Speedrunning The Hilltop Mausoleum - MediEvil (1998) Any%

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Any% (No DGS)

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The Hilltop Mausoleum (1998) Any%
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General information
Boss(es)	Stained Glass Demon
Speedrunning information
World record	2m 8s
Items collected	Club Throwing Daggers Skull Key Copper Shield (optional)
Glitches used	Hilltop Mausoleum Gate Skip Quit-out (optional) Speed glitch (optional) Super daggers (optional)
Previous level	Cemetery Hill
Next level	Return to the Graveyard

The Hilltop Mausoleum is the fourth level in the Any% category of the original MediEvil. The goal of this level is to collect the Club, the Throwing Daggers, kill the Stained Glass Demon boss, and collect the Skull Key. You will not collect any items other than those necessary to complete the level.

Note: The Club that you collect in this level is the only one in the entire run. Be mindful of how you use it, you will need it to kill every other boss as well. If you break it before killing Zarok, you will have to restart the entire run.

Walkthrough

1. Run forward towards the golden gate.
2. Jump over the bench on the left towards the Chest. Throw the Arm in midair to open it.
3. Collect the Club.
4. Perform the Hilltop Mausoleum Gate Skip to open the golden gate and enter the boss arena.
5. Make a right to enter Mr. Organ's room and collect the Chaos Rune.
6. Run back outside, through the boss arena, and enter the opposite door.

Note: In the next two rooms there will be thieving Imps. Be careful, especially in the room with the Fountain of Rejuvenation. If they steal your Club and you can't get it back before they leave, it will likely be the end of the run.

Tip: You should not need to heal by now, but if you do, you can use the Fountain of Rejuvenation in the next room, after killing the Imps.

7. Jump over the handrail and down the stairs.
8. Run through the entire room, towards the gate, and use the Chaos Rune to open it.
9. Push the fire block and shatter the Stained Glass Demon's heart.
10. Run back to the boss arena and get ready to fight.

Note: You did not collect any ranged weapon or shields until now. As soon as the boss fight starts, a set of Throwing Daggers will spawn in the Bottom-Left, and a Copper Shield will fall in the centre of the area. You must collect the daggers. The shield is optional.

11. Collect the daggers and run, while charging the power-up attack with , to the side of the gate, facing towards the center. The first phase of the boss will start immediately.
12. Use the power-up attack of the daggers as quickly as you can to damage the boss. Do not try to avoid its attacks in the damage phase. Take the damage and keep hitting the demon. You will heal back up in other levels.
13. At the end of the first phase, the demon will jump away from the center. Move towards it, staying close enough, but not too close for it to attack you with its claws. Keep taunting it like this until it jumps again in the center. This taunting makes the demon go back to the center faster.
14. Repeat these steps until the boss is dead. It will drop the Skull Key after a short cutscene.

Tip: You can use the super daggers glitch to kill the boss faster. The ideal scenario is to take it down to 50 HP, then use one power-up attack and one regular dagger to kill it in only 2 damage phases. This method is shown in the video in the sidebar.

15. Collect the Skull Key to end the level.

Shortcut: You can exit this level a little faster than intended. Before throwing the fatal dagger, you can jump and throw, landing right below the demon. The dagger will kill the demon, and as it shatters, you will be already in position to collect the Skull Key! You can now perform the Quit-out glitch to leave the level a few seconds earlier.