Any% Magnet & Item Route - 10/29/21

This route collects what I believe to be the fastest 35 magnets in order to buy the Fancy Backpack before Bubblebath Path. There are several listed as backups as well, in case a magnet or two gets missed.

NOTATION:
G = 1st magnet = Green
B = 2nd magnet = Blue
Y = 3rd magnet = Yellow
P = 4th magnet = Purple
A = 5th magnet = Aqua
R = 6th magnet = Red
Red candy = Sweet Candy
Gravel = Diet Gravel
Power Punch = Punch Punch
Red cape = Shadow Cloak
Silver cape = Glimmering Cape
" -> " = "equip in place of following item"
" _ _ " = "to reach this item optimally, press Left to loop the cursor to the end of the menu, then press Left then Down"


1. Squishy Squad: Unite!
Magnets: G B Y (backup: A)
Cannot shop.

2. Entralia Tunnel
Magnets: G P
Auto-equip:
- 1 Hat Cookie (ideally use later)
Safety option:
- Buy 1 more Hat Cookie

3. Sparkling Breeze
Magnets: G B Y
No shop usage.

4. Snowcone Dessert Factory
Magnets: Y
No shop usage.
(use Hat Cookie here)

5. Frosty Encounter
No shop usage.

6. Prototype District
Magnets: G B P
No shop usage.

7. Thunder Alley
No magnets.
No shop usage.
(use safety Hat Cookie here if owned)

8. Flickerforest
No magnets.
Buy:
- 1 Gravel
- 1 Red candy (ideally use later)
- Red cape
- Silver cape

9. Pepper Falls
Magnets: B P
Make sure you have 2-3 HP and candy.
(use Red Candy here)

10. Dr. Pepper Pyramid
Buy:
- Instant Sirly
- 2 Power Punches

11. An Inconvenient Descent
Magnets: G Y P
Buy:
- 2 Red Candy (ideally use later)
(Only grab the Y magnet if the fuzzies are spawned well, otherwise get a backup magnet later)

12. Forgotten Shore
Magnets: B P
No shop usage.

13. Whirlpool Patrol
Magnets: Y P
Make sure you have 2 candies.
(use 2 red candies here)

14. Deepsea Moonstone Labs
Magnets: Y (backups: G and B )
Safety option:
- Buy 1 Sirly Cookie
- Buy 1 Red Candy
(alternatively, go itemless here)

15.  City Main Generator
Buy:
- 2 Power Punches

16. Wide Wide Desert
Magnets: G Y P
Cannot shop.

17. Bounceberg
Magnets: Y P
Buy:
- 1 Surge Soup
- 1 Pocket Rocket

18. The Fridge
No shop usage.

19. The Beepo Realm
Magnets: R
Buy:
- 2 Pocket Rockets
(alternative: buy 1 soup, 1 rocket)

20. Volatile Grape Juice
No magnets.
No shop usage.

21. Orbital Cliffside
Magnets: Y A (backup: P)
Buy:
- 2 Surge Soups

22. Stardust Hive
Magnets: G B Y A
Buy:
- 2 Surge Soups

23. Honeystar Headquarters
Buy:
- 1 Power Punch
- 1 Sour Flour

24. EZ Train
Magnets: G
Buy:
- 1 Pocket Rocket
- 1 Sirly Cookie

25. Frostbitten Mansion
No magnets (backups: B and Y)
Buy:
- 2 Surge Soups
- Instant Sirly (if getting Y magnet)

26. Return to the Oasis
Buy:
- 2 Power Punches

Trade for the Fancy Backpack.
No more magnets required for the run.

27. Bubblebath Path
Buy:
- Suspicious Soda
- 3 Surge Soups

28. Grampus Hamlet
Buy:
- _3 Gravels_
- Whirlpool Pipe (-> Red Cape)

29. Reunited
Buy:
- 2 Gravels
- 1 Surge Soup
Withdraw:
- Red Cape (-> Whirlpool Pipe)

30. Down-low in Downtown
Buy:
- 2 Gravels
- 1 Surge Soup

31. Darkmatter Fleet Dash
Buy:
- 3 Surge Soup
(I personally withdraw Whirlpool Pipe here for safety, but it's not needed)

32. Clash on Catharsis
Buy:
- 13 Power Punches at once* **
- 2 more Power Punches to equip
*make sure you have 600 coins first!!
**press Jump once for quantity menu, press Up once to increase by 10

33. Roofstop Run
Buy:
- 3 Gravels

34. Funky Area
Buy:
- 3 Surge Soups

35. EZ Ascent
Buy: 
- 3 Surge Soups

36. EZ Corp Head Office
Withdraw:
- _3 Power Punches_
- Whirlpool Pipe (-> Suspicious Soda)

37. Heart of the Tower
Buy:
- 1 Gravel
- Liquid Hat (-> Whirlpool Pipe)
- 1 Surge Soup
- 1 Bubble Bottle
(alternatively, buy a Red Candy in place of Gravel, and buy Gripe Juice (-> Red Cape); requires extra $180 but allows going for two more clips)

38. Permafrost Research Lab
Withdraw:
- _3 Power Punches_
- Whirlpool Pipe (-> Liquid Hat)
- Suspicious Soda (-> Red Cape/Gripe Juice)

39. Subzero Heroes
No shop usage.

Surge Soups move to the bottom row until you buy Wide Cape, due to Time unlocking.

40. Corridors of Nature
Buy:
- 1 Time
- 3 Surge Soups
Withdraw:
- Red Cape (-> personal preference)

41. Library
Buy:
- 3 Surge Soup

42. Halls of the Lost
Buy:
- 3 Surge Soups
- Wide Cape (-> Whirlpool Pipe/Suspicious Soda)

43. Staircase to Midnight
Withdraw:
- 3 Power Punch
- Drenched Hat (-> Red cape)
- Whirlpool Pipe (-> Silver cape)
Make sure health is full and that you don't have a costume.

44. Absolute Zero (Sectors A & B )
Buy:
- 1 Time (if you have $300)
- 3 Surge Soup
Withdraw:
- Red Cape (-> Drenched Hat)
- Silver Cape (-> Wide Cape)
Return to map at Sector C checkpoint.

44. Absolute Zero (Sectors C & Final)
Buy:
- 1 Time (if you have $180)
- 3 Surge Soups

45. A Hero's Resolve
Withdraw:
- 3 Power Punches
- Wide Cape (-> Red Cape)
- Drenched Hat (-> Silver Cape)
Make sure you have 2-3 HP.


Menu tips:
- Gravels and Power Punches are always at the end of the shop, and very close to the end of the Stash menu with only the backpack being in the way. Use cursor looping to reach these optimally (press Left while highlighting Hat Cookie)
- Power Punches are always highlighted the moment you cursor loop in the shop (but not necessarily for Stash).
- Gravels/Punches sometimes require pressing Up after cursor looping, and sometimes require pressing Left then Down. The latter situation is marked by underscores in the above notes.
- When placing equipment, be careful if you immediately buy a consumable item right after, because the placement cursor will be in the same slot.
- I personally try to buy consumable items in the order they will be used in the following stages (e.g. Gravels before Soup for Reunited). Alternatively, you could also make a mental note for yourself to move the placement cursor when buying out of order.


Misc. Notes:
- One strat I have not yet considered would be Panic Bandage usage, to allow for more D-boosting like in ILs. Costs $175.
- I refer to the 3rd magnets in each level as Yellow even though they could be considered more orange just because labelling a stage with "Magnets: O" looked kind of misleading.

Important Note About IL Speedruns

Note: If it is impossible to tell what the time is after ending a level due to video recordings skipping a few frames, the submission will always be rounded to the higher time

The best way to avoid this is to do the following

1) Always use Spinda's Treehouse for time trials
2) If switching categories or aiming for a higher time than listed in the treeehouse do the following
3) Go to 2k1x Subzero Heroes folder
4) Find and click edit save1-ext.dat
5) Search for and find 117
6) Search for the corresponding level file number you want to reset
7) Set the time to -1

File Name Directory: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pKIk8IWHVomoxk8NKkxvkvvqsalrxX2gwOsm-_kE1Rc/edit?usp=sharing

Subzero Heroes Items.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WxKF7WXDWreV5UyMXgZDZScmDS_lBDXlfPQR2wpkLuk/edit?usp=sharing

The items' names, types, descriptions, functions, locations and prices are listed in the spreadsheet. Let me know if there is something missing.

Имя	Автор
Any% Magnet & Item Route - 10/29/21	MozzarellaCheez 3 years ago
Important Note About IL Speedruns	Eclipsed 4 years ago
Subzero Heroes Items.	CatoWong 4 years ago