BbS - Ventus Any% (Beginner) Route

Land of Departure
- Partially use Flame Salvo Shotlock (11) for 1st and Last Phases
- Normal strats for 2nd Phase

Dwarf Woodlands
- Head into stupid Find the Dwarfs Mini-Game
- Climb straight up to get Mini
- Use the Aqua D-Link and shotlock the box below
- Go further up and use "Finish" on the jumping box
- Break open the box right of the chest that's slightly moving
- Break open the next box up ahead with Shotlock
- Break the moving cart with Finish
- Break the last box with Shotlock
- Menu: Sliding Dash -> Quick Blitz
        Mini -> Aero
- Go to the Cottage and get the Fire Chest in the backyard
- Open the Shimmering Crystal chest next to Snow White, then talk to her
- While escorting Snow White, kill all enemies and use the White Calm [] + X command
- Re-enter the forest to fight Mad Treant
- Start with Flame Salvo, combo him to death until shotlock is ready again

Castle of Dreams
- Jump up to Cinderella's Room
- Moogle Shop: Sell: Mini
	           Buy:  Fire x5 and Cure x1 (650 Munny needed)
- Enter the Mousehole, kill the 2 Floods, then quickly jump, lock-on, and use Sliding Dash; Grab the Ether chest
- Get the Pink Thread to your left, then jump down to the right to get a Fleeting Crystal chest
- Slide Dash to the White Sash, then use the Terra D-Link and Slide Dash to the White Button
- Pick up Pink Fabric on the ground
- Menu: Fire -> Sliding Dash
	    Aero -> Empty
        Fire -> Strike Raid
        Fire -> Empty
        Equip Treasure Trove
- Use the Aqua D-Link and kill all waves of Unversed
- Re-enter Mousehole
- Menu: Meld Fire + Fire + Shimmering Crystal = Fira (Fire Boost)
        Fira -> Empty
	Fire LV 1 -> Aero
	Fire LV 1 -> Fire LV2
        Cure -> Fire LV2
	Switch Aqua's D-Link to Level 1 only if you got the 2nd Upgrade
- Kill all of the Unversed again
- Re-enter the Mousehole
- When you get to Level 6 and 110 EXP until Level 7, pick up the White Lace on the couch
- If your D-Link gauge is not full, then kill a Flood to restore the D-Link gauge
- Kill enemies in the Mousehole, then fight Lucifer
- If Aqua's D-Link is Level 2, then Blizzara, Shotlock, Mine Square, Shotlock

Enchanted Dominion
- Moogle Shop: Buy:  Sleep x4 (400 Munny needed)
	       Only Sell some items if you don't have 400 Munny
- Menu: Meld Fire + Fire + Shimmering Crystal (if you have it) = Fira (Fire Boost)
	Fira -> Empty
	Sliding Dash -> Fira or Fire
	Strike Raid -> Fire
	Fire -> Cure
	Change Aqua's D-Link back to Level 2 if you switched it to Level 1 earlier
- Go to the Forced Goon Fight (Aqua D-Link)
- Right path to Blue Warp, then straight path into Orange Warp
- After the 1st part of the Maze, go right and jump to the Fleeting Crystal chest
- Use Fira on the Goons, open the Fleeting Crystal chest, then Sliding Dash to the Tornado Strike chest
- Menu: Fire -> Sliding Dash
	Fire -> Strike Raid
- Wait and take the Yellow Warp, then the Red Warp on the left path
- Examine Aurora's Heart, then fight Maleficent
- Use the shotlock when she does her Lightning DM and her Sleep DM.
- When you enter the Firestorm command style, then just attack her.

World Map
- Menu: Sleep -> Fira
	Sleep -> Fira
	Sleep -> Fire
	Sleep -> Cure

Vanitas I
- Let Vanitas kill you in 1st Phase. After Mickey arrives, spam Sleep and hit him when he's at 1 HP.

Radiant Garden
- Go to the next area and try to get an Abounding Crystal with the Snow White D-Link
- Menu: Meld Sliding Dash + Strike Raid + Abounding Crystal = Payback Raid (EXP Walker)
	     Cure + Aero + Pulsing Crystal = Cura (Finish Boost)
	Fira -> Sleep
	Fira -> Sleep
	Fire -> Sleep
	Fire -> Sleep
	Cura -> Empty
	Equip High Jump & Payback Raid
        Change the Aqua D-Link back to Level 1
- After the next cutscene, go back into the Gardens, go left and jump down to get the Binding Strike chest
- Go towards Fountain Square and talk to the Moogle on the way there
- Shop: Sell: Tornado Strike, Sleep x4, and all Aeroras
	Buy:  Binding Strike x2 (800 Munny needed)
- Kill all Blue Sea Salts in Fountain Court with Aqua D-Link and hope that you get a Shimmering Crystal
- Kill Floods to refill the D-Link gauge
- Go fight Trinity Armor
- Enter Firestorm, then start attacking it
- Do not use the Firestorm finisher while Trinity Armor is doing its laser attack
- After the legs are gone, use Shotlock on the other part
- Just attack the head while always entering Firestorm
- Menu: Binding Strike -> Fire
	Binding Strike -> Fire
	Binding Strike -> Cura
- Forced Fight in Central Square (Aqua D-Link)
- Go see Terra, then use Aqua D-Link to kill Unversed on the way back to Central Square

Disney Town
- Ice Cream Mini-Game (Goal: 1,050+ Points)

Olympus Coliseum
- Forced Fight
	- Go attack the barrel before Hercules gets it
	- Use a lot of Shotlock
	- Use Firestorm Command Style
- Urn Minigames
- Menu: Meld Fire + Fire + Shimmering Crystal (if you have it) = Fira (Fire Boost)
		- If you don't have it, then don't meld it with a crystal for a chance of it being a Fire Boost
	Fira -> Empty
- Jellyshade Fight
	- Go into Cyclone as fast as possible by using Binding Strike when in Fire Storm

Deep Space
- Defeat Metamorphosis I with Triangle and X
- If you haven't gotten a Pulsing Crystal yet, then pick up the chest on the right
- Menu: Cura (Finish Boost) -> Binding Strike
	Equip Mark of a Hero
- Use the Aqua D-Link in the forced fights
- Moogle Shop: Buy Fire Surge x2 and Cura x1 (1,900 Munny needed)
- Get the Fire Surge chest right of the purple boxes in the Launch Deck
- Get the Fleeting Crystal chest left of the purple boxes if you didn't get a 3rd one yet
- Menu:	Ether -> Cura (Finish Boost)
- Spam Flame Salvo and Ethers on Metamorphosis II

Neverland
- Menu: Meld Binding Strike + Fira + Fleeting Crystal = Fire Surge (Attack Haste)
	     Binding Strike + Fira + Fleeting Crystal = Fire Surge (Attack Haste)
	     Binding Strike + Fira + Fleeting Crystal = Fire Surge (Attack Haste)
	Fire Surge -> Ether
	Fire Surge -> Empty
	Fire Surge -> Empty
	Fire Surge -> Empty
	Fire Surge -> Empty
	Fire Surge -> Empty
	Cura (Finish Boost) -> Empty
- Go to Indian Camp and forced fight
	- Shotlock the 1st wave, Fire Surge/Firestorm the rest
- Go fight Captain Hook and spam Fire Surges

Mysterious Tower
- Go to Yen Sid's Room

World Map
- Enter the Badlands, Land of Departure, then Keyblade Graveyard

Keyblade Graveyard
- Menu: Cura -> Empty
	Equip Lost Memory
- Use Mickey D-Link to use the Sliding Dashes in the Tornado Trench
- Enter the Final Battles against Vanitas
- Vanitas II
	- Full Flame Salvo shotlock at the beginning, then spam Fire Surge. Heal when needed.
	- Guard and Counter his attack after his Teleport Counter
- Final Vanitas
	- Fire Surge spam and maybe a Firestorm finisher
	- Use your Dark Link shotlock at about 10-15 and Vanitas should clash with you.
	- Last Word after 4 Dark Link shotlocks