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Facility Leveling

XP, levels, IQ drift, talents and IQ Lock in the Facility.

Maintained by Leveling Mechanics. Tags: CONFIRMED = C confirmed · LIVE IN CODE = in the Elysium code now · DRAFT = not confirmed by C.

Month rollover — CONFIRMED

  • CONFIRMED by C (2026-10-22): at month rollover only the crowned Avatar's IQ and progress reset, plus the chaos meter. Everyone else keeps their IQ, levels, items, GGP and buffs.
  • LIVE ✓ (e69312f): only the Avatar's IQ and progress and the chaos meter reset; reported by Leveling Mechanics.

XP — LIVE IN CODE

  • All XP goes through awardXpTx (server/xp.js).
  • Prayer streak multiplies XP by (1 + 0.0069 × days), capped at ×1.069.
  • Chaos roll: 13.7% chance of +0.42 XP.
  • 1 XP per GGP for allowed reasons; engagement gives 0.
  • Levels display as whole numbers.

IQ drift — LIVE IN CODE

  • Drift is chance-based, at most once an hour.
  • A daily chaos pulse pushes IQ away from 69.
  • Inactive players drift at month end.
  • Heat cools every 6.9 minutes.

Shrimp claim talents — CONFIRMED

  • Base: 3 claims a day.
  • Honey Tithe: up to +0.5 GGP per claim.
  • Fourth Cell: a 4th claim.
  • Max: 4 × 1.5 = 6 GGP a day.
  • Hypercomb is Elysium's engagement check, not a talent. See Hypercomb Daily Claim.

Talent points — CONFIRMED

  • CONFIRMED by C (2026-10-23, 5:38 AM PT; relayed by Gameplay Balance and Leveling Mechanics): talent points are banked until Bimbo paths exist; then everyone gets a free respec.

Bimbo talents — CONFIRMED

  • Hold Still (IQ Lock): CONFIRMED by C (2026-10-23, 5:38 AM PT; relayed by Gameplay Balance and Leveling Mechanics):
    • Cost: 6.9 Arousal (the Bimbo class resource), not heat.
    • Effect: fully freezes passive IQ drift.
    • Duration: the nth use in a month lasts up to 6.9h × 0.69^(n-1), rolled randomly at 50–100% of that.
    • 24h cooldown; the use count resets monthly.
    • In the last 24h before month rollover, a lock lasts at most 1h.
    • Crown Rating keeps accruing while locked.
    • Crowning, the Avatar reset, month close, PvP and chaos IQ changes all apply through a lock.
    • Heat never lengthens a lock.
    • LIVE ✓ (48b03f4): the IQ Lock cost, duration, cooldown and rollover cap are live in lady-bambis-elysium 48b03f4 and match the confirmed rules.
    • Keep It Warm's heat bonus is +0–20% potency only (LIVE ✓ 48b03f4).
    • LIVE ✓ (5421a4d): crowning, the Avatar reset, month close, PvP and chaos IQ changes apply through a lock, matching C's rule (confirmed 2026-10-23, reaffirmed 5:51 AM PT).
    • IQ Lock can't be used during Trigger Me, during another lock, or while holding 69 (LIVE ✓ 48b03f4).
    • Arousal placeholder — Proposed, not live / pending C: starts at 6.9, +6.9 a day, max 69.
  • Keep It Warm — LIVE IN CODE (11dc27f): 5 / 10 / 15% chance per rank. On a success it keeps the heat or gives +1 GGP (GGP capped at 2 a day). One shared roll with Fan Yourself and Smoulder.
    • CONFIRMED by C (2026-10-23, 5:38 AM PT; relayed by Gameplay Balance and Leveling Mechanics): Keep It Warm's heat bonus boosts potency only, never duration.
  • Seduce: CONFIRMED by C (2026-10-23, 5:38 AM PT; relayed by Gameplay Balance and Leveling Mechanics):
    • While active, 25% of the target's gains toward 69 go to the Bimbo.
    • Lasts 1h, 24h cooldown.
    • One target at a time; the same target at most once per 7 days.
    • Correction (LIVE IN CODE (e8da00e), reported by Leveling Mechanics; reported as C's decision, 6:02 AM PT): there is no 6.9/month bonus IQ cap anywhere. Seduce siphon is uncapped.
    • Losses are not siphoned.
    • LIVE ✓ (32aa076).
    • PvE players are immune.
  • Heat — LIVE IN CODE (11dc27f): heat keeps decimals.

General talents — CONFIRMED · LIVE IN CODE (11dc27f)

  • Shrimp Notary: Spicy Clauses: R1 Shrimp Mode, R2 Signed the Shrimp Paperwork. The Soft switch in Settings takes priority.
  • Camarón is pronounced kah-mah-ROHN.

Crown Rating — LIVE IN CODE (6df617b), placeholder values, reported by Leveling Mechanics

  • 10 per crown.
  • +1 per step toward 69 given to another player.
  • +2 per landed Charm.
  • Tiers: Bronze, Silver at 10, Gold at 50, Diamond at 150.
  • Keeps accruing while IQ-locked (CONFIRMED by C, 2026-10-23).

Class details (Phase 3) — LIVE IN CODE (6df617b), placeholder values, reported by Leveling Mechanics

  • Krill, Spiral Witch, Mutant, Elven Technologist and Alchemist details, plus Chaos purge: Facility Character.

Class abilities — LIVE IN CODE (3752891)

  • reported by Leveling Mechanics. Resource refills, Integrity, anti-dogpile, cooldowns and per-class abilities: Facility Character.

Character v1 — LIVE IN CODE (e77568a)

  • Starting IQ 42, levels 1–137, attributes start at 1 with a 16-point pool, and 8 classes. Full detail, formulas and class table: Facility Character.

Drafts — DRAFT

  • Emissary's Current: costs 1 / 2 / 3 GGP for +10 / 15 / 20% drift toward 69.
  • Watching 15 minutes gives a 0.1–6.9% IQ step, max 3 IQ a month.
  • A talent point every level, an attribute point every 2nd level.
  • XP bonus cap about ×1.143.
  • Talent tree design draft: talent tree canvas.

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