Techniques and skip Explanation

Abuse

• Shadow abuse: refer to all not legit shadow use to skip some part of puzzle or room (use a lot)

• Jump Abuse: You can access some platform higher than Fenton by jump to the ledge of the platfom then go forward to slide up the platform (use in 2-2 and 2-8)

• Respawn abuse: can be use to respawn after the death reason, to respawn with key after get it with a skip or use with self respawn to skip some walk

• Door abuse: Door collisions disappear as soon as the key is used and not at the end of the animation, so you can walk through faster than you think

Glitch

• Invisible Ink: When you open then instanly swap to Fenton before ink activate retractable pole shadow the pole will not be here until you go back to Emma (use in 2-4)

• Emma Zoom: The only true speedrunning tech. Emma get a lot of speed in a chosen direction after respawn. not working in all room/level

• You can do it after dying to an attack but use self respawn look more consistent
• cast self Respawn
• Start input your direction as the restart ring is about to fill (really !, the last moment not before)
• Then immediatly spam sprint
• The better you do it the faster she go

• Shadow glitch: by switching fast from Emma to Fenton after create a shadow that should stuck Fenton, the game do not have the time to set Fenton as stuck. So you can be in the shadow and move a bit or be push up the shadow. both case can be usefull but the second one is easier and can lead to shadow angle that let Fenton go on higher platform

The Gardens

1-5 Around the Pond

• Once you have Fenton in the top right on the button, you can shadow glitch to the end. Really inconsistent for the moment.

1-9 Outside the Box

• At the start of the level you can instantly respawn to respawn on the other side of the web. Need to be timed to know if that saves time because of respwan cast time + Fenton respawn further from the whistle.
• At the end of the level, You can do the last spider puzzle faster, not use the hiding place, but stay behind spider and go behind its back when it turns around

1-10 Zig Zag

• Trap the spider and get the key normally

• Put the cart on the button to close the door, the spider will be stuck against the door no matter which side it is.
• Bring Fenton up near the gate and one step down with the legit shadow.
• From there you can get a shadow to the end by placing Emma near the upper left corner of the button room.

1-11 Jack In The Box (Boss)

• In the Second room, you can go under the branch if you aim the shadow low enough so Fenton can jump up to the button.

• After bring Fenton near the whistle, Emma can run in front of the spider and hide in the small room to doge the attack then go fast in the corridor before spider go back to its spot and see Emma

Boiler Room

2-1 A Matter of Piping

• At the end of the level you can stay standing on the retractable spikes before the door so they don't automatically go up.

• When it's open walk to the left and you instantly have a walkway for Fenton and don't need to use the pipe.

2-2 Half Full

• In the second room, after open the pipe you can do a shadow with the default pole without switch pole at all

• Then do a jump abuse to bypass the U pipe in the middle of the room

2-4 Tweedle puddle riddle dum

• After the first door Emma open the pipe then switch with Fenton before ink create shadow with the pole. -The shadow didn't spawn until switch back to Emma, so Fenton can just empty and fill pool to go to the end of the room without Emma Help for shadows

• After fenton gets across the 3 pools have Emma open the door

• Get light,
• Go back out and stand near the second pool to create a shadow.
• Fenton can then walk all the way to the end.
• to jump above the bunton without activate it, but keep the talisman accessible, the shadow should not be completely parallel to the wall but should go up a bit

2-5 Troubled Water

• In the second room, you can die and respawn after the first pool

• Run Really close to the top wall and enter the attack zone as late as possible
• Emma should be near to leave the attack zone when she die to respawn after the pool
• Wuith this skip, you need to only empty the first pool one time to go back.

2-6 Snail Race

• At the start you only need to switch the poles once. As you can use the flow that's coming to shove you up the tiny bit you need to get on the next platform.

• Not save time because Fenton should wait the flow but good quality of life because the puzzl is straight forward with this.

2-7 Leapfrog

• In the second room, You can Emma Zooming to bypass the squid and get the key

• Then fill one time the pool to move the squid
• During the moment the squid is in the pipe between the two pools, Emma can pass without being attacked
• Take care if you die you respawn without the key but if you move the squid, That save, it's harder, even impossible.

2-8 The Lock

• In the First room, get the respawn point near the U shaped pipe

• Then Emma Zooming down to bypass tentacles and get the key
• Emma will die but respawn with the key

• In the room with the giant spiral pipe move the liquid once

• Respawn with emma to save some running time the go near the spikes
• Then Fenton can just about jump abuse on top of the pipe while standing on the switch
• Put him on the button to remove the spikes and emma can go through skipping the 3 gates

2-9 The Eyes of the Abyss (Boss)

• Get the respawn point in the middle of the room

• Emma Zoom with down and right as direction to dash on the pipe
• This will get you high in the air
• Take the opportunity to bypass the lower right tantacule
• Between the two tentacles, stick to the wall to trigger the final boss cutscene
• If you don't trigger it just open the valve to instantly finish the boss

The Kitchen

3-3 A cube to click

• At the start of the level, if you instantly go up to get the key, you can go back and forth in one cycle

• Bring Fenton into the area where the exit is

• Cut the Big cube to get a small one
• Grab it from the left and go to the button at the bottom left (remove the shadow) and let it go
• Use Fenton, when the cube go on the middle button, goas far as possible
• Use Emma press the timed button top left (remove 2nd part of the shadow)
• Go as far as possible with Fenton
• With Emma grab the cub by the bottom put the cube on the top leftcorner of the scare of the right button then rush to the middle button
• Use Fenton and go to the end when the cube open the second door

3-4 Soup Cubes

• In the First room, after cutting the cubes and trap the one pull the other near the exit then release the seconde, wait some second to bait it then pull the first cube out

• The second cube should be near the exit now
• Don't wait too long you don't want them to merge

3-6 On the Grill

• If you go directly with Fenton, the first cycle is a good one

• In the circular fire puzzle

• Go to the righ with external cart
• Stop before fire unstuck, then push cart with dash to bypass fire
• Do it for both fire beam

• In the second fire puzzle

• For the second part turn off first three fire and go back to the platform
• With Emma you can go take take the key and come back before fire turn on again

• In third fire puzzle, you can use the cube as a shield to pass through the fire

3-7 Around the bend

• You can skip the 2 wall to eat with the small cube from the bottom.

• Just turn off fire and go out with the cube
• Push or pull the cube until it stuck by the pole then let it go and it will go by itselft in the main room

Clockwork

4-4 Safe Passage 2

• In the third room, put Fenton as close as possible to the edge

• Push full right to create a shadow that Fenton can use to bypass all the puzzle by the top
• Pull back the cart to finish the puzzle with Emma

4-5 Three Musqueteers

• In the last room, go as far as possible with Fenton

• Then pull the cart to get the key with the shadow
• Push the cart far enough to free Fenton to the shadow
• Then go as close as possible to the door out of sight of the eye
• Then rush to the door, open it and go into the small room
• Even if the eye see you, Musqueteers don't go into the small room

4-8 Three face of Mother Time (Boss)

• For the first two phase

• You can Emma zooming and die on the musqueteers wall on the right and respawn behind it to get the key

5 Greenhouse

5-3 Duel in the ring

• In the first room you can aim the edge platform with spike and jump above it to die after and respawn on the following safe platform

• Maybe it's possible to jump from platform to platform like that without light but for the moment I think we have to finish the puzzle normally

5-4 Garden of thorns

• In the puzzle with 2 bettle and one snail.

• You can do the puzzle without take the cart on the other side, Emma just need to go near the door
• Fenton can do a big enough jump to go on the middle platform and finish the puzzle. You need to jump as late as possible from the button platform

5-5 Buzz buzz buzz

• In the thrid room, go below mosquitoes to the right edge of the platform

• Press timed button with Emma, mosquitoes must go down without touching Fenton

• In The last room Fenton can go below mosquitoes as well

• Or wait on the edge and let emma just turn off the light, go to the other ledge with Fenton then turn back on the light (no need to move the cart)

5-6 Detours of Green

• After press the Button that scares the snails, you can go you can go back up directly with the shadow without remove the shadow first

5-7 Purple-Green Maze

• In the last room, you don't need blue Key, with the cart of the previous room you can create a shadow to bypass the blue door and finish the level.

5-8 It's only the end (Boss)

• In the first room, because Mosquito turn, you can wait a bit and go under to skip all light part of the puzzle

• In the second room, with a good fire beam cycle, you can rush to the key

• The spider will attck you but do not go in the fire and go around the wall
• After getting the key die as fast as possible and respawn with the key