No Lava Tube Skip

No Lava Tube Skip, also known as No LTS, is a speedrun category in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. As the category name implies, Lava Tube Skip is not allowed.

Rules

Currently listed category rules are as follows:

Objective

• Beat the game as fast as possible.
• Lava Tube Skip (LTS) is banned.
• No additional restrictions on glitches, skips, etc.

Timing

• Start
  • http://www.speedrun.com/jak1/guide/j1t2s

End

• Upon starting the ending cutscene and beating the game.
  • At the time of writing, this typically refers to collecting the light eco at the final boss.
• Note: When submitting runs, please do not include milliseconds in your time. That slot exists solely for Dead Man's Gorge submissions.
• Debug mode is not allowed.

Notable Strategies & Techniques

Skips

• Geyser Rock - First Power Cell Cutscene Skip (optional)
• Rock Village - Blue Sage Cutscene Skip
• Rock Village - Boulder Skip
• Lost Precursor City - LPC Elevator Skip
• Lost Precursor City - Puzzle Skip
• Lost Precursor City - Piggyback Skip
• Mountain Pass - Klaww Skip (First Phase Skip and Lava Walk optional)
• Volcanic Crater - Red Sage Cutscene Skip
• Lava Tube - Keira Cutscene Skip
• Gol and Maia's Citadel - Citadel Skip

Other

• Boosted Uppercut
• Extended Uppercut
• Lost Precursor City - Silo Clip
• Boggy Swamp - Backwards Boggy
• Mountain Pass - Backwards Cell (Cave Hops or Tree Hops optional)

Tips

The tips listed below are intended for beginner speedrunners.

Geyser Rock

• The first power cell cutscene skip is optional and not recommended for beginner runners. It only saves roughly 1 or 2 seconds and is only used by top runners who are trying to save as much time as possible.
• For newer runners, do not reset in Geyser over minor mistakes. You won't spend any time in other sections of the game and you'll only get good at Geyser movement. Leave Geyser and try to complete full runs.

Sandover Village

• There is no reason you should be resetting in Sandover Village. No major mistakes can happen here.

Sentinel Beach

• This level only has one checkpoint and spawn point at the very beginning. Because of this, an unintentional death will lose a significant amount of time. Depending on your personal best time, you should reset the run if you accidentally die here.