Grand Abyss Any% Route

Notes 

• This route document will only be addressing the Grand Abyss route. It will, however, go into alternatives for 2-Tank Quad Skip and Hive Dash.
• Room names will always be in Bold.
• There are safety Missiles in this route. I recommend picking them up.

Abbreviations 

• ME = Missile Expansion
• ET = Energy Tank
• PB = Power Bomb
• STK = Sky Temple Key
• DTK = Dark Temple Key
• SA = Screw Attack

Agon 1

• Enter Hive Chamber A and jump through the hole to go Out of Bounds
• Wallcrawl to Industrial Site and doorwarp Collapsed Tunnel
• Grab the Energy Tank in Storage Cavern B
• Go out of Bounds in Temple Assembly Site
• Wallcrawl to Dynamo Chamber. Once transitioned, transition back to TAS
• Collect the Power Bomb expansion from out of bounds
• Head out and Wallcrawl back to Industrial Site, doorwarp Agon Transport Access
  • If you aren’t doing Hive Dash, collect the Missile in Transport to Agon Wastes
• Use the Elevator and enter Agon
• If you are doing Two Tank Quad skip, immediately go for the Sandigger Secret World via the closest worm. Otherwise, head up to Mining Station Access and grab the E-Tank. Head out and do Sandigger SW.
• Wallcrawl to Main Reactor
• Defeat Dark Samus 1 with a Power Bomb
  • IF DARK SAMUS IS ON SCREEN WHEN SHE DIES, THE GAME WILL LIKELY CRASH OR SOFTLOCK! ROLL TOWARDS A CORNER AS SOON AS YOU LAY IT
• Use the Elevator and collect Dark Beam
• Head to Command Center and use the portal
• PB the rubble in Dark Oasis. Proceed as normal to collect Light Beam
• Use the portal in Dark Oasis 
• Head to Transport to Sanctuary Fortress and enter Sanctuary

ME: 5 | ET: 1 | STK: 0/9 | PB 1

Sanctuary 1

• Collect a PB drop in Agon Transport Access, then blow up the glass in Hall of Combat Mastery
• Head up the Elevator and enter Dynamo Works
• Enter Dynamo Access, perform the Morph SW and do Gyro Skip
• Head to Watch Station Access and do the rolljump across
  • If you want to get a 4th energy tank, pick up this energy tank now. Otherwise, pick it up after Screw Attack.
• Scan the post to save IGT and enter Watch Station
• Enter Grand Abyss
• Dash onto the robot and enter Vault
• Perform Vault Dash and use the Boost Slots
• Collect Screw Attack
• Head back to Watch Station and activate the Bomb Slot

2/3 Tank Route

• Enter WSA and collect the E-Tank
• Exit to Dynamo Works, do the SA SW and wallcrawl to Dynamo Storage
• Use the Portal and go out of bounds in Hive Dynamo Works
• Hit terminal fall to spawn on the other side
• Enter Hive Dynamo Access and go out of bounds
• Do Quad Skip
• Enter the portal in Aerial Training Site 

4 Tank Route

• Enter Central Area Transport West, collect the Missile if you want
• Head to reactor core, collect the E-Tank
• Enter Minigyro Chamber and solve the puzzle
  • Amber
  • Cobalt
  • Crimson
  • Emerald
• Use the portal in Hall of Combat Mastery
• Head to Hive Dynamo Access
• Do Quad Skip
• Enter the Portal in Aerial Training Site
• Head to Main Gyro Chamber and use the elevator up to enter Temple Access
• Fight the Quad and enter Sanctuary Temple
• Return the energy, collect Cobalt Translator
• Go out of bounds
• Get Cannon Ball
• Wallcrawl to Temple Access
• Let Main Gyro Chamber load around you
• Head to Transport to Agon Wastes
• Enter Agon

ME: 5 | ET: 2 | STK: 0/9 | PB 1

Light Suit

• Head to Sandcanyon
  • DO NOT USE THE CANNON OR YOU WILL LOSE CANNON BALL
• Enter Agon Temple
  • If you are not doing Hive Dash, head right and collect Amber Translator now.
• Go to Mining Station A, hit the two crates if Dark Ammo/Power Bombs are needed
• Go to Save Station A and go out of bounds with an SA SW
• Wallcrawl to Transport to Torvus Bog, let the room load around you
• Enter Torvus
• Go out of bounds in Transport to Agon Wastes via a 2BSJ
• Transition to Torvus Temple, shoot the dark door to initiate the Pirate Fight
• Kill the dudes from out of bounds
• Finish the pirate fight
• Collect Super Missiles with a scan dash, head for Transport to Temple Grounds
• Enter Temple Grounds
  • If you are not doing Hive Dash, ignore these two steps.
• Perform Hive Dash
• SA past the Super Missile door
• Enter Meeting Grounds
• Use the halfpipe and go to Hall of Honored Dead
• Do the Seeker Missile Puzzle
  • Red x1
  • Cyan x1
  • Yellow x3
  • Purple x2
• Collect Seeker Missiles 
• SA back into the ball tunnel and go back to Meeting Grounds
• Fall off of the halfpipe and roll towards the “Amber” gate to load the elevator
• Go back up the halfpipe and do the BSJ to get onto the branch, SA into Temple Transport C
• Enter Great Temple
• Do the Morph SW in Temple Transport C and wallcrawl to Temple Sanctuary
• Ignore the Splinter fight and go up the elevator
• Collect Violet Translator and collect Light Suit
  • If you did not do Hive Dash, ignore the next step and warp straight to Torvus.
• Warp to Agon

ME: 10 | ET: 2 | STK: 0/9 | PB 1

Torvus

• Head for the door in Agon Energy Controller until the door locks
• Collect Amber Translator
• Warp to Torvus
• Collect Emerald Translator
• Scan the Elevator in Torvus Temple 
• Use the Elevator, then scan the Emerald Gate as the elevator is going down
• Go to Lower Torvus
• Perform Air Underwater, then SA to the Scan Panels
• Collect Gravity Boost 
• Attempt to get Air Underwater when going back to Main Hydrochamber 
  • If you got Air Underwater, SA Alpha Blogg and use the portal in the room
• Otherwise, do Alpha Blogg skip and use the portal
  • If you did not SA Alpha Blogg, collect the Dark Temple Key now.
• Defeat Power Bomb Guardian
• Collect Main Power Bombs
• Head to Undertemple Access and collect Dark Torvus Key 1
• Go back to the light world
• Kill the Seahorsies to get Light and Dark Ammo
  • Optional Safety Missile: Hydrodynamo Station
• Leave Lower Torvus
• Head left towards Torvus Grove
  • Optional Safety Missile: Underground Tunnel
• Use the Halfpipe and enter Grove Access 
• Enter Forgotten Bridge and use the Boost Slot
• Use the portal
• Go to Dark Torvus Arena and collect Dark Temple Key 2
• Backtrack to Dark Forgotten Bridge
• Go to Venomous Pond
• Collect Dark Temple Key 3
• Beat up Chykka
• Get Dark Visor
• Reload Dark Torvus Temple then head to Poisoned Bog
• Collect Sky Temple Key 1
• Use the Portal
• Collect the Missile
• Go out of bounds with a ghetto and let Great Bridge load around you
• Go back to Lower Torvus
• Head for the Dark Door in Hydrodynamo Station 
• Enter Catacombs and use the portal
• Collect Sky Temple Key 2 
• Go back up to Torvus Temple, use Transport to Agon Wastes to enter Agon

ME: 15 | ET: 2 | STK: 2/9 | PB 3

Agon II

• Do a 3BSJ to the portal. If you fail it, just use the halfpipe to reach the portal
• Collect the Missile and fall off to the left. Try to shoot the Bladepods to get more Missiles
• Weird Cutscene
• Go to Judgement Pit, then head to Battleground
• Collect Sky Temple Key 3
• Head to Dark Oasis
• Collect Sky Temple Key 4
• Use the portal, head to Transport to Sanctuary Fortress
• Enter Sanctuary

ME: 20 | ET: 2 | STK: 4/9 | PB 3

Sanctuary II

• Use the Portal in Culling Chamber
• Head to Hive Entrance and collect Sky Temple Key 5
• Go back to Culling Chamber and use the Central Hive East Transport elevator
• Do the Hive Dynamo Works Morph SW, land on the ledge by the key, then enter terminal fall
• Collect Sky Temple Key 6
• Use the portal in Hive Cache 3
• Go out of bounds in Dynamo Works
• Move along the room then SA to Worker’s Path
• Head to Sanctuary Energy Controller
• Warp to Great Temple

ME: 20 | ET: 2 | STK: 6/9 | PB 3

Endgame

• Head down, scan all of the gates
• Go right, use the elevator
• Use the portal in Temple Assembly Site
• Collect Sky Temple Key 7 in Accursed Lake 
• Head back, use the portal, go back to Great Temple
• Enter Temple Sanctuary, go right
• Use the portal in Sacred Path
• Head to Ing Reliquary
• Collect Sky Temple Key 8
• Head back, use the portal, enter great temple
• Enter Temple Sanctuary, go right
• Go to Hall of Eyes and use the portal
• Go to Defiled Shrine
• Collect Sky Temple Key 9
• Return the Keys
• Restock on Missiles if needed
• Emperor Ing
• Dark Samus
• Centered