Cult of PiN Build Planner

Use this Build Planner as a pre-run and mid-run checklist. Tick the ideas mentally — or copy them into notes — so mana panic stops.

Pre-run checklist

• Ball chosen for the goal (learn / clear / Endless) — Starter Ball Picks

• Ritual plan understood — Rituals Explained

• Table selected — Tables Overview

• Difficulty honest — Difficulty Guide

Early Act checklist

• Cradle warm-up complete — Cradle & Nudge

• First Ritual fired once

• Altar unlock/upgrade decided

• Mana spent on mission value before vanity

Mid-run checklist

• Glyph roles covered: mission / Ritual / boss — Glyph Tier List

• Blessing choice matches spare-ball count — Blessings & Curses

• Curse accepted only if mechanically solvable

Boss checklist

• Telegraph respect plan — How to Beat Bosses

• Burst window Glyphs ready

• Bonus table greed only if spare balls ≥ comfort threshold — Bonus Tables

Endless conversion

• Survival tools complete

• Multipliers stacked after baseline clear — Act VI & Endless

Post-run notes

Write one mechanical miss and one shop miss. Improve those two next run — not twelve.

Printing the checklist

You do not need paper — repeat the checklist aloud at each Act break. If you cannot recite it, you are still shopping on vibes.

Failure tagging

Tag failures as mechanical, shop, or boss-read. Only then pick the next wiki page. Random rereading feels productive and is not.

Extra practical detail for tools build-planner.json

Focus on one measurable improvement next run: fewer drains, faster Ritual, or cleaner boss reads. Tie that metric to a single linked guide and ignore the rest of the wiki until the metric moves. This keeps Cult of PiN practice deliberate instead of chaotic tab-hopping across every hub at once.

Extra practical detail for tools build-planner.json

Focus on one measurable improvement next run: fewer drains, faster Ritual, or cleaner boss reads. Tie that metric to a single linked guide and ignore the rest of the wiki until the metric moves. This keeps Cult of PiN practice deliberate instead of chaotic tab-hopping across every hub at once.

Extra practical detail for tools build-planner.json

Focus on one measurable improvement next run: fewer drains, faster Ritual, or cleaner boss reads. Tie that metric to a single linked guide and ignore the rest of the wiki until the metric moves. This keeps Cult of PiN practice deliberate instead of chaotic tab-hopping across every hub at once.

Extra practical detail for tools build-planner.json

Focus on one measurable improvement next run: fewer drains, faster Ritual, or cleaner boss reads. Tie that metric to a single linked guide and ignore the rest of the wiki until the metric moves. This keeps Cult of PiN practice deliberate instead of chaotic tab-hopping across every hub at once.

Extra practical detail for tools build-planner.json

Focus on one measurable improvement next run: fewer drains, faster Ritual, or cleaner boss reads. Tie that metric to a single linked guide and ignore the rest of the wiki until the metric moves. This keeps Cult of PiN practice deliberate instead of chaotic tab-hopping across every hub at once.

Field notes specific to tools build-planner

On this topic, measure one metric for three runs in a row before changing your build identity. For tools build-planner, useful metrics include spare-ball count at boss entry, Rituals fired before Act III, or seconds remaining on the boss timer when the wall breaks.

If the metric does not move, change exactly one variable: cradle cadence, Altar upgrade choice, or the first Glyph purchased after Act I. Changing three variables at once makes tools build-planner advice impossible to validate.

Finish by writing a two-sentence summary you would give a friend who only has ten minutes. If you cannot explain tools build-planner that briefly, you are still collecting trivia instead of building a playable plan for Cult of PiN’s August 2026 1.0 systems.

Variant nuance 1: on tools/build-planner.json, refuse to open Endless until the campaign metric for this page improves once.