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Tropylium: /* 4/4/2 Fast Ganon */

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‎4/4/2 Fast Ganon

Tropylium: /* A Link to the Past soft requirements */

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‎A Link to the Past soft requirements

Tropylium: /* General considerations */

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‎General considerations

Tropylium: /* All goals */ move up

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‎All goals: move up

Tropylium: /* 7/7/4 */

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‎7/7/4

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‎7/7/4

Tropylium: /* Summary */ Croc Esc.

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‎Summary: Croc Esc.

Tropylium: /* 7/7/4 */ tablefied

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‎7/7/4: tablefied

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‎7/7/4

Tropylium: /* 4/4/2 Fast Ganon */

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‎4/4/2 Fast Ganon

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 | DP, ToH, Kraid, Phantoon, Draygon, Ridley || Mirror, Power Bombs, ~Gravity, ~Ice Beam
-| Easier but requires more keys collected (ToH big key required in the absense of Hookshot). Lamp can be collected instead of Fire Rod, removing the soft-requirement for a Ganon convenience item.
+| Easier but requires collecting more keys (ToH big key required in the absense of Hookshot, DP small key often required). Lamp can be collected instead of Fire Rod, removing the soft-requirement for a Ganon convenience item.
 |}
 Similar to the first option in the previous section, some other Maridia kits from SM 14% variants can be also followed here.

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 Only the first case comes up commonly, as Bow is hard-required by EP and/or PoD, and Fire Rod by SW, IP and/or TR. Hookshot, too, can be hard-required for SP or accessing West Dark World without overworld glitches. (Hookshot Cave and, with extra effort, accessing East Death Mountain, can be however hovered). The [http://alttp.mymm1.com/wiki/Herapot Herapot] clip furthermore uses the Hookshot to skip the Big Key in Tower of Hera, and makes it a free pickup in terms of overall collection rate (especially since, given its otherwise low requirements, ToH is one of the more optimal dungeons to finish).
-The '''Ganon''' fight can be at absolute minimum completed by nothing but Master Sword + Fire Rod, but this is an abstrusely hard fight in its last section (requiring one-shot [http://alttp.mymm1.com/wiki/Torch_Glitch Torch Glitch] and basically perfect timing of [http://alttp.mymm1.com/wiki/Silverless_Ganon silverless] hits). Probably at least one item of lenience should be granted here. Any one of the following items works, ranging from the greatest aid to the least:
+The '''Ganon''' fight can be at absolute minimum completed by nothing but Master Sword + Fire Rod, but this is an abstrusely hard fight in its last section (requiring one-shot [http://alttp.mymm1.com/wiki/Torch_Glitch Torch Glitch] and basically perfect timing of [http://alttp.mymm1.com/wiki/Silverless_Ganon silverless] hits). Probably one item of lenience should be granted here. Any one of the following items works, ranging from the greatest aid to the least:
-* ''Silver Arrows'' trivializes the last leg of the Ganon fight and also a number of bosses.
+* ''Silver Arrows'' trivializes the last leg of the Ganon fight and also a number of bosses. Requires the Bow to use.
 * ''Lamp'' adds 4× leniency to the fight and is available in ~all vanilla runs. Aids also greatly in making it thru the dark rooms of PoD and MM on low hearts, helpful also in EP and TR. May be required in a seed, e.g. if DP must be completed before access to Fire Rod.
 * ''Tempered Sword'' adds about 2× leniency to the fight and speeds up the early parts. Aids also greatly on almost all boss fights and enemy gauntlets.

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	==General considerations==		==General considerations==
		+	===End boss requirements===
		+	The following 15 items are required already for defeating Ganon, and accessing and defeating Mother Brain. Without recourse to major glitches, they must be always collected:
		+	* Fighter's Sword, Master Sword, Moon Pearl, and one of {Fire Rod, Lamp} (a ''firesource'').
		+	* Morph, Varia Suit, Charge Beam; 3 energy+reserve tanks, 2+2 or 1+3 Missile and Super packs; and one of {Ice Beam, Power Bombs}.
		+
		+	If Power Bombs are collected for killing Metroids, this will complete the basic 11-item core of all usual SM low% categories, using which also Kraid, Phantoon and Ridley can be defeated.
		+
		+	===Dark World===
		+	Accessing the Dark World (and the Ganon fight) without major glitches will require two additional pickups, with the following three options:
		+	* Power Glove + one of {Titan's Mitt, Hammer}. — This grants the ability to complete TT and, if Fire Rod is collected as the firesource, SW.
		+	* The two Agahnim's Tower keys. — The lowest progression items option, but unhelpful towards completing any dungeons.
		+	* Gravity, Power Bombs and one of {Ice Beam, Speed Booster}. — This grants the ability to defeat Draygon, as well as provides a Zebetite skip option and a Lava Dive convenience option. (The kit contains a Metroid item and is thus two extra pickups, not three.)
		+
		+	===Specific requirements===
	Every [[Randomizers\|randomizer]] seed requires a unique set of tasks to complete; some of them more, some of them less. The first task for a low% run of any shape will be therefore to roll a seed with a good placement of items. This clearly should be done with the spoiler log available, to allow determining viability and routing in advance.		Every [[Randomizers\|randomizer]] seed requires a unique set of tasks to complete; some of them more, some of them less. The first task for a low% run of any shape will be therefore to roll a seed with a good placement of items. This clearly should be done with the spoiler log available, to allow determining viability and routing in advance.

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 * ''Bottle'' adds 2× leniency to the fight and also allows healing one firebat hit. May be required in a seed as a fetchquest. Generally helpful thruout the game.
 * ''Half Magic'' adds 2× leniency to the fight. Helpful also on harder bosses vulnerable to magic.
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 | '''No progression behind fetchquest items''' || up to -6 || – || <small>Penalties above 2 from fetchquests are very rare.</small>
 |-
 | '''Ice Beam available''' if desired for soft-required uses || -0…3 || || <small>In the worst case requiring for full replacement +1 ammo for Zebetites, Spring Ball / Morph Bombs for pre-Cathedral and WRITG, and +1 PBs for Metroids.</small>

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 | '''Ice Beam available''' if desired for soft-required uses || -0…3 || || <small>In the worst case requiring for full replacement +1 ammo for Zebetites, Spring Ball / Morph Bombs for pre-Cathedral and WRITG, and +1 PBs for Metroids.</small>
 |-
-| '''No progression behind fetchquest keys''' || – || up to -9 || <small>Up to 3 in PoD, up to 1 in dungeons other than EP SW MM.<br/>All cases other than PoD are much rarer than required fetchquest items, due to the Map and Compass as filler items in all dungeons. As a 10th case, TR may also hold progression in Lava Chest behind an extra small key, but TR being required is too costly in pickups anyway to be likely a desirable 7/7/4 seed; and as an 11th, progression in GT is possible, but anything other than Charge Beam is unlikely in Low%. </small>
+| '''No progression behind fetchquest keys''' || – || up to -9 || <small>Up to 3 in PoD, up to 1 in dungeons other than EP SW MM.<br/>All cases other than PoD are much rarer than required fetchquest items, due to the Map and Compass as filler items in all dungeons. As a 10th case, TR may also hold progression in Lava Chest behind an extra small key, but TR being required is too costly in pickups anyway to be likely a desirable 7/7/4 seed; and as an 11th, progression in GT is possible, but anything other than Charge Beam is unlikely with 7/7 crystal requirements. </small>
 |-
 | '''Dark World access available''' without defeating Agahnim I || ? -1 || -2 || <small>Access thru Maridia can be net beneficial despite requiring Ice Beam or Speed Booster for Botwoon Hallway, especially given many soft-required uses for these as well.</small>

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 | Moat skip || [[Image:gravity.png]] || || [[Image:speedbooster.png]] || [[Image:spacejump.png]] || || ||align="center"| ★ || || [[Image:grapple.png]]
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 |canFly checks || || || [[Image:speedbooster.png]] || [[Image:spacejump.png]] || || || [[Image:bombs.png]] ||

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 Desiderata for a good 7/7/4 low% seed include at least the following:
-* A good pendant layout, including TR and preferrably MM.
+{|class="wikitable"
-* Many useful bossdrops.
+|-
-* Dark World access available without defeating Agahnim I.
+! Target !! Items benefit !! Keys benefit !! Comments
-* No forced collection of unnecessary item locations.<br/><small>Besides Moat, this concerns [[Brinstar Reserve Tank Room]], where collecting the Missile location in the rear requires collecting also the one in the front. All items in this room also soft-require collecting the Early Supers location, or alternately call for a very tight mockball to return.</small>
+|-
-* No progression behind Pegasus Boots, including the torches in Desert Palace and Ganon's Tower.
+| '''A good pendant layout''', including TR and preferrably MM || up to -4 || up to -6 || <small>Penalties could be still worse if pendant dungeons also hold progression.</small>
-* No progression behind Speed Booster, at least if not soft-required for verticality.
+|-
-* No progression behind fetchquest items.
+| '''Many useful bossdrops''' || up to -10 || –
-* No progression behind fetchquest keys or unnecessary PoD small keys.<br/><small>Also TR may also hold progression in Lava Chest behind an extra small key, but TR being required is too costly in pickups anyway to be likely a desirable 7/7/4 seed.</small>
+|-
-* Good Big Key location in DP = in the Map chest.<br/><small>This is one of the most likely conditions requiring the collection of an extra item: DP has 7 possible key layouts, of which only 2 are optimal, and 5 require either the small key or Boots (2 require both).</small>
+| '''No progression behind fetchquest items''' || up to -6 || – || <small>Penalties above 2 from fetchquests are very rare.</small>
-* Good Big Key location in PoD = in one of the five locations not locked by a small key.
+|-
-* Good Big Key location in GT = not in Randomizer Room, and not as the only required usage of Somaria.<br/><small>Three keys available from pots around the ground floor (and one from a Mini-Helmasaur upstairs) allow access to all other locations without extra keys from chests.</small>
+| '''Ice Beam available''' if desired for soft-required uses || -0…3 || || <small>In the worst case requiring for full replacement +1 ammo for Zebetites, Spring Ball / Morph Bombs for pre-Cathedral and WRITG, and +1 PBs for Metroids.</small>
-* Hookshot available before climbing Tower of Hera.
+|-
-* Mirror available before Desert Palace.
+| '''No progression behind fetchquest keys''' || – || up to -9 || <small>Up to 3 in PoD, up to 1 in dungeons other than EP SW MM.<br/>All cases other than PoD are much rarer than required fetchquest items, due to the Map and Compass as filler items in all dungeons. As a 10th case, TR may also hold progression in Lava Chest behind an extra small key, but TR being required is too costly in pickups anyway to be likely a desirable 7/7/4 seed; and as an 11th, progression in GT is possible, but anything other than Charge Beam is unlikely in Low%. </small>
-* Sword or Hammer (or otherwise required Somaria) available before completing Thieves' Town.
+|-
-* Fire Rod available before IP + before completing DP.
+| '''Dark World access available''' without defeating Agahnim I || ? -1 || -2 || <small>Access thru Maridia can be net beneficial despite requiring Ice Beam or Speed Booster for Botwoon Hallway, especially given many soft-required uses for these as well.</small>
-* Ice Beam available if desired for soft-required uses.
+|-
 ==All Dungeons==

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 Six dungeons / bosses are guaranteed to be defeatable by some form of this kit alone (ToH, SW, TT; Kraid, Phantoon, Ridley). Others require further items, sorted here by increasing requirements, separated into progression items and keys:
-* (+1) Draygon: ''Gravity Suit''. (Other low% SM options will not be considered here for the time being.)
+* (+1) Draygon: '''Gravity Suit'''. (Other low% SM options will not be considered here for the time being.)
-* (+1) IP: ''Hammer'', (Fire Rod).
+* (+1) IP: '''Hammer''', (Fire Rod).
-* (+1 + 1) EP: ''Bow''; Big Key
+* (+1 + 1) EP: '''Bow'''; Big Key
-* (+0-2 + 1-2) DP:  ''Mirror'' or ''Book of Mudora''; Big Key. Possibly ''Boots'' and/or small key
+* (+0-2 + 1-2) DP:  ''Mirror'' or '''Book of Mudora'''; Big Key. Possibly ''Boots'' and/or small key
-* (+2 + 1) SP: ''Flippers'', ''Mirror'' '''and''' ''Hookshot'';  small key
+* (+2 + 1) SP: '''Flippers''', ''Mirror'' '''and''' ''Hookshot'';  small key
 * (+2 + 2–4) PoD: '''Hammer''', '''Bow'''; ≥1 small key, Big Key
-* (+2–3 + 1) MM: '''Medallion''', '''Somaria''', ''Hookshot'' '''or''' '''Boots'''; Big Key
+* (+2–3 + 1) MM: '''Medallion''', '''Somaria''', ''Hookshot'' or '''Boots'''; Big Key
 * (+4 + 4) TR: '''Hammer''', '''Medallion''', '''Somaria''', '''Ice Rod''', (Fire Rod); 3 small keys, Big Key
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 * Hookshot available before climbing Tower of Hera.
 * Mirror available before Desert Palace.
 * Fire Rod available before IP + before completing DP.
 * Ice Beam available if desired for soft-required uses.

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 ===4/4/2 Fast Ganon===
-The requirements of the Superquick format allow skipping a whopping 8 bosses / dungeons. The lowest requirements sets of six to '''complete''' are probably the following that rely on DW access thru Maridia:
+The goal requirements of the '''Superquick''' format allow skipping a whopping 8 bosses / dungeons. The lowest requirements sets of six to '''complete''' are probably the following that rely on DW access thru Maridia:
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