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Haiku Trial of Steel Guide | 3 Series × 3 Modes and the Gold Badge

Added main story, full collection tables, additional areas/modes, and lore locations · Updated 2026-10-13

Gold does not mean repeating one series 3 times. Check 9 combinations: all 3 series in each of 3 modes.

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3 gauntlet series

Gauntlets are not simply repeated normal battles; some opponents have changed speed, HP, or terrain.

Series	Target
Mini-Bosses	Mini-boss gauntlet
The Creators	Creator gauntlet
All Bosses	All-boss series; Atom replaces Virus

3 normal modes + optional hidden restrictions

Starting spare parts are fixed at 300. Check available abilities, equipment, and repairs for each mode.

Mode	Available	Restrictions
No Wrench	Abilities/chips	No repairs
Haiku	Abilities/chips/repairs	Check each battle's conditions
Underpowered	Repairs	No abilities/chips
Hidden Corrupt restrictions	Basic movement	No abilities/chips/repairs; not required for achievements

The trial's hidden Corrupt restrictions are not the same mode as a main-game Corrupt Mode run.

Check completion of 9 combinations

All 3 series in 1 mode = Bronze; all 3 series in 2 modes = Silver; all 3 normal modes = Gold. Check each badge's Rusted Key reward too.

Mode	Mini	Creators	All
No Wrench	Check completion	Check completion	Check through Atom
Haiku	Check completion	Check completion	Check through Atom
Underpowered	Check completion	Check completion	Check through Atom

Practice room and hidden lever

Boss Test Room lets you select individual opponents with levers to practice modified battles. Badges come from arena gauntlets.

From the platform left of the arena entrance, double jump/Hook into the small hole above to find the hidden-restriction lever. It is not required for Gold or Plus15%, so no mandatory 10th combination is added to the normal 9.

Coverage and unverified points

Added 32 progression/revisit stages, main collection tables, and 29 normal-layout lore reading points with entrance requirements. Lore 28's location, L24's regional landmark, all display differences, every passage/wall across 339 cells, enemy HP/attack frames, and lore text are not included.
Sources disagree on Quatern's chip/fragment reward thresholds, Lune's poem count, and the older area text's red-skull price. No fixed thresholds are asserted: finish dialogue after all 24 Power Cells, hear every poem, and use the dedicated shop price of 750 for the skull.
Separates 40 normal achievements from 8 additions and checks the 2 added stations in normal mode too. Added Corrupt's 16 relocations/23 temporary health points, spare-parts uses without merchants, a PC record's saving cost of 100, and Atom's 3 phases. All chips/cells/platform-specific costs in that mode, all modified trial HP, and no-hit procedures remain uncovered. The normal 28-chip list is not copied as a complete Corrupt list.
Competitor prose, translated full chapters, map layouts, game screens, and sprites are not reproduced. Internal verification distinguishes text readable in the public browser from originals that could not be obtained due to native 403 responses.

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