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Helpful Box Explained
By Pavelupi
Unlike pretty much every other perk in the game, the "Helpful Box" consumable's description doesn't describe exactly what it does.
Tips and Tricks included.
   
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Category: Characters, Classes, Loot
Languages: English
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Guide Index
Overview
Consumable and Upgrade pictures 
Explanation 
Tips and Tricks 
Comments
Consumable and Upgrade pictures
Explanation
After a Helpful Box has been used, it will check your inventory for stuff that you don't have in a fixed order from 1->16, and grant you the first thing missing.

Step
Condition
Reward
Note
1.
No class perk
Random class perk
2.
No species perk
Random species perk
3.
No class-species synergy perk
Random class-species synergy perk
*Will roll from the eligible pool of class-species pairs you own
4.
No cubes in inventory
Choice of 3 random rare cubes
5.
No perks of value 40 or 50
Random perk of value 40 or 50
*Value 40/50 perks are those found in perk chests
6.
Starting max mana is less than 1
+100 starting max mana
7.
Starting mana is less than 1
+50 starting mana
8.
Gold is less than 1
15 gold
9.
No consumable perks
Random consumable perk
*The used Helpful Box removes itself from your inventory before checking this
10.
No curse perks
Random curse perk
*Curse perks are only those with a red border
11.
No neutral perks
Random neutral perk
*Neutral perks are only those with a gray border
12.
No trigger fragment
Random trigger fragment
*Useless unless you have a trio of 'trigger'>'target'>'effect' fragments
13.
No target fragment
Random effect fragment
*Useless unless you have a trio of 'trigger'>'target'>'effect' fragments
14.
No effect fragment
Random effect fragment
*Useless unless you have a trio of 'trigger'>'target'>'effect' fragments
15.
No chain fragment
Random chain fragment
*These go between 'target' and 'effect' fragments for more robust effects
16.
You have everything else
"T-shirt" perk
*Value 0 perk; Puts a t-shirt over your leader's sprite.
Tips and Tricks
  • The value of the rewards rapidly diminish the lower you go down the list.
    I usually don't use the box for anything past step 7 in case I find something that it can synergize with.

  • Blights don't count as curses, make sure you have something with a red border and negative value in your inventory if you are trying to get a neutral/fragment perk

  • Fragment perks are typically used only by the programmer class, although they have plenty of those fragments and are unlikely to actually get them from a Helpful Box

  • Most valuable rewards are, of course, the class and species perks. The most common ways to get those are either by starting without one (unlocked at level 39 and 40) or by selling your previous class/species via the "Trading License" consumable or exchanging it for something else via the "Equal Exchange" consumable. The "Laboratory" event will also work."

    • Note that losing a class/species perk will not remove the associated cubes from your inventory, but if the perk's effect added an extra cube to your hand, you will lose the bonus hand slot.
        (Eg. Dwarf doesn't have to take anything out to put Stone in, because it comes with its own slot. But if you remove the "Dwarf" perk you will have to put Stone in one of the other slots, competing for space with the rest of your cubes.
    • Losing/gaining a class/species will affect the associated value 50 perks from appearing in rewards. If you know what you are/aren't looking for, this can be sometimes even helpful

    • Upgraded "Reusable Trading License" and "Returning Helpful Box" perks can quickly make you very rich and powerful as you keep selling your class/species and gaining new ones after every battle.


  • The "Laboratory" event can be very powerful in conjunction with Helpful Box, allowing you to walk away with 3 class/species perks if you have the consumable.
    • Option 2 and 3 will leave you with either two species or two classes respectively, allowing you to fill in the gap.
    • Option 4 will also allow you to use the Helpful Box, as long as you use it during the consumable/class/species selection prompt, before you "claim ownership" of the new perks.
      You can even attempt to do this without having Helpful Box at all in your inventory, as you will have 2 selections of 3 consumables each, giving you a chance to luck out and roll a Helpful Box.
1 Comments
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Klelik 12 Jul @ 10:58pm 
Good stuff, great stuff, helpful even, like a box of goodies, carefully described—no, laid out—no! explained :D