Sekiro Speedrun Code: 101 to 999

Sekiro Speedrun 101: Any% Speedrun

This is the fastest, absolute entry-level speedrun category, focusing on getting to the credits as quickly as possible:

• Shura ending: The standard route runs through the Shura ending, which is the shortest and requires defeating Emma and Isshin Ashina.
• Glitch & Skip integration: Runners utilize out-of-bounds skips, gate slips, and deathblow bypasses to skip massive portions of the game's map.
• Split Setup: Download LiveSplit and use the standard Any% Shura configuration to track benchmarks.

Sekiro Speedrun 505: All Memories & Bosses (Glitchless)

An intermediate tier that removes game-breaking exploits and shifts focus to clean combat execution:

• Glitchless Rules: Major exploits and out-of-bound skips are banned. Runners must travel through the main progression path of Ashina and defeat every boss that yields a Memory.
• Combat Timing: Relies heavily on mastering enemy deflection loops, positioning, and prosthetics (like Firecrackers and Loaded Axe) without breaks in flow.
• Route Efficiency: Paths are routed to grab vital gourd seeds and items along the way without backtracking.

The definitive single-cycle 100% trial. A strict completionist run requiring every collectible, tool, ending quest item, boss, and mini-boss to be conquered with strictly zero glitches and zero skips:

• Glitchless & Skipless Standard: No out-of-bounds routing, no boundary deloads, no air swimming, and no stealth phase skips (e.g. True Monk must be fought through all 3 intended phases, Demon of Hatred in direct battlefield combat).
• All 40 Prayer Beads: Collect every single Prayer Bead scattered across all zones (Hirata Estate, Ashina Outskirts, Castle, Senpou, Sunken Valley, Depths, Fountainhead) to craft all 10 Prayer Necklaces.
• All 9 Gourd Seeds: Collect and turn in every seed to Emma to attain the maximum 10 Healing Gourd charges.
• All 10 Prosthetic Tools: Acquire all 10 base prosthetic tools (Loaded Shuriken, Firecracker, Flame Vent, Loaded Axe, Mist Raven, Loaded Spear, Sabimaru, Loaded Umbrella, Divine Abduction, Finger Whistle).
• All Major Ending Key Items: Complete all prerequisite side quests and obtain every key artifact:
  • Aromatic Flower: Obtain the Father's Bell Charm from Emma, revisit Hirata Estate Memory 2, and defeat Owl (Father) for the Purification ending requirement.
  • Frozen Tears: Complete the Divine Child rice questline, obtain the Fresh and Dried Serpent Viscera from the Great Serpents, and acquire Frozen Tears for the Return (Dragon's Homecoming) ending.
  • Core Story Relics: Mortal Blade (Gracious Gift of Tears), Lotus of the Palace, and Shelter Stone for Immortal Severance.
• All 14 Memory Bosses + All Mini-Bosses: Defeat all 14 Memory Bosses (including Owl Father & Demon of Hatred) and every mini-boss in the game (all Generals, Shinobi Hunters, Lone Shadows, Seven Spears, Ashina Elites, Snake Eyes, Centipedes, O'Rin of the Water, Armored Warrior, plus all 5 Headless and all 3 Shichimen Warriors).

The premier consecutive multi-cycle speedrun routing both the dark path and the holy path seamlessly on the same save file:

• Cycle 1 (New Game): Rush through Ashina, side with Owl atop Ashina Castle, and conquer the Shura Ending by executing Emma, the Gentle Blade and Isshin Ashina.
• Cycle 2 (NG+ Playthrough): Immediately transition into NG+ on the same file with maxed combat prowess and obtain all 3 non-Shura Ending Key Items in inventory:
  • Immortal Severance: Mortal Blade, Lotus of the Palace, and Shelter Stone.
  • Purification: Father's Bell Charm & Aromatic Flower (defeating NG+ Owl Father in Hirata 2).
  • Return (Dragon's Homecoming): Frozen Tears from the Divine Child via Serpent Viscera.
• NG+ True Combat Peak: Slay NG+ True Corrupted Monk, NG+ Demon of Hatred, and NG+ Sword Saint Isshin under strict 100% glitchless and skipless rules.

Sekiro speedrunning differentiates Platinum (All 34 Achievements / 1000G) runs into two main classification tiers:

• Code 199 — Any Method Platinum [egs-sprc-199]: Open category allowing all skips, save-branch backups, out-of-bounds routing, Gyoubu skip, and Demon of Hatred tower fall to unlock all 34 trophies as fast as possible (~1h 45m).
• Code 999 — Glitchless Platinum [egs-sprc-999]: The ultimate curriculum peak. Every trophy and ending earned across multi-cycle NG+ playthroughs strictly inside intended combat mechanics with zero glitches.