Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In my last video, I showed how to stop time with recovery zones and what that glitch is capable of, but I forgot to test this with stolen monster items since it's an ability I use very rarely outside of Dark Cloud 2. If you're not familiar with the time stop glitch, please watch that first: youtu.be/ycID7IkpoAA

When a stolen monster item gets to you with a full inventory, the item menu is forced open even during times when you normally can't open it, letting you get stuck in place, and use some items without losing them. It also lets you perform double jumps with Toan, letting you go out of bounds at low ceilings in the Sun & Moon Temple and entrances of Divine Beast Cave floors, but it's a frame perfect glitch that's very difficult to perform without save states. You can reach floor 10 of the Sun & Moon Temple without Ungaga, but if you try to advance past floor 12, the game crashes since he doesn't have a weapon equipped, and it won't let you equip one until he becomes an ally.

But it turns out, stopping time isn't the only thing recovery zones are capable of. By performing a jump slash into them, the jump slash is canceled, and you become invincible for 100 seconds. You can still take damage from poison and thirst, but you'll still be alive if your HP drops to 0. Falling in Divine Beast Cave cancels the glitch.