Task Bar Hero Rune Planner for Gold Costs and Rune Paths

The planner turns a proposed rune route into three answers you can check before committing resources:

1. Total Gold. Every selected rune level has its own cost. Moving a node from level one to level two adds the second level's cost rather than counting the full node again.
2. Combined bonuses. Selected values are grouped by their displayed stat label, making it easier to compare Gold, storage, EXP, combat, and other progression branches.
3. Path status. The tree contains 195 public-reference connections plus explicit level prerequisites. A locked-path warning means an allocated node has a missing parent or does not meet its recorded prerequisite level.

The underlying snapshot is labeled for game version 1.01.05 and was checked against the 11 August 2026 official v1.01.05 bug-fix post. Its node positions, costs, stat labels, level values, and prerequisites come from a public fan reference, not from Nugem Studio or an official Task Bar Hero endpoint.

Start with the outcome you want rather than clicking every nearby node. Search by a rune name or a stat such as Gold, EXP, storage, attack, or offline progress. Then build the route from the earlier nodes toward the target.

• Add one level: left-click a rune node or use the plus control in its detail panel.
• Remove one level: right-click a node or use the minus control.
• Jump to a limit: hold Shift while adding to set the node to its current maximum; hold Shift while removing to return it to zero.
• Inspect the route: check the locked-path count after each branch change. A nonzero result means the plan includes at least one incomplete recorded path.
• Save the comparison: copy the build link. The allocation is encoded in the URL, so it can be reopened or shared without creating an account.

The planner does not automatically buy prerequisite nodes for you. The warning shows where the proposed allocation and the recorded tree disagree while leaving the correction under your control.

A low-cost plan is not automatically the strongest plan, and a large stat total is not automatically the best progression choice. The three outputs answer different questions.

Gold total

Gold answers whether the route is affordable. If the target is above your current budget, use the Task Bar Hero Farming Calculator to compare reachable EXP and Gold routes before returning to the rune plan.

Bonus totals

Bonuses show the direct values recorded on selected rune levels. They do not calculate full build DPS, model hero skills, value quality-of-life effects, or rank one branch as universally best. Balance changes and party composition can alter the practical value of the same number.

Prerequisite warnings

Warnings check the public-reference path data included in this snapshot. Clear every warning before treating the plan as a valid purchase order, then confirm the route in the live game if a newer patch has changed the tree.

For another spending decision, open the Cube Calculator to estimate a conservative Synthesis material chain. If the immediate goal is a kill-based pet, use the Pet Farming Calculator.

Recheck the displayed snapshot whenever an official update changes rune nodes, costs, requirements, maximum levels, or stat values. The official Steam Community hub reported v1.01.05 on 11 August 2026; the July 30 v1.01.04 item-restoration chain remains a separate historical update. Compare the current post with the live game before committing a large Gold purchase.

A newer game version does not prove that rune data changed, but it does mean the planner's version label should be compared with the live game before a large purchase. A shared link preserves the selected node keys and levels; it cannot guarantee that the same build remains valid after the underlying tree changes.