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I figured it was about time that I documented some of the more obscure tricks and oddities about this game for anyone who looks to run this game, or wants some information on the more exploitable mechanics the game has. This will just be for techniques, if you're interested in learning the whole route, send me a twitch PM on http://twitch.tv/potatohandle and I'll link you to an up to date run and notes if they're available.

==Techniques==
===Gamble Usage===
One of the most frequently used tricks in the run is the use of the Gamble spell. Gamble is obtainable by spending about 4 minutes doing a minigame in Tosca village. It's a Level 2 Spirit Magic spell, which costs 10mp, and has a long 1-turn cast time and can be cast by everyone with full effect. Gamble does a random about of damage based on your level, at around level 20 you can expect it to do from 1-1200, at level 40 you can expect it to do 1-2000, maxed out characters can hit gambles for around 4-5k.

The caster's level seems to be the ONLY factor for determining Gamble's damage. Magic Attack of the caster, Magic defense or GC of the defender are all irrelevant. This makes gamble a very good spell for melee attackers like Kaim and Seth to use, and is your only decent source of damage for fights later in the game when you're 20-30 levels lower than "intended" and fighting high-defense bosses, or creatures in the back row.

==Glitches==
===Persistence Glitch===
You can learn Persistence from Tolten on discs 3 and 4. When equipped, persistence allows you to survive at 1hp from a blow which would otherwise kill you. Normally persistence is only meant to work once per revive, but you can trigger it to work once per turn simply by changing any equipment in battle, this effectively makes you immune to certain bosses who can only hit each character once per turn.

You can change any piece of equipment, (weapon, ring or bracelet), and you can change, and then change back to the same piece of equipment that you started with and it will still work.

This glitch is useful through most of disc 4, on Luminous Magic Beast in particular.

===Treasure Chest Climbing===
Most of the game's treasure chests have very high invisible walls surrounding them. By running into certain chests at very acute angles you can get on top of this invisible wall and walk around in the air above the chest.

In some particular circumstances you can use the extra height you gain to fall out of bounds.
Ice Canyon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozWGztTRqvc
Ghost Town: http://www.twitch.tv/eekcast/c/1886416

If while falling out of bounds you're able to spin your character around (You can tell by the minimap) then you fell while moving, and will get encounters every few seconds and you will be stuck until you reload. If you fall and *can't* spin around then you will fall for about 2-3 minutes, and then Kaim will "fall" back in bounds and have a heart-attack. Totally pointless, but totally hilarious.

This glitch, despite being very cool and having a lot of potential, doesn't have any viable single-segment use yet. In theory it can save 5-10 seconds on disc 3 in the ice area, but that's almost certainly a segmented only strat due to the randomness of the chest climb, and the danger of falling out of bounds.

===HP/GC Underflow===
Most recently discovered tech is the HP/GC Underflow glitch; under very particular circumstances you can trick the game into thinking that you have infinite GC, which makes all the damage calculations for the back row go crazy.

The requirement is simple. Start a fight with everyone in the front row dead. Actually replicating this however is a bit trickier, because at the end of every fight when you return to the overworld, all dead characters get revived with 1hp.

However some fights happen back-to-back without any chance for the game to revive your dead characters. The artillery fights before the Armoured Train boss battle work very well for this. There are three fights in a row in this sequence, so simply have your front row character die and then progress to the next fight, and your back row character will be invincible until the end of the battle.

While under the effects of the glitch, your GC will display as Lv4, but with 0 GC. If the back row gets hit by any attack, it will appear to fully heal them at first, and from that point on they will have over 2 billion health and any subsequent attack will do nothing.

If you switch one of the glitched characters to the front row, they will retain their 2 billion health, but not the GC immunity. So they can be damaged "normally" from that point on.

A brief video explanation on this glitch can be found here:
http://www.twitch.tv/potatohandle/c/3299480

Fights confirmed to work with this glitch.
* Artillery - Armoured Train

Fights Confirmed NOT to work with this glitch.
* Luminous - Gongora 1 (Dead immortals are revived with 1hp)
* Bogimoray 1 - Bogimoray 2 (Glitch doesn't trigger even with front row dead.)
* Obsidian Miasma 1 - Obsidian Miasma 2 (Glitch doesn't trigger even with front row dead.)

Fights with multiple parts still unconfirmed.
* Gongora 1 - Gongora 2 (Rinimt tested this, but got revived by Jansen and then Gongora immediately used Light Absorb. You can stall Light Absorb by dealing a very specific amount of damage to Gongora. So this could still be tested.)

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==Checkpoint Reloading==
Possibly the most basic and commonly used trick, is reloading checkpoint in certain areas to skip short cutscenes. To perform; simply wait for the "TR" logo to appear at the following points, pause the game and select reload checkpoint.

Checkpoint Reloading is used in the following places in the any% speedrun (Chronological order).
* Intro: After pulling the arrow out of Lara's hip. (1-2s)
* After sliding down the slope after the "Sam's pack!" cutscene. (1-2s)
* After the QTE where Lara shoots wolves while her leg is stuck in a trap. (This stops the game from crashing at the next campsite after doing the door clip.)
* After collecting Roth's Pack from the wolf cave. (5s)
* After jumping to safety from the crashed plane chase sequence. (After lighting the fuel) (5s)
* After performing the "Fire Arrow Skip" and triggering the next cutscene. (This one is needed to "heal" Lara. Because you skipped the cutscene where she gets the medical supplies. You monster.)
* Before Performing the backup "Grim Skip 2" (This is to despawn guys on the second platform, or to manipulate AI, depending on who you ask)
* After jumping to the second platform using your preferred "Grim Skip" method. (5-10s)
* After the "Dirty Tricks Slide" while entering the "Pool of Blood" area. (1-2s)
* After the Temple combat section after you get your equipment back. (Time saved depends on how close to the door you are.)
* During a cutscene with Mathias on your way to the helicopter. (20s, this one actually requires a quit to main menu, then reloading)
* After the QTE on the bridge shortly after the above skip. (This allows you to skip the next cutscene. 5s with the cutscene skip.)
* After retrieving the block and tackle and sliding down some ropes, you'll get a checkpoint just before Lara falls in the water. (10s)
* As part of the "Bunker Skip".
* After performing the "Alex Skip"
* After "saving" Alex and doing some backtracking you'll slide down some ropes to reach the friend's camp, there's a checkpoint on the last rope. (5s)

==Tackle Flipping (Door Clip Method #1)==
Tackle Flipping is a method used primarily to clip through doors. To perform, hit the tackle button, then immediately move press backwards and forwards (Roughly a 0.2 second window). Lara should flip directions very rapidly, then continue straight going through any thin object in front of her. You can use pause buffering to make this easier. This technique can also be used to clip very steep slopes. (See "Alex Skip")

'''This technique requires that Lara has NOT unlocked tier 2 abilities yet. Or else the tackle is replaced with a melee attack which doesn't work nearly as well or even at all.'''

===Example Videos===
Tackle flipping can be used in the following areas to save time:
* After shooting the Deer. (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2SP-SJfiY
* Inside the Fort before the Radio Tower. (12s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8fxDVhhtuI
* Door just before the assault Rifle (1m)
* At the door to the radio tower (2m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2h7A00DZZU
* At the Shanty Town gate (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jetcq7fe4IE
* At the Solarii Fortress (10s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTXphI2mzT8
* For some versions of the Bunker Skip. (~2m) ::Video Needed::
* For the Alex Skip. (4m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yo59WJK_bc

===Pause Buffer Method===
You can use pause buffering in some cases to make this trick easier. It seems to work easier on lower FPS setups such as Consoles.

With pause buffering the technique becomes:
* Hit tackle, then pause immediately.
* Hold backwards, then mash the pause button to pause/unpause the game until Lara switches direction to face the camera.
* Hold forward and unpause. PC runners may then need to continue buffering Lara's direction backwards then forwards a few more times, depending on your setup.
* Here's a step-by-step video of the 2-buffer console method: http://www.twitch.tv/potatohandle/c/3263901
* PC runners sometimes need to do extra buffers (Flip backwards and forwards again) multiple times like in this example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2SP-SJfiY

===Without Pause buffering===
* Some PC runners simply mash backwards and forwards extremely quickly after tackling to produce the same result without buffering.
* It can help to bind additional keys which are easier to mash than the defaults for this.
* (TODO: Add PC runner's video, maybe get some more info added from a PC runner as well.)

==Grenade Clipping (Door Clip Method #2)==
By placing a grenade behind you, then doing a roll against a door, you can blast yourself through doors.
Grenade Clipping can be used at the following locations to save time:
===Example Videos===
* At the door near the elevator in the research base. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82J1yWmp-mc

==CA Clipping (Door Clip Method #3, PC only)==
PC runners are able to use the Climber's Agility skill to clip through some doors such as the one in the Bunker and the door at the elevator Skip.

==Dirty Tricks Slide==
The dirty tricks slide is a very easy technique which allows Lara to slide through areas where she would normally be walking slowly while talking on the walkie-talkie. To perform, you need to have the Dirty Tricks skill unlocked, then while going over any trigger where Lara pulls out her walkie-talkie, scramble, then press the tackle button during the scramble to perform the Dirty Tricks move. If successful, Lara should slide around for the duration of the conversation, much faster than she otherwise would be moving.

===Example Videos===
The Dirty Tricks slide can be used in the following locations to save time:
* After sliding down the hill just before the cave before Chasm Monastery. (10s) ::Video Needed::
* Just before Lara gets caught in the trap before getting the Rope Arrows. (10s) ::Video Needed::
* While entering the cave just before Lara goes into the pool of blood. (1-2s) ::Video Needed::

===Dirty Tricks Float===
While sliding in this animation, gravity has no effect on Lara, so if you can fall off a ledge during the slide, she will float around for the duration of the call. After the call, gravity returns and Lara falls wherever she is at the time.
====Example Videos====
* During the "This isn't like the pilot Roth." dialogue after Shanty Town. (20s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjoStkEDxyE
* Just before jumping on the gondolas before the Air Boat combat section. (0s, but easy free swag.) ::Video Needed::

==Step Clipping==
While Lara uses her "step up" animation to climb knee high ledges, she ignores all solid objects for the duration of the animation. The technique usually requires a very specific set up, but usually involves landing or rolling near the ledge, then pressing Jump to make Lara step up.

Step Clipping can be used in the following locations to save time:
===Example Videos===
* While approaching the radio tower. (5s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBorEwHoNJo (This video shows a long version of the clip, after clipping through the gate and going behind the tower, you can jump back in bounds earlier than the video does and do an alternate radio tower skip if you prefer.)
* At the radio tower door. (2m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHti5BhaBqs
* At the Research Base. (2m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uiMFr23xPM

==Damage Boosting==
After Lara takes certain kinds of damage she can be made to stumble forward. After this stumbling animation, there's a window of a few frames where you can jump, even if you're in midair.
Damage Boosting can be used in the following locations to save time:
===Example Videos===
* Grim Skip 2 (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESd7S81YPdY

==Out of Bounds (OoB) Skips==
Sometimes you can reach out of bounds locations by jumping in certain places to escape the "intended" areas of the game. (If getting OoB uses one of the above techniques, it will be listed under that tech and not here.)

===Example Videos===
* For the Monastery Skip. (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-EHGm818KA

==Other skips==
Some skips don't require any odd technique or involve going out of bounds, usually a precision jump in the right direction can save quite some time. These are the skips which don't fall into any other category.

===Example Videos===
These skips can be used in the following locations to save time:
* After exiting the old ruins. (30s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUz5ci9aRY8
* To reach the rope leading up to the Wolf Cave. (45s) ::Video Needed::
* Before getting the Assault Rifle. (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EttNFijssM8
* After getting the rope arrows. (5s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxuXrsu2wKE
* For Grim Skip 1. (5m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4aH74r1lbk
* For the Fire Arrow Skip. (3m) ::Video Needed::
* For the AKheon clip: (6m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm328N44k7E
* For the "Bridge Jump" method for Grim Skip 2. (1m) ::Video Needed::
* For the "Friendship Skip" (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quI04nRknIg
* At the start of the research base (15s) http://www.twitch.tv/theartisticballistic/c/2175305
* Final Ascent shortcut (10s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBpjfZi8MBo
* Final Gauntlet Skip (8m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HrSxQ3IED0

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* [[Tomb Raider 2013|Main page]]
* [[Tomb Raider 2013/Techniques|Techniques]]
* [[Tomb Raider 2013/Selecting a Route|Selecting a Route]]
* [[Tomb Raider 2013/Other OoBs|Other OoBs]]

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Tomb Raider 2013 is a very fun game to speedrun with lots of glitches and tricks. Generally all the tricks work on every platform that the game runs on with some exceptions, but generally most information here will work regardless of which platform you play on.

This KB will get to up to speed on known tricks, and help you select a route for yourself.

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* [[Tomb Raider 2013|Main page]]
* [[Tomb Raider 2013/Selecting a Route|Selecting a Route]]
* [[Tomb Raider 2013/Techniques|Techniques]]
* [[Tomb Raider 2013/OtherOoBs|Other OoBs]]

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==Techniques==
Under construction. Will categorize when nearer to completion. -- PotatoHandle

==Checkpoint Reloading==
Possibly the most basic and commonly used trick, is reloading checkpoint in certain areas to skip short cutscenes. To perform; simply wait for the "TR" logo to appear at the following points, pause the game and select reload checkpoint.

Checkpoint Reloading is used in the following places in the any% speedrun (Chronological order).
* Intro: After pulling the arrow out of Lara's hip. (1-2s)
* After sliding down the slope after the "Sam's pack!" cutscene. (1-2s)
* After the QTE where Lara shoots wolves while her leg is stuck in a trap. (This stops the game from crashing at the next campsite after doing the door clip.)
* After collecting Roth's Pack from the wolf cave. (5s)
* After jumping to safety from the crashed plane chase sequence. (After lighting the fuel) (5s)
* After performing the "Fire Arrow Skip" and triggering the next cutscene. (This one is needed to "heal" Lara. Because you skipped the cutscene where she gets the medical supplies. You monster.)
* Before Performing the backup "Grim Skip 2" (This is to despawn guys on the second platform, or to manipulate AI, depending on who you ask)
* After jumping to the second platform using your preferred "Grim Skip" method. (5-10s)
* After the "Dirty Tricks Slide" while entering the "Pool of Blood" area. (1-2s)
* After the Temple combat section after you get your equipment back. (Time saved depends on how close to the door you are.)
* During a cutscene with Mathias on your way to the helicopter. (20s, this one actually requires a quit to main menu, then reloading)
* After the QTE on the bridge shortly after the above skip. (This allows you to skip the next cutscene. 5s with the cutscene skip.)
* After retrieving the block and tackle and sliding down some ropes, you'll get a checkpoint just before Lara falls in the water. (10s)
* As part of the "Bunker Skip".
* After performing the "Alex Skip"
* After "saving" Alex and doing some backtracking you'll slide down some ropes to reach the friend's camp, there's a checkpoint on the last rope. (5s)

==Tackle Flipping (Door Clip Method #1)==
Tackle Flipping is a method used primarily to clip through doors. To perform, hit the tackle button, then immediately move press backwards and forwards (Roughly a 0.2 second window). Lara should flip directions very rapidly, then continue straight going through any thin object in front of her. You can use pause buffering to make this easier. This technique can also be used to clip very steep slopes. (See "Alex Skip")

'''This technique requires that Lara has NOT unlocked tier 2 abilities yet. Or else the tackle is replaced with a melee attack which doesn't work nearly as well or even at all.'''

===Example Videos===
Tackle flipping can be used in the following areas to save time:
* After shooting the Deer. (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2SP-SJfiY
* Inside the Fort before the Radio Tower. (12s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8fxDVhhtuI
* Door just before the assault Rifle (1m)
* At the door to the radio tower (2m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2h7A00DZZU
* At the Shanty Town gate (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jetcq7fe4IE
* At the Solarii Fortress (10s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTXphI2mzT8
* For some versions of the Bunker Skip. (~2m) ::Video Needed::
* For the Alex Skip. (4m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yo59WJK_bc

===Pause Buffer Method===
You can use pause buffering in some cases to make this trick easier. It seems to work easier on lower FPS setups such as Consoles.

With pause buffering the technique becomes:
* Hit tackle, then pause immediately.
* Hold backwards, then mash the pause button to pause/unpause the game until Lara switches direction to face the camera.
* Hold forward and unpause. PC runners may then need to continue buffering Lara's direction backwards then forwards a few more times, depending on your setup.
* Here's a step-by-step video of the 2-buffer console method: http://www.twitch.tv/potatohandle/c/3263901
* PC runners sometimes need to do extra buffers (Flip backwards and forwards again) multiple times like in this example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu2SP-SJfiY

===Without Pause buffering===
* Some PC runners simply mash backwards and forwards extremely quickly after tackling to produce the same result without buffering.
* It can help to bind additional keys which are easier to mash than the defaults for this.
* (TODO: Add PC runner's video, maybe get some more info added from a PC runner as well.)

==Dirty Tricks Slide==
The dirty tricks slide is a very easy technique which allows Lara to slide through areas where she would normally be walking slowly while talking on the walkie-talkie. To perform, you need to have the Dirty Tricks skill unlocked, then while going over any trigger where Lara pulls out her walkie-talkie, scramble, then press the tackle button during the scramble to perform the Dirty Tricks move. If successful, Lara should slide around for the duration of the conversation, much faster than she otherwise would be moving.

===Example Videos===
The Dirty Tricks slide can be used in the following locations to save time:
* After sliding down the hill just before the cave before Chasm Monastery. (10s) ::Video Needed::
* Just before Lara gets caught in the trap before getting the Rope Arrows. (10s) ::Video Needed::
* While entering the cave just before Lara goes into the pool of blood. (1-2s) ::Video Needed::

===Dirty Tricks Float===
While sliding in this animation, gravity has no effect on Lara, so if you can fall off a ledge during the slide, she will float around for the duration of the call. After the call, gravity returns and Lara falls wherever she is at the time.
====Example Videos====
* During the "This isn't like the pilot Roth." dialogue after Shanty Town. (20s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjoStkEDxyE
* Just before jumping on the gondolas before the Air Boat combat section. (0s, but easy free swag.) ::Video Needed::

==Step Clipping==
While Lara uses her "step up" animation to climb knee high ledges, she ignores all solid objects for the duration of the animation. The technique usually requires a very specific set up, but usually involves landing or rolling near the ledge, then pressing Jump to make Lara step up.

Step Clipping can be used in the following locations to save time:
===Example Videos===
* While approaching the radio tower. (5s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBorEwHoNJo (This video shows a long version of the clip, after clipping through the gate and going behind the tower, you can jump back in bounds earlier than the video does and do an alternate radio tower skip if you prefer.)
* At the radio tower door. (2m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHti5BhaBqs
* At the Research Base. (2m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uiMFr23xPM

==Damage Boosting==
After Lara takes certain kinds of damage she can be made to stumble forward. After this stumbling animation, there's a window of a few frames where you can jump, even if you're in midair.
Damage Boosting can be used in the following locations to save time:
===Example Videos===
* Grim Skip 2 (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESd7S81YPdY

==Out of Bounds (OoB) Skips==
Sometimes you can reach out of bounds locations by jumping in certain places to escape the "intended" areas of the game. (If getting OoB uses one of the above techniques, it will be listed under that tech and not here.)

===Example Videos===
* For the Monastery Skip. (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-EHGm818KA

==Individual techniques==
Constructing... >_>

==Other skips==
Some skips don't require any odd technique or involve going out of bounds, usually a precision jump in the right direction can save quite some time. These are the skips which don't fall into any other category.

===Example Videos===
These skips can be used in the following locations to save time:
* After exiting the old ruins. (30s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUz5ci9aRY8
* To reach the rope leading up to the Wolf Cave. (45s) ::Video Needed::
* Before getting the Assault Rifle. (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EttNFijssM8
* After getting the rope arrows. (5s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxuXrsu2wKE
* For Grim Skip 1. (5m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4aH74r1lbk
* For the Fire Arrow Skip. (3m) ::Video Needed::
* For the AKheon clip: (6m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm328N44k7E
* For the "Bridge Jump" method for Grim Skip 2. (1m) ::Video Needed::
* For the "Friendship Skip" (1m) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quI04nRknIg

==Still working on this, will be trying to finish on Thursday. -- PotatoHandle, 19-11-13.==

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* [[Tomb Raider 2013|Main page]]
* [[Tomb Raider 2013/Selecting a Route|Selecting a Route]]
* [[Tomb Raider 2013/Techniques|Techniques]]
* [[Tomb Raider 2013/Other OoBs]]