Oh, well, that's interesting. I think I might be second place for Any% if my new run is accepted, my in game time is 1:17 but real time it's 1:24:53. I suppose all the extra real time is due to playing on a PS4 rather than PC. Not that I'd complain wherever I am but being in the top three is awesome if my run gets accepted when I submit it (probably tomorrow).

Apologies for double posting but I had another question I forgot to ask: The new game any% category is definitely timed via real time, not in game time like the speedrun mode category is, correct?

That's great to hear, thank you glasnonck! I think I'll do another run or two tomorrow and see how I go, but if I don't do any better I'll submit the run I did today to see if my new record is accepted to the leaderboards.

Thank you for your time and advice, it is much appreciated :)

I have a quick question regarding submissions.

A few days I submitted a run I was fairly sure I wouldn't be able to improve much on, so I submitted it and it was accepted to the leaderboards.

However today I found myself performing incredibly well and doing a run which was better than my previous one, and as long as I timed everything correctly I believe it would put me into 3rd place for the category.

However because I only recently submitted a run, I'm not too sure on whether I can submit a run again so soon. Is there any kind of time limit between submitting runs or other procedures to follow? (This is the first game I'm speedrunning so I'm quite unsure.)

Also, I died at one point, and I don't know if that would invalidate the run or if it would still be okay for submission?

I know it wastes peoples time if I submit often which I want to avoid, but I didn't think I'd get a much better time worth submitting any time soon, so I apologise for that.

Also, I guess it makes it irrelevant but the time I have submitted onto the leaderboard currently, I made a mistake and entered the real time and ingame time reversed but I don't know how to fix that (but I guess if I am allowed to submit this new run, it's not a huge problem.)

I just got a 1:27:09 any% run today! Super happy with that and I'll submit that run to the leaderboards, hopefully it will get accepted and that time is correct. I still have some areas I could do some improvements on so I think I might be able to get below 1:25:00 sometime :)

Your notes are still incredibly useful to me, I'm finding it hard to memorize all the parts, especially things like the number of greenwarish and mushrooms, etc, and exactly when to buy them. Hopefully that will get stuck in my memory soon.

Thank you :) Your new game any% guide is really helpful too, thank you for the detail and effort creating it!

I've been learning that route the past couple of days, and I just finished getting a 1:38:36 run but I think I can get sub 1:30:00. I think if I manage that I'll submit an Any% run to the leadersboards.

I keep making mistakes though, especially some big ones in certain areas (running slightly off course when travelling to some areas, slowness on the Ox Escort, and just some errors like forgetting things when I think I know that part of the route so I still need the guide). Plus the Everfall still gives me trouble in that I'll run out of blast arrows sometimes due to needing extra shots on some enemies if I don't hit them quite right, which makes the last enemies a bit more challenging unless I go refill on blast arrows. Basically I just need to keep practising.

Although I had the most incredible Evil Eye kill where as soon as I ran near it, it cancelled all it's casts and launched into the air so I could kill it in less than 10 seconds, I wish I could get that to repeat!

I just did my first speedrun on speedrun mode and got an ingame time of 25:39! Quite a bit off the world record, but not bad for my first go I think :)

Real time it's quite a bit higher though, lots of menuing added up time. I made a bunch of mistake but with pracrtise I should get that down some more I think. My character isn't too optimal though, takes me a couple of shots with fivefold and blast arrows to kill things like the gryphon, but I think I can fix that with weapon upgrades and some more levels.

I do want to learn the new game any% route before I put a lot of time into speedrun mode though, that just appeals to me more even though it's a lot more effort and takes a lot longer.

EDIT: Got myself 20:03 today, on my way to sub 20 I hope! Still not great but I'm improving :)

EDit2: Got myself 18:38! incredibly happy with that, I think I might submit that to the leaderboards and hope everything is okay for it to be accepted :) I still want to try to get better though but I feel that might be my current limit.

That's some fantastic information, thanks both of you!

I'm still mostly playing the game casually on a second playthrough, makng sure I'm familiar with everything and starting gathering items and placing portcrystals to get ready for when I start speedrun mode. I think I need to do some Bitterblack Isle farming to get some better weapons and equipment before I start seriously trying speedrunning attempts. I'll probably do some Speedrun mode runs to see how well I can do. Hopefully I'll do well enough to get a spot on the leaderboard!

Also I've been thinking that I might try focusing on and learning the new game Any% route mainly though, it takes a lot longer compared to Speedrun mode but to me personally it feels a more interesting route to actually play and do things than purely the speedrun mode route. Although if I end up enjoying/becoming good at speedrunning this game I'll be learning all the categories I can so I'll be doing both I'm sure :)

As mentioned this is the first game I'll be seriously trying to speedrun because I enjoy playing it casually so much and I've been hunting for a game I like that I would want to try spedrunning.

I'm sure I'll have more questions to come in the future when I think of them!

Hello.

I’ve been thinking about starting to speedrun Dragons Dogma, because I started playing it casually again recently and I forgot how much I love the game.

I’ve watched some of the videos and read the guides but I have a couple of questions specific to the speedrun mode guide here. The pre-run preperation part is still marked to-do, so I was wondering a couple of things:

Is there any character level I should be a minimum of before trying speedrun mode for a good run?

Should I level as any specific classes to prepare to min-max my stats or is it fine to just become a strider with the required skills when starting the run?

I’m sure I had another question but I can’t remember it right now, if it comes back to me I’ll update this post!

Thank you :)

Edit: I remembered another question, at various parts of the guide a a ferrycrystal is used to teleport, these would be setup in the correct locations before selecting speedrun mode on the main menu or am I misunderstanding something here?