Still, there are many points to keep in mind that may make the achievement easier to obtain. You must simply play well and try until you succeed. There is also no trick or shortcut I can give for this achievement. Not only is the lack of relics (including boss relics) crippling to the player, but many people struggle with turning off the muscle memory to pick up every relic they see. For many players, it is the hardest of the four challenge runs, and it is the least achieved of the challenge runs on Steam. This infamous achievement requires the player to defeat the act 3 boss while only having one relic. In future posts, I may discuss some of the other achievements which people often find difficult. For this first post, I will only cover the four challenge run achievements: Who Needs Relics?, Minimalist, Common Sense, and Speed Climber. But those will only be mentioned as additional options for those who are interested.

Of course, given my background, I will include ways to take advantage of exploits or weird game quirks to more easily set up the achievements.

This is a topic I’ve put some thought into, as one of the few people to run the “all achievements” speedrunning category for this game in the past. To avoid having to respond individually to all of these requests, I decided to try to give my thoughts on the most efficient ways to obtain each one. Practically every day, I see people ask for advice on a few of the achievements in Slay the Spire.

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