How to win the game in under 20 minutes?

[Den Denovski]

I saw talking mace mentioned something about hidden path in ruins...any clue where it is?

[obakemono]

after getting to the 'mines to swamp' transfer on floor 5, cross the bridge and enter the room to the right. break any one of the green walls or the skull with a pickaxe or staff of digging, and there's a teleporter to the underworld. however you need an item that gives you levitation to navigate anywhere down there, or else you have to take another teleporter and if I'm not mistaken, that just takes you back to the swamp.

[Den Denovski]

Originally posted by Knight Bazuso:

after getting to the 'mines to swamp' transfer on floor 5, cross the bridge and enter the room to the right. break any one of the green walls or the skull with a pickaxe or staff of digging, and there's a teleporter to the underworld. however you need an item that gives you levitation to navigate anywhere down there, or else you have to take another teleporter and if I'm not mistaken, that just takes you back to the swamp.

hmm thx

[YellowAfterlife]

Originally posted by Knight Bazuso:

after getting to the 'mines to swamp' transfer on floor 5, cross the bridge and enter the room to the right. break any one of the green walls or the skull with a pickaxe or staff of digging, and there's a teleporter to the underworld. however you need an item that gives you levitation to navigate anywhere down there, or else you have to take another teleporter and if I'm not mistaken, that just takes you back to the swamp.

I'd like to ask for further clarification about this approach.

So the plan is like:
1. Play as Joker to start with a ring of levitation.
2. Get through the first levels as fast as possible.
3. If possible, enter the mining town at floor 3/4 (with levitation you don't need to flip switches) and buy a pickaxe with your starting money.
4. If you've no pickaxe by floor 5, use the teleportation scrolls (that you start with) in hopes that one of them will put you into the portal room.
5. Glide your way around underworld 1, grab any rings/cloaks/boots you see, don't get hit (imps will generally 1-shot you). Find the exit hatch.
6. Glide your way around underworld 2, grab any more valuables, grab Khryselakatos (12dmg poison bow) that is warranted to be somewhere in there. There's no exit hatch so use the portal near entrance. You are teleported to swamps

... and what. You loose 1-2 minutes to get a pretty good bow, but that is not as much help - at my best attempt with reaching baron in 12 minutes, it seems barely possible to defeat him with the bow on time, and imps/demons still pose a major threat.

Edit: Getting a cloak of invisibility and/or a ring of conflict slightly improves the situation (saving you from ranged imp/demon shots and having imps/demons hit baron accordingly). Was able to reach baron in 11 minutes and defeat in 6 minutes after a few failed attempts.

[Den Denovski]

Originally posted by YellowAfterlife:

Originally posted by Knight Bazuso:

after getting to the 'mines to swamp' transfer on floor 5, cross the bridge and enter the room to the right. break any one of the green walls or the skull with a pickaxe or staff of digging, and there's a teleporter to the underworld. however you need an item that gives you levitation to navigate anywhere down there, or else you have to take another teleporter and if I'm not mistaken, that just takes you back to the swamp.

I'd like to ask for further clarification about this approach.

So the plan is like:
1. Play as Joker to start with a ring of levitation.
2. Get through the first levels as fast as possible.
3. If possible, enter the mining town at floor 3/4 (with levitation you don't need to flip switches) and buy a pickaxe with your starting money.
4. If you've no pickaxe by floor 5, use the teleportation scrolls (that you start with) in hopes that one of them will put you into the portal room.
5. Glide your way around underworld 1, grab any rings/cloaks/boots you see, don't get hit (imps will generally 1-shot you). Find the exit hatch.
6. Glide your way around underworld 2, grab any more valuables, grab Khryselakatos (12dmg poison bow) that is warranted to be somewhere in there. There's no exit hatch so use the portal near entrance. You are teleported to swamps

... and what. You loose 1-2 minutes to get a pretty good bow, but that is not as much help - at my best attempt with reaching baron in 12 minutes, it seems barely possible to defeat him with the bow on time, and imps/demons still pose a major threat.

Edit: Getting a cloak of invisibility and/or a ring of conflict slightly improves the situation (saving you from ranged imp/demon shots and having imps/demons hit baron accordingly). Was able to reach baron in 11 minutes and defeat in 6 minutes after a few failed attempts.

I got same plan...but its kinda...you know based on luck...Pretty much you can just run from hatch to hatch and hope that you'll find something useful.

[YellowAfterlife]

Wrote a guide about that and other achievements:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=911708237

[mistersneak]

That is an awesome guide, YellowAfterlife! Thanks for making it.

[Den Denovski]

Originally posted by YellowAfterlife:

Wrote a guide about that and other achievements:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=911708237

yeah, thx