Early Game Walkthrough (Floors 1–35)
Floors 1–10: Learning the Void
Board with a simple trio focused on task visibility and one escape option. Floors 1–5 introduce basic tasks, fear, and common entities on small-to-medium Atlas maps. Practice crouch-walking, elevator reboarding drills, and calling out entity locations even in solo to build habit.
By Floor 10 you should understand spawn budget basics—larger maps may host multiple commons. Glacier-range maps may appear Floors 10–30 after v0.6.8. Bank money every run even on wipes; buy consumables before expensive starters.
Floors 11–19: Rising Pressure
Uncommons appear more frequently. Mannequin Mall can trigger from Floor 15—review Mannequin guide before continuing. Co-op teams split watchers and taskers on tight maps. Solo players crouch and plan return paths before distant tasks.
Avoid Sloth queues: complete tasks every floor. Watch elevator power depletion timers. Stock speed and fear consumables for upcoming Floor 20.
Floor 20: Envy’s Coliseum
Standard runs guarantee Envy. Collect thirteen information papers at known fixed locations while breaking line of sight with stone walls. Avoid Leeching Roses especially during chases—ten interact presses to escape roots you in Envy sight lines. Speed consumables save bad dagger hits that stun and knockback.
Blackouts aggro Envy on everyone simultaneously. Phantom’s Cloak does not stop Envy pursuit. First clear is a milestone—celebrate then analyze mistakes on paper route efficiency.
Floors 21–35: Toward Black Market
Push toward Floor 30 Black Market unlock with stable consumable packs and improved trio. Mid-early maps increase task density and MDL budgets. Repeat Floor 25–29 farming if wipes cluster—unlock matters more than speed records here.
Upon first Floor 30 touch, exit to lobby, unlock Black Market via Dancing Shopkeeper, purchase one build-defining item, then continue mid-game walkthrough phases.