Some runs have some pieces of information that are pretty much essential to complete them successfully. Others simply have a lot of space for optimization. Here are a few tips that can be incredibly important to runs:
Trial% It is essential to understand that waiting is required for this challenge. In a speedrun setting, most players will exit rooms as quickly as possible, the second the doors are open, but this is an incredibly bad idea in Trial%. You see, the chest will take a while to fall down even after the room is over, and the check that sees if a room has been completed does exactly this. Leaving the room before the room counter is decreased will mean the room does not count. This can ruin whole runs very easily.
Gold-related Whenever items get involved in Otherworld Legends games, which is most of the time, they are some of the most powerful tools in the game, and trying to get a good set will make up most of the early/mid game phase. In speedruns, one of the better strategies is to take two On the Beach drinks to get all the items very early in the game, allowing you to skip through the entire item searching phase and saving tons of time. However, what this means is that it also removes the need to every pick up any gold from chests, since you won't need said gold for anything. As such, try to remove the habit of going out of your way to get this gold, it will only lose you time.
Merge% In this bonus category, it's essential to strategize properly what item you aim to merge. For starters, the obvious pick is a two-item merge as it'll be easier to find, but picking a specific item can be a lot harder. The most recommended picks are those where both items can be gotten from the same Item Astrology scroll to increase the chances of getting the right items. The items that fit these conditions are Fire Support and Burning Glove under Abnormal Status, Mighty Armor under Defense, Burning Glove and Soul Snare Gloves under On-hit Effect and Crowned Engine, Frenzy Heart and Valiant Armor under Stats.
Item Astrology-related Despite it can be essential in the RNG-reliant category that Merge% is, and it can largely help in forging up builds, the time the animation takes to unfold can make it ineficient in tight speedruns. Relying on natural RNG can be better if you really want to squeeze out all the possible seconds.
