Beginner Guide
The first four hours minute by minute: the opening trio, the good retreat, and legacy math.
Launch-day wire
- 09-01 12:00First 4:02:37 speedrun lands (Glass Choir · Overload line)
- 09-01 13:30"Overload: design or bug" ignites; both sides post spreadsheets
- 09-01 15:00No-damage achievement first kill (Thorn Garden choke, @corridor_ghost)
- 09-01 17:20"Quiet Legacy" ending first seen: the 80+ orphan-line graveyard screenshot goes around
Minute by minute, first run
Min 0-20: the opening trio is destiny
Warden + Cleric + Ranger is the steadiest open (the Anvil). Event runners open Bard, speedrunners Evoker — but don't run glass on a first campaign; the wipe lesson arrives fast and cold.
Min 20-50: not every quest is yours
Board quests run on timers. Before taking a costly one, check two things: can you afford supplies, and will it drag you three days off the main road.
Min 50-90: before the first wipe
Unwinnable fights telegraph: enemy morale doubles yours. A good retreat (Shadow's Smoke Veil) banks 50% — only 4% of players ever retreat on purpose. Don't be the 96%.
Min 90-150: the event table outpays combat
60% of the text lives in events, and most of the legacy points too. Bard discounts, Shadow lockpicks — invest in event tools; long-run it crushes raw combat power.
Min 150-240: don't waste legacy points
From your first settlement, buy "classes one chapter early" (Bloodline, 30 pts) before gear. Gear expires; unlocks are forever.
Run two onward: the graveyard waits
At Bloodline tier your last run's dead appear in the new world. Not decoration — graves pay small legacy. Leave incense for your past self; the game keeps books.
Four ways to stop breathing
✗ Five DPS, no front line
✗ Always picking the "safe" event option
✗ Spending legacy on gear
✗ Fighting without reading morale
Initiative isn't an advantage. It's the only currency in a turn-based game.
— day-one record holder, VOD review
Launch-week questions
Black-comedy survival. Jump scares exist but each comes with a punchline — scared but laughing is the series formula.