Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is a monster of a category. It's definitely nowhere near the levels of Hollow Knight Low% True Ending, but this run is REALLY difficult and takes forever. It's pretty fun though, and I would like to do another run at some point (though I'm not sure when that will be).
I used a document of the route to help me know where I need to go. I was actually one of the main routers for this, but I have to shoutout Hippo for putting a LOT of work into this. Even if you don't want to speedrun it, it's fun to do a casual run following this. The document can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1To9dVt89HbOxghuxU-wRUELeiuw1j07IcSvGKLTO-aU/edit?tab=t.0
The 13 Percents are:
Silk Spear
Bellbeast Silk Heart
Cling Grip
Needolin
Nail Upgrade
Clawline
Tool Damage Upgrade
Throwing Ring
Lace 2 Silk Heart
Spool Segment
Quest Point 17 (In this case a second Nail Upgrade)
Silk Soar
Everbloom
See the route document for more details on why we need some of these. Note that Drifter's Cloak and Faydown Cloak are not actually percents, and the Fleatopia courier delivery is not possible because the Fleamaster will give you a Tool Pouch Upgrade before accepting the package.
This is a monster of a category. It's definitely nowhere near the levels of Hollow Knight Low% True Ending, but this run is REALLY difficult and takes forever. It's pretty fun though, and I would like to do another run at some point (though I'm not sure when that will be).
I used a document of the route to help me know where I need to go. I was actually one of the main routers for this, but I have to shoutout Hippo for putting a LOT of work into this. Even if you don't want to speedrun it, it's fun to do a casual run following this. The document can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1To9dVt89HbOxghuxU-wRUELeiuw1j07IcSvGKLTO-aU/edit?tab=t.0
The 13 Percents are:
Silk Spear
Bellbeast Silk Heart
Cling Grip
Needolin
Nail Upgrade
Clawline
Tool Damage Upgrade
Throwing Ring
Lace 2 Silk Heart
Spool Segment
Quest Point 17 (In this case a second Nail Upgrade)
Silk Soar
Everbloom
See the route document for more details on why we need some of these. Note that Drifter's Cloak and Faydown Cloak are not actually percents, and the Fleatopia courier delivery is not possible because the Fleamaster will give you a Tool Pouch Upgrade before accepting the package.
![[READ DESC] Silksong - Act 1 Mount Fay Climb (No Needolin, No Clawline, No Dash???)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z6NxwRC67lo/mqdefault.jpg "[READ DESC] Silksong - Act 1 Mount Fay Climb (No Needolin, No Clawline, No Dash???)
As of version 1.0.28891, you are no longer able to get Faydown Cloak without Needolin. Everything else in this video is still accurate, but Im incredibly disappointed that the game is no longer beatable without Needolin.
NEWER VIDEO (replaces Threadstorm and Flea Brew with Plasmium Phial): https://youtu.be/AM_Cqvc2ZzI
Well, isnt this funny. Beast Crest is pretty strong even without the ability to beastboost. I was just screwing around and I didnt expect this to be possible at all, and this one is not actually useful for any categories yet, but it is quite funny.
More details of Mount Fay skips and why they are relevant can be found in the description of my previous video: https://youtu.be/vlZSUeOgIRM
I did use savestates in a couple spots for this, as the tricks are quite difficult. I also cheated and warped myself to where the second to last cocoon skip was so I didnt have to redo all of the rooms, as well as giving myself soul and health so I didnt have to grind. The movements through each individual room were legitimate and are possible RTA. Good luck if you attempt this version of the skip.")
![[TAS] Spelunky 2 - No Teleporter Any% in 1:38.033](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZOT18nTEC0Q/mqdefault.jpg "[TAS] Spelunky 2 - No Teleporter Any% in 1:38.033
This is a TAS, or tool-assisted speedrun. It was made using tools such as slowdown, frame advance, and savestates, and is not meant to compete with real runs but is solely for entertainment. This seed is pretty awkward as well as using both Hoverpack and Mattock are pretty awkward for a TAS. Theres a lot of time spent waiting to hit the ground after cancelling fall damage with Hoverpack in order to be able to use the Mattock. Optimally a seed would have a Cape + Gift Box Mattock start as well as the entire rest of the seed being good, but a seed like that hasnt been found. This TAS isnt perfect but its still good.
Seed: 79ECCAF9
TAS tool used (made by Cosine256): https://spelunky.fyi/mods/m/tas-wizard/
There is now a TAS leaderboard to keep track of all the modern TASes! This can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-fEITRpwkfkbBesV1jAQbjmlJWV_MRdTwEpOHjfaIkc/edit?usp=sharing")
