The Baselard manip is a [[AoS/RNG_manipulation | manip]] to obtain the which drops a Baselard weapon drop from a Zombie in at the first corridor after starting very start of the game. The Baselard It is useful because a simple manip which can be performed on any version of its high base damage compared to all other weapons available early on the game, and is used in every non-NG+ Soma speedrun category. Its only requirement is that the player can skip cutscenes, unlocked by completing the gameonce.

= Cutscene skip version Standard Baselard manip =

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

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

For If running the [[AoS/Soma_Any%25 | Any%]] and or [[AoS/Soma_All_Bosses | All Bosses]] categories where gaining XP early on is important, it can be useful to also throw a fourth spear when Soma's head touches the edge of the column in the background, potentially killing which can kill one or two Zombies which that always spawn there. An earlier early throw will kill one Zombie, whereas a later perfect throw will kill both. Too , and a late of a throw will miss both.

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

=No cutscene skip Baselard manip = Video tutorial =={{#ev:youtube|Ouj6GGswDpY|||||start=45&end=130}}If the player does not have the ability to skip cutscenes from finishing the game once, an alternate Baselard manip can be used which requires a frame-perfect input on the spear throw.  ''by Chewy4uTODO video