Cuphead DLC 300% Speedrun
EDIT3: As of 10/1/2023 I have improved WR to 1:03:38! The video for that can be found here: • Cuphead DLC 300% Speedrun 1:03:38 (FORMER ...
EDIT2: As of May 19, 2023 I have improved WR to a 1:04:13! Link is here: • Cuphead DLC 300% Speedrun 1:04:13 (FORMER ...
EDIT: Since uploading this video I have improved the WR again to a 1:05:06. Check out the new world record here! • Cuphead DLC 300% Speedrun 1:05:06 (FORMER ...
Played on PC.
This run beats the former World Record held by Uramatsu by 12 seconds! Very solid run with only a handful of notable mistakes. Biggest timelosses were missing the Sally Stageplay glitch to skip 2nd phase, costing me ~30 seconds on that fight. Also accidentally parried the Octopus on Perilous Piers which locked me into an autoscroller which lost another 15 seconds. Hoping to grind for the 1:04:XX soon!
Some commonly asked questions:
Q: How are you able to play on Expert without beating the game first?
A: Speedrunners use something called the "Fresh Expert" glitch for Expert mode categories. Basically, if you have a save file where you've already beaten the game, you access that first and select a boss. On the difficulty select, you put the cursor over "Expert" (no need to actually fight the boss), and then back out and Exit to Title. When you start a new file you will begin the game on Expert.
Q: Why do you fight all of the King Dice minibosses?
A: While they technically don't contribute to file percentage, we decided in the speedrunning community to include them in the 300% category since it fills out the Checklist in the menu. That's also the same reason we require buying all the weapons/charms despite them not contributing to file percentage either; it's just nice looking from a completionist perspective!
Q: Where can I find the leaderboards for this game/category?
A: https://www.speedrun.com/cuphead for the main game leaderboards. For this category specifically you can find the times https://www.speedrun.com/cuphead#DLC_ and then select 300%
Q: How do I join the Cuphead speedrunning community?
A: Join the Cuphead speedrunning discord here! / discord
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