-UPDATE 1/15/2020: This is outdated, but I may repurpose these notes for a category that doesn't allow Stairway to Heaven wave skips. -

This is a slightly updated notes doc that I used for my first run. Will update formatting and possibly add more detailed descriptions later.

zarvot speedrun tricks/ out of bounds: chapter 1: -jump over door to stairwell to skip a flight of stairs -skip jar cutscene #1 (VINGS) chapter 2: -section 1: jump off a tall glassist to go over the invisible wall then go up right to the level transition -section 2: jump off the first breakable wall to go over the invisible wall, then go down right (almost straight down) to the level transition -autoscroller: just sit at the bottom chapter 3: -skip cutscene -skip cutscene -skip cutscene -skip cutscene chapter 4: -skip cutscene -last wave in section 3 can be ignored (no boundary before end of level) -have red cover you for the first laser wall then dash through the rest in section 4 -section 5 go out the gate to avoid the laser walls and then go back inbounds after the moving one (small opening in gate, spam dash) -skip bench cutscene chapter 5: -skip start cutscene (immediately after chapter 4 score) -skip start cutscene (immediately after chapter title) -skip mochi bar cutscene (after subway text) -clip into wall shelves and walk over the wall to skip waves -heavy platforming section: jump double dash jump, jump double dash jump dash down, etc (should record optimal path) -spheres section: jump out of bounds on the first wave area (left) -skip end cutscene (mochi bar 2) chapter 6: -double jump dash over the first step to skip dialogue -section 4: jump right off third hill block to go out of bounds, skip one wave -section 5: jump off trigger block to go over gates, jump upwards off block to skip the mini maze -section 6: jump off enemy to skip 2nd gate -section 7: skip round wave -section 8: shoot 2nd trigger block at spawn, shoot first while moving towards it, break fourth trigger block and hit it with radial beam, jump off trigger block over last gate -section 9: jump on text to OOB shortcut to the end -ultra duck: jump off trigger block to the left/down then fall back in bounds for the fight chapter 7: -can jump off key blocks over gates -can jump off enemies over gates chapter 8: -section 1: jump off enemy over gate -section 3: jump off enemy over last gate -section 4: jump off block over gate, lead enemy to press button (probably faster than moving the block) -section 5: press middle of 3 switches then jump off high block onto gate over other gates -skip CD cutscene chapter 9: -no skips chapter 10: -section 2: follow the top left edge of the first wave area to stay outside the boundary and skip -section 3: walk down off the wave platform then all the way around to skip -section 6: walk along the bottom right of the wave platform to skip -section 7: hug the left wall to skip the first wave chapter 11: -section 1: jump off enemy over gates -section 2: jump out of bounds to get to the scuba gear, jump off the light to skip to the end -section 3: dpad skip -section 4: ignore all enemies -section 5: ignore all enemies -red section 1: hug top wall to skip wave 1, hug left wall to skip wave 3 -red section 2: hug bottom right wall to skip wave 3 -red section 4: skip all enemies then hug right wall to skip wave -red fight: don't spin attack him off the level -after falling: skip cutscene chapter 12: -undock switch to dash through cutscene trigger then re-dock -climbing section, can skip a bit by jump/dashing right -buy tickets -skip second wave -skip cutscene -skip cutscene -skip cutscene time on last cutscene skip