Diver Down

Diver Down is a type of rail clip that works on rails adjacent to underworld Auto Stairs. The only thing required to clip is a Sword, but in most RTA contexts, items such as Cane of Somaria are used to both speed things up and simplify the inputs.

Diver Down clips lead to Link being able to access a ledge hop that's ordinarily blocked by the railing. Sometimes this just leads to him being able to jump to an otherwise inaccessible area, but other times it may allow him to enter EG. All Diver Down clips are considered Major Glitches by the RTA community, and are therefore banned in NMG Speedruns.

Diver Down on /\ Stairs

With Somaria

Diver Down clips are commonly done with Somaria because of their ease, speed, and reliability in real-time.

Technique on /\ stairs (that is stairs where the upper floor is oriented below the lower lower floor):

• Place the block facing left while Link is 8 pixels below the stairs. Because rails are 8px wide, this is often easily lined up by pressing Link against one of the railings on either side of the stairs. You also want to be sure that Link is able to touch the block by the end of the following step (ie. don't place it too far left). The y-coordinate you place the block at should end in xx8 and the x-coordinate shouldn't be further left than the xx9 position close to the left side of the stairs.
• Position Link into the left corner formed by the stairway and the railing just to the left. This will usually also involve pushing the block to the left some, which is fine. Just be sure Link is touching the block when he's in the corner. Your x-coordinate should end in xx8, and your y-coordinate should end in xx0.
• Sword buffer down once. This will put you on a y-coordinate ending in xx1.
• Slash sword and begin holding <^ during the slash animation. Link should move up to a y-coordinate ending in xxF.
• Tap < so that Link is facing left.
• Press and hold B to slash sword and hold a sword charge. Also begin holding <^ during the slash animation. It is especially important you don't press ^ before < here, or you'll pop out and have to start over. If successful, Link should walk straight through the railing.

Applications

Drowned Chest Diver Down

If you're doing the back of Swamp and going to Arrghus, this trick is ~8 seconds faster than the normal route that takes you through the final water lever room. This trick is useful in RMG Runs that need to defeat Arrghus.

Cannonball Highway EG

This is a way to get to the Eastern Big Chest quickly from the entrance. It's used in All Dungeons MG after the Juke to Big Key.