Stray (JP)

This trophy should be doable without much practise when you have completed the game just once.

First rule is to hold down the run button at all times.

Second rule is to skip through all dialogue pressing square and then circle to end it. Time counts as people are talking and even in cutscenes.

Most of the game is linear so you just run for your next goal. For places that are not, such as the slums, minimize what you do. Only talk to people you absolutely need to talk to.
Pick up items and do things when you come across them on the way to doing something else instead of waiting for a character to tell you about it.
For example in the slums, have the NPC drop the paint when you first visit the roofs to meet Momo, and collect the 3 diaries before even entering Momo's appartment for the first time.
A bit later as you follow Momo walking slowly you will walk by the splash of paint and can quickly get inside to get the item you need for getting the wires from the merchant.
And then you get the scarf before visiting Elliot, he doesn't need to tell you he is cold first.
In midtown break the cameras on your way up to Momo's appartment, and collect the tape when you go back down. Don't bother showing Blazer the note first but steal the vest and hard hat first, then go to him and show him note, vest and hat all at once.

These kinds of little time savers help a lot. You do not have to get an objective first to collect what you need.

When you are in a zurks chase, try to zigzag to avoid getting killed.

And lastly... If you have PS+ go to your PS5 settings and disable automatic uploads to the cloud for this game. Only upload manually when you feel your time seems good and you have a section ahead where you feel you might mess up. This way if you screw up and die a few times you can always redownload your save file from before that section and try again to get through it flawlessly.

I made it through in 1 hour 52 minutes, and that includes a few retries and a couple of moments where I needed to search for an item longer than I should have.

I see there are other guides, but mine is meant to not only get you the "I am Speed" trophy, but also most of the miscellaneous ones, as well as all of the memories, scratch points, and badges that aren't in the two major hub areas so that any replaying will be limited. It's pretty efficient as I finished in 1hr 48mins, and that was with a weird glitch that cost me 6 minutes. Following this the only thing you'll have left to do is all of the collectables in the Slums and some in Midtown. Everything else is covered.

I would advise you playthrough the game first and collect the other trophies before tackling this one, the potential multiple playthroughs will get you familiarised with the levels and objectives contained within. that being said, only two levels can really be called Hub like levels The Slums and Midtown, the rest are a very linear affair and will mostly be running from point A to B as fast as you can dodging anything that is a threat.

Here is a video of my successful run with the trophy popping at the end, if you want a visual guide for what I did and how to replicate it for yourself. This clocked out at around 1 hour and 40 minutes, give or take the starting of the stream and so on.

http://www.twitch.tv/videos/1537232434?filter=archives&s...

There are a few things you can do to speed up your playthrough; firstly running all the time will help you immensely, so get used to holding down .

Secondly skip all dialogue with the and end all dialogue with the if at anytime you forget what your objective is press and this will remind you what to do and not waste your time panicking.

Here are also some tips to manage your time more effectively and to show which parts of what quests to start first to maximise your efficiency.

The Slums: immediately after taking to the Guardian robot and showing him the postcard, climb up to the robots throwing paint and interrupt them with a meow; this will gain us access to the Super Spirit Detergent later. Now just grab all three Notebooks from the Outsiders apartments and then visit Momo.

After the platforming section to attach the Transmitter you will meet Momo at the bar and then leave to meet Seamus, now collect the Super Spirit Detergent you unlocked earlier on your way to Seamus's apartment.

Now with the Broken Tracker in paw go to the trading robot and trade the Super Spirit Detergent for the Electrical Cable and give it to Grandma to knit into a Blanket. Now head to Elliot's apartment giving him the Blanket first and then the Broken Tracker for him to fix it. Then just play the game normally from here.

Midtown: after arriving in Midtown go straight Residential Area to find Clementine and destroy two of the Cameras on your way up the one of the right and the one at the back, remembering to take out the last one on your way back from meeting Clementine. Don't forget to talking to the dancing robot for a Cassette Tape, before heading straight for the bar.

Wake up the sleeping robot and then make a beeline for the clothing store with the Workers Jacket, use the Cassette Tape and steal the Workers Jacket. Then go to Blazer, handing him the note and then the Workers Jacket. After this go back towards the bar and jump in the box outside the hat store, just in time for the sleeping robot to get his lazy ass back to work. Now steal the Workers Helmet and then return to Blazer for a brief cutscene of him carrying you in a box into the factory.

Now from here on you will have security drones on patrol, none of these are particularly hard and so just be patient with your timing. You can skip the first secruity drone in the the forth room, by walking around the crates near the lever for the shortcut back. Same advice for the Residential Area, just take your time and remember the layout from your previous visits.

Now very final advise is to play with a fresh save file and not restart from the beginning using Chapter Select. I had to complete this twice because the trophy didn't pop up and here is the second video as proof. Either video will help you out, neither were cutting it too close, so I hope you all have a quick and easy run.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1536648301?filter=archives&...

There isn't much guidance I can provide you when it comes to nailing this speed run. My main suggestion would be to make this the only trophy you go for, as attempting anything else may eat into your time and cause you to have to attempt this trophy all over again.

I would also suggest that you go for this trophy after you have beaten the game for the first time, this way you will have a good idea of level layouts, where you need to go, and what you need to collect to progress. If there are any levels you are finding tricky I would maybe play those chapters a couple of times so that you feel more confident ahead of your speed run.

With that, I wish you good luck! From my time in Stray I don't think this is too tricky once you know what you are doing! Just stay calm, avoid the Zurk's, and thrive!

Here's a guide for the I Am Speed Trophy. I do it in 1:35:40 by the in game timer so there is plenty of room to spare.



I see a few other guides in this forum already, but I wanted to share mine regardless. I do... By some miracle... Manage to get the Can't Cat-ch Me trophy in this run too . So the chapter 2 timestamp might help some people struggling with that.

As I'm not a fan of video guides, I used https://platget.com/guides/stray-i-am-speed-speedrun-checkli... which gives you a written reminder of what you need to do if you have played through the game once already and just need a reminder of the process. I finished in 1hr45 including 3 deaths and a 3 minute reset due to an NPC not moving when they were required to do so to progress in the story.