Hello all,

I'm relatively new to the concept of speedrunning and looking at the formats/categories here I'm curious if running benches on the main map is viable. I'm going to call the run category Benchwarmer, it'll be longer than any% and shorter than 100+%. With some refinement it may be only slightly longer than all skill. Here's the details that I've come up with so far:

• completion goal is sitting on all benches on the main map, not including the white palace and godhome
• Last bench is the Black Egg Temple
• Skills/items needed: Vengeful Spirit, Mothwing Cloak, Mantis Claw, Lumafly Lantern, Tram Pass, Simple Key x2, Crystal Heart

Possible advantageous charms/upgrades:

• Soul Catcher (near Vengeful Spirit)
• Dashmaster (near Bretta)
• Sprintmaster (req. Shopkeeper's Key, 400 Geo)
• Gathering Swarm (300 Geo)
• Dreamgate (Dreamnail, 900 Essence)
• Nail upgrade x2 (1050 Geo, Pale Ore x1)
• Monarch Wings

With this you will at least need to go through the mantis lords fight, go to the nailmasters, and get the three dreamers. Once I'm a little more versed in routes here I'll be attempting to work one out for this, get splits, and see what run times I can get. Any thoughts on this will be welcomed, let's flesh this idea out.

Here's the full list of the Benches needed (in benchwarp order): Howling Cliffs

• Dirtmouth, Mato Crossroads
• hot springs, stag, salubra, ancestral mound, black egg temple Greenpath
• waterfall, sanctuary, toll, stag, lake of unn, sheo Fog Canyon
• archives Fungal Wastes
• Queens Station, Leg Eater, Bretta, Mantis Village City of Tears
• Overlook (Quirrel), Toll, City Storeroom, Watcher’s Spire,
• King’s Station, Pleasure House Royal Waterways
• Waterways Deepnest
• Hotsprings, Failed Tramway, Beast’s Den Ancient Basin
• Toll, Hidden Station Kingdom’s Edge
• Oro, Camp, Colosseum, Hive Crystal Peak
• Dark Room, Crystal Guardian Resting Grounds
• Stag, Gray Mourner Queen’s Gardens
• Cornifer, Toll, Stag Trams
• Upper, Lower

Here is the list of bosses to get through

• Hornet 1
• Mantis Lords
• Soul Master
• Crystal Guardian 1
• Uumuu
• Watcher Knights
• Broken Vessel (Optional)