NEW GAME:

• Play normally upto Crags.
• Leash the bird to get the Key of Strength early.
• Play the rest of linear normally.
• Enter Glacial portal.
• Play glacial in reverse and free Manfred early by means of leashing or by executing the leashless jump.
• Play through Elemental Skylands. Use the Manfred sections to get a lot of money and get the Key of Symbiosis.
• Play the rest of Glacial in reverse after exiting Skylands and enter Crags.
• Drop down to the Crags portal, open it and leave through the portal.
• Enter Autumn portal, play Autumn in reverse and obtain the Key of Hope through backdoor entry.
• Enter the shop below the Key of Hope backdoor room.
• Buy Path of Resilience and Kusari Jacket (1320 shards total), then enter HQ.
• Enter Grotto portal. Play Grotto in reverse and enter Sunken Shrine through the underwater maze without the seashell.
• Execute backdoor Tabi to obtain the Lightfoot Tabi. If you are not comfortable with backdoor Tabi, you may follow the normal sequence of rooms to get it as well.
• Obtain the Sun and Moon crests and hence obtain the Key of Love.
• Leave Sunken Shrine the way you came, NOT through the portal. Play the rest of Grotto in reverse (in 8-Bit) and enter Bamboo.
• Save Claustro, then play the whole of Bamboo in reverse (in 8-bit) and enter Catacombs.
• Switch to 16-bit immediately and obtain Ruxxtin's Amulet.
• Play Catacombs backwards (in 16-bit) and enter Dark Cave.
• Traverse Dark Cave without the candle and Enter Riviere.
• Play the whole of Riviere normally, defeat the Butterfly Matriarch and obtain the Magic Firefly.
• Jump into the water and die. Enter the shop that you respawn at and enter HQ.
• Enter the Crags portal that you opened previously and enter Underworld, saving Pyro on the way.
• Obtain the Key of Chaos in Underworld and exit through the shop above it.
• Enter Glacial portal, talk to Ruxxtin's staff and enter Cloud Ruins.
• Play through Cloud Ruins and save Acro.
• Jump into the pit and die. Enter the shop that you respawned at.
• Buy Serendipitous Minds, Prepared Mind and Meditation (1000 shards total), then enter HQ. NOTE: The Key of Chaos and Acro segments can be interchanged if you like.
• Enter Autumn Portal and play Autumn forwards and enter Forlorn Temple.
• Play through Forlorn Temple, defeat the Demon King and obtain the Demon King's Crown.
• Walk backwards and enter HQ through the shop.
• Enter Corrupted Future, obtain the Key of Courage and execute the Abomination skip.
• Leave Corrupted Future and Enter Music Box.
• GG.

NEW GAME+:

• Select Lightfoot Tabi upon file creation.
• Play normally upto Crags.
• Use windmill to get the Key of Strength early.
• Play the rest of linear normally.
• Enter Autumn portal, play Autumn in reverse and obtain the Key of Hope through backdoor entry.
• Leave the Key of Hope room, play Autumn forwards and enter Forlorn Temple.
• Execute Jeed Jump to get over the gap and play through Forlorn, defeat the Demon King and obtain the Demon King's Crown.
• Walk right and enter Bamboo. Play it in reverse (in 16-bit) and enter Catacombs.
• DON'T pick up Ruxxtin's Amulet. Play Catacombs backwards (in 16-bit) and enter Dark Cave.
• Traverse Dark Cave without the candle and Enter Riviere.
• Play the whole of Riviere normally, defeat the Butterfly Matriarch and obtain the Magic Firefly. Optionally, you may perform Riviere skips*.
• Jump into the water and die. Enter the shop (or portal in case of Riviere skips) that you respawn at and enter HQ.
• Enter Grotto portal. Play Grotto in reverse and enter Sunken Shrine through the underwater maze.
• Obtain the Sun and Moon crests and hence obtain the Key of Love.
• Leave Sunken Shrine through the portal and enter the Glacial portal.
• Play glacial in reverse and free Manfred early using windmill.
• Play through Elemental Skylands and obtain the Key of Symbiosis.
• Play the rest of Glacial in reverse after exiting Skylands and enter Crags.
• Jump down to the Underworld entrance, ignore Pyro and enter Underworld.
• Obtain the Key of Chaos in Underworld and exit through the shop above it.
• Enter Corrupted Future, obtain the Key of Courage and execute the Abomination skip.
• Leave Corrupted Future and Enter Music Box.
• GG.

*Riviere skips: As an advanced strat, you may open the Riviere portal, enter it and exit it to save at the portal, then skip every single checkpoint in Riviere. Upon defeating the Butterfly Matriarch and dying in the water, you will spawn at the portal and be able to enter the portal and be very close to the Grotto portal, which saves about 8 seconds.