How Speedrunners Beat Tears of the Kingdom in Under an Hour | Speedrun Explained

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Nuion's Temple of Time Skip video
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[@quigonkenny]

It's funny that this video is two hours old but already out of date... Current WR is under 54 minutes. Skips paraglider and Lookout Landing, picking up and duping some Fairies to tank fall damage, skips the boss gauntlet, uses Zuggle to nuke Ganondorf with only three flurry rushes total, and kills the Demon Dragon in two cycles (not counting the head) thanks to using the Ruby arrows.

[@aaronwilliams8887]

this exactly, i was super confused when he started talking about paraglider, and i was like, wasn't that last week? lol.

[@pitergud]

yeah i mean... also the old dupe method with the item in the last slot... lol

[@Dominik-K]

This game is still evolving so much, it's really crazy. I love the route through the depths with autobuild + autobuild glitch too

[@matthewrease2376]

How'd they get past the damage cap?

[@CoenBijpost]

Funny that he constantly mentions “the game’s history”, like it’s been a struggle of years for speedrunners to get seconds off the time. History gets a very different meaning in a video like this. It’s like a summoning salt video, but incredibly premature 😂

[@DavidWonn]

Plot twist: The Kingdom's Tears are actually those of the developers

[@namenamename390]

I love how this video is two weeks old and basically every strat in this video is no longer used. I love seeing the early evolution of speedruns.

[@dacomputernerd4096]

I think they still use the wings at a couple points on the great sky island, but other than that, the entire island is different, I think

[@indask8]

I feel like Nintendo, while still allowing you to go directly to the final boss, tried very hard to avoid speedrunners getting sub 1 hour in this game, the game really throw everything at you at the end, even more than in BOTW + all the cutscenes and longer "tutorial".

[@IdentifiantE.S]

But speedruners are better !

[@steffdia7080]

What do you get from it? Nothing g. Just numbers. No prizes, no money.

[@TheDeanofLean]

​@@steffdia7080 Do you mean what do you get from speedrunning?

[@oswaldfriedman7116]

@@steffdia7080 I mean, you can get fame which turns into money via ad revenue and Twitch subscriptions

[@CeledonianError]

Honestly, this game might just have my favourite final boss of all time. The whole thing felt like Ganon (whose designs are fucking SICK) taunting you until he was like, “oh, wait, shit” and, well, I don’t want to spoil the final phase. Absolutely incredible.

[@Ericake]

I finally beat Ganondorf today so now I can watch this one lmao

[@LINKcableRefurb]

same

[@galaxygamer2220]

WR is down to 52 minutes. Sub 50 is around the corner lads! The speedrun history video for this game years from now will be insane

[@emmamccartan9277]

fully expecting a super mario sunshine or wind waker style vote where runners successfully vote to skip intro

[@JBaughb]

that seems extremely likely,

[@MINECRAFTLOVER4000]

i heard that it was already in the process of happening lol

[@KeinNiemand]

4:40 I got to the back of the temple early by just carefully climbing around the the sides of the temple without even unlocking any ability.

[@dpadup5138]

Same:)

[@benwhittle7204]

Ditto, I didn’t even know what that area was for at first, but it’s not difficult to reach.

[@princesscadance197]

>New game releases Most players: ‘All right, let’s see what this game has to offer in its entirety.’ Speedrunners: **Huffing a bunch of drugs* ‘Speed. Speed. Speed is all that matters. I’m getting that world record, and no one is going to stop me!’

[@ivanbluecool]

Wow that was quick.

[@justinbruss3882]

Speedruns usually are

[@buzzlightyearpfp7641]

im glad totk speedrunning is even crazier than botw speedrunning, despite the bugs being patched or impossible without the same sheikah tools. not to mention that its actually difficult as fuuuuck (with all the enemies/bosses in a row) and not just a slog like botw was

[@serge263]

TerminalMontage is going to have a fucking field day with the animation.

[@paradox4878]

After 195 hours I just finally beat the game, now I can watch speedrun videos lol. This was the first one I checked out to see a summary of what's happened.

[@tibolegends]

same !!

[@brickman9133]

9:00 love it when speedruners cant say theyre doin the SHIT

[@bupp291]

And we're already at 47 minutes! I did have to laugh when the video came out, knowing it would become outdated incredibly quickly, but it was still fun to watch 😁

[@Nico2718_]

9:12 this got me 🤣

[@TheBlade-]

great video, theres a method to dupe on current patch now btw

[@davidmh2171995]

Huh. I've been climbing up that one spot to get to the ascend shrine since day one without knowing it wasn't the nintended way.

[@hexdebt7670]

That sponsor segue was GREAT

[@Samuel-xv5lm]

I am so ready for the TerminalMontage animation of this

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

So... What did ya think of that animation?

[@Gnarfledarf]

If Nintendo released an update that removed all helpful glitches but allowed you to skip all cutscenes, the speedruns might still become faster overall.

[@moley249]

f*ck that

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

It'd be great if patches had qol updates instead of just patching glitches

[@TheTolnoc]

Man, Ganon just can't stop getting stabbed in the head.

[@marioandultrachap]

Its amazing how they figured all of this out and so fast. I looked at the end and said how hell are you suppose to do all this with just link coming straight off of the great sky island but i knew speed runners and skilled people would find a way

[@poopguy3458]

great video but WHY did you call the boss bokoblin at 10:01 a hinox?

[@carlsoll]

Hey Thankyou Abyssoft. Your Videos are great! Obviously there will be newer strategies, but there won’t be Dope Ass Uploads like this w/o your Knowledge & Production Value. Ty 😏👉 Edit* 9:09 That item duplication glitch *S.H.I.T.* was hilarious.

[@depressedbanana8670]

I wanna see someone bring a cucco to Ganon and beat him with it.

[@SynysterProjects]

Not even a week ago, they were saying this game is "uNbrEAkAblE". And we already have an Abyssoft video. Even the speed community underestimates themselves.

[@xenomorph6599]

Ganondorf having the gull to talk shit to Link after hearing the absolute carnage just outside his door is wack. The cutscene skip is canon for speedrunner link because no way even Ganon would have the nuts to open his fat mouth in the face of the absolute madlad

[@grn_bean5356]

Gonna watch this later when i beat the game, dont want any spoilers till i beat ganon my self than watch the speedrunning scene after

[@martymcfly88mph35]

Same. Did 134 shrines and can't find the rest so just gonna finish the game tomorrow I think.

[@Armoric70]

Do that. There is a story spoiled mentioned in the video.

[@carriejohnson4922]

Is there better weapons inside the hideout in lookout landing?

[@Guito93]

Great video man!

[@doorto6152]

So what’s the record with the 1.1.2 patch? When does the community usually move on to new patches for speed runs?

[@Abyssoft]

1:03:53 by Orcastraw, just over ten minutes slower than running on 1.0. That depends on a lot of things, a big factor is speed, when the fastest patch gets optimized enough players will move on to other patches or categories. The big push right now is for sub 50 minutes on 1 0, so likely when that happens or the time gets optimized with no new developments you'll see All Dungeons get an influx of runners.

[@Sean_Damnit]

You could have included a major spoiler warning or at least called her the light dragon

[@ginglebret]

It should be assumed that all spoilers are on the table for a Speedrun, as a general rule if you care about spoilers. Hopefully you and/or others didn't have to find out the hard way; I understand the frustration.

[@burieddreamer]

Meh, if you go through the tears of the dragon quest and watch the memory they talk about swallowing the stone, it's pretty predictable what's going to happen. When I watched it I immediatelly thought "Why are they talking about swallowing stones and becoming dragons? How is this relevant? Who started this crazy conversation?" It's like that family guy meme "If you swallow this stone you'd forget everything and become a dragon" - "Who the fcuk starts a conversation like that? I just sat down!"

[@RyanKuebel]

What patch version is the decided upon version for speedrunning? I'm only 9 mins in really, but why are they transmutating instead of just straight duping? no need for selecting an item with exactly 1 or any kind of inventory position or anything.

[@Abyssoft]

1.0 seems to be the fastest since you can zuggle against Ganondorf

[@RyanKuebel]

@@Abyssoft Ah, gotcha. Great work man. keep it up.

[@alexortiz9777]

I love that they're stopping the time at zelda hand grab. Too cute ❤

[@kumatheglitchhunter6971]

What is the music at the beginning and the sponsor section called?

[@itranscendencei7964]

9:12 So it was called the S.H.I.T. XDDDD

[@MarlowPreston]

None of the KZbin channel links in the description work, the usual of KZbin eating long links I assume.

[@Abyssoft]

I literally used KZbins auto complete feature when linking them; thanks for pointing this out, I'll get it fixed

[@GeneralPurposeVehicl]

Now someone just needs to speedrun TotK with the goal of rick rolling Ganon.

[@mr.melancholy5537]

Great video

[@partyrock4144]

Im not sure if grabbing the wall is really a cancel. The particle effects are animation implies it’s an intended feature. That’s like saying the paraglider is a fall damage cancel, like yeah but it’s supposed to.

[@jasonblalock4429]

You almost have to feel bad for the Nintendo devs. Reports are they delayed the game by almost a year just for refinements and bug-stomping, yet the speedrunners are totally breaking the game anyway.

[@Nphen]

Time to hire speedrunners as beta testers lol

[@reagansido5823]

9:12 Heh. that's pretty funny.

[@awsmrs]

I find it funny how this isn't even how the run is played anymore. Current world record opts for the faster autobuild cancel route, which saves about two minutes over zuggling and using the steering stick.

[@matthewrease2376]

WHY DID I NEVER THINK TO USE RECALL ON GOHMA 😭😭😭

[@KamilDrakari]

I would have liked a bit more information about how autobuild was routed in, it seems like a very long detour to make.

[@Abyssoft]

It's a harder, but faster route, Samura1man was really the only person to get a world record with it iirc so it's still being developed; runners wanted to squeeze everything out of zuggle overload before switching to ABC's. There's not much to explain other than what I said, instead of zuggle overloading to the lynel they fly to the depths spot for auto build then go straight to the gauntlet.

[@makeshift27015]

Yes, you are alone in not understanding a fruit salad (a fruit salad is just a medley of fruits - it hasn't got lettuce and stuff) and not knowing that apple and pork together is really good! Admittedly I'd usually do apple with roast or BBQ pork, but there's no reason that wouldn't work in a stew. I hope you get to try/see a _good_ example of this kind of thing at some point. Using coke or pepsi as the basis for a BBQ sauce when slow-cooking meat is pretty common, but not in a stew - it looks like he's gotten confused there. Adding tomatoes is also a bit odd, and soooo much unneeded liquid it's basically a soup

[@andy4an]

This video is the MIT

[@C6lvxn]

You need to cover PLAYER 5 man is a totk legend rn

[@dragonking972]

9:14 ya smart change

[@iamsushi1056]

Good lord, 9 minutes of opening cutscenes? I don’t know how I feel about that

[@CoenBijpost]

“The first sub hour in the games’ HISTORY” uhm, 4 weeks? We call that history now? 😂 It’s more like “in the games’ now” 🤣

[@papabaddad]

The sprint throw thing is the type of thing that would make me never want to run this game. When basic movement requires that much button mashing its too annoying

[@Gnarfledarf]

This is why I hate whistle sprinting in Breath of the Wild.

[@Celtic1020]

Just run glitch-less.

[@LloydTheZephyrian]

​@@GnarfledarfEh, whistle sprinting didn't need extreme button mashing. You could make do with a modest mashing pace.

[@aceathor]

4:11 For me (French) " Ascend up " is like to say " to move back, backwards " or " go up upward " or again " To fall in the direction of the bottom ". Because Ascend is allways up. Like to fall is allways down. We never say things like this in French, because there is allways a guy like me that says " you just say 2 time the same thing "

[@Abyssoft]

I speak Acadian (although at this point I'd say it's broken as I'm barely conversational) and I would agree, but since it's the name of an ability and therefore a noun instead of a verb I think it's correct to phrase it as I did.

[@Mario87456]

9:14 They should have get the SHIT acronym it’s hilarious.

[@07kid]

10:03 no way he called it a hinox🗿

[@xXBoredomeXx]

Killed my damn dupe glitch

[@IX_Taali]

teach me how to zuggle.. teach me teach me how to zuggle.. lololoool thats the song i hear when i hear the word zuggle...

[@GigaOtomia]

Has anyone tried just swinging at Ganondorf in phase 3 instead of waiting for him to attack first? When I did that, he didn't backflip over my flurry rush. Sounds like an easy fifteen or so seconds saved.

[@namelastname6884]

wait the route where you climb to gutenbac shrine wasnt intended????

[@GIRGHGH]

You usually go to ultrahand first, as that's the shrine the cutscene explaining shrines shoves in your face and you don't have to do anything crazy to get there. Then outside that shrine are bridge materials so you use those to go towards fuse, then last is headed to ascend through a cave a Steward points you to. The ascend shrine even has a wing runway pointed straight towards the temple to complete the loop.

[@namelastname6884]

@@GIRGHGHthanks for letting me know, i did ultrahand -> ascend -> fuse

[@GIRGHGH]

@@namelastname6884 It's not necessary, just a more explanatory direction, as mechanics are paced more directionally. For instance the cave with the ore and brightblooms is between fuse and ascend, so getting fuse first makes sense there.

[@dr4gonblitz]

Love the vid keep up the great work!!

[@SolarHax]

2:38 you mean dive out of great sky island?

[@blizz2748]

When a sword is fused with a gun??!!

[@osmondwong508]

10:03 boss boko, not hinox

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

yes

[@thepaper888]

Dang im still lagging trying to beat botw. Yet alone doing all the tons of tricks it has to offer, yet alone speed running it to death, now this game, shitttttt.

[@holdfish6414]

i gotta do this so I can play pikmin 4 soon.

[@KingRhoamBosphoramusHyrule69]

Of you have a sheild you can eliminate fall damage by sheild surfing before hitting the ground as long as your skydiving.

[@zXd12]

Can you ? I've never seen fdc performed without either a spring or animation cancel. In any case, shield surfing won't cancel fall damage on its own.

[@simond7564]

I've already seen a 55 minute run. How long ago did you make this video.

[@rogofos]

"yeah I study MIT" *Midair Item Transmutation*

[@raleo7466]

Funny how now the run is at like 47 minutes and the strat is to bomb everything with thrown rubies

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[@kdavous]

Great video, but the stuttering background music around 8:30 is way too distracting with headphones

[@Abyssoft]

That's actually one of the songs I get asked for links to the most, you're the first that's ever mentioned that

[@jumnei5159]

14:32 wait what!?

[@winterrain1947]

Mmmphh...I can see that what speedrunners do is like a kind of 'climb the mountain because it's there," philosophy. They spend about a thousand hours or more picking at a game so they can figure out how to beat it in the least amount of time possible. Here's me not even halfway through the game yet and I got it on release day. I like to roam around and find the mushrooms, climb trees, catch fish. Sometimes when I play, I just wander around in an area with no gloom hands and just collect items that hardly worth 5 rupees.

[@Johnny2Feathers]

Same here .. speed running is kind of silly

[@vvlaze]

The strategies for the fights are super fascinating, seems like both glitched and glitchless will be really interesting categories to watch.

[@lilstudyman]

It’s crazy because every temple for me take about an hour lmao

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

9:14 SHIT! 17:57 HA HA NICE TRY >:D!

[@gaminggoddess85]

And in my Recommended feed right now is a 52 minute run by ZFG.

[@ezraunderwood5758]

It's funny that everyone thought you needed 1 item of any kind to do the shield doup glitch but you literally just needed 1 of what you wanted to duplicate and that's it🤣people were wasting time grabbing that extra item 😂

[@edward9487]

People said this game was unbreakable.

[@soracifer5708]

To me This speedrun was more fun... Now with zuggle and skip of the gautled boss is just boring.... It will more fun not playing in 1.0.0

[@zyxyuv1650]

I had to stop the video @ 2:30 because your video quality is so subpar, I'm not in the mood to look at a bunch of extreme compression artifacts. Next time upload in 4K because even KZbin's 4K is still lower bitrate your Switch's 1080p. KZbin's 1080p is 10X lower bitrate than your Switch's 1080p. If you want to see something that looks vaguely like a Switch without intense compression artifacts covering over everything, the only way to do that on KZbin is to upload 4K.

[@Chocolatepain]

Ok zoomer

[@ninjafrog6966]

lol! cry more

[@ARCrow007]

you can skip to the ganondorf fight as soon as you activate the boss gauntlet

[@Call_Me_Pickle]

Yeah he mentions that.

[@JonathanScarlet]

@@Call_Me_Pickle Well, does itsmearc mean "as soon as you start the gauntlet", or as soon as you get to Colgera like Abyssoft said? Those are two very different points in the gauntlet, and the former would save multiple minutes just from avoiding the mob rushes.

[@bobjob2514]

Anyone able to explain why the phrase, “shield hop” is not family friendly? 9:30 or so in.

[@Abyssoft]

S.hield H.op I.tem T.ransmutation

[@bobjob2514]

@@Abyssoft thanks. Reminds me of Fable 1. 😂

[@Dude-vb4ul]

What's with the way you say AR like AIR Are you 2nd generation American Irish or something

[@juanmanuelgarcia4605]

Marty would be proud.

[@Zekses]

What's not family friendly about shield hop?

[@ctnc6059]

The abbreviation it makes with Item Transmutation.

[@Zekses]

@@ctnc6059 oh, lmao

[@ShiitySniper]

Let’s goooooo

[@LegenDUS2]

Looks like it's sub 50 minutes...

[@auxiefox110]

way better dupe glitches and such have been found lol

[@RhumpleOriginal]

The run will only be interesting sub 30

[@TheythinkimNinja]

Suprised they use this dupe glitch, there’s a much easier and more efficient dupe glitch already

[@gmdrandom6287]

This video is already outdated

[@Sora-MMK]

In the later Clips you see the YB Version.

[@Gnarfledarf]

That glitch hadn't yet been discovered.

[@electroahartman]

I hate ads

[@ninjafrog6966]

then watch something else instead of whining in the comments

[@yourjuggalobrother]

i got to the back of the temple on the first day with ultrahand too its not that hard.

[@Gnarfledarf]

You can also simply climb around the temple.

[@flewis02]

Yall gotta upload vids like this faster.....its already outdated and its only 5 hrs old 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Abyssoft]

This is a new record for me

[@iantaakalla8180]

This is because Tears of the Kingdom is a sought-after game and therefore everyone would be trying everything to speedrun

[@flewis02]

@@Abyssoft how is it now?

[@mkv2718]

don’t know why, but when people say Pure-ah instead of Purr-ah, it really bothers me. 😖

[@ZzKevZz]

It's more like pour-uh, I believe.

[@HeatherSulu]

nice ad segue

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Today's sponsor is also who you want to turn to if you're interested in predatory loans - allegedly.

[@fallendeus5641]

This uses the worse version of the dupe... lol

[@DarthCinnabon]

the video is already like 1-2 weeks out of date on upload

[@Gnarfledarf]

Because the newer version had not been discovered at that point in time.