Soul Silver Any% Glitchless Manipless FAQ

Are you playing on an emulator?
- No. I'm playing on a DS with a capture board installed.

What's your goal time?
- 3:41 or lower.

Manipless? What's that mean?
- Just means this run does not manipulate RNG, so my starter / wild Pokemon will a random nature, as well as random IVs.

What do the letter grades next to the split name mean?
- The letters classify how "good" a given split was in my PB. A+ means it's hard to save time on the split, conversely a split graded D would be easy to save time on.

What is the world record for this category?
- https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnhgssext?h=Manipless_Glitchless-ENG-DS3DS

Why do you set the date to 1/1?
- To avoid getting hail on Red.

What Pokemon do you use?
- Cyndaquil for Falkner and Bugsy, Kenya (a gift Spearow) for Whitney and Morty, and then a level 50 Magikarp for the rest of the game. I also catch a Sentret for Surf, Cut, and Whirlpool, as well as a Snorlax to teach Rock Climb and to assist on the Red fight.

How do you get Magikarp?
- By leading Fearow and putting up a Repel before Route 43, I'm able to avoid any and all encounters below level 29 - leaving the level 50 Magikarp as the only possible encounter. Magikarp itself is a 1% encounter, so you'll see me doing a lot of turnframes to attempt to encounter it. On average, Magikarp will take about 70 seconds to encounter.

What are the hardest fights in the run?
- For Cyndaquil/Quilava, Bugsy and Falkner. Gyarados doesn't struggle with many fights, aside from Red.

What are the largest reset points?
- Too many encounters before Violet City
- Not encountering Magikarp, or getting a Magikarp with very bad stats

What are the stat/nature requirements for Cyndaquil?
- 9+ defense with a nature that isn't -atk or -spatk.

Feel free to ask any questions not mentioned in the FAQ in chat.