############### Tricks ###############

• Straferunning/jumping - run in two different directions resulting a faster running speed (Simple math)
• Grabbing through walls - some items/buttons can be used through wall
• Safe fall - Sometimes you can break your fall without getting damage just by falling to a angled surface
• Patrol harrasment - You can distract patrols by making sound, especially usefull in assassin level where you can skip alot events
• Guard pushing - You can force guards to back off by crouching and moving towards them. This tricks doesn't work if monster is already swinging weapon or is a ranged attacker.
• NPC boost - You can lean to NPCs and objects to gain speed.

############### Items ################

• Blackjack - Knocks out unalarmed guards
• Healthpotion - Your main way to regain health
• Speedpotion - Best item for speedrunning, it temporarily increases speed. Best effect is gained on parts where you can't jump or you'll have to swim
• Mine - This is mainly used to break guards from following you which helps alot in levels which have tight spaces
• Flash grenade - Kills undead and distracts anything else. Great tool for monster management
• Noise arrow - Used to distract monsters
• Moss arrow - Reduces sounds you make on different surfaces
• Water arrow - Extinguishes torches
• Fire arrow - deals damage, also lights up torches

############### Comments ###############

Training - 1m 39s - Rogston

• 0:27 tricky jump over the second fence
• 0:50 shot arrow to finish the shooting range event
• 0:53 perform all sword attacks to finish the fencing event
• 1:01 5 hits to the guards ends the live opponent event

Easy map: Simple mechanics and no npc boosting.

Bafford - 37s - Rogston

• 0:03 Opened the gate by pulling the lever through the wall
• 0:25 Stole the key from guard before he went trough the doorway and managed to get through by using guard pushing trick
• 0:33 Grabbed the scepter

Gatepush + perfect end part = -0.6s :)

Cragscleft - 2m 43s - Money run - Rogston

• 0:00 Drink the speedpotion to get fast through the water part
• 0:02 Look up and jump to perform a underwater jump
• 0:21 NPC boost from the zombie to the upper levels
• 0:54 Drink another speedpotin to get fast through the factory part
• 1:11 Pickpocketing the guard for fast route trough the torture chamber
• 1:27 Open cell which Cutty is and get there
• 2:07 Kill Cutty with arrow so that you can always finish the level
• 2:39 Pick the scroll through the wall

Money run: bought the two possible speedpotions

NPC boost + underwaterjump = -3s

Bonehoard - 2m 26s - Money run - Rogston

• 0:01 Dropping the unnecessary stuff
• 0:09 Saving time by jumping all the way down
• 0:29 picked the speedpotion from chest
• 0:41 Drank the speedpotion to go fast through the burrick cave
• 1:18 Physics engine decided that I didn't climb the wall ;-_-
• 1:26 NPC boosting from a zombie in best possible way.
• 2:22 Grabbed the horn of Quintus

Money run: bought rest of the healing potions

NPC boost works like a charm, unlike climbing which is the single most buggiest thing in entire game.

Assassins - 4m 26s - Rogston

• 0:01 Went outside the room to trigger assassin event
• 0:03 Glitch which appears if you pick up those moss arrows too fast causes event skip
• 0:31 Alarmed the guard by running behind him (disables event)
• 0:45 Used moss arrows to get across the metal bridge without alarming guards
• 1:15 Avoided another event
• 1:40 Placed moss to another metal platform
• 1:57 Avoided another event
• 2:26 Passing the guards so that I can be inside the castle before the assassins enter in it. (saves time even if I have to wait one event)
• 3:59 Picked the key from guard
• 4:22 Pickpocketed ramirez

New glitches and overall better performance saved 12s , hooray! The Sword - 1m 46s - Rogston

• 0:06 Picking the key from the guard
• 0:08 Used flash to blind the guards and knocked the one with gold purse
• 0:29 Planting some mines to avoid massive guard harrasment
• 0:55 Used flash to distract the guards so that they wont block
• 0:58 Grabbed the constantines sword
• 1:31 Guard patrol opens the door, but gets alarmed by the other guard in room above (which attracts him away from the door)
• 1:41 Grabbed purse from unconscious guard (100 gold)
• 1:42 Exited the mansion

Tricky map: it's important to jump to the mansion in correct way because you want the guard with the purse to be right behind you when you get in. Also you need to use the mines or there will be a dozen of guards blocking your way. Also you can grab the purse easily from the unconscious guard just by being far away from him (pickpocketing has longer range than body grabbing). Also you want to avoid getting shot by the archer because arrow hit will reduce your speed for some time. Important is to manage the guards so that they dont ruin everything.

The Haunted Cathedral - 2m 22s Money run - Rogston

• 0:04 balcony bugged, need straferun in the air and get back to avoid getting stuck
• 0:11 grabbed jewel through the plank (100 gold)
• 0:24 Using the streetlight as platform to get the purse at the window (100 gold)
• 0:29 Used 4 flashes to kill ghost priest (to not get blocked)
• 0:40 Shot arrow to lower the bridge
• 0:54 Used 4 flashes to kill the zombie (to not get blocked)
• 1:10 flashed the Burrick so that it won't follow
• 1:26 Used rope arrow to get the precious necklace (200 gold)
• 1:41 Shot fire arrow to the statue which triggers secret door (you need to stand in the middle platform)
• 1:58 opened the doors fast by standing by the other pedestal
• 2:11 Grabbed Key and the symbol to the lost city
• 2:17 Read the book

Money run: Bought the rest 6 flash grenades

Probably hardest map in whole speedrun: You need to manage monsters, Use various items, strafejump and climb. Just avoid being bumped to corners or monsters and perform the end temple part perfectly and you're clear. Also note that the balcony in the beginning bugs sometimes (can be avoided without time loss). Also in the end you want to be right next to the book or otherwise it might start reading the table inscriptions (which practically ruins everything and when you get back to game you have key equipped and it blocks reading the book)

Lost City - 4m 59s Money run - SaunaChum

• 0:00 The beginning is boring with the swimming scene
• 0:53 The first jump: I make this the difficult way so I don't take so much damage; there are other falls to come
• 1:12 Second jump: Very difficult and annoying, the timing on the first jump must be perfect (just try)
• 1:27 Third jump: pretty easy, for some reason Garret didn't want to grab the ledge before falling into lava
• 1:30->3:50 boring
• 3:56 A shorter route by falling through a hole in the roof of the temple. Also being generally faster and more careful.
• 4:11 Take a speed potion to cross the lava stream, the inclined ledge on the other side can't be climbed
• 4:23 Very annoying jump again; had to train this alot to succeed, because half of the ledge is broken
• 4:31 Rope arrow to the wooden piece, and up we go; again had to train this alot to perfect. Was pretty easy in the end to do.
• 4:45 And with the help of speed potion over the pit Garrett goes. Strange that I did not recieve any damage

Bought two speed potions and two health potions.
I hate this map. Why does it have to have that swimming part in the first place? All jumps were difficult and annoying and cost me lot of health.

Undercover - 2m 20s Money run - SaunaChum

• 0:10 Presenting credentials and creeping under the gate
• 0:29 Taking the Hammers Builders protection spell scroll
• 0:38 The first switch behind the pedestal
• 0:44 The second switch behind the tree
• 0:50 Diffult passage, because you can get stuck on those lamps
• 0:59 Third switch in the grave
• 1:18 Fifth switch behind the torture device
• 1:28 I use a fire arrow to open the cellar door, making this a money run, allowing me to use a shorter route, before and after the cellar.
• 1:32 Fourth switch near the fireplace
• 1:51 The switch to the treasury
• 1:57 The scroll to remove protection
• 2:00 The most difficult in the map, a strafejump with climbing. After this just straferun and strafejump as much as possible and pray there's no hammerite blocking

Bought one fire arrow.
This map was nice and easy, almost chilling around after escape, return and bedfellows. Getting the scroll is easy. Pulling all the switchs is easy. Taking the key from the high priest is easy. Reaching the talismans is easy. The only difficult thing, and it isn't even that difficult, is to make the jump from the talisman platform to the other side. There's no need to avoid guards in any point, just go forward and after alarm goes off, pray that none of the Hammers blocks your way out. No hammer high priest threat anymore.

Return To The Cathedral - 36s - SaunaChum

• 0:09 Blocking the door with skull so it can't close and lock itself
• 0:10 Blocked anothed door with holy water potion
• 0:20 Taking the speed potion to get enough speed to make the jump to The Eye
• 0:22 I take The Eye while mid-air
• 0:30 Escaped from the cathedral

By blocking one extra door with holy water and generally doing better the time was reduced.

Escape! - 49s - SaunaChum

• 0:08 Jump right next to the ratman so that he will move backwards while I pass him
• 0:16 Used the new route and rest is home clear
• 0:49 Escaped!

With the new route this map is bit easier.

Strange Bedfellows - 2m 27s Money run - SaunaChum

• 0:09 There seemed to be a strange invisible particle in the air right in front of the main gate, where I got stuck few times
• 0:24 The fall: I usually on the higher ledge for lower damage. This time it was only bad luck I didn't hit it
• 0:50 I extinguish the torch because the ratman on the bridge followed many times. The hold on is because I wanted make sure the hammer guy noticed me.
• 1:01 Some health potions
• 1:55 Speed potion to make carrying faster and to get past ratmen without them blocking me
• 2:07 Easier to pickup high priest while creeping
• 2:20 Extreme tumbling with the priestie; creeping didn't help me there

Bought speed potion and three health potions (to be sure)

This was pretty easy map. In this maps most of the ratmen didn't even notice me so they didn't bother me The most annoying thing was that the Hammerites speech started at random time after arriving. It could be 3 seconds or 8. The hardest part was after the speech to bypass the ratman on the bridge if he hadn't started to chase me (in this case he hadn't). After bypassing him the run was pretty much done because the everything after that was very easy. Bypassing the mantis before it makes to the door in front of it meant I was still in good time. I used the speedpotion right before taking the priest to get maximum speed while carrying it to the locked door. And I don't want to talk about the tumbling -.-

In the end you can hear ratmen closing in :)

The maw of Chaos - 8m 31s - Rogston

• 0:00 Fly
• 4:59 Replace the eye
• 5:00 Go eat

This map is just a tunnel which you have to jump through, horribly boring map. Also skipping the end scene, where constantine performs his ritual, seems impossible.

################ Older run times ######################

German Speedrun times (note: the thief gold has 3 more levels than the original version):

Lord Bafford
durchgespielt in 0:40 min

Cragscleft
durchgespielt in 3:34 min Katakomben
durchgespielt in 3:17 min Morder
durchgespielt in 5:33 min

Die Diebesgilde
durchgespielt in 5:38 min Das Schwert
durchgespielt in 2:06 min

Kathedrale 1
durchgespielt in 3:58 min

Magierturme 1
durchgespielt in 11:38 min Magierturme 2
durchgespielt in 5:47 min Verlorene Stadt
durchgespielt in 2:02 min Lied d. Katakomben
durchgespielt in 4:50 min Geheimauftrag
durchgespielt in 3:07 min

Kathedrale 2
durchgespielt in 1:41 min Flucht!
durchgespielt in 1:15 min Seltsame Gefahrten
durchgespielt in 2:59 min Schlund d. Chaos
durchgespielt in 9:19 min Gesamtzeit: 69:20 min
by Simulation

Luthien's second run (K)

01:46 A Keeper's Training
00:44 Lord Bafford's Manor
03:35 Break from Cragscleft Prison
02:39 Down into the Bonehoard
05:02 Assassins
04:49 Thieves' Guild
02:25 The Sword
02:47 The Haunted Cathedral
04:41 The Mages' Tower (with keyholing) (K)
02:04 The Lost City
04:51 Song of Caverns
02:51 Undercover
01:30 Return to the Cathedral (with keyholing) (K)
01:10 Escape!
02:44 Strange Bedfellows
08:31 Maw of Chaos
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0:52:19

############ Thanks ############
I want to thank:

• Poesta at SDA forums , you helped alot the development of this run.
• Simulation and Luthien, who did Thief Gold speedrunning.
• People behind SDA for making this run possible.