Ice Pyramids Guide

The mnemonic I use for the statues is as follows: "those bad oats."  This is a particularly poor choice, because in this case, "bad" is actually misspelled as "baod" - but it stuck and worked for me.

===== Pyramid 1 =====
Pyramid 1 is relatively simple once you have the hang of it.  The gimmick is doors which have a password to operate.  The passwords are as follows:
Red: ABCB
Blue: BAAC
Black: ACAAAC
White: CACCCA (you should never need to use the white door)

Beginners should start by running left, then snagging the hound first.  Once you're comfortable with infinite jumping, run right instead and pick up the angel, then IJ to get the hound before carrying on.

The mnemonic word for this pyramid is "THOSe":
Turtle
Hound
Owl
Sparrow
(angel)

https://i.imgur.com/IA53oSR.png

===== Pyramid 2 =====
Pyramid 2's gimmick is hidden doors.  The maps have door pairs numbered; go through the whole hidden door maze before cleaning up on the left side, since picking up the Owl will naturally lead you to the statue room.

The mnemonic word for this pyramid is "BA(O)D":
Bird
Angel
Owl
Dog
(turtle)

https://i.imgur.com/z5VPm7y.png

===== The Quiz =====
The quiz is rough if you aren't fluent in Japanese.  Listed are the 20 questions you'll encounter, their rough translations, and the answer.  Any question marked as "??" is context-dependent.
 
ペペロクゥのタマゴは青い？ Is the pepelogoo egg blue? - NO
アーシャの剣は母がくれた？ Did Asha receive her sword from her mother? - NO
太陽は西からのばる？ Does the sun rise in the west? - NO
オモテのウラはオモテである？ Is front the opposite of front? - NO
王妃はホヨヨのサラダが好きだ？ Does the queen like hoyoyo salad? - NO
セーブの壺は３つある？ Are there 3 save jars? - NO
ランプの精仕事熱心はである？ Is the lamp spirit a hard worker? - NO
おまえの父にはヒゲがない？ Is your father clean shaven? - NO
上から見ると３角である？ Does a pyramid have 3 corners when viewed from above? - NO
ランプの精にはハナがない？ Does the lamp spirit have no flowers? - YES
セーブの仙人はつえをもつてる？ Does the save sage have a staff? - YES
雪がとけると水になる？ Does snow become water when it melts? - YES
太陽は月より大きい？ Is the sun larger than the moon? - YES
ペペの実は赤い？ Is the pepelogoo fruit red? - YES
王宮の兵士は劍をもつている？ Do the queen's guards have swords? - YES
ペペログゥのヒゲは６本である？ Do pepelogoo have 6 whiskers? - YES
母がくれたのは回復の藥である？ Would your mother give you a healing medicine? - YES
今　金ののべ棒をもっている？ Right now, do you have any gold bars? - ??
今　回復の藥をもっている？ Do you currently have healing medicine? - ??
稻妻の盾を買ったことがある？ Have you purchased the thunder shield? - ??

===== Pyramid 3 =====
No map for this one; it's simple.  The gimmick here is ice you can't change direction or jump off of.  Start by going far right, then return to the far left door, and complete it normally.
Go to the right from the door, and enter the second challenge room from the bottom - the chest can be reached with a simple IJ.
Continue to the right, and enter the first door on the next floor to complete it normally.  An IJ can save time here to avoid going up and around for the chest.  The slippery surface following the chest can be cheesed in most cases by jumping at non-max speed to slip and fall.  The shield enemy's AI is bugged such that in most cases he'll simply walk backwards off the edge.
From the exit, go left for the final room.  Go up the elevator and kill an Anubis for the final chest.

The mnemonic word for this pyramid is "OATS":
Owl
Angel
Turtle
Sparrow
(dog)

Monster World IV - Speedrun Tutorial for Any% Debug Merchant

This is the Speedrun Tutorial for the Category Any% with Debug Merchant

For the Sphinx questions in the Ice Pyramid and some explaination please check out the tutorial made by tinahacks

Good Luck learning the game :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CINoE6oz1FM

Name	Author
Ice Pyramids Guide	tinahacks 7 years ago
Monster World IV - Speedrun Tutorial for Any% Debug Merchant	berlindude1 5 years ago