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Which Equinox are you building?
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Star Chart2–3 FormaModerateHigh confidenceStar ChartSteel Path
First Dusk — Star Chart
Stay Night. Rest puts rooms to sleep. Mend stores heals. Pacify makes the pack hit softer. Learn one face before you swap. Primed Continuity and Primed Flow are the first real upgrade — not Blind Rage.
Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one.
- Steel Path ready: Arcanes are fair game, shards can wait.
- Content: Steel Path matched against what this loadout is actually for.
- Playstyle: Day slash nuke.
- Unlock Helminth, Steel Path, or Archon Hunts on Progress and Maim Day — Steel Path replaces this.
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| Build | Stage | Cost | Dmg | Sur | En | Mob | Ease | Forma | Helminth | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Dusk | Starter | Starter | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0–2 | Full kit | Star Chart, first Equinox, learning Rest |
| First Dusk — Star Chart | Star Chart | Moderate | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2–3 | Full kit | Junctions through the Outer Terminus. Steel Path is the next card, not this one. |
| Maim Day — Steel Path Energy Transfer | Steel Path | Advanced | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3–4 | Full kit | Steel Path Star Chart, Circuit, first Archon. Helminth is the next card. |
| Maim Day — Optimised Energy Transfer | Optimised | Endgame | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4–5 | Full kit | Netracells, Archon, EDA. You have Helminth or you don't need it. |
| Maim Day — Endgame Energy Transfer | Endgame | Endgame | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5–6 | Full kit | endgame / endurance packed tiles, the Equinox people actually feared |
| Peaceful Provocation Peaceful Provocation · Energy Transfer | Optimised | Endgame | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Full kit | Squad support, mixed Day/Night, people who live on 3 |
| Lights Out Calm & Frenzy | Steel Path | Advanced | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Full kit | Spy-adjacent tiles, Defense, people who like rooms that snore |
| Night Nurse Peaceful Provocation | Steel Path | Advanced | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | Full kit | Defense, raids-of-old muscle memory, people who picked Equinox to keep others alive |