Cult of PiN Act VI & Endless

Act VI is the campaign clear on a given table. Endless is the high-score afterlife with Monthly and All-Time boards per table. This page connects both.

Road to Act VI

Survive escalating bumper variants, curses, and boss cycles across six Acts. Keep spare balls healthy; a soft Act IV often dooms Act VI more than a hard boss does.

Resource discipline

Spend mana on scalable tools. Upgrade Rituals at the Altar when mission counts feel sluggish. Revisit Missions & Rituals.

Ball and Blessing planning

Enter late Acts with a ball you trust (Starter Ball Picks) and Blessings that do not fight active curses (Blessings & Curses).

Endless mode goals

After Act VI, Endless exists for score and time chases. Optimise Multiball value, damage multipliers, and risk management differently than campaign survival.

Leaderboards

Each table offers Monthly and All-Time boards. Consistency beats one lucky spike — practise cradle lines on Tables Overview.

Difficulty climbing

Clear Act VI on baseline difficulty before Master fantasy. Difficulty Guide lists what changes.

Checklist

1. Reliable cradle. 2. Ritual upgrades online. 3. Boss telegraph literacy (How to Beat Bosses). 4. Shop plan via Build Planner.

Campaign vs Endless brain

Campaign brain protects balls and accepts slower scores. Endless brain spends risk for multipliers. Switching brains mid-Act VI is how runs implode.

Leaderboard etiquette for yourself

Chase Monthly first; it teaches iteration. All-Time can wait until your cradle lines are boringly consistent. Use Tables Overview to pick a main board.

Reset rules

Allow one rage reset per night. After that, play the next Act anyway. Completion feeds unlocks even when the score is ugly.

Act XXX and board reset

Hotfix #1 raised Endless caps to Act XXX. Hotfix #2 fixed reaching/beating Act XXX so the board resets instead of crashing, while you remain on Act XXX indefinitely. Plan stabilised long sessions, not crash lotteries.

Endless Multiball honesty

Blocker immunity during Multiball in Endless was removed in Hotfix #2. Builds that only worked because Multiball deleted blockers for free need a new plan — revisit Bumper Types and Glyph Tier List.

Score ceilings and submits

Score storage now reaches absurd quintillion-range ceilings. Abandon Run still submits. Soft-locks no longer have to void a climb if Abandon Ball is bound.

Chancellor and Ball Save reminders

Chancellor’s mana-on-Act-up passive was cut to 20% of current mana. Ball Save only protects the first ball lost in its window. Recalibrate economy expectations before blaming the table.

Endless session design

Plan bathroom breaks and save discipline before Act XX+. Memory optimisations from Hotfix #2 help, but human fatigue causes more drains than physics. Use Abandon Run to bank a PB when the build is clearly dead instead of ego-flipping into a soft-lock.

Monthly boards reward hotfix-aware builds; All-Time rewards peak execution. Decide which board you are playing before the shop after Act VI.

Page takeaway

Act XXX resets instead of crashing; Endless Multiball no longer deletes blockers for free; Abandon Run still submits scores. Climb Monthly with hotfix-aware builds and All-Time with peak execution.

What Endless actually is after week one

Hotfix #1 raised the stage cap to Act XXX and lifted the score ceiling into quintillions. Hotfix #2 made beating Act XXX reset the board instead of crashing, while you remain on that Act indefinitely. The same patch stripped Blocker immunity during Endless Multiball, so “flood the table and ignore blockers” is no longer a complete plan.

Abandon Run still submits the score. Bind Abandon Ball before long climbs so a seam does not void an hour. Decide Monthly versus All-Time before the shop after Act VI — Monthly tracks the hotfix meta, All-Time tracks peak hands. Details live on Leaderboards.