Save Editing for Run Preparation

First, why is save editing allowed? The simple answer is, so people who don't own 11 3ds's can compete with those who do. This is exclusively to get an ideal order of 10 Miis in your gates to use in a speedrun of any of the Plaza games.

**Please not that I cannot and willnot be providing basic tech support for this! If you come in here asking what a file extension is, or how to mod your 3ds, etc, I will not be helping! If you show that you have made an effort to follow the guide and are legitimately stuck, then I will help.**

**The guide:**

A basic guide for editing your active Miis in the Mii Plaza

**Requirements:**

- Modded 3DS
- A hex editor
- [cecd from this spreadsheet with any 10 mii plaza miis](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A3IReJh9cj-5kTgkFHW_oZ-WLg2Oz79gr-MiMXVhJmU/edit#gid=717539621)

**Set up:**

1. Download a cecd and use it to fill your plaza gate. Instructions for this are in the previously linked spreadsheet.
2. Enter the Plaza app and accept the 10 guests.
3. Use a save editor (this guide assumes you used JKSV) to back up your main save of Mii Plaza. (not extra/BOSS data yet)
4. Put the save file somewhere on your computer.
5. Make a back up of the savefile (meet.dat)

Hex Editing:

**All examples will be assume you're using hxd, so hotkeys may differ if you're using a different program, etc.**

1. Open your hex editor and drag meet.dat into it/open it.
2. Use control + g and goto offset 374A. If you don't see any Miinames there on the right handside, you may have to scroll until you start seeing them. They look like this:
![](/static/blob/1n8l1vzq.png)On the right hand side you can see information such as the Mii's name and where they are from. I'm uncertain exactly of which bytes are part of which Mii's block, but each one is 108 bytes long.
3. Scroll down until you get to the last 10 miis in the list, this is your active gate/miis ready to play games.
4. You can replace these Miis with data from a Mii with the shirt color of your choice now. I'm going to be honest I don't know exactly where the data begins/ends anymore. I'd suggest 16 bytes before the name to be safe, though be prepared to maybe have a broken Mii or two if you mess up.
5. When copy pasting Mii data, make sure you do **paste write and not paste insert!** You do **NOT** wanna change the size of the file.
6. If you also wish to change how many times you've passed the Mii, put your cursor to the left of the first letter of the Mii's name, press control + g, then make sure the "offset relative to" option is set to current offset and go forward D6. This is how many times you've passed the Mii. Values are in hex and can be anything from 00-FF (0-255) An example is below:
![](/static/blob/3nvx4yem.png)Here, the last byte selected (09) is how many times this Mii has been tagged/what level it will be in games like Find Mii. Since we start at 00, this mii has been tagged 10 times.

Save your file, put it back in your SD card, load the save to see what happened/if it worked.

**Backing up your save for future runs:**

If it worked and you have your desired order of Miis now ready to play a mini game, do the following:

1. Use your save editor to back up the current main, extra, and BOSS save data.
2. When you wanna do a new run/have these miis be active again, you need to restore ALL 3 save types, main, extra, and BOSS.

Secret Quest Guide - Blue Shirt Route

Difference between this and Red Shirts:
 - This route is ten seconds slower, but is far more consistent for blue shirts. It's about as fast as hitting the fake Blue Ghost once.
 - Blue Ghosts can't be hit by Blue magic, so trying to face them is risky. This alternate route is designed to avoid the battle altogether. 
- Instead of Bewitching Bog and Merciless Mountain, this route goes through Ransacked Ruins and Restless Rise.

Before time starts:
 - Make sure you have enough Play Coins. You'll need at least 130 or so, but having more to spare doesn't hurt.
 - Recruit two lvl 7 Old Allies with blue shirts. It could be any Mii that fits the bill, but keep in mind short names save frames.
 - Hire two Wandering Heroes. Their color is randomized, but blue, light blue, or purple shirts may cause the wrong team-up and cost a few seconds. 
 
Throughout the run:
 - Hold L or R the whole time. 
 - You can skip the map transition between battles by mashing A. 
 - When you Combo Attack, killing your target means you can go again without having to buy a Vial of Valor.
 - Any time "Combo  x2" (or more than two) is mentioned in this guide, you'll need to use a Vial of Valor in between each. 
 - After using a Vial of Valor, there's a one in three chance your wandering hero will be in the front. Sending them to the back of the line costs a few seconds each time.
 
Perilous Prairie:
 Entrance - Yellow Slime x2: Defeat with Combo Magic.
 Exit - Yellow Ghost, Yellow Slime: Say no to the Helper Hare. Combo Magic ignores the shield and does just enough to take out the ghost.

Fork in the Road: Ransacked Ruins. Middle of the road.

Ransacked Ruins:
 West - Shambling Mummy, Roaming Mummy: Pay for a scout. Combo Magic. 
 East - Marauding Mummy: Pay for a scout. Combo Magic

Restless Rise:
 South - Armored Ghost: Combo Magic.
 North - Armored Demon: Combo Magic.

Fork in the Road: Swamp of Sacrifice. From this point the run is continued the same as with red shirts.
 
Swamp of Sacrifice - Green Slime: Pay to break the shield. It's immune to damaging magic and has really high evasion. Solo Attack until it's defeated. Use Vial of Valor as needed.

Mount Malice:
 West - Iron Golem: Pay to put out the fire. If you only have one lvl 7, send them to the back of the line and buy a Vial. Combo Magic one-shots.
 East - Pink Slime: Combo Attack does enough to one-shot.

Castle of Darkness: 
 Entrance - Diamond Golem: Combo Magic x2. There's no way to one-shot him, and magic is a quicker animation.
 Courtyard - Reaper Captain, Marauding Mummy: Pay to heat up the room and send in a scout. Combo Attack the Reaper to get rid of the barrier, then Combo Magic the mummy.
Throne Room - Armored Demon, Reaper Commander: Pay to brighten the room. The Reaper uses Curse Gas, which can nullify an Attack or Magic. 
 - Risky Strat: Combo Attack Reaper. Combo Magic Armored Demon.
 - Safe Strat: Buy a Dispelling Draft with one lvl 7. Attack Reaper with the other. Buy a Vial. Combo Attack the Reaper. Combo Magic Armored Demon.
 Roof - Armored Archfiend: Combo Magic x2. 

Ultimate Ghost: One of your lvl 7s will run away. The level-down gas decreases your damage and adds a bunch of extra text boxes. Buy a Dispelling Draft with the other lvl 7, then buy a Vial. Combo Magic x2, then Combo Attack.

Dark Emperor: Also spews level-down gas. Buy Dispelling Draft with one lvl 7, attack with the other. Combo Attack. If you missed twice when solo Attacking, which is unlikely, you'll need to Combo Magic one more time.

Secret Quest Guide - Red Shirt Route

Before time starts:
 - Make sure you have enough Play Coins. You'll need at least 130 or so, but having more to spare doesn't hurt.
 - Recruit two lvl 7 Old Allies with red shirts. It could be any Mii that fits the bill, but keep in mind short names save frames.
 - Hire two Wandering Heroes. Their color is randomized, but red, purple, orange, or pink shirts may cause the wrong team-up and cost a few seconds. 
 
Throughout the run:
 - Hold L or R the whole time. 
 - You can skip the map transition between battles by mashing A. 
 - When you Combo Attack, killing your target means you can go again without having to buy a Vial of Valor.
 - Any time "Combo  x2" (or more than two) is mentioned in this guide, you'll need to use a Vial of Valor in between each. 
- After using a Vial of Valor, there's a one in three chance your wandering hero will be in the front. Sending them to the back of the line costs a few seconds each time.
 
Perilous Prairie:
 Entrance - Yellow Slime x2: Defeat with Combo Magic.
 Exit - Yellow Ghost, Yellow Slime: Say no to the Helper Hare. Combo Magic ignores the shield and does just enough to take out the ghost.

Fork in the Road: Bewitching Bog. Just keep mashing A.

Bewitching Bog:
 West - Yellow Ghost, Yellow Slime: Same deal as Prairie exit. 
 East - Blue Ghost (x2?): Combo magic one-shots, and hits both at the same time.

Merciless Mountain:
 West - Blood Ghost: Immune to Red Magic, so Combo Attack.
 East - Granite Golem: Combo Magic.

Fork in the Road: Swamp of Sacrifice
 
Swamp of Sacrifice - Green Slime: Pay to break the shield. It's immune to damaging magic and has really high evasion. Solo Attack until it's defeated. Use Vial of Valor as needed.

Mount Malice:
 West - Iron Golem: Pay to put out the fire. If you only have one lvl 7, send them to the back of the line and buy a Vial. Combo Magic one-shots (pretty odd since he was just in a fiery room :P )
 East - Pink Slime: Combo Attack does enough to one-shot.

Castle of Darkness:
 Entrance - Diamond Golem: Combo Magic x2. There's no way to one-shot him, and magic is a quicker animation.
 Courtyard - Reaper Captain, Marauding Mummy: Pay to heat up the room and send in a scout. Combo Attack the Reaper to get rid of the barrier, then Combo Magic the mummy.
Throne Room - Armored Demon, Reaper Commander: Pay to brighten the room. The Reaper uses Curse Gas, which can nullify an Attack or Magic. 
 - Risky Strat: Combo Attack Reaper. Combo Magic Armored Demon.
 - Safe Strat: Buy a Dispelling Draft with one lvl 7. Attack Reaper with the other. Buy a Vial. Combo Attack the Reaper. Combo Magic Armored Demon.
 Roof - Armored Archfiend: Combo Magic x2. 

Ultimate Ghost: One of your lvl 7s will run away. The level-down gas decreases your damage and adds a bunch of extra text boxes. Buy a Dispelling Draft with the other lvl 7, then buy a Vial. Combo Magic x2, then Combo Attack.

Dark Emperor: Also spews level-down gas. Buy Dispelling Draft with one lvl 7, attack with the other. Combo Attack x4. If you missed twice when solo Attacking, which is unlikely, you'll need to take an extra turn.

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