Cave Story 3hp Hell Speedrun 3'42"4 

Hi, so really old video. Recently been getting comments again about "walking through spikes" which I've answered in the past and also put up annotation for it (removed youtube feature I guess, RIP) but the spikes do not damage you during the phase transition. Some other runs from other people have also done this and you are free to try it for yourself Hope that clears things up! Sorry it took me so long to post this

3HP? Not even doing it with 0HP, level 1 bubbler, blindfolded, and bongo controller? Git gud.

King appearing almost exclusively in the last stage of the final boss was pretty poetic

Funny fact: The video is 4:29 minutes. Pixel's birthday (Cave Story's creator) is in April 29th. What a coincidence.

When your mom says "10 more minutes of play more" and you are at this part

OH MY SWEET JESUS I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS WITH 50 HEALTH AND A NORMAL NEMESIS AND SPUR, AND I STILL CAN'T COMPLETE THIS AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS. Good for you, man.

I remember doing the 3HP run around the same time. Had no one to share the success with when I finally beat it. Still proud. One of my finest gamers hours.

Yes! 3 Years later and someone finally beats my run! Now I have a reason to play Cave Story again~~~ We have almost the same time all the way up till the last form of ballos, then you manage to shave 4 seconds because you shoot Ballos with Curly and I don't :o Dunno why I didn't think of that. Very very beastly!

Holy shit! I took 12 minutes, and it was quite complicated even having 55 life and spur, and you did it in such a short time with the basic weapon of the game and 3 life, that is having dedication and effort! my biggest applause

And I wonder if anyone has noticed how the pace of an efficient speedrun causes the dramatic tension in both loops of the soundtrack to align with recovering Curly, Curly waking up, the hectic gauntlet near the end, and the entry into the boss chamber?

I've actually had more trouble fighting the Core then Ballos And the path to Ballos was harder to do since I had to be fast but careful

holy shit, instant respect

Happy Easter Sunday, everyone.

I have tried the game myself, and I realized how good this guy was

I can only imagine the frustration you must have been through. Congrats.

As someone who takes over 15 minutes on a normal run, without any sort of disadvantages, and yet Ballos keeps killing me, this is painful to watch. At the same time I've learned some valuable info, so thanks!

Biblically accurate quote

The fact that there wasn’t even a spur or machine gun involved is just even more impressive 💀

god, using king's blade as the final weapon to wreck his shit is... poetic. you avenged him :'^)

Holy... crap. You sir are my hero, the blade is easily one of my favorite weapons in the game. The way it works and how you get intertwine so much that I just would feel like an absolute jerk trading it for the nemesis. In fact my experiences with this game I've actually killed ALL bosses (well after you get the blade anyway) with the level 3, yes even the UNDEAD CORE. I haven't even fought this boss yet at all and I got the feeling my best friend would be anything BUT the sword, I'd still keep it mind you but still. You've given me hope now I may TRY to get the killing shot on ballos with the lvl 3, if you can do THIS with just the polar star and blade, I may be able to beat him with the spur and Kings blade. Chances are I'll die many miserable death though.

Well, It took months of repetitive deaths, heh. My first 3hp run was back in October 2010, you can look for it in my Channel. RU-vid won't let me post links.

the force is strong with this one

dude u 3hp runners r fucking awesome

i say you have a skill beyond normality, this is very fun to watch :D

this is how i motivate myself to beat hell, if this guy can do with three hp and tghe polar star, i can do it with 55, the spur, and a life pot.

This is absolutely incredible.

i wonder why people don't use dsiware cave story for speedruns, it seems like it'd be easier to shave off a few seconds since the exploding gates don't do damage in that port, although you have half the time to react to the falling blocks so maybe that's why

annotations: 0:19 i made a small mistake here. i boosted a tiny bit too far, could have shaved a few MS 0:25 most difficult part doing the 3hp speedruns was this area. ive died so many times here 0:43 i had to be really careful not to die here while still keeping up with my movement. the angles and the falling blocks were very troublesome. 0:58 i was preserving my button mashing here for the later parts, so i was a bit slow here 1:20 looks like i could have boosted at that part 1:34 boosted carefully here. the archers arrows could possibly hit me while i was boosting down 1:49 this part was also a pain. ive died so many times here. i decided to wait it out and shoot a few angles before moving on 2:13 i didnt want my blade to lv2 yet, so i was trying to avoid the xp 2:23 its possible to boost down there without taking damage from the boss, but youd have to have inhuman reflexes to do so 2:52 had to wait for this dialog to finish. would be great if you could skip it 3:09 first phase was pretty easy, but i still had to be carefu; not to get myself hurt. 3:20 just to clarify, you dont take any damage during the phase change. this is why i dont die from the spikes 3:33 i failed to get on top the first time correctly and depleted too little of his health, so i decided to try my luck and hope the bats wouldnt hit me 3:40 i dont actually test it, but its probably possible to shave a few more seconds here by letting him land closer to the left. but then youd need to make sure you could kill the eyes fast enough. 4:03 and thus the final phase 4:18 i used both curly and the kings sword to deal damage as fast as i could. a bit risky because you could accidentally boost towards ballos and get hit by the eyes 4:22 and done! thanks for watching!

Such a legend...

@CaveStoryChaddical Thanks! I got the idea of shooting Ballos' last form with Curly through several trial-and-errors. This should be possible with Heavy Press as well (Shoot with Polar Star while Blade is out), but I tired my hand out too much so I couldn't test it thoroughly. I also made a few mistakes here and there, but still managed to make a good time. I'm enthusiastic at what your new time will be.

Nice video, its kind of a guide too. Good job.

Very nice! I've also managed to do this kind of run, though I never did it for speed. Some interesting things you do here to shave off time, I'll have to try it. Just wanted to point out one thing. I've tested various weapons against all the bosses, and if you mash buttons it's actually faster to kill the press boss with the Polar Star than with level 1 blade. This is because Curly shoots more often if you do, and the Polar Star's shooting speed is much faster than blade's. Give it a shot, you'll see ;)

Don't know if you check comments anymore, but any tips at all on the second room with the falling blocks? Am I correct thinking that it just takes a bit of good luck? I'm finally at hell on my 3HP run, but I haven't gotten a chance to try more than the second room lol.

YOU ARE GOD!

OMG You are so skilled, and all of it was in hard mode! Wow, that's impossible for me. Without taking a single damage point... wow again. Of course thumb up.

You make this look like the simplest level ever. I can't even beat this on Normal with 50+ HP... >_>

Kudos! I did this with 3hp a few months ago and it took me way longer than this, and lots and lots of practice D:

This is guranteed a no-hit run

great job, hats off Maybe I too should dig up my copy of cavestory again and see how much my skills have rusted :)

you're insane

NOOOOO,for using Kings sword so greatly he will be called King. No human deserves the title god...

"the pizza's here"

@JuukaRock I'm terrible with the spur so I can't comment on that. Nemesis is a godsend. It makes the second area easier since it can hit 3 angels with one shot. You'll be having a bit of trouble with Ballos, but not much in a way that would affect you. Make sure to have both eyes visible when fighting ballos' 2nd form, as the nemesis can hit both (can't do that with curly's nemesis). Sorry for the late reply, have been busy with rl.

This video is so old yet it's my first time seeing it! Sacred Grounds 2nd Floor is definitely the hardest room. *:/

Good job ! O_O

bro's still using the polar star

Que clase de Dios eres tú!!??????

thousandth like !! this is sick

U SIR IS A BOSS

I beat this level in 15 minutes with 55 health + that health restore potion... I don't know how many retries I did, but it took me around 6 hours. Also now I realize trading King's blade for the Nemesis was not a good idea.

pretty awesome :)

how many time did you practice this?Nice run..you're epic !

This absolute unite did running he’ll no damage speedrun with the polar start blade and fireball

R.I.P FINGER'S

i'm playing my first run through on minimum mode. you make this look like whatever o.o

@3DPlayer You did so. I saw it 2. Between Ballos Phase One and Two 3:22 You're walking around the spikes in the lower right corner of his prison :) LOL. Extremely nice play overall though.

@CelesteHedevang The spikes doesn't hurt you when he's doing his phase one to phase two thing. Try it. Also thanks =D

Very nice speedrun! May I ask why you dont use Spur and Nemesis?

I don't want to insult the player or start calling people names too early, but I smell shenanigans going on here. 3:20. What the hell? ^ That was my original comment, I'm editing this part in. I just watched 10,000,000's (

dude you are sick great job. What recording software do you use?

Oh so 3hp runs were a thing even before hard mode was a thing in cave story +! I didn't know that -_-

HELLO MEN YOU DEFEAT ME I'LL SAVED YOU FOR A ENDING

Impressive. Now do a permadeath speedrun of the entire game /w Hell/Best ending on 3 HP.

3mins 42secs.... you have achieved what I spent most of my childhood trying to do.. perfect that level.. How long did it take?..

okay, how in the fuck did you do this all without getting hurt? With 50 hp at age 8 I beat it in around 5 minutes, but this is just outrageous

....I'm seeing it but my eyes are not believing it

O,,O amazing

"Welcome to hell!"

The SHIT that I can't do I can't even beat hell WITH SPUR AND 50 I am so fucking dumb

I'm hardcore stuck on this part. I'm 3HP also, but I took Nemesis instead of Blade. Can't get past the second room. From the looks of it though, you timed the Blade's level-ups to be the most optimal for each situation. That is mighty impressive. Any tips you can offer for a guy with Nemesis instead? Should I stick with the Spur?

I remember doing this on hard mode and getting so mad because after i beat the falling boss on this level (dying a couple times in the process) it fell on me😂

No Spur? Madman

El puto amo .___.

Its interesting how you used polar star and kings sword instead of the spur and super missile launcher to deal high damage. Would you recommend the latter two weapons if I didnt want to speedrun it but still do it with 3 HP?

how do you get through the second room with the falling blocks Dx i die so often.

i walked through those like a boss

2 weeks late response, but it sounds like you already know the answer. Yeah, the plantation door is closed but you can still enter the other room.

In B2 do the blocks not do damage on their bounce in CS? They've been murdering me in CS+ =(

Ok but why do you have a lvl 1 polar star durring the end game

Is there a trick to making room 2 of hell look that easy? L2 sword and going slow usually does the mobs just fine for me, but those bricks are jerks.

And I thought I was good at Cave Story :( Good run though!

WOW.

"Person with weak hands" Manages to make this video

oh wow

How many years did it take you to acheve this?

TAS or are you just insane good at this game?

Bolas de titanio

Classic.

took less than 5 min to finish wow !!!!!!!!!!1

And I can't beat the Hell even on easy mode with 50 HP....

狂気だ...

3:20 He walked through 2 instakilling spikes?!

is there a reason the polar star is used and not the spur? is this minimum%?

you gotta be trolling me... HELL WITH ONLY 3 HEALTH?

@WolfWoot I was about to, but steam screwed itself up and deleted my save files.

Holy shit i didnt know king was so fucking broken

The core is pretty hard, but just to clarify, which core are you talking about? The undead core or the alive core?

Is that the Nemesis Curly is using, and Quote using the Blade? How is that possible?

you kinda make it obvious you have a infinite HP hack you run into a fairy on B2 and on the second phase of ballos you run into spikes and a swarm of bats. GG!

@Fishdog252 Luck. Hope that you live. The 2nd room was the part where I died most of the time.