Confirmed: TBH: Task Bar Hero has 3 Acts and 4 difficulty tiers. Current game patch tracked: v1.02.03. 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. Its separate fast-clear chest respawn issue was still under investigation. v1.02.02 adds three fixes for DLC chest contents, Slayer Axe Spin cooldowns and formation access. v1.02.03 adds chest-drop Rune nodes, shorter selected chest minimums and fixes chest opening, resistance and launch issues.
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 v1.02.03.