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| style="background: #bbfc9d;" | Forbidden Jungle || Connect the Eco Beams || No || Yes ||
| style="background: #bbfc9d;" | Forbidden Jungle || Connect the Eco Beams || No || Yes ||
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| style="background: #bbfc9d;" | Forbidden Jungle || Get to the Top of the Temple || style="background: red; color:white;" | Yes || No || Blue eco is required to use the launch pad to reach the top.
| style="background: #bbfc9d;" | Forbidden Jungle || Get to the Top of the Temple || style="background: red; color:white;" | Yes || No || Blue eco is required to use the launch pad and activate the platforms to reach the top.
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| style="background: #bbfc9d;" | Forbidden Jungle || Find the Blue Vent Switch || style="background: orange;" | Dependent || No || If '''Get to the Top of the Temple''' can be completed without eco, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t9bxACw0vg this is possible without eco].
| style="background: #bbfc9d;" | Forbidden Jungle || Find the Blue Vent Switch || style="background: orange;" | Dependent || No || If '''Get to the Top of the Temple''' can be completed without eco, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t9bxACw0vg this is possible without eco].
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| style="background: #d6d6ce;" | Misty Island || Return to the Dark Eco Pool || No || No ||
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| style="background: #d6d6ce;" | Misty Island || Destroy the Balloon Lurkers || No || No ||
| style="background: #d6d6ce;" | Misty Island || Destroy the Balloon Lurkers || No || No || Using a scoutfly duplication bug and [[Ghost Glitch]], it is possible to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVG33ZB4h5A destroy balloon lurkers without collecting their eco].
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| style="background: #d6d6ce;" | Misty Island || Use the Zoomer to Reach the Power Cell || No || No ||
| style="background: #d6d6ce;" | Misty Island || Use the Zoomer to Reach the Power Cell || No || No ||

Revision as of 22:02, 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 Notes
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 Blue eco is required to use the launch pad and activate the platforms to reach the top.
Forbidden Jungle Find the Blue Vent Switch Dependent No If Get to the Top of the Temple can be completed without eco, this is possible without eco.
Forbidden Jungle Defeat the Dark Eco Plant Dependent No If Get to the Top of the Temple can be completed without eco, this is possible without eco.
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 Using a scoutfly duplication bug and Ghost Glitch, it is possible to destroy balloon lurkers without collecting their eco.
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
Fire Canyon Reach the End of the Fire Canyon No No
Fire Canyon Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Rock Village Bring 90 Orbs to the Gambler No Yes
Rock Village Bring 90 Orbs to the Geologist No Yes
Rock Village Bring 90 Orbs to the Warrior No Yes
Rock Village Bring 120 Orbs to the Oracle No Yes
Rock Village Bring 120 Orbs to the Oracle No Yes
Rock Village Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Precursor Basin Herd the Moles Into Their Holes No No
Precursor Basin Catch the Flying Lurkers No No
Precursor Basin Beat the Record Time on the Gorge No No
Precursor Basin Get the Power Cell Over The Lake No No
Precursor Basin Cure the Dark Eco Infected Plants Yes No The mission can be skipped by deloading the plants, but Jak is required to touch them with green eco first.
Precursor Basin Navigate the Purple Precursor Rings No No
Precursor Basin Navigate the Blue Precursor Rings No No
Precursor Basin Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Lost Precursor City Raise the Chamber No No
Lost Precursor City Follow the Colored Pipes No No
Lost Precursor City Reach the Bottom of the City No No
Lost Precursor City Quickly Cross the Dangerous Pool No No
Lost Precursor City Match the Platform Colors No No
Lost Precursor City Climb the Slide Tube No No
Lost Precursor City Reach the Center of the Complex No No
Lost Precursor City Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Boggy Swamp Ride the Flut Flut No No
Boggy Swamp Protect Farthy's Snacks Yes No
Boggy Swamp Defeat the Lurker Ambush No No
Boggy Swamp Break the Tethers to the Zeppelin Yes No
Boggy Swamp Break the Tethers to the Zeppelin Yes No
Boggy Swamp Break the Tethers to the Zeppelin Yes No
Boggy Swamp Break the Tethers to the Zeppelin Yes No
Boggy Swamp Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Mountain Pass Defeat Klaww Yes No
Mountain Pass Reach the End of Mountain Pass No No
Mountain Pass Find the Hidden Power Cell No No
Mountain Pass Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Volcanic Crater Bring 90 Orbs to the Miners No Yes
Volcanic Crater Bring 90 Orbs to the Miners No Yes
Volcanic Crater Bring 90 Orbs to the Miners No Yes
Volcanic Crater Bring 90 Orbs to the Miners No Yes
Volcanic Crater Bring 120 Orbs to the Oracle No Yes
Volcanic Crater Bring 120 Orbs to the Oracle No Yes
Volcanic Crater Find the Hidden Power Cell No No
Volcanic Crater Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Spider Cave Use your Goggles to Shoot the Gnawing Lurkers Yes No
Spider Cave Destroy the Dark Eco Crystals No No
Spider Cave Explore the Dark Cave No No
Spider Cave Climb the Giant Robot No No
Spider Cave Launch to the Poles No No
Spider Cave Navigate the Spider Tunnel No No
Spider Cave Climb the Precursor Platforms No No
Spider Cave Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Snowy Mountain Find the Yellow Vent Switch No No
Snowy Mountain Stop the 3 Lurker Glacier Troops No No
Snowy Mountain Deactivate the Precursor Blockers No No
Snowy Mountain Open the Frozen Crate No No
Snowy Mountain Get through the Lurker Fort No No
Snowy Mountain Open the Lurker Fort Gate No No
Snowy Mountain Survive the Lurker Infested Cave No No
Snowy Mountain Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Lava Tube Cross the Lava Tube No No
Lava Tube Free 7 Scout Flies No No
Gol and Maia's Citadel Free the Blue Sage No No
Gol and Maia's Citadel Free the Red Sage No No
Gol and Maia's Citadel Free the Yellow Sage No No
Gol and Maia's Citadel Free the Green Sage No No
Gol and Maia's Citadel Free 7 Scout Flies No No

Other Notes