BL2 AQ Route 23.02.19

BL2 AQ Route 23.02.19

SQ = Save Quit
FT = Fast Travel
AT = Area Transition
DS = Dialog SKip
<> = Routing Notes / Untested ideas

Note: Early game (to lvl 10) route has a chance to vendor lock

1. Knuckle Dragger
	any%

2. Liar's Berg
	any%

3. Midgemong
	Turn in main quest, grab sidequest
	Clear graveyard, SQ, clear pond, SQ (wait for Claptrap)
	Turn in, grab quests
	Escort Claptrap past first fight, grab echo
	Shielded favors, grab fuse, finish Shielded Favors, SQ
	First Helena Pierce echo (bats), bullymong fur, kill midgemong, SQ

4. Captain Flynt
	Turn in Midgemong, grab second Helena Pierce echo
	any%

5. Enter Sanctuary
	any%

6. Cutscenes
	any% to safe, SQ (dont pick up bounty board/hammerlock)
	Start stash quest, grab zed, eridium shard, finish stash, Tannis
	Grab Zed, Bounty Board, Hammerlock, SQ
	FT to Divide

7. Bonerfarts
	(5 piles -> grenede kill -> projectiles -> kill 4/5)
	Name Game quest, AT to Frostburn

8. Firehawk
	any%
	DS last line with Assasinate the Assasins

9. Happy Pigs
	Get checkmark for Doc Mercy, Ride to Motel
	Grab quest, DS with The Name Game before Scooter starts talking, turn valve
	Get part in the middle and part near skags, SQ
	Get into car, kill badass bullymong, grab part
	Fix steam pipe, turn in, grab delivery quest (dont grab packages)
	Continue any%
	(split on entering dust)

10. Bad Maw
	any%
	kill Bad Maw extra time, SQ

11. Doc Mercy
	Grab packages, nade jump to Mercy, kill him, turn in
	Jump back to car, finish delivery, SQ
	FT to Sanctuary

12. Guns
	Turn in Name Game, SQ
	Buy vladof, fire gun, SQ
	FT to Bloodshot


13. Warden
	any%

14. Matchstick
	FT to Sanctuary
	Turn in Roland, grab Lilith, Tannis, SQ
	<New dialog skips:
		In Memorium - used in Tundra
		Cult Following - used for Cult Following
		Splinter Group - used in Bloodshot rerun
	>
	Buy sdu if possible, grab Hemmerlocks quest, pizza, injector, SQ
	(Farm for fire gun in Divide if necessary)
	FT to Frostburn, talk to Clayton, DS with Cult Following
	Get ashes, walk back to clayton, turn in (pick second reward for shield)
	Kill Scorch, SQ
	Turn in (second reward for shield), grab matchstick, SQ
	FT to Bloodshot

15. Bloodshot Rerun
	Pick up AI Core, kill rats, SQ
	Superskip to Ramparts, do AI Core quest
	DS with Splinter Group before touching constructor
	SQ after war loader, AT to stronghold and deathwarp
	FT to Divide

16. Wilhelm
	Go to Tundra
	Kill mutated varkids, then kill the rest of varkids for cutscene
	any%, grab Tundra Patrol Echo & Tinas quest
	DS with In Memorium before Tina starts twin sisters dialog line
	DS with Tina's quest before placing badonkadonks

17. Outwash
	Sanctuary attack any%, FT to Valley from Divide, grab furnaces quest
	any%, get fridge FT

18. Overlook
	any% (can skip getting bridge ft)
	FT to Sanctuary


19. Start Clan War
	Turn in main quest, grab Tannis, Sheriff, Bounty Board, Scooter, SQ

	<New dialog skips:
		Won't get fooled again - used for slab king
		Doctors orders - used in Wildlife
		Hidden Journals - used in Wildlife
		Swallowed Whole - used for Angel
		The cold shoulder - Wakey Wakey
		The Overlooked: Medicine man - used for bagman
		Clan war: Starting the war - used to get arms dealing DS
		The good, the bad and the Mordecai - used for Angel
		Positive Self image - used for Angel
		Stalker of stalkers - used for ovelooked: shields
		Arms dealings - Tundra Rerun
	>
	FT to Dust
	Grab Ellie's quests, SQ
	Grab dynamite, Too close for missiles quest, emblems, SQ
	Car ornaments on the way
	Grab tire emblem, SQ
	FT Overlook, DS with clan wars before Bounty Board, talk to Karina, SQ
	Clock tower, buy medicine, destroy liquor, AT to Holy Spirits
	Talk to Zafford, SQ
	Turn in, grab dynamite, SQ <look into skipping Zaffords dialog>
	AT to Overlook

20. Requisition Officer
	(Stalker echos start)
	Grab echo under bridge
	Grab medicine from Requisition Officer
	Make sure to hit Extraction Plant FT
	Echo on the boat, SQ
	FT to Dust

21. Race
	SPAWN EXTRA CAR
	Car ornaments on the way
	Jump to buzzard camp
	Too close for missiles + Carson <possibly move this for later>
	Race
	Car warp to ellie, turn in
	Car warp to hodunks, grab quest, car warp to Ellie
	FT to Overlook

22. Bagman
	Go to Holy Spirits, DS with Overlooked before picking up echo
	<unused DS Clan Wars>
	Finish Bagman, SQ
	AT to Highlands

23. Highlands quests
	Start arms, arm on shore, last medicine, arm near exploders, arm near wildlife
	Leave car at wildlife entrance, spawn car 2
	Echo and arm by windmill
	If needed farm missing chapters before last arm
	FT to Overlook from Bridge

	Finish arms (Dont turn in), give medicine
	Talk to karina, DS with Stalker of Stalkers (after grabbing quest)
	Grind shields, turn in to Karina (second reward), turn in Stalker of Stalkers
	Car warp to wildlife entrance (car 1), AT to Wildlife
	Grab FT, AT back to Highlands
	Go to car station (by wildlife entrance), drive to Hyperion outpost
	Nade jump on arch to get to last echo, finish mortar, SQ
	FT to Dust

24. Triquetra
	Drive to Hodunks, get last 2 car ornaments
	Turn in hodunks, spawn car 2, drive to Steve
	Car warp to Hodunks, finish quest, car warp to Steve, turn in (2nd reward for launcher)
	Car warp to hodunks, grab quest, SQ
	FT to Wildlife


25. Bloodwing
	any%, don't skip checkpoints
	DS before gate switch with Doctors Orders
	Grab Mother's Day quest, 1st and 2nd echo
	After feather oob movement to last buliding, grab 4th echo
	DS after Bloodwing with Hidden Journals

26. Slab King
	FT to Sanctuary, talk to Claptrap, turn in main quest
	Grab Mordecais quests, Scooters quests, GRAB CAMERA, SQ
	(can use Animal Rights to get Poetic Licence DS if you're too slow)
	<New dialog skips:
		Animal rights - unused (can only be used at Brick)
		Rakkoholics Anonymous - Angel
		Poetic Licence - Angel
		can use animal rights to get DS from scooters quest here
	>
	FT to bridge, drive to thousand cuts
	any%, finish mcshooty, grab photo by graves during second beacon wave
	FT to Wildlife

27. Wildlife rerun
	Kill first, second guards group (dont do waterfall skip)
	Grab echo at the start of last building, start last guard group, finish guards, SQ
	FT to Sanctuary

28. Wakey Wakey
	(grab everything in hq)
	Grab + turn Mordecai, Roland, Brick, Lilith, Tannis, SQ (watch for small break in main dialog, turn in mordecai first, before grabbing anything)
	<New dialog skips:
		Rocko - used for Angel
		Mine all Mine - used in Opportunity
		Home Movies - used in Opportunity
		Torture Chairs - used before Angel
	>
	Grab Moxxi, camera, booze SQ <can grab Hammerlock here if something better for birthday>
	FT to Overlook, grab contract (don't turn in Arms Dealing), go to Holy Spirits
	DS with Cold Shoulder, crash Wake, leave, FT to Bridge (leaving before checkmark might softlock)
	Drive to Opportunity

29. Opportunity
	Grab statusque, shoot statue
	Start constructor, DS Claptraps dialog with Mine all mine
	GRAB BEACON
	Go back to first statue (the same way, dont kill anything near beacon)
	Kill everything, grab history quest, kill as much by 2nd statue, go back to 1st when constructor arieves
	Kill everything by 1st statue then 2nd
	Finish history quest when jack is talking, turn it in, GRAB CHECKPOINT
	Kill body double, info kiosk, 1st kiosk
	Kill foreman, finish construction site, DS with Home Movies before container, deathwarp
	Kill everything by contructor, grab lures, 4th info kiosk
	2nd kiosk, place beacon (kill constructor?), deathwarp
	Finish lures, 3rd kiosk
	Voice modulator, finish home movies, click constructor, SQ
	FT to Sanctuary


30. Bunker
	(any% + pictures)
	Turn in Roland, SQ (dont turn in lilith)
	Talk to Claptrap (dont grab echo), SQ
	FT to Thousand cuts, flower picture, talk to Claptrap, picture by turrets, death warp to claptrap
	continue any%

31. BNK-3R
	any%
	(sell relic if any equipped)
	DS before voice modulator with Torture Chairs

32. Angel
	any%
	Dialog skips:
	1st: The good, the bad and the Mordecai
	2nd: Poetic Licence
	3rd: Swallowed Whole
	4th: Rocko's
	5th: Positive self image
	SQ after turn in


33. Birthday
	<Birthday notes:
		starts at 2:10
		pauses at 1:00 - pizza line, eating pizza unpauses 	(1:10)
		pauses at 0:40 - lungs line, unpa					(1:10 + 0:20)
		last line at 0:20 - skipping finishes quest
	>
	Grab fire wepons quest, safe and sound (in that order), SQ
	Summon DT, finish elemental weapons quest
	Turn in mordecai, grab Mordecai, Brick
	<New Dialog skips:
		Capture the flags - used in Sawtooth
		Bearer of bad news - used for old slappy
		Perfectly Peaceful - used for matchstick burning
		Safe and Sound - used for Clan Wars Finish
		The Bane - used for birthday
	>
	Go to Claptrap, grab echo, turn in and grab birthday bash after Mordecai stops talking <look into skipping mordecai with echo>
	Grab invites, go to Scooter, mash through everything (3 checkmarks)
	Turn in Maxxi,(drop kiss of death) put core into radio, turn in + grab Hammerlock, Bane
	Grab Marcus, go to Claptrap, DS with The Bane, start boombox (look at the timer)
	(get infinite ammo, dont merge)
	Run to Moxxi, buy sdus, grab echo by bane, Hammerlocks arm, ai core from radio
	Give poem to Daisy, grab BFFs quest, grab echo near BFFs, (next birthday part at 1:10 from start)
	Eat pizza (look at timer), grab echo by Zed, mash through Zed, back to Claptrap (next part 0:20 after last one)
	(buy nades, pick up zed about 5 seconds before 20 seconds pass)
	Blow, grab echo by sheriff, accuse to skip Claptraps line
	FT to Dust

34. Gettle & Mobley
	Put ornaments down, turn in Too Close For Missiles, go to junkyard (nade jump through wall)
	Grab 4 spiderants parts, bane echo, SQ
	Turn in Ellie, spawn Runner, finish moonshiner, drive to Friendhip Gulag, grab echo, SQ
	Kill Gettle, Mobly, turn in, drive to Eridium Blight

35. Eridium Blight Quests
	<Lots of other options for this area, needs extensive timing>

	Grab bounty board quests
	<New Dialog skips:
		Grandma's house - Enkiedling
		Kill yourself - used after Warrior
	>
	Get first mailbox (to the left after doors) <get car to first mailbox?>
	Drive to Mal, grab his quest
	Drive by Arid Nexus, get second mailbox
	Drive towards Sawtooth, skip checkpoint by Sawtooth
	Get third mailbox, nadejump to place with clothes to skip checkpoint
	Grab clothes, mailbox up the ladder, deathwarp
	Spawn car 2, drive to Mal, turn in, carwarp to car 1, AT to Sawtooth and back
	Grab limbs, drive to clothes place, grab second limbs, kill yourself
	Drive to next part, limbs, hit trigger for grandma's house
	Grab last mailbox and last 2 limbs
	Go to gradma's house through gap in invisible wall, kill bandits, grab buzzaxe, SQ
	AT to Sawtooth


36. Sawtooth
	Grab map quest, start 1st generator
	Finish main quest, LOWER THE ELEVATOR, grab Goliath's quest
	DS with capture the flags after Boombringer
	Jump to second generator + Kai, deathwarp
	Grab beacon, deathwarp, turn in
	Last generator, SQ
	FT to Eridium Blight

37. End Clan Wars
	Drive to Arid Nexus, turn in main quest, FT to Sanctuary
	Turn in Mordecai, Brick, Zed, SQ
	Turn in sheriff (accuse twice to get turn in immediatly), turn in Marcus, SQ
	FT to Dust, Kill Mcnelly, grab echo, drive to Lynchwood, DS with Safe and Sound before hitting trigger
	Kill Hodunks, turn in, AT to Lynchwood

38. Lynchwood
	(Dont pick up quests)
	Start Dukino, break chain, grab medicine, give medicine to Dukino
	Get skag food, bane echo, SQ
	Grab quests, bank, laxative
	Grab cart, kill Mad Dog, pick up echo, finish 3:10 to Kaboom
	Grab skag bomb, turn in bane, SQ
	Blow up bank, grab cash
	Turn in Dukino, finish bank robbery, get skag toungs
	Deathwarp back to Dukino, turn in tounges
	Escort Dukino, turn in (second reward for shield), SQ
	Turn in bounty board, kill Sherrif, SQ
	Turn in Bounty Board, FT to Southern Shelf

39. Burn Matchstick
	FT to Southern Shelf, grab last Helena Pierce echo
	Go to Flynt, grab rakk parts on the way
	DS with Perfectly Peaceful, burn Matchstick, SQ
	Turn in echos quest, FT to Three Horns Divide

40. Three Horns quests
	Kill boll, grab his echo, skag parts, grab second echo, SQ (ignore anchor echo)
	Grab anchor echo, finish furnaces, SQ <look into dialog skips for furnaces quest>
	Get final Boll echo, go to Caustic Caverns

41. Caustic Caverns
	Get through Sanctuary hole
	Go back through gate to get FT
	Grab first echo, switch on way to Blue, kill Blue
	Go to varkid House, grab echo + switch
	Digger switch
	Start minecart, grab echo by grave, nade jump back to cart
	Grab last echo + switch while crusher works
	Turn in minecart quest, go back through tunnel to the elevator
	Turn in chest, SQ
	FT to Extraction Plant

42. Assasins
	Go to Old Slappy
	Place arm, DS with Bearer, kill Old Slappy, SQ
	FT to Sanctuary, turn in Zed, SQ
	Turn in Moxxi, Hammerlock, SQ	<move this to cleanup?>

	FT to valley, turn in furnaces quest (2nd reward to avoid grenade)
	Drive to Southpaw, finish assasins, FT to Arid Nexus Boneyard

43. Fyrestone
	Go to Pipe (grab checkopint), kill Hunter Helquist
	1st Pump Station, kill Skrakks, 2nd, deathwarp, 3rd station, go to Badlands

	Grab gun parts quest
	Grab bounty board quests
	Echo by bone head
	Echo on bus stop
	Finish main quest, kill more skags, FT to Boneyard

	Grab echo by the entrance, echo by skrakks, windmill, SQ
	FT to Fyrestone, go to Baha's Place, echos, DS with Get to know Jack, kill skags as needed
	Turn in bounty board, SQ
	FT to Sanctuary

44. Stairs
	Turn in Mordecai, Claptrap, SQ
	any%

45 Heros Pass
	any%

46. Warrior
	any%
	Grab FT, DS last line with Kill Yourself
	SQ after touching key
	DONT PICK TVHM

47. Enkiedling
	FT to Frostburn, turn in Clayton
	(use hearthbreaker for fire weapon)
	Burn fire things, nade jump to Spycho <2 routes here>
	Kill Spycho, finish Enkiedling, DS with Grandma's before hitting trigger for clayton SQ
	FT to Tundra

48. Tundra Rerun
	Go to Madame, grab sir Reginald, DS with Arms Dealing <possible natural ds>
	Buzzard Parts, grab Princess
	Stash quest, Mine all mine quest, go back to Tina, turn in
	Grab dynamite, finish Flesh-Stick, start generator, smack Flesh-Stick
	Clear waves, train robbery <look into dialog skips>
	Back to Tina, turn in, (drop fluster cuck) SQ
	FT to Sanctuary

49. Cleanup
	Turn in bounty board, Tannis, SQ
	FT to overlook, turn in Bounty board, Karina, kill Henry, turn in, SQ
	FT to Lynchwood, kill Dukino's Mom, turn in, SQ
	FT tp Fridge

50. Fridge Quests
	Kill Sinkhole
	get flowers, pizza, kill Laney <look into DS>
	Get goliath echo, finish quest, SQ

51. Slautherhouse
	Finish Medical Mystery

52. Ore Chasm
	FT to Eridium Blight, turn in Bounty Board
	Turn in Mel, AT to Ore Chasm, finish it

53. Rocko
	Shoot Mel, turn in
	Deathwarp after leaving arena, FT to Thousand Cuts
	Rocko, finish Rocko's quest, turn it in, go to Terra

54. Terra
	SQ after kill

55. ?
	Jump off cliff, FT to Sanctuary
	Turn in tannis, open stash, Mordecai, Lilith, Claptrap, Zed, Scooter, BFFs