The Official Player's Guide

CreditQuest

Routes · repairs · secrets · boss tactics

PLAYER REFERENCE · REVISED OCTOBER 17, 2026 · LOCAL BUILD v0.3.0

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Forty illustrated rooms, drawn from the shipped tileset at native resolution, with hand-placed map callouts. This guide follows the local continuous-campaign candidate: three chapters with carried gear and story, three world repairs and three distinct bosses. The retained map plates show exploration layouts; fight boundaries, repair previews and temporary supports are explained in the text. This is a strategy guide, so it spoils the game on purpose; Chapters 2 and 3 carry warnings so a first-time player knows where to stop.

How to read these maps

Choose the intended save slot before starting. New Adventure replaces only that slot after confirmation. After Chapters 1 and 2, finish the saved interlude and choose Continue Adventure: owned/equipped gear, Credits, story, contracts, discoveries and one-time map progress carry forward. Arriving in the next chapter heals you to your retained maximum HP; ordinary Continue restores saved HP. Unlocked Chapter Practice is temporary and transfers no purchases, rewards or progress into either adventure slot.

Each boss completion saves a fixed 2 Credits once. Retry Save must succeed before a failed summon, victory or chapter arrival can proceed. Reloading a fight returns to its full-health pre-attempt checkpoint, with the boss and its temporary mechanics reset. After Chapter 3, Completed Adventure can replay the ending or Explore Restored World; earlier-area visits preserve the highest chapter, repairs and settled boss guards.

A repair save warning means the live change is not yet durable. Use Retry Save before leaving or reloading; reload restores the last saved checkpoint. Retry Checkpoint also restores that checkpoint, while paid Backup Sync is a one-use snapshot for the same adventure and chapter. An old unlock-only profile cannot recover lost gear: its disclosed Resume Unlocked Chapter starts with a standard kit in the selected empty slot.

The illustrated maps use real game art at 1:1 and whole-number magnification. Use the 1× / 2× / 3× / 4× buttons on each map; wide maps scroll inside their own frame. Focus a map frame and use the arrow keys to pan, or swipe horizontally on touch. The map key repeats marker names without relying on hover.

Numbered pins run top to bottom, then left to right, so pin 7 is always findable. Pins list the coordinates recorded for the retained map plates. Read the current walkthrough beside each plate for changed repair, encounter and reward behavior.

If you are cross-checking against src/world.js: the engine grows undersized rooms to a common frame, so a room's built coordinates sit a tile or two off its authored literals. Subtract the map's frame pad. The plaza, the Under-Shrine, Port Subnet and the Old Forest Road are unpadded and match exactly.

Diamonds are enemy spawn points from the map definition, not where enemies will be standing when you arrive. A hollow red ring is a boss arena.

White arrows are the intended route through a map, not the only way through. Hover any marker for its name and tile.

●Door / route●Secret door●Chest / key item●Terminal / shop●Named character●Quest lock / trigger●Portal Enemy spawn Elite spawn Boss arena Intended route

Player essentials

Start here for controls and preparation. The chapter routes below tell you which story steps are required; equipment, shops and side contracts are optional ways to make the journey more comfortable.

Keyboard quick reference

Move
Arrow keys or W A S D
Attack
Z, J or Space
Interact
X, K, E or Enter
Accept / equip
Enter, Z or J in menus
Back
Esc; also pauses during play
Pause
P or Esc
Field Guide
I; C opens Character
Guide tabs
[ and ]
Help / mute
F1 / M

Face the sign, terminal, door or support before interacting. Walking over the Shard Key collects it automatically.

Controller & touch

On a standard Xbox mapping, use the left stick or D-pad to move, A to attack or accept, X to interact and B to go back. Menu pauses, View opens the Field Guide, Y opens Character, and LB / RB change guide tabs.

The on-screen deck uses the same A / X / B actions plus GUIDE and MENU. In Pause, cycle TOUCH PAD between auto, on and off; use DISPLAY to choose a scale that fits your screen.

In Character, choose a gear row, open its picker, select an owned item and confirm to equip it. In Map, select an area with up/down, change filters with left/right, and accept to enter its marker list. Back returns to area selection.

Choose your equipment

The Shard-Blade is enough for all three bosses. The optional Signal Bow fires in the direction you face and gives more space; find one in the Under-Shrine or West Row House. A new gear chest offers an explicit equip choice. An already-owned piece pays 6 Credits.

  • Armor lengthens invulnerability after taking a hit. It does not reduce the damage of that hit.
  • Haste increases walking speed and shortens attack cooldown.
  • Signal increases arrow speed and lifetime.

These bonuses are modest; read telegraphs and attack during safe windows. Your owned items and chosen loadout carry between adventure chapters.

Spend Credits deliberately

All mandatory story steps are free. Pump configuration, ledger correction and switchboard release require their story conditions, not a payment. The Archive Permit is earned through the corrected civic route.

A standard Sync terminal offers Health Sync for 3 Credits, Backup Sync for 8, Vitality for 15 and Signal Boost for 10 after reading the relay log. Vitality and Signal Boost are one-time capacity upgrades. Shop offerings vary by terminal and chapter.

There is no need to buy healing just before a boss confirmation: its sanctuary checkpoint restores full HP. Optional paid arena runs consume their entry stake. If you have at most 2 Credits and no active contract, a local board can offer a 3-Credit Salvage Advance once per chapter.

Keep your adventure safe

Select slot A or B before starting or continuing. Saves are stored in this browser. Keep using the same browser profile and site address to return to them.

Continue Adventure after a chapter interlude carries the same run forward. Chapter Practice is temporary; its purchases and rewards do not join an adventure. Retry Checkpoint restores the saved state. A boss reload restores its full-health pre-attempt checkpoint.

After a save warning, choose Retry Save and wait for success before leaving. A live repair or reward shown on screen may still be unsaved. Backup Sync is a separate one-use snapshot bound to that adventure and chapter.

When the route seems stuck

  • Gateway sealed: check Shard, Old Runner notes, carrier trace and applied pump setting.
  • Compute route blocked: collect both household voices, clear and correct Ledger Cellar, then follow the free permit and archive route.
  • Heart guarded: release each support during the attempt and strike only during recovery; the HP floors are intentional.
  • Missing objective: open the Journal and pin the current quest. Use this guide’s chapter critical path to check earlier prerequisites.

For exact sequences, jump to Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 or the boss tactics.

Coverage: this edition illustrates 40 rooms and covers the complete three-chapter story route plus all six optional Quad H rooms. Their native figures show supplied arrival states; they do not show earning the descent. Patch Bay has separate west and east views. The developer Tile Showcase is excluded.

1

The Quiet Plaza

Wake the dead west line

A courier road that stopped answering. Chapter 1 is a four-key lock wearing a landscape: recover the Shard, gather three field seals, open the Gateway, sync the relay, then answer the shrine and hold your ground when something answers back.

The critical path

  1. Talk to PIPWest of the plaza avenue. Taking the Shard also clears this soft story step.
  2. Take the Shard KeyNorth room of the Under-Shrine. Walk over it; no button needed.
  3. Read the route notesGate key 2.
  4. Trace the carrierThrough the Cable Marsh. Gate key 3.
  5. Prime the pumpPreview either setting, then APPLY for gate key 4.
  6. Open the GatewayWest end of the cross street. All four keys are mandatory.
  7. Wake the Broken RelayVia the Relay Annex trace puzzle. Read the sign for the Relay Coil.
  8. Read the choir sealUse the west wing's shell terminal for the Choir Blessing.
  9. Sync the Relay ShrineShard + Coil + Blessing.
  10. Answer the plaza shrineInteract and confirm Desync. Victory saves the interlude; Continue Adventure carries this run to Port Subnet.
The Quiet Plaza The Under-Shrine Old Runner House The Cable Marsh Marsh Relay Hut Marsh Pump House The Relay Annex Broken Relay Vault West Under-Shrine The Signal Tower Packetloss404 Bunker The Seal Archive Quad H HQ Quad H Studio
The main illustrated Chapter 1 connections, laid out by distance from the hub. Magenta dashes are secret doors. Click a room to jump to its map. The optional Studio descent continues to the Undercroft, where the optional six-room descent is documented below.

The Quiet Plaza

40 × 26 · Chapter 1 hub · spawn (20, 22)

The Quiet Plaza 40 × 26 tiles · 640 × 416 px native
Overhead map of The Quiet Plaza 1234567891011121314151617181920

Every road in Chapter 1 starts and ends here. The layout is deliberately legible: one five-tile civic avenue running north from spawn, one cross street at y=13-14 running the full width, and every branch hanging off those two arteries. If you are lost, get back on the avenue.

Runner's log, day unknown. The east line answers. The west shrine does not. Find the shard. Reopen the route.Sign above spawn

Threats 4× Glitch · 1× Swarm · 2× Swarm (dormant) · 1× Glitch (elite) · 1× Caster · 1× Sentinel

Runner's notes

  • The four Gateway requirements are spread across the plaza routes: Under-Shrine (north), Old Runner House (north), Marsh Pump House (far east), Cable Marsh → Relay Hut (far east).
  • The Marsh Pump House door at (35, 10) sits two tiles west and one south of the Cable Marsh door at (37, 9). Check the separate pump door before returning from the marsh.
  • The bunker secret door at (4, 5) has no prerequisite whatsoever. You can open it on your first lap, and the Seal Archive behind it is a free reroute node.
  • The boss arena is at (10, 12) — the open field between the Gateway and the shrine. A temporary boundary contains the attempt; ambient plaza enemies are suspended until it ends.

Key

  1. 1
    SECRET — Packetloss404 Bunker (4, 5)A patch of suspicious brick in the north-west wall. Face it and press X once to reveal, again to enter. No prerequisite at all — you can open this on your very first lap.
  2. 2
    Signal Tower door (7, 5)The relay shrine. Nothing to do here until you hold the Shard, the Relay Coil and the Choir Blessing.
  3. 3
    Old Runner House (13, 5)Gate key 2 of 4 lives on the terminal inside.
  4. 4
    Under-Shrine door (20, 5)North face of the ruin. The Shard Key is inside — this is objective two and the first place the game expects you to go.
  5. 5
    Relay Annex (24, 5)Three trace signs and the hidden vault behind them.
  6. 6
    Chest — 7 credits (10, 9)
  7. 7
    Chest — SIGNAL VISOR (30, 9)Head slot, signal 2.
  8. 8
    Cable Marsh door (37, 9)East exit. Leads to the Relay Hut and gate key 3.
  9. 9
    Marsh Pump House (35, 10)Gate key 4. Easy to walk past — it sits two tiles west and one south of the Cable Marsh door.
  10. 10
    HANDSHAKE 1/4 — Carrier BBS (31, 11)First terminal of the plaza handshake. Touch these four in order for a +6 credit bonus.
  11. 11
    HANDSHAKE 2/4 — Sync terminal (34, 11)Also the SYNC shop: Health Sync 3c, Backup Sync 8c, Shard of Vitality 15c (+4 max HP), Signal Boost 10c.
  12. 12
    HANDSHAKE 3/4 — Loadout terminal (36, 11)Gear vendor. Relay Mail for 12c, auto-equipped.
  13. 13
    HANDSHAKE 4/4 — West BBS (4, 12)Completing the order here pays +6 credits. Any out-of-order touch prints HANDSHAKE LOST and resets you to zero.
  14. 14
    SYNC SHRINE — boss trigger (2, 14)Needs the Shard, the Gateway open and the Relay synced. Interact and explicitly confirm Desync. A successful sanctuary save restores retained max HP before the bounded attempt; standing against the shrine does not summon it.
  15. 15
    THE GATEWAY (6, 14)Four-lock gate, order irrelevant, all four mandatory: Shard Key + Old Runner notes + Carrier Tone + Pump Seal. Closed, it is solid wall.
  16. 16
    Street Merchant (24, 18)Potion 6c full heal; PEP TONIC 4c restores up to 4 HP; Carrier Postcard 10c.
  17. 17
    PORTAL OFFLINE SIGN (27, 18)Offline sign. The live exit is in the Portal Gallery in Port Subnet.
  18. 18
    PIP, OLD COURIER (13, 19)Still maintaining a road nobody uses. Points you at the Under-Shrine and clears the first objective. "The west line came back. My partner did not."
  19. 19
    Compute Lounge (26, 19)Instant Tune 8c, Vibe Patch 12c, Library Key 5c, All-Office Coffee 14c.
  20. 20
    Quad H HQ (33, 20)Entirely optional side content. Holds the four-step broadcast route puzzle and the studio staircase.

The Under-Shrine

24 × 20 · Chapter 1 dungeon

The Under-Shrine 24 × 20 tiles · 384 × 320 px native
Overhead map of The Under-Shrine 12345

One large hall with the Shard on a pedestal at the top and a four-swarm nest in the south-east corner. The far north-west door leads to the west wing, which you will need later for the Choir Blessing.

The shard remembers the old path. What crossed it remembers you.Entrance sign

Threats 4× Glitch · 6× Swarm · 1× Caster

Runner's notes

  • The Shard is picked up by proximity — you do not need to face it or press anything.
  • Both chests here are gear, not credits. The optional SIGNAL BOW in the south-east offers EQUIP or KEEP CURRENT. Choose EQUIP to switch to ranged; ownership alone does not switch weapons.
  • The four swarms at (19-20, 16-17) are packed into one corner. Fight them at the corridor mouth, not inside the pocket.

Key

  1. 1
    To the West Under-Shrine (1, 1)Far north-west corner. Use the CHOIR SEAL terminal inside for the Choir Blessing. Entry alone does not grant it.
  2. 2
    THE SHARD OF SYNC (11, 4)The chapter's master key. Opens the Gateway and wakes the Relay Shrine. Walking within a few pixels picks it up — you do not have to press anything.
  3. 3
    Chest — ANCHOR GREAVES (3, 15)Legs, armor 1 + haste 1.
  4. 4
    Chest — SIGNAL BOW (21, 15)Optional weapon. Choose EQUIP to switch to ranged or KEEP CURRENT to retain your current weapon. A bow is not required for any boss.
  5. 5
    To The Quiet Plaza (12, 19)

Old Runner House

20 × 15 · GATE KEY 2

Old Runner House 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Old Runner House 123

No enemies. Read the terminal, take the greaves, leave.

Boots by the door. Notes by the stove. Someone kept running long after the road quit.House sign

No hostiles.

Key

  1. 1
    ROUTE NOTES — gate key 2 (12, 6)
  2. 2
    Chest — ANCHOR GREAVES (13, 9)
  3. 3
    To The Quiet Plaza (10, 11)

The Cable Marsh

20 × 15

The Cable Marsh 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of The Cable Marsh 123

A corridor map. The only thing that matters is the door north-east to the Relay Hut; the chest is a small detour west.

The east line sank here first. The carrier still drifts.Marsh sign

Threats 2× Glitch · 1× Swarm

Key

  1. 1
    To Marsh Relay Hut (14, 7)
  2. 2
    Chest — 8 credits (3, 9)
  3. 3
    To The Quiet Plaza (10, 12)

Marsh Relay Hut

20 × 15 · GATE KEY 3

Marsh Relay Hut 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Marsh Relay Hut 123

One warm node in the reeds. The terminal has no prerequisite — read it and the Carrier Tone is yours.

One warm node left in the reeds.Relay hut sign

Threats 1× Glitch

Key

  1. 1
    CARRIER TONE — gate key 3 (12, 6)No prerequisite. Read it and the tone is yours.
  2. 2
    Chest — RELAY MAIL (13, 8)Chest slot, armor 1 + signal 1.
  3. 3
    To The Cable Marsh (9, 10)

Marsh Pump House

20 × 15 · GATE KEY 4

Marsh Pump House — unprimed 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Marsh Pump House 123

Supplied initial unprimed view: all six basin cells are flooded. Runner, actors and interface panels are hidden in all three views; chests remain unopened. Numbered markers apply to every view; the guard marker is salvage-only.

Preview DRAIN THE ROUTE for a dry crossing, or WAKE THE CACHE for its optional 7-Credit chest and guard. APPLY either setting for the required pump seal. Preview/Cancel are free; switching is free and reversible, the perimeter stays open, and neither a claimed chest nor defeated guard renews.

West shrine quiet. Marsh pumps coughing. If I do not return, follow the dry reeds.Runner log

Threats 1× Glitch (WAKE THE CACHE only)

Key

  1. 1
    PUMP SEAL — gate key 4 (11, 6)Inspect, preview one setting, then APPLY. One setting is enough for the Gateway; collecting the optional cache is not required.
  2. 2
    Chest — 7 credits (13, 8)
  3. 3
    To The Quiet Plaza (10, 10)

Marsh Pump House — applied settings

DRAIN THE ROUTE — applied 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Marsh Pump House after applying DRAIN THE ROUTE

Supplied applied route view: the six basin cells become walkable floor, outlined in cyan. The optional 7-Credit cache is unopened and its guard stays dormant. Actors and interface panels hidden.

WAKE THE CACHE — applied 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Marsh Pump House after applying WAKE THE CACHE

Supplied applied salvage view: the six basin cells stay flooded. The optional 7-Credit cache is powered and its guard is awake. Yellow outlines mark the unopened cache and living guard; they are not actor bodies or evidence of a cleared cache. Actors and interface panels hidden.

The Relay Annex

20 × 15 · TRACE PUZZLE

The Relay Annex 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of The Relay Annex 123456

Three trace signs in a shallow arc and a hidden vault in the back wall. Read them LEFT, then CROWN, then RIGHT. Any other order prints TRACE BROKEN and puts you back to zero.

Threats 2× Sentinel · 1× Glitch

Runner's notes

  • The vault door also opens if you simply walk up and inspect the bricks — the trace is the intended route, not an enforced one.

Key

  1. 1
    TRACE 2/3 — crown (9, 3)The top sign. Second in the order.
  2. 2
    Chest — 9 credits (12, 3)
  3. 3
    TRACE 1/3 — left (6, 4)Read the three trace signs left, then crown, then right. Out of order prints TRACE BROKEN and resets.
  4. 4
    TRACE 3/3 — right (12, 4)Completing the trace forces the vault door open.
  5. 5
    SECRET — Broken Relay Vault (14, 4)Read TRACE LEFT, TRACE CROWN, then TRACE RIGHT. The bricks remain sealed until that sequence is complete.
  6. 6
    To The Quiet Plaza (9, 11)

Broken Relay Vault

20 × 16 · RELAY COIL

Broken Relay Vault 20 × 16 tiles · 320 × 256 px native
Overhead map of Broken Relay Vault 1234

Nine enemies including a caster and two sentinels guard the Relay Coil. Read the sign at the top of the room to recover it before leaving.

Carrier dropped. Seal held one breath. Then something answered from inside the route.Relay Log 07

Threats 1× Caster · 2× Sentinel · 2× Glitch · 4× Swarm

Key

  1. 1
    RELAY COIL (10, 2)A sign, not a terminal — easy to dismiss. Reading it is what grants the coil the Relay Shrine demands.
  2. 2
    Chest — RELAY BEAD (4, 12)Charm, signal 1.
  3. 3
    Chest — 12 credits (15, 12)
  4. 4
    To The Relay Annex (10, 15)

West Under-Shrine

22 × 15 · CHOIR BLESSING

West Under-Shrine 22 × 15 tiles · 352 × 240 px native
Overhead map of West Under-Shrine 123

Use the CHOIR SEAL shell terminal to recover the Choir Blessing required by the Signal Tower. Entering the room alone does not grant it. The chest is optional.

The older seal is here, under the newer silence. Do not trust a route that answers too quickly.West wing sign

Threats 1× Sentinel · 1× Swarm

Key

  1. 1
    Civic node (flavour) (11, 7)Read the choir seal here to receive the Choir Blessing and advance the relay objective.
  2. 2
    Chest — 11 credits (18, 9)
  3. 3
    To The Under-Shrine (11, 11)

The Signal Tower

20 × 15

The Signal Tower 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of The Signal Tower 123

Two sentinels flank the approach to the relay shrine. Nothing here works until you hold the Shard, the Relay Coil and the Choir Blessing — come back last.

The first relay to answer after the fall. Its cables still carry the hum.Tower sign

Threats 2× Sentinel · 1× Glitch

Key

  1. 1
    RELAY SHRINE (9, 2)Three locks: Shard Key + Relay Coil + Choir Blessing. Syncing here is the last step before the plaza shrine.
  2. 2
    Chest — PACKET PIN (12, 3)Charm, haste 1 + signal 1.
  3. 3
    To The Quiet Plaza (9, 11)

Packetloss404 Bunker

20 × 15 · SECRET · CARRIER SWEEP

Packetloss404 Bunker 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Packetloss404 Bunker 1234

The best-lit room in the game and the only one with hand-authored god rays. Reached through the unmarked brick in the north-west wall of the Quiet Plaza — callout 1 on that map — with no prerequisite at all.

No hostiles.

Runner's notes

  • The router prop at (6, 8) is the CARRIER SWEEP puzzle. Three dials start at L=1 M=2 R=0 and the target is L=3 M=1 R=2.
  • Each dial drags its neighbours: L raises L and M; M raises M but LOWERS L and R; R raises R and M.
  • The solution is R, R, M, then LOCK PROFILE. Reward: the ARCHIVE CACHE module.

Key

  1. 1
    To The Seal Archive (19, 6)
  2. 2
    BBS terminal (14, 8)
  3. 3
    Future Ops terminal (16, 8)
  4. 4
    To The Quiet Plaza (9, 11)

The Seal Archive

20 × 15 · OPTIONAL

The Seal Archive 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of The Seal Archive 1234

Behind the bunker. A reroute node, a BBS and an optional 10-Credit chest. Read the return slip for PIP's optional story payoff; entering alone does not read it.

Two mugs. One route. PIP left a light for the other carrier.Runner's return slip

Threats 1× Glitch

Key

  1. 1
    Future Ops terminal (13, 4)
  2. 2
    BBS terminal (14, 8)
  3. 3
    Chest — 10 credits (6, 9)
  4. 4
    To Packetloss404 Bunker (10, 11)

Quad H HQ

20 × 15 · OPTIONAL

Quad H HQ 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Quad H HQ 12345

Side content with no enemies. Steps 1-3 of the broadcast route puzzle live here; step 4 is the bookcase itself. The bookcase opens when that sequence is right.

Signal house of Dr. Vibe. Streamline keeps the lamps on.HQ sign

No hostiles.

Key

  1. 1
    ROUTE 1/6 — Dr. Vibe terminal (10, 5)Start of the broadcast route puzzle. Also pays +1 VIBE the first time.
  2. 2
    SECRET — studio staircase (ROUTE 4/6) → Quad H Studio (16, 7)The east bookcase opens after the Dr. Vibe terminal, stream rig sign and lab notes sign, in that order.
  3. 3
    ROUTE 2/6 — stream rig sign (6, 8)
  4. 4
    ROUTE 3/6 — lab notes board (11, 8)
  5. 5
    To The Quiet Plaza (10, 11)

Quad H Studio

24 × 15 · OPTIONAL

Quad H Studio 24 × 15 tiles · 384 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Quad H Studio 1234

Steps 5 and 6. Finishing the route unlocks the STREAM WATCH module and turns the studio terminal into a shop and a reroute node. Optional descent: after the route opens the hatch, Interact with it to enter the Undercroft.

Red light warm. Cameras ready. Broadcast the route.Studio sign

No hostiles.

Key

  1. 1
    Terminal (20, 5)
  2. 2
    ROUTE 5/6 — main stream desk (16, 7)
  3. 3
    ROUTE 6/6 — future terminal (20, 7)Finishing here unlocks the STREAM WATCH module and turns this terminal into a shop and a reroute node.
  4. 4
    To Quad H HQ (11, 12)

Quad H Undercroft

20 × 15 · OPTIONAL · SUPPLIED ARRIVAL

Undercroft · arrival
Supplied Undercroft arrival map, untouched junction and closed fan

Supplied Undercroft arrival view after Studio route completion. Junction untouched and fan cover closed. Runner, actors and interface hidden. This view does not show earning the route, solving the junction or collecting a hidden reward.

Choose 1×–4× to inspect the native map. Focus the map region and use the arrow keys, or swipe horizontally, to pan. The directory below lists authored object locations without adding pins to the image.

After the HQ and Studio broadcast route opens the Studio hatch, Interact with the hatch to enter. Interact with the junction signs in north-to-south order: (10, 5), (10, 7), (10, 9). A wrong junction resets the partial sequence. Completing it opens the fan cover at (16, 10); the cover has no passage or reward. Finish the junction to use the south door at (10, 11), which leads to Carrier Basement.

CABLE LOOM
Read junctions 1, 2, 3 from north to south.
The south door continues the route.
The fan cover is not a passage.Undercroft sign

There is no time limit. Completed rooms stay solved after a successful save. If saving fails, use Retry Save to keep the completed progress; reloading restores the last successful save. Leaving or loading restarts an unfinished sequence. Return doors remain free.

No hostiles.

Authored object directory

Carrier Basement

20 × 15 · OPTIONAL · SUPPLIED ARRIVAL

Carrier Basement — arrival

320 × 240 px native
Supplied Carrier Basement — arrival with the room sequence untouched

Supplied Carrier Basement arrival after the Undercroft junction. All five contacts are unpressed; the Carrier sequence is untouched. Runner, actors and interface hidden. Earlier progress is supplied; this view does not show earning the route or collecting a reward.

Choose 1×–4× with the zoom buttons. Tab to the named map region and use Left/Right Arrow to pan; on touch, swipe horizontally. Use normal page scrolling to reach the full image and caption.

Walk the five floor contacts from the BBS toward the wall board: (2, 4), (4, 4), (5, 4), (7, 4), (8, 4). The fifth new contact completes this room and opens the way south. Read the wall board for instructions. A wrong contact resets only this unfinished trace. Step off, then begin again at the BBS. Gaps and waiting are safe; there is no time limit.

Completed rooms stay solved after a successful save. Leaving or loading restarts an unfinished sequence. Return doors are free.

No hostiles.

Authored object directory

Patch Bay

24 × 15 · OPTIONAL · SUPPLIED ARRIVAL

Patch Bay — west view

320 × 240 px native
Supplied Patch Bay — west view with the room sequence untouched

Supplied Patch Bay arrival after Carrier Basement. Trace sequence untouched; Archive rack closed. This is one separate native viewport of a 384 × 240 world, not a panorama. Runner, actors and interface hidden. Earlier progress is supplied; this view does not show earning the route or collecting a reward.

Choose 1×–4× with the zoom buttons. Tab to the named map region and use Left/Right Arrow to pan; on touch, swipe horizontally. Use normal page scrolling to reach the full image and caption.

  • Return to Carrier Basement — world tile (11, 1); native center (184, 24)
  • Continue to Archive Core — world tile (11, 12); native center (184, 200)
  • Trace 1 — world tile (1, 2); native center (24, 40)
  • Trace 2 — world tile (4, 2); native center (72, 40)
  • Trace 3 — world tile (8, 2); native center (136, 40)
  • Trace 4 — world tile (10, 2); native center (168, 40)
  • Trace 5 — world tile (8, 4); native center (136, 72)
  • Trace 6 — world tile (11, 4); native center (184, 72)
  • Trace 7 — world tile (19, 7); native center (312, 120)
  • Trace 8 — world tile (14, 10); native center (232, 168)
  • Room sign — world tile (12, 2); native center (200, 40)
  • Room sign — world tile (14, 2); native center (232, 40)
  • Room sign — world tile (16, 2); native center (264, 40)
  • Room sign — world tile (18, 2); native center (296, 40)
  • Room sign — world tile (2, 4); native center (40, 72)
  • Room sign — world tile (5, 4); native center (88, 72)
  • Room sign — world tile (12, 4); native center (200, 72)
  • Room sign — world tile (16, 4); native center (264, 72)
  • Room sign — world tile (19, 4); native center (312, 72)
  • Room sign — world tile (3, 7); native center (56, 120)
  • Room sign — world tile (7, 7); native center (120, 120)
  • Room sign — world tile (11, 7); native center (184, 120)
  • Room sign — world tile (16, 7); native center (264, 120)
  • Room sign — world tile (4, 10); native center (72, 168)
  • Room sign — world tile (8, 10); native center (136, 168)
  • Room sign — world tile (17, 10); native center (280, 168)
  • Room sign — world tile (3, 11); native center (56, 184)

See the separate east view for the far side of the room. Its overlapping pixels are not stitched.

Interact with trace panels 1–8 in order. Each numbered READ TRACE prompt identifies its panel. A wrong numbered panel resets this unfinished trace; unnumbered boards do not reset it. The eighth panel opens the Archive rack at (11, 12). The separate west and east views overlap; neither is a panorama.

Completed rooms stay solved after a successful save. Leaving or loading restarts an unfinished sequence. Return doors are free.

No hostiles.

Authored object directory

Patch Bay — east view

320 × 240 px native
Supplied Patch Bay — east view with the room sequence untouched

Supplied Patch Bay arrival after Carrier Basement. Trace sequence untouched; Archive rack closed. This is one separate native viewport of a 384 × 240 world, not a panorama. Runner, actors and interface hidden. Earlier progress is supplied; this view does not show earning the route or collecting a reward.

Choose 1×–4× with the zoom buttons. Tab to the named map region and use Left/Right Arrow to pan; on touch, swipe horizontally. Use normal page scrolling to reach the full image and caption.

  • Return to Carrier Basement — world tile (11, 1); native center (120, 24)
  • Continue to Archive Core — world tile (11, 12); native center (120, 200)
  • Trace 2 — world tile (4, 2); native center (8, 40)
  • Trace 3 — world tile (8, 2); native center (72, 40)
  • Trace 4 — world tile (10, 2); native center (104, 40)
  • Trace 5 — world tile (8, 4); native center (72, 72)
  • Trace 6 — world tile (11, 4); native center (120, 72)
  • Trace 7 — world tile (19, 7); native center (248, 120)
  • Trace 8 — world tile (14, 10); native center (168, 168)
  • Room sign — world tile (12, 2); native center (136, 40)
  • Room sign — world tile (14, 2); native center (168, 40)
  • Room sign — world tile (16, 2); native center (200, 40)
  • Room sign — world tile (18, 2); native center (232, 40)
  • Room sign — world tile (20, 2); native center (264, 40)
  • Room sign — world tile (5, 4); native center (24, 72)
  • Room sign — world tile (12, 4); native center (136, 72)
  • Room sign — world tile (16, 4); native center (200, 72)
  • Room sign — world tile (19, 4); native center (248, 72)
  • Room sign — world tile (21, 4); native center (280, 72)
  • Room sign — world tile (7, 7); native center (56, 120)
  • Room sign — world tile (11, 7); native center (120, 120)
  • Room sign — world tile (16, 7); native center (200, 120)
  • Room sign — world tile (4, 10); native center (8, 168)
  • Room sign — world tile (8, 10); native center (72, 168)
  • Room sign — world tile (17, 10); native center (216, 168)
  • Room sign — world tile (21, 10); native center (280, 168)
  • Room sign — world tile (22, 11); native center (296, 184)

Return to the west view or the shared object directory.

Archive Core

20 × 15 · OPTIONAL · SUPPLIED ARRIVAL

Archive Core — arrival

320 × 240 px native
Supplied Archive Core — arrival with the room sequence untouched

Supplied Archive Core arrival after Patch Bay. The cork-board beat is unread. Runner, actors and interface hidden. Earlier progress is supplied; this view does not show earning the route or collecting a reward.

Choose 1×–4× with the zoom buttons. Tab to the named map region and use Left/Right Arrow to pan; on touch, swipe horizontally. Use normal page scrolling to reach the full image and caption.

Read the cork board at (10, 4). Its story remains readable on later visits. The south door at (10, 11) then leads to Quiet Room. The north door freely returns to Patch Bay.

Completed rooms stay solved after a successful save. Leaving or loading restarts an unfinished sequence. Return doors are free.

No hostiles.

Authored object directory

Quiet Room

20 × 15 · OPTIONAL · SUPPLIED ARRIVAL

Quiet Room — arrival

320 × 240 px native
Supplied Quiet Room — arrival with the room sequence untouched

Supplied Quiet Room arrival after Archive Core. All three contacts are unpressed; the Quiet sequence is untouched. Runner, actors and interface hidden. Earlier progress is supplied; this view does not show earning the route or collecting a reward.

Choose 1×–4× with the zoom buttons. Tab to the named map region and use Left/Right Arrow to pan; on touch, swipe horizontally. Use normal page scrolling to reach the full image and caption.

Walk the MIC, CHAIR and BACK WALL floor contacts at (10, 6), (10, 8), (9, 10), in that order. The third new entry opens the way south. A wrong marked contact resets only this unfinished path; step off and start again at MIC. Waiting and blank floor do not reset it. Read the D.V. sticky for instructions. The room’s lamps are decorative.

Completed rooms stay solved after a successful save. Leaving or loading restarts an unfinished sequence. Return doors are free.

No hostiles.

Authored object directory

Room Behind

20 × 15 · OPTIONAL · SUPPLIED ARRIVAL

Room Behind — arrival

320 × 240 px native
Supplied Room Behind — arrival with the room sequence untouched

Supplied Room Behind arrival after Quiet Room. The final Post-it is unread and the Ledger Lens chest is unopened; the lens is not owned. Runner, actors and interface hidden. Earlier progress is supplied; this view does not show earning the route or collecting a reward.

Choose 1×–4× with the zoom buttons. Tab to the named map region and use Left/Right Arrow to pan; on touch, swipe horizontally. Use normal page scrolling to reach the full image and caption.

Read the FIRST BROADCAST Post-it at (10, 9) to finish the descent and hear Dr. Vibe’s closing words. The note grants no item or Credits. Rereading it reopens the closing dialogue. The separate chest at (15, 5) holds the Ledger Lens: the first Lens adds no Credits and offers EQUIP or KEEP CURRENT; if already owned, it gives 6 Credits. Return north freely through Quiet Room and the earlier rooms.

Completed rooms stay solved after a successful save. Leaving or loading restarts an unfinished sequence. Return doors are free.

No hostiles.

Authored object directory

2

Port Subnet

The district that counts one house twice

SPOILERS AHEAD — Chapter 2 is late-game content. Nothing below is hidden; stop here if you are still on Chapter 1.

Two valid household signatures were sent to one destination. Recover both voices, keep both homes served and correct the routes without changing the total. The corrected ledger grants Archive Override free; then boot the hall, recover the Root Phrase and arm final sync.

The critical path

  1. Talk to LEXSouth-west of the hub; story framing.
  2. Recover Voice ALease board, overdue notice, unsent draft, then terminal.
  3. Recover Voice BUse the south row terminal. Both voices are required.
  4. Take the Cooling SealUnlocks the boot chain.
  5. Correct the LedgerClear the room. Preview KEEP BOTH HOMES, then APPLY for the Ledger Seal and free Archive Override.
  6. Boot the hallPower, then Auth, then Diagnostics.
  7. Accept the bootLobby Ops opens the Cooling Vault behind the core.
  8. Take the Root PhraseClear the room, then read the root terminal.
  9. Arm the final syncOpen the lobby's west archive door with the free permit. Admin checks permit + Root Phrase + Ledger Seal.
  10. Return to Lobby OpsConfirm Archive Echo; victory saves the interlude and Continue Adventure leads to Old Forest Road.
Port Subnet North Row House South Row House Service Tunnels Ledger Cellar Civic Compute Hall Compute Core Cooling Vault Archive Annex East Row House West Row House Portal Gallery Back Alley Cache
Retained Chapter 2 door schematic. Magenta dashes are secret doors. Current Archive Override is free from the corrected ledger; legacy purchase annotations are historical. Click a room to jump to its map.

Port Subnet

24 × 18 · Chapter 2 hub · spawn (12, 15)

Port Subnet 24 × 18 tiles · 384 × 288 px native
Overhead map of Port Subnet 12345678910111213

Eight doors and no enemies. Four row houses on the flanks, the compute hall due north, the tunnels and cellar in the middle, and the Chapter 3 road at the bottom. Two of the four houses are mandatory and two are not, and the map gives you no way to tell which.

Warm lamps. Quiet routers. The district remembers enough to answer.Plaza sign

No hostiles.

Runner's notes

  • MANDATORY: north row (Voice A) and south row (Voice B). OPTIONAL: east and west rows.
  • The south-east masonry at (22, 15) is a secret door with no prerequisite, and the room behind it holds a 100 credit chest.
  • Standing on the Old Forest Road door at (15, 16) will teleport you into Chapter 3 whether or not you have unlocked it. The interact path checks; the walk-on path does not.

Key

  1. 1
    Civic Compute Hall (11, 3)The chapter's dungeon. Lobby, then core.
  2. 2
    FUTURE OPS terminal (13, 8)Jobs, paid runs, reroute and optional services. Archive Override is a free reward from the corrected Ledger Cellar; no purchase is required for the main story.
  3. 3
    Ledger Cellar (13, 9)Mandatory. With both voices and the room clear, APPLY KEEP BOTH HOMES for the Ledger Seal and free Archive Override.
  4. 4
    North Row House — Voice A (4, 10)Mandatory. The Auth terminal will not run without it.
  5. 5
    East Row House (19, 10)Optional. Flavour and a 5 credit chest; its terminal sets no flag.
  6. 6
    South Row House — Voice B (3, 12)Mandatory. The Auth terminal and a new ledger correction require both household voices.
  7. 7
    West Row House (20, 12)Optional. Holds the LEDGER LENS and a Future Ops terminal.
  8. 8
    Street Merchant (8, 13)
  9. 9
    Compute Lounge (17, 13)
  10. 10
    Service Tunnels (18, 13)The Cooling Seal is here, and it is the first link in the boot chain.
  11. 11
    SECRET — Portal Gallery (22, 15)The masonry opens on inspection. The optional 100-Credit chest behind the gallery corridor requires the Chapter 3 Portal Key; story progress never depends on this reward.
  12. 12
    LEX, PORT JANITOR (4, 16)The only person in a records district who deals in floors instead of ledgers, and so the only one who notices. Sends you to the north row.
  13. 13
    To the Old Forest Road (Chapter 3) (15, 16)Forward travel requires completing Port Subnet. Walking or interacting uses the saved interlude/arrival flow; earlier-area returns preserve the current campaign chapter and gear.

North Row House

20 × 15 · VOICE A · MANDATORY

North Row House 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of North Row House 123456

Supplied ledger-corrected exploration view. Runner, enemies and interface panels hidden; chests unopened. Numbered annotations remain.

Read the three records in order — lease board, overdue notice, unsent draft — then the terminal. Out of order prints RECORD ORDER LOST.

One room answers under two names. The ledger still balances.The unsent draft

No hostiles.

Key

  1. 1
    RECORD 1/3 — lease board (7, 4)Read the three records in order: lease board, overdue notice, unsent draft.
  2. 2
    RECORD 2/3 — overdue notice (12, 4)
  3. 3
    VOICE A (12, 6)Refuses until all three records are read in order.
  4. 4
    RECORD 3/3 — unsent draft (7, 8)The chapter's mystery in one line: "One room answers under two names. The ledger still balances."
  5. 5
    Chest — 6 credits (13, 9)
  6. 6
    To Port Subnet (10, 11)

South Row House

20 × 15 · VOICE B · MANDATORY

South Row House 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of South Row House 123

Supplied ledger-corrected exploration view. Runner, enemies and interface panels hidden; chests unopened. Numbered annotations remain.

One terminal, no puzzle, no prerequisite. The Auth terminal in the compute core will not run without this.

No hostiles.

Key

  1. 1
    VOICE B (12, 6)No prerequisite — just read it. Auth needs both voices.
  2. 2
    Chest — 6 credits (6, 9)
  3. 3
    To Port Subnet (10, 11)

Service Tunnels

24 × 15 · COOLING SEAL

Service Tunnels 24 × 15 tiles · 384 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Service Tunnels 123

Six enemies and a long run north to the seal terminal. One read grants both the Cooling Seal and Lab Side Access.

Threats 1× Glitch (elite) · 1× Glitch · 2× Swarm · 1× Caster (elite) · 1× Sentinel

Key

  1. 1
    COOLING SEAL (12, 2)Grants the Cooling Seal and Lab Side Access in one read. Nothing in the compute chain starts without it.
  2. 2
    Chest — 8 credits (4, 4)
  3. 3
    To Port Subnet (12, 11)

Ledger Cellar

20 × 15 · LEDGER SEAL · MANDATORY

Ledger Cellar 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Ledger Cellar 123

Supplied corrected, room-clear Ledger view. The routes serve NORTH 04 and SOUTH 04 (TOTAL 08). Runner, actors and interface panels hidden; the 12-Credit chest is unopened. Numbered annotations and enemy markers retain authored locations; they do not show live enemies. Use 4× zoom for receiver labels.

Recover both voices and clear the room before APPLY. KEEP BOTH HOMES routes NORTH 04 and SOUTH 04 to separate receivers; TOTAL 08 stays unchanged. The correction grants the Ledger Seal and Archive Override free, regardless of wallet.

Old civic debts sleep under the row houses. Every column wants the same ending.Cellar sign

Threats 1× Caster (elite) · 1× Glitch (elite)

Key

  1. 1
    LEDGER SEAL (12, 3)Preview KEEP BOTH HOMES, then APPLY with both voices and room clear. Preview/Cancel and the rejected MERGE ROUTE 1 cost nothing. Corrected routes are permanent; both houses show LIVE on revisit.
  2. 2
    Chest — 12 credits (14, 9)
  3. 3
    To Port Subnet (10, 11)

Civic Compute Hall

20 × 15 · LOBBY

Civic Compute Hall 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Civic Compute Hall 1234

The quietest dangerous room in the game. Lobby Ops at (9, 4) is one tile that does three different jobs depending on how far along you are — boot acceptance, then shop, then boss trigger.

Three seats dark. One seat waiting.Lobby console

No hostiles.

Runner's notes

  • Leave the marked lane for both pulses, then approach Echo at the unmarked correction pad. Attack only during its two-second correction window.
  • The west wall secret at (3, 1) needs Archive Override, granted free by the corrected ledger. The annex admin also checks Root Phrase and Ledger Seal.

Key

  1. 1
    SECRET — Archive Annex (3, 1)West wall of the lobby. Opens with Archive Override, granted free by the corrected Ledger Cellar. Root Phrase and Ledger Seal are still required at the annex admin terminal.
  2. 2
    LOBBY OPS — one tile, three states (9, 4)Before the boot it accepts the boot. Afterward it offers Future Ops services. With final sync armed it offers explicit Archive Echo confirmation; the sanctuary checkpoint must save before the fight begins.
  3. 3
    To the Compute Core (15, 5)
  4. 4
    To Port Subnet (10, 11)

Compute Core

20 × 15 · BOOT SEQUENCE

Compute Core 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Compute Core 12345

Three shell terminals in a strict dependency chain, spread diagonally across the room. There is no way to shortcut the order.

Power, auth, and memory still disagree.Core access sign

No hostiles.

Runner's notes

  • POWER needs the Cooling Seal. AUTH needs power plus BOTH voices. DIAGNOSTICS needs power and auth.
  • The Cooling Vault door at (15, 1) opens by itself once the hall is booted — you do not need to find it first.

Key

  1. 1
    SECRET — Cooling Vault (15, 1)Back wall of the core. Opens itself once the hall is booted.
  2. 2
    BOOT 1/3 — POWER (6, 4)Requires the Cooling Seal.
  3. 3
    BOOT 2/3 — AUTH (10, 6)Requires power, Voice A and Voice B. Recover Voice B from the south row terminal if Auth is still blocked.
  4. 4
    BOOT 3/3 — DIAGNOSTICS (13, 8)Requires power and auth. Then walk back to Lobby Ops to accept the boot.
  5. 5
    To Civic Compute Hall (5, 11)

Cooling Vault

20 × 15 · ROOT PHRASE

Cooling Vault 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Cooling Vault 123

Five enemies including a Cooling Warden and an elite Caster. The root terminal will not read while any of them is alive.

Old load still sleeps under the hall. Wake it gently or not at all.Vault sign

Threats 1× Sentinel (elite) · 1× Glitch (elite) · 1× Swarm · 1× Caster (elite) · 1× Cooling Warden

Key

  1. 1
    ROOT PHRASE (10, 1)The terminal refuses to read while anything in the room is alive. Clear all five enemies first — including the Cooling Warden.
  2. 2
    Chest — PATCH SOLES (4, 9)Legs, haste 1 + signal 1.
  3. 3
    To Compute Core (10, 12)

Archive Annex

20 × 15 · SECRET · FINAL SYNC

Archive Annex 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Archive Annex 123

Behind the lobby's west wall. The admin terminal checks three things at once: permit, Root Phrase and Ledger Seal.

The district kept copies of every ledger it could not trust.Annex sign

Threats 1× Caster (elite)

Key

  1. 1
    ARM THE FINAL SYNC (8, 6)Three locks at once: Archive Permit + Root Phrase + Ledger Seal.
  2. 2
    Chest — LEDGER LENS (12, 8)
  3. 3
    To Civic Compute Hall (9, 10)

East Row House

20 × 15 · OPTIONAL

East Row House 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of East Row House 123

Supplied ledger-corrected exploration view. Runner, enemies and interface panels hidden; chests unopened. Numbered annotations remain.

Flavour and five credits. Its terminal sets no flag at all.

No hostiles.

Key

  1. 1
    Shell terminal (flavour) (12, 6)Sets no flag. Safe to skip.
  2. 2
    Chest — 5 credits (6, 9)
  3. 3
    To Port Subnet (10, 11)

West Row House

20 × 15 · OPTIONAL

West Row House 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of West Row House 123

Supplied ledger-corrected exploration view. Runner, enemies and interface panels hidden; chests unopened. Numbered annotations remain.

Holds an optional SIGNAL BOW and a Future Ops terminal. Read the paper copies for LEX's optional story payoff: two households and two signatures were preserved. The terminal opens the shop but registers no reroute node.

No hostiles.

Key

  1. 1
    Future Ops terminal (7, 6)Opens the shop but does NOT register a reroute node — this map is not in the table.
  2. 2
    Chest — SIGNAL BOW (13, 9)Optional weapon. Choose EQUIP to switch to ranged or KEEP CURRENT to retain your weapon; an already-owned duplicate pays 6 Credits once.
  3. 3
    To Port Subnet (10, 11)

Portal Gallery

21 × 17 · SECRET · 100 CREDITS

Legacy orientation schematic — corridor omitted 21 × 17 tiles · 336 × 272 px native
Legacy Portal Gallery orientation schematic; current corridor omitted 1234567

The gallery entrance opens on inspection. Its optional 100-Credit chest is behind a key-gated corridor requiring the Portal Key found in Chapter 3. The retained plate predates that corridor; the chest is not a mainline requirement.

Most rings are display ghosts. The center gate is live for Vibe Jam 2026.Gallery sign

No hostiles.

Key

Back Alley Cache

20 × 15 · NO DOOR LEADS HERE

Back Alley Cache 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Back Alley Cache 12

The only map in the game with no entrance. It is a paid arena run: accept the BACK ALLEY STRESS contract at a Future Ops terminal for 6 credits (requires the hall booted) and you are dropped in. Clearing every enemy pays 12 credits and grants the SERVICE RIG once.

Threats 1× Glitch (elite) · 2× Swarm · 1× Sentinel (elite)

Key

  1. 1
    Back Alley Cache (4, 4)
  2. 2
    To Port Subnet (10, 10)
3

The Root Cathedral

Release the names, do not erase them

SPOILERS AHEAD — Chapter 3 is late-game content, including the final boss. Nothing below is hidden; stop here if you are still on Chapter 2.

The cathedral mistakes holding for mercy. Meet JUNO, recover the caretaker route, then follow the existing cathedral chain for the Pond, Scriptorium and Switchboard sigils. RELEASE TO THE ROAD changes the world outward; Root Heart asks you to release its three separate finite supports during recovery.

The critical path

  1. Meet JUNOThe forest scribe frames the release.
  2. Recover the caretaker routeUse the house terminal; its note and chest are optional.
  3. Settle the pondClear the room, then read its terminal for the Pond Sigil.
  4. Read the scriptoriumIts terminal grants the Scriptorium Sigil.
  5. Release the switchboardClear the room, preview RELEASE TO THE ROAD, then APPLY for the Switchboard Sigil.
  6. Open the Root HeartCaretaker route + three sigils. Clear ordinary threats, then confirm the boss. Release its finite supports, defeat it and read the saved four-page ending.
Old Forest Road Forest Caretaker House Root Cathedral Foyer Cathedral Pond Scriptorium Switchboard Root Cathedral Heart
Every door between Chapter 3 maps, laid out by distance from the hub. Magenta dashes are secret doors. Click a room to jump to its map.

Old Forest Road

24 × 16 · Chapter 3 hub · spawn (12, 2)

Old Forest Road 24 × 16 tiles · 384 × 256 px native
Overhead map of Old Forest Road 12345678

The only map with a walk-under canopy layer, so parts of the route are hidden beneath the trees on screen. The caretaker house is west, the cathedral is south-east, and JUNO stands between them.

The pavement ends where the root network begins. Every step past here is remembered twice.Road plaque

Threats 2× Forest Wisp · 1× Sentinel · 1× Glitch (elite) · 1× Caster (elite)

Runner's notes

  • Chapter arrival discovers the Old Forest Road return node. The cathedral chain has return doors for backtracking; use them or an available Reroute without losing the current chapter.
  • The tree canopy genuinely occludes the player. If you lose yourself, keep walking; you are still there.

Key

  1. 1
    Back to Port Subnet (12, 1)
  2. 2
    Forest Caretaker House (6, 4)Use the house terminal for the caretaker route. The three cathedral sigils are separate requirements.
  3. 3
    Future Ops terminal (17, 6)Offers optional Future Ops services. The earned chapter arrival already discovers the Old Forest Road return node.
  4. 4
    Root Cathedral Foyer (14, 11)The point of no scenery. Five rooms in a straight chain from here.
  5. 5
    Chest — 10 credits (4, 12)
  6. 6
    Forest Stall (4, 14)
  7. 7
    JUNO, FOREST SCRIBE (10, 14)Frames the chapter's moral problem and records the soft meet-JUNO step. The caretaker route also advances that story step. Return after switchboard release for JUNO's response.
  8. 8
    Root Lounge (19, 14)

Forest Caretaker House

20 × 15 · CARETAKER ROUTE

Forest Caretaker House 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Forest Caretaker House 123

No enemies. Read the desk, take the chest.

Leave a lamp beside the road. The names need somewhere to arrive.Caretaker note

No hostiles.

Key

  1. 1
    CARETAKER ROUTE (12, 6)No prerequisite. "The cathedral door recognises your tread."
  2. 2
    Chest — PACKET PIN (13, 9)Optional PACKET PIN charm. Gear rewards offer EQUIP or KEEP CURRENT.
  3. 3
    To Old Forest Road (10, 11)

Root Cathedral Foyer

20 × 15

Root Cathedral Foyer 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Root Cathedral Foyer 123

The last reroute node before the chain. One enemy, one obelisk, two doors.

The network grew a nave around the first buried switch.Foyer plaque

Threats 1× Root Knight

Key

  1. 1
    To the Pond → Cathedral Pond (10, 2)
  2. 2
    Future Ops terminal (14, 6)Reroute node — the last safe stop before the boss chain.
  3. 3
    To Old Forest Road (10, 11)

Cathedral Pond

20 × 15 · POND SIGIL · CLEAR THE ROOM

Cathedral Pond 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Cathedral Pond 1234

Two Forest Wisps circle the water. The terminal refuses to read until both are dead.

Still water caches every face that looked for the heart.Pond plaque

Threats 2× Swarm

Key

  1. 1
    To the Scriptorium (16, 7)
  2. 2
    POND SIGIL (13, 8)Refuses while anything is alive: "The pond will not reflect clearly while threats ripple the room." Clear both Swarms first.
  3. 3
    Chest — 14 credits (15, 9)
  4. 4
    To Root Cathedral Foyer (10, 11)

Scriptorium

20 × 15 · SCRIPTORIUM SIGIL

Scriptorium 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Scriptorium 1234

The easy one. One enemy, one free read. Optional later revisit: the chest at (2, 10) holds the Portal Key for the Portal Gallery.

Root-scribes copied the route until the ink learned to crawl.Scriptorium plaque

Threats 1× Caster (elite)

Key

  1. 1
    SCRIPTORIUM SIGIL (13, 4)Free on read. The only sigil with no condition.
  2. 2
    To Cathedral Pond (2, 7)
  3. 3
    Chest — SIGNAL VISOR (15, 9)
  4. 4
    To the Switchboard (10, 11)

Switchboard

20 × 15 · SWITCHBOARD SIGIL · CLEAR THE ROOM

Switchboard 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Switchboard 12345

Supplied released, room-clear Switchboard view. Cyan arrows lead outward to the Scriptorium return (marker 1), with the world cue RETURN TO THE ROAD; the production canopy partly covers that label. Runner, actors and interface panels hidden; the 16-Credit chest is unopened. Numbered annotations and enemy markers retain authored locations; they do not show live enemies.

Clear the Root Knight and elite Glitch, then preview RELEASE TO THE ROAD and APPLY. HOLD/Cancel are free and grant no sigil. Release is permanent; outward cues persist here and in the foyer, and JUNO responds on revisit.

Every forest line terminates here. Choose what gets to answer.Switchboard plaque

Threats 1× Root Knight · 1× Glitch (elite)

Key

  1. 1
    To Scriptorium (10, 2)
  2. 2
    Future Ops terminal (10, 5)A shop only. Despite appearances this room is NOT a reroute node.
  3. 3
    SWITCHBOARD SIGIL — RELEASE TO THE ROAD (13, 7)Requires room clear. APPLY RELEASE TO THE ROAD for the third cathedral sigil and permanent outward flow. This world repair does not release the separate boss supports.
  4. 4
    Chest — 16 credits (5, 9)
  5. 5
    To the Root Heart → Root Cathedral Heart (16, 10)Last door in the game.

Root Cathedral Heart

20 × 15 · FINAL BOSS

Root Cathedral Heart 20 × 15 tiles · 320 × 240 px native
Overhead map of Root Cathedral Heart 123

Clear the Cooling Warden and elite Caster before summoning Root Heart. The terminal requires the caretaker route and all three cathedral sigils; ordinary threats cannot fight alongside the boss.

The seal, the echo, the hoard: one hold. Carry the names out. Leave none behind.Heart threshold reveal

Threats 1× Cooling Warden · 1× Caster (elite)

Runner's notes

  • Clear the two ordinary elites, then explicitly confirm the boss. The free threshold reveal appears in confirmation; reading the plaque separately is optional.
  • During recovery, face a support and press interact once to release it. West removes sidebolts, east removes the second lane pulse, north removes horizontal pursuit. Attack only in recovery after opening the HP floors.

Key

  1. 1
    THE FINAL SEAL — boss trigger (10, 6)Requires caretaker route + Pond, Scriptorium and Switchboard sigils, plus room clear. Interact and confirm Root Heart. The optional SERVICE RIG chest is not a prerequisite.
  2. 2
    Chest — SERVICE RIG (15, 9)Chest slot, armor 1 + haste 1.
  3. 3
    To Switchboard (2, 10)
B

The Three Answers

Every boss, and how it ends

TOTAL SPOILERS — this section exists to be spoiled. It is the ending of all three chapters.

Three encounters ask for different responses: Desync commits its aim, Archive Echo repeats a recorded lane, and Root Heart loses pressure as you release finite supports. Each begins after an explicit confirmation and a full-health sanctuary checkpoint. No bow, paid upgrade, consumable or optional chest is required. Boss completion pays a fixed 2 Credits once; summoned enemies give no persistent Credits or contract progress.

THE DESYNC

Chapter 1 · 12 HP · phase flip at 6

Where Plaza boss arena, tile (10, 12)

Trigger Interact with the Sync Shrine and confirm, with Shard, Gateway open and Relay synced.

The route begged for silence. I gave it a seal.

Leave the dashed aim ray before the committed shot. Desync stops for its 0.65-second warning, fires, then recovers for 0.75 seconds. At 6 HP the warning shows all three fan rays; at most one live, marked Swarm adds pressure. Contact hurts only during pursuit. Desync remains vulnerable during pursuit, aim and recovery, so use spacing and short attacks.

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ARCHIVE ECHO

Chapter 2 · 10 HP · repeated lane / correction

Where Compute Hall lobby floor

Trigger Lobby Ops, once the final sync is armed.

Every name was true. Your ledger demanded only one.

Move fully out of the marked vertical lane and stay out for both pulses: the second repeats the same lane without retargeting. Echo then moves harmlessly to an unmarked pad. After it settles, attack during the full two-second correction window; it is guarded at every other time. No chase, contact damage or summons.

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HEART OF DESYNC

Chapter 3 · 14 HP · three finite supports

Where Root Cathedral Heart

Trigger Confirm at the heart terminal after caretaker route, three cathedral sigils and room clear.

You would call release mercy. I call it forgetting.

Avoid the locked fan and repeated lane, then use the four-second recovery. Face and interact with each support once, in any order: WEST removes two sidebolts, EAST removes the second lane pulse, NORTH removes horizontal pursuit. With 0/1/2/3 released, HP cannot fall below 14/10/6/0. Weapon damage is accepted only during recovery. Released supports stay released for the attempt; no extra press is needed for the final six HP. Failure resets the attempt. Victory preserves the four-page ending and Completed Adventure; Explore Restored World keeps gear, repairs and settled bosses.

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Appendix

Treasure index — illustrated rooms

ChRoomTileContents
1The Quiet Plaza(10, 9)7 credits
1The Quiet Plaza(30, 9)SIGNAL VISOR
1The Under-Shrine(3, 15)ANCHOR GREAVES
1The Under-Shrine(21, 15)SIGNAL BOW
1Old Runner House(13, 9)ANCHOR GREAVES
1The Cable Marsh(3, 9)8 credits
1Marsh Relay Hut(13, 8)RELAY MAIL
1Marsh Pump House(13, 8)7 credits
1The Relay Annex(12, 3)9 credits
1Broken Relay Vault(4, 12)RELAY BEAD
1Broken Relay Vault(15, 12)12 credits
1West Under-Shrine(18, 9)11 credits
1The Signal Tower(12, 3)PACKET PIN
1The Seal Archive(6, 9)10 credits
1Room Behind(15, 5)LEDGER LENS
2North Row House(13, 9)6 credits
2South Row House(6, 9)6 credits
2Service Tunnels(4, 4)8 credits
2Ledger Cellar(14, 9)12 credits
2Cooling Vault(4, 9)PATCH SOLES
2Archive Annex(12, 8)LEDGER LENS
2East Row House(6, 9)5 credits
2West Row House(13, 9)SIGNAL BOW
2Portal Gallery(10, 2)100 credits
3Old Forest Road(4, 12)10 credits
3Forest Caretaker House(13, 9)PACKET PIN
3Cathedral Pond(15, 9)14 credits
3Scriptorium(15, 9)SIGNAL VISOR
3Switchboard(5, 9)16 credits
3Root Cathedral Heart(15, 9)SERVICE RIG

Every secret door

The bunker and Portal Gallery masonry open on inspection. Relay Annex and Quad H require their sequences; Archive Annex needs the free ledger permit, and Cooling Vault needs the hall boot. The gallery chest separately requires the optional Portal Key.

ChInTileLeads toWhat opens it
1The Quiet Plaza(4, 5) Packetloss404 BunkerA patch of suspicious brick in the north-west wall. Face it and press X once to reveal, again to enter. No prerequisite at all — you can open this on your very first lap.
1The Relay Annex(14, 4) Broken Relay VaultRead TRACE LEFT, TRACE CROWN, then TRACE RIGHT. The bricks remain sealed until that sequence is complete.
1Quad H HQ(16, 7) Quad H StudioThe east bookcase opens after the Dr. Vibe terminal, stream rig sign and lab notes sign, in that order.
1Quad H Studio(12, 11)Quad H UndercroftFinish the HQ and Studio broadcast route, then Interact with the opened hatch.
1Quad H Undercroft(16, 10)Empty cover — no passageRead junctions 1, 2, 3 from north to south. The fan cover opens, but has no destination or reward. Continue through the south door.
1Patch Bay(11, 12)Archive CoreComplete Carrier Basement, then read numbered trace panels 1–8 in order. Interact with the opened rack to continue.
2Port Subnet(22, 15) Portal GalleryThe masonry opens on inspection. The optional 100-Credit chest behind the gallery corridor requires the Chapter 3 Portal Key; story progress never depends on this reward.
2Civic Compute Hall(3, 1) Archive AnnexWest wall of the lobby. Opens with Archive Override, granted free by the corrected Ledger Cellar. Root Phrase and Ledger Seal are still required at the annex admin terminal.
2Compute Core(15, 1) Cooling VaultBack wall of the core. Opens itself once the hall is booted.

Enemy placement census

EnemyTierPlacedWhere
Swarmbasic22The Quiet Plaza, The Under-Shrine, The Cable Marsh, Broken Relay Vault, West Under-Shrine, Service Tunnels, Cooling Vault, Back Alley Cache, Cathedral Pond
Glitchbasic18The Quiet Plaza, The Under-Shrine, The Cable Marsh, Marsh Relay Hut, Marsh Pump House, The Relay Annex, Broken Relay Vault, The Signal Tower, The Seal Archive, Service Tunnels
Sentinelbasic10The Quiet Plaza, The Relay Annex, Broken Relay Vault, West Under-Shrine, The Signal Tower, Service Tunnels, Old Forest Road
Glitch (elite)elite7The Quiet Plaza, Service Tunnels, Ledger Cellar, Cooling Vault, Back Alley Cache, Old Forest Road, Switchboard
Caster (elite)elite7Service Tunnels, Ledger Cellar, Cooling Vault, Archive Annex, Old Forest Road, Scriptorium, Root Cathedral Heart
Casterbasic3The Quiet Plaza, The Under-Shrine, Broken Relay Vault
Sentinel (elite)elite2Cooling Vault, Back Alley Cache
Cooling Wardenelite2Cooling Vault, Root Cathedral Heart
Forest Wispbasic2Old Forest Road
Root Knightelite2Root Cathedral Foyer, Switchboard

Door index — illustrated routes

Every door and secret door, where it goes, and the tile you arrive on.

FromDoor tileToArrive at
The Quiet Plaza(20, 5) The Under-Shrine (12, 18)
The Quiet Plaza(7, 5) The Signal Tower (7, 9)
The Quiet Plaza(13, 5) Old Runner House (6, 8)
The Quiet Plaza(4, 5) secret Packetloss404 Bunker (9, 9)
The Quiet Plaza(37, 9) The Cable Marsh (10, 12)
The Quiet Plaza(35, 10) Marsh Pump House (6, 8)
The Quiet Plaza(33, 20) Quad H HQ (9, 10)
The Quiet Plaza(24, 5) The Relay Annex (7, 10)
The Under-Shrine(12, 19) The Quiet Plaza (20, 7)
The Under-Shrine(1, 1) West Under-Shrine (11, 10)
Old Runner House(10, 11) The Quiet Plaza (13, 6)
The Cable Marsh(10, 12) The Quiet Plaza (37, 10)
The Cable Marsh(14, 7) Marsh Relay Hut (9, 10)
Marsh Relay Hut(9, 10) The Cable Marsh (13, 8)
Marsh Pump House(10, 10) The Quiet Plaza (35, 11)
The Relay Annex(9, 11) The Quiet Plaza (24, 7)
The Relay Annex(14, 4) secret Broken Relay Vault (10, 14)
Broken Relay Vault(10, 15) The Relay Annex (14, 5)
West Under-Shrine(11, 11) The Under-Shrine (2, 1)
The Signal Tower(9, 11) The Quiet Plaza (7, 6)
Packetloss404 Bunker(9, 11) The Quiet Plaza (4, 6)
Packetloss404 Bunker(19, 6) The Seal Archive (10, 11)
The Seal Archive(10, 11) Packetloss404 Bunker (18, 6)
Quad H HQ(10, 11) The Quiet Plaza (33, 19)
Quad H HQ(16, 7) secret Quad H Studio (11, 11)
Quad H Studio(11, 12) Quad H HQ (15, 7)
Quad H Studio(12, 11)secretQuad H Undercroft(10, 3)
Quad H Undercroft(10, 2)Quad H Studio(12, 10)
Quad H Undercroft(10, 11)Carrier Basement(9, 2)
Carrier Basement(9, 1)Quad H Undercroft(10, 10)
Carrier Basement(9, 12)Patch Bay(11, 1)
Patch Bay(11, 1)Carrier Basement(9, 11)
Patch Bay(11, 12)secretArchive Core(10, 3)
Archive Core(10, 2)Patch Bay(11, 11)
Archive Core(10, 11)Quiet Room(10, 3)
Quiet Room(10, 2)Archive Core(10, 10)
Quiet Room(10, 11)Room Behind(10, 2)
Room Behind(11, 1)Quiet Room(10, 10)
Port Subnet(11, 3) Civic Compute Hall (9, 10)
Port Subnet(4, 10) North Row House (6, 8)
Port Subnet(19, 10) East Row House (6, 8)
Port Subnet(3, 12) South Row House (6, 8)
Port Subnet(20, 12) West Row House (6, 8)
Port Subnet(13, 9) Ledger Cellar (8, 10)
Port Subnet(15, 16) Old Forest Road (12, 2)
Port Subnet(18, 13) Service Tunnels (12, 10)
Port Subnet(22, 15) secret Portal Gallery (10, 14)
North Row House(10, 11) Port Subnet (4, 11)
South Row House(10, 11) Port Subnet (3, 13)
Service Tunnels(12, 11) Port Subnet (18, 14)
Ledger Cellar(10, 11) Port Subnet (13, 10)
Civic Compute Hall(10, 11) Port Subnet (11, 4)
Civic Compute Hall(15, 5) Compute Core (5, 9)
Civic Compute Hall(3, 1) secret Archive Annex (9, 10)
Compute Core(5, 11) Civic Compute Hall (14, 6)
Compute Core(15, 1) secret Cooling Vault (10, 12)
Cooling Vault(10, 12) Compute Core (15, 2)
Archive Annex(9, 10) Civic Compute Hall (3, 2)
East Row House(10, 11) Port Subnet (19, 11)
West Row House(10, 11) Port Subnet (20, 13)
Portal Gallery(10, 15) Port Subnet (21, 15)
Back Alley Cache(10, 10) Port Subnet (13, 9)
Old Forest Road(12, 1) Port Subnet (15, 15)
Old Forest Road(6, 4) Forest Caretaker House (6, 8)
Old Forest Road(14, 11) Root Cathedral Foyer (9, 10)
Forest Caretaker House(10, 11) Old Forest Road (6, 5)
Root Cathedral Foyer(10, 11) Old Forest Road (14, 10)
Root Cathedral Foyer(10, 2) Cathedral Pond (10, 11)
Cathedral Pond(10, 11) Root Cathedral Foyer (10, 3)
Cathedral Pond(16, 7) Scriptorium (3, 7)
Scriptorium(2, 7) Cathedral Pond (15, 7)
Scriptorium(10, 11) Switchboard (10, 3)
Switchboard(10, 2) Scriptorium (10, 10)
Switchboard(16, 10) Root Cathedral Heart (3, 10)
Root Cathedral Heart(2, 10) Switchboard (15, 10)

Historical errata and retained map plates