Zad Archery Farming Planner

Use this page as a spoken checklist while the lane is running. It assumes Steam 1.0 with patch 1.0.2: gems count on lower waves, missed Guardians restore on restart, Defeat the King needs Steam online, and native resolution is the first settings option. If you are still in the tutorial, close this tab and open Getting Started.

Step 0 — fix the window

If the left tray is cropped, you cannot see Gathering or crafting. Open Settings, pick the first resolution row, go fullscreen. Details on controls. Do not plan a farm you cannot click.

Branch A — you just unlocked the game

1. Spend gold on skill tree charges and gem chance only.
2. Spend green gems on Explosive Arrow if cheap, then unlock Sniper. See jobs.
3. Right-click equip Rares with Arrow Fall projectiles. Never Ctrl+Shift the first Rare.
4. Ignore Gathering, alchemy, and locked silhouettes.
5. Push until a purchase stalls. Then switch to Branch B.

Branch B — you are stalled on a job or craft button

1. Note your highest wave.
2. Drop two to five waves below it. 1.0.2 counts gems there.
3. Leave gem-chance nodes online. Kill claw and bow families, not random leftovers.
4. Spend gold on the tree, gems on the job button, blue tokens on the next crafting level if the tooltip names a new bow base (crafting).
5. Do not mix wallets. Gold does not unlock Sniper. Gems do not raise craft level.
6. When the button is affordable, buy it, then push again. Do not hover forever.

Branch C — a Guardian is missing or you wiped

1. Confirm you are on 1.0.2 or later (patch notes).
2. Full restart if a Guardian never appeared. Missed ones restore. Do not delete the save.
3. Farm Branch B for one session: charges, HP armor, Sniper orb ranks.
4. Pull the Guardian with Arrow Fall reserved for the boss, not the add pack.
5. If you die, drop a wave, do not ego-push 50. Walkthrough: guardians.

Branch D — you can see wave 50 or the King

1. If any Guardian is still missing, you are not at endgame. Go to Branch C.
2. If the King is up, launch with Steam online so Defeat the King can unlock.
3. Equip HP and projectile armor. Gold-gain rolls are for Branch B, not this pull.
4. After the King, leftover goals are 12 Steam achievements, Gathering ranks, alchemy. Mining is a tab. There is no secret wave 51 in 1.0.
5. If the game feels short, that is the design (about five hours). Feature requests go to Discord on the links hub, not into a hidden setting.

Wallet cheat-sheet

Wallet	Spend on	Do not spend on
Gold	Tree charges, gem chance, Gathering after Sniper	Panic HP nodes in minute ten
Green gems	Sniper, Explosive Arrow ranks, later jobs when cheap	A 500-gem silhouette before you can kite
Blue tokens	Craft levels that name a new bow base	Rerolling a projectile Rare you should have equipped

Stop rules

• Stop pushing if Arrow Fall is still 1 charge.
• Stop hovering if the job button has been affordable for two waves (you forgot to click it).
• Stop crafting if Take Item would replace a better Rare.
• Stop reading this planner if you have not unlocked Sniper — you need the jobs guide, not a spreadsheet.

Ranked kits that pair with these branches: builds tier list. Skill-only ranks: skills.