I am genuinely surprised that glitchless *isn't* a category already. I prefer watching glitchless runs sometimes, because they are so much easier to follow/understand.

This is the run I dreamed of seeing from the moment the game came out. Glitched runs are impressive feats of course, but TOTK gives the player so many systems to work with and so much freedom even without glitches, and I always wanted to see what it would look like for someone to just expertly use every system to maximum advantage. Incredible work!

Killing queen gibdo using gibdo bones, that’s just evil

peak thumbnail

Wow this entire video is amazing I cant believe I watched all 29 minutes already (the video has been out 9 minutes i cant stop lying)

I hope this category becomes official; it’s great to watch. Nice video !

Poor Ganondorf, getting one hour and eight minutes of freedom after struggling for thousands of years, then getting killed by a mostly naked guy jumping backwards.

I think I speak for everyone here when I say I would absolutely love to see more videos like this in the future, hearing you explain your reasoning for everything you do in a run is very fascinating, and your editing is actually really good!! The way you cut out so many unneeded parts makes it so much better to watch

Fighting Colgera without the paraglider would give me a panic attack

This is the perfect totk speedrun video to me; I've enjoyed watching the any% category from time to time but runners don't necessarily explain all their tech on the run that they WR. Glitchless is a little more engaging to watch as a casual player, also. Thanks Player 5!

This was the coolest run of totk i've ever watched. the routing and the work arounds without the glider are so interesting. and the boss rush on one heart is so impressive.

A heroic run that pushes movement and combat precision to the limits. Bravo!

Yooo this was a fun watch, your scripting and editing has gotten so much better and I hope you do these for more categories!

This is so awesome, really clear explanations on everything you did, and even what you didn’t do and why, and what might improve the run. This is legit one of the best speedrun explanations videos I’ve ever seen. I have to say that for TotK, I like gitchless runs a lot better than glitched. Part of it is that all the glitches keep getting patched. I know most runners will get a 1.0 or some other early version for different categories, but it makes speedrunning the game feel like it’s more exclusive and leaves out people who might want to do a casual speedrun (like me). Since glitchless has a lot more luck involved though, I can see how in same ways it’s less appealing regardless of version. But also, in BotW for any%, the glitches all are based on movement, and the final boss fights are basically the same as if you couldn’t do glitches at all. But for TotK, glitches help deal more damage and skip boss fights. With glitches the final gauntlet is more who can throw rubies the fastest and most accurately, and who can do the clip and stack weapons quickest. All the big bosses are completely skipped, and damage stacking kills GDorf in single cycles. With glitchless it’s a true gauntlet, and is both exciting and super punishing like you say. In BotW I don’t think the would be much of a point to do glitchless-in any% the glitches are easy, they won’t ever be patched, they help with movement so you’re really just skipping the boring parts, and they’re cool looking. But in TotK I think the glitches are a lot less flashy, you can’t skip the intro, you actually end up skipping more interesting parts of the run, and you never know for a latest patch if they’ll still work.

This is really great! I've always been interested in speedrunning but prefer glitchless categories so its always nice to see a good glitchless run.

This is great, this is what I imagined when first playing the game. Glitches is so much more fun to watch because of the boss rush. I say keep Amiibo’s out of the run as well.

I was legit just practicing this exact category, and was confused on a wing setup. Came in at the perfect time!

I tried this run myself, although I set a rule for obtaining the Master Sword beforehand, which required some route planning for shrines and location of approach. Glitchless is great due to really crunching down on combat. My time was just over 3 hours. Heaps inspiring seeing you literally third that time.

I love glitchless so much, this is amazing! Well done! And awesome "how I did it" as well. As a speedrunning noob it's extremely helpful to appreciate all the skill and work you put into this

I love these style videos, man. Coming from a stream watcher, both the highly edited style and raw content is amazing.

I love this run and breakdown! Using soooo many mechanics and weapon bonuses with such skill.

You weren’t kidding when you said you had a banger thumbnail 😂 great video! Glitchless runs were so fun to watch, and you did an amazing job explaining the run!

This run proves that speedrunning glitchless is just as entertaining if not more entertaining than any%.

Watched the live stream for more than couple of dozen time! Bit this 29min video just made it veryy clear of everything! Great job P5

Awesome job, thanks for taking the time to explain all your moves. Fascinating stuff.

P5, you didn’t lie: the thumbnail IS perfect.

This breakdown is awesome, thanks for making this video! A real treat to watch, especially when you're able to follow everything. It's all explained so nicely that even though I'm completely unfamiliar with TOTK speedrunning, I was still completely able to follow along. :D

Thanks for doing this! Awesome video after that really amazing glitchless run which I must admit I've watched two times already. 😬 But it's so fun to watch. Lovely to get all the great explanations in this video. 🙌🙏

Really love these explainer vids, P5. Hope you make more in the future!

Now that's a lore accurate Link.

This is so cool! Awesome run, and I love the commentary.

Please do more videos like that! It was sooooo good to watch, these almost 30 minutes passed very quickly to me and very pleasant as well.

Looking forward to trying this run! Amazing video

I already watched the run when you posted it on here, but I was more than happy to watch a second time. Your commentary videos are always great. Hope glitchless is added as an official category soon

Thank you for making watchable speedrun videos. Really appreciate your explanations as well.

Holy crap, really awesome video, man! I’m super happy that you did this without glitches or wall clips or anything crazy. Seriously impressive!

I’ve been challenging myself with Minimum% runs and your videos to date have been crucial in helping but THIS video is the most helpful by far. I already knew most of what you shared but did not know about preventing Ganon from switching weapons. I’ve tried no paraglider but can only get the first wall grab. I used fairies to make it to the Army and I can consistently get to Colgera but just can’t 1 cycle his first phase which means I get to the 2nd phase with too few wings and eyeballs left to finish it off but one day. Keep up the great work!

Thank you! I find glitchless speedruns to be way more entertaining

Thank you for this great video! Glitchless runs are awesome

Awesome video! I am as always massively impressed. I haven't applied myself to speedrunning TotK yet (or rather, I gave up after the first few patches bc I got discouraged from things changing heh), but this inspires me to try it glitchless, insanely hard as it looks! Re the video editing, the only suggestion I'd make is to not completely cut out the bits that don't require technique/items explanation, but maybe include them sped-up and/or in a PiP view in the corner (like you did for Zelda's torch). For people wanting to use this video as a guide or refresher w/o watching a full run that could be useful. Thanks so much for this, I hope you make more of these explanatory videos!

This is super sick, I’d love to watch more glitchless runs.

Great video! I hadn’t had much interest in glitchless categories before, but with this game it’s nice to see the boss rush in a run.

This video was fantastic. As a big zelda fan and casual speedrun enjoyer, watching glitch runs can be really confusing and make the viewer not really understand how/why things are happening. This video bridges that void perfectly. Your scripting and speaking was perfect also, great work!

This was so cool to watch!! Thank you so much for sharing!

The amount of detail in these runs is just mind boggling. It is insane that if you miss 1 small thing you can mess up your whole run!!!

29:15 yaaaayy also I bet these take a lot of time, but it's definitely worth it!

Very good video, glad to see some glitchless

Yes to more of these type of videos! This was very well done. And the thumbnail is the best

This is the most pure speed run type. Thank you!

YOOOOO. This is so fire! I just beat TOTK also without prep, glitches or the paraglider, and I must say, I know the hell you went through. I also appreciate the differences in our methods, I fought the army, Colgera and the seized construct differently.

Thank you for this, I really dislike how any% just skips everything engaging. Like the final boss doesn't feel like a final boss because you skip 90% of it and then you one shot him with a glitched weapon. Your run feels like an actual speedrun and not a corrupted copyright of the game

This video is perfect. Just great explanation and detail. So slick

Watching these commentary style videos is Pog

Amazing commentary!

banger video love the thorough explanation

Great video, amazing dedication

Love the vid style keep it up!

This is my new favorite speedrun!

Bravo Mr. 5! Very well edited and showed off the run nicely. And "the room of death" graphics? Cmon!

I absolutely love the glitchless category for this game. Going to start learning full glitchless runs now that I'm happy with my gsi :)

Really enjoyed the video. I feel this is the most honest and respectable category

Came for the thumbnail, stayed because I was too impressed to leave

This run is so cool !!! any% is great but this.. this is so badass. And also, I've started a paragliderless slow run and it gave me ideas on how to handle some things :D Thanks !

when I played the game for the first time I was really excited for the speedruns, because of the boss rush and all of that then I saw that they skip the fight since day 1 lmao I love this speedrun because pushes the game mechanics I think I prefer it over the normal any%

Glitchless runs of TOTK/BOTW are more engaging to watch because of the incredible skill level needed to take down each enemy. The last heart instant death risk makes the skill needed to deal with every wave of enemies impressive! This was awesome to watch!

This is an awesome run! I think the routing is super cool for any%, but it's a lot cooler to see the boss gauntlet fought the "intended" way. So much cooler to see a carefully selected set of weapons than just spamming rubies and glitched weapons

Unbelievable! Well done!

This has got to be one of the best speed run videos I’ve seen in my life

Masterpiece of a run…masterpiece video. Gg

I really like the narrated videos, keep up the good work! Btw, I really love that using ultrahand at the end of the last shrine is now the go-to in speedruns. I was suggesting it to you under one of your old WRs, when it wasn't yet used, so I feel slightly proud ngl

I hope this becomes an official category - it's soooo much more fun to watch!

Congratulations! Holy crap this game is so much fun.

This is an incredible run. Bravo man, bravo

This video is so good. Also amazing thumbnail.

Oh my word thank you! I did my own version of a “speed run” on BOTW where Link completes the GP as much as possible, cuts across Hyrule Field while grabbing what he can, then plundering the castle as much as possible before hitting the boss rush. Not a true speed run, but a challenge for me. I wanted to try something similar with ToTK but wasn’t sure how I’d get past Muktorok. Now I know!! 🎉

I watched this like 20 times already because its too good!

Thats honestly a super interesting category and run

amazing vid, another dub for goat5!

The thumbnail is pure perfection it's genuienly amazing lmao

Incredible run, great commentary, thanks, P5!

There needs to be an official a glitchless totk speedrun category

much more fun to watch than other runs

Great run! This is more fun to watch for me then the glitched route is

So this is pretty much a Castle only run. Very cool! I do prefer glitch-less, because it makes it easier to follow what Link is doing. Nice run! And you didn't dodge the Lynel! 🎉

My dream speedrun. Nice job. You even avoided the amiibos 😀

Wow this category is significantly cooler than the clips and glitches of normal any% (or maybe I just watched any% too many times lol). I hope this becomes a popular category I want to see how optimized it can get.

"You're welcome, Cassandra!"

amazing video👍 keep it up

Well played 👍this should be a legit category

p5 you madlad.

Incredible. Doing it without a paraglider is insanity

I can't believe you didn't mention the rocks at 15:53 have a miniscule chance to drop a Ruby, smh. Jokes aside though this video was super well made and the thumbnail...OMEGALUL

Getting a tutorial card in the end sequence of the game (27:07) is the most speedrun-like thing ever! xD

Can you do some more of these runs? These look so fun!

The perfect thumbnail doesn’t exi-

this really should be a category of its own, especially since it's a way more accessible category overall glitches usually raise the entry level to the sky...

good thumbnail, great video

This was dope

Ganondorf was SHAKING watching this live

i think exploits are so interesting: Not a glitch, just taking an intended feature and using it in an unintended way like, the glitch with the wing at the door of the temple of time. its not a glitch, its just going, "oh, this works this way? cool." and taking it to a extreme