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BALL x PIT Guide — Early Runs, Ball Fusion, and Base Building
Distinguish between released/basic strategy/Naturalist additional elements · Updated 2026-10-12
First choose which ball to develop during a run, then build toward your next unlock after returning to town. Do not only add more ball types: leave room to raise your chosen balls to level 3.
Image: Kenny Sun and Friends / Devolver Digital
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How to proceed in the beginning
An early-game checklist for reading enemy columns and escape routes, collecting XP, and raising balls to level 3.
Read guide →ball synthesis
Explains the Fusion Reactor's 3 options, level-3 requirements, normal Fusion versus recipe-based Evolution, and checks for missing ingredients.
Read guide →base construction
Steps for gathering resources and building in New Ballbylon: ball paths, unlocks, and upgrade checks.
Read guide →Game information and coverage
- Game
- BALL x PIT
- Developer
- Kenny Sun and Friends
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Release / Early Access launch
- 2025-10-15
- Platforms
- PC (Windows / macOS)
- Genres
- Indie / roguelite / Breaking blocks / base construction
Become stronger by going back and forth between battle and construction.
Ball upgrades during a run and unlocks in town are separate forms of progress. Experience from enemies strengthens you during that run; resources and blueprints brought back expand your choices for the next run.
- Start with your initial character and check the enemy's descent and your retreat.
- Select duplicate balls and create candidates for raising them to level 3.
- When you return, check the blueprints, missing resources, and unfinished buildings, and decide on the next task.
Read from a place of trouble
I have separate articles about battles, reinforcement during the run, and construction after returning.
| Trouble | Article | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| the enemy reaches your feet | How to proceed in the beginning | Dangerous lines, retreats, and how to collect experience points |
| I don't understand the difference between fusion and evolution | ball synthesis | Level/combination/vacant slot |
| Resources and construction are not progressing. | base construction | Ball path/blueprint/required resources |
Don't confuse free updates with unreleased expansions
Regal, Shadow, and Naturalist are free updates that have been delivered. If the options are different from the old strategy, first check the character you are using and the updates that have been applied.
Naturalist has added characters that use a lot of ball frames and characters that are closer to passive frames. Do not apply a standard number of slots to all characters.
The PC description on this page is the range of the confirmed Steam version. This does not mean that unlisted models are not compatible.
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