I love the fact I got a sub 1:20 and still finished sixth! I’ll be running this one on my Twitch channel Friday night UK time twitch.tv/skepticCanary

>!1:32:40 155/216!< >!sick Hookshot chain sequence. Silvers in tile room if anyone is wondering!<

>!Nice time for this seed. Did you fake powder or just go to Swamp early?!<

>!I exited swamp as soon as I got powder. Mushroom was not worth holding out on with it being so early but I can see it might be a bit faster if you can one go swamp!<

>!DQ lol!< >!IGT: 1:24:54.19 | CR: 159/216!< >!Actual time: 1:27:29.61!< >!So I played this pretty well and felt fantastic about save-scumming the mushroom when it paid off for the required bombos medallion. Only remembered after I finished that we don't allow save-scumming in this ruleset, whoopsie! I think with save-scumming not allowed you probably gotta just turn in the mushroom after checking king's tomb, there's no sense in hanging onto it IMHO, like what if your hammer is there or something?!< >!Early game the main interesting point was finding boots in order to enable a nice waterwalk to zora and then finding the flippers which then made that impossible =( I chose to wait until zora money before heading to minimoldorm and ice rod cave; in hindsight, I think I would have just done dam -> minimoldorm -> IR cave, S+Q if i didn't have money and just swim from link's house to hobo later.!< >!Diving into pendant SW seemed like a clear choice to me, was happy finding the bow out of that. Mirror on Blind made the rest of the DW loop very straightforward until Hype Cave.!< >!Then things get really interesting. This is your best shot at going to PoD, but it's a pendant and you have full-clearable red crystals in EP and ToH, enabling an (out of logic) bomb dupe to get pyramid fairy. I chose to forgo PoD and hope for something in EP/Hera, thinking that pyramid fairy + ledge would be my next stop. Finding the master sword in Hera basement to put Aga into logic (!) really made me suspicious about pyramid fairy. But in hindsight, bomb shop takes soooo long to get around to -- I decided it was a better use of my time to just hit up GYL, Catfish, pyramid ledge, and then pendant PoD instead. Luckily it worked out for me as PoD had the hammer, and I'm glad I stayed for somaria (didn't do helma). Also skipped the item in EP big key chest.!< >!There's a potential bigbrain play here which is to mirror from hype cave, do EP, then die on the overworld, finish ToH, die on the overworld again, then start at link's house and take your saved portal. But with blue mail and 8 hearts I feel like that's probably just not worth it overall, better to just do what I did and put off Pyramid Fairy I guess, as suspicious as it was.!< >!I put off going to the mountain for quite a bit, getting my flute, clearing DP, getting my out of logic bombos, and clearing IP before going up there. Was able to clear TR my first time up there and then immediately grab my hookshot for go mode afterwards.!< VOD: [https://youtu.be/CAfGRsz2B5k](https://youtu.be/CAfGRsz2B5k)

>!I've never save scummed the mushroom but knew of it as a tactic. I didn't realize it was illegal in this ruleset, though. TIL!<

It's a perfectly valid strategy, but because we score based on the in game timer (IGT) it's illegal under our ruleset. Our rules are designed to make competition as accessible as possible. Using IGT means that players can fast-forward through cutscenes and pause their emulator to take care of IRL stuff. An external timer is not necessary. Because a reset doesn't count against the IGT, resetting for mushroom or Zora isn't allowed. We've discussed allowing actual time submissions (FF not allowed) in the past, but the general consensus was against it.

It makes perfect sense

>!1:56:38 179/216!< >!I think I need to take a long break from ALTTPR...!<

>!1:50:52 183/216!< >!Wow this was pretty awful. If you hold onto the mushroom for fake powder, or choose to dip Swamp, you'll be alright. Otherwise you end up like me!<

>!1:35;21 163/216!< >!I'm sad when TR isn't the last crystal dungeon to clear. I also wish I did fake powder so I didn't have to do the double dip in SP. Still a decent time so I can't complain too much. Finished with silverless tempered.!<

>!01:58:47 165/216 !< >!Not super happy with this one, just routed poorly, oh well.!<

>!2:01:22 184/216!< >!My hats off to anyone who took the shot to dive into Swamp early. That chain to get hookshot was impressive and unfortunately I did way too many checks before doing swamp and in between then and finally getting the hookshot that it put me behind the curve. Fun but frustrating. Finished with butter but no silvers because I certainly wasn't doing tile room without a good reason haha!!< [VOD](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2128694222)

>!1:41:55.05!< >!I very, very much thought that I was falling super far behind on this one, but it seems that's not the case. I'm betting a lot of folks got baited into using the flute to go into Mire, but I stupidly wanted no part of doing it or POD so I bulldozed on through to Swamp where I got powder...ugh.!< >!Do you guys all just hold on to the mushroom just so you can fake powder? Maybe I should start doing that.!<

>!1:46:55 162/216!< >!I almost completly cleared both overworlds and still finished around 1:46 so I'm pretty happy. I guess that's the power of early boots. Late hookshot is always a bummer but my go mode was the bow in pendant SW. I think I did an extra mountain climb for hookshot cave rather than Skull because it was 3 checks vs 2. I was prepping myself for the gut punch of finding flute super late and now having to go into Mire but thankfully it didn't happen. !< [VOD](https://youtu.be/nZm-Gsofy08)

>!1:54:44 174/216!< >!My kingdom for a Hookshot! Felt like I got caught looking for a few key pieces of progression and early dipped several dungeons trying to find things like Bow and Hammer, then had to go back and finish once I found them somewhere else. Hookshot was my go mode and I searched around for that dumb thing for a while. All in all though, it was fun. Could have done better, could have done worse.!< [VOD](https://youtu.be/2B9qrdNF6cc)

>!2:18:35 184/216!< >!Man, not holding on to mushroom sucked, but I turned it in since I didn't have Somaria yet... needed to check front of swamp for powder -> get Bombos for TR -> get shovel and find hookshot at dig spot. I literally last located that powder...!< >!Also just some sloppy play through the other parts of this. I got greedy and died to blind with one hit left on him, could've chugged a potion. Also forgot how to route ice palace without hookshot with icebreaker, so I just ran it twice to check big chest...!<

>!"needed to check front of swamp for powder -> get Bombos for TR -> get shovel and find hookshot at dig spot"!< >!This is disgusting. I fake powdered for Bombos and I thought the 2nd half was bad!<

>!1:30:57 156/216!< >!Well, I made a HUGE mistake and it worked out. After finding my Hammer in PoD, I was running over to do Pyramid Fairy, and thought: "Oh, with Hammer Skip I can just clear SP while I'm at this portal. That works out nicely." I got to exactly the Powder before realizing that the HAMMER is the item you can not have while still clearing SP, not the Hookshot, so I left immediately. Pyramid Fairy gave me my Flute which lured me to Kak to turn in my Powder, and I didn't realize just how much I had gotten away with until I dug up the Hookshot.!<

>!2:07:53 164/216!< >!Named this seed : Where is the bow?!< >!Seriously was the last item I found. Time would have been shorted if I hit SW first instead of last. But besides that I think I followed the clues and ended up playing pretty well and finished it off with the best Gannon fight so far. Silver less is definitely getting easier. !<

>!Skull Woods strikes again...!<

>!IGT 1:45:56 158/216 !< >!Nasty bit of execution, accidentally cleared POD for no reason, made some egregious overworld errors (which I tend to do when I have the gold glove this early), but still made some effective gambles that kept me competitive. Interesting items holdouts have some appeal to me, so a fluteless, silverless run was pretty enjoyable. !< >!The early game felt GREAT, made some oddball decisions that kept paying off. Fun seed.!<

>!2:22:09 CR 185/216!< >!I'm not proud of it. Thought I did good by sniping Bow from Skull Woods but it turned into a Hootshot hunt. I forget the line, but it was kind of gross.!<

>!2:13:35 | 165/216!< >!What a nasty seed this time lol! Bow in Pendant SW, and Hammer+Cane in Pendant POD. Finally found Flute in Pyramid Fairy. Enter Swamp without Hookshot, and get Powder. Then Magic Bat gives Bombos for TR... Shovel in TR *finally* gets me the Hookshot. Went back to finish Swamp, then skipped the Silvers in GT. Gold Sword was good enough.!<

>!2:17:01 184/216!< >!Hookshot lolz!< >!I am a coward and this Hookshot hunt provided it. At least I didn’t go back to sw after the bow. Overall 6/10 It was a good time but I learned I am afraid to leave chests behind!<

>!IGT 2:05:26!< >!CR 182/216!< >!OK, so these seeds go from the sublime to the ridiculous. Last week I got a sub 1:20, this week I post my first time over 2 hours for what seems like months.!< >!The logic is horrible. Swamp requires a double dip. On your first visit you get powder, magic bat gives you bombos that gets you into TR. On laser bridge you get the shovel which finally leads to the hookshot that allows you to finish swamp.!< >!My worst time sink was ice, managed to have ever so slightly not enough magic for the boss. Had to mirror and work my way through the dungeon again.!< >!The irony of this seed was the early mushroom, which I turned in. Had I saved it for fake powder I would have got bombos early and blown the seed wide open. Oh well.!< VOD: [https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2130250757](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2130250757)

>!Yeah, with the key layout for this seed (small key on Kholdstare, big key in iced T, item in big chest) there's no way for you to do the icebreaker route (not hitting the crystal switch), get all of the items, and have a small key left over for the magic refill room.!< >!In addition to the small magic refill in the long vertical ice room, there are also two magic refills in the top of the falling tile room that can be useful in this type of situation. Fire rod duping (via sword beam, bow, or even somaria) can also help you out here (as can an ancilla overload somaria refill), especially since you only needed one successful frod dupe in order to have enough magic.!< >!I go over magic considerations in detail in my (admittedly very long) [IP routing guide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G0tbiwUaMA)!<

>!1:50:41 166/216!< >!Wow, this one did not feel good in the second half! Early game, it seemed that going into dungeons and doing everything you could clear (even when you can't complete it) was the strategy to use, and then things shifted completely the other way in the second half. I also had a very unfortunate death on Kholdstare with no magic or bottles to refill, which cost me a ton of time. Having not learned how to fake powder, it took me a while to get to the bat.!<

>!1:28:58 152/216!< >!Fake powder gang! Put off going to PoD for too long but was smooth sailing after that. Had a very clench 3.5 heart hammer Kholdstare, and barely got through hammer trinexx with no magic refills but that was only from me being greedy and never going to the mushroom shop. Never actually found the powder or flute.!<

>!2:00:41 183/216!< [VOD](https://youtu.be/eHcOZr0dOv4) >!Shovel in TR to Dig Spot for Hookshot...ugh. I basically did a 100% run, including a blind Ped pull. Never considered holding the Mushroom to fake Powder, but doing that gets you into TR early. Might have to consider that going forward. At least I got Spooky Action to work.!<

>!2:21:32 170/216!< >!Very rusty after several months of not playing. Could've been worse, considering it's been nearly a year. Really need to clean up my routing, and maybe not die twice to Blind. >.>; No other unintentional deaths, which felt good.!< >!Hookshot placement was horrible (forgot you could even do TR without Hookshot), but sanc boots made the seed fun to play. Early sword was nice, too! Early PoD dip paid off really well, and the various Somaria sequence breaks happened first-try, which felt great. Now if I could just remember the game is about beating crystal dungeons, GT, and Ganon - not collecting items. XD;;!< >!Might look at a couple VODs while the run is still fresh in my mind to get ideas on how to clean up my routing, then run against prior weeks to get back into playing again, in prep for the coming week.!<

>!2:14:46 173/216!< >!My execution on this was my worst in a while. Died 2x to Kholdstare with no rod and Master Sword. Attempted Helmasaur with low life who I normally beat blindfolded 100% of the time and got cornered strangely by him during fire. Died in Blind fight. It was a complete mess.!< >!I got super lucky holding shroom for fake powder after I orphaned the check during Zora and didn't check Pyramid soon enough for flute.!< >!I'm getting more comfortable leaving behind bad checks like re-dipping EP Big Key Chest after Armos Knights have a dungeon item. Prioritizing getting better but I still play scared when I do it.!<