BTR Skip

Break Through Ruins Skip, or more commonly called BTR Skip, is a way to skip having to use the Slam Dozer to complete the mission Break Through Ruins. By entering the Palace Ruins with a side mission timer active, you can prevent the enemies and other assets from loading in correctly. This effect also transfers into the Break Through Ruins mission, causing the Slam Dozer and enemies to not spawn. This allows Jak to continue on foot and complete the mission much quicker by hovering over walls and other collision.

Discovery

BTR skip was first discovered by Dexz in June 2021, but that variant lost a lot of time and was not used in runs. The current variant was discovered on April 3, 2022 by TheZanderful.