Inscryption Kaycee's Mod - All Challenges (Skull Storm) Speedrun

Not the fastest possible run, but a very flashy run and I love it.
Setup - 0:00
Map 1 - 0:13
Map 2 - 4:55
Map 3 - 9:58
Map 4 - 14:58
Done - 17:02

[@Izomi]

"Let the trial of bones begin" "coyote, cockroach, coyote" the game literally hitted you in the face

[@Groskowy]

hit*

[@Saiavinn]

Leshy: *floods the board with bears* Runner: "Mine's better."

[@nio804]

An undying rabbit pelt is the epitome of "stop, it's already dead". It's interesting how the grizzly doing too much damage actually slows you down because of the overkills. I wonder if it saves enough time in the last fight to be worth it.

[@DraconicWF]

It needs to be that powerful to kill both rows of bears when they appear.

[@bigj503]

I noticed this too! I kept thinking: "No, put the godgrizz on the outside! Less spots to hit saves time, less gold teeth to fall saves time!" Could have taken an extra minute off in total I want to say. The only spots where it would be worth it would be against grizzly armies or against the final boss.

[@zigaudrey]

Leshy: Eight Fucking Grizzlies! Player: One Fucking Grizzly Amalgamation with OP Sigils

[@selder_7]

Surprising how informative the video is on how to best handle a run without having to spell it out. Makes me think I could manage this. I’m only at level 2 now though so still building it up. Love that they added this mode, a shame act 2 and 3 didn’t get something like this, but act 1 was the best for it

[@selder_7]

A week later and I’ve just beaten an all challenge run myself 😁 this was a good reference. It’s all about thinning the deck so that a goat always starts in your hand, getting your mantis god on an attacker, getting rid of the ring worms, beefing up your attacker where possible so that you can get five damage through the grizzly wall by using an item to clear a space on the field or a brush and a fan to get over them. It doesn’t have to be a grizzly, but getting a big card out turn 1 is key, you can’t lose if they don’t get a turn

[@danielharding3688]

@@selder_7 Yep! Good strategy. The run in this video is the only run where I lucked so hard that I had a card powerful enough that items didn't even matter for the boss fights (except for boss 1)

[@goblinsinc.8274]

Yeah id kill for an act 2 and 3 kaycees mod

[@DP-wf8ws]

@@goblinsinc.8274 Please don't!

[@LordZanas]

@@DP-wf8ws Why?

[@hereticwaffle5514]

9:44 I love how aggressive and almost rude this whole transaction here feels. “Box.” “Open it. Take card” “Close box” “Good fuck off”

[@ISPwarrior]

How have I never thought to put hoarder on the black goat??? Seems so obvious now! Incredible run, I learned a lot from it :)

[@lost7978]

I love how the music is so peaceful and calm as your grizzly rips through the game mercilessly

[@DP-wf8ws]

Dude managed to pull a sacrifice deck gimmick in a Mantis God deck

[@gentozik500]

Yea, "fair hand" mechanic gameplay

[@TheWorstType]

best parts: 1. Leshy getting hit consistently with 20+ damage watching the bowl of teeth overflow "am I joke to you?" 2. TOO FAST TOO SOON! HAVE A FLEET OF BEARS! .....oh no. 3. "Bro, he hit me with such a hard core bear attack it slapped the red out of my eyes" 4. The game, knowing you were destroying it did the only thing it could: YOU GET ALL THE EFFING BONE CARDS!

[@nettimato740]

"I am never gonna financially recover from this..." - Leshy when the one turn overkill bears start robbing him blind for the rest of the run

[@thatoneguyfizz6315]

This run somehow taught me I could buy the trappers knife, I legit didn't know that was a thing

[@WackyrDrago]

Brain damaged, how not notice price tag 💀

[@vincentwhite938]

You are centuries ahead me, mad respect.

[@RafaPro44]

You destroyed the moon with Cooking Grandma's song from The Hex? Mad respects to you.

[@sebastiencloutier9209]

i'm at level 11 challenge right now and was curious of people strategies...DAMN! i'm using a mantis deck strat but never thought of sacrificing the mantis to a higher card like grizzly and what a fucking lucky run...two more grizz pulls, a myco plus a paint plus a magpie...pretty OP. obviously, you need to be for those damn grizzly...

[@starliaghtsz8400]

that one grizzly: i am become death, destroyer of worlds

[@alessiom.4296]

Im loving how the all challenge combined is just 100% pure luck when the game taught me that with skill i can overcome every challenge until level 11. Good run btw this achievement tilt me so much

[@i_cam]

bro i wonder how much time you lose waiting for teeth to drop in the bowl, this run is nuts

[@danielharding3688]

lol yeah, not the most efficient run but oh well :p

[@i_cam]

@@danielharding3688 still sick as shit, got the game for christmas and beat royal last night, was wondering how tf to do skull storm and i see this!

[@ameliakyle7054]

@@danielharding3688 if they added a speedrunner's mad where you dont get any teeth but it tracks your time for you (and lets you compare it to others who used the same conditions as you) it would easily solve that problem and be convenient to runners XD

[@hushedwoodsman2582]

I love how the game stutters for a moment after the grizzly attacks, like it has to figure out what the fuck just happened to it.

[@TheWorstType]

lol wait what justoh right teeth with Leshy just looking on "like...am I joke to you...?"

[@sevenfoxyafton8953]

I was going to ask "why didn't leshy put his mask for the trader?" But then I realized they in the snow as corpses

[@NoNameAtAll2]

what snow?

[@alexyz9430]

35 people like this. what does this even mean 💀

[@naplockblubba5369]

​@@alexyz9430 The trapper and trader were already lying dead in the snow

[@Goofy90]

​@@NoNameAtAll2fr

[@Goofy90]

​@@naplockblubba5369WHAT SNOW?!

[@jeepercreepers9]

You pretty much got Inscryption's equivalent of the Eight Fucking Bears card to counter Leshy's seperated bears

[@Grufflebum]

Skull Storm is seriously brutal, I couldn't imagine how lucky you'd need to be to speedrun it.

[@danielharding3688]

You can see from my splits that this was my 509th attempt, so that gives you some idea

[@michaeldaniel1480]

Fucking love this game and the community, like we all just watchin this going "yooo bro snapped"

[@personman-fk5fq]

the 2 grizzlies together did 69 damage

[@catface]

wow! nicely done :D

[@kaijdrew1140]

3 misplays? Rookie mistakes -_- The run was pretty good dude good job! :)

[@user-jt9yj7ek6u]

How does these misplays count? What does the game consider a misplay?

[@jaybeans981]

Apparently, if a redditor who looked into the code is to be trusted, the criteria for misplays is this: 1. Roll a twenty-sided die at the start of the player’s first turn. Roll two twenty-sided dies on the second turn, three on the third turn, and so on 2. If any of the dies rolls a 1, add a misplay So basically it’s entirely random, but you have a higher chance of getting a misplay the longer matches take.

[@vverbov22]

this man cannot be stopped

[@danielharding3688]

why did i make the splits so big lol

[@moled1106]

Runner: "My grizzly destroys you bro" Game: *some fun music*

[@austincrane1465]

Nice run. I'm taking notes so I can clear it too haha.

[@Real_RUBB3R]

I just did this run myself, and did it on my third ever attempt. I did savescum a lot, but I used the Moose Buck deck, always took opportunities to get rid of cards I didn't want, and ended up at the end with my Black Goat and two Moose Bucks with a 5/7 statline having unkillable on them, my 1 Moose Buck and Black goat having Annoying, then I had 2 Grizzlies, one with Bifurcated Strike, the other with nothing, and then a Cockroach with Trinket Bearer and Scavenger, and then a Lammergeier to top it all off, as well as a Bifurcated Strike hooved totem. I admit though, it was far from the most optimal strategy. I used a frozen oppossum in both Angler and Prospector fights to tank Grizzly hits if I recall, and managed to use pelts in the Trapper fight to tank hits instead. Fought Royal with a Skinning Knife and Hourglass, I believe I only used the hourglass and still won. Your strategy here bypasses the need for unkillable damage dealers however since you dealso much damage to each space, and are able to withstand so much damage as well.

[@el_guingo]

I got encouraged by this video to try the challenge myself and, surprisingly, I won after a couple of days trying...but not with this starter deck. I was getting annoyed of having to re-start every time I didn't get a Goat on the first event and I thought "what about starting with the deck that already includes a goat?" Thanks to a starting Dire Wolf and being able to buff it once I got to the end of it all. But you have to be sure to have at least one object that frees up a space on the wall of Grizzlies for every boss battle Nice video!

[@el_guingo]

forgot to mention a little detail: I sacrificed a Magpie to the Goat at the beginning of the run. That was essential to get the Dire Wolf on the first turn

[@glowy3068]

Are you guarantied a one blood unit in your first hand? I thought it was either a one blood or a bone cost. If it is either a one blood cost or a bone cost, then why did you prioritize bone units? Either way this run was really great to watch. Good job!

[@danielharding3688]

The fair hand rule just guarantees you start with a 1 blood in your hand. The pair of coyotes I picked up were pretty much just random/arbitrary. It didn't matter as long as they weren't a 1 blood!

[@glowy3068]

@@danielharding3688 Okay, thanks for clarifying!

[@GIRGHGH]

I think they changed how it works in one of the last beta updates so not all bone cards count as

[@glowy3068]

@@GIRGHGH That's good to know. Won't be dodging bone costs like the plague now on my runs.

[@GIRGHGH]

@@glowy3068 I'm not exactly certain how it works though

[@justaguy4311]

You can go faster by putting the grizzly on one of the sides. It will only make two attacks and there will be less teeth rewarded so you save time in both ways

[@artavazdpet]

Leshy counts to only 20 anyway

[@TheWorstType]

He does that a few times

[@kellystar3213]

[pleasant cheerful music] [INTENSE BOSS MUSIC, SKINNING OF ANIMALS] [pleasant cheerful music resumes]

[@ll5137]

So the answer is cocaine bears… got it

[@undertalefan_4life420]

WE HOPPING OUT THE CABIN WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

[@mysterymiku05]

so good!

[@Guitarpch1]

watching all those gold teeth rain down has to be costing your speed run a minute or more lol. Nice playing!

[@shiomaneki]

Wow...Bravo Braaaavo!

[@alexandruiacob1395]

THAT GRIZZLY IS JACKED

[@craftergamer9058]

I finally managed to beat this challenge today.

[@FungalFury]

So what's the most consistent strat for dealing with grizzly bosses?

[@TheWorstType]

Have a 12/18 with trifurcated strike duh

[@KDrop84]

I need to speed run this game now

[@jeepercreepers9]

I just unlocked Grizzly Bosses and remembered this video, so I tried it with a similar strategy. On my first try I managed to get past the 3 bosses, but ironically I died to Leshy, the only boss that doesn't get the bears. The game just wouldn't let me draw my megabuffed moose buck (I'm doing it for challenge level 12, my challenges were Grizzly Bosses, More Difficult x2, Tipped Scales and All Totem Battles)

[@danielharding3688]

R.I.P. You'll get it next time!

[@jeepercreepers9]

@danielharding3688 I appreciate the encouragement, been getting some good runs so I'll make it eventually

[@Feenies]

For the love of god, please explain to me how you unlocked the music we hear when you are on the map. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY

[@FCMCC15]

You'll get the record for the gramophone from the Safe in the Cabin. The combination is 116.

[@TioBru.]

i start the game with 3 worms and 1 opossum, no pelts. this is something new to fix the broken run ?

[@danielharding3688]

That is the penalty that you get for quitting runs early from the pause menu while playing Kaycee's Mod. To get your pelts back, you have to win/lose fairly instead of surrendering.

[@brokenperson4208]

bro im like stunned im very new to inscryption and im very new to kaycee's mod and i gotta say its hard and idk if you can help me, im just starting it

[@icedcactus6882]

What strategy would you recommend for consistency when it comes to just doing this normally? I’m having a lot of trouble with it.

[@danielharding3688]

Consistency is really hard since this relies on a lot of luck. But I recommend you check out the current world record by magnil: www.speedrun.com/inscryption/run/y88xd7wy His Curious Egg deck strategy eliminates a lot of the luck required compared to my Mantis God deck strategy.

[@danielharding3688]

Oh sorry, I just noticed you said "doing this normally", so you mean not speedrunning? Still, consistency is going to be difficult either way. And recommended strategy depends on which deck you're going with. One good idea is pick the ant deck and try to get a good insect totem early on. (like fecundity, unkillable, bees within, rabbit hole, or ant spawner for example.)

[@ultimaterecoil1136]

So as far as consistency is concerned pick goat deck and make sure your only 1 cost is goat

[@theburninginfinite129]

So I’m actually really curious on how you lost 42 seconds on the way to the second boss. Was that the run it was being compared to just that insane by that point?

[@danielharding3688]

Yeah pretty much. This run's Map #2 was pretty bad. On all 3 of the regular fights, I didn't draw what I needed to get a single turn 1 win.

[@matteria3239]

I'm new to kaycee's mod, can someone explain why at 2:25 he would make that? what's the underlying mechanic of the clock?

[@th3drako]

There's a mechanic in the game that always gives you a 1 blood cost card at the start of the match, so you always have something to play. The mantis god deck he took has 2 ring worms that are 1 cost and since it is a very bad card, he just wants his black goat to be guaranteed in his first draw. So he sacrificed it to not have it in his deck anymore, the clock sigil is not good (gives opponent card 1 more damage) but it's worth to get rid of the ring worm.

[@foxzillax5745]

What's up with the final boss? Is that a mod or an actual part of the game?

[@danielharding3688]

That's the challenge mode final boss, it's one of the challenge skulls activated at the beginning

[@jefflevy606]

one of the challenges replaces the leshy fight with royal, the pirate skeleton who works for grimora who you were about to fight before she gets deleted. you fight the ship instead of the moon, its a little harder but nothing the “really big bear” technique cant handle

[@someguywholikescards3478]

What song is this? I love it!

[@danielharding3688]

I don't know the name of it, but it's one of the songs in the game. You can choose the song by interacting with the record player on the other side of the room in the cabin in Kaycee's Mod.

[@someguywholikescards3478]

@@danielharding3688 I’m actually playing KCM with the song right now!

[@potatoman3468]

This music is from the game The Hex

[@someguywholikescards3478]

@@potatoman3468 Yeah, I got the disk from the safe

[@aceplace3357]

Fucking amazing dude

[@tomasgiardullo5714]

GET BEARED!!!

[@robocop7177]

Why didnt the grizzley get killed by the trappers traps?

[@yammantheaardvarkofhonor1242]

I believe that the trappers traps actually only kill the card that's in front of them. Because the grizzly was placed in front of the only non trap card, and no other cards were played, when the traps were sprung nothing was killed

[@dippyfresh1635]

Did you use a specific seed or are these runs completely random?

[@danielharding3688]

It's genuinely random

[@cve4745]

Surprised you didn’t put wings on the second grizzly then mushroom them together later. Use the paintbrush to get rid of the wing defense on wall of grizzlys

[@danielharding3688]

you can tell i was very tempted. but getting the excess 1-bloods out of my deck was more important

[@cve4745]

@@danielharding3688 That makes sense, also consolidates the annoying sigil which is nice. I don't know if you do it later but putting the hourglass on the goat is a good move because then you are guaranteed to pull the finisher card if you get the goat.

[@cve4745]

update. Just watched the rest of the vid and you do exactly that ha

[@_Aidelweiss_]

13.29 is there a reason why you hesitate picking bottled goat here ?, isnt that the easiest pick considering you have two god grizzly in your deck compared to bone token ?

[@danielharding3688]

Eh, just cause I was choking under pressure and worried that the game handed me so many bone cards.. I don't know why I was worried lol

[@_Aidelweiss_]

@@danielharding3688 fair lol, i also choke during pressure

[@PuschiHD]

Did mine with unkillable + rabit hole/bee hive/skink. Makes infinite blockers and free sacrifices.

[@danielharding3688]

Nice

[@pisitraksutakan1461]

I think if you deal less damage but enough to win it should save time instead of having to wait for those teeth

[@GROWSNAPOFFICIAL]

The audio being monotone is making me go insane, why not stereo??

[@notverifiable3731]

What does FWR mean? First World Record? Former World Record?

[@danielharding3688]

Former world record

[@ManiacX1999]

I gotta wonder what the 3 "misplays" were...

[@fatalfury28]

Is there like, any other unlockables after doing all challenges run? nah?

[@danielharding3688]

Not really, unless you haven't unlocked all 3 oil painting items yet then you could do that. But all-challenges is basically the end.

[@iluxa-4000]

Took me quite a bit to do myself tbh. Not an easy one for sure

[@robertszubkans9910]

How have I never seen that item from 4:23 ?

[@danielharding3688]

It needs to be unlocked in Kaycee's mod through the oil painting

[@pay-me-a-ton]

I clicked on this video to know what card had the clock symbol

[@eldritch_whispers1654]

is that a mod?? the pirate ship is so cool!

[@danielharding3688]

Nope, the pirate ship is the final difficulty modifier, it's part of the official game

[@eldritch_whispers1654]

@@danielharding3688 I had no idea!

[@danielharding3688]

@@eldritch_whispers1654 sorry for the spoilers :p

[@eldritch_whispers1654]

@@danielharding3688 its good kskskkk gives me newfound motivation to try and beat the game hehe

[@KDrop84]

Teeth Yes

[@xanderlastname3281]

Who tf thought a 12/18 grizzly with whatever that triple strike is called was a good idea?

[@danielharding3688]

Me, apparently

[@xxx_prosniper_xxx_quicksco9347]

What fwr means?

[@danielharding3688]

Former world record :D

[@xxx_prosniper_xxx_quicksco9347]

@@danielharding3688 thanks 👍

[@rottengalaxy]

Oh Okay yeah I can do this

[@henrywood9781]

3 misplays? lol like what does the game think you did wrong?

[@danielharding3688]

Playing Black Goat on turn 1 at 6:30 was a pretty boneheaded mistake

[@DiamondPunk]

misplay stat is randomly generated lol

[@Redemptive_Neerdowell]

I love it when I lose a run because of one bad draw.

[@KDrop84]

You can tell when you lose when leshy hits you with a bunch of snakes or bears

[@Redemptive_Neerdowell]

@@KDrop84 I haven't even gotten to the bloody bear challenge yet. Most of my runs end to Leshy getting a fantastic totem sigil and spams amalgams like there is no tomorrow.

[@Mico_tsu]

I have a question. What the hack moon has less hp than a ship? BRO ITS A FREAKING MOON ITS BIGER THAN SHIP LIKE 10M TIMES

[@jayc7849]

Lucky RNG. Nice.

[@Kaheiyattsu221]

1 cocaine bear vs regular bears

[@dry90125]

Always pick mantis god

[@Wilebane]

Dude play magic the gathering you'd kick ass

[@thefoxking4463]

bet

[@ZER174RUS]

If you think that you are loser, think of poor Leshy...

[@youwillneverknow2926]

Can sombody just list all the challenges here

[@danielharding3688]

inscryption.fandom.com/wiki/Challenges_(Kaycee%27s_Mod)#Challenges

[@youwillneverknow2926]

Thanks youtuber man

[@danielcobox8274]

So is this a mod, or is it official DLC for the game ? Cause it seems strange that I've never seen this type of stuff before.

[@danielharding3688]

It's officially part of the game. But it isn't dlc because you don't have to buy it or download it. It's unlocked when you beat the main game.

[@wilhelmlumbertson5381]

beat bears... with bears

[@castia8421]

What's all the challenges?

[@danielharding3688]

inscryption.fandom.com/wiki/Challenges_(Kaycee%27s_Mod)#Challenges

[@udachic9723]

misplays: 3, kekw

[@user-ti1yu2bq1c]

Stupid music ruin all atmosfere. WHYY??? DONT DO THAT ANY MORE

[@sourpotatoes5199]

bruh relax