This 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.

 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. Actions performed as Richter will determine the Your performance in this section affects your starting state of Alucard once equipment and stats during the main game beginswhen you play as Alucard. These effects include: - If To acquire the fight ends and Richter has 0 heartsNeutron Bomb for Alucard, Alucard will start with a Heart Refresh in his inventory. - If Richter gathers ''more than'' 40 hearts (must have 41 or more), Alucard will start Hearts BEFORE the wine glass cutscene that triggers the fight with a Neutron BombDracula. Note that accessing the secret treasure room at the top of the stairs is required to be able to get this many Hearts. - If To acquire the Heart Refresh for Alucard, Richter dies and gets revived must have 0 Hearts remaining by Maria, Alucard will start the time the photo burn cutscene begins after the fight with a PotionDracula.In Richter begins the Any% Run, we want Prologue at the first two bottom of these. Therefore, you will need stairs that lead to gather 11 hearts before the fight startsan entrance room and Dracula's throne room. This is accomplished by [[File:SOTNPrologueRichterUppercut.png | 280px]] 1. Launch up into At the top of the stairs, hidden in the ceiling to the , 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 one that chandelier and the staircase comes down fromledge. Don't extend If you are in the staircase though; although no opening is visiblecorrect position, Richter can still go will pass through the gap)ceiling and you will gain access to the secret treasure room without needing to lower the hidden staircase. With proper alignmentIf you are not in the correct position, Richter you will strike 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 right, gaining 5 heartsentrance room.2. After falling Once you are back down from in the ceilingentrance room, strike the first collect 6 more Hearts from a candlestick and the vase on . Along with the 30 Hearts Richter starts the tablePrologue with, These will give you 1 and 5 hearts respectively, adding up should now be at 41 Hearts. Move to the 11 hearts you need left to collectenter 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).From hereDuring this fight, go fight Draculahas two forms. You have 2 Hydrostorms availableIn his first form, he will teleport and 11 normal floor-throwsthrow projectiles. The majority of these flooreasiest way to defeat Dracula's first form is to get the Holy Water sub-throws 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 be tossed off-screentransform into a large monster. In his second form, just to get rid of themhe jumps around while throwing projectiles. This fight should be pretty easy. You just need The easiest way to make sure not defeat him in this form is to finish off Dracula until you're down use your Item Crash again while whipping him and throwing Holy Waters. Remember to 0 hearts to ensure use up all your Hearts during this fight so that you get end the fight with no Hearts remaining to fulfill the condition for acquiring Heart Refreshfor Alucard.== Death Skip ==

= Experience Route =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]])*3 zombiesPurchase the Duplicator*all 3 skeletons 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 first 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 alchemy labthis room that leads to a room containing the Faerie Card Relic. Do not enable the Relic right away. [[File:SOTNLibraryBookJump.png | 280px]] *one green axe lord 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 spittlebone roomupcoming 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 =Slogra = After you teleport into the Inverted Castle, transform into Bat. Almost the entirety of this section will be spent in Bat form and Gaibon Double Killinvolves 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.

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