I'm planning on trying to beat SOTN without earning EXP. Am I allowed to use a mod patch to disable it? If not, can I add on another type of Speedrun so that we can do a pacifist challenge?

pacifist is technically already a category just not a category on the leaderboards due to low activity within the community

There is no mod required to finish the game without earning XP. Here are some runs to study if you're interested in learning the route: https://www.twitch.tv/benauton/video/126063333

There are currently no categories on this leaderboard that allow mods, and Pacifist would be no exception. If you finish a run using the current route, please let me or one of the other moderators know and we will probably create a leaderboard for it here, as I would be happy to submit my run and I could possibly convince Ben to submit his.

If you have any questions on anything in the route. feel free to reach out to us on the Long Library discord server. Link is in the Resources section.