
Knights of the Round (SNES) - Stage 5 despawn manipulation - Money Cut way
I forgot to test the Treasure! Turns out we can make the manipulation easier with it!
1. The timer has to be on screen and you have to kill the three Soldiers with a crash just before the darkest rock by the tree. It can work if you are partly in the rock, but too far in and it only works every other frame. It can also happen without the timer, but it's less likely. It does work without the right/left + crash manipulation, but seems to have a chance to work with it if you went to far and scrolled the screen.
2. You have to kill the 4th Soldier right before you scroll the screen and before you come into contact with his sprite. You can get it other ways (like passing him and then killing him), but it's a little less consistent, and depends on timing. It's still better chances than the old way.
3. You have to break the barrel next to the 4th soldier, then collect all but 1 of the treasures. This has to be done relatively fast. You can also collect none of the treasure, but you have to be really fast if you do this.
4. You have to kill the bird as early as possible. It can still sometimes work by ducking the bird, but it seems based on the frame you start moving up or some weird bird RNG, so don't rely on it. Also this is a speedrun and killing it is faster!
This way should be totally safe from softlocks. My percentage in practice was well over 70% when I did the tricks right, but I suspect in better hands this would be closer to 80 or 90%
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