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Speedrun Mode is a game mode in Katana Zero. As its name suggests, it is primarily intended for speedrunning the game.

Speedrun Mode can be accessed after beating the game.

Settings[]

Speedrun mode gives the player several options to optimize a speedrun of the game:

  • Hard Mode: "For those who desire a real challenge" - toggles Hard Mode (see "Hard Mode" below).
  • Stable Seed: "All enemies and bosses have consistent behavior between runs" - all runs have the same optimized cycle, even between resets.
  • Skip Cutscenes: "Skips all apartment, therapy and nightmare cutscenes" - does not skip all sequences (see "Action Only" below). Enabling this option disables the secret boss fight (except if "Secret Boss" is enabled below).
  • Action Only: "Skips major cutscenes and ambient rooms." - it also skips all the cutscenes skipped by the option above.
  • Skip Replay: "Removes all level replays except during scripted cutscenes." - removes all level replays except the one in Mansion.
  • Dragon Dash Max: "Starts The Dragon's dash ability at maximum distance. (Controller only)"
  • Secret Boss: "The player will encounter the secret boss fight regardless of their behavior." - The Psychiatrist boss fight will always occur at the end of the game.
  • Show Timer: "Displays the total time of the run and the time played on the current level."
  • Show Death Count: "Displays the player's death count for the run and the death count for the current level."
  • No Slomo: "This challenge option will remove the player's ability to use slowmo. The fan in the factory is removed."
  • Weapon - allows the player to select between the different swords. Note that they must be unlocked before they can be used in Speedrun Mode.
  • Starting Level - allows the player to select which level they will start at.

Hard Mode[]

Main article: Hard Mode

Speedrun Mode also comes with Hard Mode, a more difficult version of the game with more enemies, traps, and new enemy types.

Community[]

The Katana Zero speedrunning community is a thriving community supported by the developer, askiisoft. Its central hub is https://www.speedrun.com/katana_zero.

Categories[]

There are currently several categories of Katana Zero speedruns. All of them require the timer to be on:

  • All Stages - complete all 11 stages, skip cutscenes, action only.
  • Golden Ending - choose "life" in Chinatown; requires Action Only to be disabled.
  • Psychotherapy - same as All Stages, but fight the secret boss afterwards. Requires Secret Boss setting.
  • Full Run - a normal run; previously the only category before Speedrun Mode was released.

The above supercategories can be further divided into these subcategories:

  • Normal
  • Hard Mode - Hard Mode enabled.
  • Katana - katana or prism sword.
  • Lab swords - each sword has its own category.

Strategies[]

Main article: Portal:Speedrunning
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