JP Postman Cycle 1 Notes

JP Postman Cycle 1

about 39.5s slower to do Postman in Cycle 1 (first try, would probably lose ~5s extra)

For perspective, each extra postman attempt is ~16s


Why this works (my guess):

You can get Postman HP in Cycle 1 and then get the Bomber's Notebook and Postman's Hat in Cycle 2 and still get the notebook ribbon for the Postman probably because winning Postman HP sets a permanent flag that the game checks for whenever you do something that would update the Postman entry in the notebook (i.e. talking to the postman) and this causes you to have the notebook sticker for the Postman HP even though you did the Postman HP before you got the notebook.

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How to time:
* Technically Postman Early route would save a little time by skipping the Postman HP notebook sticker textbox, but I might not include that in the timing as it is minor and I am mainly concerned with getting a decent approximation of the time lost to doing Postman Early so that I can make conclusions about its practicality.

Current:

hms > ect > stories to day 3 > scarecrow to night 3 = 1:40.71
exit bomb shop as goron > enter + exit postman > enter tf = 16.37

100.71 + 16.37 = 117.08

Postman Early:

hms > wct > scarecrow to night 1 > exit trading post, enter + exit postman's office > enter trading post > scarecrow to night 3 = 2:28.35
exit bomb shop as goron > enter tf = 8.32

148.35 + 8.32 = 156.67

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Extra Note because I was curious (unrelated to postman)

hms > scarecrow to night 3 = 2:02.17 (grandma saves around 21.5s)