Fable TLC Any% (Beginner) Notes

**Intro/Settings**
- Steam version is best version.
- Game is normally run in French which saves time due to spoken dialogue, but it's recommended to learn it in English/your preferred language, and start running in French once you are more familiar.
- The run is measured with loadless time, this is configurable in LiveSplit along with the autosplitter (Edit Splits, set game to Fable: The Lost Chapters, then click Activate).
- You can run the game in a window using dxwnd, for information on how to do so: https://www.speedrun.com/fabletlc/guide/3pj34
- Gameplay Settings: Subtitles off, Tutorials off, Guildmaster Help and Interface Opacity are optional. If you are having issues with the camera, turn off Follow Camera.
- Video Settings: Lower resolutions are better, as UI elements do not scale making mouse movement slower at higher resolutions.
- Keybinds: Rebind Block/Roll to a more comfortable key (e.g. R), Context Sensitive Item 3 to something else (Will Potions), Absorb Experience and Spell mode should be bound to two seperate keys rather than them being assigned to one key by default.

**Before you begin**
- When you're first making a speedrunning profile, immediately Hero Save once you gain control, use this save as a 'reset point'.
- Don't spam the Roll key blindly when moving as this results in inconsistent rolls.
- Get a feel for the movement and the timing of rolling by doing laps around Oakvale.
- When resetting, quit to the main menu rather than loading directly via Esc + Load Game, as stats can carry over otherwise and invalidate your run.
- Don't change profile when doing runs, as this can cause save corruption which will invalidate the run.

**Childhood**
- Go backwards, roll to Bully, punch 4x
- Straight down hill, give teddy bear to girl with the 1 key
- Speak to Brom, then speak with the cheating husband behind the house
- Accept Bribe, guards will now chase you when you are nearby (RNG)
- Speak to Trader and get Chocolates, straight towards Theresa
- Say no, press 1 to give Chocolates (saying yes loses 1 second, you can do this if you want starting out)
- Follow path to Brom, finishes quest

**Guild Training**
- Guild a little bit more difficult to roll in, make your way to Guildmaster
- Use your Stick on the beetles, don't swing randomly, try to get as many in a single hit
- Attack phase of melee= 3 hits, move forward 4 hits.
- Block phase = Roll-Block Hit-Roll-Block-Roll-Block-Block-Roll-Block
- Fight = 3 hits, wait for Whisper (she will flip forwards or backwards, RNG), 4 hits
- Ranged: After hitting Dummies, during test hit Guildmaster 4x with Bow
- Will: After hitting dummy, fire lightning then hit the Guildmaster 4x with Bow
- Maze: Melee = Hit 7x, Ranged = Hit from a distance, Magic = Shift + Left Click to lightning
- Free up hotbar slot for Assassins Rush
- Upgrade: Assassins Rush 1

**Wasp Menace**
- Take Quest, leave Guild
- Movement = Rush then Roll, get a feel for the timing
- Go to Picnic Area
- Zap first 2 Wasps, then use the sword on the rest
- Charge Bow while Wasp Queen is summoning Wasps
- Wait for her to spawn more wasps (health threshold)
- Finish her off with your sword

**Protect Orchard Farm**
- Go to Bowerstone (use Will pot on your way)
- Sell 1 Health Potion + all Resurrection Phials
- Buy all Apple Pies + Grain Sacks, Fishing Rod + Spade
- Sell all Apple Pies + Sacks, buy all Will Potions
- If you want more health potions, buy/sell Pies 2x
- Speak to Maze, sell Yew Longbow, buy Ebony Longbow
- Free up hotbar slot, get Ages of Might potion, port back to Guild
- Take Protect Orchard Farm + Boast, head to Orchard Farm (Greatwood Lake entrance)
- In Greatwood Entrance pick up Will Master's Elixir
- 3 waves of 3 bandits, use bow to take care of them all, hit Guards with lightning in berween to sustain the multiplier
- Kill Guards after killing all 9 bandits
- 3x Bow hits on Whisper after flourishing
- 11/12 Multiplier required, use Ages of Might potion at end

**Trader Escort**
- Go to Greatwood Cullis Gate
- Kill first Bandit in Gorge, avoid the rest
- Port back to Guild, take Trader Escort
- Upgrades: Phys 3, Health 3, Speed 2, Magic Power 1, Multi Strike 1, Summon 1, Berserk 1, Rush 2 (set keys on hotbar)
- If you're short on exp, scrap Magic Power 1 or Physique 3 (use Physique 2)
- Go to Chamber of Fate, clip into floor to get Aeons (guide: https://youtu.be/ptmbDpWrNls)
- Port to GW Cullis Gate, get your Summon to kill a Bandit or Hobbe (if there's only wasps, do this in GW Caves)
- Say Yes to first trader, use Rush + Berserk + roll for movement through Entrance, Marshes, Lake
- Kill Yellow Hat + Infected Trader at Camp, enter Ancient Cullis Gate when Red Hat trader starts moving (killing skips dialogue)
- Use Berserk + Multi Strike to kill Earth Troll

**Bandit Camp**
- After finishing quest, dig up + use Golden Carrot (sleep in Oakvale Tavern as backup)
- speak to General trader (don't rush/berserk or you'll scare him)
- Buy/sell Perfume 2x, buy/sell Emeralds to ~47K, buy all potions, speak to Maze
- Go to Clifftop Path, clip gate (guide: https://youtu.be/ptmbDpWrNls)
- Pick up Ages of Skill potion (free up 3x hotbar slots)
- Use Cullis gate to go back to the Guild when you reach Twinblade's camp, pick up quest, return to TB's Camp
- Clip second gate, get Ages of Will pot (backup - kill guy for pass)
- Clip in third map, get Ages of Might pot (backup - pay Assassin)
- in Twinblade fight, Berserk after ~6 seconds, take 1 or 2 hits from Twinblade/Bandits, wait him to jam swords into ground, hit with Berserk + MStrike 2x

**Find The Archaeologist**
- Go back to Guild, sell Ebony Bow, buy Master Longbow + Will Potions (Health Potions optional, don't get if you paid the assassin)
- Speak to Maze, teleport to Witchwood Cullis Gate
- Break bushes, ignore troll, get Ages of Will pot
- Hit stones with bow in order: Front, Back, Left, Right
- You can summon clip the demon door which saves time but it is more difficult

**White Balverine**
- Head to Knothole Glade, port back to Guild as soon as you enter the map
- Take quest, upgrades: Accuracy 2, Multi Arrow 1
- Use Multi Arrow on first 4 balverines (look away to spawn next balverines), make sure you take all the exp
- Hit White Balverine 10x with Lightning, skip scene, go to top of hill, hit White Balverine 10x, skip scene
- When you get the Silver Augmentation, augment the Master Longbow, try to teleport to the Guild and select Reload
- Go back to Knothole Glade and repeat.
- Make sure all your Ages of Might/Skill/Will pots are on your hotbar, and Multi Strike is not up
- Put second Silver on Bow, fire at White Balverine when the bow is fully drawn
- Use pots at 37 multiplier, teleport back to Knothole Glade

**The Arena**
- Take quest, Upgrades: Physique 5, Speed 5, Accuracy 4, Enflame 3, Multi Strike 3, Force Push 3, Physical Shield 2, Berserk 2, Magic Power 4
- Spam Undo Upgrade + D key on Enflame (Hotshot glitch) to level it to Level 4
- Set all binds, go back to Knothole Glade, make way to Arena
- At Arena store, buy all Will Potions
- Wasps = Enflame + Force Push, Hobbes = Enflame, Balverines = Enflame, Bow on White Balverines, Undead = Enflame (2x for larger ones), Bandits = Enflame, Berserk hit archers in last waves + Multi Strike last ones, Earth Troll = Multi Strike hits
- Rock Troll = Multi Strike hits, rush occasionally to reset AI
- Arachanox = Use tutorial to assist with this fight, 2x Multi Strike hits, burrow, 2x Multi Strike hits, burrow, 2x Multi strike hits (link in desc)
- Whisper = Multi Strike hit, wait for her to throw grenades, rush + Multi strike

**Rescue The Archaeologist**
- Go to Barrow Fields after Arena, Grey House. teleport to Guild, take Quest
- Upgrades: Physique MAX, Speed MAX, Accuracy MAX, Magic Power MAX, Multi Strike MAX, Force Push MAX, Slow Time 1/2, Physical Shield 3, Berserk 3, Assassin Rush MAX, Multi Arrow MAX
- If you don't have enough exp, things to skip out on (first to last): Force Push, Multi Arrow (3 is fine), Accuracy (5/6 is fine), Magic Power (5/6 is fine), Physique (6 is fine)
- Teleport to Bowerstone South, go up the stairs into Bowerstone North
- Buy/Sell Diamonds, buy Will Potions, buy Solus Greatsword
- Rush past all minions, force pushing gives breathing room
- In Windmill Hill, break barrel by Dreadwing for Golden Carrot (backup: sleep @ Hook Coast)
- In Prison Path, you must kill the final 2 minions quickly, slow time can help

**Lychfield Graveyard**
- Teleport to Guild, teleport back (puts you at the start of the map)
- Go to Lychfield Graveyard
- Pick up helmet, speak to Gravekeeper, kill him
- Dig up Nostro's Sword, open tomb with Nostro's Armour, fish for Nostro's Shield
- Open Nostro's tomb, avoid all undead in Old Graveyard Path (movement is challenging here)
- Use bow for small undead in the Circle, slow time + 2x Enflame for larger undead

**Bargate Prison**
- Rolling rather than rushing in the tunnels is usually better as undead spawn constantly
- Take right path in the Cliffside Path
- Pick up your mother, make way back
- Don't Force Push after picking up Scarlet Robe the first time (starts dialogue which cancels Berserk)
- Prison is 34 seconds faster in French
- Wait, race, sneaking minigame, rinse and repeat
- After getting the key in your second year, pick up Missing Belongings from Barracks, then Scarlet from Torture Chamber
- For Kraken, Enflame Tentacles (try and hit as many in one hit), then use Multi Arrow shots when the head emerges

**Gateway/Return To Hook Coast**
- After Prison, go to Barrow Fields, make your way to Ancient Cullis Gate
- Before entering Ancient Cullis Gate, use your Golden Carrot
- Enflame all the undead, get as many in a hit as possible
- In Hook Coast, buy Will potions from the General store, then go to Abbey
- After cutscene, go back to the Guild, Maze's quarters, speak to Guildmaster
- Equip Solus Greatsword
- Go back to Hook Coast Abbey, wait for Guildmaster (prepare Berserk, Shield, Multi Strike)
- Use Maze fight video tutorial -- link: https://www.speedrun.com/fabletlc/guide/t0qdr

**Try To Stop Jack of Blades**
- After Maze fight, go back to the Guild
- This quest is mostly movement, use Force Push to get breathing room

**Jack of Blades**
- Go to Chamber of Fate, make sure you have at least 2 Multi Arrow shots
- Berserk + Multi Strike Minions + Jack
- If he falls into floor (rare), Enflame him, otherwise 2x Multi Arrow shots
- Kill Theresa for the Sword

**Prophets of the Fire Heart**
- Go back to Guild, upgrade Berserk to Level 4
- Go to Lookout Point, enter Demon Door
- Hold Block key while starting quest (after Quest Start prompt), allows for faster movement during puzzles
Puzzle 1: R-U-R-U-R-D-D-L
Puzzle 2: R-R-R-U-U-L-L
Puzzle 3: R-R-U-R-U-L-D-L-L-U-R-U-R-D-D-L
Puzzle 4: U-U-R-U-R-D-D-D-L-U-U-R-R-L-D
Puzzle 5: U-U-U-D-U-R-R-D-D-D-R-U-D

**Ship of the Drowned**
- Equip Solus Greatsword again, go to Hook Coast
- Interact with pedestal at the top of the Lighthouse
- Slowtime, hit Summoner with Berserk + Multi Strike hit
- Rush + kill other 2 summoners

**Oracle of Snowspire**
- To fight Ice Troll, Berserk hit until his health threshold, wait until he's punched 12x, start hitting
- Make way to Snowspire
- After entering Snowspire, port to Archon's Shrine, make way to Necropolis
- This part is RNG. Use minimap to look for green dots, interact with the graves to check
- Dig the graves: T. Fung, I. Lovett, Georg W
- Make your way to the end of map, kill minions first, then Summoners
- Go back to Snowspire, speak to Scythe

**Kill Thunder**
- Go to Archon's Shrine, skip scene, go to Knothole Glade
- Punch Thunder, prepare Multi Strike + Berserk
- 2x Berserk + Multi Strike hits

**Kill Briar Rose**
- Go back to Archon's Shrine, Force Push Briar to start fight
- Force Push clones, attack real one

**Killing Nostro**
- After Briar fight, teleport to Lychfield
- Make your way to Old Graveyard Path
- Once you reach the end of the first bridge, teleport to the Guild
- Recall to Old Graveyard Path, interact with door behind you (recalling puts you at the end of the map
- Prepare Sword, Berserk + Multi Strike
- Enflame Undead, hit Nostro (2x hits)

**The Final Battle**
- Teleport to Archon's Shrine, enter Archon's Folly
- For Dragon fight, Berserk, Multi Strike hits, when he prepares attack, either rush for i-frames, or prepare Will Potions.
- Skip scenes, GG