KH1 Level 1 Any% Notes

*Equipping potions on Sora is optional (you really want them equipped for oogie manor though). If you're brave enough to not use potions until you get Cure then you can omit parts of menus that put potions on him. Be sure to take items from party members when stated though.*

Dive to the Heart

- Pick Staff, Sacrifice Shield
- Midday/Night EXP Route

After Shadows 2:
- Equip EXP Zero on Sora
- Change Camera in Configuration if desired

Traverse Town I

- Elixir chest in Hotel

After picking up elixir:
- Equip 2 Hi-Potions on Sora (optional)

After Guard Armor:
- Exchange Goofy's Ether to Sora
- Stock all of Donald and Goofy's Potions (and equip potions on Sora if needed)
- Equip Dodge Roll on Sora
- Set HP and MP recovery items to immediately on Donald and Goofy's customize

- Exit Through Accessory Shop

Olympus Coliseum

- Get Thunder and leave

Deep Jungle

After Sabor I:
- Remove 1st, 2nd, and 4th abilities on Tarzan
- Stock Tarzan's Items
- Equip Potions on Sora (optional)

- Touch save in Tunnel after jumping down
- Jungle Slider to Camp and collect slides
- Mythril Shard chest in Tent
- Save warp from tent to tunnel
- Get Mega-Ether chest right after first save warp
- Tunnel -> Vines 2 -> Treehouse -> Jungle Slider -> Tent
- Thunder spam for Powerwilds, save warp from tent to tunnel after first fight, use ether as late as possible
- Sabor II
- Purple Fruit
- Clayton
- Take right path in Waterfall Cavern to open 3rd and 4th chests (mythril and orichalcum)

Wonderland

- Use thunder on first Heartless wave and get Evidence
- Heal when needed against Crank Tower
- Elixir in Tea Party Garden (Read sign twice and sit in top right chair)
- Thunder spam against Trickmaster in between combos

Traverse Town II

- Blizzard spam on Yellow Operas in Alleyway and talk to Leon twice
- Go to Magician's Study and get the Blue Trinity after talking to Merlin for a Mega-Ether
- Save warp to Accesory Shop and sell everything but green healing Items to Cid
- Save warp back to Magician's Study and talk to Merlin
- Open path to 1st District from 3rd District, then talk to Cid in Small House
- Buy Fira-G and Haste-G from Cid and leave Traverse Town
- Edit Gummi Ship to have Fira-G and Haste-G

Agrabah

- TOUCH SAVE POINT and open Megalixir chest in Aladdin's House
- Mega-Ether chest in the next room
- Use Simba for Rescue Aladdin fight
- Save Warp to Aladdin's House from Storage Room

Before Bazaar:
- Swap Donald for Aladdin
- Take Aladdin's Items
- Equip Jungle King on Sora
- Remove 2nd ability on Aladdin

- Mega-Ether chest on the way to Pot Centipede before/after Bazaar

- Pot Centipede:	     HAVE FUN &
- Cave of Wonders Guardian:   DON'T DIE!

- Elixir chest on the way to Jafar

Before Jafar:
- Blizzard over Thunder on Customize
- Equip Ray of Light

- Jafar:
- 2 hits + Blizzard, then aerial combos for 1st phase, 2 hits + Blizzard, a few aerial combos, then Fire spam. Finish him off with aerial hits after out of MP
- Genie Jafar: Use Blizzards on Genie Jafar and aerial combos on Iago
- Die in Cave of Wonders Escape

Monstro

- Chamber 3 Skip and head to Parasite Cage I
- Aerial combos on Parasite Cage I, use Fire with damage storage if loop breaks

After Getting High Jump:
- Equip High Jump on Shared
- Equip cheer on Goofy

- Aerial combos on Parasite Cage II
- Use Fire with Damage Storage if Parasite Cage topples over
- Warp to Monstro, get Watergleam, then leave

Halloween Town

After Jack joins the Party:
- Take Jack's Ethers
- Equip 3 potions/hi-potions on Jack
- Equip 3 Ethers on Sora

- Blizzara spam in Graveyard, then use a Ether after the fight (3, 2, 5)
- If you don't get White Mushrooms when revisiting Graveyard, kill 1st Wight Knight, then kill other 2 with Blizzara x5 spam
- Use a Ether during Tombstone mini-game, then go back to Lab after getting Jack-in-the-Box
- Hope you don't get Black Fungus in Moonlight Hill on the way to Oogie's Manor and kill Heartless with Blizzara spam

After entering Oogie Manor area (before enemies spawn):
- Equip 2 potions and 1 ether on Sora
- Use Ether to refill Sora's MP

- Hit a Search Ghost until Max MP after climbing the Manor, hotkey Ether then go fight Lock, Shock, & Barrel
- Lock, Shock, & Barrel: Blizzara spam and use an Ether when at 1MP

After LSB:
- Replace Donald with Jack at Save Point
- Equip all item slots on party with potions (except donald)

- Oogie Boogie: Gargoyles with single Blizzara, aerial combo on gargoyles for damage storage, finish off gargoyles with blizzara, then summon Genie for oogie
- Oogie's Manor: Destroy 1st and 2nd globs with combos and fires
- 5 combos/15 hits + Fira x7/Blizzara x7 for 3rd, 4th and 5th Shadow Globs
- Destroy 2nd to last glob and then kill previous glob with fires from a distance to not spawn enemies
- Combos 7th Glob and gargoyles then finish with fires
- Return to 4th and 3rd globs and destroy them

Neverland

Before AntiSora:
- Take Peter's Ethers
- Make sure you have  at least 1 ether on Sora
- Unequip 2nd and 3rd abilities on Peter Pan
- Customize Stop over Blizzara (optional, but makes AntiSora less annoying)

- Anti-Sora: (Pray he doesn't go underground) Up to 4 hits and use stop on him in right corner near door where fight starts (Make sure you use stops in the air for fastest possible cooldown)
*Do not do 5 or more hits before the first stop or he will auto counter and you'll advance the fight beyond the point of stop looping him to death*
- Do a full air combo and then another stop (damage storage will make this one last longer)
- Do 2 full air combos and then use a stop in the air, repeat until out of MP
- When out of MP, do 1 full air combo, use an ether, and use a stop in the air
- Do 2 full air combos (or 3 if your combos are super fast) and aerial stop, repeat that until antisora is defeated
- If you fail the stop strat, use air combos in increments of 5 hits to loop to death

After Antisora:
- Customize Gravity over Stop

- Touch save point, then go through Captain's Cabin to go to the forced fight
- Replace Goofy with Peter Pan
- Pirate Ship Heartless:
- Gravity on pirate mob that spawns closest to you in first wave, finish with physical combos
- Gravity on closest air pirate at start of 2nd phase, finish with phyiscal combos
- Use Stop on Battleship, Gravity x2, combos to finish off Battleship, then kill off Air Pirates
- Go to a save point after the forced fight, Menu, then go back out through Captain's Cabin and fight Captain Hook

After Forced Fight/Before Hook:
- Replace Donald with Goofy at Save Point
- Have at least 1 ether on Sora
- Equip Peter Pan and Goofy with as many potions as possible
- Stop over Gravity in Customize

- Captain Hook: 1 aerial combo, Stop, 2 aerial combos, Stop, repeat until 1MP and use Ether
- Try to stop the airship and hook together to regain MP as quick as possible
- Do your best to stop loop Hook to death

- Hit Clock 3 times
- Get Flare-G chest

After Hook:
Equip Glide on Shared
Equip Fairy Harp on Sora

Traverse Town III

- Enter Traverse Town through 1st District
- Bell tower fight with simba/blizzara
- Guard Armor: Full combo, then Thunder spam until you have 2 MP
- Opposite Armor: Deflect 1st attack with aerial hit, do a few aerial combos, then Genie
 - After Genie is gone, finish off remaining parts with aerial combos and Thunders
- Go back to First District, talk to Cid in 1st District then save warp to Merlin's House
- Talk to Fairy Godmother to get Dumbo, talk to Merlin to get Spellbinder
- Leave through Save
- Equip Flare-G and go to Hollow Bastion

Hollow Bastion I

After Beast joins the Party:
- Take Beast's Ethers
- Equip 2 ethers and 1 elixir on Sora

- Cast stop and then gravity x2 on defender to defeat, gain back MP with physical combos while stopped. Examine switch.
- Touch save point in Waterway, despawn Darkballs, then go fight Riku
- Bait Riku into a corner near the water fountain and try to 3-hit combo loop him to death
- Collect Emblem Pieces
- Haste2-G with Wyvern movement
- Do aerial hits on Wizards without doing finishers, then get Blue Trinity after getting off Elevator
- Get Royal Crown, use Dumbo in Great Crest, then go fight Maleficent

Before Maleficent:
- Equip Spellbinder and Royal Crown on Sora
- Use Cottage (make sure to do this last so you heal the full 8 MP)

- Maleficent: Do a combo on Maleficent, then use stop with damage storage
- Repeat 2 full air combos and a stop until out of MP and then use an elixir
- Use 1 full air combo, stop, and then 2 full air combos plus stop and repeat until dead

- Dragon Maleficent: Use Stop after her 1st attack, full aerial combo, Stop again
- Use 2 air combos + Stop and repeat until out of MP
- Use 3 air combos + Stop and repeat to hopefully kill dragon mal

After Dragon Mal:
- Equip Cheer on Donald
- Gravity over Stop in Customize

- Riku 2

Traverse Town IV

- Talk to Cid in 1st Visit > 2nd district > Alleyway
- Go to Secret Waterway through Alleyway, go get Mushu from Fairy Godmother, talk to Cid, leave world
- Equip Haste2-G on Ship and go to Purple Warp Hole back to Hollow Bastion

Hollow Bastion II

- Get Megalixir chest in Rising Falls, then use Dumbo in Castle Gates
- Summon Simba right when Heartless spawns on the Elevator, charge Proud Roar to LV3, then fully charge Proud Roar
- Use Dumbo in Great Crest again, touch save point in Castle Chapel, then go fight Behemoth
- Behemoth: Full combo, heal Donald and Goofy, then Genie

End of the World

- Either spam Gravity on Invisibles or run back, use Stop twice, then Gravity spam while making sure you have 2 MP for the next fight
- Summon Simba for Angel Stars
- Pick up elixir after 2nd forced fight

Before Arch Behemoth:
- Equip 3 Ethers and use a Cottage

- Get the Cottage chest in Final Dimension, then go fight Arch Behemoth
- Use a Gravity at the beginning, full combo, then a few gravitys into genie summon to kill Arch Behemoth
- Touch save point, use Simba in World Terminus (Olympus Coliseum) with a 2-charge Proud Roar (3 charges to be safe), then 3 fully charged Proud Roars to clear room
- Firaga x6 spam on first Sheltering Zone, use an Ether (make sure you're at 5MP), Firagas on remaining Sheltering Zones, Gravity on a Aquatanks, Firaga spam x3 on all enemies
- Get Megalixir chest in World Terminus (100 Acre Wood), touch save point, then enter World Terminus (Hollow Bastion)
- Spam Gravity on Invisibles, get Elixir chests after last 2 Invisibles, use Ether if you have less than 3 MP, then go fight Chernabog
- Chernabog: Full combo + Mushu

After Chernabog:
- Equip 2 Elixirs and 1 ether on Sora
- Equip 2 Mega-ethers on Donald
- Equip 2 Mega-Ethers on Goofy

- Spam Gravity until you have 3 MP, heal Donald, do a single hit and then full combo, summon Genie for Arch Behemoth shortly after Donald heals goofy (you won't get the mega-ether from Donald if you summon genie immediately)
- Use an Ether once you see the Arch Behemoth die, then summon Mushu for Darkballs
- Dismiss Mushu when Invisibles are spawning, jump in the air and use Stop at the right time, then spam Gravity. Summon simba after all enemies are dead
- After Simba is gone, do 1-2 Gravitys on invisible closest to heartless insignia, then use an elixir and quickly summon Dumbo
- Use Dumbo to kill Darkballs and invisible you used gravity on (and other invisible if possible) and hope that you don't get sniped and die once Dumbo is gone
- Use Stop on either the Angel Star or a Invisible, spam Gravity to kill them, and you should be good from there

Final Battles
- Get the Megalixir chest in Final Rest, then go kill Ansem I with Mushu

After Ansem I:
- Equip 3 Elixirs on Sora
- Equip 1 Megalixir on Donald
- Equip remaining Megalixirs on Goofy
- Use a Cottage

- Darkside III: Do 4 aerial combos to Darkside's head andspam Firaga until you're out of MP
		Finish it with aerial combos on the head and heal when needed
- Ansem II: Attack with aerial combos, dodge Submit, and parry Dark Rush
- Ansem III: Do 1 aerial combo, then spam Firaga
- Room Core I: Jump high in the air, spam Gravity on Shadows while healing when needed, Death abuse Artillery for MP regain
- Artillery: Use Gravity once on each Artillery, then finish them with Firaga while healing a lot
- Room Core II: Stop + Gravity on Darkballs, then air combos, then jump + Firaga spam after stop wears off
- Face: Attack with aerial combos, use some Firagas during its lightning attack, and heal when needed
- Room Core III: Jump in the air and use Stop twice, then spam Gravity
- Main Core: Use Gravity x2 or x3, then finish it with aerial attacks
- Final Ansem: Aerial combos after lasers and hide behind the Guardian before Ansem's DM starts pulling you
	       Revive Donald and Goofy with either Cura or Mega-Potion, then Mushu