All Cutscenes

All cutscenes is a complex category that requires a lot of planning and cell/orb management to complete. Here is an in-depth step-by-step guide to completing the route on PS2/3/4/5 and OpenGOAL.

Here is a list of all cutscenes needed to complete this run: https://wiki.jakspeedruns.com/All_Cutscenes_Jak_1

Here is a link to download splits for the category (very helpful): https://mega.nz/file/BiAVWDBb#m6G2vDQ1TeB_iaaINC08Hs2gT6Hh6eqcU7KNLlaymrQ

Starting Run

• Turn on play hints

(and speedrunner mode on openGOAL)

• Press New Game and select a file to overwrite

(Use speedrunner menu to start on openGOAL)

• Timer begins when you select Yes

Geyser Rock

DO NOT GO TOO FAST AT THE BEGINNING

• Walk up to the orbs and wait for cutscene to activate

• Get all Cells while skipping 9 orbs:

Skip beach orbs and 3 orbs on pillar right of small green eco pellets

4 Power Cells and 41 Orbs

Sandover Village 1

• Keira x2 and Samos x1 alternating

• Mayor x3 and Uncle x2 alternating

(also get Mayor scout fly)

• Sculptor x2

• Uncle x1

• Bird Lady x3 and Farmer x3

• Herd first 2 Yakows

• Oracle x2

• Scout Fly on upper platform

• Herd the rest of the Yakows but don't get the cell

• Go to Forbidden Jungle

4 Power Cells and about 54 Orbs

Forbidden Jungle

Start doing 100% route

• Straight to eco machine

• Break the first mirror

• Get Scout Fly and jump down to Island Cell

• Use blue eco pad to jump up to first mirror

• Go towards bridge and activate the bridge cutscene

• Cross bridge and get scout fly on outside of temple

• Climb temple

• Blue Eco Vent

• Get all orbs on both jump platforms

• Get eaten by Plant Boss

• Defeat Plant Boss

• Drop down and do river section

• Jump up and get Door Cell

• Get scout fly by 2nd mirror and do 2nd mirror

• 3rd mirror

• Go left and across bridge to 4th mirror

• Do 4th mirror and get scout fly cell

(You can do the cutscene skip)

• Go to fisherman

• Press No at first opportunity

• Talk to fisherman again and press yes and complete fish

• Climb up cliff and drop down to complete final mirror, getting the 6 orbs

• Save and load to Sandover

11 Power Cells and about 196 Orbs

Sandover Village 2

• Keira x2

• Take boat to Misty Island

Misty Island 1

Do the first part of 100%

• Capture muse

• Go towards zoomer

• Kill all zeppelin lurkers, get scout fly, and floating cell

• Leave zoomer section

• Go right and get the scout fly at the top of the route

• Take boat back to Sandover Village

13 Power Cells and about 254 orbs

Sandover Village 3

• Save and load to the hut

• Keira x1

• Get both Mayor cells x2

• Get both scout flies on the way to Sentinel Beach

15 Power Cells and about 164 orbs

Sentinel Beach

• Trigger pelican cutscene

• Climb lighthouse use cannon on all boxes

(do NOT shoot pelican)

• Boosted to pillar boxes and get blue eco

• Jump down to beach and get orbs from broken crates

• Swim to Pelican and open orb vent

• Punch pelican

• Get orbs on steps and get Pelican Cell

• Go across bridge by waterfall

• Scout fly on beach

• Get orbs under logs (uppercut far log once)

• Get blue eco

• Scare birds and get scout fly on 1st sentinel

• Scare birds and get cell on 2nd sentinel

• Scare birds last time and go back to blue eco

• Use eco pad to launch to scout fly

• High Jump off log to get scout fly

• Green Eco Vent Cell

• Get birds cell

• Cross the cliff to punch down flut flut egg

• Bird Lady Cell

• Get scout fly cell and Explore Beach Cell

• Load out of Sentinel into Sandover

23 Power Cells and about 279 orbs

Sandover Village 4

• Talk to sculptor for muse cell

• Walk into sandover for fire canyon reminder cutscene

• Save and load to hut

• Samos x2

• Take boat to Misty

24 Power Cells and about 282 orbs

Misty Island 2

• Go right and climb up to scout fly next to ambush door

• Jump down and enter door

• Go into center of arena and activate ambush

• Defeat ambush and get cell over dark eco pool

• Climb up and get cannon cell (jump over fence to where you would do the roll jump from and ground pound the rocks to the left of the pillar to climb)

• Roll jump backup to scout fly (or roll jump like in No LTS if you're more comfortable with that)

• Get scout fly and jump down right

• Use blue eco to open vent

• Get the cell on the ship

• Get scout fly by rolling barrels

• Rolljump off platform to Scout Fly Cell

• Go straight and get 2 eco for blue eco platform

• Get Pillar cell

• Take the boat back to Sandover

29 Power Cells and about 342 orbs

Sandover Village 5

• Save and load to hut

• Samos x2 (leave hut and return for second cutscene)

• Setup Wet Feet by jumping in fountain

• Get scout fly in fisherman's hut

• Get 2nd Fire Canyon reminder (happens automatically)

• Get Uncle Cell

• Get Sandover Orb Vent

• Wet feet to get both Oracle Cells

• Yakow Cell from Farmer

• Get scout fly cell in farmer's hut

• Go up to Fire Canyon, only getting orbs until you hit 39 orbs

34 Power Cells and about 39 orbs

Fire Canyon

DO NOT GET MORE THAN 89 ORBS

• Go through FC without getting more than 89 orbs

• Skip the last scout fly

35 Power Cells and less than 90 orbs

Rock Village 1

• Get Scout Fly behind hut

• Walk away from hut to get a reminder

• Watch Blue Sage Cutscene

• Samos x2 and Keira x2 alternating

• Scout Fly under steps

• Geologist x3 and Oracle x2 alternating

• Gambler x3 and Warrior x2 alternating

• Get Scout Fly on Dock

• Go to LPC

35 Power Cells and about 95 orbs

Lost Precursor City

• Go down elevator (You can do Elevator Skip)

100% up until puzzle =

• Complete puzzle to open door

• Close door

• Open door and get cell

• Go towards Piggyback and press button to raise platforms

• Do Piggyback and get cell

• Boosted to Platform Cell

• Button to raise platforms

• Go down slide and jump over last wooden box and open chamber

• Get Scout Fly Cell

• Go down 2nd slide and die at the end

• Vent clip and get orbs in tube

• Punch down and get cell

DO NOT PAUSE BUFFER CELL

• Die after cutscene

• Raise chamber and get the cell

• Go back down chamber

• Climb up 1st slide by doing a rolljump highjump onto wooden crate, continually triple jumping up slide until you get next to dark eco crate, then pressing triangle to save load to elevator

• Go up elevator

• Save/Load to Rock Village

43 Power Cells and about 300 orbs

Rock Village 2

• Keira x3

• Get scout fly next to Gambler and on the way to Boggy

Do not collect any cells

43 Power Cells and about 300 orbs

Boggy Swamp 1

• Go backwards through Boggy to get the Flut Flut Cell.

(similar to No LTS route)

• Do not collect any other cell except for the Flut Flut Cell

• Die and you should spawn at the entrance to Boggy.

• Jump into water and get eaten by lurker shark

44 Power Cells and about 310 orbs

Rock Village 3

• Get scout fly behind boulder near Geologist

• Use Blue eco cluster to open orb vent on other side of Geologist near Oracle

• Samos x2 Keira x1 alternating

• Get Scout Fly Cell in Fire Canyon

(Pause Buffer Cell if you want)

• Oracle x2

• Get Last Scout Fly behind Geologist and get the cell

• Enter Basin

48 Power Cells and about 100 orbs

Precursor Basin

• 100% Basin

Can skip some orbs, but not many

54 Power Cells and about 290 orbs

Rock Village 4

• Geologist x2

• Warrior X1

• Gambler x2

• Go to Boggy

59 Power Cells and about 20 orbs

Boggy Swamp 2

• 100% until Rats

Don't skip many orbs, if any

• Say no to Boggy Billy, then talk to him again and say yes

• Beat rats

• 100% rest of Boggy and leave

• Go straight to eco machine and talk to Keira

66 Power Cells and 210 Orbs

Mountain Pass

• Skip Klaww using either Lava Walk or Idle Deload

• Fail Mountain Pass Race

(activate race and stay at start to end quicker)

DO NOT GET MORE THAN 270 ORBS

• 100% Mountain Pass

• Backwards Cell

• Repeatedly roll into bombs at the end of MP to cycle death cutscenes

You can leave once all 11 are shown

69 Power Cells and 260 Orbs

Volcanic Crater 1

• Get scout fly on the way to the hut

• Walk past the hut towards miners until you get the cutscene

• Watch Red Sage Cutscene

• Samos x2 and Keira x1 alternating

DO NOT GET MORE THAN 270 ORBS

• Miners x5 (Buy 2 cells and get 2 orb reminder cutscenes)

• Oracle x2

• Boosted to start of VC

• Scout fly on island and on way to Spider Cave

71 Power Cells and 85 Orbs

Spider Cave 1

• 100% Spider Cave

• Do not collect Gnawing Lurkers Cell

• Do not collect Quad Jump Cell

• Do Not collect Secret Cell in VC

77 Power Cells and 255 Orbs

Volcanic Crater 2

• Miners x4

(2 Cells and 2 for Gnawing Lurkers)

• Samos x2

79 Power Cells and 75 Orbs

Spider Cave 2

• Gnawing Lurkers Cell

• Quad Jump Cell

• Secret Cell in VC

82 Power Cells and 70 Orbs

Volcanic Crater 3

• Miners x2

• Ride Gondola to Snowy

82 Power Cells and 90 Orbs

Snowy Mountain

Get all cells in Snowy, but you only need to get to 240 orbs

No LTS route is fastest

90 Power Cells and 240 Orbs

Volcanic Crater 4

If you do not have 240 orbs, die or save/load to get off of flut flut and get rail orbs

• Oracle x2

• Scout Fly Cell

• Talk to Keira in Lava Tube

93 Power Cells

Lava Tube

• Get both cells in Lava Tube

95 Power Cells

• Gol and Maia's Citadel

• Watch Portal Cutscene

• Watch Citadel Cutscene

• Without Moving, save and load to top of Citadel

• Boosted to Blue Sage platform

• Get Blue Sage Cell and watch cutscene

• Go into room and get scout fly, then die

• Rolljump down to Yellow Sage and get cell

• Go across pizzas to get scout fly, and jump down to get scout fly in jump pad room

• Go back to main room and go counter-clockwise to red sage, getting 3 scout flies on the way

• Get Red Sage Cell

• Climb up steps to top of Citadel

DO NOT GET SCOUT FLY CELL

• Get Green Sage Cell

• Go up Elevator and go to Final Boss

• Don't skip first phase roar cutscene

• Uppercut first bomb to get death cutscene

• Don't skip 3rd phase roar cutscene

• Before collecting Light Eco, save the game and take out memory card

On openGOAL, create 2 save files

• Collect Light Eco and skip through credits

• Load the save made during Final Boss

On openGOAL, load other save file

• Take blue eco platform up to citadel

• Fall down to scout fly and pick up cell

Or take elevator

• Die and defeat final boss again

• Skip through end credits

Timer ends when final cutscene cuts to black