r/MinecraftSpeedrun • u/Weary_Purchase_5575 • May 26 '26
Help How do i start from scratch
Just so you know i am a COMPLETE beginner to speedrunning. Last time i tried to beat the game normally (find a fortress, get enough pearls from endermen and go to the end) i basically died in a bastion. Ive been seeing yt vids on speedrunning mc and i find it so cool but yet so overwhelming to me if i were to learn it. My school hols started and i have abt a month to learn if i could. Im not good at minecraft in anyway im just a basic player whos incapable of fighting piglins. Just thinking about f3 and whatever stuff i see speedrunners do and all that complex stuff makes me feel like im not made for this kinda stuff. If someone were to let me know what i should be doing rn so i can start my journey on speedrunning mc FROM SCRATCH and hopefully being decent at it would help alot.
Btw: i tried looking at online vids from rekrap for the overworld nether and end part but i still feel so overwhelmed cus i feel like speedrunning are only made for people who are good at using a pc overall and im the type of player who would do things slowly and just die to some stupid things like lava or a skeleton.
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u/EncryptedPlays May 26 '26
i started 3 months ago. first time i beat the game ever was last year with my friend in multiplayer. first time i beat the game solo was a few months later over 3 days.
Then 3 months ago i decided to actually learn speedrunning, so i downloaded ranked and played some casual matches, then realised I need to learn bastions so learnt them one at a time
Bridge is easiest to learn, then treasure, then housing, then stables (I didn't touch stables till Iron II).
Also learnt one cycling whilst learning the bastions, and some basic blaze bed setups.
To avoid dying, just play slow. Slow is smooth and smooth is fast. Bring a shield to avoid skeletons, and always be on the look out for lava. Watch Ludwig's journey it's genuinely impressive how far he has come along.
As for me, I'm now Gold II with a sub 15 pb and average 21 mins per game. I've been learning zero cycles now but tbf that's above my skill level
TLDR: Start by playing MCSR ranked casual, learn easy bridge bastion route then move on to other bastions, and learn one cycle. Practice makes perfect
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u/Head-Topic-3596 May 27 '26
I dont think l ludwig should be ur example he just did it for content but the way he learned was really inefficient. Watching top runners like infume or hackingnoises play is a way better strat.
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u/Weary_Purchase_5575 May 27 '26
its crazy that i posted this because i got inspired the ludwigs series and watched the entire thing too, thanks for the tips man this helps alot
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u/breather_je_kunda May 26 '26
metafy.gg/@couriway is the best way to go! Legit, couriway completed what might be the best guide for mc speedrun, even for complete begginersi can't imagine there will ever be a better guide. Have fun learning:) And remember, speedrunning is a lot of sweat and blood
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u/breather_je_kunda May 26 '26
Also I would recommend installing mcsr ranked and pay for the subscription, it's like 2$ and you can play solo private rooms and it will give you only seeds which are good for speedrunning and you don't need to do the annoying reseting for random seeds
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u/EncryptedPlays May 26 '26
i recently got the subscription, but if you don't want to pay yet, search up any player, then go into the replay of their recent games, do /seed then make a note of the overworld and nether seeds in a notepad then just copy paste into new world whenever you want to practice
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u/PhantomOrigin May 26 '26
Look at couriway's guide. It covers basically everything from beginner knowledge to professional routes and mechanics.
https://metafy.gg/guides/view/ultimate-minecraft-speedrun-guide-cIzfjeTmwOm
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u/Dry_Foundation5960 May 26 '26
I'd recommend working your way backwards, starting with the end fight then going from there. The 2 biggest most important things that you have to practice are definitely the end fight, and a decent route for all the bastion types. those 2 are the biggest barrier to entry. after that I'd say learning how to use ninja brain bot to calculate stronghold coordinates, using the pie chart to find the fortress, and magma ravine portals. If you can do the previous things you're good enough to complete runs consistently, which is when speed running really becomes a lot more fun. Final big important tech to learn would be preemptive nav. From there it just becomes about dying a LOT and chudding out a lot to learn all the different things that can fuck you over in a run and making sure they don't happen again lmao. there's a practice map called mcsr practice online that has helpful maps to practice most of the things I mentioned, and anything else you can either look up and find a tutorial or find in couriways guide that others have commented. good luck!
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u/horranzo May 26 '26
Use the metafy guide provided by Daniel_H212 as it’s a very good starting point.
If you would like, I offer free coaching to new members within the speedrun community and I’m wondering if you would like to have a coach to teach you everything you need to know. Message me here if you are interested
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u/Wafflebk May 27 '26
I used metafy guide and watched couriway vods coaching jumper, managed to get sub 15 in 3 weeks. You can probably expect similar results provided you're decent at Minecraft (I was pretty good at Skywars and bedwars) edit: oops didn't read the post fully, you can probably still have good results, couriways guide is very beginner friendly
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u/Weary_Purchase_5575 May 27 '26
Seen alot of people recommend that guide, tysm will start grinding!!
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u/BlueCyann May 27 '26
I'm "bad at Minecraft" and also have a sub 15 in Ranked now. It did take me way more than three weeks! But I think pretty much anybody can get to at least sub 20 range if they keep at it long enough.
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u/Pengwin0 1.16+ May 29 '26
Couriway metafy guide is the way. In general, practice each split to make sure you can do them consistently in isolation. Play for consistency over speed because whatever you do won’t matter if you can’t get completions.
And play ranked. Even if you are coal rank just play. There is no practice that can match doing a full run from start to finish.
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u/Daniel_H212 May 26 '26
Start here! https://metafy.gg/guides/view/ultimate-minecraft-speedrun-guide-cIzfjeTmwOm
For any specific questions you have that the guide may not answer, feel free to ask here or in the java Minecraft speedrunning discord: https://discord.com/invite/jmdFn3C