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| style="background: #a8b3af;" | Misty Island || Catch the Sculptor's Muse || No || No
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| style="background: #a8b3af;" | Misty Island || Climb the Lurker Ship || No || No
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| style="background: #a8b3af;" | Misty Island || Return to the Dark Eco Pool || No || No
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| style="background: #a8b3af;" | Misty Island || Destroy the Balloon Lurkers || No || No
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| style="background: #a8b3af;" | Misty Island || Use the Zoomer to Reach the Power Cell || No || No
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| style="background: #a8b3af;" | Misty Island || Use Blue Eco to Reach the Power Cell || No || No
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| style="background: #a8b3af;" | Misty Island || Free 7 Scout Flies || No || No
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== Other Notes ==
== Other Notes ==

Revision as of 20:23, 15 February 2024

Low eco is a speedrun category in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy that restricts the player to using the lowest possible amount of eco needed to completed the game.

The Low Eco category is known for its utilization of difficult and unorthodox strategies and techniques that aren't found in any other category. It scrutinizes the runner's true knowledge of the game and puts their abilities to the test.

Rules

The currently listed rules for Low Eco are as follows:

Beat the game as fast as possible while collecting as few eco pickups as possible.

Currently, the only eco required to beat the game are the 8 on final boss (3 blue for launchers and 5 yellow. Green eco on the second phase must be avoided).

If eco is accidentally collected, you may load a save file to a previous state in the game, or immediately die to return to a previous checkpoint. Otherwise, you must reset.

No restrictions with the exception of Lava Tube Skip, which is banned.

Lava Tube Skip is banned in Low Eco. If it wasn't, Low Eco would be a slower and more boring version of Any%. The point of the category is to see how a runner manages to complete various tasks without the use of eco.

Some people question why Fire Canyon Skip isn't banned in Low Eco. With Lava Tube Skip banned, the runner needs to meet the 72 power cell requirement in Lava Tube. To achieve this, they will have to collect some power cells in Hub 1 levels. It would not make sense, and would be much slower, to skip Hub 1 with Fire Canyon Skip only to have to return to collect power cells.

Demonstration Video

Notable Strategies & Techniques

Category Variants

True Low Eco

The current rules for Low Eco say that the player is allowed to collect 8 necessary pieces of eco during the final boss fight. 5 yellow eco pieces to deal damage to the boss and 3 blue eco pieces to use the jump pad.

This, however, is not the true minimum amount of eco required to complete the game. By performing rocket uppercuts during the dark eco bomb segments, it is possible for Jak to get high enough so that when the bomb explodes, the fight does not end. This removes the requirement of the 3 blue eco pieces and brings the true required eco count down to 5.

Low Eco Max%

Max% refers to completing as much of the game as possible while still adhering to the original category rules. In this case, Low Eco Max% refers to completing as much of the game while still adhering to the Low Eco leaderboard rules. Below is a chart of all the missions and tasks in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy that can be completed without the use of eco.

Low Eco Max% Chart
Location Mission Requires Eco Purchased
Geyser Rock Find the Cell on the Path No No
Geyser Rock Open the Precursor Door No No
Geyser Rock Climb up the Cliff No No
Geyser Rock Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Sandover Village Bring 90 Orbs to the Mayor No Yes
Sandover Village Bring 90 Orbs to Your Uncle No Yes
Sandover Village Herd the Yakows into the Pen No No
Sandover Village Bring 120 Orbs to the Oracle No Yes
Sandover Village Bring 120 Orbs to the Oracle No Yes
Sandover Village Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Forbidden Jungle Connect the Eco Beams No Yes
Forbidden Jungle Get to the Top of the Temple Yes No
Forbidden Jungle Find the Blue Vent Switch No No
Forbidden Jungle Defeat the Dark Eco Plant No No
Forbidden Jungle Catch 200 Pounds of Fish No No
Forbidden Jungle Follow the Canyon to the Sea No No
Forbidden Jungle Open the Locked Temple Door No No
Sentinel Beach Unblock the Eco Harvesters No No
Sentinel Beach Push the Flut Flut Egg Off the Cliff No No
Sentinel Beach Get the Power Cell From the Pelican No No
Sentinel Beach Chase the Seagulls No No
Sentinel Beach Launch up to the Tower No No
Sentinel Beach Explore the Beach No No
Sentinel Beach Climb the Sentinel No No
Sentinel Beach Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Misty Island Catch the Sculptor's Muse No No
Misty Island Climb the Lurker Ship No No
Misty Island Stop the Cannon No No
Misty Island Return to the Dark Eco Pool No No
Misty Island Destroy the Balloon Lurkers No No
Misty Island Use the Zoomer to Reach the Power Cell No No
Misty Island Use Blue Eco to Reach the Power Cell No No
Misty Island Free 7 Scout Flies No No

Other Notes