Survivor is free and always will be. Detective is where the coach stops watching quietly and starts working with you.
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Log every match, meet your Core coach, keep your Chronicles.
Free forever. No card, no trial clock.
Your coach answers back, every match, in your own words.
Everything in Survivor, plus
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Post to the guild, hear the Weave read aloud, the squad side of the Grove and the full Ladder. Worth it once your squad is here, not before.
Straight answer: this rung is squad value. If you play solo, or your friends are not in the Arc yet, Detective is the better buy and you can climb here later without losing anything.
Everything in Detective, plus
No ads, ever. Cancel any time, your record stays yours.
The Debrief, the sealed chapters and the Stream Deck.
Everything in Ascendant, plus
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How this is funded
Match 41. Third place. Two knocks, one down, wiped in the final rotation.
Nothing below is a different match. It is the same run, read as deep as your rung allows.
Logging is not just kills and placement. You also mark who took first damage, the range the fight happened at, and what you did after you won one. Those three answers are why a coach can name the wrong fight instead of guessing at it. Every read below shows the fields it was built from, and every directive is written so the next five matches can prove it wrong.
Third place. Two knocks, one down, and you took first damage in the fight that ended you.
"You logged took first damage on the close fight, at close range, straight off a fight you did not reset from. That is the fight that was wrong, and you did not lose it on aim. Directive: after your next won fight, log reset and heal before you move. Do it for five matches. I am watching whether your close range fights stop starting on the back foot, and your Combat Intelligence Index moves with it or I was wrong."
"You took first damage. Nobody logged an assist or a knockdown on that fight, so the Weave shows your squad arrived after it was decided. Directive: one player calls the open, the rest log the assist. If Coverage does not move in seven matches, we change the call, not you."
"Matches like this one are how the Arc keeps its records. Your standing, your mastery and the chapters written for players at this depth all draw from the run you just logged."
Every coach owns one part of your game. Survivor shows you the measure. The rung above turns the measure into a directive: one instruction, a set number of matches, and a stated way it can be proven wrong. No coach in Archadia gives advice it cannot test on your own record.
Reading the map before it reads you
Landing spot, placement, where the run ended
Your drop spots, your placements, and which spots you keep dying at.
"Drop the same spot for five matches and log the placement each time. We are not changing your aim, we are testing whether the spot is the problem."
Choosing the fight, then winning it
First damage, engagement range, kills and downs, Combat Intelligence Index
How often you took first damage, and how your fights ended.
"You lose the fights you did not open. For the next five matches, log first damage on every fight and do not take a close range fight you did not start. If it does not hold, the directive changes."
Holding the squad together under pressure
Assists, reboots, team knockdowns, squad Weave coverage
Your own assists, reboots and knockdowns, match by match.
"One player calls the open, everyone else logs the assist. Seven matches. If squad Coverage does not move, we change the call and not the players."
Making the long shot ordinary
Accuracy, hits, head shots, long range eliminations
Your accuracy and headshot rate, tracked over time.
"Twelve minutes of tracking in the Forge, graded live, then a Proving Run: three matches where you log shot counts every time. Practice only counts if the counts move."
Taking the hit so the push lands
First damage, post fight choice, deaths after first contact
How your fights started and how often you died right after one.
"After every won fight, reset and heal before you move, and log it. Five matches. This is the cheapest habit in the game and your record will show whether it saved you."
Turning a season of matches into a record
Logged volume, mastery across the roster, chapter progress
Your Arc Cores and the chapters your play has already opened.
"Keep the record unbroken. Volume is the only thing that opens the deepest chapters, and the Arc counts every run you log."
| Feature | Survivor | Detective | Ascendant | Mythic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coaches Early access to the specialist you lean toward | · | |||
Match logging Log matches (manual / flash / OCR) | ||||
Chronicle, last 30 days | ||||
Chronicle, all of it | · | |||
Full Impact read on every match | · | |||
Identity Nine-question recruitment + Reveal | ||||
Meet your assigned Core coach | ||||
Shareable identity card | ||||
Coaching Interactive AI coach conversations | · | |||
Coach voices on every line | ||||
The Huddle: per-match coaching | · | |||
Combat Intelligence Index scoring | · | |||
The shadow read and the match read aloud | · | |||
The Work exercises and the Forge proving run | · | |||
The Lookup and the roster advisor | · | |||
The Debrief read with the match | · | · | ||
The Stream Deck: live coach on stream + OBS overlay | · | · | · | |
Squad Friends, squad list and direct messages | ||||
Squad rooms in the Line | ||||
Speaking in the open guild rooms | · | · | ||
Squad Synergy Score (the number and band) | ||||
Post to the community feed | · | · | ||
React to what the room posts | · | · | ||
The Weave: full Squad Synergy Score breakdown | · | · | ||
The coach lens and the full Ladder | · | · | ||
The squad side of the Grove | · | · | ||
The full tune and saved echo sets | · | · | ||
Audience polls and the live tape for your viewers | · | · | · | |
Host a table in the Guild Hall | · | · | · | |
World Almanac pages for coaches you have met | ||||
The Almanac in full | · | |||
Lore chapters unlocked by logging | ||||
Community feed (view) | ||||
Back a game on the Petition | ||||
Arc Cores and the Exchange | ||||
The Refusals chapter | · | |||
Propose a game on the Petition | · | · | ||
The sealed chapters | · | · | · |
Cancel any time. Everything you earned by playing stays yours.
Card frames, callsigns, nameplates, sigils and room decks are bought with Arc Cores, which you earn by playing. No tier buys them and no card is charged.
Nine pockets, one per coach. A card slides in the day that coach attunes to you at bond IV. Sidekick sleeves sit beside it, sealed until 2027.
The art on your player card comes from the coach who knows you. Their room opens at Known, their plate at Trusted. Sits and logged matches are the only currency.
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