RTA Guide/70 Star: Difference between revisions

The goal of 70 star is to beat the game without any sequence breaking (skipping star door requirements) or using any of the tech which allows the sequence breaking (e.g. [[BLJ]] or [[RTA Guide/MIPS Clip|MIPS clip]]).

== Category Rules ==

* Circumventing star door requirements (e.g. [[RTA Guide/MIPS Clip|MIPS Clip]]) is banned.

* All forms of [[BLJ]] are banned.

== Suggested Routes ==

It is recommended that regardless of your skill level that you do some variation of the HMC late route for your PB attempts. The "HMC late" routes are based around getting the second MIPS star and doing HMC on your second trip to the basement. The [[#HMC Early|HMC Early]] routes refer to any route which does HMC on the first (and only) trip to the basement and does not get the second MIPS star.

* Beginner - [[#HMC Late|HMC Late (CCM 18)]] without TTC 100c

** Same as intermediate, except replaces TTC 100 with SL Reds and Stomp on the Thwomp.

** Does pillarless twice, does 100c with slide instead of penguin race in CCM.  

** Can also opt to do "island hop" to skip backtracking to BOB with wingcap.

== HMC Late ==

=== Standard Route (CCM 18) ===

==== Lobby ====

#[[RTA Guide/Lakitu Skip|Lakitu Skip]]

#*[[RTA Guide/Tower of the Wing Cap|Tower of the Wing Cap]]

# Bowser in the Dark World

# Bob-omb Battlefield

#*[[RTA Guide/Shoot to the Island in the Sky|Shoot to the Island in the Sky]]

#*[[RTA Guide/Big Boo's Balcony|Big Boo's Balcony]]

#*[[RTA Guide/Secret of the Haunted Books|Secret of the Haunted Books]]

==== Basement ====

#[[RTA Guide/MIPS#Entering Basement | MIPS]]

#*[[RTA Guide/The Manta Ray's Reward|The Manta Ray's Reward]]

# Bowser in the Fire Sea

==== Upstairs ====

# Wet-Dry World

#*[[RTA Guide/Whirl from the Freezing Pond|Whirl from the Freezing Pond]]

#*[[RTA Guide/Chill with the Bully|Chill with the Bully]]

==== Basement 2 ====

#[[RTA Guide/MIPS#Entering Basement | MIPS]]

#*[[RTA Guide/Watch for Rolling Rocks|Watch for Rolling Rocks]]

#*Enter HMC and exit course, then head to tippy.

==== Tippy ====

# Rainbow Ride

# Bowser in the Sky

#*[[RTA Guide/Bowser in the Sky#No Reds | Bowser in the Sky (No Reds)]]

=== Advanced (CCM 17) ===

== HMC Early ==

The HMC Early routes do not make a second trip to basement in order to get the second MIPS star and consequently they do HMC on the first (and only) trip to the basement. Optimally, these routes are comparable to the standard HMC late route, however they are generally considered harder to optimize. They may be preferable in some situations since they allow more flexibility in routing since you are not bound as tightly to the 30 star door requirement before DDD.

=== Differences from HMC Late ===

The differences between this route and the standard [[#HMC Late (CCM 18)|HMC Late]] route are as follows:

The route above is the most common HMC early route, but a few modifications can be made to make the route faster and/or more consistent.  

=== Replacing CCM 100c ===

Since meeting the 30 star door requirement is not an issue with HMC Early, you are allowed more flexibility in early game routing. Most commonly, people will replace [[RTA Guide/CCM 100 Coins #With Big Penguin Race| Big Penguin Race + 100 Coins]] and [[RTA Guide/Slip Slidin' Away|Slip Slidin' Away]] with [[RTA Guide/CCM 100 Coins #With Slip Slidin' Away| Slip Slidin' Away + 100 Coins]] and one alternative star. Also, since SL Reds is already replacing MIPS 2, if you decide to skip TTC 100c you will need to add in another alternative star.

* Easy/Slowest: [[RTA Guide/Navigating the Toxic Maze|Toxic Maze]] without BLJ

* Intermediate: [[RTA Guide/Wiggler's Red Coins#Standalone | Wiggler's Red Coins]]

* Hard/Fastest: [[RTA Guide/Pyramid Puzzle| Pyramid Puzzle ]]

== General Route Variations ==

The following route variations apply to both the HMC early and HMC late routes.

=== TTC 100c ===

Instead of [[RTA Guide/TTC 100 Coins #With Stomp on the Thwomp| Stomp on the Thwomp + 100 Coins]], you can do [[RTA Guide/Stomp on the Thwomp| Stomp on the Thwomp]] on it's own along with an additional alternative star:

* Easy: [[RTA Guide/Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins| Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins]]

* Easy: [[RTA Guide/Navigating the Toxic Maze|Toxic Maze]] without BLJ

* Intermediate: [[RTA Guide/Wiggler's Red Coins| Wiggler's Red Coins]]

* Hard: [[RTA Guide/Pyramid Puzzle| Pyramid Puzzle]]

Note: if you do HMC Early, SL Reds is already in the route and you will have to choose one of the other stars to replace TTC 100c.

=== Island Hop ===

Rather than doing [[RTA Guide/Shoot to the Island in the Sky|Shoot to the Island in the Sky]] after Dark World Reds, you can save time by getting this star without the wingcap in the first split by doing [[RTA Guide/Shoot to the Island in the Sky#Island Hop| Island Hop]]. This saves approximately 5-6 seconds in castle movement as you only have to enter Bob-omb Battlefield once.

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