All Flags

Complete isles 1-3 (including Run-n-Gun levels), Inkwell Hell and defeat the Devil.

Expert All Flags

Complete isles 1-3 (including Run-n-Gun levels), Inkwell Hell and defeat the Devil on Expert difficulty.

Expert All Isles

Complete isles 1-4, Inkwell Hell and defeat the Devil on Expert difficulty. 

Expert All Isles Full Clear

Complete isles 1-4 (including secret boss, King’s Leap challenge, Run-n-Guns and Mausoleums) obtain the Divine relic and defeat the Devil on Expert difficulty.

Expert DLC Any%

Unlock and complete isle 4 from the fresh Save file and trigger the DLC ending on Expert difficulty.

* This category is not valid to officially join the team but team members can submit runs for this category to the website.

Expert DLC Full Clear

Unlock isle 4 from the fresh Save file, complete King’s Leap challenge, obtain the Divine relic and trigger the DLC ending on Expert difficulty.

General Rules

• A hit is any instance of damage.
• Intentional use of off screen hitboxes is not allowed.
• Version 1.0 is not allowed due to its unmonitorable major glitches concerning off screen hitboxes and weapon cooldowns.
• Swapping weapons on the same frame as shooting an EX is allowed.
• Pausing is allowed, including strategic pause buffers.
• Exiting to map in a level or retrying is not allowed.
• Exiting to map from the tutorials and Elder Kettle’s house is allowed.
• For an expert run, fresh expert glitch to start the game is required. This allows runners to start the game on expert without completing it on regular first.
• Enabling 2 player mode as a single player is not allowed.
• The “bad ending” credits do not complete the game as the file is still considered incomplete on the main menu and expert is not unlocked.
• Failing a mausoleum counts as taking damage.
  
• Getting hit while having Ms. Chalice Super Art 2 active and losing the floating heart in consequence is considered damage and a hit.
• Currently these categories are not valid to officially join the team (DLC Any% and Expert DLC Any%) but team members can submit runs for these categories to the website.
• The Divine Relic quest for categories requiring it (DLC Full Clear, Expert DLC Full Clear, All Isles Full Clear and Expert All Isles Full Clear) must be done in the same difficulty as the rest of the run.
• Mods removing film grain are not allowed

To ensure a smooth verification process by our verifiers, we recommend not covering the following HUD elements. This is particularly important to help the verifier when there is an ambiguous situation, especially during boss fights.

• HP counter
• HP Bonus stat counter