Skip animations?

[MarQan]

Any way to skip unnecessary animations in this game, like boss intros?

I'm not sure how many more times I have to kill Zote, but seeing the exact.same.animation twice was enough, not to mention his name-list.

As much as I enjoy figuring out how to beat bosses, sometimes I'm spending more time waiting and passively staring at the animations than playing.

They're cool and all, but I really don't need to see it 10 times.

[Robobrine]

Yes, there is the QoL mod that skips most intro animations (don't know the specifics for Zote though, I only used it to train in Godhome).

Edit:
Without mods specifically for Zote there is a Bug/Speedrun strat that can make the fall down into the arena way faster. If you open your inventory at the exact same moment you start falling (and keep it open) you will fall way faster. It is pretty precise though. I usually dashed over the edge of the platform and opened the inventory right after, there might be a better way to set it up but I could get it about 50% of the time. Even if you miss, jumping back up and trying again is probably still faster than falling normally.

[MarQan]

Sounds great, thanks! Didn't know there were mods for this game.

I guess it'll help with other bosses, but doesn't seem to affect Zote...
I can only hope the Invincible is that last one, because I'm running out of brain cells.

[sekai]

You can skip the Stag Beetle travel animation by pressing the attack key.

You can do that with any conversation with NPC too to speed through them if say they're repeating the same line that you've seen a million times. You can also do that with the spell key too but it would mean you constantly discharge soul blast and wasting your soul charges so you probably don't want that.

I don't know if you can skip boss intro tho. But boss intro only plays in full the first time, every other time after you die and re-enter the fight with them the boss kinda just show up and then you're fighting 2 seconds later.