Any % 

Beat the game to trigger Ending “B”.

Ending “A”

Beat the game having obtained the Custodia of Sin to trigger Ending “A”.

True Ending

Whatever is needed, including bosses and items, to reach the Ending “C”.

New Game+ Any %

Must complete the game in a New Game+ mode to trigger Ending “B”.

New Game+ Ending “A”

Must complete the game in a New Game+ mode having obtained the Custodia of Sin to trigger Ending “A”.

New Game+ True Ending

Must complete the game in a New Game+ mode for Ending “C”.

All Bosses

Must complete the game in a New Game+ (any Penitence will work) for Ending “C” and complete the Amanecidas questline.

Last Sorrow of the Unfathomable Wills

Must complete the 6th boss rush in True Torment mode.

General Rules

• Runs for the categories Any%, Ending “A”, and True Ending must be completed on a fresh save file.
• For all other categories, you must ascend from an existing save file and show it before the run. 
• Any instance of damage is a hit; poisonous miasma stagger is a hit, and death from falling on spikes or into abyss is also a hit.
• Any stagger/damage caused by a glitch after the boss’s death is a hit. Example Here.
• Staggers caused by enemies but not reducing health, are banned for No-hit, but  allowed for No damage.
• Intentional self-inflicted damage to boost your attack power with Heart of Saltpeter Blood is banned for No damage, but permitted for No-hit.
• Three intentional deaths required for unlocking endings “A” or “C” are mandatory and don’t count as a hit and only can be committed by falling into abyss or on spikes (must clearly state that you’re going to transform the Immaculate bead to a Weight of True Guilt bead before doing it or look up and down 3 times).
• Up-slash animation cancel attack is allowed.
• Tiento to your Thorned Hairs prayer is banned for No-hit and allowed for No damage.
• Any debug mod or external tool which affects the gameplay is forbidden.
• Use of i-frames from some prayers to avoid hits is allowed for both No-hit and No damage.
• Quitouts are allowed if you’re not in any danger of being hit at the time of quitout.
  
• Only versions 3.0 and above, which include the Strife & Ruin and Wounds of Eventide patches, are allowed.
• Wrong warps, Superjumps, Infinite Mea Culpa, OOB are banned. The Crisanta and Escribar fights must be initiated as normal, ranged/magic spam without triggering the fight is banned.

Melee Only Rules:

• Use of prayers and ranged attacks are not allowed.

No Upgrades Rules:

• Use of Mea Culpa shrines, Lady of the Six Sorrows health upgrades and Oil of the Pilgrims fervour upgrades are not allowed.

Skipless Rules

• Skipping a boss or at least one room in a route is not allowed.
• Use of ranged attack to skip platforming sections or reaching the places which aren’t supposed to be reached at that moment is not allowed.
• Quitout to the main menu to respawn on the last checkpoint is not allowed.
• Fast travel portals and teleporting between checkpoints are allowed.

To ensure a smooth verification process by our verifiers, we recommend not covering the following HUD elements. This is particularly important to help the verifier when there is an ambiguous situation, especially during boss fights.

• Health
• Tears of Atonement
• Bosses Healthbar

• Top right corner in the Main Menu (to show that you’re not using any mods).

• Equipped Mea Culpa Hearts.

• Equipped Prayer.

• Equipped Rosary Beads.

• Skill Tree.

• Equipped Relics.