If you want to unlock the Quam Formidolosum achievement in IGTAP, then you need to reach the game-complete screen during a Vman run. The best thing is that you do not have to buy billions of time upgrades if you use the Vman upgrade system and skip some courses.
This route still requires good movement skills, especially for Course 10. The important techniques are Wavedash, Floor Bounce, and Wall-Wavedash.
Warning: This guide contains spoilers for late-game IGTAP content. It is better to attempt this after escaping the facility and getting The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
What You Need for Quam Formidolosum
You need to reach the screen showing that you have completed the game while playing a Vman run. Practice Mode does not count towards this achievement.
The achievement area is at the teleporter hub, near the area where the red power upgrades start.
Before starting the run, you should have:
- The upgrade that gives you an omni-directional dash at the start of every Vman run.
- Enough Time Upgrades to finish the route.
- Enough movement skill to handle the shortcuts and Course 10.
How much time do you need?
Your required time depends on how comfortable you are with the movement mechanics.
- 330 seconds: Possible if you’re very good at the movement.
- Around 380 seconds: A safer target for most players.
- 400+ seconds: Better if you are still learning the harder sections.
If you need more time, there is a +120 seconds upgrade at the top-right of the facility, in the area where you can see the credits.
Vman Upgrade Trick
Vman runs have an important mechanic that makes this achievement easy to unlock.
After you complete a course, you can buy the upgrades from that course’s tier. You can also buy buttons from earlier tiers.
For example, completing Course 5 lets you access the buttons that would normally be unlocked by Courses 1–4.
That means you don’t have to clear every course in the normal order. The route below uses this to skip several sections and save time.
Movement Tech You Need
You will have an easy time with this route if you already know the basic Omni-Dash movement techniques.
The three important ones are:
- Wavedash: Dash diagonally into the floor, then jump.
- Floor Bounce: Dash straight down into the floor, then jump.
- Wall-Wavedash: Dash diagonally upward into a wall, then jump.
These techniques matter most when you are trying to reach Course 10 without taking the normal route.
IGTAP Quam Formidolosum Route
Starting Area
Start the run normally and head to Course 1.
Complete it and get the wall jump.
Then go to Course 2 and buy the additional dash.
Next, go to Course 3 and buy the +1 midair jump.
Now stop following the normal route.
Go all the way to the left and head to Course 5, located to the left of the spawn area.
Complete Course 5. You don’t need to buy any upgrades there.
After that, move toward Course 4.
Do not enter Course 4. Instead, buy the upgrade that changes the block colors twice. It is the leftmost upgrade.
This will open your way into the grassy area.
Grassy Area
Drop down and work your way through the foliage until you reach the Atom area.
Buy an Atom to open the door.
Then buy your first upgrade from the upgrade tree.
Head toward Course 6 and complete it.
After Course 6, keep buying the leftmost upgrades on the upgrade tree until you can reach Course 7.
Complete Course 7.
From here, buy upgrades that generally lead up and to the right. Keep going until you unlock the large L-shaped grass platform that leads toward Course 10.
You can use Wavedash to cross over to Course 10 without activating the zip movers.
Course 10
This is the hardest part of the route.
At the first zip mover, use a Wall-Wavedash to get past the first group of spikes.
When you reach the bottom, move to the rightmost platform.
Wavedash off that platform and use your remaining dashes and midair jump to reach the first available wall.
From there, use a Wall Bounce on the vertical zip mover to get upward.
Once you’re at the top, use your dashes and jump carefully until you reach the zip mover that refreshes them.
After that, the rest of Course 10 will be easy to complete.
After Course 10
Once you finish Course 10, Wavedash back across the gap toward the upgrade tree.
Buy Activate zip movers.
Keep purchasing upgrades from there until you unlock Omni-Directional dash.
This will open an area in the roof that you can use to continue upward.
At the next upgrade tree, buy enough upgrades toward the left until you reach the first upgrade that costs Red Power.
From there, jump to the left.
You will find the screen that will unlock the Quam Formidolosum achievement.
Faster Routes for Quam Formidolosum
You don’t have to use the route above if you’re confident with the movement.
Here’s a much shorter route:
Course 1 → Course 5 → Course 7 → Course 10
This can cut the required time down. A basic run using this route reached around 240 seconds.
There are also many other skips players have found:
- Course 6 can be skipped with a Floor Bounce after dropping into the moss area.
- Some players can reach Course 5 with only the second dash upgrade and a well-timed dash jump.
- You can go from Course 2 directly to Course 5 with two omni-dashes.
- With very precise movement, Course 5 can be completed with only the Omni-Dash and wall jump, allowing a route from 1 → 5 → 6.
These shortcuts save more time, but they also make the run harder. If you’re struggling with the achievement, make sure to go for the longer route.
