The Baselard manip is a [[AoS/RNG_manipulation | manip]] to obtain the Baselard weapon drop from a zombie Zombie in the first zombie Zombie corridor after starting the game. The Baselard is useful because of its high base damage compared to all other weapons available early on in the game.

* After the door closes, short hop and throw a spear anywhere on the slope to kill the first zombieZombie. The timing of the first spear throw doesn't matter much as long as the first zombie Zombie dies.

* The farthest zombie Zombie should die to the third spear just before the closer zombie Zombie dies to the second spear, which should drop the Baselard.

For categories where it's important to gain extra XP early on (Any% and All Bosses), it can be useful to also throw a fourth spear when Soma's head touches the edge of the column in the background, potentially killing one or both extra zombies Zombies which always spawn there. An earlier throw will kill one zombieZombie, whereas a later throw will both zombiesZombies. Too late of a throw will miss both.

On the zombie Zombie corridor screen, you can hold up+right the entire time to make the inputs for walking and throwing the spears simpler.

If the closer zombie Zombie doesn't die from your second spear because the spear vanished, that means you threw it too early from too far left of the bricks pile midway line.

Similarly, if the closer zombie Zombie doesn't die from your second spear landed because it landed too far to the right of it and missed, that means you threw it too late from too far right of the bricks pile midway line.

If both zombies Zombies die but no Baselard drops, it's because your third spear throw was too late and the farther zombie Zombie didn't die on the first possible frame.