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]]).

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.

** [[RTA Guide/Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins#Standalone | Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins]]

* Intermediate - [[#Standard Route (CCM 18)|HMC Late (CCM 18)]]

** The de facto standard route, most similar to 120 star.

* Advanced - [[#HMC Late (CCM 17)|HMC Late (CCM 17)]]

** 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.

#*[[RTA Guide/The Princess's Secret Slide#First Star Tutorial | The Princess's Secret Slide (First Star)]]

#[[RTA Guide/Whomp's Fortress|Whomp's Fortress]] (every star)

#*[[RTA Guide/The Princess's Secret Slide#Second Star | The Princess's Secret Slide (Second Star)]]

#*[[RTA Guide/Bowser in the Dark World#Red Coin Star | Bowser in the Dark World (Reds)]]

#* [[RTA Guide/Bowser Battles#Bowser in the Dark World | Bowser Battle 1]]

#*[[RTA Guide/Slip Slidin' Away| Slip Slidin' Away]]

#*[[RTA Guide/CCM 100 Coins#With Big Penguin Race| Big Penguin Race + 100 Coins]]

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

#*[[RTA Guide/Shining atop the Pyramid|Shining atop the Pyramid]]

#*[[RTA Guide/Hot-Foot-It into the Volcano| Hot-Foot-It into the Volcano]]

#*[[RTA Guide/Bowser in the Fire Sea#Reds | Bowser in the Fire Sea (Reds)]]

#* [[RTA Guide/Bowser Battles#Bowser in the Fire Sea | Bowser Battle 2]]

#[[RTA Guide/Upstairs Toad| Upstairs Toad (near TTM)]]

#* Enter Snowman's Land and exit course. Then head to basement for MIPS 2.

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

#* Go to HMC after MIPS, and get the Toad star before entering HMC

#*[[RTA Guide/A-Maze-ing Emergency Exit|A-maze-ing Emergency Exit]]

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

#[[RTA Guide/Tippy Toad#For 70 Star| Tippy Toad (near TTC)]]

#[[RTA Guide/Tick Tock Clock|Tick Tock Clock]] (every star)

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

#* [[RTA Guide/Bowser Battles#Bowser in the Sky | Bowser Battle 3]]

In CCM, rather than doing 100 coin with the penguin race, do [[RTA Guide/CCM 100 Coins #With Slip Slidin' Away| Slip Slidin' Away + 100 Coins]]. Then replace the penguin race star with [[RTA Guide/Pyramid Puzzle| Pyramid Puzzle ]]. This way you'll have 30 stars when finishing LLL, which allows you to enter DDD past the 30 star door. Additionally, one can opt for [[#Island Hop|Island Hop]] to skip visiting BOB twice.

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.

* After LLL go directly to HMC. Get all of the HMC stars, then HMC toad, and then proceed to DDD as normal.

* In SL, you'll have to get [[RTA Guide/Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins| Shell Shreddin' for Red Coins]] to replace MIPS2. Once finished with SL, go to tippy as normal instead of exiting course.

=== 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 | Wiggler's Red Coins]]

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

=== 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.

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.