Editing Ascension (section)

=== What to push before you walk ===

Roughly '''9,900 points''' sit in rows that the Door destroys. Ranked by what they are worth at a full run:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! What !! Points at full !! Notes
|-
| Skill levels || 2,548 || 13 skills × 98 levels × 2. The single biggest block, and the slowest to rebuild
|-
| Skills at 99 || 1,950 || 150 each. The last few levels of a skill are worth far more than the grind suggests — level 98 → 99 is worth 152 points, not 2
|-
| Arena ladder || 1,800 || 60 per pair, 30 pairs. Often the most under-farmed row
|-
| Guardians || 1,200 || 120 each. You have to beat all 10 to open the Door anyway
|-
| Rival tribes || 1,200 || 80 each, 15 tribes. Cheap points if the ladder is already climbable
|-
| Rift Ranks || 640 || 60 per Beta first-clear, 100 per Alpha, 8 total
|-
| Camp Material Age || 600 || 100 per Age, 6 Ages
|}

Everything on that list is gone the moment you walk, so finishing a nearly-complete row first is close to free Sparks. Finishing the Arena ladder, mopping up the remaining rival tribes, and pushing a skill sitting at 97 up to 99 are the three that most often get left on the table.

By contrast, there is '''no urgency at all''' on the kept rows. A skeleton mounted the day before you walk and one mounted the day after are worth exactly the same, because the Museum does not reset.