S Grade Strategies?

[Speedy]

Are there any skips or strategies to keep in mind when going for the S Grade? Even when I get runs where the monster mostly stays out of my way, I cannot get under 12 minutes. Any tips would be greatly appreciated! :3

[mudjoe2]

first thing, to S rank, definitely play with skip intro on

early game, you want to use the exit warps for quickly retrieving the acid and entering courtyard. you also want to skip picking up the map at all

the valve code is always the same MLRMR so no need to check the note.

otherwise it's tough, as far as I know the hammer code is always dynamic and virtually unguessable, AND you cant reveal the hammer chalkboard without the archives VHS tape

honestly, I am skeptical that current S rank is reasonably doable without the infinite stamina and friendly monster cheats on. I only got S with those on, and it was like 9m55s.. It might be possible without cheats? the 10 minute requirement was made before the new hammer puzzle added runtime. the final sequence also used to let you open entrance hallway much faster, but it's now taped up and forces you to run the school perimeter one last time, which also adds runtime

interested to see what others think

[Speedy]

Yeah I was beginning to think that it wasn't balanced all too well, especially with additional puzzles and an even lower time requirement compared to previous updates. Thank you so much for the info though! Definitely very helpful. Does the S Grade achievement still count if you use the cheat codes?
Thanks so much again! ^-^

[mudjoe2]

Yes, you can get an S and the achievements and costumes even with cheats on

[Caffiend]

What worked for me was skipping the map, using infinite sprint and friendly monster, making sure to utilize the warp doors, playing all the way up to unlocking the locker room. Rather than opening the door with the keypad and continuing like normal I ran straight to the VHS classroom and if you angle yourself right and press the button to look behind you, you can see the backside of the chalkboard. Since it's the back side everything is backwards but I've used this 3 times now and moving back and forth you can see what the numbers for the safe are. Although this doesn't update the map to have all the sinkholes you can play all the way to the end and then the end will switch to the taped up school which will allow you to grab the assignment that's behind the gate that doesn't open until the sink holes appear. From here just B-line straight to the end.

Using this strategy the fastest time I've achieved is 9:37. Massive props to anyone who completed without this skip, cause it couldn't be me 😂 I've tried. I hope this helps!

[mudjoe2]

Using the rearview camera to see the chalkboard is really funny lmfao, I didn't think of that

[GundamXGundam]

Originally posted by mudjoe2:

Yes, you can get an S and the achievements and costumes even with cheats on

Pardon the question but how do you input cheats?

[Speedy]

Originally posted by GundamXGundam:

Originally posted by mudjoe2:

Yes, you can get an S and the achievements and costumes even with cheats on

Pardon the question but how do you input cheats?

I did it on the title screen with the arrow keys. You can find a list of cheat codes on the computer in game.

[Pcm979]

Originally posted by CaffeinatedVinyl:

What worked for me was skipping the map, using infinite sprint and friendly monster, making sure to utilize the warp doors, playing all the way up to unlocking the locker room. Rather than opening the door with the keypad and continuing like normal I ran straight to the VHS classroom and if you angle yourself right and press the button to look behind you, you can see the backside of the chalkboard. Since it's the back side everything is backwards but I've used this 3 times now and moving back and forth you can see what the numbers for the safe are. Although this doesn't update the map to have all the sinkholes you can play all the way to the end and then the end will switch to the taped up school which will allow you to grab the assignment that's behind the gate that doesn't open until the sink holes appear. From here just B-line straight to the end.

Using this strategy the fastest time I've achieved is 9:37. Massive props to anyone who completed without this skip, cause it couldn't be me 😂 I've tried. I hope this helps!

Thanks, that got me the S! One note, though: The game can randomly put an Assignment in the Girls Bathroom which ruins this strategy. I had to reset once when that happened.