Simple Techniques

Ceiling Boost - hit your head on the ceiling while running to gain more horizontal speed.

Damage Boost - get damaged by prickets and other spikes to get a temporary horizontal boost.

Seed Boost - seeds give you a slight gain in horizontal speed.

Choncho Jump - after flipping over a pricket (spike head enemies), walk next to them and press every button at the same time (run, shoot, and jump) to gain vertical and slight horizontal boost.

Tricks and Skips to Save Time

These are a few tricks and skips that I can think of off the top of my head. Pictures are included in how to perform them. If I find or remember any more, I'll update the guides.

Electric Wasteland:

1. At the start of the level, you can perform repeated ceiling boosts to send yourself barreling down the hallway at very high speeds. Using this, you can avoid taking your time on the moving spikes. https://imgur.com/YQMfIqx

2. Once you move to the upper area via the lift, you can push the large cylinder to the third line from the left and jump up to hit the switch from there. https://imgur.com/54xnlLA

3. Now that you've gotten the key and passed through the door, you can hop down to the lowest area and go left. In the wall, there's a key and a teleporter! https://imgur.com/O6NYDOX

That's pretty much it for the electric wasteland.

Level 2:

Piano room: Stand in the middle, hit key #2. Hit key 4 then jump to the left edge. Hit keys 5 and 6, climb up. Jump, and at the peak, hit key 8. You should move up to the next room automatically.

Antique Tower:

When you come to the background navigation room, there's going to be a wall of 5 movable blocks. Before dropping down, jump and hit the topmost one. Then, hit the second from the bottom. That's all you need to get out.

Now for the longest skip in the game:
Boss skip + Parker skip (Box skip):
When you get outside the tower, jump off instantly. Grab the box from the bottom right and run to the left to get the key. Go back up and leave the box at the door to the second layer, proceed as normal and pick up the first layer's key. You should have 2 of them at that point. In the second layer, you need to bring the box up with you. This takes a bit of time, but it's not bad once you get the hang of it. Once you get to the point in this image: https://imgur.com/7t3zA2M , drop the box where I show you and jump on it. Use that to climb up instead of needing to use the moving tower. That's Parker skip. Go get the second key. You can leave the box behind and go to the third layer, get the key, then proceed to the boss. Now that you're at the boss, you should still have a key. Climb to the top and activate the boss by hitting the bell. Run to the door and open it with the key you have. That's boss skip, and you've just saved a ton of time!

Level 3:

This is a bit of a long one. My strat currently is:
-Go up to the left.
-Pick up the bomb in the cavern and sneak through the hole in the wall: https://imgur.com/gRyEq9N
-Take a running jump off to the right, you should land on the second level on the right. Go blow up the switch through the wall as usual.
-Run back over to the left and pick up the bomb, go through the same tunnel, cross the bridge normally.
Now, there's a neat little trick you can do involving the next switch and bomb you brought with you. Just watch this: https://imgur.com/c3tC2BW
Saves so much time!

After that, once you've crossed the blue spikes, don't drop down right away. Jump over the hole and there's a secret passage in the wall. Hold right as you fall, don't get hit by the pricket. https://imgur.com/ginpgLw -> https://imgur.com/5fnLt9o

That's it for level 3.

Specular Chamber:

Right off the bat, you don't need to hit the first lore tablet. Jump up and hit the second one to get through the wall. Shoot the one under the volcano, hold right for a few seconds until you're far enough offscreen, then tap left once and mash door entrance.

First room when you go left: you can jump up from standing on the tablet and shooting at the launcher.
Next, shoot the mirror 4 times and jump, you can get all the way to the top with it. https://imgur.com/X7cztbO
That's it for the left side. On the right, avoid hitting any prickets: they all talk to you. Drop down the first hole.
I recommend freezing the double spike spinner just for good measure if you die.
In the vertical room right after, you can hit both spike balls and, instead of freezing, you jump on one and it slides you up. Jump off when you're high enough. This is a very hard trick, since it feels finicky, so you might want to practice it a bit.

When you shoot to the right to hit the booster, just jump left and you'll go all the way up.

This next trick is in the final room before the boss, and it's super hard. You need to jump and shoot into the wall, then land and do it again, then jump a third time. If you time it right, you'll boost yourself up onto the ledge. Then you can just go through and avoid a text box from appearing. It's super hard, so don't worry about messing it up.

Boss: It's faster to shoot through the blocks, so if he misses the laser but doesn't break a path, mash shoot through them.

Level 4 / Thieves' is super straightforward. Just learn the levels and you'll be fine. Ceiling bump as much as possible.

Level 5:

Once you've launched yourself up after the whole beginning section, you need to climb another room with some boost pad things in it. You can skip going to the right on the third one by doing this: https://imgur.com/fFYoGmw

In the final room, spam shoot instantly so you can hit the moyai as fast as possible.

Seldom Ascent:

How to catch the key easily: https://imgur.com/pE3iFbv
Just jump at it then stop moving right above where it would move to the lowest position. You just fall straight on it. Works on both sides.

Ascent room skip (I don't have a good name for it):
In the room where you shoot through the wall to hit the booster, launch yourself to the top left corner of the room, but not out. Then, drop down and hit it again. You should fly up and be able to reach the magnet at the top of the next room, skipping it entirely. https://imgur.com/L3RLbK0

And that's about it! Thanks for reading, and shoot me a question if you have one. I'll update the guide or make a new one if new stuff is found or things are changed.

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Simple Techniques	Braveo 4 years ago
Tricks and Skips to Save Time	SupervillainJoe 3 years ago