Speedrun to Warfarer suggestions

[XenoEvil]

What are some suggestions to unlock the warfarer as soon as possible on a fresh new game run?
My idea is to start as a thief and get 2 saurian tails and level up my vocation until I unlock pilfer. Go through the Guerco cavern to get to Bakbattahl and pilfer two fruit wines from the owner of Higg's tavern to craft 2 newt liquor. Go through Drabnir Grotto and get the third newt liquor from Gautsafr house and finally make my way to the hotsprings.

[Mechanique]

Grab liquor in Lab, make 2 copies at Checkpoint Rest

[MetalOnion]

Ask a friend to Gift you the needed liquor using the pawn system.

[glenn3e]

Pilfering Higgs seems like a good idea. I will do that in my playthrough

[SiFi]

Wear Beast mask that you can get from checkpoint town, go to Battahl and equip it, go put some sacks in a fenced in area, buy the liquor.

[Winter's Embers]

I did it as a level 18 mage. Played beastren so the mask wasn't necessary for me but just buying the liquor is easy. I actually just went through checkpoint rest town (hid in the luxury cart) and did a lot of running to the oracle for trickster, then more running to battahl. Three thief pawns with Implicate and skullsplitter got me through the Grotto and cleared the way to Warfarer (I also stopped and did mystick archer since I was there).
Just don't bother camping. At low levels, ambush is likely and you lose your camping kit anyway.

[can'tdecide]

The Beastren mask so that you can buy 3 from the guy in Battahl is simplest, a pawn quest and some item selling should net you an easy 15k necessary to buy the 3. On your way to Checkpoint Rest you accrue the means to buy the Beastren Mask. Then you can shoot straight for the springs.

[UnhappyCLOWN]

Originally posted by Winter's Embers:

I did it as a level 18 mage. Played beastren so the mask wasn't necessary for me but just buying the liquor is easy. I actually just went through checkpoint rest town (hid in the luxury cart) and did a lot of running to the oracle for trickster, then more running to battahl. Three thief pawns with Implicate and skullsplitter got me through the Grotto and cleared the way to Warfarer (I also stopped and did mystick archer since I was there).
Just don't bother camping. At low levels, ambush is likely and you lose your camping kit anyway.

Running to Bakbattahl is not optimal. Just hide in the luxury cart through the checkpoint and then jump out and say surprise. They'll arrest you and take you straight to bakbattahl jail. Then you just use the story mission gaol key to leave and you're instantly there.

[Jamation]

If you mean speedrun like, a timed thing, where you're trying to cut down as much as possible, I've seen a bunch of clips of people fighting Ogres (and I think cyclops) where they get flung crazy far because they get squished (or some other shenanigans) so you could collect a wakestone and try to fling yourself.
Or try to luck it out on a Griffon to get you closer.