Rules
General Rules
- Submit runs without early/setup is allowed, you can do that selecting segmented run
- Downpatching is allowed
- Glitches/skips which were later patched out of the game are NOT allowed regardless of the patch you decide to run. Similarly, if a glitch/skip is patched but a new way to execute it on a newer patch is found, this new version of the glitch/skip will also NOT be allowed. Check list in here
- Not showing game version is not allowed for runs
- Quitouts if you got enemy agro is not allowed
- Player must show IGT after loading back into the game.
- Quest progression reloads (must open map to prove you are not in combat).
- You do not have to fight Grafted Scion.
- Getting hit by lightning in the overworld that is not caused by an enemy is not a hit but it counts as a damage.
- Torrentera damaged by an enemy, stagger or diying in a high fall count as hit.
- If you accidentally set-up Pegasus glitch, you need to quit-out and make sure your horse is no longer floating.
- If Torrent dies from a fall, but you survive, this is considered self-inflicted fall damage, and thus is not a hit.
- If you get soft-locked on an invisible Torrent (i.e. stuck in place), you may quit-out and come back into your save file.
- Mohg’s transition damage is considered scripted and is thus not a hit.
Specific Rules for “X” Only Runs:
- For X Only runs, e.g. Weapon X Only, attacking and/or damaging enemies is only allowed with the X Only Restriction, fists and consumables. For Magic Only runs, e.g. Sorcery Only, Incant Only, staff/seal melees are allowed in addition to the previous restrictions.
- You may use other weapons for supporting Ashes of War (Example: Golden Vow, Bloodhound‘s Step, Parry, etc.) but not for Ashes of War that deal damage to enemies in any way (Example: Carian Retaliation, Glintblade Phalanx, etc.).
- If your X Only is not immediately accessible, in addition to fists and consumables, the use of a +0 starting class weapon is allowed only for bosses mandatory to acquiring your X Only or for killing/farming the enemy that drops it.
- The usage of certain bullet/ranged weapon arts is restricted for X Only runs. Please make sure to check the List of Allowed and Banned Weapon Arts for Weapon Only Runs before routing. These restrictions apply to both X Only and +0 starting class weapon.
- The usage of a +0 Serpent Hunter to kill Rykard is allowed for runs where he is mandatory (i.e. All Great Runes, Any% Blasphemous Blade Only, etc.). Non-enemy objects that require an attack to interact with them such as the spirit turtles, balloons, fire pillars, mausoleums and illusory walls are exceptions to the X Only restriction therefore any source of damage can be used for them. However, other non-enemy entities like wildlife and friendly NPCs are not an exceptions.
