Plague Knight 100% IL Notes

Timing for ILs on the leaderboards: Starts on the first frame you select a stage or when you start a new game by selecting "yes" on the file select menu. Timing ends on the frame you start gaining gold after killing a boss or until the stage completely fades to black or when the background changes color after Shovel Knight slashes you (Explodatorium and Tower: Ascent). Timing this way isn't entirely ideal, as loading times are part of your total time. Times on the leaderboards also don't display milliseconds which does not reflect small improvements made.

Timing for the times in this pastebin: Starts on the first frame the stage fade in disappears or when the file select screen is completely faded out for Plains. Timing ends on the first frame your victory animation starts, when the stage completely fades to black (Tower: Entrance and Tower: Ascent), when the background changes color after Shovel Knight slashes you (Explodatorium) or land the last hit on the final boss.

IL Leaderboards: http://www.speedrun.com/shovelknight/individual_levels

Plains [30 Coins and 2 Sheets (1280G)]: (2:25.31)
Better burst pattern through the first sheet room?
Burst jump right before the first slime in the dirt mountain room? (Video?)
Don't Dboost in the last slime room?
Kill Black Knight in less hits

Village 1st Visit [1 Coin and 1 Sheet (0G)]: (34.42)
Don't double jump after the second before entering the basement?

Pridemoor Keep [30 Coins, 2 Sheets and Big Boom (1925G)]: (2:56.17)
Dboost in the first rat room
Better burst pattern for the first mage room
Dboost in the first room in the side area?
Bomb on the ground in the second room in the side area?
Burst into the chandelier after the first coin the first chandelier room?
Better King Knight fight

{Research with 40 coins}

1st Gold Armor Encounter (290G): (07.35)
Destroy the last 2 dirt blocks to get extra gold?

The Lich Yard [30 Coins and 2 Sheets (2060G)] :
Burst then Big Boom in the second room?
Different burst pattern for the last side room?
Different burst pattern for the first music sheet room?
Lower the first weight platform to get the coin?
Different burst pattern for the first weight room?
Better frog attack patterns in dark weight room
Better frog attack patterns in the Leech Liquid room
Big Boom the last big skull?

Explodatorium [30 Coins, 2 Sheets and Staff of Surging (3620G)]: (3:27.80)
Different burst pattern for the first rat room?
Get the coin under the moving platform in the first bird room faster?
Get more gold into first bird room
Burst past the rats or Dboost the 2nd time through the 1st checkpoint room?
Burst into the first bomb thrower room more to the right so that he creates a pit below him
Better burst pattern for the first side room?
Faster and safer burst pattern through the spider side room?
Burst, jump, burst after the cannon landing past the bomb thrower
Go through the first pot room without Dboosting
Faster burst pattern in the 3rd and 4th checkpoint room?
Fast burst pattern without dboosting off the slime?
1 less bomb throw against the alchemist
Better burst pattern before the flame drop? No staff? Jump onto the platform after the coin before flame drop?
Skip getting the health tonic?
Kill Shovel Knight in less hits

{Research with 60 coins, buy Cluster Powder for 4000G}

Reize [1 Sheet (1800G)]: (27.97)
First hit with Big Boom?
Equip Cluster Power after the fight in a complete run

Lost City {Gold Route} [30 Coins, 2 Sheets and Smoke Bomb (5345G)]: (3:27.97)
Bomb throw after getting the coin and keeping your momentum in the first charger room
Break all blocks with the first bomb in the first bird room
Better burst pattern in the 3rd checkpoint room and the next?Better wall break method in 2nd checkpoint room?
Better burst pattern for the last chest room?
Dboost of the first bird in the 2nd Beetle room
Get the coin next to the last flame slime another way?
Faster Mole Knight kill?

{Buy Bait Bomb and magic upgrades for 11700G}

2nd Gold Armor (550G): (9.84)
Different burst patterns?

2nd Gold Armor {Gold Route} (2265G): (16.45)
Better setup for the first Big Boom
Better burst pattern after chest?

Iron Whale {Gold Route} [30 Coins, 2 Sheets and Vat (4850G)]: (4:02.84)
Destroy both tentacles with the Big Boom in the 2nd tentacle room
Don't have the lure fish randomly slow down
Better lure fish fight
Better missile pattern in the double missile room
Smoke Bomb to get past the 2nd Purple Knight?
Faster Treasure Knight fight

{Research with 80 coins, buy Impact Fuse and Spin Burst for 7000G}

Bottomless Quarry {Gold Route} [20 Coins and 1 Sheet (1860G)]: (37.15)
Use Vat in the first room?
Avoid skidding in the 2nd room

Flying Machine [30 Coins, 2 Sheets and Staff of Striking (7895G)]: (4:04.65)
Better burst pattern into the first wind room
Better burst pattern in the first spike room
Faster 2nd jawa kill in the propeller dagger room
Faster burst pattern to the staff of striking?
Don't miss the burst before the red checkpoint
Don't burst into the ceiling at the end of the autoscroller
Better burst pattern in the room after the autoscroller
Get an earlier cycle in the quadruple fan room
Better burst pattern into the 2nd to last wind room?
Smoke bomb in the last wind room