Many seem to enjoy the fact that Breath of the Wild allows players the freedom to head directly to Ganon's Castle at the beginning of the game, beat Ganon and complete the game in mere hours. The Any% World Record as of today actually completes the game in under 30 minutes.
But I've personally been more interested in the opposite of the spectrum. A run that is, in my opinion, the grand daddy of speedruns: Breath of the Wild HUNDO. 100% completion for a BOTW speedrun is an absolutely gargantuan task, and requires players to complete the following:
The amount of freedom in a run like this is obviously staggering, and that's kinda what draws me to it. I can't even imagine the planning involved for a route that covers not only such a massive map, but all of that above criteria.
Of course, the first thought on anyone's mind is... How long does it take to do ALL of that shit? And can you even do it in one sitting without sleeping/dying?
The answers are: long, and yes! Well, sometimes yes.
Our current world record holder, SpecsNStats, submitted a 44 hour 100% run last year, shaved 10 HOURS off his second run, and continued to whittle the time all the way down to the current world record: 22 hours, 29 minutes and 49 seconds! Specs used to run the game under RTA rules (Real Time Attack), meaning once that timer starts, it doesn't end until you complete the requirements. In other words... no breaks. In a 24+ hours run. He eventually managed to complete the game in just over 25 hours in a SINGLE SITTING, no sleep.
It was around this point that the BOTW 100% community decided maybe... lets NOT. For everyone's health, the runs are now completed with TA rules (Time Attack), allowing players to pause the timer and stop playing to get some sleep before returning to complete the run. In Specs' current WR run, he ONLY plays for 13 hours and 38 minutes before going to get some sleep and finishing off the final 9 hours of the run. What a fraud amirite
Also, this probably won't stop the trolls from drive by posting the usual "this guy has no life" or "glitches don't take skill", but Specs is happily married, streams full time and his daughter often makes guest appearances on stream. It's pretty adorable.
Anyways. the biggest fucker of this entire run is easily... the golden shit. Players are rewarded with said shit after collecting ALL 900 KOROK SEEDS. With 900 unique collectibles spread all across the map, an already complex run is made even more ridiculously complex. And time consuming.
Luckily, players have found a new technique that promises to be an absolute game changer for BOTW hundo as players become more and more comfortable executing it: Korok seed duping!
The current world record is the first (as far as I know) completed BOTW 100% run that uses this new trick. Exactly 1 HOUR was shaved off the previous WR using it, and it's still not even close to being optimized. Indeed, at around the 16:30 mark, Specs begins duping Korok Seeds... FOR NEARLY FOUR HOURS STRAIGHT. This fucking run is madness.
Obviously the duping isn't exactly the most entertaining thing to experience, but having watched one of his runs before (over the course of like 2 weeks), this run has definitely given me a new found appreciation for Breath of the Wild. Some of the tricks used when it comes to quickly traversing the world, completing shrines/dungeons and overall combat I would have never discovered on my own, and I've gone from never wanting to 100% this game to "maybe one day."
Here's the full 22 hour run in 3 parts:
tl;dr you've done dumber shit with 23 hours, it's a fun watch.
But I've personally been more interested in the opposite of the spectrum. A run that is, in my opinion, the grand daddy of speedruns: Breath of the Wild HUNDO. 100% completion for a BOTW speedrun is an absolutely gargantuan task, and requires players to complete the following:
- All container upgrades
- All 120 Spirit Orbs from Shrines
- All heart containers from Divine Beasts
- Complete all Quests
- 15 Main Quests
- 42 Shrine quests
- 76 Side Quests
- Obtain all 18 memories
- 100.00% map percentage counter
- All 900 Koroks
- All Locations
- All Shrines
- All Towers
- All Key Items
- Shiekah Slate+ with all runes upgraded
- Paraglider
- All Champion abilities
- All Kilton medals (Kill all 40 Hinox, 40 Talus and 4 Molduga)
- All horse bridles and saddles
- Hestu's Gift (given after retrieving all 900 Koroks and fully expanding your inventory)
- Confidential Envelope (received after completing your Compendium)
- All Permanent Weapons
- Master Sword
- All Permanent Fully Upgraded Armor
- Champion's Tunic
- Zora Helm
- Zora Armor
- Zora Greaves
- Cap of the Wild
- Tunic of the Wild
- Trousers of the Wild Thunder Helm
The amount of freedom in a run like this is obviously staggering, and that's kinda what draws me to it. I can't even imagine the planning involved for a route that covers not only such a massive map, but all of that above criteria.
Of course, the first thought on anyone's mind is... How long does it take to do ALL of that shit? And can you even do it in one sitting without sleeping/dying?
The answers are: long, and yes! Well, sometimes yes.
Our current world record holder, SpecsNStats, submitted a 44 hour 100% run last year, shaved 10 HOURS off his second run, and continued to whittle the time all the way down to the current world record: 22 hours, 29 minutes and 49 seconds! Specs used to run the game under RTA rules (Real Time Attack), meaning once that timer starts, it doesn't end until you complete the requirements. In other words... no breaks. In a 24+ hours run. He eventually managed to complete the game in just over 25 hours in a SINGLE SITTING, no sleep.
It was around this point that the BOTW 100% community decided maybe... lets NOT. For everyone's health, the runs are now completed with TA rules (Time Attack), allowing players to pause the timer and stop playing to get some sleep before returning to complete the run. In Specs' current WR run, he ONLY plays for 13 hours and 38 minutes before going to get some sleep and finishing off the final 9 hours of the run. What a fraud amirite
Also, this probably won't stop the trolls from drive by posting the usual "this guy has no life" or "glitches don't take skill", but Specs is happily married, streams full time and his daughter often makes guest appearances on stream. It's pretty adorable.
Anyways. the biggest fucker of this entire run is easily... the golden shit. Players are rewarded with said shit after collecting ALL 900 KOROK SEEDS. With 900 unique collectibles spread all across the map, an already complex run is made even more ridiculously complex. And time consuming.
Luckily, players have found a new technique that promises to be an absolute game changer for BOTW hundo as players become more and more comfortable executing it: Korok seed duping!
The current world record is the first (as far as I know) completed BOTW 100% run that uses this new trick. Exactly 1 HOUR was shaved off the previous WR using it, and it's still not even close to being optimized. Indeed, at around the 16:30 mark, Specs begins duping Korok Seeds... FOR NEARLY FOUR HOURS STRAIGHT. This fucking run is madness.
Obviously the duping isn't exactly the most entertaining thing to experience, but having watched one of his runs before (over the course of like 2 weeks), this run has definitely given me a new found appreciation for Breath of the Wild. Some of the tricks used when it comes to quickly traversing the world, completing shrines/dungeons and overall combat I would have never discovered on my own, and I've gone from never wanting to 100% this game to "maybe one day."
Here's the full 22 hour run in 3 parts:
tl;dr you've done dumber shit with 23 hours, it's a fun watch.
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