Routed runs in Hades are Seeded runs with precise RNG Manipulation performed by the runner in order to get ideal rooms/enemies/boons/rewards to get the fastest run (in ingame time) possible. Routing is made possible through the use of mods, but legal runs must be performed without mods.
This video is an “Overexplained” runthrough of Paradigmsort’s Beowulf route. Watch this to see explained strategies and potential pitfalls in each of the chambers. Remember, in a routed run you can’t recover once you fall off route, so precision is key.
Linked below are resources for running this and other routes, as well as an overview on route running and RNG in Hades by me, and the current World Record on this route.
Run Sections:
00:00 Intro + Pre-run preparations
01:00 Chamber 1
01:47 Chamber 2-5
06:10 Chamber 5 Well Shop
09:28 Tartarus Midshop
Note: Tartarus Midshop was explored more in depth in the Basics video linked below, but the “quick” consistent strategy is to dash to the top of the hermes boon (between the boon and charon), purchase +3 dashes, and dash to the door as fast as possible while loading 3 casts, then going through
09:40 Survival Room + End of Tartarus
17:25 Meg + Midbiome
19:50 Asphodel through Eurydice
22:09 Asphodel Combat
24:34 Power Couple + End of Asphodel
27:35 Lernie + Midbiome
29:49 Elysium
Note: I apologize for the issues with Elysium endshop, just some wonkiness with savestates. The 2 viable strategies are cast 3x, buy pom slice, enter door, and cast 2x, buy pom slice, cast 2x, enter door.
38:41 Heroes + Midbiome
39:30 Styx
42:45 Hades
Routing Speedrunning Basics by me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHdt35TDvNY
Current Fastest time on this Route: 3:46 IGT by Vorime – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suZTL-k4gj0
Route Information :
Intro to Routed Runs by Museus7 –https://www.speedrun.com/hades/guide/jxpkj.
Route Notes (To run it yourself!) – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fNlBhBOsCz6092GUnsItaUVLGLBbTaTW4ZlsQPZeJlg/edit#gid=141967462
Route Running Resources:
Savestates Used –
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/787779543645683732/855987379398246431/BeoRouteSave.zip
Savestate Manager (Windows only) – https://github.com/Museus/HadesSaveManager
Routing Modpack Used – https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/787779543645683732/863127093793652766/BeoRouteModPack.zip
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