Confirmed: TBH: Task Bar Hero has 3 Acts and 4 difficulty tiers. Current game patch tracked: Ver 1.2.8. Plaguelands is released separately from the core stage structure; use the release guide for its access rules.
Push or farm?
| SIGNAL | BEST NEXT MOVE | RECORD |
|---|---|---|
| New stage is consistently close | Push after one focused upgrade or route change. | Failure point and repeat attempts. |
| New stage fails early or varies wildly | Farm a stable route while improving one bottleneck. | Clear time and completion rate. |
| Boss is the only wall | Test single-target choices, not more wave-clear. | Boss completion and time. |
Plaguelands release status
The official v1.02.00 release opens Plaguelands through the Portal UI after the stated difficulty and Stage 1-10 requirements. The Sep 8 known-issues notice listed a progress-reset condition alongside UI, translation and Sanctuary problems; v1.02.01 later records fixes for the reset and several of those specific issues. v1.02.02 adds three fixes for DLC chest contents, Slayer Axe Spin cooldowns and formation access. v1.02.03 added Plaguelands chest-drop Rune nodes and selected minimum timings. Ver 1.2.8 later fixed the reported chest waiting-time resets after stage changes and relaunches, and removed fixed minimum waits between chest acquisitions.
Stage test checklist
- Write the Act, difficulty and stage you are testing.
- Classify the failure: wave time, a boss, or survival.
- Change one relevant input, then repeat the same target.
- Keep the route only if its result is repeatable on the current patch, Ver 1.2.8.