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Most Soma categories make heavy use of RNG manipulation sequences (commonly called "manips") to guarantee that specific certain items or souls always drop from certain specific enemies. This allows runners speedrunners to use utilize routes which would otherwise require impossibly low drop odds to succeed.

= Overview =Whenever a new game is started or a save file is loaded, the RNG seed will always be reset to the same value. From that pointDepending on the room Soma loads into, a runner can it is sometimes possible for the player to perform standardized movements and actions which deterministically to advance the RNG deterministically, until it reaches a value to one that which produces the a desired dropfrom a specific enemy.

Julius mode is unable to make use of perform manips since , as it has no method to suspend and reload the game.

= Baselard manip Creating and practicing manips = :''Main article [[AoS/Baselard_manip RNG_call_data | Baselard manipRNG call data]]''This manip is used by almost every category, and is the first thing most new runners should learn.

TODO link to and explain RNG index lua script + speedrun discord = List of manips by category =[[AoS/Baselard_manip | Baselard manip]] is used in the standard route for every category except NG+. It is performed at the very start of the game, and is a fundamental manip Soma runners should know. == Any% No 0HP manips ==:* '''[[AoS/Creaking_Skull_manip | Creaking Skull manip]]''':* '''[[AoS/Soma_Any%25_No_0HP#Manticore_manip | Any% No 0HP Manticore manip]]''':* '''[[Soma_Any%25_No_0HP#Lubicant_manip | Any% No 0HP Lubicant manip]]''' == Any% manips ==

= Any% No 0HP = Glitchless manips ==

:* '''[[AoS/Manticore_manip#Soma_Any% | Manticore manip (Any% No 0HP version)]]''':* '''[[AoS/Lubicant_manip#Soma_Any% | Lubicant+Muramasa manip (Any% No 0HP version)]]''' = Glitchless manips =TODOothers

== All Bosses manips ==

== 100% All Souls manips ==