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Boktai 1: 28 Dungeons Route

About this Guide

While the current WR follows this route, it is far from optimized. So far only the Empty Gourds are properly routed; Speed Nuts, Bananas and Grenades have a lot more potential and the WR still picks up a good amount of items that are not necessary.

Please suggest improvements!

Some of the images are kinda rough, initially these were just my (shenef) personal notes and are now slowly being expanded. For now, if a dungeon just has "...", there is either nothing noteworthy to do or it's still directly from my notes.

The icons on the map indicate how you are expected to leave that dungeon.
Some dungeons simply take longer to leave on foot.

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Route

  • In-game start time: 3:40 AM

Small Cave

  • Small Cave

Gate of the Dead

...

Ancient Forest

  • Get Empty Gourd in first room

Catacomb

  • Catacomb
  • Catacomb

Bloodrust Mansion

  • Bloodrust Mansion

Solar Tree

  • plant 2 Speed Nuts

Deserted Arsenal

Finish this Dungeon three times. This gains you a total of +18 Speed Nuts and +3 Bombs.

Note: Any% recently switched from two completions back to one completion.
It's likely that, even in 28 Dungeons, good item routing could reduce it from three completions to two or even one.

Stairs of Trial

  • Don't use a Speed Nut after the puzzle
  • Stairs of Trial

Ruined Cemetery

...

Firetop Mountain

  • Firetop Mountain

Noname Fortress

  • Noname Fortress

Death Cliff

...

Crumbling Mine

...

Suffering House

  • Suffering House
  • Suffering House

Permafrost

  • Permafrost

Stench Forest

  • Sword Boss

Remaining Tower

  • Remaining Tower

Scar of the Land

  • Scar of the Land
  • ↓, ↓, wait, ↓ →, → ↑, →
  • Frost Lens, Spear Frame, Heal, use Flame Nut

Forgotten Tomb

  • Forgotten Tomb
  • destroy Shield, use Bombs

Abyss

  • Use Banana for puzzles, 1 Speed Nut after first puzzle
  • Abyss
  • +1 Speed Nut on light bridge
  • Get Javelin

Delusion Forest

  • Entering: 4x straight, 2x left
  • Get reward
  • Leaving: right, then move to entrance

Valley of Ice

  • Take top path in slide room

Sol City

  • Sol City
  • Don't pick up the grenades after Sabata until after Carmilla
  • Two Speed Nuts in north trap
  • Carmilla: use 15+1 Grenades

Info

You need at least 2 Empty Gourds at this point.
If you have 3, you can gourd out of Water Demon's Cage.

House of Darkness

  • House of Darkness
  • House of Darkness
  • Exit with Empty Gourd

Fire Dragon's Grave

  • Fire Dragon's Grave
  • Exit with Empty Gourd

Water Demon's Cage

  • Sol 3 + Fencer swing
  • Exit with Empty Gourd if you have more than 1

Fallen Devil Castle

  • Fallen Devil Castle
  • (First Floor)
    Fallen Devil Castle
  • Exit with Empty Gourd

Frost Tower

  • Use Banana after Red Shroom

Cloud Tower

  • Block puzzle solution:
    • = + /

Dark Castle Core

  • Tentacle Trap Rewards:
    (Not required but could be useful)
    • Top: 10 Golden Apples
    • Middle: 10 Solar Nuts
    • Bottom: 5 Speed Nuts
  • Color Puzzle solutions:
    • 53
    • 254