Overview
Did you accidentally kill your qulin? Or perhaps want to keep that ankh for the cosmic ocean? Well look no farther! This is a (WIP) guide of all available skips. More Pictures Coming soon…
Udjat Eye Skip
This one’s very straight forward and there are multiple ways to do it.
First you want to go to volcana, reason being is that it’s a LOT easier to find than jungle.
Then get to the correct level, it’s the level without a border at the bottom of the exit. And you’ll probably see the drill.
The next part’s a little more RNG but you want to find 6-10 bombs OR a ball and chain at the bottom of the level. If you have bombs you’ll want to look down until you see some powder boxes, the more the better, Then start bombing your way down.
If you have a ball and chain you can jump below it, then jump away to make it go down and crush the block below it, this will not work if there is lava below, as it will stop at the lava. Repeat this until you are at the bottom, then IMMEDIATELY go get the four leaf clover, as you may be close to your time limit.
The second method is a lot more RNG than the first method, but takes less resources. But the first method is more reliable.
Olmec skip
This skip allows you to skip 2/3 or maybe even the entire olmec fight! Credit to: PastryPerson for suggestion.
Step 1: Align the left foot of your character to the far right of the block.
Step 2: Place a bomb and wait for it to explode.
Step 3: Go to the far left block, then place a bomb in the corner.
Step 4: Place bombs as shown, making sure that you place them in the corners.
Step 5: Lure olmec over to the far right, making sure not to squish yourself. Then stand on the right edge so your character is barely on him. Spam your door open button until you get in.
Collect the ankh, go back outside, wait for olmec to jump, then make your way to whatever section you want, I recommend tide pool because you can do a:
Ankh Save
The Ankh save is very important for a cosmic ocean run, It allows you to accidentally get killed by a cosmic jelly and still have a chance on getting to 7-99!
Step one, Place a rope on the right side of the idol where the dragon ladder is.
Step two, Go to the idol and align your characters face with the first two teeth of the idol.
Step three, Place four bombs really fast, then go to the bottom of the rope.
Step four, after the explosion, go to the top of the rope and wait until the lava stops dripping
Step five, jump to the other dragon ladder and hold up, throw up a rope or two to get to the surface, then rope or jump down to the door.
This one is hard at first, but can be more reliable than the paste method, as with the paste method there may be gems between the gunpowder boxes to ruin your run.
Step one, You’ll need paste, 2 bombs, and 3 rope. And if you don’t have spectacles, leave the Excalibur and back item at the entrance due to unexpected gems.
This shop just happened to have everything I needed, and the shopkeeper was… “willing” to lend them to me. He even gave me a free shotgun too!!!
Once you make it to the idol, go one set of roof tiles(block bomb blocks) and Throw up a rope on the outer side. Then go two tiles in the same direction and repeat. Throw up a third rope in the middle so that there are a total of 3 ropes. If you have no movement back item, throw up a fourth rope so that you have something to climb on.
After That jump onto either the right or left rope. Hold up, and I mean it, It is very important that you hold up, on the top of the right rope and throw up a bomb. Quickly get to the left rope and do the same making sure to hold up. After the bombs are placed jump to the middle rope and wait for the lava to drain away.Jump to either the left or right rope, throw up another rope, and go through the door.
Qulin Skip
The Qulin (Chee-lynn) skip is the hardest skip on this list, obviously because it allows you to skip the entire game, allowing you to start at even the ice caves and getting to Hundun. This section will have 3 methods. I also highly recommend using a tool like overlunky to practice this skip. A link to overlunky is provided in suggestions section.
This one is by far the easiest skip to pull off consecutively, as it only requires a jetpack, and a few pieces of rope.
Step 1: Get to this location at the beginning of the crossing, throw up a few ropes so you can get as high as possible without using jetpack fuel.
Step 2: When the top laser turns off, quickly jump onto the platform to replenish your fuel, then, climb up your ropes to the top.
Step 3: When the laser above you turns off jump off the rope and spam the jetpack button until you get to the top, once you do, grab onto the ledge that the laser doors shoot from (Assuming their on) Or just fly in if their not on.
This one is easy from expirience, but to do this you have to have a jetpack, so your probably just showing off, I mean come on, Just do middle! But anyways:
You will need: A Jetpack, climbing gloves, 2-99 rope, 1 bomb.
Step 1: Blow up the area underneath Tiamat. This will release the bubbles so that they go up.
Step 2: Ride one of the bubbles on either the right or left side, throw up a rope and wait there until the timing is right.(When the top laser just stops)
Step 3: Quickly jump onto the same level as the first layer to re-fuel your Jetpack then fly to the right and climbing gloves onto the middle tile of the second laser.
Step 4: Jump into the small hole that the laser is at just the right time to re-fuel your Jetpack, then fly up.
Step 5: Repeat step 4 until your almost at the top.
Step 6: Hop into the little hole, then move to the middle, conserving your fuel. once your in the middle throw up a rope to hold onto. Get to the top, throw up another rope, wait until the laser’s on the left and right are done, then leave.
Congrats! You (Hopefully) did it and now your on your way to the sunken city!
Suggestions?
If you have any suggestions or skips that aren’t listed in this guide, feel free to post them in the comments, if I don’t know about that skip and didn’t plan on adding it to the guide I’ll put you in a very special list.
List:
Xanagear: First google result that helped me learn about 90% of what’s on this guide.
PastryPerson: For suggesting a skip to get the ankh easily. Thank you.
Overlunky[github.com]: For being useful.
Me: For making the guide.
And you, for taking the time to read the guide i hope this helps you on your trip to 7-99!