This is the standard version of Baselard manip, performed at the beginning of every standard route for non-NG+ Soma categories. It requires having beaten the game once in order to be able to skip cutscenesthe intro cutscene, which would otherwise make RNG calls.

== Explanation ==* # Slash 3 times anywhere in the first room.* # After the door closes, short hop and throw a spear anywhere on the slope to kill the first Zombie. The timing of the first spear throw doesn't matter much as long as the first Zombie dies.* # At the middle of the pyramid-shaped pile of bricks in the background, roughly when the front of Soma's head touches the dark vertical line separating the top two bricks, short hop and immediately throw a second spear.* # As soon as you land from the hop, quickly hop again and throw a third spear at the edge of the brick pile.* # The farthest Zombie should die to the third spear just before the closer Zombie dies to the second spear, which should drop the Baselard.

For the [[AoS/Soma_Any%25 | Any%]] and [[AoS/Soma_All_Bosses | All Bosses]] categories where gaining XP early on is important, 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 two Zombies which always spawn there. An earlier throw will kill one Zombie, whereas a later throw will kill both Zombies. Too late of a throw will miss both.

{{#ev:youtube|Ouj6GGswDpY|||||start=45&end=130}}''by Chewy4u''