Fable Anniversary Any% Text Guide - Beginner Friendlier Route

[INTRODUCTION / SETTINGS]
- This guide will solely be for the context of Steam runs.
- It is highly advised you include "-nomovies" in Launch Options under Properties -> General, as this disallows movie files from playing, saving more than 30 seconds through the run itself, as well as the Lionhead, Microsoft, and Unreal logo videos when launching the game.
- It is also highly recommended that, if you're playing with keyboard and mouse, to have a compatible controller such as Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series, etc. plugged in, and have the left analog stick held forward with a rubber band or hair tie to a walking tilt as this will allow you to ensure you are always using Assassin Rush in the direction your camera is facing. If you're moving in the menus as a result of having the stick tied down, it's being pushed too far up.
- The only capture quality requirement is that the game is visible for the entire run. Dropped frames / video stutters are understandable; it happens sometimes. :)
- Gameplay settings: Subtitles and Tutorials need to be turned off to make mashing through dialogue faster and disable extra pop ups. Everything else should be configured per your own preference.
- Keybindings can only be changed when you've loaded into the game and can be set per your preference, though I personally recommend rebinding Block to a key as opposed to Middle Mouse Button, as well as the menu navigation buttons.
- I have minimal experience with Fable 2/3 inspired controls for controller users, but if it's comfortable for you, then more power to you. Just be aware of the amount of Magic that will be used in this run as it is a lot.

[GAME LANGUAGE]
- Game language can be changed in the Steam version by simply right-clicking the game in Steam and going to Properties -> Language and selecting preferred language.
- Prison Dialogue Times in Different Languages Are
- French: 3:16.06
- German: 3:36.31
- Spanish: 3:40.45
- Japanese: 3:40.79
- Italian: 3:46.53
- English: 3:50.23
- Russian: Text Only, English voice acting
- Traditional Chinese: Text Only, English voice acting
- Korean: Text Only, English voice acting
- Portuguese - Brazil: Text Only, English voice acting

[BEFORE YOU START]
- When making a profile for runs, make sure the game is freshly booted and immediately save after making the profile to avoid any potential save file corruption.
- Get a feel for the core movement tech by rolling in laps around Oakvale. This won't be mastered overnight, and is understandably more difficult on controller than on keyboard and mouse due to the precision keyboard and mouse offer in comparison.
- Do not reset unless you know your run is irredeemable, especially if you are just starting to run the game. If you feel you must reset, quit to the main menu and then load your 00h00m save to help prevent anything from carrying over from the previous attempt.

[CHILDHOOD]
- As at the time of writing this, there is no auto start for Fable Anniversary in LiveSplit, the timer should be started when the first load screen finishes/at the black screen after.
- Go backwards, roll to Bully, punch 4 times.
- Straight down hill, give teddy bear to girl by pressing 1 (hold Right Trigger and pressing Up on the D-Pad) which is marginally faster than just interacting with her.
- Speak to Brom, then speak with cheating husband behind the house.
- Accept bribe (Guards will now chase you when you are nearby - if caught, this loses ~3-5 seconds)
- Speak to Trader and get Chocolates, straight towards Theresa
- Give Theresa the chocolates, then trigger the raid cutscene
- Follow path to Brom, finishes quest

[GUILD TRAINING]
- Speak to the Guildmaster at the Melee ring.
- Use your Stick on the beetles, don't swing randomly, try to get as many in a single hit as possible.
- Attack phase of melee: moving forward before swings will help prevent whiffs.
- Block phase: maintaining a hard target helps a lot here! Roll-Block-Roll-Block-Roll-Block-Block-Roll-Block.
- Fight = optimally you'd hit her 3-4 times, she'd flip towards you, then you hit her again 4-3 times.
- Ranged: After hitting Dummies, during test hit Guildmaster 4x with Bow. You'll need to adjust your 3rd person aim slightly to the left in Anniversary for some reason.
- Will: CAST LIGHTNING TO START THE TIMER, then hit the Guildmaster 4x with Bow.
- Maze: Sword = Hit 7x, Arrows = Hit 7x, Lightning = Hit 7x.
- When you reach Lightning phase, keep your bow out and hard target Maze immediately and do not move from the spot you're in. Optimal reset lightning timing is 1 strike roughly every half second.

[WASP MENACE]
- Take "Wasp Menace", leave Guild.
- Movement = Rush then roll, get a feel for the timing.
- Pure Keyboard and Mouse: You will Rush either towards where you're facing, or towards whatever living NPC you're targeting.
- Pure Controller: When moving in a direction, you will Rush in that direction. When stationary, you will Rush in the direction you're facing, or towards the nearest living target.
- Keyboard and Mouse + Controller tied down: you will Rush where ever your camera is facing.
- Go to Picnic Area.
- Use Lightning on the first Wasp, pull your bow out to increase target range, then do the same to the rest - the game should automagically swap targets when a wasp dies and should do so quickly.
- Charge Bow while Wasp Queen is summoning wasps.
- Making sure she doesn't strafe to your left will make sure she spawns Wasps sooner than later.
- You can roll while continuing to hold your charging arrow while rolling to dodge oncoming Wasps that fly over the sundial.
- Wait for her to spawn more wasps (health threshold), then finish with sword.

[MENU MANIPULATION]
- Steam runners will need to use keyboard and mouse for Menu Manipulation in these next two spots, but you can switch back to controller when done if preferred.
- Talk to the Trader by the gate, Buy 214 Green Apples and 1 Will Potion if you didn't get freebies from Wasps.
- Menu Manipulate to sell 214 Green Apples -> Res Phials, Health Potions, and Will Potions
- Buy back 214 Will Potions, Wedding Ring, Fishing Rod, and Spade
- MM sell 214 Green Apples -> Wedding Ring, exit menu, talk to Maze.
- Port back to Guild.
- Go to EXP platform
- This bit is complicated and will take time to get used to, but will make the speedrun so much easier and faster for you.

	- Reset = refund and buy back
	- MM = Menu Manipulate

	- Speed 1
	- Accuracy 2
	- Fireball 1
	- MM Battle Charge (or Force Push if you don't have enough for BC) -> Enflame
	- Reset Speed 1

	- Refund Fireball
	- MM Fireball -> Enflame
	- Reset Speed 1

	- Refund Enflame once
	- MM Physical Shield -> Magic Power 4 times
	- MM Magic Power -> Physical Shield 4 times
	- MM Speed -> Accuracy 1
	- Reset Speed 1

	- Enflame 3
	- Force push 2
	- Summon 1

	- Berserk 3
	- Assassin Rush 3
	- Multi Arrow 1
	- MM Speed -> Accuracy
	- Reset Speed

	- Physical Shield
	- Physique 5
	- Assassin Rush 4
	- Multi Arrow 2
	- Magic Power 4
	- MM Speed -> Accuracy
	- Reset Speed

	- Enflame 4
	- MM Magic Power -> Enflame 7 times
	- MM Magic Power -> Physical Shield once
	- Physical Shield 2
	- Magic Power 5
	- Vertical MM Fireball -> Berserk 4
	- Refund Speed once

- Congrats! You've made it past the most complicated menu in the run! :)
- Buy Master Greatsword, Master Longbow, and Will Potions (safety net) from the Guild shop
- Equip those weapons and bind spells where you want them
- Take Protect Orchard Farm and Boast to teleport you outside
- Spam Backspace (B) to exit the boast window, then go to Orchard Farm through Greatwood Lake

[PROTECT ORCHARD FARM]
- Have Multi Strike applied before having a Combat Multiplier for an easy Flourish on Whisper
- Enflame the 3 Bandit waves
- Attack Whisper with the Multi Strike, and immeditately Flourish after to initialize her health bar, and instantly win.

[TRADER ESCORT]
- Go to Greatwood Cullis Gate
- In Greatwood Gorge, Force Push the toll bandit, Enflame him *as he's standing back up*, and use Summon for a Summon Transfer
- Warp to the Guild when you reach Greatwood Cullis Gate, take Trader Escort quest, warp back to Greatwood Cullis Gate, then go to Darkwood.
- Hard target infected trader with your bow and kill him with Multi Arrow
- You want to skip waiting for the traders at Darkwood Camp and just go to Ancient Cullis Gate ASAP
- Kill the Earth Troll in Darkwood Weir

[FIND THE BANDIT SEERESS]
- Talk to Maze in Oakvale, then go to Clifftop Path
- Summon clip into Abandoned Road
- Warp to Guild when you reach Twinblade's Camp
- Take Find the Bandit Seeress quest and warp back to Twinblade's Camp
- Summon clip into the camp
- Summon clip into Twinblade's Elite Camp, or kill/pay the bandit by the barrels for a pass.
- Summon clip into Twinblade's Tent, or pay the Assassin.
- Twinblade should honestly be a breeze because you're so overpowered, but make sure you're already Berserked when he jams his swords in the ground.
- Go back out to Elite Camp to finish the quest.

[FIND THE ARCHAEOLOGIST]
- Go back to the Guild, and use Force Push at the bottom of Maze's tower to trigger his cutscene, or just go upstairs as normal.
- Warp to Witchwood Cullis Gate
- Skip Rock Troll and go to Witchwood Stones
- If you're not sure which stones are which, interact with them to be sure, but hit them in the order H - I - T - S.
- You can clip the Demon Door here, but the time saved when done optimally is only 5-8 seconds.

[WHITE BALVERINE]
- Go straight to Knothole Glade, then warp back to Guild
- Take the White Balverine quest, and warp back to Knothole Glade
- The first 4 Balverines here will not spawn if their spawn point is on camera
- They also die to Enflame
- Use Multi Strike and Force Push on White Balverine to run out the hit counters
- Apply Silver Augmentation to your Master Longbow when you get it
- The last hit counter only needs Multi Strike - make sure White Balverine is off camera to trigger the cutscene sooner
- You can use the last charge of Multi Arrow to one shot the White Balverine - unironically, aim at his right butt-cheek
- If this does not kill, just kill him with whatever else
- If it does kill, wait for the 2 cutscenes before trying to warp back to Knothole Glade

[THE ARENA]
- Go back to the Guild, take The Arena, warp back to Knothole Glade
- Go to the Arena
- Buy all Augmentations from shop, apply the Sharpernings and Piercing to your Greatsword, and the Silver to your Master Longbow
- You'll want to spam Force Push for Combat Multiplier as there are still upgrades you'll want for the rest of the run - anywhere from 80-100+ should be fine by the end of Bandits
- Most enemies before Trolls can be killed solely with Enflame.
- Use regular arrows to 1 shot White Balverines
- Make a save at the beginning of the Wasp round, carry on through to Bandits, then go to the cells before Earth Trolls.
- Talk to Al again to go back into the Arena, make a new save, then load the auto save.
- Perform a load warp into Arena Entrance using the Wasp round save, talk to Al to enter the Arena again, then perform another load warp into the cells using the Earth Trolls save.
- Skip cutscenes and talk to Roth to skip announcer dialogue for each round.

[RESCUE THE ARCHAEOLOGIST]
- Warp to Barrow Fields, then go to Grey House, then warp to Guild
- Take Rescue the Archaeologist quest then EXP platform
- Max Physique, Force Push, Multi Arrow, and Magic Power - you can also get Slow Time 1 to make two spots easier
- Warp to Bowerstone South, and go to Bowerstone North
- Buy Solus Greatsword, equip it, then go to the quest
- Kill the Dreadwing (curly staff) minion to dispel barrier
- You can kill only the two Minions near the Archaeologist if you're fast enough - Slow Time helps with this
- Otherwise, just kill any on the dock until the quest completes

[THE GRAVEYARD PATH]
- Warp to Guild then recall back to Prison Path and go to Lychfield Graveyard
- !!!Get Nostro's Helmet BEFORE talking to the gravekeeper!!!
- Dig up sword, open the sarcophagus across the bridge for the armor, and fish in the river for the shield
- Make a save in Old Graveyard Path
- Undead need to be in the circle to be vulnerable - the final three you can kill individually, use Enflame + Force Push to cancel the knockdown then followup with a second Enfalem, or use Slow Time and Enflame twice

[RESCUE SCARLET ROBE]
- Use Enflame to kill the Undead in the first barrier room
- Use Enflame to kill the Undead in the second barrier room

[PRISON ESCAPE]
- Sit and chill
- You can lose the first race if you need to poop really quick or something and not lose a bunch of time - otherwise, just do things as normal
- After getting your belongings back and have mother in tow, make a save in Underground Passage and load the Old Graveyard Path save.
- Perform a load warp into Lychfield Graveyard using the Underground Passage save

[RETURN TO HOOK COAST]
- Warp to Barrow Fields, and go to Ancient Cullis Gate
- Enflame the Undead to fill the bar - prioritize the big ones as they contribute more
- Go to abbey to trigger cutscene, then warp to the Guild and go to Maze's Tower
- Take book from table and go to the Guildmaster, then warp back to Hook Coast
- Maze fight explanation will be linked in guide, but if it's your first run, just use Berserk and Multi Strike and do everything as normal
- If he applies Physical Shield, he'll use Enflame which you can dodging using Assassin Rush or just refill your mana as needed

[TRY TO STOP JACK OF BLADES]
- Warp to Guild, step on Cullis Gate
- Just do everything as normal here

[BATTLE JACK OF BLADES]
- Focus on Dreadwing (curly staff) minions in Jack's minion phase, then the Wardogs
- Jack should go straight to his second phase after a Berserked Multi Strike hit with Solus
- Use Multi Arrow on final phase
- If playing on console, kill Theresa for the evil needed for Berserk 4

[PROPHETS OF THE FIRE HEART]
- Wait for the cutscene in Memorial Garden before warping to the Guild and going to Lookout Point
- You can unlock your movement speed by holding the block key when skipping the cutscene
- Puzzles can be solved with these directions
- 1: Right, Right, Right, Up, Up, Left, Down, Left
- 2: Right, Right, Right, Up, Up, Left, Left
- 3: Up, Up, Right, Up, Right, Down, Left, Down, Down, Right, Up, Right, Up, Left, Left, Down
- 4: Up, Up, Right, Up, Right, Down, Left, Down, Down, Right, Right, Up, Up, Down, Down
- 5: Up, Up, Up, Down, Up, Right, Right, Down, Down, Down, Right, Up, Down

[SHIP OF THE DROWNED]
- You can use Slow Time (if learned), then Berserk + Multi Strike the first summoner, then just Berserk and Multi Strike the other two
- Enflame can damage them through their charge-up attack.

[ORACLE OF SNOWSPIRE]
- Roll away from the Ice Troll to avoid it using the ice trail attack for long, then just damage it
- It will punch 12-13 times before it can be killed after you've hit its health barrier
- Go to Archon's Shrine, then Snowspire
- After the cutscene, warp to Archon's Shrine, go back to Northern Foothills, then Necropolis
- Dig the middle grave in the first area, go across the bridge, then dig the first two graves on your left
- If for any reason you need to reload, choose the *auto save*, not the checkpoint - loading the checkpoint will randomize the grave names' locations.
- If you do load the accidentally checkpoint, read the graves and look for the names, George W., I. Lovett, and T. Fung.
- Quest completion occurs after the 2 summoners and 2 minions have been killed

[COLLECTING AN ARENA SOUL]
- Warp to Snowspire and go to Scythe
- Warp to Archon's Shrine, then Knothole Glade
- Kill Thunder with 2 Berserk + Multi Strike hits
- Hit him with Lightning or an arrow if he starts his own lightning attack

[COLLECTING A HEROINE SOUL]
- Use Force Push to trigger the Briar fight
- Force Push MAX twice should kill her clones and reveal the real one, but sometimes it just won't
- Berserk + Multi Strike the real Briar, and repeat as she changes phases

[COLLECTING THE OLDEST SOUL]
- Warp to Lychfield Graveyard, and go to Old Graveyard Path
- Go all the way across the bridge, warp to the Guild, then recall back - this should place you at the door to Circle of the Dead
- Nostro is damageable after killing one of the Undead
- Use Berserk + Multi Strike to kill Nostro

[THE FINAL BATTLE]
- Warp back to Archon's Shrine
- You should be able to spam attacks and Multi Strike while Berserked for Dragon Jack
- Refill mana and reapply Physical Shield as needed after his chomps
- If you don't 1-cycle, try to use Multi Arrow to kill him when he moves to a side of the platform
- GG