Welcome to the Metroid Dread Speedrunning wiki!
So you're new to speedrunning Metroid Dread? Below are a quick rundown of the things you need to know in order to run and thrive in the community.
You can start by exploring the sidebar to find routes that look appealing. Popular routes include:
and so on and so forth. You can also watch completed or in-progress runs on YouTube or Twitch to see if something tickles your fancy. Above all, we recommend actually playing the game to get comfortable with its speedruns.
Please peruse the Glossary Spreadsheet, maintained by Satorha.
The digital version cuts load times significantly and is the version of choice for the vast majority of runners. We recommend you play on that, and moving the game to the internal memory as well.
Check out the Leaderboard Rules to see what rules you have to follow when submitting a run to the Speedrun.com Leaderboards.
You can find out more about which controllers are allowed for runs on the Controllers page.
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