Any% route

Here's the routing I used for the any% run I did to start the game.

ANY%:
complete prologue
loop 1: get stabbed
loop 2: discover spy, get stabbed
loop 3: get ghost ending
loop 4: get stabbed by fortinbras
loop 5: meet ghost, get book
loop 6: choose to die

prologue:
journal tutorial
go to great hall
laertes father's request
queen father's request
leave great hall
map tutorial

loop 1:
don't forget to click out of room manually
view painting in gallery (far left top wall lower queen) for queen astrid
black out thursday 15:00 ish
wake up friday 17:00 play
cannot leave - only event it's faster to  click through the event balloons rather than wait for the event to conclude naturally
get claudius confession
can't leave again
sleep after - examine later if there's a way to sneak something in here, but i doubt it
go downstairs for quick bernardo spawn? examine if there's a quicker one
go to gertrude's chambers
talk to brit then hamlet for key

loop 2:
walk out, timewarp tutorial
timewarp to landing
go up to get key
get queen's diary
go to grounds, timewarp til quince to prevent him interrupting on way to the guards
go to graveyard, timewarp until polonius talks
timewarp until he stands up at 22:30
talk to polonius at graveyard thursday night about queen astrid
get guards gambling thursday evening - VERY tight but doable
go get brit melancholy - two small time warps bring up event after entering gallery
talk to horatio to get art supplies
talk to queen to discover letters
talk to hamlet to get mom's stuff
get letters
wait for irma to leave
get supplies
go to town
wait OUTSIDE tavern to avoid stabbing event
get stabbed by brit

loop 3:
skull tutorial
spill everything to hamlet
wait somewhere you won't be interrupted, will be called to polonius then graveyard

loop 4:
pick up linen
pick up art ingredients
go pick up letters
wait for both events to proc
meet brit in pub
wait in castle town

loop 5:
go to walls, get info from ghost about notes
tell bernardo about brit and fortinbras
go to hamlet, tell about notes
timeskip until event over
go get notes
timeskip until brit announcement
timeskip until start of sunday
go in bar, wait until she shows up

loop 6:
choose to die

The most difficult part of the entire route is going from Polonius in the graveyard to the guards gambling, and missing it throws off the entire run. If you timewarp while walking, it is entirely possible to have the event end right out from under you. Polonius starts standing to become talkable at 22:30, and the guards wrap up around 23:10. If you find it gets too tight, I recommend only warping until you're just outside of the guard room, then preparing to click on Irma's bubble. 

For building on this for other runs, note that there's a huge downtime early on before the first blackout that I've yet to find a way to make productive.

Exeunt All Run

# Elsinore Exeunt All 

Exeunt All is one of the more difficult endings to get and renders your save basically unplayable once it's done. That makes it especially juicy for speedrunning. I have a few runs recorded for this new category, and will submit them as soon as I have the bandwidth for it.

## General Notes

- Approach objects before interacting with them. Otherwise, Ophelia will approach them herself, and she’ll do it as slowly as she can
- When some conversations start, Ophelia will move towards her "mark" in the scene. Get familiar with your marks and make sure she’s standing as close to them as possible before triggering the conversation
- Selecting your destination through the map is generally faster than manually navigating Ophelia (exception made for segments where fast forward is not available). 
- Everytime you wake up at the start of a loop, Polonius will be waiting outside with a conversation. Don’t select a destination before speaking to him: he’ll interrupt your pathing and you’ll have to go through the map all over again, wasting precious time.
- Whenever game credits start, exit the game then restart it. Don’t exit until you hear the first note of the credits song, or the ending might not be validated.

## Loop 1: ASSASSIN

- Head straight to Gertrude and speak to her
- Exit the Throne Room
- Do not under any circumstance switch to another tab while the intro cutscene is playing, because the audio track needs to finish playing to transition into gameplay. While you’re tabbed out, the audio pauses.
- After waking up exit your room and speak to Polonius
- Go to the Gallery and view the Queen Astrid portrait
- Talk to the town guard north of the Grounds
- To pass time rapidly, listen to conversations as they appear on the map until 3PM
- After the play, head to the Chapel and hide at the back of benches
- Head to bed
- After learning some tragic news, check Gertrude’s bedroom door
- Ask Brit about locked bedroom
- Tell Hamlet to meet with Brit
- Wait until 9:30 near the door north of the chapel

## Loop 2: THE GHOST

- Speak to Polonius outside your room
- Get key from the planter on the Landing
- Read Gertrude's diary in her room
- Wait for Quince to initiate conversation on the Grounds
- Thursday 10PM, see guards play cards in the Barracks
- Speak to Brit in the Gallery immediately after
- Talk to Hamlet about the spy
- Ask Gertrude about Lady Brockenhuus
- Ask Horatio about Lady Brockenhuus
- See Hamlet's appointment with Bernardo (7AM)
- Tell Hamlet about “the Affair”
- Read the notes in the Gallery
- After an automatic conversation with Polonius, head to the Graveyard and wait for an event

## Loop 3: FORTINBRAS

- Speak to Polonius outside your room
- Get cloth from Ophelia’s dresser
- Get eggs and charcoal from the Kitchen
- Talk to the town guard
- Fast forward until an event takes you to the Gallery
- See Polonius at the Graveyard at 8PM
- Ask Polonius about Astrid once he stands up
- See the Ghost on the Walls  
- Tell Hamlet about “Mother's Death”
- Go to the shack on the Docks and read the book inside
- Spy on Brit at docks (hide by the stairs)
- Get letters from the well on the Grounds
- Go to Othello's bar
- 11PM Saturday wait a few hours for Brit

## Loop 4 - SIMONA

- Speak to Polonius outside your room
- Warn Hamlet about the King’s notes
- Warn Bernardo about *******'s Hideout
- Warn Bernardo that “**** is the Spy”
- Go to the tavern and witness bandits threatening Othello later that morning
- Next morning, open Polonius' chest
- Go to the cemetery before midnight
- Head to the tavern before Sunday 8AM
- Talk to Othello about anything
- Talk to the old woman who arrives, exhaust all dialogue

## ENDING 1: STRUGGLE FOR RELIEF

- Click book, revisit Sacrifice Struggle for Relief
- Confirm ending
- Upon reaching credits, exit the game

## 
ENDING 2: PERMANENCE FOR PASSION

- Restart the game
- From main menu, “Return to Elsinore”
- Outside your room, speak to Quince
- At midnight, tell the Ghost about Banishing the Playmaster
- Warn Bernardo about the Barkeep in Danger
- Head to the Tavern before 9PM Friday and fast forward until Bernardo speaks to you
- Be in the Tavern at midnight both Friday and Saturday
- Choose “yes” anytime a prompt comes up regarding Othello
- After a scene at the Pond on Saturday, return to the Tavern
    - If you encounter Brit in town, say no to joining the meeting
- After waking up, select Permanence for Passion in the book
- Confirm and quit when credits begin

## ENDING 3: REALITY FOR JOY

- Restart the game
- From main menu, “Return to Elsinore”
- Speak to Polonius outside your room
- Tell Hamlet about Banishing the Playmaster
- Wait for Hamlet to speak to you again around 2AM Friday
- Wait for an event around 5:30 which will take you to the Throne Room
- After waking up, head to the Throne Room again
- Head to the Pond
- Go to the Grounds, view event
- Head to the Throne Room

- When you wake up, select Reality For Joy
- Quit when credits begin

## ENDING 4:  EVERYONE FOR MYSELF

- Restart the game
- From main menu, “Return to Elsinore”
- Go downstairs into the hallway to trigger a cutscene
- Fast forward in your bedroom until Sunday afternoon
- Heed Hamlet's Request: NO
- When you wake up, select Everyone for Myself
- Quit when credits begin

## ENDING 5: EXEUNT ALL

### General Notes on Exeunt All

*I have so far tried to obscure spoilers, but for the following section, this will be basically impossible.*

- The meeting triggers described below only apply if you don’t get caught/don’t leave witnesses
- Ophelia can be physically overpowered by armed assailants. These include: Bernardo, Marcellus, Laertes, Brit, Claudius, Hamlet, and (if she witnesses you exiting Gertrude only) Irma. Her only chance against an armed character is to use the benefit of surprise. Never exit a character in the presence of an armed assailant, or you will instantly Game Over (exception made for Irma who will not attack so long as you don’t exit Gertrude in front of her.)
- Gertrude will snitch on you if she sees anything. Horatio will only snitch if you exit Hamlet in front of him.

### Guide

- Restart the game
- From main menu, “Return to Elsinore”
- At 7AM Friday, Quince will spawn to give you Exeunt All
    - **Reset loop**
- Claudius is one of the hardest characters to “exit”, so do it while suspicions are still low. Wait for Claudius to be alone in the Throne Room
- Use the dialogue “Exeunt All  ”
    - **Meeting 1: triggered by 1 Exit**
- Pick up the bedroom key on the landing
- Wait for Bernardo on the Landing at 10AM, “exit” them there
- In Gertrude's room, exit Brit first
- Then Irma
- Then Gertrude
    - **Meeting 2: triggered by 4 Exits**
- Wait for everyone to leave the Throne Room but Hamlet
- Exit Hamlet
- Wait for Marcellus to come back
- Exit Marcellus
- Go outside, exit Laertes. Don’t worry about Polonius.
    - **Meeting 3: triggered by 3 Exits**
- Exeunt Horatio, Rosencrantz, and Guildenstern (Ignore Polonius)
- Fast forward til Quince tells you “That was the last *****  ”
    - **When you reach the credits, TIME.**




Namn	Författare
Any% route	Think0028 4 years ago
Exeunt All Run	EphraimJ 9 months ago