Community:Shiren 1 DS Time Attack Speed Run Challenge

Time Attack: After clearing Table Mountain and defeating the Tainted Insect the time attack mode is unlocked from the main menu. Time attack mode has the player starting from the Warehouses in Canyon Hamlet and trying to clear Table Mountain as fast as possible while a timer in the bottom right corner keeps track of time.

Time Attack penalizes the player with a 10 minute addition to their time if they don't have at least 10,000 Gitan upon completing the time attack. This will not be taken into consideration when times are submitted and only the players actual time will be listed.

The Challenge

The challenge is to clear Time Attack mode as quickly as possible and submit the time while following the provided rules. The original challenge ran from August 14, 2019 to September 15, 2019.

The Rules

The game can be played on any platform but save states and cheats are not allowed.

Item Carry In

The game allows you to carry an item with you. You can carry in a Jar of Holding] and inside of it, 5 of the following items on your journey. For the purposes of this challenge, only items obtained as Fay's Puzzle Reward Item can be carried in.

Challenge Leaderboard

The original winner was Yggy with a time of 20:37 and their carry in items included (Unknown).

Pos.	Player	Time	Carry In	Picture

Anything Goes Challenge

The challenge is to clear Time Attack mode as quickly as possible and submit the time while following the provided rules.

The Rules

The game can be played on any platform but save states and cheats are not allowed.

Item Carry In

The game allows you to carry in an item with you. You can carry in a Holding Jar [5] and inside of it, 5 of the following items on your journey. For the purposes of this challenge, any and all items are allowed and encouraged as the goal is to clear the game with the quickest possible time.

Anything Goes Strategy

There aren't any village stops or rest areas allowed along the way. The player is penalized by the game (10 minutes) if they don't collect 10,000 Gitan along the way. We ignored this in the community, instead choosing to base our times on our actual play time and not some arbitrary penalty the devs made up.

The game allows you to bring a single item into Table Mountain. This can be abused by readying up a Holding Jar +5 with powerful gear inside. A weapon and Shield are the minimum suggestions. As well as items such as an Armband of Sight and a Postpone Staff.

The "seals" (also called Runes in this series) used on this weapon and shield are inefficient. For Example, the Kigny Shield which occasionally passes off damage to other monsters, (similar to the pass scarf in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon) can really slow down gameplay. Another shield seal that's arguably negative is the Spiked Ward, which occasionally returns damage taken to monsters. This just displays additional dialogue, slowing things down. Others such as the Bufu's Cleaver may be useful for getting late-game monster meat, as you can see in the latter floors *(Raving of Illusion - 12:21). However, this is likely negligible, as you slow yourself down every time you have to B-dash over monster meat, displaying dialogue in the process.

It's advisable to use an emulator or a modded 3DS, R4, or some other way to restore your save state, as it can take a bit of setup to go back into a second run.

Anything Goes Leaderboard

Pos.	Player	Time	Date	Carry In	Platform	Picture	Player Tips:
1	Yggy	7:44	September 2, 2019	Sword: gold, dragon, crit, ghost, eye, drain, meat, blast, air, dig, 3x Shield: gold, dragon, hide, blast, thief Armband of Sight, Staff of Postpone, Scroll of Light	NDS
3	Gaze07	9:05	January 8, 2022 (Submitted)		Emulator (?)
2	Jubilee	9:39	September 1, 2019	Kabra Reborn (all seals), Stormward (all seals), Armband of Sight, Staff of Paralysis, Staff of Postpone	3DS XL		Don't ever use the Kigny Shield seal or the Spiked Ward seal. They will only slow you down. Bring a staff of postpone and an armband of sight to quickly find the stairs. After a while, you'll notice repeating floor patterns. Memorize them so you can find the stairs quicker.
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Notes

The original challenge rules only allowed a Jar of Holding [3] and didn't account for Herbs and Armbands.