So. Today I did a speedrun. 54 minutes 59.79 seconds. Or maybe even a few hundredths of a second earlier, it’s hard to say. But whose counting?
I used a hobbit bard, a half-orc magician, and several of the original team that loads when the game is first started (e.g., Merlin, El Cid, et al.). The first and the last fights in the game were a team effort.
Lost 3 full minutes wandering around Kylearan’s Tower – single biggest loss of time. (My speedrun depth mastery is fairly shallow, it’s hard to get this deep into it). I think there was probably about 5 minutes of efficiency across the entire run in getting lost, sub-optimal pathing, and sub-optimal Mangar strategy. So, sub-50 minutes is probably doable.
Critical Timings:
- 01:30 – An influx of gold.
- 04:45 – Level 7 Magician (Spell level 4) becomes Level 1 Conjurer
- 16:53 – Level 13 Conjurer becomes Level 1 Wizard
- 19:49 – A brief visit to adventurer heaven
- 40:40 – A level 30 Wizard leaves with his team and begins the assault on the Two Towers.
- 49:34 – Entered Mangar
- 54:59.79(+/- .05) or earlier – We’re home.
Video with post-run audio commentary: 54 Minute Speedrun