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This Guide is meant to help answer some common questions new runners have.

If you are new and you don't know which category to play, it is advised to pick Warpless as it's the category that teaches you the basics of the game the best (+ it's the most active & optimized category)

A good first goal is to get a sub 2 hour run (warpless). That isn't too hard and can be accomplished in less than a month of learning+playing (If you go in hard on the grind).

If you want to start playing 100% almost all runners would tell you that it's a good idea to start doing Warpless first and get a sub 1:50 run in that category before moving on to 100%. The transition will be smooth, and picking up 100% strats from there will be A LOT easier than if you jump straight into 100%. But a few people have started directly with 100%, so if you really wanna do it, feel free to do so, just keep in mind that learning 100% from nothing will require A LOT of effort.

If you are planning on playing one of the more obscure categories keep in mind that resources are less and there will be less people to help you out...

... which brings me to our Discord Server that you should definitely join! We have channel where you can also ask questions and get help from runners.

First of let me tell you that this wiki is rather new and is still lacking some information, there also is the Old Wiki where you might find information that isn't here yet (Though most things have been transferred to here... just keep that in mind!)

Now as far as resources are concerned let me tell you this right away: Most of the pages for the levels do have either outdated strats or are just missing the newest strats.

The best way to learn this game is a combination of watching the Personal Bests of other runners & using the info on the wiki. Especially Kolthor's 1:42:57 is a very good starting point as during the time the strats he used where still *relatively* easy for the most part (After the 142 breakthrough the category started to become a lot harder strat-wise)

There is this World 1 Warpless/Warps Tutorial by andy_kuma that explains how to go pretty fast in World 1 - it explains *everything* in great detail and is good starting point, though the audio quality is trash unfortunately. The strats are from late 2016 but since it's W1 not too much has changed (There are a few new and faster strats though)

There are also 2 old tutorial video series by lee --- https://www.youtube.com/user/leewith4as/playlists --- note: these are very old so the strats used in these videos will most likely be outdated.

Don't get discouraged when a trick is not working for you. Sometimes it's better to just go with a slower method for the time being and coming back to the strat later and trying it again. It's not uncommon that after taking a long break from a strat that when you go back to it, it's suddenly a lot easier.

When you try a strat and it's not working for you, take a look at different runners and see if anyone of them uses a variation / different version of the strat - maybe you will someone who does things a little differently but in a way that actually works better for you --- EXPERIMENT!!!

It's generally advised to watch a lot of other runners, that includes both: Watching livestreams on twitch AND watching PBs of other runners.

(Only for 100%: Use Trix Tutorial Series to learn the game)

Your #1 key focus should always be movement. While the tricks are cool and obviously save time too, the most important & satisfying part is movement. Yoshi is great speedgame when it comes to movement. So don't focus too much on the actual tricks.

Your final time is not that important. Try to set yourself a small goal for each run (like landing a few tricks) so you will have accomplishments. This game can be brutal when it comes to losing time, as the death animation takes very long and most levels only have 1 save ring (some have none even - or we skip them), so a death can usually lead to losing 30-60 seconds. If that wasn't enough, due to the baby mechanic getting hit can also lose you a lot of time. Just don't focus on your final time too much and try to have fun instead.

This a long game, so building up stamina and having focus will definitely take you some time. Finish runs when you are starting out. Don't focus on getting PBs, PBs mean nothing for a while. If you wanna become a good players, it doesn't matter how well you know the first 3 worlds, if you just keep losing lots of time to the latter worlds.

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 :* If you are new and you don't know which category to play, it is advised to '''pick Warpless''' as it's the category that teaches you the basics of the game the best (+ it's the most active & optimized category)
-:* A first good goal is to get a sub 2 hour run. That isn't too hard and can be accomplished in less than a month of learning+playing.
+:* A good first goal is to get a sub 2 hour run (warpless). That isn't too hard and '''can''' be accomplished in less than a month of learning+playing (If you go in hard on the grind).
 :* If you want to start playing '''100%''' almost all runners would tell you that it's a good idea to start doing Warpless first and get a sub 1:50 run in that category before moving on to 100%. The transition will be smooth, and picking up 100% strats from there will be A LOT easier than if you jump straight into 100%. But a few people have started directly with 100%, so if you really wanna do it, feel free to do so, just keep in mind that learning 100% from nothing will require A LOT of effort.