Progression

The Fruit Ledger

The core progression system tracks 24 blessed fruits distributed among three entities: Betaal, Manish, and Apsara.

Fruits are earned only through Boss victories
After each boss win, you choose which entity receives the fruit
Failures never create new fruits — they add leaf penalties instead
The ledger determines dominance, endings, and run difficulty

The Leaf Deck

Your run map is built from a deck of leaves (nodes). The leaf deck starts at 24 leaves and grows as you earn fruits.

Leaf Types

Type	Role
EnemyLeaf	Standard combat encounter
EliteEnemyLeaf	Harder combat, better rewards
BossLeaf	Boss fight, earns a fruit on win
RestLeaf	Heal and recover
HealLeaf	Direct healing
ShopLeaf	Buy cards, relics, tiles, consumables
TreasureLeaf	Free loot
DiceRigLeaf	Modify your dice faces
CardEventLeaf	Add, remove, transform, or duplicate a card
MysteryLeaf	Unknown until entered

Map Rules

Each room shows 4 nodes — you must clear 3 of 4 to advance
1 free skip per room (cannot skip twice in a row)
Cannot skip once you’ve entered a node

Difficulty Scaling

Difficulty scales by adding more enemies, not by inflating stats.

Fruits Earned	Max Enemies (Normal)	Max Enemies (Elite)	Enemy Tiers
0–5	2	2	T1, EliteT2
6–11	3	2	T1–T2, EliteT2–T3
12–23	4	3	T2–T3, EliteT3–T4
24+	4	4	T2–T4, EliteT3–T4

Leaf Deck Growth

The deck grows at fruit milestones. Helpful leaves are always outnumbered by harmful ones.

Fruits	Total Leaves	Combat	Helpful
0	24	16	8
3	29	19	10
6	33	22	11
9	38	25	13
12	42	28	14
24	60	26	20

Failure & Phantom Leaves

When you lose a Boss fight:

A Phantom variant of that leaf is added to your deck
Phantom leaves are harder versions that give no fruit reward

Escalation

Losses	Effect
Every 5 losses	+2% chance to spawn Elite Negative leaf
Every 15 losses	+15% chance to spawn Elite Negative leaf
Every 30 losses	Increased odds of Phantom Boss variant
3 consecutive boss losses	Betaal mercy: removes 2 phantom leaves, adds 1 helpful leaf

Phantom leaves are capped at 30% of deck size (7 at 24 leaves, 18 at 60 leaves).

You can spend a fruit to reset escalation chance to base.

Dominance & Endings

Dominant completion is checked when all 24 fruits are distributed. One entity must hold at least 9 fruits (e.g. 9/8/7 or 10/8/6).

The dominant entity grants 1 baby part
A full baby requires completing dominant runs for all 3 entities
8/8/8 is NOT a dominant completion — it’s reserved for the hidden ending

Dominance Ties

If the top two entities are tied (e.g. 9/9/6):

The run is invalid for normal payout
2 extra hard combats are added
If cleared, baby parts are awarded for both tied entities

Hidden Ending

Requires:

All 24 fruits, exactly 8-8-8 distribution
No phantom leaves
Full baby assembled, cradle acquired
Only way to unmask the sage POV reveal

The Shop

Fruits	Shop Slots
0–11	6 (1 Rare, 2 Common, 1 Relic, 1 Tile, 1 Consumable)
12–23	8 (1 Rare, 3 Common, 1 Relic, 2 Tile, 1 Consumable)
24+	10 (2 Rare, 2 Common, 2 Relic, 3 Tile, 1 Consumable)

You can also remove phantom leaves at the shop: 5 Ladoos each, max 2 per visit.

Ladoo Economy

Source	Ladoos
Normal enemy win	+1
Elite enemy win	+3
Boss win	+1 bonus on next run

The Gamble

On a loss, the losing entity or Moon Woman may offer a gamble. This lets you retain one item into your next run:

1 card, 1 tile, 1 slot upgrade, 1 dice upgrade, 1 elemental deck, 1 consumable, or 1 relic

Jealousy & Entity Balance

The entity with the fewest fruits becomes jealous and adds negative leaves. If any entity exceeds 13 fruits, extra harmful leaves are added (with 1 helpful leaf to soften).

Deck Growth

Fruits	Expected Deck Size
0	12 (starter)
3–5	12–14
6	13–15
12	16–20
24	22–30
24+ endgame	26–34