Route intended for use on the MSX version, but also works on Famicom Not a 100% optimized route, just trying to make a speedrun that picks up the Dangerous Swimsuit marathon-viable. 「ゆうて いみや おうきむ  こうほ りいゆ うじとり  やまあ きらぺ ぺぺぺぺ  ぺぺぺ ぺぺぺ ぺぺぺぺ  ぺぺぺ ぺぺぺ ぺぺぺぺ ぺぺ」 Moyomoto starts you with 27671G SEED LOCK SETUP - 5FEA Goal - One Holy Water and 27522 gold (Waste 109 gold) Buy Holy Water, herb, herb, herb, antidote, wing. Sell herb x2, drop other herbs and wing. なじう ごそは らゆるぺ よりう すらさ りろ BUDGETING: Have 522 gold, need 840 for wings + holy waters, plus more for herbs 318 more to buy wings/waters, but there's at least one wing in a chest I can grab Buy five more wings. Walk to Spring of Bravery Walk out, wing #1, get Sama Wing #2, go toward Dogtown Before entering dogtown, get wind cloak and Mirror of Ra on foot - Wind cloak tower has 51 gold (5FEA) Get princess Get Boat (No Gremlin fight) Sail Northwest to Zahan Due north a little past where sunken treasure falls off screen, W Gold Key NW Undertown - Buy Jailor's Key (to Sama), get watergate key Tepa Buy Falcon Sword Open water gate Get Moon Fragment - Chest with 261 gold up here Wing #3 back to Cannock Walk to Midenhall - Clockwise starting 6:00, Token, Nothing, 92 gold, wing, herb Get Roto's Token, Gold, and Wing Wing #4 back to Cannock Buy five Holy Waters (Moon) Buy one wing (Moon) Buy three herbs (Sama) Get Roto's Shield and save the game Move Roto's Token off Midenhall, and back on (for password RNG manip later) Wing #5 again to leave town Holy Water #1 Sail to Fire Monolith, RIGHT portal to get Roto's Helmet - Sail straight N (not all the way to coast), hug mountain tip, E to fire monolith - Shrine is one step into the Danger Zone Sail due N to Dercandol/Osterfair Holy Water #2 Might find a hawk man on the way north, run from it Get Gaia Armor (top chest) Talk to king again after cat battle to get Moon Crest (+51 gold) SAMA/MOON MUST LIVE Holy Water #3 Undersea Cave (Deathwarp) (Gold/2) Get Tin Charm chest Equip it immediately because the lighthouse has magic ants SAMA/MOON MUST DIE BEFORE BOSSES If these morons run (7%) the run's kinda over lol Should have 404 gold after this fight if you get both chests mentioned above 202 after the deathwarp 176 if you skip the 51 (Your gold on hand is rounded down) 169 if you buy an extra wing instead of fourth herb 140 ??? RE-EQUIP IF NEEDED - Buy an extra wing to use here? Use Holy Water x3 #4-6 (Let it lapse for a few steps in the ocean) Sail counter-clockwise around Alefgard to the Lighthouse Get Star Crest, use Wing #6 If these morons run (7%) the run's kinda over lol Lock RNG in Cannock Sell Moon Fragment, waste gold to 440G From 497: Buy/drop herb -15 Buy/sell antidote -2 buy/drop holy water -30 From 471: (Skip the 51 chest) Buy/drop antidote x2 and herb From 468: (Extra wing instead of an herb earlier, No extra shopping, Get Midenhall Gold) Buy/Sell Wing Buy/Drop Antidote From 464: (Extra wing instead of an herb earlier) (???) Buy/drop three antidotes Get inventory like this: Lore: 942734 EXP [One Gremlin runs = 942666] E Wind Mantle E Falcon Sword E Roto Shield Roto Helmet <--- Unequip E Gaia Armor E Tin Charm Gold Key <--- Juggle (Nothing) Cannock: 81 EXP E Club E Leather Armor Eye of Malroth Jailor's Key <--- Juggle (Nothing x 4) Moon: 81 EXP E Stick E Clothes (Nothing x6) ろくに のぞぷ めまぱぴ ぼぱに ぽぴよ まじちな ゆふせ ろへみ じぞぽぐ かねて ぜぶへ みざせね Sell Sama/Moon equip, Hero wind cloak, Gaia Armor Buy a wing for Hero Grab a leaf Charm of Rubiss Wing #7 (OR sail to Tantegel on MSX for bikini first) [Routing note - Must be done after RNG is locked for the final time unless you want to find passwords specifically for MSX2] Beran Buy 4 herbs for Sama, 7 for Moon, Wing for Sama (for the end) Walk to Rhone shrine, save to unlock RNG Get Roto's Armor, Thunder Sword Equip Roto's Armor before saving Screenshot the password Get to Hargon's Castle w/o healing (Maybe one Moon Healmore?) Falcon Sword of Thunder Equip Sword of Thunder Charm of Rubiss Throw/Move Sword of Thunder Sama Jailor Key -> Lore Use both keys Throw Gold Key or give Jailor's Key to Sama DO NOT THROW JAILOR'S KEY OR YOU'LL MEME YOURSELF Take Eye of Malroth from Sama and use it Give Eye back to Sama so you can carry herbs Heal Lore with herbs to ~150, walk to Atlas Use leaf on Moon whenever you'll get the most mileage out of her Healmores, either before or after Atlas. Death to Atlas or Bazuzu and used 4+ herbs -> Use password Later death -> buy herbs and retry (Don't get another leaf) Sail to the south bit of Beran island and then west Tin Charm shops (640g): Zahan Tepa Seed lock RNG values: 24554 = 5FEA => South 45045 = AFF5 => East Notes for a sorry attempt to fix the run if a gremlin or evil clown flees: Missing 68 XP if a gremlin runs, 93 if a clown runs (Enemies marked with F can flee) Left side of tower: metal slime 135F, mummy man 44, megapede 30F, ghost rat 27F, carnivog 27, Baboon 18F, smoke 11 Right side: metal slime 115F, orc 61F, saber tiger 40, Poison lily 31, smoke 11, magidrakee 10 Gremlin: Kill two enemies from left side of tower, NOT mummies, top off on slimes Clown: Kill three enemies from left side of tower, two if one is a mummy, top off of slimes Cannock sits on the vertex of four encounter zones: SE: Slug 1, Ant 2, Drakee 2F, Ghost Mouse 4F NE or SW: Slug 1, Ant 2, Drakee 2F, Wild Mouse 3F, Ghost Mouse 4 NW: Slug 1, Drakee 2F, Wild Mouse 3F, Babble 6, Healer 13 (!!) Top off in the SE hills and assume battles with multiple enemies will be worth 1 XP more than the XP adds to. Drakee and Wild Mouse can flee.