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SOTN/Techniques

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= Movement techniques =

*[[SOTN/Book_Jump | Book Jump]]
*[[SOTN/Infinite_Wing_Smash | Infinite Wing Smash]]
*[[SOTN/Shield_Dash | Shield Dash]]
*[[SOTN/Double_Jump_Reset | Double Jump Reset]]
*[[SOTN/Frontslide | Frontslide]]

= Major Glitches/Skips =

{| class="wikitable"
|style="background-color:#252525; color: red; font-weight: bold;"|Warning!
|Some techniques take advantage of glitches that are not allowed in all speedrun categories of SOTN. Refer to the page for a given category for more information on what is and is not allowed.
|}

Several glitches have been discovered in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, and they are organized here into Major Glitches, Minor Glitches, and Save Corruption to help in understanding which glitches are allowed for a given category of speedrunning the game. Certain glitches and sequence breaks are not allowed in the [[SOTN/Alucard_Glitchless_Any% | Glitchless ]] category, but are allowed in the [[SOTN_Alucard_Any%25_NSC|Any% NSC]] category. Save Corruption, which is an arbitrary code execution glitch, is only allowed in [[SOTN/Alucard_Any%_ACE | Alucard Any% ACE]], and is given its own section below.

*[[SOTN/Death_Skip | Death Skip]]
*[[SOTN/Shop_Glitch | Shop Glitch]]
*[[SOTN/Floor_Clip | Floor Clip]]
*[[SOTN/Richter_Skip | Richter Skip]]
*[[SOTN/Relic_Skip | Relic Skip]]
*[[SOTN/Revenge_Tech| Revenge Tech]]
*[[SOTN/Half-Blood_Tech| Half-Blood Tech]]
*[[SOTN/Fire_Boomerang_Super_Jump | Fire Boomerang Super Jump]]
* Quick Save Warp (Requiem version only)

= Minor Glitches =

Minor glitches are permitted in all categories of the game, and are usually unintended mechanics or quirks of the game.

TODO: Describe Holy Water damage stacks

TODO: Describe MP Refill glitch

TODO: List out the other minor glitches

= Save Corruption =

Save corruption is put into its own category, as it is the only major glitch that is not allowed in any of the normal categories.

TODO: Describe the save corruption glitch

SOTN/Reverse Shift Line

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Reverse Shift Line or RSL for short is an important glitch used in multiple skips for the Alucard categories. It can be used to skip over rooms or go out of bounds. Its primary usage is for the [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]] and the [[SOTN/Relic_Skip|Relic Skip]].

Not to be confused with a [[SOTN/Shift Line|Shift Line]], which is another glitch that can be used to go out-of-bounds or skip areas.

== Mechanics ==
During screen freezes like a Level Up, Heart Refresh or Shield Rod spell Alucard is able to move for one frame at the current speed without affecting screen scrolling.

The screen starts shifting to follow Alucard 129 pixels away from the edge.

If Alucard enters a screen freeze state while moving away from the end of a screen at the scrolling point then exits the screen without going further away, that causes Alucard's room index to be offset on the next screen effectively causing him to appear on the other side of where he usually would. This can also cause you to be placed inside of a wall, causing you to zip downwards. This glitch is sensitive to subpixel values so a setup is required to assure a successful attempt for both activating the screen freeze and for exiting the room. Depending on the setup and subpixel values this trick can have a 2 frame window instead of one frame.

{| class="wikitable"
! step by step visualization
|-
|[[File:Rsl_start.png]]
|-
|Starting location, Alucard's X pos is represented by the orange line and is at 126px away from the left edge.
The blue line represents the position after the scrolling activation.

We first hold forward.
|-
|[[File:Rsl_step.png]]
|-
|On the next frame (in this case one or two would work) we press heart refresh.
|-
|[[File:Rsl_hr_frame.png]]
|-
|After moving in the HR animation our X coordinate is at a point when shifting would start occurring normally.

We buffer a backdash out of the screen freeze and exit the screen from the left side to activate the glitch and warp to the left side of the next room.
|-
|}

== Skips that Use RSL ==
* [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]]
* [[SOTN/Relic_Skip|Relic Skip]]
* Slogra and Gaibon Skip (used in [[SOTN/Alucard_Reverse_Boss_Order | Reverse Boss Order]])
* Karasuman Skip (used in [[SOTN/Alucard_Pacifist | Alucard Pacifist]])

== History ==
RSL was discovered by glitch hunter sockfolder in 2013.

SOTN/Revenge Tech

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= Revenge Tech =

The method for achieving Revenge Tech varies from enemy to enemy, but a Revenge Tech is achieved whenever Alucard is able to manipulate the game into having an enemy die while not granting Alucard any Experience for doing so or increasing his Kill count. This technique is the cornerstone of the [[SOTN/Alucard_Pacifist | Pacifist]] category

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_SlograAndGaibon.mkv]]

Begin by dashing in close to Slogra, waiting just long enough for Slogra to begin his spear attack. Immediately dash away 3 times as Gaibon swoops in closer to you and the ground. Punch Gaibon a few times, then move to the right as Gaibon flies up and away from you, lining yourself so that you are close enough to punch Gaibon as he lands on the ground. Slogra should be behind Gaibon at this point. Keep punching Gaibon until you hear him enter his second phase. Pull out your shield to block Gaibon's diagonal fireballs, then perform a Hellfire while holding RIGHT so that you travel far enough to line up with both Slogra and, as he lands, Gaibon. Hold UP at this point to upgrade your Hellfire attack into the flaming orbs. If performed correctly, Slogra and Gaibon should both die without granting Alucard any XP.

If only one of the Bosses dies, it is still possible to successfully perform Revenge Tech on the remaining boss by itself ([https://www.twitch.tv/videos/41739568?t=0h5m29s| as seen in Desquall's 1:14:44]) by repeating the upgraded, teleporting Hellfire and overlapping your hitbox with theirs.

== Doppelganger10 ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_Doppelganger10.mkv]]

Performing a Revenge Tech on Doppelganger10 is very easy and can, in fact, be done purely by accident during a normal run. It involves simply running into Doppelganger and taking damage while he is frozen by the Stopwatch, then killing him while the Stopwatch still has him frozen. If performed correctly, Doppelganger10 will die without granting Alucard any XP.

== Holy Water Revenge Tech ==

=== Venus Weed ===

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.mkv]]

Once you enter the room from the right side, walk up to the Venus Weed as it begins its initial bloom animation. Once you see the white flower bud appear at the top, throw 3 Holy Waters on the ground at approximately where its root is. Then, quickly activate an Antivenom to give yourself invincibility frames and walk to the left until Alucard's sprite overlaps the middle portion of the Venus Weed and throw a Flame star. The damage from the Holy Waters and the Flame star should be enough to deplete the Venus Weed's health. If performed correctly, the Venus Weed will die without granting Alucard any XP.

=== Karasuman ===

Although the [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce/runs/mell7k8z| current Pacifist World Record] skips Karasuman using a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line|Reverse Shift Line]] instead, it is possible to use the same method as Venus Weed Revenge Tech described above on Karasuman when he has landed on the ground.

SOTN/Half-Blood Tech

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= Half-Blood Tech =

TODO: Find out why it is called Half-Blood Tech or who coined it

By positioning Alucard against a wall while in Bat form while also taking enough damage from an enemy to be Big Tossed, you can clip Alucard through a wall/floor and go out-of-bounds.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.mkv]]

Alucard must have Soul of Bat, a Toadstool, and a consumable that gives invincibility frames (preferably an Elixir) equipped. Begin by poisoning Alucard with the Toadstool, then get Medusa to position herself against the right ledge. You can do this by walking close enough to trigger her attack, then dodging that attack, and repeating. Once Medusa is against the right ledge or about to be, use the Elixir to grant yourself invincibility frames and quickly turn into Bat and move through Medusa's hitbox to position yourself between Medusa and the ledge. When Medusa attacks you, if your HP was low enough to trigger a Big Toss, you will clip into the floor and untransform as Bat. Proceed to travel to the right, then transform back into Bat to trigger the screen transition.

This particular technique is used in the [[SOTN/Alucard Pacifist | Pacifist]] category to get past Medusa without gaining any XP.

== Karasuman ==

TODO: Describe how to perform Karasuman Half-Blood Tech

This particular technique is used in the [[SOTN/Alucard Reverse Boss Order | RBO]] category to get past Karasuman without killing them.

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

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= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

Alucard Pacifist is a challenge category that requires killing Dracula while Alucard has 0 XP and 0 kills (going by the in-game Kill Count). Accomplishing this requires extensive knowledge of glitches and obscure game mechanics, many of which are unique to this category.

One of the unique glitches that is critical to this category is called [[SOTN/Revenge Tech | Revenge Tech]], and it allows Alucard to bypass certain bosses and farm certain enemies for drops without it granting him any experience points or increasing his Kill Count.

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Karasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Karasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Karasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Karasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Karasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

To get back across the gap and into the stairwell above, you need to perform a combination of [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Resets]] and the Thrust Sword special.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv]]

== Reaching Gravity Boots without Flight ==

In order to acquire Gravity Boots at this stage of the run, Alucard must perform a very difficult series of tricks.

The first step requires reaching the first ledge in the center path above the Clock Room by Wolf-Thrust Sword rising (which will require refilling mana with Manna Prism to keep going). You can also start off with a [[SOTN/Fire_Boomerang_Super_Jump|Fire Boomerang Super Jump]] if you prefer.

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots_Part1.mkv]]

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots_Part2.mkv]]

Once you reach the first ledge, you will then need to perform a [[SOTN/Fire_Boomerang_Super_Jump|Fire Boomerang Super Jump]] and have Alucard's head collide with the sloped ceiling near the top of the room. Doing so will allow you to jump a second time to position yourself near the exit in the ceiling while you proceed to perform another series of Wolf-Thrust Sword rising to reach the ledge in the next room.

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge (2-frame window)
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you (2-frame window)
##* If you start your dash too early, the gate won't close and you can try again
##* If you start your dash too late, Alucard will fall off the ledge and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too early, Alucard will be trapped inside the room with Cerberus and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too late, Alucard will enter the previous room and you can try again
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a [[SOTN/Frontslide | Frontslide]].

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.png]]

By positioning Alucard between Medusa and the right ledge while poisoned and taking damage, Alucard can use a glitch known as [[SOTN/Half-Blood Tech | Half-Blood Tech]] to skip past the fight with Medusa.

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

SOTN/Maria All Bosses Console

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TODO: Confirm that boss list is accurate

* Slogra/Gaibon
* Olrox
* Hippogryph
* Skeleton Leader
* Karasuman
* Lesser Demon
* Doppel10
* Scylla
* Cerberus
* Granfaloon
* Darkwing Bat
* Creature
* Doppel40
* Galamoth
* Medusa
* Akmodan II
* Trio
* Beelzebub
* Shaft

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

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= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

Alucard Pacifist is a challenge category that requires killing Dracula while Alucard has 0 XP and 0 kills (going by the in-game Kill Count). Accomplishing this requires extensive knowledge of glitches and obscure game mechanics, many of which are unique to this category.

One of the unique glitches that is critical to this category is called [[SOTN/Revenge Tech | Revenge Tech]], and it allows Alucard to bypass certain bosses and farm certain enemies for drops without it granting him any experience points or increasing his Kill Count.

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

To get back across the gap and into the stairwell above, you need to perform a combination of [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Resets]] and the Thrust Sword special.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv]]

== Reaching Gravity Boots without Flight ==

In order to acquire Gravity Boots at this stage of the run, Alucard must perform a very difficult series of tricks.

The first step requires reaching the first ledge in the center path above the Clock Room by Wolf-Thrust Sword rising (which will require refilling mana with Manna Prism to keep going). You can also start off with a [[SOTN/Fire_Boomerang_Super_Jump|Fire Boomerang Super Jump]] if you prefer.

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots_Part1.mkv]]

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots_Part2.mkv]]

Once you reach the first ledge, you will then need to perform a [[SOTN/Fire_Boomerang_Super_Jump|Fire Boomerang Super Jump]] and have Alucard's head collide with the sloped ceiling near the top of the room. Doing so will allow you to jump a second time to position yourself near the exit in the ceiling while you proceed to perform another series of Wolf-Thrust Sword rising to reach the ledge in the next room.

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge (2-frame window)
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you (2-frame window)
##* If you start your dash too early, the gate won't close and you can try again
##* If you start your dash too late, Alucard will fall off the ledge and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too early, Alucard will be trapped inside the room with Cerberus and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too late, Alucard will enter the previous room and you can try again
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a [[SOTN/Frontslide | Frontslide]].

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.png]]

By positioning Alucard between Medusa and the right ledge while poisoned and taking damage, Alucard can use a glitch known as [[SOTN/Half-Blood Tech | Half-Blood Tech]] to skip past the fight with Medusa.

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

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= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

Alucard Pacifist is a challenge category that requires killing Dracula while Alucard has 0 XP and 0 kills (going by the in-game Kill Count). Accomplishing this requires extensive knowledge of glitches and obscure game mechanics, many of which are unique to this category.

One of the unique glitches that is critical to this category is called [[SOTN/Revenge Tech | Revenge Tech]], and it allows Alucard to bypass certain bosses and farm certain enemies for drops without it granting him any experience points or increasing his Kill Count.

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

To get back across the gap and into the stairwell above, you need to perform a combination of [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Resets]] and the Thrust Sword special.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv]]

== Reaching Gravity Boots without Flight ==

TODO: Describe how to use the [[SOTN/Fire_Boomerang_Super_Jump|Fire Boomerang Super Jump]] to reach Gravity Boots without flight.

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots_Part1.mkv]]

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots_Part2.mkv]]

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge (2-frame window)
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you (2-frame window)
##* If you start your dash too early, the gate won't close and you can try again
##* If you start your dash too late, Alucard will fall off the ledge and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too early, Alucard will be trapped inside the room with Cerberus and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too late, Alucard will enter the previous room and you can try again
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a [[SOTN/Frontslide | Frontslide]].

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.png]]

By positioning Alucard between Medusa and the right ledge while poisoned and taking damage, Alucard can use a glitch known as [[SOTN/Half-Blood Tech | Half-Blood Tech]] to skip past the fight with Medusa.

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

SOTN/Fire Boomerang Super Jump

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= Fire Boomerang Super Jump =

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump.mkv]]

In order to perform a Fire Boomerang Super Jump, Alucard must have the Soul of Wolf Relic, a Duplicator, and two Fire Boomerangs. You must equip one Fire Boomerang to each hand.

To perform the technique, you must do the following in very quick succession:

# Alternate throwing out 3 of each Fire Boomerang so that 6 Fire Boomerangs in total are flying across the screen.
# Immediately follow this up with a jump followed immediately by a Wolf Transformation.

If performed correctly, you should see Alucard's color palette glitch and Alucard will very quickly ascend upward until one or more of the Fire Boomerangs leave the screen. At that point, Alucard's color palette will return to normal and will begin falling again.

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots.png]]

If you have trouble hitting all of the inputs in quick succession, it can be helpful to bring up the Map after throwing out the final Fire Boomerang so that the jump can be buffered while leaving the Map followed immediately by the Wolf Transformation.

Sometimes the game will limit you to only throwing out 4 or 5 Fire Boomerangs at one time. Also, transforming into Wolf will occasionally cause the Fire Boomerangs to disappear. It is unclear why either of these things happens, but if it does, you will have to start the trick over from the beginning.

This trick is used in the [[SOTN/Alucard_Pacifist|Pacifist]] category of the game.

== History ==

This trick was discovered by Jackobones in 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5VvpK9mzQk

File:SOTN FireBoomerangSuperJump.mkv

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Alucard uses dual-equipped Fire Boomerangs combined with Duplicator and Soul of Wolf to achieve a Super Jump

SOTN/Fire Boomerang Super Jump

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= Fire Boomerang Super Jump =

In order to perform a Fire Boomerang Super Jump, Alucard must have the Soul of Wolf Relic, a Duplicator, and two Fire Boomerangs. You must equip one Fire Boomerang to each hand.

To perform the technique, you must do the following in very quick succession:

# Alternate throwing out 3 of each Fire Boomerang so that 6 Fire Boomerangs in total are flying across the screen.
# Immediately follow this up with a jump followed immediately by a Wolf Transformation.

If performed correctly, you should see Alucard's color palette glitch and Alucard will very quickly ascend upward until one or more of the Fire Boomerangs leave the screen. At that point, Alucard's color palette will return to normal and will begin falling again.

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots.png]]

If you have trouble hitting all of the inputs in quick succession, it can be helpful to bring up the Map after throwing out the final Fire Boomerang so that the jump can be buffered while leaving the Map followed immediately by the Wolf Transformation.

Sometimes the game will limit you to only throwing out 4 or 5 Fire Boomerangs at one time. Also, transforming into Wolf will occasionally cause the Fire Boomerangs to disappear. It is unclear why either of these things happens, but if it does, you will have to start the trick over from the beginning.

== History ==

This trick was discovered by Jackobones in 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5VvpK9mzQk

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

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= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

Alucard Pacifist is a challenge category that requires killing Dracula while Alucard has 0 XP and 0 kills (going by the in-game Kill Count). Accomplishing this requires extensive knowledge of glitches and obscure game mechanics, many of which are unique to this category.

One of the unique glitches that is critical to this category is called [[SOTN/Revenge Tech | Revenge Tech]], and it allows Alucard to bypass certain bosses and farm certain enemies for drops without it granting him any experience points or increasing his Kill Count.

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

To get back across the gap and into the stairwell above, you need to perform a combination of [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Resets]] and the Thurst Sword special.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv]]

== Reaching Gravity Boots without Flight ==

TODO: Describe how to use the [[SOTN/Fire_Boomerang_Super_Jump|Fire Boomerang Super Jump]] to reach Gravity Boots without flight.

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots_Part1.mkv]]

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots_Part2.mkv]]

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge (2-frame window)
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you (2-frame window)
##* If you start your dash too early, the gate won't close and you can try again
##* If you start your dash too late, Alucard will fall off the ledge and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too early, Alucard will be trapped inside the room with Cerberus and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too late, Alucard will enter the previous room and you can try again
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a [[SOTN/Frontslide | Frontslide]].

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.png]]

By positioning Alucard between Medusa and the right ledge while poisoned and taking damage, Alucard can use a glitch known as [[SOTN/Half-Blood Tech | Half-Blood Tech]] to skip past the fight with Medusa.

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

File:SOTN FireBoomerangSuperJump ReachingGravityBoots Part2.mkv

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Part 2 of 2: Alucard uses a Fire Boomerang Super Jump to reach Gravity Boots without flight

File:SOTN FireBoomerangSuperJump ReachingGravityBoots Part1.mkv

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Part 1 of 2: Alucard uses a Fire Boomerang Super Jump to reach Gravity Boots without flight

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

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= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

Alucard Pacifist is a challenge category that requires killing Dracula while Alucard has 0 XP and 0 kills (going by the in-game Kill Count). Accomplishing this requires extensive knowledge of glitches and obscure game mechanics, many of which are unique to this category.

One of the unique glitches that is critical to this category is called [[SOTN/Revenge Tech | Revenge Tech]], and it allows Alucard to bypass certain bosses and farm certain enemies for drops without it granting him any experience points or increasing his Kill Count.

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

To get back across the gap and into the stairwell above, you need to perform a combination of [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Resets]] and the Thurst Sword special.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv]]

== Reaching Gravity Boots without Flight ==

TODO: Describe how to use the [[SOTN/Fire_Boomerang_Super_Jump|Fire Boomerang Super Jump]] to reach Gravity Boots without flight.

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge (2-frame window)
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you (2-frame window)
##* If you start your dash too early, the gate won't close and you can try again
##* If you start your dash too late, Alucard will fall off the ledge and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too early, Alucard will be trapped inside the room with Cerberus and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too late, Alucard will enter the previous room and you can try again
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a [[SOTN/Frontslide | Frontslide]].

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.png]]

By positioning Alucard between Medusa and the right ledge while poisoned and taking damage, Alucard can use a glitch known as [[SOTN/Half-Blood Tech | Half-Blood Tech]] to skip past the fight with Medusa.

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

SOTN/Fire Boomerang Super Jump

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= Fire Boomerang Super Jump =

TODO: Describe how to perform the trick

[[File:SOTN_FireBoomerangSuperJump_ReachingGravityBoots.png]]

== History ==

This trick was discovered by Jackobones.

File:SOTN FireBoomerangSuperJump ReachingGravityBoots.png

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Alucard uses a technique called Fire Boomerang Super Jump to reach the Gravity Boots location without flight

SOTN/Reverse Shift Line

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Reverse Shift Line or RSL for short is an important glitch used in multiple skips for the Alucard categories. It can be used to skip over rooms or go out of bounds. Its primary usage is for the [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]] and the [[SOTN/Relic_Skip|Relic Skip]].

Not to be confused with a [[SOTN/Shift Line|Shift Line]], which is another glitch that can be used to go out-of-bounds or skip areas.

== Mechanics ==
During screen freezes like a Level Up, Heart Refresh or Shield Rod spell Alucard is able to move for one frame at the current speed without affecting screen scrolling.

The screen starts shifting to follow Alucard 129 pixels away from the edge.

If Alucard enters a screen freeze state while moving away from the end of a screen at the scrolling point then exits the screen without going further away, that causes Alucard's room index to be offset on the next screen effectively causing him to appear on the other side of where he usually would. This can also cause you to be placed inside of a wall, causing you to zip downwards. This glitch is sensitive to subpixel values so a setup is required to assure a successful attempt for both activating the screen freeze and for exiting the room. Depending on the setup and subpixel values this trick can have a 2 frame window instead of one frame.

{| class="wikitable"
! step by step visualization
|-
|[[File:Rsl_start.png]]
|-
|Starting location, Alucard's X pos is represented by the orange line and is at 126px away from the left edge.
The blue line represents the position after the scrolling activation.

We first hold forward.
|-
|[[File:Rsl_step.png]]
|-
|On the next frame (in this case one or two would work) we press heart refresh.
|-
|[[File:Rsl_hr_frame.png]]
|-
|After moving in the HR animation our X coordinate is at a point when shifting would start occurring normally.

We buffer a backdash out of the screen freeze and exit the screen from the left side to activate the glitch and warp to the left side of the next room.
|-
|}

== Skips that Use RSL ==
* [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]]
* [[SOTN/Relic_Skip|Relic Skip]]
* Slogra and Gaibon Skip (used in [[SOTN/Alucard_Reverse_Boss_Order | Reverse Boss Order]])
* Kurasuman Skip (used in [[SOTN/Alucard_Pacifist | Alucard Pacifist]])

== History ==
RSL was discovered by glitch hunter sockfolder in 2013.

SOTN/Reverse Shift Line

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Reverse Shift Line or RSL for short is an important glitch used in multiple skips for the Alucard categories. It can be used to skip over rooms or go out of bounds. Its primary usage is for the [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]] and the [[SOTN/Relic_Skip|Relic Skip]].

Not to be confused with [[Shift Line]], another glitch that can be used to go out-of-bounds or skip areas.

== Mechanics ==
During screen freezes like a Level Up, Heart Refresh or Shield Rod spell Alucard is able to move for one frame at the current speed without affecting screen scrolling.

The screen starts shifting to follow Alucard 129 pixels away from the edge.

If Alucard enters a screen freeze state while moving away from the end of a screen at the scrolling point then exits the screen without going further away, that causes Alucard's room index to be offset on the next screen effectively causing him to appear on the other side of where he usually would. This can also cause you to be placed inside of a wall, causing you to zip downwards. This glitch is sensitive to subpixel values so a setup is required to assure a successful attempt for both activating the screen freeze and for exiting the room. Depending on the setup and subpixel values this trick can have a 2 frame window instead of one frame.

{| class="wikitable"
! step by step visualization
|-
|[[File:Rsl_start.png]]
|-
|Starting location, Alucard's X pos is represented by the orange line and is at 126px away from the left edge.
The blue line represents the position after the scrolling activation.

We first hold forward.
|-
|[[File:Rsl_step.png]]
|-
|On the next frame (in this case one or two would work) we press heart refresh.
|-
|[[File:Rsl_hr_frame.png]]
|-
|After moving in the HR animation our X coordinate is at a point when shifting would start occurring normally.

We buffer a backdash out of the screen freeze and exit the screen from the left side to activate the glitch and warp to the left side of the next room.
|-
|}

== Skips that Use RSL ==
* [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]]
* [[SOTN/Relic_Skip|Relic Skip]]
* Slogra and Gaibon Skip (used in [[SOTN/Alucard_Reverse_Boss_Order | Reverse Boss Order]])
* Kurasuman Skip (used in [[SOTN/Alucard_Pacifist | Alucard Pacifist]])

== History ==
RSL was discovered by glitch hunter sockfolder in 2013.

SOTN/Shift Line

2024-08-10T21:26:09Z

SestrenExsis: Create Shift Line page

Shift Line is a glitch used in certain categories of the game, normally used for going out of bounds.

Not to be confused with [[Reverse Shift Line]], another glitch that can be used to go out-of-bounds or skip areas. Shift Line allows you to fall out of bounds when you would normally go through a screen transition. Reverse Shift Line allows you to appear on the other side of the next screen as you travel through.

== Skips that Use Double Heart Refresh ==
* Lesser Demon Skip (used in [[SOTN/Alucard_Pacifist | Alucard Pacifist]])
* Shaft Skip (used in [[SOTN/Alucard_Pacifist | Alucard Pacifist]])

SOTN Record Progression

2024-06-09T20:25:38Z

SestrenExsis: Add Luck Mode runs

= Alucard Any% No Save Corruption =

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="20"
! scope="col" width="90" | Runner
! scope="col" width="60" | Time
! scope="col" width="60" | Date
! scope="col" width="60" | Video
! Notes / New Tech
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|Dr4gonBlitz||'''15:38'''.983||2023-07-25||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztY5YpI0cPM Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||'''15:39'''.916||2023-07-22||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uolEUrIqELI Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||'''15:51'''.483||2023-07-17||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhXtmiUZwjk Youtube]|| First sub-16
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|Dr4gonBlitz||'''16:06'''.066||2023-07-22||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUfhXQ56UkI Youtube]|| Garnet plus Sub-7
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|Dr4gonBlitz||'''16:19'''.699||2023-07-14||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ow8lQAHaYU Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||'''16:24'''.666||2023-07-05||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWNSbrqtgqI Youtube]|| Luck Mode and Big Toss strats; Sub-7 Clock Rush
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|Dr4gonBlitz||'''16:26'''.750||2022-06-24||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TZhN3TY7D8 Youtube]|| '''Matthew 16:26 I believe.'''
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:27.033||2022-06-19||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X2AjE6gFk8 Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:29.583||2022-05-30||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8alETRpB0c Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:30.850||2022-05-22||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_X8bl1PcM8 Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:32.500||2022-03-25||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml2w_YBAi-g Youtube]|| Breakless Richter Skip
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:33.150||2022-02-19||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPMam5kgwCQ Youtube]|| Improved Clock Tower bat movement
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:35.983||2022-02-11||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIODe7RGo7k Youtube]|| No music
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:36.802||2020-12-29||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1qX5u67KFk Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:42.250||2020-04-29||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHsWhZeWneo Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:42.766||2018-11-21||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULcVyjBWspE Youtube]||
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|TalicZealot||16:44.433||2018-03-27||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX5g_3lJ46E Youtube]|| Wolf to Lesser Demon
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:46.883||2017-08-03||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Yqd6H4YqI Youtube]||
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|Metako||16:51||2017-01-24||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijgRxvpYxXs Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:52||2016-02-17||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/46829896 Twitch]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||16:54||2015-08-10||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/39231129 Twitch]||
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|romscout||16:59||2015-05-20||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1v3AtAAM9s Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||17:09||2015-03-15||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/40936997 Twitch]||experience reroute to save 3 level ups
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|BenAuton||17:10||2015-02-03||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nmnbQhO_vQ Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||17:14||2015-02-03||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/41694765 Twitch]||
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|romscout||17:15||2014-10-19||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9XmXpa8Fag Youtube]||Wolf jump richter skip
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|romscout||17:22||2014-05-21||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Pr2SJIQv4 Youtube]||
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|romscout||17:35||2014-03-06||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQgg-9rp4eE Youtube]||
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|romscout||17:42||2013-12-27||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpfaAqzjRUY Youtube]||
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|romscout||17:47||2013-11-19||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLMFDZbar4I Youtube]||RSL Death Skip(by Sockfolder), Bat Richter skip
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|romscout||17:55||2013-11-15||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL0DdBh8fsQ Youtube]||
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|romscout||18:03||2013-11-11||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/45476966 Twitch]||RSL found, new Relic skip/route
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|romscout||18:20||2013-08-23||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9wue7Yo8BA Youtube]||
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|romscout||18:49||2013-06-30||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/50292044?t=20m04s Twitch]||Library Floor Clip
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|romscout||18:53||2013-03-02||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyzqAkytpWI Youtube]||Fairy Card for shop glitch(by Jackobones)
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|romscout||19:46||2012-09-18||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQzTQ-5rNbs Youtube]||
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|romscout||20:09||2012-09-06||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/47643248 Youtube]||
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|romscout||20:44||2012-02-23||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/45508683 Twitch]||Sub-8 Clock Rush
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|romscout||22:20||2011-08-23||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/45064360 Twitch]||sword Card shop glitch, wolf floor clip, floor clip Richter skip, Shiftline glitch, shiftline relic skip.
|-
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|romscout||29:58||2011-05-01||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs7j4F6t8a8 Youtube]||
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|romscout||32:15||2010-09-23||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPtNTl_QuDc Youtube]||
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|romscout||34:20||2010-05-08||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQZDJjb95KE Youtube]||Runs are done on the much faster XBLA version from this point on.
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|Satoryu||34:34||2008-05-15||[http://ia601407.us.archive.org/19/items/2008-06-SDA_Speed_Runs/CastlevaniaSotN_SS_3434_HQ.mp4 Archive.org]||
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|Satoryu||37:50||2008-02-01||[https://archive.org/details/2008-02-SDA_Speed_Runs Archive.org]||shield dashing, using shield rod spell /w iron shield, first generation Richter skip using all the wolf relics.
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|Lucid Faia ||43:51||2006-01-12||[https://archive.org/details/CastlevaniaSotN_SS_4351 Archive.org]||Olrox's quarters sequence break aka The Clock Rush, sequence break for silver ring
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|Adam Grise ||55:51||2005-02-12||[https://archive.org/details/AdamGriseSymphonyoftheNightSpeedrun Archive.org]||glitchless, no sequence breaks, first kill Crissaegrim drop
|}

= Alucard Any% Glitchless =

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="20"
! scope="col" width="90" | Runner
! scope="col" width="60" | Time
! scope="col" width="60" | Date
! scope="col" width="60" | Video
! Notes / New Tech
|-
|Dr4gonBlitz||30:49||2021-04-03||[https://youtu.be/BUCaI2UU7Hw Youtube]||
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|JupiterClimb||31:35||2021-04-03||[https://youtu.be/d9fDXn4DZBI Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||31:48||2021-02-27||[https://youtu.be/EdlNFIp68xc Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||32:09||2019-05-29||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/432038894 Twitch]||
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|romscout||32:28||2019-05-26||[https://youtu.be/t46kJh_YUnk Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||33:11||2015-11-23||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/23733376 Twitch]||
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|romscout||34:28||2013-09-16||[https://youtu.be/c1GXuqX3x04 Youtube]||
|}

= Richter Any% =

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="20"
! scope="col" width="90" | Runner
! scope="col" width="60" | Time
! scope="col" width="60" | Date
! scope="col" width="60" | Video
! Notes
|-
|Rasha||5:08.166||2018-08-26||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgKIX0pvvv4 Youtube]||
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|BenAuton||5:08.566||2018-03-20||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBLYd-l2dpE Youtube]||
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|BenAuton||5:09.716||2018-02-21||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9L6EHKLmQs Youtube]||
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|BenAuton||5:10.150||2018-02-17||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXAxjahFo-w Youtube]||
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|BenAuton||5:10.633||2018-02-15||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKVrb-KVs1s Youtube]||
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|BenAuton||5:11.277||2017-08-08||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHp0_6TbO-w Youtube]||
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|PK||5:11.311||2015-01-16||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKpLk55EA2k Youtube]||
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|PK||5:15||2014-04-15||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/47321258 Twitch]||
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|mecharichter||5:19||2014-04-06||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUzI4N6HDmY Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||5:22||2014-03-14||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV4NKBrRhKY Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||5:26||2014-03-09||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPltJeKl8FM Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||5:27||2013-09-13||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdJIIjZ7U2Q Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||5:33||2013-02-04||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/48486815 Twitch]||
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|mecharichter||5:35||2012-11-11||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvh2XtcTBcU Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||5:41||2012-03-18||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwqjEVeTi34 Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||5:45||2012-03-05||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/47093465 Twitch]||
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|mecharichter||5:48||2011-12-23||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DyovY8kixE Youtube]||Runs are done on the much faster XBLA version from this point on.
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|Deixadilson||6:18||2006-12-03||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq-8TMH38-M Youtube]||
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|Psyrell||7:14||2005-08-01||[https://archive.org/details/CastlevaniaSotN_Richter_714 Archive.org]||
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|Psyrell||9:45||2005-03-17||[https://archive.org/details/CastlevaniaSotN_Richter_945 Archive.org]||
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|Sasa||13:26||2004-06-27||[https://archive.org/details/SotN_Richter_1326 Archive.org]||
|}

= Maria Any% Console =

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="20"
! scope="col" width="90" | Runner
! scope="col" width="60" | Time
! scope="col" width="60" | Date
! scope="col" width="60" | Video
! Notes
|-
|3snow_p7im||6:00.985||2020-10-13||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoedlflbKEs Youtube]|| Uses new Anti-Chapel out-of-bounds.
|-
|mitjitsu||6:02.002||2020-04-06||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMJsSoJ4D-Q Youtube]|| From this point onward Maria runs are timed without loads.
|-
|3snow_p7im||7:33.684||2019-02-12||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbGUfwwp3UM Youtube]||
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|R3DninjaJOSH||7:36||2016-09-28||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/92052267 Twitch]||
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|3snow_p7im||7:40||2016-04-10||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvw0qUSns8o Youtube*]||
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|3snow_p7im||7:41||2016-01-08||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlOZ_dyluPM Youtube*]||
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|3snow_p7im||7:44||2016-01-07||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=294G-aQQHHU Youtube*]||
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|3snow_p7im||7:46||2015-10-06||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyJJGwxQ7Zc Youtube*]||
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|3snow_p7im||7:49||2015-06-08||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ll1abnL3XI Youtube*]||
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|3snow_p7im||7:56||2015-06-01||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdpYwO7IuOg Youtube*]||
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|3snow_p7im||7:59||2015-05-21||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAL3E2PCwiA Youtube*]||
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|MarkSoupial||8:14.35||2014-12-11||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47RgXzWCH8g Youtube]||
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|MarkSoupial||8:15.01||2014-05-07||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53FL0fVlUa4 Youtube]||
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|MarkSoupial||8:15.73||2013-04-06||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUz4rU6Ef0 Youtube]||
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|MarkSoupial||8:15.79||2013-02-14||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzwNPbdMVUA Youtube]||
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|romscout||8:21||2012-12-06||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/48106244 Twitch]||
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|Red Scarlet||8:31||2006-05-19||[https://archive.org/details/Castlevania_-_Nocturne_in_the_Moonlight-Maria_8m31s-Red_Scarlet Archive.org]||
|}

= Alucard All Bosses =

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="20"
! scope="col" width="90" | Runner
! scope="col" width="60" | Time
! scope="col" width="60" | Date
! scope="col" width="60" | Video
! Notes
|-
|Dr4gonBlitz||31:09.316||2019-12-21||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsbJNKxKnD8 Youtube]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||31:33||2018-09-16||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEDZ7j5o66w Youtube]||
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|romscout||31:35||2017-07-30||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D0nfrzp_KE Youtube]||
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|romscout||31:51||2017-06-26||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN2hoER7i5o Youtube]||
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|romscout||32:10||2017-06-08||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/150352227 Twitch]||
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|Dr4gonBlitz||32:25||2016-01-11||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/34860690 Twitch]||
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|romscout||32:35||2014-05-29||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlKlNmwXb_M Youtube]||
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|romscout||32:55||2014-05-17||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY7bgS5JPng Youtube]||
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|romscout||33:37||2014-04-05||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqq-M-2uJDY Youtube]||
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|romscout||36:01||2013-12-14||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTp1287LQz4 Youtube]||
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|romscout||38:18||2012-03-27||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1qBWsG4adg Youtube]||
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|romscout||38:30||2011-12-09||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/45508849 Twitch]||
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|romscout||39:47||2011-09-13||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/45214950 Twitch]||
|}

= Richter All Bosses =

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" cellpadding="20"
! scope="col" width="90" | Runner
! scope="col" width="60" | Time
! scope="col" width="60" | Date
! scope="col" width="60" | Video
! Notes
|-
|Rasha||23:23.666||2019-02-14||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI3AQRUZ-RI Youtube]||
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|Rasha||23:34.500||2019-02-08||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxVvYqK2WSw Youtube]||
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|Rasha||23:35.850||2019-02-02||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRrxqCaIhiQ Youtube]||
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|Rasha||23:36.583||2019-01-17||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khiu33SL_8M Youtube]||
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|Rasha||23:39.183||2018-12-06||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiHS8k9NFxU Youtube]||
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|Rasha||23:42.066||2018-11-22||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFqndPy1mgA Youtube]||
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|Rasha||23:44.166||2018-11-21||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvW-jkIJsE4 Youtube]||
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|BenAuton||23:44.750||2018-03-29||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i7uJWssURM Youtube]||
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|BenAuton||23:46||2017-08-26||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkvPG2HO1n0 Youtube]||
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|BenAuton||23:51||2017-07-06||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBakhzcdXHo Youtube]||
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|PK||23:54||2015-04-25||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y35FIyr58s0 Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||25:16||2013-12-15||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9Ui1aBCNlQ Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||25:20||2013-12-06||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/45793005 Twitch]||
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|mecharichter||25:24||2013-03-21||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxSnPNimwh0 Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||25:48||2012-12-23||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/48192056 Twitch*]||
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|mecharichter||26:04||2012-09-11||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYkgDPr-QT0 Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||26:35||2012-03-13||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r21fT0L-R4 Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||27:49||2011-12-10||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18rjYlGS07Y Youtube]||
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|mecharichter||29:11||2011-11-03||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/47052689 Twitch]||
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|mecharichter||30:59||2011-08-02||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/44936535 Twitch]||
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|mecharichter||32:44||2011-07-26||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/44900149 Twitch]||
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|mecharichter||34:38||2011-07-25||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/44893814 Twitch]||
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|mecharichter||35:34||2011-07-24||[https://www.twitch.tv/videos/44886256 Twitch]||
|}

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

2024-06-09T18:51:21Z

SestrenExsis: Introduce the Pacifist run

= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

Alucard Pacifist is a challenge category that requires killing Dracula while Alucard has 0 XP and 0 kills (going by the in-game Kill Count). Accomplishing this requires extensive knowledge of glitches and obscure game mechanics, many of which are unique to this category.

One of the unique glitches that is critical to this category is called [[SOTN/Revenge Tech | Revenge Tech]], and it allows Alucard to bypass certain bosses and farm certain enemies for drops without it granting him any experience points or increasing his Kill Count.

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

To get back across the gap and into the stairwell above, you need to perform a combination of [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Resets]] and the Thurst Sword special.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv]]

== Clock Room ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Gravity Boots without flight

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge (2-frame window)
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you (2-frame window)
##* If you start your dash too early, the gate won't close and you can try again
##* If you start your dash too late, Alucard will fall off the ledge and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too early, Alucard will be trapped inside the room with Cerberus and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too late, Alucard will enter the previous room and you can try again
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a [[SOTN/Frontslide | Frontslide]].

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.png]]

By positioning Alucard between Medusa and the right ledge while poisoned and taking damage, Alucard can use a glitch known as [[SOTN/Half-Blood Tech | Half-Blood Tech]] to skip past the fight with Medusa.

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

SOTN/RNG

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Symphony of the Night uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator| Pseudo-Random Number Generators] when randomness is needed in the game. There are two PRNGs that are currently known about (dubbed Nice and Evil), and each is responsible for handling the randomness of different events in the game.

Both RNGs are set to an initial value of 0 on startup (NOTE: On Saturn the initial value for the Evil RNG is actually 1 instead of 0). For the most part, the Evil RNG is advanced once every frame, even if the player isn't doing anything (hence why it has been dubbed Evil). Different functions within the game's code will also make specific calls to the Nice and Evil RNG, and so different events will trigger one or the other. A comprehensive list of what events call which RNG is not known, but a few events have been figured out. The Nice RNG is responsible for determining the location of Dracula's teleports in the Prologue, determining [[SOTN/Flea_Man|Flea Man]] jumps, determining the rotations of the Books in the Library, etc. The Evil RNG is responsible for determining whether or not an item drop occurs after an enemy dies and whether or not an item drop will be rare, uncommon, or common. The Evil RNG is also responsible for determining which Food item will drop from a Meal Ticket.

Some events in the game are the result of calls to both, as in the case of [[SOTN/Medusa_Head|Medusa Head]] spawn behavior.

Both RNGs operate in a similar manner, but use different numbers as their multiplier, increment, and shift, as detailed in the code sections at the bottom of the page.

<nowiki># Python implementation of the Nice RNG used in SOTN
class NiceRng():
def __init__(self, initial_seed: int=0):
self.seed = initial_seed

def current(self) -> int:
result = self.seed >> 0x18
return result

def next(self) -> int:
self.seed = 0xFFFFFFFF & ((self.seed * 0x01010101) + 1)
result = self.current()
return result</nowiki>

<nowiki># Python implementation of the Evil RNG used in SOTN
class EvilRng():
def __init__(self, initial_seed: int=0):
self.seed = initial_seed

def current(self) -> int:
result = 0x7FFF & (self.seed >> 0x10)
return result

def next(self) -> int:
self.seed = 0xFFFFFFFF & ((self.seed * 0x41c64e6d) + 0x3039)
result = self.current()
return result</nowiki>

SOTN/Clock Rush

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= Clock Rush =

For several of the categories of SOTN, including [[SOTN/Alucard Any% NSC | the main one]], the first part of the run centers around what is referred to as the Clock Rush. In the Clock Rush, the player will gather key items and Relics and return to the Clock Room. If the player has a way to initiate a Dive Kick (typically by acquiring the Wolf Relic), they will be able to Dive Kick off the candle on the left side of the room while the statue is open and enter Olrox's Quarters.

== Clock Cycles ==

From the moment you gain control of Richter in the Prologue, the game has an internal timer used to determine whether or not the statue in the upper-left corner of the Clock Room is blocking your path. On odd minutes (say, 7:00 through 7:59 or 9:00 through 9:59), the statue will be blocking your path. On even minutes (say, 8:00 through 8:59 or 10:00 through 10:59), the statue will be out of the way and the path will be open. This internal timer is not the same as your real-time timer used during a speedrun, as time spent in menus or looking at the map does not count towards the internal timer. However, if you minimize the time spent looking at your map or in the menu, they will be close.

[[File:SOTN_Alucard_ClockCycle.mkv]]

If you reach the Clock Room while the path is closed, you will be forced to wait until the statue moves out of the way to progress. For example, if you arrive at the Clock Room when the internal timer is at 7:50, you will have to wait 10 more seconds before the path opens up.

== Maria Cutscene ==

When you first arrive in the Clock Room, a cutscene with Maria will play, and you may notice that the path is open, and then the statue moves and closes the path. This behavior is part of the cutscene that always plays and does not correlate to the in-game timer that determines whether or not the path will be open.

File:SOTN Alucard ClockCycle.mkv

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On odd minutes, the statue in the Clock Room closes and blocks the left path

SOTN/Alucard Any% NSC

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Alucard Any% NSC (No Save Corruption) is the most popular speedrunning category for Symphony of the Night. It is well balanced and a good choice for first category to learn. There is only one route, but it contains some advanced and safer strategies runners can choose from. If you are brand new to speedrunning SOTN, you may wish to start with the [[SOTN/Introduction_to_Speedrunning_Alucard|introduction to Speedrunning SOTN]] first, then return here.

= Standard Route =
The standard route requires knowledge of how to perform the following glitches: [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]], [[SOTN/Shop_Glitch|Faerie Card Shop Glitch]], [[SOTN/Richter_Skip|Richter Skip]], and [[SOTN/Relic_Skip|Relic Skip]]. You collect the following Relics, listed in order: Cube of Zoe, Soul of Wolf, Form of Mist, Faerie Card, and Soul of Bat.

== Prologue ==

The primary goals for the Prologue Section are as follows:
*Gather enough Hearts to have 41 Hearts before entering Dracula's throne room
*End the Prologue fight while holding the Holy Cross item (optional)
*End the Prologue fight with 0 Hearts

In the Prologue, you play as Richter. Your performance in this section affects your starting equipment and stats during the main game when you play as Alucard. To acquire the Neutron Bomb for Alucard, Richter must have 41 or more Hearts BEFORE the wine glass cutscene that triggers the fight with Dracula. Note that accessing the secret treasure room at the top of the stairs is required to be able to get this many Hearts. To acquire the Heart Refresh for Alucard, Richter must have 0 Hearts remaining by the time the photo burn cutscene begins after the fight with Dracula.

Richter begins the Prologue at the bottom of stairs that lead to an entrance room and Dracula's throne room.

[[File:SOTNPrologueRichterUppercut.png | 280px]]

At the top of the stairs, hidden in the ceiling, is a secret treasure room. The fastest way to gain access to it is to use Richter's uppercut move (Down, Up + Jump) while roughly halfway between the chandelier and the ledge. If you are in the correct position, Richter will pass through the ceiling and you will gain access to the secret treasure room without needing to lower the hidden staircase. If you are not in the correct position, you will collide with the ceiling instead. There is a candlestick containing 5 Hearts on the right side of the hidden room that you will want to collect before dropping back down into the entrance room.

Once you are back in the entrance room, collect 6 more Hearts from a candlestick and the vase. Along with the 30 Hearts Richter starts the Prologue with, you should now be at 41 Hearts.

Move to the left to enter the throne room and trigger the fight with Dracula (having 41 Hearts at this point fulfills the condition for acquiring the Neutron Bomb for Alucard). During this fight, Dracula has two forms. In his first form, he will teleport and throw projectiles. The easiest way to defeat Dracula's first form is to get the Holy Water sub-weapon from the leftmost candlestick in the throne room and use your Item Crash (Triangle or Y) with the Holy Water to cast Hydro Storm.

After defeating Dracula's first form, he will transform into a large monster. In his second form, he jumps around while throwing projectiles. The easiest way to defeat him in this form is to use your Item Crash again while whipping him and throwing Holy Waters. Remember to use up all your Hearts during this fight so that you end the fight with no Hearts remaining to fulfill the condition for acquiring Heart Refresh for Alucard.

== Clock Rush ==

The primary goals for the [[SOTN/Clock Rush|Clock Rush]] Section are as follows:
*Perform [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]] to keep your starting equipment
*Obtain the Cube of Zoe Relic
*Pick up a Stopwatch sub-weapon
*Obtain the Soul of Wolf Relic
*Pick up a Garnet
*Enter the Left Statue Path in Clock Room

After the Prologue, and for the remainder of the game, you play as Alucard. A few rooms into the run, you will come across a section where the game tries to force you into a cutscene with the Grim Reaper (also known as Death), who steals your starting equipment. If you execute the [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]] glitch, however, you can bypass this cutscene and keep all of your starting equipment, which is some of the strongest equipment in the game.

During the [[SOTN/Clock Rush|Clock Rush]] section, the goal is to make your way to the Outer Wall and obtain the Soul of Wolf Relic from the elevator shaft, use a wolf stair jump to reach a vase on a high-up ledge and break it to get a Garnet, and return to the Clock Room while the path is open. Once you have the Soul of Wolf Relic and Garnet and are in the Clock Room with the path open, you can jump above the left candle, transform into Wolf in mid-air and untransform immediately while still above the candle. Doing this enables Alucard to then perform a dive-kick by holding Down and pressing Jump while still in the air. The goal is to bounce off of the candle, which will give you enough height to reach the open path.

{{#ev:youtube|8QTjKT6W4q0|480||||start=1731}}

From there, you proceed left to Olrox's Quarters, then past the Skelerangs and the Spectral Sword enemy and continue left to the Colosseum.

== Colosseum ==

The primary goals for the Colosseum Section are as follows:
* Pick up a Library Card
* Obtain the Form of Mist Relic
* Teleport to the Library

From the start of this section, proceed left until you reach a stairwell in front of a metal gate. Beyond this gate, you can see the Form of Mist Relic, but you cannot reach it yet. To do so, you will have to continue on to the arena (picking up the Library Card along the way) and defeat the Werewolf and Minotaur boss. This fight can be made much easier by skipping past the cutscene with Richter as quickly as possible. Doing this allows Alucard to start the fight early and get free hits in on the Werewolf and Minotaur. If done quickly enough, it is possible to kill both of them before either of them begin their attack sequences.

After the fight, a doorway will open up to the right, allowing you to proceed to the room where the Form of Mist Relic is located. Once you collect the Form of Mist Relic, equip your Library card and activate it to teleport to the Library.

== Library ==

The primary goals for the Library Section are as follows:
*Obtain the Faerie Card Relic
*Purchase a Manna Prism
*Purchase 2 Buffalo Stars
*Purchase a Library Card (optional if you are attempting the [[SOTN/Floor_Clip|Wolf Floor Clip]])
*Purchase the Duplicator
*Obtain the Soul of Bat Relic

Upon entering the library, it is important not to enter the shop right away. Assuming you teleported in, the shop will be the room directly to your left. Instead, transform into Wolf and travel to the right until you reach a room with a large staircase and Book enemies flying about. Execute a [[SOTN/Book_Jump | Book Jump]] to reach a higher ledge to the upper left of this room that leads to a room containing the Faerie Card Relic. Do not enable the Relic right away.

[[File:SOTNLibraryBookJump.png | 280px]]

Now, head back to just outside the Shop and execute the [[SOTN/Shop_Glitch|Faerie Card Shop Glitch]]. This glitch will duplicate your Garnet, giving you 255 of them. Sell at least 104 of them (which will show as E5 in the Sell Gem menu), and use this extra Gold to purchase 1 Manna Prism, 2 Buffalo Stars, and the Duplicator. You may also wish to purchase a Library Card unless you are going to attempt the Library Floor Clip in the upcoming section. Don't forget to equip the Duplicator, Manna Prism, and Buffalo Star as you get ready to leave the Shop. With the Duplicator, you can now use consumable items an infinite number of times.

Leave the shop, heading to the right back to the stairwell with Books. Execute a wolf jump on the stairs to take the lower of the two paths on high-up ledges above the stairwell. This path will lead you to a fight with Lesser Demon and, eventually, the Soul of Bat Relic, which is behind a Gate that you must use Form of Mist to get through.

Once you have the Soul of Bat, leave the Library as quickly as possible and make your way to the Outer Wall. The easier and recommended method is to teleport back near the shop using a Library Card, then proceed to Wing Smash your way to the Outer Wall. The much more difficult method is to execute the [[SOTN/Floor_Clip|Wolf Floor Clip]], which if done perfectly can save a small amount of time. Whichever method you execute, once you find yourself at the Outer Wall, take the elevator to the top, then continue upward until you reach the entrance to the Clock Tower.

== Clock Tower & Richter Skip ==
At the start of this section, you will transform into Bat and Wing Smash your way across the large chasm. This next section is filled with spawning Medusa heads and Harpies throwing knives at you, so precise movement is critical to avoid getting hit while you make your way to the section with the Sword Lords. Navigate between the broken stairs and make your way toward Karasuman. After killing Karasuman with Buffalo Stars, move left into the Castle Keep section.

The Castle Keep section is the same section as from the Prologue with Richter, except now the staircase has fallen into ruin, leaving a gap you must fly over to enter the section where you will encounter the fight with Richter. During a normal playthrough of the game, you are expected to have the Holy Glasses at this point if you wish to be able to proceed to the Inverted Castle. In this category, however, the fastest routes all involve executing a glitch known as [[SOTN/Richter_Skip|Richter Skip]] to avoid this check and proceed on to the Inverted Castle anyway.

== Inverted Castle ==

After you teleport into the Inverted Castle, transform into Bat. Almost the entirety of this section will be spent in Bat form and involves chaining Wing Smashes together in long hallways and precise bat movement around and through enemies as you make your way through the Route. Along the way, you will encounter a fight with Medusa. Medusa is one of the bosses that drops a Relic that would ordinarily be required to complete the game, but since we will be performing the [[SOTN/Richter_Skip|Richter Skip]] in the upcoming section, there is no need to collect it.

After the fight with Medusa, make your way to the vertical section with Imp and Sniper of Goth enemies flying around. With precise Wing Smash movement, you can make your way through this section unscathed as you ascend and head toward the Reverse Colosseum.

Enemies in the Reverse Colosseum and the remainder of this run are very powerful compared to your level and are capable of killing you in only 2 or 3 hits, so it is critical that you avoid getting hit in these sections.

After you leave the Reverse Colosseum, you will be in the Black Marble Gallery section where you will set up the Relic Skip.

== Relic Skip & Final Battle ==
Once in the Black Marble Gallery, make your way to the Clock Room, then proceed right past the Giant enemies and upward to a ledge that is just to the right of a Save Room. This ledge is where you will perform the [[SOTN/Relic Skip|Relic Skip]]. Once you have successfully executed the glitch, equip Buffalo Stars in both your hand slots and take the lift up into Dracula's chambers. After exiting the lift, fly up and around the barriers and drop into Dracula's chambers to begin the fight with Shaft. Position yourself along the left wall and alternate using both Buffalo Stars while jumping to finish Shaft as quickly as possible.

Once Shaft is defeated, the cutscene and final fight with Dracula will begin. Stay in the middle of the room as Dracula descends, and focus alternating Buffalo Star attacks at his right hand. Dracula will attempt to swipe at you with either his left hand or his right hand, depending on which one you are closer to. Once you see his body shift in position to prepare the attack, move to the opposite side from that attack just enough to clear it. Do this a few times while spamming Buffalo Star attacks at his right hand, and you should be able to kill Dracula before his next phase begins.

= Advanced Topics and Strategies =

:* '''[[SOTN/Experience_Route | Experience Route]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Double_Kill#Slogra_and_Gaibon_Double_Kill | Slogra and Gaibon Double Kill]]'''

== Record Progression ==
[[SOTN_Record_Progression#Alucard_Any.25_No_Save_Corruption|SOTN Record Progression#Alucard Any% No Save Corruption]]

= Video Tutorials =
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0yytyyr5Ig&list=PLatVBprEnzK_OwWhDz1ViBFiQrFvCP4Lu Turbo Tutorials: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Any% NSC]
*[https://youtu.be/qBMGdgzNPUw Castlevania:SOTN any% skips compendium]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QTjKT6W4q0 How To Get World Record - Castlevania Symphony of the Night Any% Speedrun Tutorial]

SOTN/Death Skip

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= Death Skip =

Death Skip is the first major glitch performed in several categories, including [[SOTN/Alucard Any% NSC|Alucard Any% NSC]], and there are multiple known methods for performing it. It allows Alucard to keep his starting equipment, which the game ordinarily takes away from you when you first encounter Death. The Standard method of executing this trick uses the Neutron Bomb gained during the Prologue, and it and the other methods are detailed below.

== Big Toss Death Skip ==

The only way to execute the [[SOTN/Big Toss | Big Toss]] version of Death Skip in a typical run is to use [[SOTN/Luck Mode | Luck Mode]] (TODO: Provide information on Luck Mode).

TODO: Describe the Big Toss version of Death Skip

== Lycan Death Skip (Randomizer Only) ==

TODO: Describe the Lycan version of Death Skip

== Neutron Bomb Death Skip ==
Both this version and the Spell method described below rely on a Level Up animation as the trigger for a [[Reverse Shift Line]]. Alucard begins the game at Level 1 with 0 XP, and will first level up upon reaching 100 XP. The goal is to arrive at the room just before you first encounter Death having between 88 and 99 XP and with one last Warg to kill. Since you encounter 7 Wargs prior to this point, worth 12 XP each, all you need to do is kill between 1 and 3 Zombies (worth 5 XP each) from the room where they spawn to have the right amount of experience, assuming you kill all the Wargs you encounter along the way. Upon reaching the last Warg, allow it to charge at you right as you jump over it. Once it is on your left, you will hit the breakable block at the base of the stairs, revealing a Turkey. Move to the right until you are touching the edge of the stairs, and equip the Neutron Bomb. The next step requires careful timing, as you want to activate the Neutron Bomb at the exact moment you are walking to the left of a certain vertical line on the screen. Use pause buffering and knowledge of the visual cues to time it correctly. Once you see the Level Up animation start to play, hold down the Dash button until the animation finishes and Alucard dashes. If done correctly, all that remains is to walk to the right against the stair, do a full jump to the right, and enter the next room. If you timed it correctly, you should see a brief flicker as you enter the next room for a frame, then immediately are transported to the room after it. As you climb the stairs in the next room, and proceed to the room to the left at the top of the stairs, it is vital that you jump over the gap in that room and do not fall back down into the room where you would have encountered Death. Doing so will cause the game to go into a glitched state and will soft-lock you, ending the run.

[[File:SOTNDeathSkipMapBuffer.png | 280px]]

[[File:Sotn_neutron_bomb_death_skip_visual_cues_2x.png | 320px]]

{{#ev:youtube|youtu.be/nw2WbUl6Id0|480}}

=== Unbuffered with visual cue ===

When you press LEFT, you are trying to hold LEFT for exactly 5 or 6 frames (1/12 or 1/10 of a second). Instead of bringing up the map to confirm Alucard's position, you can instead let Alucard's foot come to rest on the floor (takes slightly less than half a second after you let go of LEFT). Alucard's frontmost foot has 3 light gray pixels that touch the floor. If either the right or middle gray pixel of Alucard's foot is resting above the dark gray vertical line in the stone texture of the floor, Alucard is in the correct position to map buffer or menu buffer the rest of the inputs (LEFT and ATTACK).

[[File:SOTNDeathSkipVisualCues.png | 280px]]

=== Common mistakes ===

If you activate the Neutron Bomb, and the Warg doesn't die, then the Warg was off-screen when the Neutron Bomb activated. Make sure you give the Warg enough time to be lured a little to the right after you jump over them.

If the Warg dies, but you don't see a Level Up animation, then you did not have the correct experience before killing the Warg. Make sure your XP value is in the range of 88 to 99 before you reach the final Warg.

If you get the Level Up animation, but you still do not get the skip upon entering Death's Room, make sure you are doing all of the following:

* Playing on the Playstation or XBox version of the game (some versions of the game do not have this method of Death Skip)

* Begin holding Dash while the Level Up animation is playing, and don't let go until after you see Alucard dash to the right

* Do a full jump to the right (hold RIGHT and JUMP and don't let go of either) over the stairs leading into Death's room (If you make contact with the stairs, it can alter Alucard's sub-pixel values and ruin the setup)

* Walk through the screen transition (do not attempt to Dash or Shield Dash through the screen transition)

If, after all this, you are still not getting the Death Skip to work, you may not be finding the right pixel position when starting the skip. Consult the above visual cues, or study the unbuffered with visual cue method listed above.

== Spell Death Skip ==

TODO: Describe the Spell version of Death Skip

== Wing Smash Death Skip (Randomizer Only) ==

TODO: Describe the Bat Master version of Death Skip

SOTN/RNG

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Symphony of the Night uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator| Pseudo-Random Number Generators] when randomness is needed in the game. There are two PRNGs that are currently known about (dubbed Nice and Evil), and each is responsible for handling the randomness of different events in the game.

Both RNGs are set to an initial value of 0 on startup (NOTE: On Saturn the initial value for the Evil RNG is actually 1 instead of 0). For the most part, the Evil RNG is advanced once every frame, even if the player isn't doing anything (hence why it has been dubbed Evil). Different functions within the games code will also make specific calls to the Nice and Evil RNG, and so different events will trigger one or the other. A comprehensive list of what events call which RNG is not known, but a few events have been figured out. The Nice RNG is responsible for determining the location of Dracula's teleports in the Prologue, determining [[SOTN/Flea_Man|Flea Man]] jumps, determining the rotations of the Books in the Library, etc. The Evil RNG is responsible for determining whether or not an item drop occurs after an enemy dies and whether or not an item drop will be rare, uncommon, or common. The Evil RNG is also responsible for determining which Food item will drop from a Meal Ticket.

Some events in the game are the result of calls to both, as in the case of [[SOTN/Medusa_Head|Medusa Head]] spawn behavior.

Both RNGs operate in a similar manner, but use different numbers as their multiplier, increment, and shift, as detailed in the code sections at the bottom of the page.

<nowiki># Python implementation of the Nice RNG used in SOTN
class NiceRng():
def __init__(self, initial_seed: int=0):
self.seed = initial_seed

def current(self) -> int:
result = self.seed >> 0x18
return result

def next(self) -> int:
self.seed = 0xFFFFFFFF & ((self.seed * 0x01010101) + 1)
result = self.current()
return result</nowiki>

<nowiki># Python implementation of the Evil RNG used in SOTN
class EvilRng():
def __init__(self, initial_seed: int=0):
self.seed = initial_seed

def current(self) -> int:
result = 0x7FFF & (self.seed >> 0x10)
return result

def next(self) -> int:
self.seed = 0xFFFFFFFF & ((self.seed * 0x41c64e6d) + 0x3039)
result = self.current()
return result</nowiki>

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

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= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

TODO: Introduce the Pacifist run

TODO: Describe Revenge Tech and its importance to the category

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

To get back across the gap and into the stairwell above, you need to perform a combination of [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Resets]] and the Thurst Sword special.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv]]

== Clock Room ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Gravity Boots without flight

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge (2-frame window)
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you (2-frame window)
##* If you start your dash too early, the gate won't close and you can try again
##* If you start your dash too late, Alucard will fall off the ledge and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too early, Alucard will be trapped inside the room with Cerberus and you will have to reload your last save
##* If you crouch at the gate too late, Alucard will enter the previous room and you can try again
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a [[SOTN/Frontslide | Frontslide]].

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.png]]

By positioning Alucard between Medusa and the right ledge while poisoned and taking damage, Alucard can use a glitch known as [[SOTN/Half-Blood Tech | Half-Blood Tech]] to skip past the fight with Medusa.

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

SOTN/RNG

2024-03-19T03:13:59Z

SestrenExsis: Fix bug in Evil RNG, verified by consulting PSX documentation

Symphony of the Night uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator| Pseudo-Random Number Generators] when randomness is needed in the game. There are two PRNGs that are currently known about (dubbed Nice and Evil), and each is responsible for handling the randomness of different events in the game.

Both RNGs are set to an initial value of 0 on startup (NOTE: On Saturn the initial value for the Evil RNG is actually 1 instead of 0). For the most part, the Evil RNG is advanced once every frame, even if the player isn't doing anything (hence why it has been dubbed Evil). Different functions within the games code will also make specific calls to the Nice and Evil RNG, and so different events will trigger one or the other. A comprehensive list of what events call which RNG is not known, but a few events have been figured out. The Nice RNG is responsible for determining the location of Dracula's teleports in the Prologue, determining [[SOTN/Flea_Man|Flea Man]] jumps, determining the rotations of the Books in the Library, etc. The Evil RNG is responsible for determining whether or not an item drop occurs after an enemy dies and whether or not an item drop will be rare, uncommon, or common. The Evil RNG is also responsible for determining which Food item will drop from a Meal Ticket.

Some events in the game are the result of calls to both, as in the case of [[SOTN/Medusa_Head|Medusa Head]] spawn behavior.

Both RNGs operate in a similar manner, but use different numbers as their multiplier, increment, and shift, as detailed in the code sections at the bottom of the page.

<nowiki># Python implementation of the Nice RNG used in SOTN
class NiceRng():
def __init__(self, initial_seed: int=0):
self.seed = initial_seed

def current(self) -> int:
result = self.seed >> 0x18
return result

def next(self) -> int:
self.seed = 0xFFFFFFFF & ((self.seed * 0x01010101) + 1)
result = self.current()
return result</nowiki>

<nowiki># Python implementation of the Evil RNG used in SOTN
class EvilRng():
def __init__(self, initial_seed: int=0):
self.seed = initial_seed

def current(self) -> int:
result = self.seed >> 0x10
return result

def next(self) -> int:
self.seed = 0xFFFFFFFF & ((self.seed * 0x41c64e6d) + 0x3039)
result = self.current()
return result</nowiki>

SOTN/Alucard Any% NSC

2024-03-16T20:24:09Z

SestrenExsis: Adjust Gem target

Alucard Any% NSC (No Save Corruption) is the most popular speedrunning category for Symphony of the Night. It is well balanced and a good choice for first category to learn. There is only one route, but it contains some advanced and safer strategies runners can choose from. If you are brand new to speedrunning SOTN, you may wish to start with the [[SOTN/Introduction_to_Speedrunning_Alucard|introduction to Speedrunning SOTN]] first, then return here.

= Standard Route =
The standard route requires knowledge of how to perform the following glitches: [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]], [[SOTN/Shop_Glitch|Faerie Card Shop Glitch]], [[SOTN/Richter_Skip|Richter Skip]], and [[SOTN/Relic_Skip|Relic Skip]]. You collect the following Relics, listed in order: Cube of Zoe, Soul of Wolf, Form of Mist, Faerie Card, and Soul of Bat.

== Prologue ==

The primary goals for the Prologue Section are as follows:
*Gather enough Hearts to have 41 Hearts before entering Dracula's throne room
*End the Prologue fight while holding the Holy Cross item (optional)
*End the Prologue fight with 0 Hearts

In the Prologue, you play as Richter. Your performance in this section affects your starting equipment and stats during the main game when you play as Alucard. To acquire the Neutron Bomb for Alucard, Richter must have 41 or more Hearts BEFORE the wine glass cutscene that triggers the fight with Dracula. Note that accessing the secret treasure room at the top of the stairs is required to be able to get this many Hearts. To acquire the Heart Refresh for Alucard, Richter must have 0 Hearts remaining by the time the photo burn cutscene begins after the fight with Dracula.

Richter begins the Prologue at the bottom of stairs that lead to an entrance room and Dracula's throne room.

[[File:SOTNPrologueRichterUppercut.png | 280px]]

At the top of the stairs, hidden in the ceiling, is a secret treasure room. The fastest way to gain access to it is to use Richter's uppercut move (Down, Up + Jump) while roughly halfway between the chandelier and the ledge. If you are in the correct position, Richter will pass through the ceiling and you will gain access to the secret treasure room without needing to lower the hidden staircase. If you are not in the correct position, you will collide with the ceiling instead. There is a candlestick containing 5 Hearts on the right side of the hidden room that you will want to collect before dropping back down into the entrance room.

Once you are back in the entrance room, collect 6 more Hearts from a candlestick and the vase. Along with the 30 Hearts Richter starts the Prologue with, you should now be at 41 Hearts.

Move to the left to enter the throne room and trigger the fight with Dracula (having 41 Hearts at this point fulfills the condition for acquiring the Neutron Bomb for Alucard). During this fight, Dracula has two forms. In his first form, he will teleport and throw projectiles. The easiest way to defeat Dracula's first form is to get the Holy Water sub-weapon from the leftmost candlestick in the throne room and use your Item Crash (Triangle or Y) with the Holy Water to cast Hydro Storm.

After defeating Dracula's first form, he will transform into a large monster. In his second form, he jumps around while throwing projectiles. The easiest way to defeat him in this form is to use your Item Crash again while whipping him and throwing Holy Waters. Remember to use up all your Hearts during this fight so that you end the fight with no Hearts remaining to fulfill the condition for acquiring Heart Refresh for Alucard.

== Clock Rush ==

The primary goals for the Clock Rush Section are as follows:
*Perform [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]] to keep your starting equipment
*Obtain the Cube of Zoe Relic
*Pick up a Stopwatch sub-weapon
*Obtain the Soul of Wolf Relic
*Pick up a Garnet
*Enter the Left Statue Path in Clock Room

From the moment you gain control of Richter in the Prologue, the game has an internal timer used to determine whether or not the statue in the upper-left corner of the Clock Room is blocking your path. On odd minutes (say, 7:00 through 7:59 or 9:00 through 9:59), the statue will be blocking your path. On even minutes (say, 8:00 through 8:59 or 10:00 through 10:59), the statue will be out of the way and the path will be open. This internal timer is not the same as your real-time timer used during a speedrun, as time spent in menus or looking at the map does not count towards the internal timer. However, if you spend little time looking at your map or in the menu, they will be close.

After the Prologue, and for the remainder of the game, you play as Alucard. A few rooms into the run, you will come across a section where the game tries to force you into a cutscene with the Grim Reaper (also known as Death), who steals your starting equipment. If you execute the [[SOTN/Death_Skip|Death Skip]] glitch, however, you can bypass this cutscene and keep all of your starting equipment, which is some of the strongest equipment in the game.

During the Clock Rush section, the goal is to make your way to the Outer Wall and obtain the Soul of Wolf Relic from the elevator shaft, use a wolf stair jump to reach a vase on a high-up ledge and break it to get a Garnet, and return to the Clock Room while the path is open. If you reach the Clock Room while the path is closed, you will be forced to wait until the statue moves out of the way to progress. For example, if you arrive at the Clock Room when the internal timer is at 7:50, you will have to wait 10 more seconds before the path opens up.

Once you have the Soul of Wolf Relic and Garnet and are in the Clock Room with the path open, you can jump above the left candle, transform into Wolf in mid-air and untransform immediately while still above the candle. Doing this enables Alucard to then perform a dive-kick by holding Down and pressing Jump while still in the air. The goal is to bounce off of the candle, which will give you enough height to reach the open path.

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From there, you proceed left to Olrox's Quarters, then past the Skelerangs and the Spectral Sword enemy and continue left to the Colosseum.

== Colosseum ==

The primary goals for the Colosseum Section are as follows:
* Pick up a Library Card
* Obtain the Form of Mist Relic
* Teleport to the Library

From the start of this section, proceed left until you reach a stairwell in front of a metal gate. Beyond this gate, you can see the Form of Mist Relic, but you cannot reach it yet. To do so, you will have to continue on to the arena (picking up the Library Card along the way) and defeat the Werewolf and Minotaur boss. This fight can be made much easier by skipping past the cutscene with Richter as quickly as possible. Doing this allows Alucard to start the fight early and get free hits in on the Werewolf and Minotaur. If done quickly enough, it is possible to kill both of them before either of them begin their attack sequences.

After the fight, a doorway will open up to the right, allowing you to proceed to the room where the Form of Mist Relic is located. Once you collect the Form of Mist Relic, equip your Library card and activate it to teleport to the Library.

== Library ==

The primary goals for the Library Section are as follows:
*Obtain the Faerie Card Relic
*Purchase a Manna Prism
*Purchase 2 Buffalo Stars
*Purchase a Library Card (optional if you are attempting the [[SOTN/Floor_Clip|Wolf Floor Clip]])
*Purchase the Duplicator
*Obtain the Soul of Bat Relic

Upon entering the library, it is important not to enter the shop right away. Assuming you teleported in, the shop will be the room directly to your left. Instead, transform into Wolf and travel to the right until you reach a room with a large staircase and Book enemies flying about. Execute a [[SOTN/Book_Jump | Book Jump]] to reach a higher ledge to the upper left of this room that leads to a room containing the Faerie Card Relic. Do not enable the Relic right away.

[[File:SOTNLibraryBookJump.png | 280px]]

Now, head back to just outside the Shop and execute the [[SOTN/Shop_Glitch|Faerie Card Shop Glitch]]. This glitch will duplicate your Garnet, giving you 255 of them. Sell at least 104 of them (which will show as E5 in the Sell Gem menu), and use this extra Gold to purchase 1 Manna Prism, 2 Buffalo Stars, and the Duplicator. You may also wish to purchase a Library Card unless you are going to attempt the Library Floor Clip in the upcoming section. Don't forget to equip the Duplicator, Manna Prism, and Buffalo Star as you get ready to leave the Shop. With the Duplicator, you can now use consumable items an infinite number of times.

Leave the shop, heading to the right back to the stairwell with Books. Execute a wolf jump on the stairs to take the lower of the two paths on high-up ledges above the stairwell. This path will lead you to a fight with Lesser Demon and, eventually, the Soul of Bat Relic, which is behind a Gate that you must use Form of Mist to get through.

Once you have the Soul of Bat, leave the Library as quickly as possible and make your way to the Outer Wall. The easier and recommended method is to teleport back near the shop using a Library Card, then proceed to Wing Smash your way to the Outer Wall. The much more difficult method is to execute the [[SOTN/Floor_Clip|Wolf Floor Clip]], which if done perfectly can save a small amount of time. Whichever method you execute, once you find yourself at the Outer Wall, take the elevator to the top, then continue upward until you reach the entrance to the Clock Tower.

== Clock Tower & Richter Skip ==
At the start of this section, you will transform into Bat and Wing Smash your way across the large chasm. This next section is filled with spawning Medusa heads and Harpies throwing knives at you, so precise movement is critical to avoid getting hit while you make your way to the section with the Sword Lords. Navigate between the broken stairs and make your way toward Karasuman. After killing Karasuman with Buffalo Stars, move left into the Castle Keep section.

The Castle Keep section is the same section as from the Prologue with Richter, except now the staircase has fallen into ruin, leaving a gap you must fly over to enter the section where you will encounter the fight with Richter. During a normal playthrough of the game, you are expected to have the Holy Glasses at this point if you wish to be able to proceed to the Inverted Castle. In this category, however, the fastest routes all involve executing a glitch known as [[SOTN/Richter_Skip|Richter Skip]] to avoid this check and proceed on to the Inverted Castle anyway.

== Inverted Castle ==

After you teleport into the Inverted Castle, transform into Bat. Almost the entirety of this section will be spent in Bat form and involves chaining Wing Smashes together in long hallways and precise bat movement around and through enemies as you make your way through the Route. Along the way, you will encounter a fight with Medusa. Medusa is one of the bosses that drops a Relic that would ordinarily be required to complete the game, but since we will be performing the [[SOTN/Richter_Skip|Richter Skip]] in the upcoming section, there is no need to collect it.

After the fight with Medusa, make your way to the vertical section with Imp and Sniper of Goth enemies flying around. With precise Wing Smash movement, you can make your way through this section unscathed as you ascend and head toward the Reverse Colosseum.

Enemies in the Reverse Colosseum and the remainder of this run are very powerful compared to your level and are capable of killing you in only 2 or 3 hits, so it is critical that you avoid getting hit in these sections.

After you leave the Reverse Colosseum, you will be in the Black Marble Gallery section where you will set up the Relic Skip.

== Relic Skip & Final Battle ==
Once in the Black Marble Gallery, make your way to the Clock Room, then proceed right past the Giant enemies and upward to a ledge that is just to the right of a Save Room. This ledge is where you will perform the [[SOTN/Relic Skip|Relic Skip]]. Once you have successfully executed the glitch, equip Buffalo Stars in both your hand slots and take the lift up into Dracula's chambers. After exiting the lift, fly up and around the barriers and drop into Dracula's chambers to begin the fight with Shaft. Position yourself along the left wall and alternate using both Buffalo Stars while jumping to finish Shaft as quickly as possible.

Once Shaft is defeated, the cutscene and final fight with Dracula will begin. Stay in the middle of the room as Dracula descends, and focus alternating Buffalo Star attacks at his right hand. Dracula will attempt to swipe at you with either his left hand or his right hand, depending on which one you are closer to. Once you see his body shift in position to prepare the attack, move to the opposite side from that attack just enough to clear it. Do this a few times while spamming Buffalo Star attacks at his right hand, and you should be able to kill Dracula before his next phase begins.

= Advanced Topics and Strategies =

:* '''[[SOTN/Experience_Route | Experience Route]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Double_Kill#Slogra_and_Gaibon_Double_Kill | Slogra and Gaibon Double Kill]]'''

== Record Progression ==
[[SOTN_Record_Progression#Alucard_Any.25_No_Save_Corruption|SOTN Record Progression#Alucard Any% No Save Corruption]]

= Video Tutorials =
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0yytyyr5Ig&list=PLatVBprEnzK_OwWhDz1ViBFiQrFvCP4Lu Turbo Tutorials: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Any% NSC]
*[https://youtu.be/qBMGdgzNPUw Castlevania:SOTN any% skips compendium]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QTjKT6W4q0 How To Get World Record - Castlevania Symphony of the Night Any% Speedrun Tutorial]

SOTN/Frontslide

2024-03-16T12:58:21Z

SestrenExsis: Describe how to perform a Frontslide

= Frontslide =

[[File:SOTN_Frontslide.mkv]]

In order to perform a Frontslide, Alucard must have the Leapstone Relic. To perform the technique, you must perform a diagonal Divekick, then let go of all directional movement (go neutral) before Alucard touches the ground. If performed correctly, Alucard will maintain his Divekick momentum and will slide across the ground.

NOTE: This technique can be paired with a Bat transformation to preserve that momentum into Bat form.

File:SOTN Frontslide.mkv

2024-03-16T12:53:52Z

SestrenExsis: Alucard performs a movement technique known as a Frontslide

Alucard performs a movement technique known as a Frontslide

SOTN/Alucard

2024-03-16T12:52:47Z

SestrenExsis: Fix link to Revenge Tech

{| class="infobox"
!colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"|'''''Alucard'''''
|-
!colspan="2"|[[file:SotnAlucard.png|180px]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''platforms'''
|XBLA
|-
|PlayStation
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''categories'''
|Any%
|-
|All Bosses
|-
|Glitchless Any%
|}

Alucard runs are longer and more complex, including numerous tricks and glitches. This page includes information on the character, his special moves and some of the advanced tricks that can be performed.

== Character Information and Mechanics ==

*MP gained each level: 4 or 5
*Base stats: see [[SOTN Prologue#Bonuses | Prologue#Bonuses]]
*Landing from great heights(around 128px) causes Alucard to get locked out of moving for 10 frames if he walked off a ledge or 33 if he jumped or untransformed. This stun can be canceled by jumping or tapping shield.

== Special Moves ==

{| class="wikitable"
!width="200"|Move
!width="420"|Input
!MP
!Total frames
!Invincible
!DMG
!Notes
|-
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Wing Smash
|style="background-color:#252525;"| [[file:Ps1xh.png]][[file:270.png]][[file:Ps1xr.png]]
|style="background-color:#252525;"|8
|style="background-color:#252525;"|63
|style="background-color:#252525;"|63
|style="background-color:#252525;"|50
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Hold [[file:Ps1xh.png]] during the input. Speed is a constant 6.0 regardless of trajectory. Slows down to ~5.5 when going forward against an upward slope, but can be mitigated by holding up.
|-
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Gravity Boots
|style="background-color:#252525;"|[[file:D.png]][[file:U.png]][[file:Ps1x.png]] or [[file:D.png]][[file:U.png]][[file:Df.png]][[file:Ps1x.png]]
|style="background-color:#252525;"|4
|style="background-color:#252525;"|44
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Can be chained if done from a divekick state.
|-
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Soul Steal
|style="background-color:#252525;"|[[file:B.png]][[file:Hcb.png]][[file:F.png]][[file:Ps1s.png]]
|style="background-color:#252525;"|50
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Can't be activated while crouching. Each hit heals Alucard for 8hp.
|-
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Tetra Spirit
|style="background-color:#252525;"|[[file:Cu.png]][[file:Hcd.png]][[file:Ps1s.png]]
|style="background-color:#252525;"|10
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|15
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Charge for 32+ frames. Walking interrupts charge, so go to neutral first then to [[file:U.png]].
|-
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Summon Spirit
|style="background-color:#252525;"|[[file:B.png]][[file:F.png]][[file:U.png]][[file:D.png]][[file:Ps1s.png]] or [[file:B.png]][[file:N.png]][[file:U.png]][[file:D.png]][[file:Ps1s.png]]
|style="background-color:#252525;"|5
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|
|style="background-color:#252525;"|12
|style="background-color:#252525;"|
|-
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Dark Metamorphosis
|style="background-color:#252525;"|[[file:Hcuf.png]][[file:Ps1s.png]]
|style="background-color:#252525;"|10
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Can't be activated while crouching.
|-
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Hellfire
|style="background-color:#252525;"|[[file:U.png]][[file:Qcf.png]][[file:Ps1s.png]]
|style="background-color:#252525;"|15
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|30
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Move during the teleport with [[file:B.png]][[file:F.png]]. Hold [[file:D.png]] to cancel the attack.
|-
|style="background-color:#252525;"|Shield Rod Spell
|style="background-color:#252525;"|[[file:Ps1c.png]] + [[file:Ps1s.png]]
|style="background-color:#252525;"|20
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|0
|style="background-color:#252525;"|TIP: Hold [[file:Ps1c.png]] and double tap [[file:Ps1s.png]]. Alucard shield spell lasts around 69 seconds of holding the shield out. Ends prematurely if you run out of mana and try to use it.

|}

== Techniques ==
* [[SOTN Shield Dashing| Shield Dashing]]
* [[Infinite Wing Smash| Infinite Wing Smash]]
* [[SOTN Batdash and Batkick| Batdash and Batkick]]
* [[SOTN Wolf Mechanics| Wolf Mechanics]]

== Glitches ==
* [[Reverse Shift Line| Reverse Shift Line (RSL)]]
* [[SOTN/Shop_Glitch| Shop Glitch]]
* [[Wolf Floor Clip| Wolf Floor Clip]]
* [[SOTN Shift Line| Shift Line]]
* [[SOTN Chapel Warps| Chapel Warps]]
* [[SOTN Camera Unlock| Camera Unlock]]
* [[SOTN/Revenge Tech| Revenge Tech]]

== Common Skips ==
* [[SOTN/Death_Skip| Death Skip]]
* [[SOTN/Richter_Skip| Richter Skip]]
* [[SOTN/Relic_Skip| Relic Skip]]
* [[SOTN Library Clip| Library Clip]]
* [[SOTN Caverns Clip| Caverns Clip]]
* [[SOTN Chapel to Olrox Warp| Chapel to Olrox Warp]]

== Categories ==
===main===
*[[SOTN Alucard Any% NSC | Any% No Save Corruption]]
*[[SOTN Alucard All Bosses | All Bosses]]
*[[SOTN Alucard Glitchless | Glitchless Any%]]

===miscellaneous===
*[[SOTN Alucard Zero Bosses|Zero Bosses]]
*[[SOTN Alucard ABRSR|ABRSR(All Bosses and Relics + Save Richter)]]
*[[SOTN Alucard Pacifist|Pacifist]]
*[[SOTN Alucard Low% Wolf|Low% Wolf]]
*[[SOTN Alucard Low% Bat|Low% Bat]]
*[[SOTN Alucard Low% Mist|Low% Mist]]
*[[SOTN Alucard ACE|ACE]]
*[[SOTN Alucard Any% DXC|Any% DXC]]

== Video Tutorials ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5xlSOf3Oyc Turbo Tutorials: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Any% (0.1.1.1 Alucard Basic Mechanics)]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz5RFKSosJM Turbo Tutorials: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Any% (0.1.2.1 Alucard Intermediate Mechanics)]

== Speed Values ==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|horizontal speed values
!colspan="2"|vertical speed values
|-
|Walking
|1.5
|Gravity Boots
|12.0 UP
|-
|Jumping
|1.5
|Gravity Boots with scroll lock
|4.0 UP
|-
|Wing Smash
|6.0
|Jump TOP
|4.9 UP
|-
|Backdash TOP
|3.5
|Double jump TOP
|4.1 UP
|-
|Wolf Dash TOP
|3.0
|Wing Smash TOP
|6.0 UP
|-
|Big Toss
|8.0
|Falling TOP
|7.0 DOWN
|-
|Skill of Wolf TOP
|5.0
|Divekick TOP
|7.0 DOWN
|-
|Power of Wolf TOP
|9.0
|Zipping Mist
|16.0
|-
|Optimal frontslide Average
|3.3
|Zipping
|32.0 DOWN
|-
|Glitchtoss
|4.0
|Mist flying TOP
|0.5 UP
|-
|Diagonal Gravity Boots
|3.0
|Power of Mist
|1.0
|-
|Thrust special TOP
|2.5
|Bat flying
|1.3
|-
|Bat flying forward
|1.2
|Wolf high jump TOP
|4.9
|-
|Bat flying Diagonal
|0.8
|-
|Mist Flying TOP
|0.5
|}

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

2024-03-16T12:48:04Z

SestrenExsis: Link to Frontslide page

= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

TODO: Introduce the Pacifist run

TODO: Describe Revenge Tech and its importance to the category

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

To get back across the gap and into the stairwell above, you need to perform a combination of [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Resets]] and the Thurst Sword special.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv]]

== Clock Room ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Gravity Boots without flight

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a [[SOTN/Frontslide | Frontslide]].

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.png]]

By positioning Alucard between Medusa and the right ledge while poisoned and taking damage, Alucard can use a glitch known as [[SOTN/Half-Blood Tech | Half-Blood Tech]] to skip past the fight with Medusa.

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

2024-03-16T12:44:25Z

SestrenExsis: Describe how to skip Medusa using Half-Blood Tech

= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

TODO: Introduce the Pacifist run

TODO: Describe Revenge Tech and its importance to the category

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

To get back across the gap and into the stairwell above, you need to perform a combination of [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Resets]] and the Thurst Sword special.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv]]

== Clock Room ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Gravity Boots without flight

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a Frontslide.

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.png]]

By positioning Alucard between Medusa and the right ledge while poisoned and taking damage, Alucard can use a glitch known as [[SOTN/Half-Blood Tech | Half-Blood Tech]] to skip past the fight with Medusa.

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

File:SOTN HalfBloodTech Medusa.png

2024-03-16T12:41:06Z

SestrenExsis: Alucard performs a Medusa Half-Blood Tech to clip into the floor

Alucard performs a Medusa Half-Blood Tech to clip into the floor

SOTN/Half-Blood Tech

2024-03-16T12:33:12Z

SestrenExsis: Describe Kurasuman Half-Blood Tech's usefulness in RBO

= Half-Blood Tech =

TODO: Find out why it is called Half-Blood Tech or who coined it

By positioning Alucard against a wall while in Bat form while also taking enough damage from an enemy to be Big Tossed, you can clip Alucard through a wall/floor and go out-of-bounds.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.mkv]]

Alucard must have Soul of Bat, a Toadstool, and a consumable that gives invincibility frames (preferably an Elixir) equipped. Begin by poisoning Alucard with the Toadstool, then get Medusa to position herself against the right ledge. You can do this by walking close enough to trigger her attack, then dodging that attack, and repeating. Once Medusa is against the right ledge or about to be, use the Elixir to grant yourself invincibility frames and quickly turn into Bat and move through Medusa's hitbox to position yourself between Medusa and the ledge. When Medusa attacks you, if your HP was low enough to trigger a Big Toss, you will clip into the floor and untransform as Bat. Proceed to travel to the right, then transform back into Bat to trigger the screen transition.

This particular technique is used in the [[SOTN/Alucard Pacifist | Pacifist]] category to get past Medusa without gaining any XP.

== Kurasuman ==

TODO: Describe how to perform Kurasuman Half-Blood Tech

This particular technique is used in the [[SOTN/Alucard Reverse Boss Order | RBO]] category to get past Kurasuman without killing them.

SOTN/Half-Blood Tech

2024-03-16T12:30:48Z

SestrenExsis: Describe how to perform Medusa Half-Blood Tech

= Half-Blood Tech =

TODO: Find out why it is called Half-Blood Tech or who coined it

By positioning Alucard against a wall while in Bat form while also taking enough damage from an enemy to be Big Tossed, you can clip Alucard through a wall/floor and go out-of-bounds.

== Medusa ==

[[File:SOTN_HalfBloodTech_Medusa.mkv]]

Alucard must have Soul of Bat, a Toadstool, and a consumable that gives invincibility frames (preferably an Elixir) equipped. Begin by poisoning Alucard with the Toadstool, then get Medusa to position herself against the right ledge. You can do this by walking close enough to trigger her attack, then dodging that attack, and repeating. Once Medusa is against the right ledge or about to be, use the Elixir to grant yourself invincibility frames and quickly turn into Bat and move through Medusa's hitbox to position yourself between Medusa and the ledge. When Medusa attacks you, if your HP was low enough to trigger a Big Toss, you will clip into the floor and untransform as Bat. Proceed to travel to the right, then transform back into Bat to trigger the screen transition.

This particular technique is used in the [[SOTN/Alucard Pacifist | Pacifist]] category to get past Medusa without gaining any XP.

== Kurasuman ==

TODO: Describe how to perform Kurasuman Half-Blood Tech (useful in RBO)

File:SOTN HalfBloodTech Medusa.mkv

2024-03-16T12:18:03Z

SestrenExsis: Alucard performs Half-Blood Tech on Medusa to clip into the floor

Alucard performs Half-Blood Tech on Medusa to clip into the floor

SOTN/Alucard Reverse Boss Order

2024-03-16T12:00:11Z

SestrenExsis: Add placeholder for RBO

= Introduction to Alucard (Reverse Boss Order) =

TODO: Introduce RBO

TODO: Describe the route for RBO

SOTN/Categories

2024-03-16T11:59:01Z

SestrenExsis: Add link to RBO

= Main Categories =
The leaderboards for the main categories of the game are hosted at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotn speedrun.com/sotn] and are typically the more popular categories for the game.
:* '''[[SOTN/Alucard_Any%_NSC | Alucard Any% NSC]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Alucard_All_Bosses | Alucard All Bosses]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Alucard_Glitchless_Any% | Alucard Glitchless Any% ]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Alucard_ABRSR | Alucard ABRSR ]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Alucard_Any%_Requiem | Alucard Any% Requiem / DXC PAL ]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Richter_Any% | Richter Any% ]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Richter_All_Bosses | Richter All Bosses ]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Maria_Any%_Console | Maria Any% Console]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Maria_Any%_Emulator | Maria Any% Emulator]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Maria_All_Bosses_Console | Maria All Bosses Console]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Maria_All_Bosses_Emulator | Maria All Bosses Emulator]]'''

= Category Extension =
The leaderboards for all other categories of the game are hosted at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce speedrun.com/sotnce] and represent challenge or niche categories, as well as obscure versions of the game.
:* Alucard Low% Wolf
:* Alucard Low% Bat
:* Alucard Low% Mist
:* '''[[SOTN/Alucard_Pacifist | Alucard Pacifist]]'''
:* Alucard Zero Bosses
:* Alucard Reverse Boss Order
:* '''[[SOTN/Alucard_Reverse_Boss_Order | Alucard Reverse Boss Order]]'''
:* Alucard Any% DXC NTSC
:* Alucard Any% Bad Ending
:* '''[[SOTN/Alucard_Any%_Saturn | Alucard Any% Saturn]]'''
:* '''[[SOTN/Alucard_Any%_ACE | Alucard Any% ACE]]'''
:* Alucard 200.6%
:* '''[[SOTN/Alucard_Any%_NSC_Blindfolded | Alucard Blindfolded]]'''
:* Alucard No Major Glitches
:* Richter No Uppercut
:* Richter Save the Game
:* Richter Any% Mobile
:* Richter All Bosses Mobile
:* Maria Any% DXC / Requiem
:* Maria All Bosses DXC / Requiem
:* Maria Any% Bad Maria (Console)

SOTN/Half-Blood Tech

2024-03-15T20:14:36Z

SestrenExsis: Add mention of Kurasuman Half-Blood Tech

TODO: Provide a video example of this technique

By positioning Alucard against a wall while in Bat form while also taking enough damage from an enemy to be Big Tossed, you can clip Alucard through a wall/floor and go out-of-bounds.

TODO: Describe how to perform Kurasuman Half-Blood Tech (useful in RBO)

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

2024-03-14T01:00:45Z

SestrenExsis: Describe how to get back across the gap in Underground Caverns

= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

TODO: Introduce the Pacifist run

TODO: Describe Revenge Tech and its importance to the category

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

To get back across the gap and into the stairwell above, you need to perform a combination of [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Resets]] and the Thurst Sword special.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv]]

== Clock Room ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Gravity Boots without flight

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a Frontslide.

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Medusa using Half-Blood Tech

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

File:SOTN AlucardPacifist ThrustSwordGapClear.mkv

2024-03-14T00:58:18Z

SestrenExsis: Alucard clears a gap in the Underground Caverns using a Double Jump Reset and Thrust Sword Specials

Alucard clears a gap in the Underground Caverns using a Double Jump Reset and Thrust Sword Specials

SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

2024-03-14T00:47:03Z

SestrenExsis: Add visual confirmation for Kurasuman Skip

= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

TODO: Introduce the Pacifist run

TODO: Describe Revenge Tech and its importance to the category

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

During the Heart Refresh animation, there is a visual cue that can help confirm whether or not the correct frame was used. It involves checking if the bottom-most pixel of the Sub-weapon frame is aligned directly above the point of the spear that the statue is holding. While this method is not 100% reliable, it is a fairly strong indicator.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip_VisualConfirmation.png]]

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

TODO: Describe how to perform the Thrust Sword movement across the gap

== Clock Room ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Gravity Boots without flight

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a Frontslide.

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Medusa using Half-Blood Tech

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

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SOTN/Alucard Pacifist

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= Introduction to SOTN Alucard Pacifist =

The leaderboard for Pacifist runs is located at [https://www.speedrun.com/sotnce?h=Alucard-Pacifist&x=mkexjrnd-kn0m7kol.4lx9k23l speedrun.com] under the Category Extensions page.

TODO: Introduce the Pacifist run

TODO: Describe Revenge Tech and its importance to the category

= Pacifist Route =

== Slogra and Gaibon ==

To get past Slogra and Gaibon, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Slogra and Gaibon | Slogra and Gaibon Revenge Tech]]. It involves manipulating Slogra and Gaibon into being close together while you perform an upgraded, teleporting Hellfire.

== Doppelganger10 ==

To get past Doppelganger10, you will have to perform the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Doppelganger10 | Doppelganger10 Revenge Tech]]. It involves using Stopwatch to freeze Doppelganger10, then taking damage by running into him and quickly killing him.

== Shop ==

The following will need to be purchased from the Shop:
* Jewel of Open
* Elixir
* Manna prism
* 56 x Antivenom
* 2x Fire boomerang
* 2x Buffalo star
* Library card
* Meal ticket
* 97x Flame star
* Duplicator

== Kurasuman ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_KurasumanSkip.png]]

By standing at a precise position in the room to the right of Kurasuman's room and using the Heart Refresh, Alucard can use a [[SOTN/Reverse Shift Line | Reverse Shift Line]] to skip past the fight with Kurasuman.

NOTE: If you fail the skip, it is still possible to perform a [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Kurasuman | Revenge Tech]] on Kurasuman using Holy Water and a source of invincibility frames like an Antivenom.

== Underground Caverns ==

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_DoubleJumpReset.png]]

At this point in the route, Alucard has the Leap Stone and Soul of Wolf relics, allowing him to perform a [[SOTN/Double Jump Reset | Double Jump Reset]] to clear the gap at the top of the long drop in Underground Caverns.

* Get the Claymore
* Get the Moonstone

TODO: Describe how to perform the Thrust Sword movement across the gap

== Clock Room ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Gravity Boots without flight

== Cerberus ==

To get past this room without killing Cerberus, you must execute a floor clip, followed by a Reverse Shift Line. Doing this requires that Alucard have a Shield equipped at the start of the room or have some other way of canceling a Dash. You must also have a thrust sword, such as a Claymore, and a Heart Refresh, in your inventory.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/626369936?t=0h32m33s

# Clip into the floor
## Enter the room and walk right until you very nearly walk off the ledge
## Immediately shield dash and then crouch to stop yourself just under the gate as it closes on you
# Sword thrust
## Equip Claymore
## Execute a sword thrust
# Reverse Shift Line
## Equip Heart Refresh
## Dive Kick while near the right edge of the screen just before the camera locks, holding RIGHT afterward
## Immediately use Heart Refresh (this might be frame perfect), continue holding RIGHT
## Transform into Wolf as you travel into the right edge of the screen (10 frame window)
## Untransform as you move RIGHT

If successful, you should appear in the next room over and skip the fight with Cerberus.

== Farming Venus Weeds for Heart Refresh ==

To acquire your second Heart Refresh, you will have to farm Venus Weeds repeatedly using the [[SOTN/Revenge Tech#Venus Weed | Venus Weed Revenge Tech]]. It involves using a consumable that grants invincibility frames, a thrown weapon consumable, and Holy Waters at very close range in order to achieve the glitch.

[[File:SOTN_AlucardPacifist_VenusWeed.png | 280px]]

While farming Venus Weeds, you will want to have your LUCK stat as high as possible and have a Ring of Arcana equipped to increase your odds of getting the Heart Refresh rare drop from the Venus Weed. Doing this optimally will require that you unequip your Duplicator, since it both reduces your LUCK stat and takes up a slot needed for another Luck item. Even with all this, the drop rate will still be approximately 1 in 44 or a 2.3% chance. Farming Venus Weeds will usually take somewhere around 15 minutes on average, but can often take much longer than that if you get unlucky.

Simply by leaving the screen and coming back, you can respawn the Venus Weed to farm it over and over until you get the Heart Refresh to drop from it. If during attempts you get low on Hearts, re-equip the Duplicator and Heart Refresh temporarily so that you can activate your Heart Refresh and replenish your hearts. If you get low on consumables, unfortunately you will probably have to reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area.

If you accidentally kill the Venus Weed and get XP, you ''must'' reload from the most recent Save Room and return to this area so as not to invalidate the run. The Venus Weed grants enough XP that a single kill will result in a Level Up, so it will be obvious if you do it.

== Lesser Demon/Bat Relic ==

TODO: Describe how to reach Bat Relic without having to kill Lesser Demon

NOTE: You will start off with a Frontslide.

NOTE: You must have two Heart Refreshes equipped, one in each hand. You will alternate holding the button to activate one while the other's animation is playing.

NOTE: When you have performed enough consecutive Heart Refreshes, hold LEFT and JUMP and wait for Alucard to be pushed into the Bat Relic room.

== Medusa ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Medusa using Half-Blood Tech

== Shaft ==

TODO: Describe how to skip Shaft

File:SOTN AlucardPacifist KurasumanSkip.png

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Alucard skips Kurasuman by performing a Reverse Shift Line