Vandal Hearts - September 15, 2025

2025-11-19 07:36:40 pm

Sorry I was just checking for an update and saw your question about the attempts just now.

I would say all in all I started about 150 attempts for the SS record.

SimoneSays

2025-12-21 04:45:33 am

ex LotBlind

(Sorry, updates are coming!)

jerdunemycan

2026-03-29 09:48:22 am

Any updates?

SimoneSays

2026-03-30 07:52:25 am

ex LotBlind

Right, so one update I managed to finish a few weeks ago. I'm going to Japan for 10 weeks coming up, but I'm hoping to have some time to put out another update while there. I wish we had another updater or other new helpers. Sorry it's taking so long, but yours will be in the next update!

jerdunemycan

2026-04-14 07:34:57 pm

OK. I don't mind. It takes as long as it takes. It must be hard not having enough people to help.

Here is the deal. I lowered the Single Segment run down to 5h 55m. I think that a 5h45m run is possible. That is of course an ANY% category run.

I am currently working a 100% Category Single Segment run. It includes Finding 6 Keys and playing 6 Bonus Levels to Advance the Main Character to a secret Class. I'm confident that this can be done in less than 7 Hours.

I hope to complete that 100% run in the next month.

Then, I am fully committed to improving my single segment run that I submitted to you. I've been playing the game a lot in the past year, and I know I can improve the run that I sent you. Maybe by as much as 5 minutes or more.

So maybe don't include my run in the next update. I'd like a chance to improve it. Most of the levels will be the same, or involve very small tweaks. But there are a couple of levels where I could employ a new strategy and get some relatively significant time saves.

OK. I don't mind. It takes as long as it takes. It must be hard not having enough people to help.

Here is the deal. I lowered the Single Segment run down to 5h 55m. I think that a 5h45m run is possible. That is of course an ANY% category run.

I am currently working a 100% Category Single Segment run. It includes Finding 6 Keys and playing 6 Bonus Levels to Advance the Main Character to a secret Class. I'm confident that this can be done in less than 7 Hours.

I hope to complete that 100% run in the next month.

Then, I am fully committed to improving my single segment run that I submitted to you. I've been playing the game a lot in the past year, and I know I can improve the run that I sent you. Maybe by as much as 5 minutes or more.

So maybe don't include my run in the next update. I'd like a chance to improve it. Most of the levels will be the same, or involve very small tweaks. But there are a couple of levels where I could employ a new strategy and get some relatively significant time saves.

SimoneSays

2026-04-30 09:04:44 pm

ex LotBlind

Ah okay, so in that case we could cancel the previous submission, or we can leave it hanging and just change the file and do another verification in this same thread, both have been done, but it's always better to keep waiting until you truly feel like you're done with improvements before publishing.

Has the 100% definition that's been used always been "advance the main character to [the secret class]"? Does that change the ending somehow as well?

jerdunemycan

2026-05-02 06:22:14 pm

Let's leave it hanging. Give me a month or so to see how much I can improve my previous submission.

As it stands there is no current official category anywhere for a 100% run of this game. But completing the 6 Bonus Levels does then include every possible level, and advancing the main character to the secret "Vandalier" class is the ultimate achievement that can be done in the game. It doesn't change the ending of the game, but it changes the way you play the last chapter (Last 4 levels) because the main character becomes overpowered. I did discuss the best definition of 100% with the moderator of the Vandal Hearts speedrun.com page, and he agreed that getting the 6 secret keys and completing the 6 Bonus Levels was a good definition for 100%.

SimoneSays

2026-05-07 06:34:53 am

ex LotBlind

Okay, that sounds close enough to what we've normally accepted as 100% categories on SDA.

jerdunemycan

2026-05-08 11:16:49 pm

Cool.

I tried a couple of 100% runs but I hit a couple of snags. Like bad RNG ruining some semi-deep runs.

I'll come back to the SS runs, but I kept thinking about how to improve the segmented run, so I started a new one and it's my main focus right now.

I'm halfway through the game. I just completed Chapter 3 of the 6 chapters and I'm currently about 5 minutes ahead of my previous submission.