimes)
Battle #8: Escape. (3 Green Harpies)
 
<Final Tower>
Switch to the Jump Shoes, jump over any hazard on the way.
 
<1st Floor>
Left, Left, Left, Left, Up, Up. Go to the 2nd Floor.
 
<2nd Floor>
Go Down, Right, Up, Up. Go to the 1st Floor.
Directly north of the staircase you came up from, there's a Salve for safety.
It's a good idea to take it since some of the more deadly monsters can take off most your health if you mess up a jump.
 
<1st Floor>
Left, Up, Up, Up, Up, Right, Right. Go to the 2nd Floor.
 
<2nd Floor>
Go Left, Down, Right, Right. Go to the 1st floor.
 
<1st Floor>
Up, Right, Right, Right, Right, Down, Down. Go to the 2nd Floor.
 
<2nd Floor>
Go Left, Left, Left, Down, Down, Left. Go to the 3rd Floor.
You can use a Shadow for safety when going through the narrow corridors before the stairs up.
 
<3rd Floor>
Left, Left, Down, Left, Down. Go to the 4th Floor.
You can use a Shadow for safety if a lot of Gold Slimes spawn.
 
<4th Floor>
Switch to Sede. Go up.
 
Use:
1 Shadow for the Blue Fly/Wizrobe Room.
1 Shadow for the Wizrobe Room.
1 Shadow for the Blue Knight/Blue Fly Room. Use Sede if there's Blue Knights.
1 Shadow for the Silver Knight/Blue Fly Room. Use Sede here.
1 Shadow for the Red Gazer/Red Crab Room. Go Up.
1 Shadow for the Gold Slime/Purple Gazer Room. Use Sede if Purple Gazers spawn. Occasionally nothing will spawn here.
If you're efficient or if there's an easy set of monsters you can clear 2 rooms out per Shadow, which leaves you more room for error on the final boss.
 
Switch to the Jump Shoes.
Head right until you get to the final boss.
3 Shadows are available for the final boss.
 
The final boss can only be hit while jumping and can only be damaged by proper thrusts of your sword.
Don't get too overzealous as the dragon can one shot you if you're not at full health and make contact with its body.
Shadows last 8.5 seconds. Refresh your Shadow before it runs out!
 
<Final Tower Complete>
Wing to Ehdo. Go to Ehdo Castle and talk to the king.

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