Always Leveling · Chapter I

Field Guide

The whole manual, open to read before you start — every stat, curve, drop rate and rule the game runs on. Nothing here is hidden from new players.

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Resource System

The Central Bank

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The Central Bank is bottom-right of the village. Deposit Gold, AL$ or Achievement Tokens; whatever the vault holds at 18:00 server time earns daily interest, compounded into the balance.

Currency	Interest per day	Withdrawal processing
Gold	0.05%	Instant
AL$	0.1%	30 minutes
Achievement Tokens	0.05%	15 minutes

Interest is calculated on the balance at 18:00 and added to it, so it compounds. The Avid Investor pack doubles all three rates for life; the board shows the doubled figure.

Server time	What the bank is doing
00:00 - 07:59	Closed — no deposits, no withdrawals, no claiming
08:00 - 16:59	Morning banking hours — open
17:00 - 17:59	Settlement — closed, but a finished withdrawal can still be claimed
18:00	Interest pays
18:00 - 23:59	Night banking hours — open

The board shows this schedule as a strip under the art, with a marker at the current time.

The two closures differ: during settlement you can still claim a finished withdrawal. Overnight the bank is fully shut until 08:00.

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A withdrawal processes for its currency’s time, then waits as a Claim button. The money is not yours until you claim it.
Gold is INSTANT: ready the moment you ask, but it still waits as a Claim and holds the withdrawal slot until collected.
Only ONE withdrawal at a time across all currencies. While it runs, no transactions at all, deposits included. Claim it to reopen the counter.
Only the withdrawn amount stops earning; it leaves the vault on request. The rest keeps earning.
Partial withdrawals are allowed, any amount up to the vault balance.

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The Exchange desk trades Gold, Achievement Tokens and AL$ for one another, every pair, both ways. The rate is shown before you commit, in whole units, so the quote is exactly what arrives.

Trade	Rate
Gold → Achievement Tokens	5,000 gold per token
Achievement Tokens → Gold	2,500 gold per token
Gold → AL$	30,000,000 gold per AL$
Achievement Tokens → AL$	30,000 tokens per AL$
AL$ → Gold	5,000,000 gold per AL$
AL$ → Achievement Tokens	5,000 tokens per AL$

A 10% Conversion Fee comes off what you receive, on every pair. The desk’s own board is the authority; these are the opening rates.

Buying AL$ is capped per day: 5 AL$ with gold and 5 with Achievement Tokens, counted before the fee (10 a day max, 9 after fee). Both allowances reset at 00:00 server time.
Every other leg is uncapped. Gold and tokens trade back and forth freely, and AL$ can be sold as often as you like.
The desk keeps banking hours, so there are no trades overnight or during the settlement hour.
Round trips always lose: the spread plus fee means converting back costs more than you got. Only convert what you mean to keep.

The AL$ rates are steep on purpose: grinding gold into AL$ will not beat buying a pack, but it is a reliable small amount every day for players who farm rather than pay.

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The Log keeps two books: Deposits (including each day’s interest, stamped at the 18:00 that paid it) and Withdrawals (requests and claims).

The Leaderboard’s Bank tab ranks cumulative interest earned, one board per currency. Interest counts when it settles.