Editing Save File Setup (section)

==Playthrough Guide==
===All Playthroughs===
It is recommended you do all your playthroughs on Story difficulty, since difficulty does not affect any drops. You can change difficulty at the beginning of every speedrun, so don't worry if you want to run on Ultra Hard.

On every playthrough you do, you want to make sure you loot machines and boxes along the way. This is to make sure once you are done that you have all the resources you need to do a run.

Make sure you collect meat, bones and skins from animals while playing, so that you can upgrade all your carry capacities. You can do this during just one playthrough or just try and do it along the way.

===First Playthrough===
Since you only need Adept weapons for the save file, you don't need to get any specific weapons on this playthrough. Just get the weapons you need in order to beat the game.

It is recommended getting the "Shield-Weaver" outfit on the first playthrough to make it easier for the following playthroughs. The "Shield-Weaver" does not get better in NG+ like other outfits and weapons. Just make sure to get the Power Cells at Maker's End, Grave-Hoard and GAIA  Prime while you are there.

Complete "The Hunters Three" in The Frozen Wilds for the "Untested Weapon Coil". (1/2)

After defeating the Fireclaw inside "EPSILON", head to the control tower north of where you are, after escaping the cauldron. There is a box next to the tower with an "Insulated Outfit Weave" in it which you want. (1/3)

===Second Playthrough===
On the second playthrough you want to get all the weapons you need. (Except you can only get one Icerail, so get the second one on the next plathrough). You get teh adept versions of weapons the exact same way you get the normal versions.

On this playthrough you need to get all the "Blazing Suns" from Hunting Grounds (Snowchants Hunting Ground not included), in order to get the "Adept Lodge Blast Sling".

In The Frozen Wilds make sure you complete the Bandit Camp, so you can get the Forgefire.

Upgrade the "Icerail", "Forgefire" and "Stormslinger" by completeing the "Geared Up" quest.

Complete "The Hunters Three" in The Frozen Wilds for the "Untested Weapon Coil". (2/2)

After defeating the Fireclaw inside "EPSILON", head to the control tower north of where you are, after escaping the cauldron. There is a box next to the tower with an "Insulated Outfit Weave" in it which you want. (2/3)

===Third Playthrough===
On the third playthrough, make sure you get the second "Icerail" and upgrade it via the "Geared Up" quest.

After defeating the Fireclaw inside "EPSILON", head to the control tower north of where you are, after escaping the cauldron. There is a box next to the tower with an "Insulated Outfit Weave" in it which you want. (3/3)

===Playthroughs 4 to 7===
Provided that you followed the guide so far, then all you need to do on these playthroughs is follow the [[#Step by step|Step by step guide]].

===8th Playthrough===
On this playthrough it is recommended to farm the regular coils needed. The best and fastest way of doing this is the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OglqM86t2Lc "Hammer and Steel" Coil farm].

While farming it is recommended to only take the coils needed and the shards from the machines to prevent the inventory from filling up all the time.

It is recommended to do this farm on the 8th playthrough to have another chance on playthrough 9 if something goes wrong.

===9th Playthrough===
Follow the step by step guide until you have beaten the game. Then make sure you have set up all your weapons correctly. Then try to get rid of anything that is unecessary to speedruns.

===Doing less playthroughs===
It is possible to do less playthroughs, as you can max out the stats on the "Adept Lodge Blast Sling" with 65% or higher handling coils with damage as second tier. However these are rare and can take some time to farm extra using the "Hammer and Steel" Coil farm. So you can choose to either get extra "Pristine Coils" by doing more playthroughs or try your luck with "Hammer and Steel" farming.