For anyone who is confused, shoving Greg normally doesn't do anything when he's a vendor. However, because of an oversight it's possible to trick the game into thinking Greg is a companion for a two frame window by what we call "double-dialog-skip", where you use mouse and keyboard shortcuts simultaneously to skip dialog. Once Greg has been pushed, you need to enter the space he was stood in. This is technically out of bounds so the game will then try to push the player into a valid space, and here we take advantage of Bucket Launch. The bucket in Honeywood is coded to only have collision on the inside, so by placing a bucket on your head you create unintended collision and the game can't put you back into play. It will keep trying until you eventually build up a crazy speed value that eventually hurls you a considerable distance. Being hurled into the sky wouldn't normally be useful so this exploit went ignored for years, but in September 2022 we discovered Comet Skip, and that changed everything...

Rowan saying that's his fastest time makes me realize the characters live through an endless loop. A loop that continuously explodes their minds each time it is done.

I like how greg is a garlic farmer yet he has the most powerfull everything in the game

Could you imagine being a self aware NPC. The whole purpose of your creation is to deliver one line. You practice it to yourself over and over. You wait hours, days, maybe even months if the player takes their time. Finally you see the player coming. This is the moment you practiced for. This is the whole reason for your existence. You are about to fulfill your purpose in life. Then they skip your conversation and loot your house.

Still can’t skip the end credits. Totally relatable.

I love how even though Baradun is just as confused as Greg is he never skips any chance he can get to give him the middle finger.

Lol imagine being an NPC in ocarina of time, watching Link back flipping through the entire village

0:07 Speedrun Begin 0:10 Accept First Story Quest 0:17 Acquire the Sealing Stone 0:23 Exchange Sealing Stone for Dark Knight armor (required for buckrocket exploit) 0:28 Buy Horseshoe for duplication glitch 0:32 Buckrocket 0:35 Defeat Deephell Flame Beast, Activate Armageddon 0:41 Use Icecurse Sigil, activate Hel on Earth 0:43 Defeat Cerberus, deactivate Hel on Earth 0:46 Duplicate Bloodhound Fang 0:49 Acquire Ring of Heaven and Earth 0:59 Accept Brotherhood quest 1:00 Use Celestial Hellkey, activate End of the Universe 1:06 Travel to Darklands for 0.78 sec timesave (new tech, impressive 👍) 1:15 Defeat Lord of the Realms, deactivate End of the Universe 1:17 Bond with Greg for faster ending 1:22 Defeat Zeus 1:24 Rescue Baradun 1:28 Run complete

From taking 18 hours to solve the honeywood murders and missing a core mechanic, into finishing the entire frickin’ game in 16 minutes and mastering forbidden top secret techniques. Rowan has gone a long way with ben’s tutoring… Truly a legend that one, but the credit also goes to his master!

This is legendary. I've never seen anyone execute the bucket thrust exploit so flawlessly.

I love that Greg is confused because no one has ever finished the game before

1:17 THE DRAGONS OF SHMARGENROOOOOOGGGGG

This man finished 16 minutes in little over 2 minutes. legend status

The hardest part of the speed run is avoiding Greg pulling a knife on you for too many skips.

This must be the most important npc for a speedrunner to keep talking to him.

I can't believe you didn't mention voluntary deaths to respawn in a specific checkpoint, that would have been cool!

The fact that his programming makes him do stuff without having any clue why is genius.

That man was so fast he was able to pass 16 minutes in just a minute and a half. Legend.

I love how Greg only has a spare moment to get offended by this player before he's brought into utter confusion. Therefore the run is never ruined by him threatening a rude adventurer.

The bit where he selectively allowed himself 2.4 seconds of non-speed-related fun ("draaagons...") was so real. That's how it be, optimization be damned

I like how you can tell how far he's progressing by seeing how his equipment gets better

I lost it at Rowan abusing the physics engine and becoming a rocket 🤣.

This video actually has some really good eye tracking work. The way the editor created a believable tracking sight line for Alan is, genuinely, top notch. There are Hollywood level editors who can't pull that off.

Man I love Gregg and Baradun's relationship, can we have more with them. Also so funny how disappointed Baradun was that he got skipped!!

I would 100% buy a game based on this series

The best part of this is that it actually adheres to the continuity that you yourself have created with your own skits.

I love how somebody in the credits is literally called "A Somebody" 🤣🤣🤣

i love how they took a tiny bit of time to sing a part of the song

I love how genuinely confused allan looks

Best line right there: "MOVE! I need your exploit" and the swap from being upset to genuinely terrified got me XD

With this kind of run, I could imagine there would be an hour long or so historical video about this one villager strat that literally cut hours of time and helped the speedrunning community of this game out there -- just to be discovered by the masses or algorithm.

I think it would have been even funnier if he was angry at his latest time for being 2 seconds more than his previous record, and just kill the two guys in rage before starting again.

Greg always kills me with some unexpected funny reaction! The credits flying by "Who are all these people!?!"

I like the two different reactions to the unknown: Greg put aside differences with baradun to find comfort in the shared discomfort, while baradun sought comfort in the familiarity of pattern in their normal dysfunctional relationship.

I'm not hard of hearing but I do regularly watch stuff with CC on so I can keep the volume low and I have to say I really appreciate when a KZfaq channel goes the extra mile and creates subtitles. KZfaq's subtitles are alright but having written out sentences is nice. You guys are legends.

I like how Greg went from “How rude!” to “What the heck is going on here???” 😂😂😂😂

The look on Greg's face when he's holding the ring that Roan takes is like "wtf am I holding a ring right now and why am I giving it to this adventurer..." Hilarious! great work guys.

I laughed maniacally throughout the entire video. The total confusion on Greg's face the entire time as random crap is happening, and then Baradun flying him the bird. That was fantastic!

Hahaha, I think my favorite part of this whole video is when he keeps saying "skip!" over the "like and subscribe" spiel. What a great cherry on top. Lol.

Man, when he masters running backwards, his times are going to be *insane*.

I nearly burst my sides laughing at this. Almost as much as Rowan designing his own character.

This is hands down one of your best skits, I absolutely lost it at Rowan turning into a rocket. Very well made.

This is the most hilarious thing to date that I've seen from you guys... Brilliant!

We need this speed run with the perspective of the other npcs

Rowan saying Greg's lines and skipping them is next level!

I’m so happy to see Greg and Baradun again… feels like it’s been forever since we’ve seen the OG crew. This episode felt like the old days of NPC man and I absolutely love it EDIT: I’m already aware of the DND channel. Seen it since day one. But it doesn’t have the same feel as the OG NPC man days, like this episode did.

All glitches used in this video: 0:07 “Intro clip skip”, To do this: Press esc and equip your sword which should move you slightly closer to Greg, allowing you to skip the into cut-scene. 0:21 “Sword Thrust running”, To do this: Hold sword thrust to build up your sword thrust then release it and at the same time spam the run button and this will make you character sprint at 2x the normal speed for 10 seconds. 0:28 “Comet launching”, To do this glitch you must be very precise: First you need to open the shop to buy a horseshoe; This will allow you to push Greg out of the way, Then put Greg’s bucket on your head and stand in the same spot as him and because the GUI was closed the game will try to move Greg back to his original spot making him collide with you and the bucket at the same time which will launch you whichever direction the bucket is facing. 0:56 “Extended dialogue skip”, To do this: Enter Greg’s dialogue from the side and exit the dialogue by pressing B which will make the game panic and instead of re-doing the dialogue it will completely remove it. 1:00 Unnamed: Using the horseshoe we got from Greg we can simply place it around our head which will collide with us in such a way (similar to a comet launch) that we go fast enough to be in multiple places at the same time so the game fixes that by teleporting you to the nearest spawn point which, if you did it right, would be right next to the boss 1:10 “Fast-Travel launching”, To preform this glitch you need to have the previous comet launch stored and fast-travel to anywhere (In this case the Darklands) and once you travel there you’ll launch at high speeds facing the direction you teleported. 1:20 “Extended comet launching”, To do this: Go to the old lady in the pots shop and preform a comet launch by pushing her out of the way (She isn’t anchored so you don’t have to do anything) and putting the “Short flower pot” on your head which is very similar in shape to the bucket but it has an outer lip causing you to be able to control where you move (In this case we’ll be comet launching to High Sorcerer Baradun)

This is incredibly well made, both the script and the editing. Edit: I also just realized that all the dialogue and mission scenes we see here actually have correlation to things we have seen in other videos.

Baradun flipping Greg off was so wholesome. I hadn't even realized how much I had missed this. Thank you for making my day! ♥️

I feel so sorry for Greg sometimes, he is so confused now, hugs Greg !

Their animation budget raised a lot...

Rowan is the ultimate gamer. It was only last week when he learned about the detective mode and now when he has this final piece of the puzzle, he can fully use all the game mechanics to do a glorious speedrun. He did try before, but got stuck for hours trying to solve the Honeywood murder.

Oh my god the production value has SKYROCKETED, this is so damn good!

Just found you guys yesterday. I am now completely caught up on Epic NPC Man. Great content fellas! You've come along way in a few years.

Npc: Breathes Protagonist: SKIP

This is pure genius, literally exactly how speed runners act. "SKIP!"

I never thought we'd get an epic npc man speed run, this was awesome

You guys should do a second version of this. I keep watching this its so good lol

When they both say the line in tandem & the NPC is like wtf

And Baradun remains consistent towards Greg 😂

1:41 "-thank you for the sub" a nice little cherry on top

I love how the developer tried to defeat this method by hiding a flag inside of a random bit of dialogue. If you skipped over the flag, it would purposefully slow you down by adding in a quest stage where you had to maintain a lover's relationship score with Greg for one in-game week. It took the community just five hours to find the flag after "Dragons of Smaugenrog". It might add a few seconds to let that part play, but it beats all the time it takes going through the motions of getting Greg's score that high and then using the time jump function six times in a row.

I never stopped to think if I was being rude every time I skipped an NPC. He could have been waiting his entire life to tell me of the potions I will need in order to traverse the Badlands.

You know it's a real speedrun cause he purchases a single horseshoe for a bizarre interaction that completely unmakes the laws of physics

Whoever does your CGI killed it in this one. Seeing Rowan zooming across the sky like that was amazing. I love that he did the bucket on head as a hack to make that happen.

I didn't realise this when I first watched it, but according to this Greg is a vital NPC for at least the majority of the main game, and there's gotta be a reason why Baradun keeps showing up right in front of Greg's house with his teleportations. Like, other than Baradun essentially always wanting to compete with Greg. (Which to me is by definition why he will never win: the High Sorcerer picked a fight with a hamlet living garlic farmer.) Also Alan's expressions are really great; the volume matching with the confusion at "The Dragons of Schmargonrog!"

Your team are absolutely hilarious. Love your content

Really didn't expect Rowan to turn into a human fireball, laughed pretty hard at that one.

Rowan blasting into the sky like a rocket absolutely destroyed me. Was NOT expecting that. 🤣

Haven't watched in ages. Production value is damn good now. This one cracked me up.

Imagine some guy just walks into your village and solves all the worlds problems in 16 minutes

The intro music with Greg's "welcome to Honeywood" seriously hit me with big time nostalgia for Epic NPC man skits. I absolutely ADORE literally EVERY piece of content you guy are putting out and I always have - but I've been a fan since the very beginning and so Epic NPC man skits just always makes me feel like I'm coming home, and please never ever stop making them. I think I have a need for a new skit with the epic and legendary Eugene cry and poor Hamish trying to sell something

This is exactly what speed runners look like from my perspective.

I don't know why but whenever Greg says "Who are all these people?", it really cracks me up :D

One year after this video. Please make another speed runner video, it's awesome

The fact he had enough time to sing a little and still get a new best time just says how good of a speedrunner he is

I like that you ended with everyone still in character.

0:43 Did he just kill Baldur and start Fimbulwinter???

The Dragons of Schmargonrog part still cracks me up lol

The most unrealistic part of this was Rowan simply running like normal in the beginning. Don't know if I've ever seen a speedrunner simply run normal like that, usually it's some kind of diagonal strafe bunnyhop or some other ridiculous thing that makes you technically move faster than normal.

I'd love to see a skit about Passionate Players who find almost everything and every character endearing that it seems weird to other players who skip the dialogue!

That’s one of y’all’s best to date, ending was even better 😂

I love the "Cat Hearder" in the Credits, now there's an impossible job.

Rowan is lucky that Greg didn't snap by the constant skipping or that would have been the end of his speed run.

0:56 love that moment... It was such a good presentation of dialogue choices when speed running. Speed Runner just said what needed to be said but didn't bother listening to the responses.

Discovering your channel is one of the best things to happen to me I think I discovered you once before years ago... but rediscovering it all over again as if for the first time... !!

So true, this is my favorite skit by you guys yet

The little absurd details like them singing “The Dragons of Smargenrahg” together are the added spice to these feasts.

I'm so glad it wasn't just Rowan running around and you guys actually included a nod to some of the ridiculous exploits speedrunners use to fly around all over the place

Greg: "Omg, my bucket can do THAT?!"

Bro finish in 16 minutes in 2 minutes. Bro speedran the speedrun

As a speedrunner myself, I can say this is pretty accurate lol

I'm more amazed that Greg, in all his sentience, was still able to keep up with which stage/mission Rowan's in.

You like a brother to me, SKIP!

You guys are awesome. Thanks for these.

Baradun giving Greg the middle finger after saying “Hi Greg” was the icing on the cake I didn’t know I needed🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Holy shit, this is probably one of the funniest videos you guys have ever made. I absolutely love this. Thank you, I am in tears right now 🤣🤣 Rowan standing there in full gear shouting "skip skip skip!" is 👌.

Almost 7 years of gameplay in the matter of 16 minutes. Congrat Rowan.

I was skepctical at the beggining, but then I saw the player f*cking launghing into orbit and was like 'yeah, accurate'

Nah he's throwing, accelerated backhopping into the roof would have been far faster than the bucket launch