14% xSpring - Revision history

Bobbob: update for completion

2023-01-06T19:18:18Z

update for completion

Bobbob: updating route since awhile ago I tested a Jesuswalk in West Sand Hall and it does work, which makes cat more viable on NTSC

2022-11-28T14:35:42Z

updating route since awhile ago I tested a Jesuswalk in West Sand Hall and it does work, which makes cat more viable on NTSC

Bobbob: noting that completion is possible on ntsc, with underwater walljumps

2022-05-18T23:56:24Z

noting that completion is possible on ntsc, with underwater walljumps

Bobbob: oops

2022-04-22T07:18:16Z

oops

Bobbob: creating pages for the remaining theoretical 14% cats

2022-04-22T07:17:21Z

creating pages for the remaining theoretical 14% cats

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14% xSpring is one of the theoretical [[14%]] categories that is yet to have a known, recorded, RTA completion. A total of 14 items are picked up during the entire run and focuses on using Grapple and X-Ray Scope for level progression.

This category is meant to be based on [[13% xCharge]], but adds [[Spring Ball]] to avoid [[L+R Walljumping]]. Spring Ball can only be collected under these conditions without L+R Walljumping on PAL. Thus, this is a PAL-only category.

This category is possible due to [[10 Missile Zebetite Kill|being able to kill Zebetites with only 10 missiles]].

==Prerequisites==
To finish this run, you need to know how to:
*[[Mockball]]
*Infinite [[Bomb Jump|bomb jump]]
*[[G-Mode]], including downward G-mode from Aqueduct
*[[X-Mode#Jesuswalk|Jesuswalk]]
*[[X-Ray Climbing|X-Ray Climb]]
*R-jump to collect Spring Ball without Gravity Suit
*Escape Spring Ball Room without Gravity Suit or Hi-Jump Boots ([https://vimeo.com/499042499|this clip] shows this on NTSC)
*Sandfall horizontal infinite bomb jump through East Sand Hall
*[[R-Mode]] pre-Botwoon clip
*Mid-air spring ball jump to ibj with a reserve tank automatic refill
*[[Lava Dive Room|Lava dive]] without [[Gravity Suit]] or [[Hi-Jump Boots]] (or G-Mode enter Lower Norfair)
*[[10 Missile Zebetite Kill|Destroy Zebetites while only using 10 missiles]]

==Collected Items==
[[Image:morphball.png]] [[Image:bombs.png]] [[Image:charge.png]] [[Image:xray.png]] [[Image:springball.png]] [[Image:varia.png]] [[Image:etank.png]] [[Image:etank.png]] [[Image:reserver.png]] [[Image:missiles.png]] [[Image:missiles.png]] [[Image:supermissiles.png]] [[Image:supermissiles.png]] [[Image:powerbomb.png]]
*[[Morphing Ball]]
*Bombs
*[[Charge Beam]] (for bosses)
*[[X-Ray Scope]] (for pre-Botwoon, Mt. Everest, to collect Spring Ball, and escaping Draygon's Chambers)
*[[Spring Ball]] (to climb Halfie Climb Room without [[L+R Walljumping]])
*Varia Suit (to survive [[Mother_Brain#MB2|MB2's]] rainbow beam)
*2 [[Energy Tank|Energy Tanks]] (to survive [[Mother_Brain#MB2|MB2's]] rainbow beam)
*1 [[Reserve Tank]] (for pre-Botwoon and to survive [[Mother_Brain#MB2|MB2's]] rainbow beam)
*2 [[Missile]] Pack (to open red doors, defeat [[Mother_Brain#MB1|MB1]], and destory Zebetites)
*2 [[Super Missile]] Packs (to open green doors and defeat MB1)
*1 [[Power Bomb]] Pack (to open orange doors)

Note since R-mode clip is going to be done, it is advisable to skip Terminator Energy Tank. Additionally, 1+2 Energy+Reserve Tanks may be easier (and would allow a faster route than what is stated below), but the current best (PAL) method for the Zebetite kill is easier with 2 Energy Tanks.

==Theoretical Route==

Collect Morph, Alpha Missiles, Bombs, Early Supers, Brinstar Reserve, and Charge Beam.

Get Alpha Power Bombs, CWJ across the Moat, and get Wrecked Ship Supers Left.

Kill Kraid, and get Varia Suit.

Get X-Ray Scope. Note this could be done earlier, but you most likely want Varia Suit for your first time in Maridia.

G-mode into Maridia. Jesuswalk to Aqueduct.

G-mode downward in Aqueduct towards East Sand Hall. Cross this room. X-Ray climb towards Spring Ball, and then R-jump to collect it.

Use Bombs to double spring ball jump out of this room, and use Bombs (and maybe Spring Ball) to cross East Sand Hall and West Sand Hall.

Go back up, G-mode enter Maridia, Jesuswalk again.

R-mode clip to Botwoon. Mid-air spring ball jump to get Botwoon's Energy Tank.

X-Ray climb to the middle of Halfie Climb Room and jump to scroll the camera. Perform a mid-air spring ball jump such that a mochtroid triggers a reserve tank automatic refill at the peak of the second jump, laying a bomb just before the refill occurs. Continue an ibj from here, and finish climbing Halfie Climb Room.

Cross Colosseum (hope you are confident here). Snipe kill Draygon, and X-Ray Climb out.

Proceed back to Aqueduct and escape out the bottom.

Get Hi-Jump Energy Tank.

Lava dive (or G-mode into Lower Norfair), and go to kill Ridley.

Go to Tourian with full 10/10/5 ammo and save.

Defeat the metroids in the first room, using only three power bombs, and get at least two power bomb drops. The probability of at least three drops is 0.6%; the probability of two is 6.5%. With only two drops, the probability becomes worse later. Go back and save when successful.

Defeat the metroids in the second room, ending with at least three power bombs (number of drops needed depends upon what you settled for previously). The chance of one drop is 20.8%; the chance of two drops is 1.4%. Go back and save when successful.

Defeat the metroids in the third room, ending with at least three power bombs. The probability of at least two drops is 3.8%; the probability of three drops is 0.2%. Go back and save when successful.

Note due to this 0.2% in the third room, it is recommended to grind for the 0.6% and 1.4% in the previous rooms if simply going for a completion. With this choice, it will take on average 168 resets to finish the first room, 72 resets to finish the second, and 26 resets to finish the third. Good luck.

A second note: If you can perform multiple mid-air spring ball jumps, then it might be possible to escape Tourian and get more power bombs. It has not been tested how many spring ball jumps this would need.

Defeat the metroids in the fourth room, and continue through (using no supers) to save before Zebetites.

Kill the first Zebetite using a super missile. Perform the 10 Missile Zebetite Kills. Then defeat Mother Brain and escape.

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-% xSpring is one of the theoretical [[14%]] categories that is yet to have a known, recorded, RTA completion.  A total of 14 items are picked up during the entire run and it focuses on using Spring Ball and X-Ray Scope for level progression.
+[[Category:Full Category]]{{Category
-This category is meant to be based on [[13% xCharge]], but adds [[Spring Ball]] to avoid [[L+R Walljumping]] in [[Halfie Climb Room]].
+|minibosses=[[Bomb Torizo]], [[Botwoon]]
 This category is possible due to [[10 Missile Zebetite Kill|being able to kill Zebetites with only 10 missiles]].
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 *R-jump to collect Spring Ball without Gravity Suit
 *Escape Spring Ball Room without Gravity Suit or Hi-Jump Boots ([https://vimeo.com/499042499 this clip] shows this on NTSC)
-*Sandfall horizontal infinite bomb jump through East Sand Hall
+*Sandfall horizontal infinite bomb jump through [[East Sand Hall]]
 *[[R-Mode]] pre-Botwoon clip
 *Mid-air spring ball jump to ibj with a reserve tank automatic refill
 *[[Lava Dive Room|Lava dive]] without [[Gravity Suit]] or [[Hi-Jump Boots]] (or G-Mode enter Lower Norfair)
 *[[10 Missile Zebetite Kill|Destroy Zebetites while only using 10 missiles]]
 ==Collected Items==
-[[Image:morphball.png]] [[Image:bombs.png]] [[Image:charge.png]] [[Image:xray.png]] [[Image:springball.png]] [[Image:varia.png]] [[Image:etank.png]] [[Image:etank.png]] [[Image:reserver.png]] [[Image:missiles.png]] [[Image:missiles.png]] [[Image:supermissiles.png]] [[Image:supermissiles.png]] [[Image:powerbomb.png]]
+[[Image:morphball.png]] [[Image:bombs.png]] [[Image:charge.png]] [[Image:xray.png]] [[Image:springball.png]] [[Image:varia.png]] [[Image:etank.png]] [[Image:reserver.png]] [[Image:reserver.png]] [[Image:missiles.png]] [[Image:missiles.png]] [[Image:supermissiles.png]] [[Image:supermissiles.png]] [[Image:powerbomb.png]]
 *[[Morphing Ball]]
 *Bombs
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 *[[Spring Ball]] (to climb Halfie Climb Room without [[L+R Walljumping]])
 *Varia Suit (to survive [[Mother_Brain#MB2|MB2's]] rainbow beam)
-*2 [[Energy Tank|Energy Tanks]] (to survive [[Mother_Brain#MB2|MB2's]] rainbow beam)
+*1 [[Energy Tank|Energy Tanks]] (to survive [[Mother_Brain#MB2|MB2's]] rainbow beam)
-*1 [[Reserve Tank]] (for pre-Botwoon and to survive [[Mother_Brain#MB2|MB2's]] rainbow beam)
+*2 [[Reserve Tank]] (for pre-Botwoon and to survive [[Mother_Brain#MB2|MB2's]] rainbow beam)
 *2 [[Missile]] Pack (to open red doors, defeat [[Mother_Brain#MB1|MB1]], and destory Zebetites)
 *2 [[Super Missile]] Packs (to open green doors and defeat MB1)
 *1 [[Power Bomb]] Pack (to open orange doors)
-Note since R-mode clip is going to be done, it is advisable to skip Terminator Energy Tank. Additionally, 1+2 Energy+Reserve Tanks may be easier (and would allow a faster route than what is stated below), but the current best (PAL) method for the Zebetite kill is easier with 2 Energy Tanks.
+Note since R-mode clip is going to be done, it is advisable to skip Terminator Energy Tank. Two energy tanks could be collected instead, but due to R-mode clip being necessary this would mean Draygon could only be fought with 1+1 tanks.
-==Theoretical Route==
+==Current Route==
 Collect Morph, Alpha Missiles, Bombs, Early Supers, Brinstar Reserve, and Charge Beam.
-Get Alpha Power Bombs, CWJ across the Moat, and get Wrecked Ship Supers Left.
+Get Alpha Power Bombs.
 Get X-Ray Scope.
-Kill Kraid, and get Varia Suit.
+Kill Kraid, and get Varia Suit. If getting tow Reserve Tanks, go down for Norfair Reserve.
 Enter Maridia from the tube, and head towards the Sand Halls.
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 X-Ray climb towards Spring Ball, and then R-jump to collect it.
-Use Bombs to double spring ball jump out of this room, and use Bombs (and maybe Spring Ball) to cross East Sand Hall and West Sand Hall.
+Use Bombs to double spring ball jump out of this room, and use Bombs and Spring Ball to cross East Sand Hall and West Sand Hall.
-Go back up, G-mode enter Maridia, Jesuswalk across Mt Everest.
+Go up, and cross Moat to kill Phantoon and get Wrecked Ship Supers Left. Note this could be done earlier, but there is also no reason to do this until after Spring Ball which then makes crossing Moat easier.
 R-mode clip to Botwoon. Mid-air spring ball jump to get Botwoon's Energy Tank.
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 Proceed back to Aqueduct and escape out the bottom.
 Lava dive (or G-mode into Lower Norfair), and go to kill Ridley.
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 Go to Tourian with full 10/10/5 ammo and save.
-Defeat the metroids in the first room, using only three power bombs, and get at least two power bomb drops. The probability of at least three drops is 0.6%; the probability of two is 6.5%. With only two drops, the probability becomes worse later. Go back and save when successful.
+Handle the metroid rooms. The current route does this by making sure to get at least one power bomb drop in rooms 1 and 3 (so two rooms can be done at a time), and escapes Tourian to refill power bombs using a bomb double spring ball jump.
-Defeat the metroids in the fourth room, and continue through (using no supers) to save before Zebetites.
+Continue through (using no supers) to save before Zebetites.
 Kill the first Zebetite using a super missile. Perform the 10 Missile Zebetite Kills. Then defeat Mother Brain and escape.

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-% xSpring is one of the theoretical [[14%]] categories that is yet to have a known, recorded, RTA completion.  A total of 14 items are picked up during the entire run and focuses on using Grapple and X-Ray Scope for level progression.
+% xSpring is one of the theoretical [[14%]] categories that is yet to have a known, recorded, RTA completion.  A total of 14 items are picked up during the entire run and it focuses on using Spring Ball and X-Ray Scope for level progression.
-This category is meant to be based on [[13% xCharge]], but adds [[Spring Ball]] to avoid [[L+R Walljumping]]. This is possible on NTSC, but requires left wall single wall underwater walljumps without Hi-Jump in [[Mt. Everest]] to be able to climb up and [[X-Mode#Jesuswalk|Jesuswalk]]. Thus, the category is much easier on PAL as it would not require underwater walljumping at all.
+This category is meant to be based on [[13% xCharge]], but adds [[Spring Ball]] to avoid [[L+R Walljumping]] in [[Halfie Climb Room]].
 This category is possible due to [[10 Missile Zebetite Kill|being able to kill Zebetites with only 10 missiles]].
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 *[[Mockball]]
 *Infinite [[Bomb Jump|bomb jump]]
-*[[G-Mode]], including downward G-mode from Aqueduct
+*[[G-Mode]]
 *[[X-Mode#Jesuswalk|Jesuswalk]]
 *[[X-Ray Climbing|X-Ray Climb]]
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 Get Alpha Power Bombs, CWJ across the Moat, and get Wrecked Ship Supers Left.
 Kill Kraid, and get Varia Suit.
-Get X-Ray Scope. Note this could be done earlier, but you most likely want Varia Suit for your first time in Maridia.
+Enter Maridia from the tube, and head towards the Sand Halls.
-G-mode into Maridia. Jesuswalk to Aqueduct.
+Use an [[Evir]] "particle" to enter [[G-Mode]] and cross [[East Sand Hall]].
-G-mode downward in Aqueduct towards East Sand Hall. Cross this room. X-Ray climb towards Spring Ball, and then R-jump to collect it.
+X-Ray climb towards Spring Ball, and then R-jump to collect it.
 Use Bombs to double spring ball jump out of this room, and use Bombs (and maybe Spring Ball) to cross East Sand Hall and West Sand Hall.
-Go back up, G-mode enter Maridia, Jesuswalk again.
+Go back up, G-mode enter Maridia, Jesuswalk across Mt Everest.
 R-mode clip to Botwoon. Mid-air spring ball jump to get Botwoon's Energy Tank.