Enter the Gungeon Any% Convict Speedrun World Record!

As of 9/25/2016, this is the world record time for using the Convict character for an any% Dragun run in patch 1.09. Shaved 36 seconds off the previous record!
I think the most satisfying part of this run was making the Kill Pillars disappear in 20 seconds using an Enraging Photo-enhanced Railgun :)
Speedrun leaderboards for ETG (organized by character) can be found here: www.speedrun.com/Enter_the_Gun...
Lemme know if you guys would like to see more ETG videos!
Edit:
By the way, since a few people have asked: No, those aren't visual glitches. The Rectangler shotgun turns enemy sprites into rectangles!
Edit #2:
If you're wondering why I'm not using the "walk faster out of combat" option, it's because this run was done on 9/25/2016, when the game was only on patch 1.09. The "walk faster out of combat" option got added in a later patch.

[@theinstructor123]

When you beat the kill pillars faster than the bird

[@emloses4701]

It depends on the room layout imo like if you have walls against gatling gull its ez but if not then

[@PillsHere69]

EM Loses The best layout imo is the one with the two water pools running vertically across the room. If you get him on the narrower sides and roll into the middle area it gives you so much more dodge room as he'll be unable to follow you around with his minigun jammed up your ass.

[@emloses4701]

Personally I like the 4 Pillars one because it helps having cover alot.

[@emloses4701]

Easiest Floor 1 boss is Trigger Twins imo

[@frydsaman6857]

Kill pillars is genuinely the easiest boss in the game

[@alecsee4513]

You managed to get a BSG from a boss drop? Holy shit! Edit: AND a railgun?!

[@Micras08]

That's the name of the game when you speedrun things like ETG though. You have to pray to RNGesus to give you a fast route and some useful items along the way - and that will most likely only happen if you take 1000+ runs at least. The last part is not really different from any other speedrunning games - practice makes perfect and every second needs to be shaved off where they can; be it through RNG, game understanding, skill or all of these and more :)

[@LudicSavant]

​@@Micras08 Yeah. Speedrunning roguelikes means being able to play very consistently so that when you do have a run with good drops, you can take advantage.

[@curllum]

Don’t forget about the iron coin too, thing cleared 3 rooms for him instantly

[@jeepercreepers9]

I love when people speedrun roguelikes, you need tons of luck and patience to do it, and I respect that. Also, glad you used the Tangler

[@Idkwhatiam]

Even if speedruns appears in recommendations i watch them sometimes...

[@sharkoshak7656]

Tangler gang I actually beat the whole game with tangler op gun

[@deerseaheraklorne6140]

Tangler is incredibly dope

[@cyniqueowo9016]

Yea Ik. I love the tangler, super decent shotgun

[@tysuty3569]

facts this was a sick run

[@EternityGray]

Those usb notification sounds around 1:20 and 1:26 had me checking my devices.

[@toasterusedfly]

Alexander The Insane it synced when the bullet fell down lol

[@jkoerner7940]

Yo me too

[@writwits5826]

At least we know he’s a pure bred windows pc gamer lol

[@caleba5040]

Me: takes 7 minutes to clear first floor and then die to boss: This guy: aight my turn

[@Femaiden]

gotta respect the author's patience, answering the same question 16 times in the comments. don't people read before posting the same thing that 15 other people already posted?

[@LudicSavant]

I appreciate that you noticed! It's good to know that at least some people read :)

[@LudicSavant]

I've added an explanation of the Rectangler shotgun's mechanic to the video description, since there have been several comments asking about it.

[@Luuncho]

@@Diosys its not a glitch mate

[@Luuncho]

@@Diosys ah

[@ptjhnsn]

fermangürleroğlu sarcasm not irony

[@rowmacnezumi8953]

"Safety isn't something one considers when attempting a speedrun. Even against such formidable foes as Gatling gull."

[@LudicSavant]

Doubly true when playing as the Convict. I basically see my health bar as "ammo" for the Enraging Photo. =)

[@okaden1015]

@@LudicSavant it's interesting how that works. It's similar in other games like that too, using your health as a resource instead of ammo. While there's some ppl who see their health as "that thing that once it reaches zero, which is inevitable, I will die" but then there's you. Or atleast, most people try and not get hit as to get the health upgrade. Idk y, I just find it weird yet interesting as how ppl see their health in games

[@shwaz8489]

The bullet kin in the first room were probably saying OH GOD GET READY! ITS A *SPEEDRUNNER!*

[@LudicSavant]

HA!

[@user-lk1cj6gy1t]

- Son, you have only 15minutes for playing - Okay mom :c

[@SavageGamerCA]

-Times up -52 more seconds please

[@Shendue]

LMAO

[@thatpilotmain4326]

I feel bad for u cause I used to have that short

[@Idkwhatiam]

For commenting u wasted 1 minute already lol

[@mitchmitch555]

This is hilarious on every speedrun video it's posted on!

[@rhc128]

I felt your frustration through the screen missing that two cycle on dragun but holy crap what a WR, good stuff

[@PillsHere69]

Sweet mother of mercy those poor Kill Pillars. Jk those guys deserved every second of that annihilation.

[@younggamer7218]

Yup

[@khajiithaswares4147]

@@aubergineman4025 *agrees in smiley *

[@Kuro23384]

Amen

[@ihaveaverygoodchanneliswea4728]

I swear to god the kill pillars always seem to have like 2 health compared to the other bosses Though it might just seem that way because of how there split into quarters

[@disc_00]

@@ihaveaverygoodchanneliswea4728 they are easier to hit. Also 2nd phase is easy af

[@justas423]

Everyone: Convict is the worst character. LudicSavant:

[@Micras08]

Even when not speedrunning I much prefer her to anyone else simply because her basic gun is so freakin good - both DPS-wise and for faster in-combat reloading of other guns. EDIT: Not that I speedrun, I just meant in a casual context ^^

[@Idkwhatiam]

Im about to end this mans whole career

[@flaco3462]

Convict is the best character because she is a sexy lady

[@andrewreid4820]

flaco well, so is the robot

[@BillyCrash100]

@The Gamin bros pilot scales the best though

[@uwuppa]

they literally go the best room clearer, the best boss killer, and an item that clears out rooms.

[@Wonderis_]

I remember this run so well from way long ago when I haven't even considered running this game and I never commented on it but this was one of the first OG runs of gungeon that really impressed me and led me to trying speedrunning this game myself and eventually beating out your run with dumb luck haha. Great run, well executed.

[@D3aThKult]

15mins? ahahah omg... I can do it in max 6 mins! ... Oh wait. He ended the game.. Oh.. Oh.

[@ertuen3599]

Carlo Bassetti Wow

[@derpyfish2684]

Wtf is this joke

[@shirt9862]

the joke is he always dies before six minutes

[@MrFilgueiras.]

I die in 1 min lol

[@zobbledobble599]

@@shirt9862 yeah but he's referring to the fact that it's not funny

[@marcofunke3607]

The tension at the end was real. You really didn't want to f*ck it up with half a heart left. :D Anyway, nice run!

[@concernedcommenter8258]

Funny thing is- aside from the REALLY fast running from place to place and skipping shops, this is mostly how a really good player plays. Rougelikes like this are meant to be speedruns in away.

[@ecpii]

yess I love how natural this gungeon speedrun is; instead of having crazy starts or skips it just seems like really solid optimized play

[@Jukeboksi]

Awesome run! Great luck and the skill to make use of it properly :) And lemme just say at this point, I told them they'd be able to do it. I knew you had it in ya!

[@Hollowdude15]

That eneter the gunegon speedrun was so cool and awesome video dude :]

[@mixn5919]

holy jesus you a true mad lad, going without blanks on the final boss and beating the game with half a heart left

[@thuyh9028]

Repsect, all the rooms and drops are complete random, so you can’t strategize due to the shifting walls and the different enemies per room. So doing a speed run of this should be pretty hard

[@LudicSavant]

Thanks! You can strategize a little bit about your route -- after you've seen countless random dungeons generated you can kind of recognize patterns, to some extent, in the way the game generates rooms. There are guides to recognizing this on ETG speedrunner forums, but it still takes a lot of experience (or at least it did for me). Even then, there's a luck element too, so getting a good speedrun is about playing consistently enough that when you do get solid RNG, you can take advantage of it and not waste it!

[@madvilliany1692]

Nice man. Really great job on that speed run

[@colacat9837]

Great Vid and the skill is incredible to have such a good run ;)

[@Lu22H]

Michal Foley well, rng is amazing

[@shishirsangaru6581]

Meanwhile me who just takes 30 minutes to complete the first floor.

[@spring6964]

meanwhile me who struggles to get past the first boss unless its gatling gull in a room with those pillar things near the corners

[@JazzyFunkaHolic]

@@commanderleo After like 100h I still think Gatling Gull is more random and therefore difficult then other Floor 3/4 bosses like Mine Flayer, Pillars and Treadnaught (who is usually a Master Round for me). idk but Gatling Gull manages it to shoot weird bullet directions which are strange to dodge when there are no hiding spots inside of the room, similar to Ammoconda and I hate her too for her RNG :D

[@bruhman580]

same

[@yunanzhang392]

nah, that's just for beginner, you will get there eventually.

[@ducknobyte6567]

@@JazzyFunkaHolic that is so true

[@ssjjvlk]

It takes me around an hour to get to the 4th floor. And then this dude just fucking does it in 7 minutes. Huge respect

[@clipCommander101]

just want you to know I heard the driver disconnect noise in your video and had a heart attack

[@tylerdenneson7320]

Man that was like rolling 5 natural 20s in a row with the load out... great run.

[@wombat7961]

There is nothing more satisfying than watching this speedrun. Enter. The. Speedrun.

[@eddyfizio5349]

holy shit, with a half heart

[@LudicSavant]

Since the Convict character gets damage bonuses when she takes damage, I see any leftover hearts at the end of a Convict run as time I could have saved by getting in touch with my inner berserker heedless of danger for a few more seconds. :)

[@user-be1ig1qx5d]

holy shit Steam version...

[@eddyfizio5349]

Данил Пушкарёв what is it with that version?

[@carnotaurus3319]

Therapist: Rectangular Dragun doesn't exist, It can't hurt you. Rectangular Dragun: 14:50

[@stone7327]

NNNNIIIIIIIIICCCCCEEEEEEly done. That takes a lot of skill.

[@dakota6054]

I'm just now seeing this and 6 years later the last 2 minutes of this almost gave me a heart attack.

[@deidara122]

Boi I thought this was a TAS run. You are awesome at this game dude! I’ve only made it to second chamber boss twice.

[@deidara122]

Oh, and yeah I know I’m late

[@bluecranberry9748]

How do you want to TAS a RNG run. Only since farwell to arms seeds are possible

[@deidara122]

@@bluecranberry9748 I was just making an example of how good he is

[@bluecranberry9748]

@@deidara122 oh.

[@mikeparvizi7038]

you were getting hella good weapons lmao. good run

[@iokko]

Boss 1 0:31 Boss 2 4:01 Boss 3 6:39 Boss 4 10:50 Boss 5 13:12

[@samueljohnson9384]

i cant even beat the second boss XD

[@themeatman6984]

that's pretty sad. it's okay tho! I got an easy tip for winning the game..... git gud.

[@keithpanton]

I was stuck on the first bosses a while, it's a fine game where practice really does work however, I can often at least get to the dragun now, and I've perfected him fairly regularly. Still can't beat the Old King or the Lich however. don't forget the gungeon wiki if you want to know what an item does before you blow all your cash on it. enterthegungeon.gamepedia.com/Enter_the_Gungeon_Wiki

[@Sada-mz4ox]

KarmageddonUK yeah the lich and old king are really difficult but you really just need to learn their patterns and have good guns, thats how i beat them

[@rankaisija_8837]

my record is getting to the fourth floor the getting stuck in a corner

[@themeatman6984]

The old king has more health then the dragun (I think) that boss is stupid.

[@physresoul229]

Nobody: Enemies: y’all mind if i minecraft

[@dw3964]

Absolutely beautiful RNG no idea why this just popped in my recommended feed tho

[@smashflame2136]

I'm definitely not speedrun material, because i like to waste time in every floor trying to find every little thing.

[@pogobod2128]

i usually get the chests, check the shop and get out

[@demi6765]

15:41 oof. Lost

[@agatha968]

Oof, time to reset

[@TheFloRence]

I know that the tangled turns the enemies into rectangles but I was wondering is there any benefit to this effect (hit box growth, poison, etc.)? Thanks

[@derpaboopderp1286]

finner 4433 nope, its just cosmetic. Tangler has amazing dps though

[@realhumanbean7915]

Derpaboop Derp Especially for a C-tier

[@juanjobj3]

i thought that was a glitch, now it makes much more sense

[@ruskyivanich2107]

Ok thanks for good description

[@swiftyshadow]

Me: Finally just beat the game, 1 hour and 7 minutes, not too bad! This Guy:

[@bigboom787]

SwiftyShadow At least you can BEAT the game.

[@sandwichwithnocheese5194]

LOL IT TAKES ME 1 HOUR AND 6.7 MINUTES LOL U TRASSHH

[@youthinkyouresafe3590]

@@sandwichwithnocheese5194 it takes me 1 hour 30 minutes... BUT IM GOING ON ALL SECRET FLOORS BEING WITH CLONE BCAUSE ITS RAINBOW RUN AHAHAHAHAHA URE TRASSHHWW

[@emirhanfettahoglu8543]

@@sandwichwithnocheese5194 no u are trash but ım more trash and my brother beat dragun in his 2the try when he dont play almost 2 years and he beating in 20 or 18 minutes or more

[@ChosenOne-CursedOne-AshenOne]

Nah it takes me 56 minutes

[@jakejeong8501]

You deserve a sub. Here you go.

[@mikeyj8211]

What parents expect you to do when you say you’re gonna play “one more round”

[@arkron7093]

me who likes playing convict and *totally* intentionally gets hit for damage boost: *"i'm something of a speedrunner myself"*

[@dino2808]

I had never thought about speedrunning this game, even though it's got a setting that's litteraly called speedrun mode

[@xxxpatacion7514]

you make gungeon look so easy

[@coldcr1708]

OMG nice run men

[@rnadomletters7922]

Dunkey needs to watch this

[@jaybb23]

15 min speed run and he dodge rolls into the wall in the first room smh

[@BootupProcess]

Junji Tai And runs into a wall at about 1:42. And again right outside Bello’s shop. I’m just going to stop looking for these now. We all make mistakes.

[@okaden1015]

Lmfao

[@sharkoshak7656]

He literally got the world record and you guys are talking about how he ran into the wall two times how about you guys get the world record

[@TheKillerGut]

@@sharkoshak7656 guess whos whining about a joke, instead of laughing along!

[@sharkoshak7656]

THATS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE WHERES THE PUNCHLINE

[@brent5933]

I have crafted the bullet that kill the last today im so happy and very nice speedrun btw

[@stiflingmystrife]

After he unlocked all the kickass weapons!! Awesome tho

[@justanendermanwithinternet2842]

Dude got a rail gun and a bsg on the same run. What awesome luck

[@blackfang0815]

Is there no out of combat speed boost on console, or is it to make the speedrun more respectable?

[@LudicSavant]

The run was done on PC. The game has been updated since the run was recorded.

[@liamfeil2660]

Man how many runs did this person play to get one this damn lucky

[@oronsnibben]

I feel bad for the SGDQ guy who ran Gungeon this year. He didn't get any of these juicy drops

[@Richerodt]

I've had this game since day one and I still have yet to even win a run, let alone come close to this.

[@slycooper2bandofthieves116]

Have you beaten the dragun yet?

[@necroslayer1628]

we must support small KZbinr :D

[@Davisss1337]

broo liked & subbed

[@DocDreamTaker]

All the luck with that clutch bsg and the rail gun? That's ridiculously fortunate.

[@secretgarbage6581]

I remember when i was pretty new to the game and got a mega buster first or second floor, even then I could still mop the floor with my mediocre skills but then i ruined it all by fighting Blockner and losing all of my health for the boss.

[@Glaidy]

Weegee Weeg How... did you fight Blockner... when you were new...? Did you look up a guide that told you what to do?

[@weebchina9639]

I did the same thing back then. Long after I beat him that time I realized that was a special boss

[@fastmax6292]

blocker is nothing compared to the hell that is treadnaught.

[@spurdomies546]

Treadnought is the easiest boss of that floor. You just need to lead the tank around the room and stick to the edges.

[@AriyanK0091]

Spurdo mies I find that everyone has their own opinion on which bosses are easiest and most difficult. Some find certain bosses impossible while others find it a cakewalk. Personally, I think Cannonbalrog is the easiest of the chamber 3 bosses by far, but it's pointless to say that any one boss is objectively the toughest.

[@toiletsoup1999]

respect.

[@theinfpguy5611]

convict is underrated

[@dry90125]

Magnificence? Never heard of her.

[@zachsteele6964]

I think I've only got halfway through the 4 floor but now I after getting back into the game I can pretty much guarantee getting to the 3rd floor

[@jeisonromero1188]

Una duda, sabías exactamente dónde estaban los jefes? Mis mejores speedrun son de 40 minutos por que siempre me tardo en encontrarlos

[@bored.5795]

Thus is how I expect thing to be when I play enter the gungeon

[@helloeveryone9251]

I know that I’m REALLY late but I have one question and it may be stupid. Is this seeded? I don’t know if you can seed in this game because I’ve never thought of trying seeds myself.

[@LudicSavant]

It is not seeded.

[@DerpyEinstein]

The ball man turned into a square

[@lazylasagna5596]

just curious, was there no Lich in this version of ETG? It seems the Dragun was the final boss

[@lionlawl3207]

Bullet Hell is optional

[@TaurusVersant]

the BSG and Railgun really did a lot of work in this run, do really good speedruns require that calibre of drops to get done?

[@LudicSavant]

Good drops are of course going to make for a faster run than bad drops. That said, I find my times swing more based on how quickly I can find the boss than any particular piece of gear. I've had a few runs that were nearly as fast (a little over 16 minutes) using less flashy items like the Hegemony Carbine + Double Vision for most of the run, for example.

[@TaurusVersant]

Impressive!

[@Guru_1092]

What about speed increasing items such as shotgacola and such? How severely do those impact your run speed?

[@adamalbee3433]

Boss Rush runs do, but the basic runs have a DPS-limit enabled for every boss. The S and A tier guns almost all surpass the limit.

[@QactisX]

Don't forget really fast chamber 1 boss with wrecktangler drop. Really good shotgun.

[@pooriot2974]

Bruh it litteraly takes me this long to beat the first gungeon

[@JulianHent]

Weapon Luck at its finest :D

[@thischanneldiedlol2234]

When you in a hurry but want to play Etg

[@lore9828]

Now speedrun with ONLY A PEA SHOOTER

[@thischanneldiedlol2234]

I wonder how that’s possible You have to get the pea shooter first

[@cursedcliff7562]

@@thischanneldiedlol2234 game mods

[@thischanneldiedlol2234]

Eh

[@manstick3140]

*Laughs is gunslinger*

[@youthinkyouresafe3590]

Only with derringer

[@cellP8]

Wow, great job sir! How can i get the railgun? Is it rng ?

[@casanveva]

Did you order it from shop yet?

[@cellP8]

Giga Shrig bought it on the switch eshop

[@casanveva]

Not like that lol In the game later there will be a way to order guns to appear in the gungeon

[@cellP8]

@@casanveva omg what a major windows shutdown moment XD not yet bro, thanks 4 the tip, time to kill bosses :D

[@adrien7994]

Insane

[@DaruuFurdragon]

I accidentally swipe left to my minecraft vid and hear a very loud “ZEWMP”

[@user-vt6fl9ny1x]

how does he know where boss' rooms are?

[@LudicSavant]

I don't know for sure where they are, but I can make educated guesses about which route will get me to the boss faster based on the rooms I've already seen on a floor and some tendencies / limitations of the map generation system. If you want more info, there are some guides for this on speedrunner forums.

[@PuffyKat]

I currently have the world record on longest amount of time without reach past floor 3

[@fastmax6292]

(feels like a god after a month of the game, more than 100 deaths) *MMMMM YEA HELLO HOLLOW.*

[@impossibleeatable501]

FastMax ha I’m worse than you I have over 450 deaths

[@gnarwhals1331]

poggers moment my guy

[@votkos8616]

In settings you can set : if you're not in combat u have really big speed

[@LudicSavant]

That feature was added well after this was recorded (way back in patch 1.09)

[@votkos8616]

@@LudicSavant oh ok

[@A_Marker]

You know theres a setting where you can run faster when you clear a room right? Regardless this was a really good speedrun, well done.

[@LudicSavant]

That setting didn't exist way back in 2016 / patch 1.09, when this run was recorded. It was added to the game later (in patch 2.0, IIRC).

[@kyangja6555]

14:56 SWEATING INTENSIFIES

[@SomeElsenNerd420-J]

didnt even use convicts alt costume smh good speedrun

[@Shendue]

This game looks like a super stylish modern version of Gauntlet.

[@HighDeafRadio]

I just got it a couple weeks ago and I've been describing it as Gauntlet with guns. Guntlet.

[@Shateruk]

I think this is a world record without turbo mode that could be "literally faster"

[@lowkeybear10]

It would be close but I think the missing out on the two cycle dragun and no decent active item means that this run could be beaten, it was great though I know I'm nowhere near as good.

[@TandJgaming]

Just a tip if you’re speedrunning convict and you’re probably better than me honestly but try to time taking damage to do extra damage, it adds up. I can get some bosses like balrog in less than a minute if I time my damage properly.

[@IGhostRatI]

I never knew the railgun made kill pillars look like such a joke

[@harryvpn1462]

You should have used the "Rapid-weapon change"

[@awoodenladder603]

takes me 20 mins to get through the first fuckin level 😂 this lads savage

[@sanso2295]

me da risa como en un juego de tanta aleatoridad la gente sigue haciendo speedruns tan impresionantes

[@boomerangmonkey8263]

Are you ever able to play a game the same way again after learning how to Speedrun it?

[@jasonhenderson4826]

I just started this game about 2 days ago. I cannot see hoe people can make perfect runs in this game 😅 I mean yeah, it's easy for most but still. Is there a reason why the enemies you killed atthe beginning to leave a square print after death?

[@LudicSavant]

It's because the Rectangler shotgun (weapon I'm using) turns enemies into rectangles!

[@jasonhenderson4826]

@@LudicSavant Sick, never heard of it. Still playing and still finding new guns more often

[@Eggsz3]

Hollow night speed run?

[@chococheez0]

How do I enable the in game timer?

[@nonesense5693]

Damn this dude takes three hits on Gatling Gull and doesn’t rage quit, he’s even better than me.

[@LudicSavant]

On the Convict, you actually want to get hit on purpose in order to instantly reload your weapon and get a big damage boost. For speedrunners, your life bar is basically an ammo bar for Enraging Photo (as long as you're confident your dodging is consistent enough that you can survive at half a heart left).