Shantae: Risky's Revenge 100% route!

This 100% route was made based off a route that DevlJoe developed. A list of route changes between this route and his route can be found here: http://pastebin.com/HbV1sPLQ

The definition of 100% is getting all Magic Jams + Heart Holders as well as buying everything in the store aside from Potions.

It turns out that it is faster to do the double jump using fire in the Polyp Bay cave during your first trip through it, but this route does not include it. It's only 10-15 seconds faster and is really hard to do. Plus, I just flat out did not feel like doing another rewrite of the route for something that I can't see a lot of people wanting to do immediately upon learning the game. If you want to do it here's the shortened list of changes, aside from entering the cave post lab 1/prelab 2, the only other major change is squid baby order: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1snhqn5


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Before reading the route, I’d recommend reading up on some small tech to keep in mind:

1: When going through a loading zone to another area as Shantae, don’t backdash into the zone, stop backdashing right before the transition area and run into it. For some reason when you backdash into the loading zone you come out of it walking, as opposed to running out of it when you run into it. Jumping into the loading zone also makes you walk out.

2: When exiting non-cave buildings as Shantae, try to either jump + whip or crawl into the loading zone. This skips the animation of you walking out of the building.

3: As far as I’ve noticed, the answer to the question of whether backdashing as Shantae is faster than charging as Elephant is that it depends on the situation. if you’re going through a long stretch and pass by a loading zone or two then Elephant Charge is faster. in mostly every other situation, backdashing is faster. Partially what causes this weird situational situation is having to transform into elephant, which takes a good second or two. I list as many spots that I’m positive using Elephant is faster but it’s best to use your own judgement.

4: The backdash grab, something that has only been discovered/implemented recently, has the potential to be useful in a lot of situations. The issue being that we haven’t 100% figured out how it works yet. I know it has something to do with doing two or more actions at once while grabbing an item that came out of a chest, but other then that the timing on grabbing things still needs to be looked into. One method I can say works almost always is: when you open a chest and a key pops out, it’ll bounce a few times before you can actually grab it. When you hear the 3rd bounce, jump up, whip your hair and once you’re close to the ground press the backdash button and you’ll backdash while grabbing the key. It’s pretty easy to do with a Key that way, but for some reason this method doesn’t work that well for anything with a bigger hitbox like Jams.

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PRE LAB 1:
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Collect 50 gems during the intro sequence, [if you don’t collect 50 during the intro sequence then either reset and try again [fun!] or grind for more gems by killing the Nagas at Pumpkin Fields]

Go left to collect the egg, go right and talk to Bolo, watch cutscene and beat Risky Boat 1.

After getting your ass kicked, go right into town, use the first jump pad and go to the door on the right to enter the shop.

Buy Pike Ball [50 gems]

Exit, go left towards farther door to save the game.

Go right again and use the jump pad forward. Leave town towards the right.

Go right until you see a Warp Squid Statue. Activate it.

[Remember to equip the pike ball before you head to Tangle Forest, it’s slightly faster to equip it by pausing while transitioning between screens in the same area]

keep heading right until you enter Tangle Forest.

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Tangle Forest
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[important note: It’s highly recommended that you kill every Orc you see until the 3rd shopping trip. Each Orc gives you 5 Gems. While that may not seem much it’ll make a lot of difference early on. This route will count a lot of passed Orcs into the bare minimum tally]

[Pre lab 1 you will run into 7 Orcs. 7 Orcs = 35 Gems]

Go right until you see a jump pad on a tree heading to a back layer, use that.

Go right until you see a tree stump, jump on that and use that to jump onto the nearby tree branch. Jump over to the Jumppad heading forward then head right again to the next screen.

Talk to Rotty Tops and get the Dog. Leave screen and use the Jumppad heading backwards.

Go back onto the tree branch to get to the two jumppads, this time jumping on the one heading backwards

Head left until you see another tree, jump on that and go until you see the jumppad heading backwards.

Head right, go past the save point, past the dungeon until you see a jumppad heading backwards.

Turn on the pike ball right before you jump onto it so the spider gets killed as you jump backwards.

Go left, Jumppad backwards, go right, Jumppad backwards, go left, Jumppad backwards, go right, enter cooks house.

Return Dog by hold right to say yes to her [Note: the default option for “Yes/No” type questions in this game is always “No”, with the exception for save points. It’s weird and gets awkward but you’ll learn to get the hang of it. Holding right while text mashing should make it default on “Yes” in most cases however]

Kill the dog and exit the house [100 gems]

Go left, Jumppad forward, go right, Jumppad forward, go left, Jumppad backwards, go right, Jumppad forward, go left until you see Lab 1. Enter.

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LAB 1
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[Around 135 Gems at this point]

Mash through cutscene, head right towards door. Break pots for Hearts/magic [Usually you’re pretty low on hearts at this point] and enter it.
Head to the right side of this room and go up, through the tunnel, up some more, and enter the top left door.

Jump through the flower room. In next room use the pike ball to break the breakable blocks while jumping upwards. Head into the door at the top.

Go through while dodging the Gargoyles, using the pike ball to break more blocks. Head into door at the end.

Head left, activate pike ball right before you go through the flower pot enemy [you can get hit by the enemy once without taking damage] to break the blocks below the platform right after.

Hit the Chest from the right side, jump, then break the blocks while climbing through the little tunnel. Climb into the tunnel on the chest’s right side and zip over to the hidden area and get all 3 pots (one’s hidden in some bushes). [Around 171 Gems].

Jump out of that area, go back around the left side, and drop down, holding left or right as you drop to grab the money from the 2 pots in the cave area [Around 195 Gems] Jump down again and collect Key 1.

Jump down to the bottom of this room, and enter the locked door on the right.

Kill the Knight in this room using your whip and Pike to unlock the door. Collect the 8 Gems he drops and Go through the door and skip through the Save Room too [can collect hearts through the pots if low on health].

[You should have around 203 Gems]

To do this room:

Jump across the platforms, over the first spike platform. Wait for the 2nd spike platform to come to you and hit it. Jump on it, and activate the pike ball once you pass the 2nd corner of the ceiling right above you. Hit the first spike platform, jump onto it, you’ll hit the 2nd platform, jump over the 3rd platform and enter the door.

Run right to the next room, fall all the way down to the bottom. Break the small breakable block on the block platform and climb through it. Enter room.

Jump on flower, hit the spike platform, jump over to the next platform, wait until that platform is at it’s highest and jump over to that flower. Enter door.

Wait a few seconds so the knights are right near each other (the first one you’ll see will walk towards the other, kill them both, collect their gems and enter the door.

[You should have around 219 Gems at this point]

Break blocks using whip and pike ball to make a shape of a skull. Collect Key 2 and exit. In next room kill the 4 flying guys and enter door. [each of these guys gives you 5 Gems]

[You should have around 239 Gems at this point]

In next room hit spike platform, jump on moving platform, hit the moving spike platform using pike ball or whip, then jump to flower and enter door.

Climb through little tunnel and head upwards until you see a locked door, enter it and kill both the knights in this room.

[You should have around 255 Gems at this point]

Head past save guy, and in this room go to the platform under the flowerpot guy [consider going out of your way to hitting the pot right above him, it has a big magic pot]

Fall down to the bottom of the room (do NOT fall off too far to the left to avoid spawning the platforms up high too early, it’ll mess up the pattern), break the breakable blocks on the right. Open the chest, collect the gems, then proceed to jump back up, breaking as many pots as you can, Go left again and fall down to the platform below. [Can have anywhere between 289-301 gems at this point, maybe more, maybe less]

Wait until the moving vertical platform comes back down, jump on it, and once you do activate pike ball so that you hit the 1st moving spike platform After jumping on it, either jump onto the purple platform formation or wait until the 2nd one hits the auto turn and jump on that then to the next platform. Fall to the very bottom and enter that door.

Learn 2 monkey, climb and enter door on the left.

Go through the spike room, watching your health, then in the next room climb up to the top [it’s a bit faster to just climb up the left side]

Hit the breakable blocks right under the first vase you see and break the gems as you’re breaking the blocks. [12 gems] [Around 301-313 gems at this point]

Climb up as monkey, Grab the pots under the main floor platform [12 gem pot and a 5 gem pot, sometimes will have heart][anywhere between 306-318 Gems], then drop down a bit. Zip towards the pots in a hidden alcove. Break all 4 and climb up [Around 34 gems at best?]
Break the 2 pots right below main floor platform [12 and a 5 pot]

[You should have anywhere between 363-390 Gems, probably even lower than that depending on how many pots drop hearts instead of gems]

Turn into monkey, head left onto wall in the middle to enter a secret alcove and grab Jam #1.

Turn back into monkey, go back through the room in the top right, and go past the flower room.

Go through this room as monkey and climb up until you get to the door. Go up through the alcove you see on the right and collect Jam #2. As you fall down fall through the hall right next to the 5 Gem pot that’s right under the door and break it. [Between 368-395 gems]

Backtrack to the main room and head towards the bottom right door, go right until you’re in the water room again, transform into monkey and climb through the passage above. Drop down and enter door.

Go through next door, fall down a little and transform into monkey. Fall down a little more and climb through the little tunnel you see on the right. Upon screen transition detransform immediately and zip out of the small tunnel. Enter door.

Break blocks to make a dragon head [tip: when you break the mouth you can break it all open without transforming into monkey like the game expects you do by using the Pike ball and being at the very edge of the first set of teeth] Kill the two Orcs in this room and collect Key 3. [10 gems]

Leave room, backtrack until you are in the room with the chains.

Climb up chains as monkey and climb up wall on the left. Keep climbing to enter a secret alcove. Break open the two pots, fall down and enter the locked door. [393 - 423 at best bare minimum depending on luck]

[OPTIONAL: If you feel you’re extremely low on gems, before heading into the locked door, drop down to the two 5 pots right under the door]

Beat Squid Baron [Learn 2 quick kill… or not]
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POST LAB 1:
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[You will pass 4 Orcs before warping out of the forest. 4 Orcs = 20 Gems]

Mash through text, head left until you see a tree branch you can jump onto as shantae, run along it and use the jumppad to go forward. Head to the screen on the left, making sure to climb up the tree in order to get the orc on one of the branches.

Transform into monkey, jump across log, open chest, get Jam #3. Fall in hole and leave.

Head right until you see the Warp Squid Statue. Warp to Lilac Fields.

[Should have between 420-450 Gems at this point]

Run left until you see a chest on top a pillar. Transform into monkey and jump up to it and open it to get Heart Holder #1.

Head left, pass town, keep going until you’re at a Warp Squid Statue. Talk to Bolo blocking the left screen to get 100 Gems

[should have 520-550 Gems at this point]

Activate Statue, head right and return to town.

Use jump pad to head back a layer, head right and enter shop.

SHOPPING TRIP 2:
Super Pike Ball 150 Gems 1 Jam
Fireball 30 Gems
Spitfire 50 Gems 1 Jam
Storm Puff 50 Gems

Attract Magic 100 Gems 1 Jam
OR
Magic Fill 150 Gems 1 Jam

Map 20 Gems (you can either buy it here or during Shopping Trip 3, really doesn’t matter where but you’ll have a huge excess of Gems here so it’s good to get it out of the way)

380 OR 430 Gems (depends on whether you bought attract magic or magic fill)

You’ll have about 110 left over if you bought Magic Fill, 160 if you bought Attract Magic, and minus 20 from both of those averages if you bought the Map too. Don’t spend anything on potions unless you wanna do some extra gem spots, you’ll need most of it for Shopping Trip 3.

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[Bare minimum from now on will assume you spent all you have regardless of how much you spent]

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PRE LAB 2:
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Exit Shop, backdash towards the 2nd jumppad heading backwards.

Head left until you get to Polyp Bay.

[IF YOU WANT TO HAVE POTIONS FOR LATE GAME: break open the chest right before entering Polyp bay for 12 gems, if you do that though you’ll have to transform into monkey right before entering, otherwise if you transform once you enter it’ll mess up totem pole pattern]

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Polyp Bay
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Transform into monkey, jump on the moving bars to get across, keep heading left until the music goes away again (right after the warp squid).

Break open both of the chests once you enter the screen [36 Gems bare minimum]

Break open the chest for Jam #4 before talking to the mayor, grab it after talking to him.

Head back to the warp squid statue, talk to it and warp to Pumpkin Patch.

[don’t forget to switch to Super/Mega pike ball, if you haven’t switched do so now!!!]

head left until you see a cave, enter it and collect Jam #5 [recommend duping the pots in this cave, you’ll need the magic and hearts!]

As monkey, climb up to where the scarecrow is throwing pumpkins at you. Keep heading left, past the save guy and into Baron Desert.

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Baron Desert
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Head left until you see a cave. Inside, head left and exit through the right end.

Head left some more, transforming into monkey to climb a platform or two, until you see another cave. Enter.

Head through the corridors until you see a divide in pathways, one way blocked by breakable blocks. Head the opposite direction. Transform into monkey once you see the cave and jump through a secret alcove blocked from sight by tree branches. You’ll see a 5 and a 12 gem pot. Dupe both. [70 gems bare minimum]

Exit cave, head left until you see a tent. Enter it and talk to Ammo Baron to give the Deed.

After exiting the tent get Jam #6 from the chest on the left of his tent.

Head back into cave and go back into the secret alcove blocked from sight by tree branches. You’ll see a 5 and a 12 gem pot. Dupe both. [94 gems bare minimum]

Go right and break the breakable blocks, fall down, there’s a longish passageway that leads towards a room a bunch of pots. Climb in it as monkey, dupe the 3 pots.
[162 gems at most bare minimum]

Once you dupe them, climb back up the hole and detransform. Zip out of the passageway then enter the next cave door.

Fall down and head into cave on the right. Keep heading right until you see Ammo Tower.

Do Tower twice. 2nd time don’t forget to collect Jam #7 before hitting the Magic Seal at the end.

[Average gems gained for bare minimum is 130 each trip. So bare minimum is around 421 Gems]

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POST LAB 2
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Exit Tower, head left ALL THE WAY until you see the Warp Squid Statue. Activate it and warp to Tangle Forest.

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Tangle Forest
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[You will pass 1 Orcs before learning elephant and 3 as you get the jams and head to forest warp. 4 Orcs = 20 Gems.]

Head left until you see a jumppad heading forward. Jump on it, then jump on the jumppad right next to you. Head right and into the cave.

Head through the corridors until you see a hole. Fall down, go through the door and learn to be an Elephant.

Break the blocks as elephant, jump up, and return to left door.


[IF YOU WANT TO HAVE POTIONS FOR LATE GAME: Instead of leaving immediately, once you get back up to the top jump on the very edge of the platform to the right of you. Charge twice, the second time jump right after you charge. If you time it right you should be able to jump across pretty easily. It’s slightly tricky to time but it’s not too hard with practice.

Charge through the blocks and either charge through the pots and charge back across the gap, or detransform and dupe both pots. Takes around 5-6 seconds if you don’t dupe them and gives you 24ish gems. If you do dupe them it’ll give you around 48 gems but you’ll have to transform into monkey or elephant and jump/charge back across gap. ]

Backtrack and exit the cave, using the Elephant to cut across any places that have blocks.

Exit the Elephant Cave, take the first jump pad towards the back layer and go left.

Go up the wall as monkey and enter cave.

Grab Jam #8, fall into pit and exit cave.

Fall/drop down, being sure to press the jump + down buttons as you go down to pass through branches. Also kill the two orcs as you drop down for 10 gems. Exit this area.

Head right through the next screen as elephant until you see a rock. Break it and enter cave.

Grab Heart Holder 2, exit cave.

Transform into monkey, climb up the tree above you then head left until you see a chest. Get Jam #9.

Head back to main screen, run left and jump onto the jumppad heading backwards.

Head right to the warp squid statue and warp to Baron Desert.

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Baron Desert
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Go right upon warping, break first rock you see and enter cave (switch pike ball to fireball while going past screen transition)

Use Fireball to burn branch down, open chest while transforming to monkey. get 12 gems.

[Bare minimum is 481]

Get Monkey Bullet!

Use Monkey bullet to land on the grey platform, face away from cave door, switch to Pike ball, use it to dupe 5 gem pot, then press the hair whip + backdash buttons simultaneously to slide off the platform and into the entrance.

[Bare minimum is 491 (if you get no hearts that is)]

Exit cave, transform into monkey and monkey bullet your way right. In the next area transform into monkey again and just head right.

Keep doing so until you see the cave on the right of battle tower. Enter it.

Jump/climb upwards and break the rock using Elephant.
Go inside, monkey bullet onto the platforms until you get high up, monkey bullet onto the chains, get Stomp, fall down onto the ground and exit area.

Monkey on up to the top of the area, monkey bulleting once you get to the top of the chain to the right of the spinny things and go into the cave door.

Go right and exit the cave.

Monkey bullet off the climbable ledge on the left from where you exited.

Keep heading left, until you see another wall. Monkey Bullet off it and get Jam #10.
Fall into the pit so you’re right back at the cave you entered.

Use Elephant to charge right until you see a rock. Break it and enter the cave.

Get Jam #11 using Pike Ball to hit the spike platform below you. Fall into pit and exit cave.

Head right to exit the desert until you are at the Pumpkin Fields warp. Warp to Tangle Forest

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Tangle Forest
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[You will pass 6 Orcs until you enter the Coffee Machine area. 6 Orcs = 30 Gems.]


Head left until you see a jumppad heading backwards, use it to head to the back layer.

Transform into an elephant and head right, past Lab 1 until you see a giant rock. Break it and enter.

Get the Coffee Beans inside (easier to jump across as monkey) Once you get the beans deathwarp back to entrance of the cave.

Transform again as an elephant and head left, pass Lab 1 again and break the rock with the hidden cave in it. Keep going until you see a chest. Open it and get the Coffee Machine.

Jump down nearest hole, and enter the cave that was under the rock you broke.

Use Spitfire to burn the tree, then monkey bullet over. Use Spitfire again to break the breakable blocks right next to the chest, then monkey bullet over to that passageway to get Jam #12.

Once you get the Jam do a wrong warp to Risky’s Lair.

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HERE’S HOW YOU WRONG WARP AT THIS LOCATION:
zip, land, backdash till you fall, land again, then walk left
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Once you successfully wrong warp, warp to Lilac Fields.

Head right and enter the first cave you see.

Transform into Elephant and use stomp to break the rocks above you and collect Jam #13.

Exit the cave and head all the way left until you’re back in town.

Talk to Sky for Coffee!!!

(either before or after Shopping Trip 3, just don’t forget to before you head to Mermaid Cliffs!!!! The building you need to go in is  and first door on the left after using the jumping pad to go towards the middle layer)

Time for SHOPPING TRIP 3:
Mega Pike Ball 300 Gems 2 Jams
Silky Creme 200 Gems 3 Jams
Map 20 Gems (if you didn’t buy it in shopping trip 2, you need to buy it here)

Attract Magic 100 Gems 1 Jam
OR
Magic Fill 150 Gems 1 Jam

600-670 Gems (if you bought Attract Magic first the buy Magic Fill, and vice versa) (also depends on whether you bought Map in Shopping Trip 2)

(consider buying 3 health potions for 25 gems and 3 magic potions for 40 gems if you aren’t doing Hypno Baron Quick kill, they really help and you should have enough for at least a couple of the potions)

[As with post shopping trip 2, bare minimum will assume you spent all you have regardless of how much you spend during the route]


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PRE LAB 3:
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[Something worth considering doing for gems: Every Mermaid drops 5 gems, and tend to respawn at times when you go far enough away from where they were sitting. The only issue is they have a slow death animation. Might help though if you’re low on gems towards the end]

Go on Jump Pad towards backmost layer, break rock guy

Just go aaaaallll the way right until you see a house.

Bring coffee to zombies, then leave and head back left until you see a warp.

Activate it, then go aaaallll the way back to where Lab 3 entrance is.

Activate Storm Puff in front of door, Set explosives, boom.
Enter.

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LAB 3
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Go forward until you are in the 2nd room with the eye. Hit the eye face down and enter the room.

Transform into monkey, jump into alcove, run until you hit a wall, jump up, detransform, and do a zip to reach the chest with the Top Half of the Skull.

Get half skull, drop down and get the gems on both the left and right  sides (DUPE)

[Bare minimum has 72 gems]

Drop down again and get Key 1.

On bottom floor get the gems in the pot (DUPE)

[Bare minimum has 108 gems]

Use the Elephant to charge through the passageway on the left blocked by rocks
and enter door to go back to the room with the one eye.

Hit the Eye to face up and enter the door.

Transform into monkey, bullet over and jump your way over to the door and unlock it.

In this room, kill all the skeletons and enter the next room.

After the save room, transform into monkey and bullet your way right, go up, bullet your way left, go up, and bullet your way right and enter the door.

In vertical room, go up to the top, then go right, hit the eye shut and enter the door next to it.

Monkey Bullet to the right, go through that door, defeat the enemies, get Key 2, go back to room where you shut the Eye, and enter the door on the left.

Break the gargoyle rock as elephant, use key.

In the next room transform into monkey and climb over to the other side. Be sure to break/dupe the 2nd pot for moneys

[Bare minimum has 123 gems]

After save room, break pot on the left

[Bare minimum has 133 gems]

Jump onto the eyeball moving platform once it’s facing up. Immediately transform into monkey, and climb through spikes, jump onto non spike walls once your sprite is right below the line on the background column, the one that’s right below the non spikey wall. (You’ll want to jump right after you take damage, because if you take damage mid jump it’ll stop the jump dead in its tracks)

There will be two Eyeballs right above a door. You will be coming back to this room a lot but for now leave both of the Eyes facing right and enter the door.

Transform into monkey, grab onto the small wall right near the moving eye platform (NOT the one right below it!) and bullet over to the platform with spikes on it.

Wait either on the wall or the chain for the eye on the moving eye platform to face right, land on it and use it to get to the next platform on the other side. Climb onto the right wall of the platform you’re standing on and bullet over to that long platformish wall.

Use the right side of that wall to bullet to the platform with the breakable blocks. Detransform, use Pike Balls to break them all, transform BACK into Monkey and use the wall of the platform you’re on to bullet over to the next one.

On that platform, grab onto the right side and bullet over to the chest (make sure you’re not too high or else the wall will make you fall)

Open chest for Key 3. Fall into the pit and exit this room.

Hit both eyes down and enter the room.

Fall all the way down on the left side to get Key 4.
Slowly use platforms to go back to the entrance of this room and exit.

Hit both eyes to face left and enter the room.

Grab onto the top of the purple platform right near entrance and monkey bullet left. Hold the control stick right once you see the 2nd block platform on the bottom so you grab onto it from the left side (or just hold the stick the whole time to be safe and land on top of it.

Bullet left onto the next platform. Go to the left side of the wall above the platform above you, grab on the bottom of it, and bullet left.

Go on the wall of the other side of that platform and bullet left again. Climb up it and bullet right onto the wall next to you. Go onto the spikes on the side of the previous wall, take damage and quickly bullet left.

Climb up and grab onto the left side of the wall next you and bullet left.

Open Chest for Key 5, fall in pit, exit room.

Hit the Eyes up and enter the room.

Transform into monkey and use the eyeball platforms to go all the way to the top of the room using the monkey’s abilities as necessary. Open the chest for Key 6, fall down to the pot right below and dupe it. Afterwards fall down and hug the left wall all the way to the bottom and exit the room.

[Bare minimum has 169 gems]

Hit the right eye to face down and enter the room.

Get Jam #14, break all the medium and big pots on the sides for that money (DUPE), leave. (133 gems)

[Bare minimum has 302 gems]

Hit left eye to face right and right eye to face left, enter room.

Dupe money from all the pot (360 Gems), keep going right until you enter a room with 4 eyeball statues.

[Bare minimum has 662 gems]

Take pic or write down pattern, exit the area and go back to room with the 2 eyes

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My photo strats: Before the run, turn the 3ds on and on camera until you reach that room, take a pic once you get to that room, then quickly shift to photos and videos while you’re backdashing back to the main room.
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Hit the left eye to face left and hit the right eye to face right and enter the room.

Hit the 4 eyeballs in this room to match the 4 eyeballs in the other room you were in, and enter the door.

Run left until you see water, jump into into it to reach the other side of the wall.

Learn Mermaid then go into the underwater passageways to reach the entrance. Detransform and exit the room.

Go all the way back to the room with the eyes that open and close.

Close the eye right near door you just came out of and enter the door on right side of the room.

Grab all the gems!!!! (108 Gems) Exit the room.
[Bare minimum has 770 gems]

Hit eye next to door you came out of to open it, enter the room on the left.

Transform into monkey, walk off ledge and grab the wall right below it, bullet left, transform into elephant when you see the rocks and enter the door at the end. (Note: Might be faster to stay as elephant and land on the moving platform below before entering the door but it’s much safer and barely any slower to just stay as Shantae)

Transform into mermaid to get on the other side of the water, enter the door at the end.

Transform into monkey and navigate through the small passages to get the bottom half of Skull. Transform into Monkey again and go back to the door and exit the room.

Upon returning to water room go into secret passage for Gem duping. (61 gems)

[Bare minimum has 820 gems]

Jump in the water while hugging the right wall to be able to get into the lower passageway. Swim back to door and exit the room.

Transform into monkey and grab onto the left wall and climb until you’re hidden in the orange leaves. Bullet right and grab onto the platform, jump to the other side of said platform and climb down until you’re right below the wall on the right, then bullet right and exit this room.

Fall down to the bottom and exit this room too.

Transform into monkey, bullet your way left, go down, bullet your way right, go down and either bullet left to enter the save room and make a safety save or enter the room with the skull key symbol over it.

Beat Hypno Baron, get seal 3!

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POST LAB 3
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[Something worth considering doing for gems: Every Mermaid drops 5 gems, and tend to respawn at times when you go far enough away from where they were sitting. The only issue is they have a slow death animation. Might help though if you’re low on gems]

Head left until you see a hole in a bridge.

Transform into mermaid, jump in the hole then swim down, left, down into a small passageway, down again, right, down through a passageway until you see a little outlet going down, then head left to enter a secret passageway.

Transform into Elephant, break the rocks you see on your left and open the 3 chests for gems [Bare minimum has 856 gems]. Detransform, then transform into monkey to climb up. Transform into elephant again to stomp the rocks down. Collect the first Golden Baby Squid then exit the passageway.

Go back through passageway and swim all the way up until you are on the bridge, this time keep left as you’re swimming up.

[OPTIONAL SHOPPING TRIP HERE: Only go if you feel like you’ll need more potions, otherwise, buy the rest right before the end, you should have close to 999 by then.]
Head back to town and go to the shop for:

SHOPPING TRIP OPTIONAL:
Super Silky Crème 300 Gems 3 Jams
Mega Puff 125 Gems 1 Jam
Flamethrower 300 Gems 2 Jams
725

For the last trip just buy the Crush Puff]

Exit shop, head towards the Lilac Fields Warp, and warp to Tangle Forest

[You can warp to Mermaid Cliffs first then Tangle Forest if you want, order really doesn’t matter]

[You will pass 7 Orcs while in Tangle Forest. 7 Orcs = 35 Gems.]

Use a Jumppad to head backwards and run to Lab 1.

Just head right until you’re at the room with the water in it

Transform into mermaid and swim downwards until you see a passageway to the left. Enter it to collect Jam #15

Backtrack to the Tangle Forest Warp and warp to Mermaid Cliffs.


Head right until you see another hole in a bridge.

Bullet your way through the floating poles until you see a cave. Enter this cave.

Transform into mermaid and go into the water. Go down, right, down, and left until you enter a secret passageway.

Jump on the platform and jump into the pool on the other side. Swim all the way over until you get to the second Golden Baby Squid.

From platform near squid, backdash in the water so you go right under it. Transform into mermaid and leave cave.

warp to Seaside Retreat.

Head right until you’re at the first hole in the bridge you see.

Swim left, down, right, then up into the secret passageway for the last Golden Baby Squid.

Surface and head right.

Monkey bullet through the totem poles until you see a cave. Enter it.

Monkey bullet through this cave until you’re at a chest. Open it for Jam #16

After collecting the jam, fall to your death, exit cave, and head right until you see your house.

Talk to Sky and Bolo then talk to the Squid Baron for Mermaid Bubble.

Transform into mermaid, and jump off the left side of the bridge.

Go down, take 2nd right through passageway, then right again into the cave area.

Get Heart Holder, return to surface, go right, past town and until you see Lab 3. Enter.

In the 2nd room hit the Eye up, then continue through the rooms until you’re at the area with the eyes you can open and close.

Close eye on the right, go through door on the left.

In the room right after the room where you have to break the gargoyle head to pass, dupe the 5 pot near the left door, you’ll have to detransform right near there anyways.

Go through the rest of the rooms rooms until you are back at the vertical room with the two eyes up top.

[IF YOU’RE REALLY LOW ON GEMS AT THIS POINT: Hit the left eye to face right and the right eye to face left and enter the door.

Dupe a room or two of pot for gems (36-108 Gems), exit.]

Hit the left eye to face left and the right eye to face right and enter the door.

When you’re at the room where you learned mermaid, go in water and swim all the way around until you’re near the door. You’ll see a fishface-like rock. Blow it up.

Do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-4AZihtTUY for Jam #17

Backtrack to the Exit. As you do there’s 2 5 pots you can dupe that you’ll pass by on the way, one in the room right after the first save room you’ll pass, and one right before you go by the first eye in the dungeon.

Leave and return to town. If you don’t have at least 975 Gems yet grind mermaids, each one gives 5 gems. Otherwise head to shop fooooooorrrrrr:

SHOPPING TRIP 4:
Super Silky Crème 300 Gems 3 Jams
Mega Puff 125 Gems 1 Jam
Crush Puff 250 Gems 2 Jams
Flamethrower 300 Gems 2 Jams

975 Gems

Go to Lilac Fields, Warp to Risky’s Lair

Fight Risky Boobs!!!!