Astral Academy Gardens - Fight Skip

Well, it seems I've finally figured this one out thanks to analyzing [@ILikeBaguette25's run](https://www.speedrun.com/trine5/runs/yo0ojo5y) and a bit of practice.

Right after the first grand checkpoint when you meet Sunny and Goderic for the first time for your "reward", there's a small puzzle to solve followed by three clockwork knights to kill. If you can get into the inner circle (see diagram below) before the screen fades, the game will consider you to be past the trigger which normally initiates the aforementioned sequence, and place you in the position immediately after the fight, skipping the entire sequence.

It's not too difficult to hit once you get the hang of it — it just requires charging right before the trigger and then immediately jumping to reach the inner circle, or even slightly past it. The difficulty lies in the fact you only have about a second or less during the fade-out before you can no longer move. The marks are *very* approximate, but should get you close enough. Loading the checkpoint right after the fight is a good place to practice where best to charge and jump in order to see where you land.

If done successfully, it easily saves around 30 seconds. Good luck!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9gd-K1cO9Y

Astral Observatory Fight Skip

At the fight right after Wilhelmaton says "Hold back these criminals," run to the lift on the right. Normally, you can't levitate the box inside due to it being just out of range of the camera, but it isn't locked down. Stomp with Pontius, then immediately switch to Amadeus to grab the wooden box inside and levitate it the rest of the way to enter. Easy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPakM_sKwDY

Brackenridge Path - Last Puzzle Skip

By sheer luck, I managed to stumble across this puzzle skip while messing around. I think it could potentially save around 10-15 seconds, depending how fast the puzzle can be solved.

At the last puzzle (the one before the guarded gate at the end), it's possible, at least on version 1.02, to break the rope holding the door from the opposite side. As Zoya (obviously), stand on the box near the door, angle a shot downwards such that it'll bank up and hit a little under where the rope is connected, around the second plank from the bottom. It should break it if hit at the right position and angle — perhaps because the rope object is clipping a little too far into the door? Who knows!

I'm no speedrunner, and not very good in general, but I was able to consistently hit it about a half-dozen times after figuring out just what the hell I did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjpWz4EI1iw

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Checkpoint Skipping

# **Description**

On version `1.02` of the game, it's possible on many levels to start them at a late checkpoint. I'm not sure what causes this exactly, but the criteria to trigger it is the following.

# **Steps**

1. Playing on an any% save (i.e. you haven't completed the game)

2. After completing a level, while the loading animation is still playing (often right when the map begins to fade in), pause the game. This seems to be the biggest variable in getting it to trigger.

3. Exit to the main menu. In my experience, so long as you pause at the right time, you don't necessarily have to quit out immediately.

4. Continue your save game.

5. At the map screen, start the next level.

6. Depending on your timing, and which level it is (not all levels do this -- at least that we've found), you'll be dropped in at a late checkpoint, sometimes even the last.

7. Depending on the level, this may make completion difficult or even impossible because a Skill Quest has been skipped, so you're not automatically granted the ability until the next level. For instance, you can't complete the puzzle in Gemstone Caverns because you lack Pontius' clone, so you'll need to play from the start of the level up to right when he gets the ability, then resume the later checkpoint.

8. ...

9. Profit!

# **Affected Levels**

So far, these are the levels with skips we've discovered, and the checkpoint you're given.

## **Level - Name: Checkpoint**

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1 - Town Library: N/A

2 - Garden of Eternal Shade: *6*

3 - Well of Tranquility: Unknown

4 - Astral Academy Gardens: *6*

5 - Long Way to Town: *11*

6 - Sinister Back Alleys: Unknown

7 - Royal Castle: *11*

8 - Tallest Tower: *13*

9 - Dungeons and Sewer Rats: *14*

10 - Smuggler's Way: Unknown

11 - Gemstone Caverns: *13*

12 - Brackenridge Path: *14*

13 - Astral Observatory: *14*

14 - Autumn Woods: *15*

15 - Petrified Marshes: *15*

16 - Bastion of Hope: Unknown

17 - Magnificent Airship: *9 (Skill Quest)*

18 - Floating Archipelago: Unknown

19 - Clockwork Palace: *13*

20 - Dethroning: *N/A*

# **Video**

I streamed finding most of these, so you can see how I managed to trigger them if a visual is needed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmSszPrRwrM?t=5400

Dungeons and Sewer Rats - Zoya's Skill Quest glitch

In the Dungeons and Sewer Rats level during Zoya's skill mission in which she unlocks elemental arrows, there's a small puzzle involving a springy door you have to get past. It's a fairly easy puzzle, but due to an oversight in the clipping, you can clip through the wall just over the door by pulling it slightly, then jumping to grab its ledge, and moving forward causing you to clip through the wall. It saves maybe 5-10 seconds, depending. Not a huge skip, but it all adds up!

Thanks to [@ILikeBaguette25's](https://www.speedrun.com/trine5/runs/yo0ojo5y) for finding this and demonstrating in their run!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALnAXddPK_0

Full Any% Speedrunning Guide

5 hours may be a tad long, but I tend to be overly verbose. Nonetheless, I went through the whole game, explaining each part and the tactics we use to speedrun.

Note: This only applies to Any% (without checkpoint skips). NG+ would require a separate guide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBrYdtZREsg?t=180

The Bastion of Hope - Flying Exploit

There's a small segment in The Bastion of Hope where you can grab one of the spiked balls being generated in the factory, place a plank on top of it at an angle, and then levitate the ball while riding the plank as Amadeus, effectively skipping the entire section until you get to a guarded gate with Clockwork Knights which prevents you from moving further. I'm not sure exactly how much time this saves, but it's a pretty decent amount if done right.

What worked for me is when beginning to levitate upwards, counting out approximately 4 seconds before moving right so as to not hit or get stuck on any of the objects in the level, since you won't be able to see yourself for a little bit. It may be possible to move past the gate as well, but I haven't tried it much. Thanks to [Bugaga Foxy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDXAcLrvi1I) for figuring this out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TixPR7WsIpw

Useful information to downpatch the game (App ID, Depot ID, Manifest ID)

- App ID : 1436700
- Depot ID : 1436701
- Version 1.0.1 (27/08/2023) Manifest ID : 3673358287904973396
- Version 1.0.2 (31/08/2023) Manifest ID : 6633779859723753382 (use either one)

Wind burst jump glitch - Video tutorial (requires any version before 1.0.3)

Posting this here in case it is useful to anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEhEWsLJI8khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEhEWsLJI8k

The glitch only works on versions of the game prior to 1.0.3 (the one that came out in September 2023). If you want to make it work on PC, you can downpatch the game using DepotDownloader to any version before this one (I personally use the most recent one before 1.0.3). If you have a physical copy on PS4/PS5 you can also delete the game files, disconnect your console from the wifi and re-install the game, it should install the original version if you're offline (I don't know if the same thing is possible on Xbox consoles or not). Unfortunately if you have a digital copy on console I don't think there's any way to downpatch the game.

名称	作者
Astral Academy Gardens - Fight Skip	TMA2 1 month ago
Astral Observatory Fight Skip	TMA2 1 day ago
Brackenridge Path - Last Puzzle Skip	TMA2 1 month ago
Checkpoint Skipping	TMA2 6 hours ago
Dungeons and Sewer Rats - Zoya's Skill Quest glitch	TMA2 1 month ago
Full Any% Speedrunning Guide	TMA2 9 hours ago
The Bastion of Hope - Flying Exploit	TMA2 1 month ago
Useful information to downpatch the game (App ID, Depot ID, Manifest ID)	ILikeBaguette25 3 days ago
Wind burst jump glitch - Video tutorial (requires any version before 1.0.3)	ILikeBaguette25 1 month ago