Tips and Tricks for Minecraft speedruns

To start speedrunning a CTM...

 * 1) Pick a CTM you want to speedrun
 * 2) Investigate the map (i.e. locations of useful loot chests)
 * 3) Look for speedruns of the map by other runners
 * 4) *If no previous run exists, see Routing, else skip to step 4
 * 5) Test run
 * 6) Optimize the route. For example:
 * 7) *Finding the best path from A to B in an area
 * 8) *Major route changes like the order of wool areas
 * 9) Repeat 4 & 5 until you get a good time

Movement
Psycho's movement speed comparison


 * Jumping while sprinting (or "bunny hopping") is the fastest form of movement under normal circumstances
 * If you have a speed 2 buff (or higher), jumping is slower
 * Any jump boost effects will also make jumping slower
 * If you are in a 2 block tall corridor, mash jump as fast as you can to get a nice boost

Bridging
Psycho's bridging speed comparison


 * Bridging diagonally is the fastest, most reliable method of bridging
 * The "Unsneak" method is faster but riskier, yet still practical for runs

Combat

 * In most cases it is better to avoid enemies rather than fighting them2016-06-03 00.04.58.png
 * You should craft a shield and crouch to activate it. A shield blocks other player's or mob's attacks. Crafting Recipe: 6 Wooden Planks and 1 Iron Ingot. - DrDino on YT2016-06-03 00.04.44.png
 * You will deal a critical hit (150% melee damage) while falling
 * If playing in 1.9, remember that you cannot spam click
 * Punch bows can knock you forward if you shoot fast enough
 * Monster spawners can be completely disabled by placing 2 torches/glowstone
 * Placing 1 light source on a spawner will only prevent spawning in a small area

Boots with feather falling enchantments will reduce damage taken from using an ender pearl

 * In addition, protection enchantments on other armor pieces also reduces ender pearl damage, though not as much
 * With precise shots and movement you can clip through blocks, for example bedrock (if map rules do not disallow this)
 * In certain situations you can manipulate teleports and render distance to warp from long distances (see the current WR for SP02 Overload)

Fall damage prevention
The following methods will negate falling damage:


 * 1) Landing in water, slime block, or cobweb
 * 2) *You can place these below you while falling but this requires good timing
 * 3) Grabbing a water bucket
 * 4) ladder in midair
 * 5) Throwing an ender pearl in midair
 * 6) *You need to throw it just before you hit the ground as the ender pearl is slower than you falling
 * 7) *The ender pearl itself does 5 points (2.5 hearts) of damage
 * 8) Quit to title, then reload the map (Can be used only in Glitched run)

The following methods will reduce falling damage:


 * 1) Fall while inside mine cart or boat, dismount before hitting the ground
 * 2) Boots with feather falling enchantment
 * 3) Jump boost or feather falling effects
 * 4) Landing in lava (don't try)
 * 5) Landing on a hay bale, a bed, or any other fall-reducing blocks

Routing
When planning a route, consider the following:


 * Map objectives
 * Map rules (some maps allow nether portals, for example Sunburn Islands and Pantheon)
 * Food
 * Items that help you clear areas faster (ender pearls, ladders, etc.)
 * Items that increase your speed (speed potions, equipment with speed buffs)
 * If areas are open to the sky, also take the game time into account

[https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Dream Depending on the map it may be better to leave early areas for later, for example if you can find gear in later areas to speed it up or make it easier. However, you must consider if it is worth the time backtracking.]

Practicing your route using peaceful difficulty or map backups is helpful but keep in mind you cannot do this for real runs, so plan your strategies accordingly.

[https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Dream Drawing a map for yourself can be useful, especially for larger CTMs. A flow chart application might be good for this (i.e. draw.io). Here are a few tips for drawing your own map:]


 * Use spectator/creative mode or MCEdit to investigate the mapCHEATING
 * Find and list the chests with useful loot in each area
 * Note the location and types of spawners in your routing path, particularly mobs unique to the map
 * Locations you can potentially tunnel between areas

Inventory management
General Minecraft tips


 * In Minecraft 1.7 or later you can remap your hotkey slots to be more convenient for you
 * Memorizing the monument is recommended, it helps you place the objective blocks faster
 * Most CTM maps use the standard wool monument (with some variance on metal blocks), but some are unique

Enchants

 * A Respiration enchant on a helmet increases your vision underwater
 * An Efficiency 1 tool is about the same speed as the next tier (e.g. Eff.1 stone pick = normal iron pick)
 * Remember that efficiency does not strengthen a pickaxe, e.g. a wood pick cannot mine iron even if it is enchanted to be faster than stone
 * Block breaking time calculation (assume using proper tool)
 * (Block hardness * 30) / ((Tool base speed + Efficiency bonus) * (Haste multiplier)), round up to the next integer, in game tick(1 tick = 0.05s)
 * If the value is less than 1, the block will be broken instantly
 * Efficiency bonus = 1 + Efficiency level ^2, no bonus if no efficiency enchantment
 * For example, Efficiency V gives a bonus value of 26
 * Haste multiplier = 1 + 0.2 * Haste level
 * Example:

in case you actually want to speedrun just follow these steps


 * 1) mine 2 full oak trees
 * 2) make crafting table and wood pick
 * 3) then find exposed stone
 * 4) if there is gravel there too mine that until you get one flint
 * 5) mine stone get stone pick, sword, and axe (you can also make shovel)
 * 6) make sure you are near a village (if not restart)
 * 7) also make sure you know where or are by a lava pool
 * 8) then go to village and mine all beds(this will help against ender dragon)
 * 9) if there is iron golem, hit a villager so he comes towards you, then run away and stack up 4 or 5 blocks
 * 10) this makes it so that he cant hit you and you can hit him
 * 11) after killing him get the iron and make flint and steel and a bucket (if not enough iron for both make the bucket first and then try to find exposed iron) or as you do step 3. look for iron as well and mine it
 * 12) after that fill the bucket with water
 * 13) then go to that lava pool and make a speed portal(if you don't know how go to YouTube and search it up)
 * 14) as you wait in the portal pray that the fortress is near
 * 15) if not, that's ok just look around (this might waste some time but you can try to make it up)
 * 16) make sure to mine enough nether gold to make boots
 * 17) once in the fortress find the blaze spawn and kill enough to get 7 or 8 rods
 * 18) turn that into blaze powder
 * 19) NOW if you are EXTREMELY lucky you might find a bastion with piglins and gold blocks
 * 20) mine the blocks and turn them into ingots and trap the piglins in a hole or something
 * 21) then trade with them by throwing the gold and wait until you get at least 12 ender pearls
 * 22) now head back to the overworld and make ONLY 2 ender eyes
 * 23) after this you should throw them and head in the direction it says
 * 24) there are some tricks on how to use the ender eyes on YouTube so look up videos to find the stronghold faster
 * 25) once in the stronghold prepare for battle and find the portal room
 * 26) now craft the however many ender eyes you need (don't use all the pearls because they can help you in the fight
 * 27) at some point you should have made a bow and at least 32-64 arrows (probably should have mentioned that earlier)
 * 28) anyways when your in the end be careful, and shoot the end crystals
 * 29) a tip for when the dragon shoots his breath at you, BUILD UP 3 BLOCKS, the breath cant touch you then
 * 30) now when all the crystals are destroyed wait for the dragon to come towards the bedrock portal
 * 31) after she lies down place a bed and some protection
 * 32) then right click the bed and it should blow up and damage the dragon
 * 33) eventually it should kill her and you can jump in the portal
 * 34) you have now successfully speedran Minecraft

Advanced Tricks
If the map rules do not disallow it, you can clip through one block thick bedrock in a few ways:


 * Damaging a boat while riding in it, for example with a bow or flint and steel (to clip down)
 * Ender pearling (to go up)