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THE INTERFACE
Overview
Quest of Mind is split into three main areas:
Top Panel (Header) — Shows your gold, Day Streak, Combat Level, time of day, and a ⚙ Settings button.
Main Grid (Two Columns) — Left is the Action Window where you start sessions. Right is your Character Sheet — your class avatar sits in the top-left corner of the Character Sheet, with your skills, equipment, and inventory below.
Bottom Tab Bar — 12 tabs for Log, Quests, History, Heatmap, Achievements, Leaderboard, Stats, Cards, Chat, Friends, Shop, and Guide.
❓ Help Icons — Look for the small ? buttons next to features throughout the app. Click any one for a quick explanation of that feature.
💡 Tabs can be reordered by dragging them left or right along the tab bar!
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STUDY TYPE SELECTOR
Action Window
The dropdown at the top of the Action Window lets you choose what skill you're training. Every study type maps to an in-game skill that has its own XP bar and levels up independently.
Examples: Studying → Arcane · Fitness → Strength · Coding → Crafting · Writing → Fletching · Reading → Wisdom
Why it matters: Each skill tracks separately. Maxing a skill unlocks prestige rewards. Your class bonus (Mage/Warrior/Ranger) applies +20% XP to certain skill types.
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TIMER & DURATION
Action Window
Choose your session length with the preset buttons or enter a custom time:
25 MIN Short Quest — great for quick focused work
50 MIN Standard Quest — balanced XP and loot
90 MIN Epic Quest — maximum XP, rare loot chance
CUSTOM Set any duration in minutes
The timer counts down in real time. When it hits zero, your session automatically completes and rewards are awarded.
💡 Longer sessions earn proportionally more XP and have better loot drop chances!
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START, PAUSE & BREAK
Action Window — Buttons
START — Begins your session. The timer counts down and XP starts accruing.
PAUSE — Freezes the timer mid-session with no penalty. Wilderness restrictions lift while paused so you can step away safely. Click RESUME to continue right where you left off.
ABANDON — Appears when your session is paused. Click it to permanently end the quest early and forfeit all XP and gold earned that session. If you're in a dungeon run, abandoning resets your dungeon progress. Use this if you need to exit a session completely and don't plan to resume.
BREAK — After completing a session, a Break button appears. Starts a rest timer (no XP, no penalties) so you can rest without breaking your flow.
💡 Use PAUSE whenever you need a moment — your timer holds and your progress is safe until you RESUME. If you need to quit entirely, use ABANDON while paused.
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SESSION XP
Core Mechanic
XP earned each session is calculated from multiple factors:
Base XP = set by study type and session duration
× Event Multiplier (1.0–3.0× from random mid-session events)
× Combo Multiplier (up to 1.5× from consecutive sessions)
× Prestige Multiplier (bonus after prestiging a skill)
× Buff Multiplier (from equipped items or shop consumables)
× Class Multiplier (Mage/Warrior/Ranger bonus for relevant skills)
The XP Float animation shows how much XP you earned on each session.
Max potential: All multipliers stacked can give you 5–8× base XP per session!
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MULTIPLIER & COMBO
Core Mechanic
Event Multiplier — Random events occur mid-session (e.g. "⚡ Focus Surge! 2× XP"). These are temporary boosts that expire after a set number of seconds. Watch the event zone above the session stats for alerts.
Combo System — Every time you complete a session, your Combo counter goes up by 1. Your Combo multiplier = 1 + (combo × 0.05), capped at 1.5×. A 10-session combo gives you 1.5× bonus XP on every session.
💡 Keep completing sessions to build your Combo higher — the multiplier stacks and rewards consistent study habits!
💡 The Combo counter is shown on your Character Sheet header area.
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WILDERNESS MODE
High-Stakes Feature
Enable Wilderness Mode using the skull toggle in the Action Window before starting a session. In Wilderness:
• Switching browser tabs triggers a 3-second Grace Period countdown
• If you don't return within 3 seconds — you die, losing all session XP and gold
• Losing window focus also triggers the warning
• Survival Reward: Complete the session without dying = +25% XP on your trained skill, plus enhanced loot gold
• You only get one grace period per session (second infraction = instant death)
• Your Day Streak is never affected — dying only costs you that session's XP and gold
• ⚠ Cannot be used while a Dungeon run is active (mutually exclusive)
Death screen: If you die, a skull overlay appears. Click RESPAWN to dismiss and end the session. No rewards are granted.
💡 Wilderness Mode also satisfies the "Survive Wilderness" daily quest!
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SESSION NOTES
Action Window
Before or during a session, you can type up to 200 characters of notes in the Session Notes box at the bottom of the Action Window.
These notes are saved with each session and viewable in the History tab alongside your session stats. Use them to log what you studied, goals you hit, or thoughts to review later.
💡 Session notes are a great way to build a searchable study journal of your progress over time.
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DUNGEON MODE
Special Feature
Click ENTER DUNGEON in the Action Window to begin a dungeon run. A dungeon requires 4 consecutive study sessions to clear.
While in a Dungeon run:
• All sessions earn +50% bonus XP
• The entire UI shifts to a red theme — you'll know you're in the danger zone
• A progress bar tracks how many of the 4 sessions you've completed
Dungeon Clear Rewards:
• 4 loot rolls (vs. 1 from a normal session)
• 40% chance of Legendary item on each roll
• 2,500 GP base gold bonus
Rules:
• Abandoning any session resets dungeon progress to 0
• After clearing, there is a 2-hour cooldown before you can re-enter
• Cannot be used with Wilderness Mode active (mutually exclusive)
• Your Day Streak is never affected — abandoning a dungeon run does not reset your streak
⚠ The dungeon is brutal — don't abandon sessions once you've entered or you lose all dungeon progress!
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CHARACTER SHEET — SKILLS
Right Panel
Your Character Sheet (right panel) shows all your skills. Each skill has an XP bar showing overall level progress toward Level 99. Skills level up on a steep exponential XP curve — early levels come quickly, but higher levels require significant dedication.
Clicking a skill opens the Skill Detail modal showing total XP, current level, milestones, and estimated time to next level.
At Level 99, a skill can be Prestiged — this resets it to Level 1 but grants a permanent XP multiplier bonus for that skill.
💡 Combat Level is the average of all your trained skills — it accurately reflects your overall mastery across everything you've studied.
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EQUIPMENT & INVENTORY
Character Sheet
Items drop from completed sessions and appear in your Inventory at the bottom of the Character Sheet. Click any item to see its description and use/equip it.
Equipment Slots (3 total) — Some items are equippable gear that provide passive bonuses while equipped (e.g. Crystal Ball gives +10% XP, Ancient Tome boosts academic skills).
Consumables — One-time use items that activate immediately (e.g. Phoenix Feather protects you in Wilderness, XP Potion boosts next session).
Rarity tiers: Common (no border) · Rare (gold border) · Legendary (purple glow + animation)
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GOLD SYSTEM
Currency
Gold (⬡) is the main currency. You earn it by:
• Completing study sessions
• Completing daily/weekly quests
• Daily login bonuses
• Wilderness Mode survival (double gold)
• Random mid-session events
Spending gold: Visit the Shop tab to buy consumable buffs (XP boosts, shields) and unlock exclusive display titles. The Mystery Chest is also purchased with gold.
💡 Your gold total is shown in the gold bar at the bottom of the Character Sheet.
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📜 LOG TAB
Bottom Tabs
The Log is your real-time activity feed. Every game event is recorded here: XP gains, level-ups, item drops, quest completions, random events, system messages, and more.
Messages are color-coded:
■ Gold — System messages
■ Green — Positive events, level-ups, rewards
■ Red — Warnings, deaths, penalties
■ Blue/Purple — Special events
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⚔ QUESTS TAB
Bottom Tabs
The Quests tab has three sections:
Daily Challenge — A special high-reward challenge that resets every 24 hours.
Daily Quests — 3–4 quests that reset every 24 hours. Quest types include: Complete N sessions · Earn X total XP · Study for N minutes · Survive Wilderness · Achieve a Combo · Earn XP in multiple skills · Use a consumable item.
Weekly Quests — Longer-horizon quests that reset weekly with bigger gold rewards.
Bounties — Optional bonus objectives with special rewards.
💡 Complete all daily quests every day for the biggest gold income over time.
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📋 HISTORY TAB
Bottom Tabs
The History tab shows a full record of every study session you've ever completed (up to your save limit). Each entry shows:
• Date and time
• Study type / skill trained
• Duration and XP earned
• Session notes (if you wrote any)
• Whether Wilderness Mode was active
Use History to review your study patterns and see which subjects you spend the most time on.
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📅 HEATMAP TAB
Bottom Tabs
The Heatmap visualizes your study consistency across an entire year — similar to GitHub's contribution graph. Each square represents one day.
Darker gold = more study time that day. Grey = no activity. The legend at the bottom shows the intensity scale.
Below the heatmap, you'll find stats like your longest streak, total active days, and most productive month.
💡 Try to keep as many days gold as possible — consistency is the real measure of growth!
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🏆 ACHIEVEMENTS TAB
Bottom Tabs
Achievements are milestones that unlock automatically when you meet certain conditions. Examples:
First Steps Complete your first session
The Grind Accumulate 100 hours of study
Wilderness Walker Survive Wilderness Mode
Reborn Prestige any skill
Geared Up Equip your first item
Unlocked achievements are shown in full color; locked ones appear dimmed.
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🏅 LEADERBOARD TAB
Bottom Tabs
The Leaderboard shows real-time global rankings of all players, sorted by season study hours. Your row is highlighted.
Columns: Rank · Name · Combat Level · Hours (this season) · Sessions · Streak
Seasons — The admin can reset the leaderboard to start a new competitive season. All players' displayed hours reset to 0, but your character data is never deleted. This creates fresh competition regularly.
💡 Every player you see on the leaderboard is a real person studying right now — you're all in this together!
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📊 STATS TAB
Bottom Tabs
The Stats tab shows a visual breakdown of your study time by skill/subject using a bar chart.
You can see at a glance which subjects you've invested the most time into and which ones need more attention. The breakdown updates in real time after every session.
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🃏 CARDS TAB — FLASHCARDS
Bottom Tabs
The Cards tab is a built-in flashcard system. You can:
• Create multiple decks (e.g. one per subject)
• Add cards with a question (front) and answer (back)
• Review cards in a flip-card format — tap to reveal the answer
• Mark cards as correct/incorrect to track mastery
Use flashcards during your study sessions to reinforce what you learn.
💡 Begin a card review session alongside your timer to stack XP earning with active recall practice!
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💬 CHAT TAB
Bottom Tabs
The Chat tab is a real-time global chat room for all Quest of Mind players. Messages auto-delete after 24 hours.
🔔 LIVE / 🔕 MUTED — The button at the top of Chat mutes/unmutes notification sounds for new messages. You can also toggle this in Settings.
Click any username to open a menu where you can add them as a friend or block them.
If you've purchased a title from the Shop, it displays next to your name in chat.
⚠ Keep chat respectful! This is a global room shared with all adventurers.
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👥 FRIENDS TAB
Bottom Tabs
The Friends tab lets you add other players by their display name and see their online status.
• Type a player's exact display name and click ADD
• They'll receive a friend request
• Once accepted, their online/offline status shows on your friends list
• You can also add friends directly from Chat by clicking their username
💡 Study with friends and compete on the leaderboard together for extra motivation!
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🛒 SHOP TAB
Bottom Tabs
The Shop has two sections:
Consumables — Spend gold on one-time buffs: XP boosts, combat shields, tallow candles, and the Mystery Chest. Most consumables have a cooldown (shown as a timer when on cooldown).
🎁 Mystery Chest (100 ⬡, 6hr cooldown) — Rolls a random reward: +50% XP surge · ×2 XP (Double XP) · Random rare Title. An animated reveal shows exactly what you got!
Titles — Purchase display titles that appear next to your name in chat. Equip/unequip from this section.
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📖 GUIDE TAB
Bottom Tabs
The Guide tab is a quick-reference text guide covering all major systems: skills list, game mechanics, features, and tips. It's always available as a static reference.
For a fully interactive walkthrough of every feature (like this one), open Settings → HELP TUTORIAL at any time.
Shortcut: Press B on your keyboard to open Settings at any time. Then click HELP TUTORIAL for this guide.
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DAILY LOGIN & STREAK
Progression
Complete at least one session every day to receive a Daily Login Reward — gold that scales with your streak. The longer your streak, the bigger the bonus.
Your Streak (shown in your stats and Character Sheet) represents how many consecutive days you've completed at least one session. Miss a day without completing any session and it resets. No matter how short the session is, it counts.
Important: Completing multiple sessions in the same day only counts as one streak day — the streak increments once per calendar day. It is never affected by dying in Wilderness Mode, abandoning a Dungeon run, or any other in-game event.
Streak also contributes to your Leaderboard ranking and is displayed to other players.
💡 Even 5 minutes of study counts — don't let the streak break over something small!
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SETTINGS
Configuration
Open Settings with the ⚙ button in the header (or press B).
Sound Effects — Toggle all game audio on or off
Ambient Sound — Choose background audio: Rain · Fire Crackle · Tavern Hum · Off
Chat Notifications — Toggle chat ping sounds
Copy/Import/Export Save — Back up or transfer your save data
Reset Save — Permanently delete all progress (irreversible!)
Reset Leaderboard — Admin only: starts a new season
Sign Out — Signs out of your Google account
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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Power User
Quest of Mind supports full keyboard navigation:
SPACE Start session
ESC Close any overlay
1–8 Switch between tabs
W Toggle Wilderness Mode
B Open/close Settings
← → Navigate tutorial slides
💡 The keyboard hint bar is shown at the very bottom of the Action Window as a quick reminder.
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TIPS & TRICKS
Pro Advice
Here are the most powerful strategies used by top players:
🔥 Complete every session — keep your combo growing for max XP
💀 Use Wilderness for a +25% XP boost when you're fully focused (streak is never at risk)
⚔ Do daily quests every day — they're the fastest gold income
🛒 Buy the Mystery Chest every 6 hours — titles give chat prestige
🃏 Use Flashcards during breaks to maximise learning
🏰 Enter the Dungeon on marathon days — +50% XP, 4 loot rolls, 40% Legendary chance, and 2,500 GP await!
❓ Use the ? help icons next to any feature for a quick explanation
⬡ Equip your best items before long sessions for multiplied rewards
This guide is always available in Settings → HELP TUTORIAL. Come back whenever you need a refresher!