Ate the extra spicy banana
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Today I learned something new, if you level up while taking a core/shard, you can't do the duplication glitch. At least I think this is why while trying out routes I can never get the Hanging Garden dupe.
You can't get it if it level you up. The same reason you can't get a dupe in Mount Zand. It's because some kind of animation plays that causes loss of control of the kid.
I don't run NG Any% but the few times I have, I leveled up on the black tonic that's a little bit before the core area. You should be fine if you pick up all the black tonic and health tonics in melting pot.
It's possible to level up and get the dupe if you pick it up while rolling (I did this 3 times in a row when I failed miserably to correctly do the first doorskip)