Gonna take a guess that he will get a sword in the waterfall above where the Hook is located
Turned on your were right. Isn't it guaranteed to be in either the starting cave, the 2nd quest Blue Ring shop or the White Sword cave? Also, I'm wondering if you're onto something with the whole theory of always getting a candle one up, one right, one up from the entrance in Lv1 4th? Pretty odd too since Knuckles has a White Sword tier Red Candle. When your Candle does more than your sword, you know it's hopeless. Then again, could end up going 85% of the way through with no rings and spending most the game relying on the Clawshot as your main weapon.
Also, more to Knuckles, Lv1 5th is pretty tough for a level 1. Kind of scary because I know Lv2 5th is pretty mean too. Minor complaint, but I kind of wish HeroOfFire kept the numbering mechanic the same or updated Modern to use the new system. I mean:
Old Name / Current Name
Level 1-1 / Lv1 1st
Level 2-1 / Lv1 2nd
Level 3-1 / Lv1 Ex1st
Level 4-1 / Lv1 Ex2nd
Level 5-1 / Lv1 4th
Level 6-1* / Lv1 5th
*Assumed to be set 6
I don't know, just a nitpick. Or I suppose he could have named them like if we had Level 7 of set 3, where it used to be level 3-7 and now Lv7 Ex1st, have it named Level 7C. So like the 1st quest would be A, 2nd quest B, Ex1st C, etc, up to 5th quest which would be F. For instance, level 6 of the 5th quest would be Level 6F. Speaking of which, I wonder if HeroOfFire is tuning into this run?