SOTN/Alucard Any% Saturn
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Introduction to SOTN Alucard Any% Saturn
The leaderboard for Any% Saturn runs is located at speedrun.com under the Category Extensions page.
Standard Route
- Start a new run as Maria
- Execute a Save Transfer Glitch
- Activate needed Relics for Alucard
- Go to Inverted Castle
- (Optional) Get lucky and get a Masamune drop
- Kill Shaft and Dracula
Save Transfer Glitch
By starting a game as Maria and executing a Save Transfer Glitch, you can have Alucard start with all Relics.
- Start a new game as Maria
- Save at the first Save Room in Castle Entrance
- Soft reset the game (START + ATTACK + JUMP + SHIELD)
- Load the Maria save file you just created, then very quickly soft reset the game (START + ATTACK + JUMP + SHIELD) while it is fading to black
- Start a new game as Alucard
After executing the glitch, while Alucard will have all Relics, most of them are deactivated by default, so you will have to go to your Relic menu to activate them.
Saturn Richter Skip
If you executed the Save Transfer Glitch, performing this Skip is optional, since Richter is marked as cleared due to the glitch. However, performing this skip can save a large amount of time.
- Stand just under the ledge of the doorway in Castle Keep facing to the right (The flat side of Alucard's cape will have 3-5 pixels of space between it and the stone texture)
- Hold DASH, followed very shortly after by holding RIGHT (wait for the next room to load, at which point Alucard will spawn in an unusual spot and another room will shortly after)
Blind Teleporter
Credit to paulo1179 for discovering this setup
Far to the left of where you spawn in, there is an invisible ledge that will block your movement. Line up against that ledge, then execute a full crouch jump to the left, followed by a full crouch jump to the right. After that, perform four full Dashes. You should now be at the position of the teleporter and can press UP to teleport to the Inverted Castle.
Masamune Drop
TODO: Describe the importance of getting the Masamune
Instead of relying on getting lucky to get the Masamune, there exists a way on the Saturn version of the game to manipulate the RNG into giving you a Masamune drop, instead.
Saturn Anti-Chapel Out-of-Bounds Glitch
Stand under the red overhang just outside of the hallway with spikes. Hold DASH and LEFT and wait. If you started from the correct position, Alucard will load into the spike hallway (you will very likely take damage from the spikes), and then very quickly load back into the previous room, but now you will be further to the right and can walk off a ledge into a void. At this point, use your Leap Stone and Gravity Boots to chain Gravity Boot specials and ascend far up and slightly to the right. Eventually, you will reach the underside of a room and you want to be aiming for the black void just to the right of the stone walls. If you get the right position, you will clip back in-bounds inside the room just outside of the room with the Spectral Sword in it.
Saturn Relic Skip
TODO: Describe how to perform the skip
Relic Skip can save 13-15 seconds (compared to just going through the cutscene) if done optimally