Phase Registry

Status: Active

This is the canonical cross-phase table for review. Use Phases for narrative summaries and phases/Phase-01-Greenwake for the reference detail-page shape.

Crafting milestones here are band-level anchors, not full recipe inventories.

Phase	Band	Main Space	Boss Gate	Traversal	Crafting Milestone	World-State Change	Detail
01	Frontier	Forest surface, living caves, starter outpost	Ashroot Sentinel	Mossback Doe	Establish Workbench and Forge	Starter quest chapter begins	Reference
02	Frontier	Snow surface, living caves, brood nests	The White Brood	Rime Ram	Expand starter stations into silk and brood lines	Snow hunt chapter opens	Planned
03	Frontier	Archive dungeon and low sky watchspires	The Null Scribe	First Grapnel upgrades	Unlock Field Anvil	First low-sky routes open	Planned
04	Frontier	Plains surface, cairns, and caves	Horned Regent	Steppe Runner	Expand Forge martial lines	Plains arena branch opens	Planned
05	Frontier	Swamp surface and living caves	Murkcoil	Bog Skater	Expand Field Anvil into venom and resilience lines	Swamp sustain branch opens	Planned
06	Frontier	Desert surface, ruins, caves, and cliff routes	The Carrion Crown	Dune Skipper	Expand starter stations into dune and ruin utility lines	Stronger low-sky routing begins	Planned
07	Frontier	Coast, pirate stronghold, and Nether frontier start	Admiral Brine	Tiderail Skiff	Unlock Relic Table	First Worldshift and deep-cave access	Planned
08	Deep Frontier	Deep forest cave and shadow routes	Graveshade Warden	Lantern Stag tack	Deep alloy and shadow upgrade branch	Shadow Essence loop starts	Planned
09	Deep Frontier	Deep snow cave and frost roosts	Icevein Matron	Frost Prowler	Frost essence and control branch	High-sky hunt routes begin	Planned
10	Deep Frontier	Deep plains cave and spirit structures	The Urn Mother	Longline Grapnel	Spirit and utility branch	Structure-heavy deep frontier loop opens	Planned
11	Deep Frontier	Deep swamp cave and decay warrens	Blightspine	Sporeback	Bio-essence branch	Heavy poison and sustain pressure check	Planned
12	Deep Frontier	Deep desert cave and ember vaults	Cinder Twin Ascetics	Ashwing	Primordial and flight branch	Temple access opens	Planned
13	Deep Frontier	Temple floors and starwell routes	Starved Arcanist	Wayshrine network	Expand Relic Table into breach attunement	Breach unlock and stable otherworld access	Planned
14	Breach	Slurry, grave, and silk breach cluster	Mother Slurry, Crimson Chorus, Silk Cathedral Regent	Grave Bat	Breach recipes I	Repeatable endgame clusters begin	Planned
15	Breach	Sun, moon, and prism breach cluster	Auric Gauntlet, Velvet Eclipse, Prismwyrm	Skyray	Breach recipes II and prestige synthesis	High-sky endgame fully opens	Planned
16	Finale	Horizon Split encounter and capstone routes	The Horizon Splitter	Void Skiff	Final synthesis and capstone conversion	Final world state and credits-equivalent resolution	Planned