Shantae: HGH 100% Hero no WTTD Route... w/ GemJug Wiggles!!!

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Shantae: Half Genie Hero - 100% Hero Mode no WTTD Route
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Based my writings off of Taconator7's original route and just changed what I felt needed to be changed, with some help from Xsczo, GreenZSaber, Ryuujinx, and HCFwesker.

This route does not use the “Warp Through The Danger” (WTTD) glitch. For an explanation head here: http://pastebin.com/ksRyLKjb and for a video head here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKRH4Nn_97s

Introduction
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-Hold right.


Scuttle Town Square #1
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-Talk to Mimic.
-break pots for up to 6 gems
-Talk to the Bath Lady to get the *Sales Slip*.
-Talk to the Shopkeeper to obtain the *Magnet*.
-Run to the far right of town to grab the large pot of 15 gems.
-Talk to Mimic.
-Talk to Sky to get the (Whistle) and go to Main Street.

Main Street #1
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Area 1: Scuttle Town
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-Run to right as Monkey, stopping to break any large pot.
[OPTIONAL/SAFE STRAT: Grab Heart Holder in 1st water hole as crab in the left pipe. Faster to exit as Mermaid by 3 seconds but you have an extra heart for the beginning of the game, which also helps for using Elephant]
-At the second pool of water, go into the tunnel on the right as Crab to get (Green Stone). Exit as Crab

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Area 2: Burning Town
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-Fly directly up to get (Waterfall Relic).
-Fly right to the portal and get (Monkey Bullet).
-Drop down the right side of the restaurant and go collect gems on the way.
-Run all the way right to the exit.

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Boss 1: POOPTOOT
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-After you hit the barrel, drop down immediately.
-Ideally, this boss can be three cycled.


Scuttle Town Square #2
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-Talk to the Maiden at the end of town to get the *Mermaid Falls Map*.
-Get 20 gems along the way from all the pot
-Go to the Item Shop and Buy (Fireball)
-Talk to Sky and go to Mermaid Falls.

Mermaid Falls #1
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Area 1: Waterfalls
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-Monkey through the first area, jumping and swimming through any pools
-in the 2nd area, transform into harpy and grab the 2 large pots above you
-Use Monkey until you reach the first waterfall, then go up it w/ crab for (Harpy Talon)
-Transform into Harpy, break a Large Pot while flying up to the portal next to 2nd waterfall.
-Use Elephant to push the block and get (Mermaid Dance).
-With Harpy, fly left and break 2 large pots
-Fly directly up and right until you reach the platform next to a chest the platform has a large pot.
-Six large pots should have been broken by now (90ish gems), go right to the exit.

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Area 2: Mermaid Factory
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-Use Harpy to fly all the way to the right wall.
-As you enter the 2nd room fly up and get the large pots right above the entrance.
-Use Elephant to unblock the room and get (Crab Claw).
-Go left into the first body of water, and cut the grass to get *Blobfish Kid 1/5*
-Stay as crab, and go into the body of water nearest the room exit to the left, and cut the grass to find <Sunken Soul 1/7 (1/10)>.
-Back in the first room, from the right, go into the second body of water to find *Blobfish Kid 2/5*.
-After that, drop down and cut the grass to the right to get *Blobfish Kid 3/5*.
-Then, continue left to get <Sunken Soul 2/7 (2/10)>.
-Go past the main platform with a flower on it into the second body of water to get *Blobfish Kid 4/5*
-At the very beginning of the Factory, go into the water and cut the grass to obtain *Blobfish Kid 5/5*

-With all five Blobfish Kids found, fly right back to Grandma Blobfish to get *Race Ticket 1/2*.
-After leaving the cave, fly up + left to get the large pot sitting on the platform.
-Go right and break the two large pots along the right wall (one's guarded by an electric bat)
-Go to the leftmost wall to break some pots, then go directly up, skipping the last large pot right before the portal. Ideally 5 Large Pots have been broken so far (75)
-In the portal at the top, get (Bat Dance).
-Go to the Data chip room, breaking 2 more Large Pots on the way (105)
-Get (Data Chip) early by jumping on the fake spikes (video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYXjLt5E28 )
	-Do a short hop to get on the spikes, regular hop to get to the room
	-Do not need to do a running jump off the spikes, just inch your way left until the monkey is standing on air, then jump and grab the platform
-Transform into Bat and leave the data chip room, monkey bullet to the next area.
-Whip the two gator workers five times then use two Fireballs on them to get *Gator Steaks*.
-Talk to Snake Lady and buy (Dryad) and (Warp Dance)

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Area 3: Factory Escape
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-An autoscroller, make sure to grab as many gems and Oranges as you can.
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Boss 2: Giga Mermaid
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-Use Harpy Talon to break all 6 locks, starting from down left and going counterclockwise.
-On the second phase, use Harpy to dodge the initial attack and position near the center left.
-Spam Harpy Talon on the Giga Mermaid's head gem for a one cycle kill.
-After clearing the level go straight to Main Street.

Main Street #2
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Area 1: Scuttle Town
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-At the first pool of water, enter tunnel on the left as Crab to get [Heart Holder 2/2 (5/12)]. Ledge clip on the edge and follow the steps in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvNPt9c7E9Q to enter the Adventure Guy room in order to obtain *Vorpal Blade*.
-Transform into Mermaid, exit the cave and monkey on over to Burning Town

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Area 1: Burning Town
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-Head straight to the restaurant through the right side, breaking the pots on the right-hand side of the wall on the way down.
-In the restaurant, kill tinkerbats until *Health Permit* drops.
-Go out the left side as Monkey and climb the staircase.
-In the staircase, go into the small tunnel to get [Heart Holder 1/2 (1/12)].
-Run to the left and talk to the Cook to get *Salted Caramel*.
-Whistle Out and return to Scuttle Town Square.

Scuttle Town Square #3
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-Talk to the girl at Sky's Hatchery to get *Bird Seed*.
-Talk to the man at the Item Shop to get *Copper Ore*.
-Buy (Metronome), (Pike Ball), (Super Pike Ball), and (Backdash) for 210 Gems
-Talk to Mimic.
-Talk to Mayor Scuttlebutt at the end of town to get the *Tassel Town Map*.
-Talk to Sky and go to Tassel Town.


Tassel Town #1
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Area 1: Outskirts
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-Use Harpy to fly to the right while breaking all the large pots you see on the way
-Go into the first body of water to find <Sunken Soul 1/3 (3/10)>.
-When the wind starts blowing, use Elephant to push through.
-Fly to the upper-right of the portal to break two large pots, then head to the exit.

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Area 2: Tower
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-Use Monkey to climb the tower for the most part, except for breaking pots or whipping blocks
-there's a place or two you'll want to do the harpy clip, check a video of a run to see where.
-When you see a large block on the right hand side near a Large Pot, push it with Elephant to get to a chest holding [Gallery Key 1/4 (1/10)].
-There's gems inside of a small tunnel inbetween two platforms, harpy clip from the tunnel below it and whip them, then exit w/ monkey
-break the gargoyle head to the left of this tunnel to grab an extra 35 gems or so.
-Eventually you will grab a ring and go up through a Monkey tunnel to reach two Dragon Heads
-Break the left one and navigate the Mouse Maze to get [Heart Holder 1/4 (2/12)].
-[CONSOLE ONLY] Go up to Heart Holder up top of the tower [Heart Holder 2/4 (3/12)], then Dryad Clip through the left wall and use Harpy to fly over the top of the oob area and hit the loading zone for the exit.
-PC versions just exit normally.

Got roughly X gems from this part

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Area 3: Ruins
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-On the first section, fly low until you get to the chest containing [Gallery Key 2/4 (2/10)].
-After that, break the two large pots and move on to the second section.
-In the second section, fly high until you see a chest inside of a small tunnel.
-Fly up to the small crevice and do a Harpy Clip to reach the [Heart Holder 2 or 3/4 (3 or 4/12)].
-Crawl out of the alcove, and fly above everything towards the third section.
-In the third section, break the large pot and then proceed to fly over everything again.
(get another 60 gems by the time I talk to Tuki)
-Fly down before the room to Wilbur to talk to Tuki and buy (Revive Dance) (5-6 Mega Potions)
-trade Warp Dance for GemJug

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Boss 3: Wilbur
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-Use Fireball or Elephant to hit the molten rocks and hit Wilbur's eye by jumping into it while using Super Pikeball.


Tassel Town #2
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Area 1: Outskirts
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-Grind gems by flying through and breaking every large pot you see along the way (should get 200ish gems)
-re-enter the tower

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Area 2: Tower
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-Talk to the man to get (Elephant Stomp).
-Fly up and break the two pots near the first Dragon Head, then use Elephant to smash through.
-In this room, break the two pots and stomp on the flower to get *Remains 1/5*.
-Fly up the right side until you reach the second Dragon Head, then in the room beyond, get *Remains 2/5*.
-Harpy clip the blocks in the middle, then jump up to get to the next floor right above.
-Go up until you reach the first Mouse Maze, either ceiling clip using the chain below it or gemjug clip into the room, break a large pot and open a chest containing [Gallery Key 3/4 (3/10)]
-skip the 1st Dragon Head you see on the left side between now and the 3rd remains
-There's gems inside of a small tunnel inbetween two platforms, harpy clip from the tunnel below it and whip them, then exit w/ monkey
-break the gargoyle head to the left of this tunnel to grab an extra 35 gems or so.
-Break the Dragon Head next to the monkey tunnel on the right side to get *Remains 3/5*.
-Monkey up until you see 2 dragon heads next to each other in a room with a bunch of chains. Charge through the top one to get *Remains 4/5*.
-Dryad Clip through the ledge of the path that led you into the room, transform into Elephant, Stomp down on the dragon head and enter the mouse maze block room.
-Go to the left hand wall where the mouse maze is, dryad clip then GemJug clip.
-GemJug wiggle until you blow through all of your potions (roughly 250 gems) and get the [Gallery Key 4/4 (4/10)] inside the chest.
-Go back up above the ring through a Monkey tunnel to reach a split path leading to two Dragon Heads. Go left and:
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CONSOLE VERSION:
-Clip into the room that has the portal to Mouse Bite with Gemjug
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PC VERSION:
-Fly all the way up the tower to open a chest containing [Heart Holder 3/4 (4/12)].
-Go back down and Dryad Ledge Clip into the room that has a portal to Mouse Bite.
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-Grab Mouse Bite, then Gemjug clip out to fall down right next to the right dragon head.
-break it and collect *Remains 5/5*
-After collecting all the Remains the game will teleport you to the bottom of the tower.
-Talk to the man again to get *Sick*, whistle out and head to Scuttle Town

Scuttle Town Square #5
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-Talk to the Warrior Girl to get [Heart Holder 1/1 (6/12)] if you have it right now, if not, just wait until after the next time you go to Mermaid Falls.
-Go to the Item Shop and buy (Scimitar) (Attract) (Super Attract) (Max Attract) (Magic Bracelet), and (2 Mega Potion x 3 (6 Potions total)) for 845 Gems
-At the end of town, talk to Twitch and Vinegar for *Race Ticket 2/2*.
-Talk to Rottytops to get the *Dark Shard*.
-Enter the Bath House to refill magic.
-Talk to Sky and go to Tassel Town.

Tassel Town #3
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Area 1: Outskirts
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-Once you reach a big quicksand pit under some large pots, do Iron Slab early (video using Elephant clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm6OPw3QhGo)
(video using Dryad clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2CsLoh9auw)
-Elephant Charge then Stomp to exit the pipe, wiggle left then right a bit to grab the <Sunken Soul 2/3 (4/10)> outside, whistle out and re-enter (will get 90-100 extra gems)
-At the portal, use Elephant to get (Spider Dance).
-Gemjug Clip to the portal but don't enter it yet, GemJug wiggle and blow through 3 potions, you should have 900 gems roughly
-Once done, exit the portal, grab the last set of large pots above and to the right of the exit, whistle out and return to town.

Scuttle Town Square #5
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-Talk to Mimic in order to get the *Cape Crustacean Map*
-Stomp the flower on the left side of town to get <Scrap Metal 1/1 (1/5)>.
-Enter the Bath House to refill magic.
-Go to the Item Shop and buy (Bubble) (Storm Puff) (Bikini Armor) (Silky Cream) (Super Silky Cream) (Mega Silky Cream) for 900 Gems
-Talk to Sky and go to Tassel Town.

Tassel Town #4
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Area 1: Outskirts
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-Go to the breakable block in the middle of the level and stomp it.
-Go into the underwater chamber as Crab, collect <Sunken Soul 2/3 (4/10)> and then go into the grate.
-Navigate the crab tunnels until you get [Heart Holder 4/4 (5/12)].
-Whistle out and head to Cape Crustacean


Cape Crustacean
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Area 1: Carpet Race
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-Another autoscroller, do whatever you want.
-Harpy will ensure that you take no damage, but it's also slower by a second or so because the game does pause to transform.
-Stay on the left side so that you can quickly land on the carpet at the end.
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Boss 4: Twitch and Vinegar
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-Use Scimitar to do massive damage to both at once.
-With eight hearts, you can afford to jump on top of them and tank the falling damage to kill them faster.
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Area 2: Airship Fleet
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-Go to the second airship and drop below deck to find a door.
-Enter the door and stomp the green blocks to get [Gallery Key 1/3 (5/10)].
-At the sixth airship, go below deck to find another door with [Gallery Key 2/3 (6/10)].

-Inside the 11th airship, use either monkey bullet or magic mouse to get past the lasers and acquire [Heart Holder 1/2 (6 or 7/12)].
-At that one airship that's loading do this if possible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8er-xT34Quk otherwise use harpy to wait near it until the ship is fully on screen
-Last room in an airship has a bunch of gems, go for them it ranges from 15-30
-Make your way to the main airship and go into it.
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Area 3: Main Airship
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-When you enter transform into Harpy and grab the Large Pot to the left of the entrance then fly to the doorway in the top-right blocked by a box.
-Charge through as Elephant until you reach a spike-lined shaft on the ceiling.
-Fly up it and enter the door to get the (Red Stone) (grabbing the large pot on the right on the way).
-Fall down and when you first see lasers, gemjug clip out the right, inch a little into the wall then jump past this wall.
-Magic mouse past the lasers in this large room; go to the lower right and drop down the platform.
-Break the pots and stomp the flower to get <Scrap Metal 1/2 (3/5)>, then go right.
-In the fuel room, navigate the waterfalls as so:
	-go up the first waterfall as crab
	-walk right, go down the 2nd waterfall.
	-detransform, gemjug clip then wiggle the fuck out and blow through 2-3 potions to get to roughly 720-900 (depends if you use 2 or 3 potions, only use 2 if you're over 760 after the 2nd one)
	-drop down and you'll find [Gallery Key 3/3 (7/10)]. Gemjug Clip to exit.
-Fly up through the laser room, and continue until you see a Monkey tunnel.
-In the Dark Room, fly up and over the spikes, drop down to the 1st two Large Pots on the way, as well as the last one.
-Once you grab the last Large Pot in the row drop down to your left and head right into the room containing (Spider Venom). Break the 2nd to last Large Pot and exit the room.
-Back on the ship, continue until you find a block puzzle.
Push the right block down, then dryad clip through the wall. Transform into Monkey and jump while going across to skip the puzzle.
-Solve the puzzle, and use Monkey Bullet to navigate the next room and get [Heart Holder 2/2 (7 or 8/12)]
-Clip out with Gemjug: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZJkFtK8-Ok (fly up and left until you see the screen scroll with you, then tap right once then hold left again, once you see yourself: drop down and hit that small loading zone area like in the video)

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Boss 5: Ammo Baron
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-Keep jumping and let your scimitars do most of the work.


Scuttle Town Square #6
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Go to the Bath House and talk to the Doctor to get the *Lollipop*.
-Go to the Item Shop and buy (2 Mega Potion x3) (Triple Fireball) (Mega Puff) (Shampoo) (Super Shampoo), (Mega Shampoo) for 920 gems
Talk to Sky and head to Mermaid Falls.

Mermaid Falls #2
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Area 1: Waterfalls
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NOTE: Naga's in this stage give monster eggs
-Go to the main area and fly up to the top-left corner of the room onto a platform hitting the Mouse Maze next to it, using it to Dryad clip through.
-Navigate a bit left until you can't hold left anymore and do a Mouse Clip to get [Gallery Key 1/3 (8/10)].
-Gemjug Clip out of the room, then gemjug clip once your in the mouse maze. Before you switch out Gemjug Wiggle and use up all 6 potions until you max out your gem count. Head down to the bottom of the area.
-dive into the pool of water to the left of the first waterfall as Crab.
-Cut the grass and get the <Sunken Soul 3/7 (5/10)>.
-Use the water to enter the Harpy Talon Room, then GemJug clip to get to the Wizard, he'll give you the *Light Shard*.
-After that, fly up to near the entrance to factory and use Dryad Clip + Mouse to get [Heart Holder 1/2 (8 or 9/12)].
-GemJug Clip out of bounds, fall down while hugging the wall, then dryad clip to get to the chest holding [Gallery Key 2/3 (9/10)].
-Whistle out and go to Tassel Town.


Scuttle Town Square #7
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[If you didn't talk to the Warrior Girl yet w/ a monster egg, talk to her now to get [Heart Holder 1/1 (10/12)]
-Heal in the Bath House
-Go to the Item Shop and buy (2 Mega Potion x 3 (6 Potions total) (Flamethrower) (Mirror) (Invincibility) for 750 gems.
-Talk to Mimic to receive the *Hypno Baron's Castle Map*.
-Talk to Sky and go to Hypno Baron's Castle.


Hypno Baron's Castle #1
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Area 1: Interior
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-At the top of the door you entered from are some blocks. As Harpy break the top layer, then Harpy clip through it.
-Grab the heart holder [Heart Holder 1/1 (11/12)], then stand in the middle of the room and transform into GemJug. Wiggle and blow through all 6 potions, stopping when you have half magic after using up your last Mega Potion (should have around 900 by then).
-GemJug Clip past the pillar on the right and as you head up break the 2 pots on the left end of the top floor below the roof
-Fly up to get (Bat Sonar)
-Fly to Poe's Room and get (Zombie Hamster)
-Either Dryad Clip through the left pillar or GemJug Clip through the right pillar, breaking the pots on the side you clipped out on.

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PC VERSION:
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-Jump to the floor below and head to the door on the left.
-Before entering that door transform into Spider, and do the Spider Clip (video:  ) to land right next to the exit

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CONSOLE VERSION:
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-get on top of the pillar on the floor below that separates two areas on the floor below, and Dryad Ledge Clip through it to reach the final area below. Head right to exit.


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Area 2: Exterior
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-Fly over everything.
-Buy (Super Revive Dance), and (Obliterate) from the Snake Lady for 800 gems.
-Trade Obliterate for Blobfish then trade it back
-Trade Gemjug for Warp Dance

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Boss 6: Dual Barons
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-For Phase One, just damage Squid Baron as much as you can with whips and Scimitar.
-For Phase Two, once one Baron is down, the other one will enrage.
-Hypno Baron has less health and is easier to hit, so kill him last.

Scuttle Town Square #9
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-Go to the Item Shop and talk to the Azure Knight to receive *Foxy Grandma Hat*.
-Then, talk to the Grandma Blobfish to get (Mermaid Bubble).
-Talk to Mimic to get the *Risky's Hideout Map*.
-Enter the Art Gallery and unlock all of the doors except the first 2 while also talking to Squid Baron to get <Velvet Poster>.
-Talk to Sky. If you're aren't doing Autoscroller skip, go to Risky's hideout. Everyone else: skip the next section and go to Hypno Baron's Castle.

[ONLY IF YOU AREN'T DOING AUTOSCROLLER SKIP] Risky's Hideout
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Area 1: Undersea Caverns
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-Do the autoscroller now so you can use the 100 gems you get from this stage after. After you finish the autoscroller whistle out and head to Hypno Baron's Castle.


Hypno Baron's Castle #2
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-Keep going right until you find Abner, who will give you <Squid Poster>.
-Whistle out and go to Main Street.

Main Street #3
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Area 1: Scuttle Town
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-Warp to Burning Town

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Area 2: Burning Town
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-Fly to the end of the level and break apart a group of five blocks, revealing a flower.
-Stomp the flower to get <Scrap Metal 1/1 (3/5)>.
-Whistle out, and go to Mermaid Falls.

Mermaid Falls #3
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Area 1: Waterfalls
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-At the entrance, stomp on the flower to get <Scrap Metal 1/2 (4/5)>.
-Use the Mermaid form to traverse the first pool of water and get <Sunken Soul 4/7 (7/10)>.
-In the second screen, go into the first body of water as Mermaid, and then go down, left, and up to get <Sunken Soul 5/7 (8/10)>.
-Go down the water to the bottom and head right, break the blocks in front of you to get <Sunken Soul 6/7 (9/10)>.
-Swim back to the very right side, break the rock blocking the cave and go inside, finding [Heart Holder 2/2 (12/12)].
-Proceed to warp to the factory.
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Area 2: Mermaid Factory
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-Make your way to the second screen, then stomp on the flower to get <Scrap Metal 2/2 (5/5)>.
-fly to the right side until you see a breakable block, stomp it with Elephant to get [Gallery Key 3/3 (10/10)].
-Go back into the first body of water as Mermaid, and break the rock to gain access to <Sunken Soul 7/7 (10/10)>.
-After that, whistle out and go to Tassel Town.


Scuttle Town Square #10
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-Talk to Techno Baron to get <Risky's Cufflink>.
-Enter the Bath House and talk to Hypno Baron to collect <Risky's Ribbon>.
-Talk to Ammo Baron to receive <Risky's Pendant>.
-Go to the Item Shop and buy Super Mega Puff) for 250 gems.
-Go to the Art Gallery, unlock the 1st two doors, and talk to Mayor Scuttlebutt for the (Magical Tiara).
-Then, talk to Squid Baron and claim <Risky's Buckle>.
-Talk to Mimic to obtain the <Magical Polarizer>.
-Talk to Sky and head to Risky's Hideout.


Risky's Hideout
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Area 1: Undersea Caverns
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If you did the autoscroller already:
-Just Warp Dance to the next area.

Console Versions:
-Do Autoscroller Skip and head to the next area.
	-PC Autoscroller Skip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUcWTrib8oo
	-Console Autoscroller Skip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d4cC3VCGDg

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Area 2: Volcanic Lair
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-Use Monkey for the first half Harpy for most of the level, except for where other forms are required to progress.
-Ignore every enemy except for the Tinkerslugs blocking your path.
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Boss 7: Risky Boots
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-Focus on doing max damage by making sure that your scimitars are always hitting.
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Boss 8: Tinkerbrain
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-The screws on Tinkerbrain's head will light up as you run in one direction.
-The left screw lights up as you run clockwise (left), and the right screw lights up as you run counterclockwise (right).
-Use Monkey form to accelerate the process.
-Use Obliterate to break all of the generators instantly.

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Boss 9: Corrupted Genie Realm
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-If you use Obliterate immediately you can turn all of the genies into balls to lob at TinkerBrain.
-You can also use scimitars to kill the same genie repeatedly before her shield can activate.
-It takes 10 successful volleys to destroy the Tinkerbrain.
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Area 3: Lair Escape
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-The final autoscroller. Jump over the gaps and grab onto the rings when you can.
-If you're not feeling confident, you can use Super Mega Puff or Flamethrower to continuously levitate.
-Timing ends on the white flash after escaping.


Thanks for reading. If you have any questions or suggestions, you can reach me, Taconator7, the one who wrote this and not Madtaz who literally stole my hard work from charity on the following platforms:
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