The only part that varies in the definition of any% is when the game is truly "finished." For most games, it's the moment you bring the final boss down to 0 health. For others, it's as soon as the credits roll. For some games like Windwaker, there's a specific point in the final cutscene used to mark the end (the moment Ganon gets facestabbed). For DS3 it's when you tap the final bonfire to link the fire.
can someone answer. im new to the speedrunning community but have been in the community since demon souls. but what is teardrop? like tears of denial? sorry this probably sounds bad i know.
Bit late but basically it would allow you to skip Sage and Deacons by using Tears to drop down onto an area right before the Irithyll bridge skipping needing the doll. speedsouls.com/darksouls3:TearDrop
distortions timer keeps jumping backwards in tiny time increments when quitting to main menu. most noticeable at 9 minutes 43 seconds on the run where it jumps back from something like 9:43:75 to 9:43:10. wouldn't that add up slowly over time in the runners favor? or is it so insignificant it doesn't matter? In game time runs irk me.
The split timer in the top right is just trying to give an idea of how much in game time he has. It tries to keep synched, but isn't perfect, which is why he checks the "load game" screen at the end for the final in game time.
Every couple seconds you have Anri's sword equipped you get a couple points of health back, and the moment you equip the sword you gain the 2 health bonus, so continuously taking off and putting it back on resets the counter and gives you the 2 hp every re-equip.
hi, Distortion. Please, give me advice: what is the best weapon for low-level walkthrough? sl 30-35, weapon upgrade +3. I needed to kill nameless, princes, armour and last boss. Maybe something with bleed? My dps sucks :(
Anri's straight sword. it's got good luck scaling, and since bleed procs quicker with luck scaling, you can put your scaling stats into it, use a carthus rouge, and bleed all the bosses watch out though, it's a Twinkling upgrade path, so you can't go higher then +2, but even then it's pretty good.
is it more viable than Astora's? with raw astora i can maintain 27 vigor, so bosses can forgive me. With Anri's i will have only basic amount, and will be a glasscannon :D i mean - is the damage difference really big?
is it possible to riposte yhorm after he goes down from the storm ruler? im just wondering if time could be saved killing him with riposte attack instead of a final charged weapon art from the storm ruler? or would you do too little damage?
After beating vordt, you travel to the next area and there you jump down to the 2 dogs who are eating something. Why is it that they never attack you? When i jump down to them and get that item there at least 1 of the 2 dogs always attacks and follows me :/
im late but w/e, quitting out is faster because when you quit out, the timer stops, and when you load back in, the door is open, rather than sitting through the whole animation while the timer runs.
For anyone wondering, they are asking how do you use that program that marks the splits when you defeat bosses and everything. Unfortunately, I don't know the answer.
there's only like 2 instances where he uses save reload to reset enemies (and they're just to save time, he could just easily dodge then, proof-the rest of the run) speed runs are timed by their in game time, meaning time you spend in the main menu doesn't count (this is set so that people with lower performance pcs are in a more even playing field) quitting let's the big doors open without wasting time (since they're open when you reload) It's also useful for the falling glitch so you can fall from tall heights and at the ground unscathed The point of the run is to go as fast as possible, this is simply an exploit they use to their advantage And no, no there isn't a category for that
Uschi rockthart It's not a category but you're looking for something called "no quit outs" so if you search "dark souls 3 speedrun no quit outs" and it says "no quit outs" in the title, that's the video you want
Anri's sword gives you 2 HP every 2 seconds, but if you spam equip/unequip, it gives you 2 HP the moment that you equip it. Being at max HP gives Dist more damage with one of his rings.
how does he get so fast to the "save and go back to main menu" and why his game does not ask him if he is sure.......... my menu allways starts at euipp.. and i have to go to settings manual
every time he stops the clock it rewinds. for example it will be at.99 when stopped but when he starts the game up again it will start at.23 seconds. It is a great run I just thought this was weird.
thats the time it takes for his character to be able to move again, or so i think, so he probably added that to make it more accurate with the in game time.
My first run took about 30 hours and I ended up with almost every weapon and armor set and I did the secret ending. My second run was 2 and a half hours and I ended with only the starter estoc and a dagger. It's amazing how fast the game is when you end up killing more titanite lizards than anything else.
Pretty sure that leveling Endurance at the end DID save you a tiny bit of time. It let you get a few hits in that you otherwise wouldn't have been able to do, at times when you were free to wail away at the boss for a few seconds.
The regen effect on Anri's or sun princess ring will tick once at 'zero' as the effect is gained, so you can equip and unequip over and over to gain two health each time, much faster than estus.
The scaling and the passive heal that he can exploit. Anri's can also be further buffed with carthus rogue to give it a massive bleed effect, making that sword in particular pretty damn OP
It means the opposite of "100%", for example: a 100% run gets all secrets, all collectibles, does all quests etc., but an any% run only completes whatever percentage of the game is necessary to get from the opening screen to the end credits, glitches and exploits are allowed but none are used in this particular run as no significant glitches/ exploits have been found to improve this time.
Your skill is really impressive, but I must say the speedrun itself, and the fact that you have to go back to main menu and then load everytime you drop from a high ground makes this speedrun less fluid than previous ones.
Yes. And so what? I'm just saying that this game is not as pleasant to look at in speedrun as other titles from the Soul series, because of this "quit to main menu" strategy. Not as elegant, that's all.
You finish the game by completing ️any percent of the game. So you don't have to collect anything just get from start to finish, skip bosses and stuff, etc.
100% is actually usually 100%, and afaik, not a category in Dark Souls. But more so in games like Mega Man, where getting 100% means getting all upgrades and equipment in the game. Whilst %All Bosses is what the title of the category says, it's about beating all bosses with a life bar at the bottom.
You still need to kill all 4 lords of cinder. You gotta kill Yorm, Aldrich, and the Abyss Watchers anyway so you might as well do those first. Dancer is only required to get to the twin princes, so you might as well fight the dancer when you've beaten the other three, since you'll be stronger and kill her faster.
WTF how the fuck how the hec did you do that I'm done Wut is the point I will never beat this WR well going back to sonic at least I can run fast in that game
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That one guy in chat at 1:25 seemed to not understand that when going for a WR in a speedrun, you really can't focus on chat at all times.
yeah, screw that guy. it's like, sorry I have to be completely focused on the game and my run, sorry I can't answer every stupid question you ask.
its a copypasta lol
Damn, I missed the stream so I didn't know. Thanks for clarifying.
"Im gonna lose so much time" gets the world fucking record XD
pontiff perfection. that was just sick as hell
Really enjoy these runs. Never stop. And continued good fortune sir. GG
Explanation of Any%: Finishing the game as fast as possible, glitching and skipping bosses on top of all.
Thank you
Aka: Anything goes% you can do what ever you like, so long as you finish the game
The only part that varies in the definition of any% is when the game is truly "finished." For most games, it's the moment you bring the final boss down to 0 health. For others, it's as soon as the credits roll. For some games like Windwaker, there's a specific point in the final cutscene used to mark the end (the moment Ganon gets facestabbed). For DS3 it's when you tap the final bonfire to link the fire.
hmm, small correction
ds3 end is now when you exit the game (link fire, skip scene, at firelink, quit game)
Fam Bug only reason i watch is to learn some tricks
Nice run. Your one of my favorite speed runners. Keep up the good work.
Took me 50 hours to complete the game
Same. Took him 50 minutes lmao. One-sixtieth of the time
well it was under 300 hours so your better than me :P
Yeah I took 65, but I love to take my time in games... I cannot imagine doing this in less than 5 hours.
+Ali Altun nameless King is easily the hardest boss
***** Nameless king isn't that bad. Just study his attacks for a little while and you'll realize how hard he telegraphs them.
"Speed run time!!" *Two hours of character creation later* "There! Now we are ready!"
27:06 "Ctrl+W works guys!" Got me!
haha I had a laugh at that one too!
Dang, you have to be proud of yourself, thats quite an improvement
Man you never give up your a speed run beast 49 minutes God dang
54:06 "fuck"
Please stop break world records, you're making us all look bad! :D
Unbelievable! Congrats man!
56:28 This is the comment u acute observers should like!
3:14 What was the point of throwing the bombs before going for the tree jump?
Nevermind, he explains later. I guess it kills a crystal lizard.
you forgot the fact that it looks cool as fuck when he throws two random firebombs and gets a twinkling titanite
can someone answer. im new to the speedrunning community but have been in the community since demon souls. but what is teardrop? like tears of denial? sorry this probably sounds bad i know.
Bit late but basically it would allow you to skip Sage and Deacons by using Tears to drop down onto an area right before the Irithyll bridge skipping needing the doll. speedsouls.com/darksouls3:TearDrop
Knoll oh my god thank you so much! i havent been visiting speedsouls! i cant bekieve i didnt look there!
Knoll h
i love the twinkling strat over normal titanite. much faster route. well done!
Why use Herald's set again? Maybe I missed it if he explained. Didn't seem to slow him down, but I'm just curious.
It's also one of the swaggiest armors available.
Why does he repeatedly remove and equip his weapon at 20:33
distortions timer keeps jumping backwards in tiny time increments when quitting to main menu. most noticeable at 9 minutes 43 seconds on the run where it jumps back from something like 9:43:75 to 9:43:10.
wouldn't that add up slowly over time in the runners favor? or is it so insignificant it doesn't matter? In game time runs irk me.
It jumps back to account for time out of game during which the timer was still running so the timer can give a time that is accurate to the IGT timer.
+Derek Troxel oh. thanks.
The split timer in the top right is just trying to give an idea of how much in game time he has. It tries to keep synched, but isn't perfect, which is why he checks the "load game" screen at the end for the final in game time.
Why do you keep switching from dagger to Anri's sword?
Every couple seconds you have Anri's sword equipped you get a couple points of health back, and the moment you equip the sword you gain the 2 health bonus, so continuously taking off and putting it back on resets the counter and gives you the 2 hp every re-equip.
Nice man. Congrats!
Congratulations dude
hi, Distortion. Please, give me advice: what is the best weapon for low-level walkthrough? sl 30-35, weapon upgrade +3. I needed to kill nameless, princes, armour and last boss. Maybe something with bleed? My dps sucks :(
Anri's straight sword. it's got good luck scaling, and since bleed procs quicker with luck scaling, you can put your scaling stats into it, use a carthus rouge, and bleed all the bosses
watch out though, it's a Twinkling upgrade path, so you can't go higher then +2, but even then it's pretty good.
is it more viable than Astora's? with raw astora i can maintain 27 vigor, so bosses can forgive me. With Anri's i will have only basic amount, and will be a glasscannon :D
i mean - is the damage difference really big?
is it possible to riposte yhorm after he goes down from the storm ruler? im just wondering if time could be saved killing him with riposte attack instead of a final charged weapon art from the storm ruler? or would you do too little damage?
It's possible, but small damage.
to little damage. its better to keep stormruler weapon arting him
ahh thanks guys
if you kill anri as soon as you meet her can you still get the elite knight set?
YES
simon amorim so if you kill her as soon as you meet her you can just buy it from the shrinemaid?
yep
simon amorim ok cool thanks
curious about the no Silver Serpent, guessing its really just a safety strat in the end and not really neccesary
for messing up quite abit he still beat the record by a good minute. He's definitely going to bring that time down some more before he's done
How the heck does 3:15-3:22 work I just keep on sliding down the tree was it patched or something
It wasn't patched for me, I think there's like a specific spot on the tree you need to run up
After beating vordt, you travel to the next area and there you jump down to the 2 dogs who are eating something. Why is it that they never attack you? When i jump down to them and get that item there at least 1 of the 2 dogs always attacks and follows me :/
What does the sword equip spam do while your running through zones?
anris ss gives 2hp every few seconds. every equip he does gives him 2hp.
is it really that faster to quit reload instead of the opening animation? it doesnt seem like it to me. That quit load time is long
im late but w/e, quitting out is faster because when you quit out, the timer stops, and when you load back in, the door is open, rather than sitting through the whole animation while the timer runs.
You can do the sub -48 with good RNG and less mistakes. GG great run man =)
im new to watching speed runs. so why does he keep exiting to the main menu? I dont get it. does it reset the NPCs or something?
Time doesn't count when you are not playing so he can run one way then restart and go the other.
Shouldn't the timer keep running while reset happens? It's part of the speed run, it should be counted.
i know this is old but the timer goes off of in game time
como se usa ese programa que te marca cuando matas a los boss y todo?
Si
For anyone wondering, they are asking how do you use that program that marks the splits when you defeat bosses and everything. Unfortunately, I don't know the answer.
:c yep i want to know how use that program
Is there any catagory without the "save game - reload" thing? makes it so much "easier" because of all the enemy resetting.
there's only like 2 instances where he uses save reload to reset enemies (and they're just to save time, he could just easily dodge then, proof-the rest of the run)
speed runs are timed by their in game time, meaning time you spend in the main menu doesn't count (this is set so that people with lower performance pcs are in a more even playing field)
quitting let's the big doors open without wasting time (since they're open when you reload)
It's also useful for the falling glitch so you can fall from tall heights and at the ground unscathed
The point of the run is to go as fast as possible, this is simply an exploit they use to their advantage
And no, no there isn't a category for that
Uschi rockthart
It's not a category but you're looking for something called "no quit outs" so if you search "dark souls 3 speedrun no quit outs" and it says "no quit outs" in the title, that's the video you want
Maybe I'm just stupid but what does exiting to the menu screen do when he opens doors?
The clock only counts in game time and when you spawn back in the door is already completely open.
it resets every enemy location
Why does he keep equipping and unequipping a sword while running?
Anri's sword gives you 2 HP every 2 seconds, but if you spam equip/unequip, it gives you 2 HP the moment that you equip it. Being at max HP gives Dist more damage with one of his rings.
Bleed Green ohhhh nice, I see... That's pretty cool!
Also, what does equipping and unequipping the sword do?
Heals him
the sword heals you 2 HP every x seconds, when you reequip, it reset the timer healing you instantly.
Can anyone explain to me why he quits every few seconds? Just curious.
What does the constant equipping/unequipping do?
it heals you,
the sword heals you 2 HP every x seconds, when you reequip, it reset the timer healing you instantly.
Ah. Good to see something is working as intended.
just like poise and durability
What's wrong with durability?
did you ever see a weapon or armor break?
is anyone using the acid surge spell?
dame this guy is a badass
@ 54:00 "Oh, dear brother... fuck"
why was he equipping and unequipping his weapon at around 13 mins constantly?
does it somehow prevent poisoning?
It heals him
What do the times in white indicate? His average? PB?
+The Bat Gamer yeah, but in relation to what run? Average? PB?
+TheAptAssassin Usually PB
+Jake Glenny thanks!
how does he get so fast to the "save and go back to main menu" and why his game does not ask him if he is sure.......... my menu allways starts at euipp.. and i have to go to settings manual
whats the purpose of the herald armor
Gz man.
does the anri straight sword scale with luck?
yup
Is this still the WR. This was an awesome run. So cool!
you still shaving time off your all boss runs?
Isn't the Estoc stronger than Anri's straight sword?
not when you level up luck
Why do you upgrade luck? Someone, explain me.
Ok, thanks.
also luck increases bleed damage
Holy shit and here I am with a 24 hour plus playthrough and I still get lost.
every time he stops the clock it rewinds. for example it will be at.99 when stopped but when he starts the game up again it will start at.23 seconds. It is a great run I just thought this was weird.
Goes by in game time
thats the time it takes for his character to be able to move again, or so i think, so he probably added that to make it more accurate with the in game time.
What does switching the sword do?
It heals 2 health per switch. Spamming it doesn't lose time and avoids using an estus flask.
took me a good 20 hours of exploring and stuff before beating the game. this blows my mind lmao
Speedruns are like teachers that just show ya the equation. Some of it will stick and the rest just amazes
+Grant Plunkett (OsteoidGore36) pretty much my math career
My first run took about 30 hours and I ended up with almost every weapon and armor set and I did the secret ending. My second run was 2 and a half hours and I ended with only the starter estoc and a dagger. It's amazing how fast the game is when you end up killing more titanite lizards than anything else.
Pretty sure that leveling Endurance at the end DID save you a tiny bit of time. It let you get a few hits in that you otherwise wouldn't have been able to do, at times when you were free to wail away at the boss for a few seconds.
yeah, but not enough to make up for the time it took to level up
why do u equip un-equip anri's in farron keep
Health regen.
The regen effect on Anri's or sun princess ring will tick once at 'zero' as the effect is gained, so you can equip and unequip over and over to gain two health each time, much faster than estus.
thanks !
Lol @ the guy in chat leaving because distortion wasn't responding to him. Happens at like 1:20 or something.
it a copy pasta lol
it's just twitch chat trolling, even though dist has a lot of good fans, it's still twitch and there will always be the trolls. still funny af though
Why keep restarting the game?
To reset the agro?
I really hate when people say shit like "Rip this run" etc. It's so demotivating and rude.
Great run, Dist. Can't wait to see you do it faster though.
1:25 Someone having a sulk in chat
Lol ikr he is such a cry baby
this video like a guide
4 the game
lol going through the character creation so fast i almost thought that was giving you igt XD
darn i turned off the stream to go to class right before this
are'nt the deacons and crystal sage optional bosses
The deacons you need to kill for the doll to pass into irithyll, and you need to kill the crystal sage for a way to the deacons
Have not watched entire run, how did he he save 5 minutes?
He timesaved on the last 6 bosses, got lucky with a lot of their movesets
new wr. whats the strat now?
Louroux u
damn dude nice
Why do you use Anri's?
The scaling and the passive heal that he can exploit. Anri's can also be further buffed with carthus rogue to give it a massive bleed effect, making that sword in particular pretty damn OP
12:56 robbiehd123 called it.
why does he keep equipping and un-equipping anri's sword?
It heals him
Pushing the "Equip/Remove" button drives me crazy.
Why he didnt he do the nameless king and the wyvern they are bosses to.
it's a any% run, you just have to beat the game, not get 100%
All Bosses is a different run category.
but he did wolnir
Ricky Fort I believe this was just before the glitch that lets you run on air and skip wolnir was discovered.
Wow nice
was this at one point an any% world record
Why does he keep restarting the game up like why the constant rebooting
Like your channel just subbed.
why does he equip and dequipe his sword all the time ??
It heals him
no optional bosses?
any% means finishing the game as fast as possible
GG
What does "any%" mean?
It means the opposite of "100%", for example: a 100% run gets all secrets, all collectibles, does all quests etc., but an any% run only completes whatever percentage of the game is necessary to get from the opening screen to the end credits, glitches and exploits are allowed but none are used in this particular run as no significant glitches/ exploits have been found to improve this time.
How do you always get such good RNG :'(
I wish resetting counted towards run time.
so early it hurts
wow we are allready under 50? nice still doenst like that quit thing as a viewer but hey gotta go fast
Your skill is really impressive, but I must say the speedrun itself, and the fact that you have to go back to main menu and then load everytime you drop from a high ground makes this speedrun less fluid than previous ones.
Yes. And so what? I'm just saying that this game is not as pleasant to look at in speedrun as other titles from the Soul series, because of this "quit to main menu" strategy. Not as elegant, that's all.
Because doing a ~15min run where 90% of the time you're oob is far more elegant SMH
+Criticaloid its more fluid to look at. No need to be condescending :)
+Criticaloid really clever.
Not as funny as you think it is.
Use parry on first boss, saves a lot of time.
When you save quit in a bossbattle you respawn always before the fight
what does any % mean
You finish the game by completing ️any percent of the game. So you don't have to collect anything just get from start to finish, skip bosses and stuff, etc.
+Kreamations ★ ah ok. thanks
What is any % I don't get it
Where the goal is simply beating the game as fast as possible, 100% runs are all bosses
100% is actually usually 100%, and afaik, not a category in Dark Souls. But more so in games like Mega Man, where getting 100% means getting all upgrades and equipment in the game. Whilst %All Bosses is what the title of the category says, it's about beating all bosses with a life bar at the bottom.
couldn't he have just killed the old woman and fought the dancer of the boreal valley in high wall of lothric?
You still need to kill all 4 lords of cinder. You gotta kill Yorm, Aldrich, and the Abyss Watchers anyway so you might as well do those first. Dancer is only required to get to the twin princes, so you might as well fight the dancer when you've beaten the other three, since you'll be stronger and kill her faster.
Zadamanim Ah i see.
what happen !
What if you got invaded?
He's probably playing in offline mode
Wow 54 min
I have +100 hours and I'm at Lorian and Lothric
Plus with all the fuck ups you can get a much better time :p
WTF how the fuck how the hec did you do that I'm done Wut is the point I will never beat this WR well going back to sonic at least I can run fast in that game
He is the very best, that no-one ever was
***** I watch a lot of dark souls videos. I didn't think I commented that often
***** Don't know if I should be flattered or scared lol
Yup I noticed ^_^
Sounds good mate