Edit: Please be aware that Key% has been archived due to no activity. It will be unarchived when a run of that category is submitted. If you want to submit such a run, just submit your run to a different category and add a comment like "Submitted as Any%. Please unarchive low% and put the run there." so that the Leaderboard Mods know what to do.

This guide provides and explains a route for the misc. category "Key%". By following this route, the game can be beaten with 14 remaining keys.

Please be aware that all older versions of this game that allow you to purchase keys are BANNED. There are however, more game and category rules. Those can be found on the "Key%" leaderboards: https://www.speedrun.com/swordigo?h=Key-with-cd&x=vdog4jv2-2lgywwel.1924mj8q

This link leads to a resource providing (LiveSplit) splits which are optimised for the route explained in this guide: https://www.speedrun.com/swordigo/resources/as7lz

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Route

Ferryman Skip

Don't pick up Ferryman's Key just yet. You don't want to have any keys when you perform the first gate skip in Forgotten Keep as it would make things much more difficult.

Instead, you want to make your way past the river right away. There are different approaches to this:

2 pots (easy, slowest)

Potless (easy, slower)

Potless (hard, faster)

You should have 0 keys now.

Forgotten Keep: 1st Gate Skip

You should have 0 keys now.

Forgotten Keep: Collect 2nd Key

You should have 1 key now.

Forgotten Keep: Open 2nd Gate

You should have 0 keys now.

Forgotten Keep: Collect 3rd Key

You should have 1 key now.

Forgotten Keep: 3rd Gate Skip

You should have 1 key now.

Chamber of the Mageblade: Collect Key

You should have 2 keys now.

Chamber of the Mageblade: Gate Skip

You should have 2 keys now.

Collect Ferryman's Key

You should have 3 keys now.

Collect Krymil's Key

You should have 4 keys now.

Collect Guards Key

You should have 5 keys now.

Open Sewers Gate

It's the gate that leads to the sewers.

You should have 4 keys now.

Collect 1st Mage's Key

You should have 5 keys now.

Open West Tower Gate

It's the gate that leads to the Western Guard Tower.

You should have 4 keys now.

Collect Western Guard Tower Key

You should have 5 keys now.

Magus Clip

You should have 5 keys now.

Collect Dungeon Key

You should have 6 keys now.

Left Tower Skip

You should have 6 keys now.

Fiery Depths: Collect 1st Key

You should have 7 keys now.

Fiery Depths: 1st Gate Skip

You should have 7 keys now.

Fiery Depths: Collect 2nd Key

You should have 8 keys now.

Fiery Depths: Statue Gate Skip

You should have 8 keys now.

Collect Snowy Slopes Key

You should have 9 keys now.

Snowy Slopes Gate Skip

You should have 9 keys now.

Frozen Temple: Collect 1st Key

You should have 10 keys now.

Chill Skip

You should have 10 keys now.

Frozen Temple: Collect 2nd Key

You should have 11 keys now.

Frozen Temple: Open 2nd Gate

You should have 10 keys now.

Collect Lesser Corruptor Key

You should have 11 keys now.

Right after collecting the key, go back to the first portal in the Great Caves.

Purplemoor Keys

You should have 13 keys now.

World's End Keep: Collect the first two keys and open the first two gates

Key 1:

Key 2:

You should have 13 keys now.

World's End Keep: Collect 3rd Key

You should have 14 keys now.

World's End Keep: Skip 3rd Gate

You should have 14 keys now.

World's End Keep: Collect 4th Key and open 4th Gate

You should have 14 keys now.

Collect Bishop's Key and open the last Gate

The last gate is the one that leads to The Lair of Death. You can beat the game now.

You should have 14 keys now!