Route planning
Start at the Boss icon, then work backward. Balance reward nodes, rest sites, elite risk, and the deck answer you still need.
Decision lab / run state matters
Good advice changes when the run changes.
Use these as page skeletons for the questions that need conditions, not another list of universal winners.
Decision cards
Six questions worth answering in context
Event choices
Treat health, gold, Act, deck needs, and multiplayer conditions as inputs. An event choice without its condition is incomplete advice.
Boss preparation
Check the current Boss roster and its version label before using an old attack pattern or historical name.
Multiplayer
Separate shared map movement from personal merchants, rewards, and deck resources. Check branch status for scaling rules.
Patch impact
Do not stop at a change list. Identify which character, encounter, card, relic, or run decision is affected.
Achievement status
Separate playable achievements from file entries and Epoch progression. Availability is a fact that can change.
Input model
Every recommendation needs visible inputs
| Question area | Inputs to inspect | Useful output |
|---|---|---|
| Map | Boss icon, node mix, route length, rest access | Choose a route that can answer the next fight without spending all future recovery. |
| Event | Act, HP, gold, deck gap, party state | Compare the reward with the immediate risk, not the label of the event alone. |
| Boss | Current roster, attack pattern, deck scaling | Reserve a turn plan for the encounter rather than a generic build slogan. |
| Patch | Version, changed systems, affected content | Rewrite the practical rule only where the change alters player behavior. |
Editorial boundary
This project will prefer a bounded answer over a confident guess. If a mechanic is branch-specific, the page will say so. If a statistic is a live observation, the page will timestamp it.
| Do | Do not |
|---|---|
| Explain conditions and trade-offs | Publish an unconditional tier claim |
| Label beta and historical details | Blend them into current rules |
| Show the player action | Repeat a catalog description |
Last updated: August 26, 2026