Progression & prestige

The core loop

The Wizard stands on a battlefield and auto-casts the spells in his spellbook at waves of enemies. You only control the Wizard's movement (by tapping). Killing enemies drops three things:

• Gold — the base currency, spent on in-run upgrades.
• Souls — converted into Power, which fuels Enchanting (passive bonuses).
• XP — levels the Wizard up.

You push wave after wave (up to wave 2,000), fighting Bosses at regular intervals. Each wave is harder; the goal of a run is to push your best wave, then "Awaken" to restart stronger (see the prestige spine below).

Combat systems

Meta systems (during a run)

Four systems build up over the course of a single run:

• Enchanting — you spend Power (from Souls) to conduct an Enchantment granting passive bonuses. The Wizard then "Reclaims" all spent Power over time; during Reclaiming, each collected Soul becomes Power immediately.
• Research — research projects that permanently improve stats (see the table below).
• Runes (46) — permanent bonuses; each rune channels one specific stat. see
• Chests & Troves — appear on the battlefield and release rewards when opened.

Table — base Research

Project	Effect / level
Focus	×1.1
Fortification	×1.2
Soul Siphoning	×1.1
Analytic Absorption	×1.1
Arcane Sensibilities	×1.1

The prestige spine

This is where the game gets deep. Each prestige layer unlocks after the previous one and makes subsequent runs exponentially stronger.

1. The Great Mirror → Awakening
   "Gaze into The Great Mirror and Awaken." Awakening is the main prestige: it fulfills the current Fate, resets the run, grants Wave Points and raises your Awakening Rank.
2. The Memory Tree
   You spend Memories here to unlock Memory nodes — these are the 54 Awakening keystones (e.g. "Memory of Will" = all damage). This is the game's permanent talent tree. see all 54
3. The Great Prism
   You spend your Mirrors to Focus your Memories: this grants a variety of passive bonuses and unlocks a new Stage of the Memory Tree.
4. The Chronosphere
   A relic of untold power that holds the keys to Time itself. You "Kindle" it to raise the maximum Awakening Rank.
5. The Spirit Engine
   Unlocked high in the progression: it grants 1 Spirit Orb per Awakening Rank past 10, and automates Research up to the Zenith. Its upgrades are detailed below.
6. Chrono Trials & Paradox Gate
   Chrono Trials are a weekly competitive mode (Friday to Monday) that pays out rewards and Gems. The Paradox Gate is an optional end-game challenge mode, with the Paradox Wand and Anchor.

Spirit Engine — upgrades

The 6 upgrades bought with Spirit Orbs. These are the very-high-level bonuses that speed up everything else.

Upgrade	Value
Soul Absorption "Gain [Power] equal to [x] of [Souls] that you collect.	2
Chrono Harnessing Enemies appear [x] Faster. Drops to 0% as the Wave approaches the Zenith.	10
Phantasmal Growth "Passively gain [x] Enchanting Levels per minute.	5
Inner Reclamation "[x] Passive Reclamation Rate.	10
Ethereal Advancement "[x] Research.	4
Incorporeal Insight "[x] Cheaper Research.	9

Game data 7.6.1. Systems described from the game's official text; values extracted from the code (AwakeningManager, ResearchDB, AwakeDB).