Cape Claw Fuel Cell Route Timings

Timing From CC Intro CS To Getting the waterfall ledge fuel cell immediately:

Starting frame: 252,800
Frame where fuel cell vanishes: 253,150
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TOTAL: 350 frames

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Timing From waterfall ledge fuel cell to pressing A to slash yellow plant at CC entrance (using ladder)

Starting frame: 253,400
Frame of slashing plant: 254,951
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TOTAL: 1,551 frames

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Timing From waterfell ledge fuel cell to pressing A to slash yellow plant at CC entrance (using ramp)
(Note: climbing up onto the platform and jumping to the shore is over 80 frames faster than swimming directly to the shore and then going up the ramp - so I do that here).

Starting frame: 253,400
Frame of slashing plant: 254,893
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TOTAL: 1,493 frames

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Timing From waterfall ledge fuel cell to hitting first gold bar crate (note: uses ramp to get on land faster, since this appears to be a bit over 1 second faster than swimming straight to the crate).

Starting frame: 253,600
Frame of hitting crate: 254,625
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TOTAL: 1,025 frames

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Timing From Intro CS To Getting the beach fuel cell immediately:

Starting frame: 253,100
Frame of fuel cell dissapearing: 253,337
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TOTAL: 237 frames

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Timing from beach fuel cell to pressing A to slash yellow plant at CC entrance (using ramp):

Starting frame: 253,650
Frame of slashing plant: 254,653
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TOTAL: 1,003 frames

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Timing from beach fuel cell to hitting first gold bar crate: (Note: At least 200 frames slower to go to ramp by krazoa door instead of to beach platform, at least 80 frames slower to swim straight to crate instead of using beach platform - thus, using beach platform is the best option. Also, seems faster to surface on beach platform sooner as opposed to swimming in a straighter line)

Starting frame: 253,500
Frame of hitting crate: 254,269
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TOTAL: 769 frames

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255,664 to hit tree when going from queen to start using bridge
255,734 to hit tree when going from queen to start using beach platform
255,849 to swim straight to go from queen to start swimming straight to ramp.
CONCLUSION: For getting back to start from queen, using bridge-by-waterfall-route is fastest.
Also - it's about 900 frames faster to use bridge-route to get fuel cell near waterfall instead of doing anything else to reach this fuel cell from the queen.
Additionally - it's faster to swim to the beach platform and then to land to get the fuel cell by the beach compared to anything else from the queen.
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Timing From queen CS to getting the waterfall fuel cell (uses bridge and ramp near krazoa mouth, since this is fastest):

Starting frame: 255,000
Frame of fuel cell dissapearing: 255,923
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TOTAL: 923 frames

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Timing from queen CS to pressing A to slash yellow plant at CC entrance (uses bridge and ramp near krazoa mouth, since this is fastest):

Starting frame: 255,000
Frame of slashing plant: 256,868
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TOTAL: 1,868 frames

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Timing From queen CS to getting beach fuel cell (uses beach platform/land)

Starting frame: 255,100
Frame of fuel cell dissapearing: 256,516
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TOTAL: 1,416 frames

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Timing from waterfall ledge fuel cell to getting beach fuel cell:

Starting frame: 253,500
Frame of fuel cell dissapearing: 254,445
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TOTAL: 945 frames

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Timing from beach fuel cell to getting waterfall ledge fuel cell:

Starting frame: 254,400
Frame of fuel cell dissapearing: 255,264
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TOTAL: 864 frames

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Timing from intro CS to going straight to hitting first gold bar crate (note that based on timing tests, jumping right in the water, swimming to the platform in the middle of the sea, and then swimming to land after that is the fastest way to get to the crate):

Starting frame: 253,400
Frame of hitting crate: 254,383
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TOTAL: 983 frames

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Timing from sharpclaw door to getting waterfall ledge fuel cell:

Starting frame: 256,400
Frame of fuel cell dissapearing: 256,972
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TOTAL: 572 frames

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Timing from sharpclaw door to getting beach fuel cell (NOTE: Going to middle beach platform first is about 300 frames slower. Using the krazoa ramps to get to other side shore and going accross bridge are both about 1300 frames - and climbing up on the wooden plank is 20 frames faster than swimming straight to shore)

This route goes: Sharpclaw Door -> Krazoa ramps -> wooden planks by ladder -> Shore -> Beach fuel cell

Starting frame: 256,400
Frame of fuel cell dissapearing: 257,580
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TOTAL: 1,180 frames

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Timing from sharpclaw door to beach fuel cell using bridge:

Starting frame: 256,400
Frame of fuel cell dissapearing: 257,663
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TOTAL: 1,263 frames

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Places where the 2 fuel cells can be collected:

1. On the way to the gold bars.
2. On the way back from unlocking CRF.
3. In CC2

Also, if 2 fuel cells are gotten in the same location, then there are 2 possible orders they can be collected in.

Based on this, here are all 12 possible routes for getting the fuel cells:

1. Waterfall fuel cell in CC2, then Beach fuel cell in CC2.
2. Beach fuel cell in CC2, then waterfall fuel cell in CC2.
3. Waterfall fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF, then beach fuel cell in CC2.
4. Beach fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF, then waterfall fuel cell in CC2.
5. Waterfall fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF, then beach fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF.
6. Beach fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF, then waterfall fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF
7. Waterfall fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then beach fuel cell in CC2.
8. Waterfall fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then beach fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF.
9. Beach fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then the waterfall fuel cell in CC2.
10. Beach fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then waterfall fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF.
11. Waterfall fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then beach fuel cell on the way to the gold bars.
12. Beach fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then waterfall fuel cell on the way to the gold bars.

Now, calculating the extra frames added from each route (compared to not getting either fuel cell):

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1. Waterfall fuel cell in CC2, then Beach fuel cell in CC2.

Time Loss = (time from sharpclaw to waterfall cell) + (time from waterfall cell to beach cell) = 572 + 945 =

1,517 frames

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2. Beach fuel cell in CC2, then waterfall fuel cell in CC2.

Time Loss = (time from sharpclaw to beach cell) + (time from beach cell to waterfall cell) = 1180 + 864 =

2,044 frames

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3. Waterfall fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF, then beach fuel cell in CC2.

Time Loss = (((time from queen CS to waterfall fuel cell) + (time from waterfall fuel cell to start)) - (normal time from queen CS to start)) + (time from sharpclaw to beach fuel cell) = ( (923 + 1493) - 1868) + 1180) = (2416 - 1868) + 1180 = 548 + 1180 =

1,728 frames

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4. Beach fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF, then waterfall fuel cell in CC2.

Time Loss = (((time from queen CS to beach fuel cell) + (time from beach fuel cell to start)) - (normal time from queen CS to start)) + (time from sharpclaw door to waterfall fuel cell) = ( (1416 + 1003) - 1868) + 572 = ( ( 2419 ) - 1868 ) + 572 = 551 + 572 =

1,123 frames

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5. Waterfall fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF, then beach fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF.

Time Loss = (((time from queen CS to waterfall fuel cell) + (time from waterfall fuel cell to beach fuel cell) + (time from beach fuel cell to start)) - (normal time from queen CS to start) = ( (923 + 945 + 1003) - 1868) = 2871 - 1868 =

1,003 frames

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6. Beach fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF, then waterfall fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF.

Time Loss = (((time from queen CS to beach fuel cell) + (time from beach fuel cell to waterfall fuel cell) + (time from waterfall fuel cell to start)) - (normal time from queen CS to start) = ( ( 1416 + 864 + 1493 ) - 1868) = (3773 - 1868) =

1,905 frames.

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7. Waterfall fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then beach fuel cell in CC2.

Time Loss = (((time from start to waterfall fuel cell) + (time from waterfall fuel cell to gold bars)) - (normal time from start to gold bars)) + (time from sharpclaw door to beach fuel cell) = ( (350 + 1025) - 983 ) + 1180 = ( ( 1375 ) - 983 ) + 1180 = 392 + 1180 =

1,572 frames.

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8. Waterfall fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then beach fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF.

Time Loss = (((Time from start to waterfall fuel cell) + (time from waterfall fuel cell to gold bars)) - (normal time from start to gold bars)) + (((time from queen CS to beach fuel cell) + (time from beach fuel cell to start)) - (normal time from queen cs to start))
= (( 350 + 1025 ) - 983 ) + ((1416 + 1003) - 1868) = ( 1375 - 983 ) + (2419 - 1868) = 392 + 551 =

943 frames.

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9. Beach fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then the waterfall fuel cell in CC2.

Time Loss = (((Time from start to beach fuel cell) + (time from beach fuel cell to gold bars)) - (normal time from start to gold bars)) + (time from sharpclaw door to waterfall fuel cell)
= (( 237 + 769 ) - 983 ) + 572 = (1006 - 983) + 572 = 23 + 572 =

595 frames.

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10. Beach fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then waterfall fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF.

Time Loss = (((Time from start to beach fuel cell) + (time from beach fuel cell to gold bars)) - (normal time from start to gold bars)) + ((time from queen CS to waterfall fuel cell) + (time from waterfall fuel cell to start) - (normal time from queen CS to start)) =
( (237 + 769) - 983 ) + ( (923 + 1493) - 1868 ) = (1006 - 983) + (2416 - 1868) = 23 + 548 =

571 frames.

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11. Waterfall fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then beach fuel cell on the way to the gold bars.

Time Loss = (((Time from start to waterfall fuel cell) + (time from waterfall fuel cell to beach fuel cell) + (time from beach fuel cell to gold bars)) - (normal time from start to gold bars))
= ((350 + 945 + 769) - 983) = 2064 - 983 =

1,081 frames.

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12. Beach fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then waterfall fuel cell on the way to the gold bars.

Time Loss = (((Time from start to beach fuel cell) + (time from beach fuel cell to waterfall fuel cell) + (time from waterfall fuel cell to gold bars)) - (normal time from start to gold bars))
= ((237 + 864 + 1025) - 983) = 2126 - 983 =

1,143 frames.
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Fastest Route: Number 10:
	- Beach fuel cell on the way to the gold bars, then waterfall fuel cell on the way back from unlocking CRF.