Uploaded March 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
World record for the 100% RTA (Real Time Attack) category, played on the French Steam PC Version, using real time.
You can check out a leaderboard for this speedrun at speedrun.com/ff8#100_PC1.
This is 9-minute improvement to the former WR time of 11:23:10 by W1ndows91 and a 10-minute improvement to my former PB of 11:24:01(https://secure.twitch.tv/xerokynos/v/...).
This run, unlike most of my recent FF8 100% attempts, had quite astonishing item luck. However, the card Luck was overall subpar. Even though I was able to save half a minute on the Zell Card segment, this was only possible because my previous run had similarly horrible luck on the Quistis and Zell Card. Additionally, I lost about 6 minutes to collecting cards in the Disc4 Ragnarok. So, although this run is quite a huge improvement to my old run and constitutes the current WR again as of now, it could have become a much better run had it not been for petty card disasters.
Therefore, I believe this run can be improved further by a bit. A time below 11:10 seems both realistic and feasible with just better general luck. I actually do not intend to stop running this category before I make more outstanding improvements with this run.
As FF8 does not have a proper game completion counter, one will have to define on one's own what is to be understood by 100%. Obviously, determining what to include in 100% can be controversial and seem arbitrary. Regardless, I feel that the prerequisites I have come up with for the 100% category allow for an interesting speedrun and are as close as possible to what is intuitively understood by 100%.
Here is what my definition of 100% is:
1] Defeat all bosses
2] Get all GFs
2.1) Get all 16 junctionable GFs
2.2) Get Odin and Gilgamesh
2.3) Get Phoenix (use a Phoenix Pinion in a battle)
2.4) Get Boko and MiniMog from Chocobo World
3] Finish all sidequests:
3.1) Winhill: Get a Holy Stone by collecting all vase shards
3.2) Shumi Village: Get a Phoenix Pinion and a Status Guard
3.3) Chocobo Forests: Find treasure in all 6 Chocobo Forests, then go to the Chocobo Sanctuary to watch the Chocobo Dance and get the Chicobo Card and Gysahl Greens
3.4) CC Quest: Defeat all Members of the Card Club in Balamb Garden before Disc4
3.4) Obel Lake: Find a Three Stars and a Luck-J Scroll
3.5) Ultimecia's Castle: Activate the 4th Gate outside the Castle, get the Rosetta Stone and open up all closed doors
4] Have all characters learn all of their Limit Breaks
5] Have all characters have their ultimate weapon
6] Have 1 of each item
7] Own all cards
8] Have all 16 junctionable GFs learn all of their pre-set abilities, do not make them forget abilities that cannot be taught again
9] All tutorial entries are known
10] Read 12 Timber Maniacs
Remarks on my reasoning for these goals:
My general idea behind this 100% definition is to prevent missing anything permanently.
This why I specifically include getting Gilgamesh in the GF subgoal. Even though Gilgamesh is arguably by far a less useful and more annoying GF to have than Odin, Gilgamesh can be missed permanently if one does not recruit Odin before fighting Seifer at the end of Disc3.
I have Chocobo World running permanently to have Boko collect items in Chocobo World, which I later transfer back to FF8. Additionally, I use a glitch that allows me to continuously transfer the items I got in Chocobo World to FF8, in turn allowing me to duplicate and get rare items extremely fast.
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Also, if you'd like to watch these runs live, follow me on Twitch:
twitch.tv/xerokynos
World record for the 100% RTA (Real Time Attack) category, played on the French Steam PC Version, using real time.
You can check out a leaderboard for this speedrun at speedrun.com/ff8#100_PC1.
This is 9-minute improvement to the former WR time of 11:23:10 by W1ndows91 and a 10-minute improvement to my former PB of 11:24:01(https://secure.twitch.tv/xerokynos/v/...).
This run, unlike most of my recent FF8 100% attempts, had quite astonishing item luck. However, the card Luck was overall subpar. Even though I was able to save half a minute on the Zell Card segment, this was only possible because my previous run had similarly horrible luck on the Quistis and Zell Card. Additionally, I lost about 6 minutes to collecting cards in the Disc4 Ragnarok. So, although this run is quite a huge improvement to my old run and constitutes the current WR again as of now, it could have become a much better run had it not been for petty card disasters.
Therefore, I believe this run can be improved further by a bit. A time below 11:10 seems both realistic and feasible with just better general luck. I actually do not intend to stop running this category before I make more outstanding improvements with this run.
As FF8 does not have a proper game completion counter, one will have to define on one's own what is to be understood by 100%. Obviously, determining what to include in 100% can be controversial and seem arbitrary. Regardless, I feel that the prerequisites I have come up with for the 100% category allow for an interesting speedrun and are as close as possible to what is intuitively understood by 100%.
Here is what my definition of 100% is:
1] Defeat all bosses
2] Get all GFs
2.1) Get all 16 junctionable GFs
2.2) Get Odin and Gilgamesh
2.3) Get Phoenix (use a Phoenix Pinion in a battle)
2.4) Get Boko and MiniMog from Chocobo World
3] Finish all sidequests:
3.1) Winhill: Get a Holy Stone by collecting all vase shards
3.2) Shumi Village: Get a Phoenix Pinion and a Status Guard
3.3) Chocobo Forests: Find treasure in all 6 Chocobo Forests, then go to the Chocobo Sanctuary to watch the Chocobo Dance and get the Chicobo Card and Gysahl Greens
3.4) CC Quest: Defeat all Members of the Card Club in Balamb Garden before Disc4
3.4) Obel Lake: Find a Three Stars and a Luck-J Scroll
3.5) Ultimecia's Castle: Activate the 4th Gate outside the Castle, get the Rosetta Stone and open up all closed doors
4] Have all characters learn all of their Limit Breaks
5] Have all characters have their ultimate weapon
6] Have 1 of each item
7] Own all cards
8] Have all 16 junctionable GFs learn all of their pre-set abilities, do not make them forget abilities that cannot be taught again
9] All tutorial entries are known
10] Read 12 Timber Maniacs
Remarks on my reasoning for these goals:
My general idea behind this 100% definition is to prevent missing anything permanently.
This why I specifically include getting Gilgamesh in the GF subgoal. Even though Gilgamesh is arguably by far a less useful and more annoying GF to have than Odin, Gilgamesh can be missed permanently if one does not recruit Odin before fighting Seifer at the end of Disc3.
I have Chocobo World running permanently to have Boko collect items in Chocobo World, which I later transfer back to FF8. Additionally, I use a glitch that allows me to continuously transfer the items I got in Chocobo World to FF8, in turn allowing me to duplicate and get rare items extremely fast.
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Also, if you'd like to watch these runs live, follow me on Twitch:
twitch.tv/xerokynos
