Hi! I just started learning the speedrun for the game. I was trying to emulate Harpa's current WR, but I ran into a snag. I ended up having a LOT more trouble keeping my party healthy. Ended up really struggling with the Rando fight since I didnt have enough healing items. Any suggestions on what moves to use / when healing is really necessary in the run? Thanks!

Normally I try buying some stuff (perfume/steaks) from the Area 3 closet guy since he's pretty close to the key points. You also have to manage your rando rations using them only when really necessary.

Also, resting is risky but some places are safer than others, like the soup guy camp to the left of area 1 and that one area before the tall man guarding some cave entrance, the one were there's a guy hitting a dead body with a bat hahaha I'm not sure how to describe it but it's before area 2 im pretty sure. I've found barely anything happens when resting there.

i know the tent camp in area 1 has a 1/3 chance of spawning the raider (which only happens once) and the fire with the dude beating the corpse is 100% safe. i havent really thought about buying more healing, if i have extra mags I'll hit up the merchant before heading to rando land. I spent a few minutes trying to reset for a safe rest in area 3 before i remembered he was there oops