Low% Route

[RheaultWnage]

I thought it might be fun to try and route the low% run, so I gave it a shot. Here is what I skipped getting: http://www.zeldaspeedruns.com/albw/info/skippable-items . Road Skip refers to skipping rocks east of Hyrule Castle using a Green Soldier (http://www.zeldaspeedruns.com/albw/overworld/irene-bell-triggers first picture)


HYRULE

- Link's House Weather Vane
- Blacksmith
- Power Gloves Skip
- Deathwarp ASAP after the eruption cutscene
- Rent TRod
- Sanctuary (20 from tomb, 20 from chest, 5 from ground 5 from tomb if necessary to reach 50)
- Rent Hookshot (50)
- Eastern Palace (267 rupees in escape)
- Sahasrahla's Cutscene
- Road Skip
- Shady Guy cutscene
- Deathwarp
- Rent Bombs, TRod, Hammer (90)
- 100 rupees in Kak Green House
- Smooth Gem (200. 77 rupees left)
- Road Skip
- Flippers
- House Of Gales
- Tower Of Hera
- Master Sword
- Deathwarp
- Hyrule Castle (Get 173 from Red/Blue Soldiers)


LORULE

- Portal to Hyrule at Vacant House
- Deathwarp back to Link's House
- Rent TRod, Hammer, Hookshot, FRod (250, 0 left)
- Portal at Sahasrahla's house
- Skull Woods
- Portal at Rosso's House
- Portal bottom of Death Mountain
- Ore Mine Skip
- Ice Cave
- Ice Ruins (300 from small cave between 1F and B1, 20 from under Skull, 20 from wall above Energy Scroll Chest)
- Deathwarp
- Rent Bombs, IRod, TRod, Hookshot (250, 100 left)
- Portal leading to Dark Palace area
- Dark Palace
- Same Portal, back to Hyrule
- Portal southwest of House Of Gales
- Turtles Skip
- Turtle Rock (100 in chest spawned by killing Wizrobe for sequence break)
- Same Portal, back to Hyrule
- Portal Link House
- Big Bomb (200, 0 left)
- Swamp Palace
- Portal northwest corner
- Portals to Misery Mire and Desert
- Sand Rod/Scroll Skip
- Desert Palace Skip
- Portal to Hyrule to heal with pots
- Portal back to Lorule
- Zaganaga (With Sword beams)
- Portals back to Swamp
- Portal at Link House to get to Lorule
- Thieves' Hideout
- Lorule Castle

Let's never run this.

[Tr621]

It should be noted that low% is impossible on hero mode, because you don't have enough health to take the required amount of damage to skip certain items.

[RheaultWnage]

It should be noted that low% is impossible on hero mode, because you don't have enough health to take the required amount of damage to skip certain items.

Well you couldn't do Dark Maze Skip (go through the Maze instead, doesn't require any extra item), but I think that's the only different thing? You might want to do Sanctuary before Power Gloves Skip, so you have a Sword to kill the Mini Moldorms and actually have a decent chance at getting out of the cave.

Aside frome that... I can't think of anything?

EDIT: Like Anwonu said in IRC, you can actually do the Dark Maze Skip by getting damaged by a bomb instead of the Snap Dragon.

[Roadagain]

I'm guessing hero low% problem would be desert skip?

Which, if you did it normally, it would. You either need to do Ice Rod strats, or use the bomb boost from the bridge instead.

[RheaultWnage]

I finished a Low% run a few moments ago. Some thoughts on it.

- Road skip is kind of tricky, but once you know how to set it up you'll get it eventually. You can save in front of the castle too so soft resetting isn't too bad. Way better than Early Flippers.
- Accidentaly triggering Irene's cutscene and having to soft reset is annoying.
- Moving around the overworld without boots/bell is slow as hell and quickly becomes a chore. (Almost) Only being able to save at your house is tedious. Having to climb up to Ice Ruins twice almost made me cry. ; . ;
- The Bow is actually a pretty nice item to have.
- Deathwarping away from Ice Ruins is the best strat.
- Desert Palace segment is the absolute worst. 3 hearts DPS after pulling off the first bomb boost to reach the area is scary as hell. Sword beams Zaganaga fight takes forever and is even more scarrierester.
- Yuganon fight is too hard for me.

Overall it wasn't really that fun, but I'm happy to have done it nonetheless. (Mostly happy that it's over. )

Also, once you've obtained the Master Sword, the only way to rent new items without triggering Quick Equip is to deathwarp to your house. Thank god that works because I didn't have the Ice and Fire Rods by that point. :x