Paradox Gaming | Former World Record Vah Medoh Any% Speedrun [3:12.87] @paradox_guardian | Uploaded June 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
SORRY FOR THE DELETE AND REUPLOAD. I realized that, upon closer inspection of the rules, I previously ended the run 6 seconds late. I wanted to fix the editing.
RULES: The run starts on the frame that Link begins moving, and ends when the final A button is hit on the Main Control Unit AFTER KILLING WNDBLIGHT. Any beforehand prep is fair game.
Failures:885
EQUIPMENT USED
Snowquill Headpiece
Full ancient armor, upgraded twice
Speed boost III
Attack boost III food in inventory
Great Flameblade
2 Savage Lynel Crushers (RIP, you'll be missed)
Ancient Battleaxe ++ (MUST be at least 67 DMG)
Savage Lynel Bow (3 Shot, 32 DMG)
Falcon Bow (Quick Draw)
1 Ancient Arrow, 4+ Bomb Arrows
Stasis+ (Greatly helps out with boss fight)
OTHER NOTES
For this route to work, Medoh must be the FIRST Divine Beast completed.
I did a ton of inventory arrangement before the run to save time.
The axe MUST break to deal enough damage to the boss to skip phase 2.
I ran this on Switch, the slower of the two systems.
I have the camera sensitivity set to very fast and have motion controls enabled.
FINALLY, I AM A HUMAN. This is not TAS. I spent dozens of hours getting this run.
SORRY FOR THE DELETE AND REUPLOAD. I realized that, upon closer inspection of the rules, I previously ended the run 6 seconds late. I wanted to fix the editing.
RULES: The run starts on the frame that Link begins moving, and ends when the final A button is hit on the Main Control Unit AFTER KILLING WNDBLIGHT. Any beforehand prep is fair game.
Failures:885
EQUIPMENT USED
Snowquill Headpiece
Full ancient armor, upgraded twice
Speed boost III
Attack boost III food in inventory
Great Flameblade
2 Savage Lynel Crushers (RIP, you'll be missed)
Ancient Battleaxe ++ (MUST be at least 67 DMG)
Savage Lynel Bow (3 Shot, 32 DMG)
Falcon Bow (Quick Draw)
1 Ancient Arrow, 4+ Bomb Arrows
Stasis+ (Greatly helps out with boss fight)
OTHER NOTES
For this route to work, Medoh must be the FIRST Divine Beast completed.
I did a ton of inventory arrangement before the run to save time.
The axe MUST break to deal enough damage to the boss to skip phase 2.
I ran this on Switch, the slower of the two systems.
I have the camera sensitivity set to very fast and have motion controls enabled.
FINALLY, I AM A HUMAN. This is not TAS. I spent dozens of hours getting this run.
![Former World Record Vah Medoh Any% Speedrun [3:12.87]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RlNfMZoslRg/hqdefault.jpg "Former World Record Vah Medoh Any% Speedrun [3:12.87]
SORRY FOR THE DELETE AND REUPLOAD. I realized that, upon closer inspection of the rules, I previously ended the run 6 seconds late. I wanted to fix the editing.
RULES: The run starts on the frame that Link begins moving, and ends when the final A button is hit on the Main Control Unit AFTER KILLING WNDBLIGHT. Any beforehand prep is fair game.
Failures:885
EQUIPMENT USED
Snowquill Headpiece
Full ancient armor, upgraded twice
Speed boost III
Attack boost III food in inventory
Great Flameblade
2 Savage Lynel Crushers (RIP, youll be missed)
Ancient Battleaxe ++ (MUST be at least 67 DMG)
Savage Lynel Bow (3 Shot, 32 DMG)
Falcon Bow (Quick Draw)
1 Ancient Arrow, 4+ Bomb Arrows
Stasis+ (Greatly helps out with boss fight)
OTHER NOTES
For this route to work, Medoh must be the FIRST Divine Beast completed.
I did a ton of inventory arrangement before the run to save time.
The axe MUST break to deal enough damage to the boss to skip phase 2.
I ran this on Switch, the slower of the two systems.
I have the camera sensitivity set to very fast and have motion controls enabled.
FINALLY, I AM A HUMAN. This is not TAS. I spent dozens of hours getting this run.")
![I beat every shrine, divine beast, and tower without jumping or gliding. [Botw X button challenge]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UBVR5tJo3Io/hqdefault.jpg "I beat every shrine, divine beast, and tower without jumping or gliding. [Botw X button challenge]
Today I will show you how to get every blue thing on the map without using the X button. This took me around 120 hours to put together. All gameplay footage in this video was mine.
Video Chapters:
0:00:00 Introduction, explanation, and BLSS
0:08:59 Bosh Kala [first easy shrine]
0:09:56 Gorae Torr
0:11:12 Jitan Sami
0:12:09 Tah Muhl
0:15:47 Sah Dahaj
0:16:32 Rok Uwog
0:17:07 Joloo Nah
0:18:05 Toh Yahsa
0:19:55 Mogg Latan
0:21:36 Kaya Wan
0:22:26 Divine Beast Vah Naboris
0:27:41 Divine Beast Vah Rudania
0:33:19 Divine Beast Vah Ruta
0:37:03 Divine Beast Vah Medoh
0:49:09 Kah Okeo [first hard shrine]
0:52:06 Shora Hah
0:59:06 Taloh Naeg
1:06:19 Sha Warvo
1:14:26 Voo Lota
1:24:16 Shai Yota [the most interesting shrine]
1:44:03 Finishing the run
1:47:49 Acknowledgements and final thoughts
Some questions and answers for you guys:
Q: Where have you been?
A: College, mostly. When I made this channel, I was in high school and had much more free time. I will be receiving my MS in Electrical Engineering in about a week and then I am moving on toward a PhD. Expect me to remain busy.
Q: Why the Zora armor/ancient gear?
A: I like how that equipment looks, and the ancient gear also does extra damage to most bosses.
Q: Why do you have 7 hearts sometimes and 5 other times?
A: I actually created two save files to get this footage! The 5 heart one was used to test strategies and whatnot (this was often the file I used for demo footage with the X button icon), and the other file was the actual run. I decided that I wanted more than three hearts so that I dont get one-shotted, but not so much health that the health bar takes up a large part of the screen. I decided 7 hearts was a good balance.
Q: Why didnt you use Kuh Takkar for the ISCW into Shai Yota? Wouldnt the setup have been easier?
A: Yes, the setup is indeed easier because there is no water. I actually tried this, but somehow I lost cutscene storage on my way to Shai Yota from Kuh Takkar. It took a while to make that journey, and I had no idea what caused the trick to fail, so I decided to instead use Jitan Sami since its closer, even if the setup takes longer.
Q: Will you make any more videos?
A: Perhaps. I have some ideas.
Music used
-Basically the entire Baba is You OST
-Manifold Garden OST (House of Leaves, Sky and Water)
-Some other misc. Zelda music that you probably know by now (mostly Skyward Sword and Lorule Castle from ALBW).
For those who are interested,
-Map that I used for visuals for Voo Lota and Shai Yota
https://objmap.zeldamods.org/#/map/z3,0,0
-Tutorial for Void-out Storage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEOoSrMviHI
-Tutorial for SCW and ISCW
Normal SCW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcLRI_yGSj4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgTPwEFbHFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVUSCTo4kGY
Infinite SCW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vha7mPcc1D8")
