The record
Revisions
Readers do not edit these pages. Corrections and objections are read, checked against the books and ruled on; when a page changes, the change is listed here with what prompted it, and the page keeps its earlier versions. When the books support the page as it stands, the ruling is listed too.
2026-10-10
Carl and the machine: the lead, and three sentences in books 4 and 8 untangled editorial read · 2026-10-10
The editor's read before launch: the lead no longer says each section takes one book; Donut's agility courses, the bugbears, the whisper to the spy and the fail-safe that became a crawler, each said in one sentence.
Pages: Carl and the machine
Race and class: dated from when they took effect automated review · 2026-10-10
The line under a character's gloss now gives the book in which their current race and class first held.
- Found on an automated reread: The race-and-class line gave the book of a character's latest card, not the book their race and class took effect. Ruling: Right. A builder fault; the line now gives the book in which the current race and class first held.
Three early-book sentences no longer say what later books do correction · 2026-10-10
Pages written as of books 1–3 said what the later books would do; they now say what their own book shows.
- Found on an automated reread: Three sentences written as of an early book said what later books do: Carl's idea 'he will act on from now on', Donut's 'series-long shape', and the Maestro who 'will want a fourth' humiliation. Ruling: Right. A page written as of its own book cannot say what comes after. Reworded to what that book shows.
Pages: Carl, Princess Donut, Open threads
Book 1's pages no longer say what later books will do correction · 2026-10-10
A page written as of book 1 said the series' threads all start there and that later books keep testing what it sets up. It now says what book 1 shows.
- Found on an automated reread: Pages written as of book 1 said what later books will do: the series' long threads all start here, the series will keep testing Mordecai's sentences, the machine will keep producing a feeling, a register will carry the series; and a maintainer's note about promoting a motif was printed to readers. Ruling: Right. A page written as of book 1 cannot know what later books do. Reworded to what book 1 shows, and the maintainer's note removed.
Pages: Book 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl, The arc of the series, Mordecai, Carl and the machine, The voice of the dungeon
The chat: a skill card no longer a speaker correction · 2026-10-03
Right. '» Smush: Skill Level 3' is a card, not a message (book 1, ch. 8). The roster is 107 voices, 4,540 lines.
- Found on an automated reread: The chat roster counted 'Smush' as a speaker; the line is a skill card. Ruling: Right. '» Smush: Skill Level 3' is a card, not a message (book 1, ch. 8). The roster is 107 voices, 4,540 lines.
Pages: The chat
Races and classes: people who share a page no longer merged correction · 2026-10-03
Right. Each person was recorded correctly; the tables keyed people by page. Each person on a shared page now has a row of their own.
- Found on an automated reread: The race and class tables merged two people who share a page: Zhang into Li Jun, Maggie My into Frank Q. Ruling: Right. Each person was recorded correctly; the tables keyed people by page. Each person on a shared page now has a row of their own.
Pages: Human, Li Jun and Zhang, Frank Q and Maggie My
The voice of the dungeon: the showrunners' announcements out of the AI's evidence correction · 2026-10-03
Right. Each is a 'Hello Crawlers' announcement read for the showrunners, not the AI's voice. Those rows are removed from the table.
- Found on an automated reread: The voice essay's evidence table listed the showrunners' daily announcements as the AI's own lines; the essay's text already said whose they were. Ruling: Right. Each is a 'Hello Crawlers' announcement read for the showrunners, not the AI's voice. Those rows are removed from the table.
Pages: The voice of the dungeon
The voice of the dungeon: 'the AI's pet' given to the Maestro's viewers correction · 2026-10-02
Right. 'Some say you've been […] only surviving because you're the AI's pet' (book 1, ch. 43). The sentence now gives the charge to his viewers.
- Found on an automated reread: The essay said the Maestro calls Carl the AI's pet. He reports that some of his viewers say so. Ruling: Right. 'Some say you've been […] only surviving because you're the AI's pet' (book 1, ch. 43). The sentence now gives the charge to his viewers.
Pages: The voice of the dungeon
Zev's censure: lifted on appeal, and 'difficult' to be un-noticed, on two pages correction · 2026-10-02
Right. 'The censure was removed from my record', and it is 'difficult to get it to un-notice you' (book 1, ch. 44). Both pages now say so.
- Found on an automated reread: Two pages said Zev had been censured or suspended for helping Carl, and that the AI does not un-notice you. The censure was lifted on appeal, and her word is 'difficult'. Ruling: Right. 'The censure was removed from my record', and it is 'difficult to get it to un-notice you' (book 1, ch. 44). Both pages now say so.
Pages: The voice of the dungeon, The arc of the series
Carl and the machine: the fee and the commendation no longer said to follow from one sentence reading revised · 2026-10-02
Right. Zev puts the doubled fee down to the video of the Maestro (book 1, ch. 44). The essay no longer claims cause; it sets them beside the sentence.
- Found on an automated reread: The essay said the doubled appearance fee and Borant's commendation follow from Carl's 'expensive' sentence. Zev gives the fee another cause. Ruling: Right. Zev puts the doubled fee down to the video of the Maestro (book 1, ch. 44). The essay no longer claims cause; it sets them beside the sentence.
Pages: Carl and the machine
About this companion: “What this is” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: About this companion
About this companion: “Corrections and requests” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: About this companion
About this companion: “How it is made” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: About this companion
Book 1's story arc: “Act V” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the story
Book 1's story arc: “The shape underneath” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the story
The series arc: “Floors 1–2” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: The arc of the series
Carl and the machine: “The lever” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: Carl and the machine
Carl and the machine: “Intro” rewritten editorial read · 2026-10-02
An editorial read of the page before launch; the maintainer accepted the rewrite.
Pages: Carl and the machine
The series read whole for contradictions between pages, and each spoiler level read as its reader automated review · 2026-10-02
Pages that disagreed with each other were reconciled to the books, and places where a page built for an early book counted or named later ones were closed.
The glosses, cast rows, traces and speakers read against the books automated review · 2026-10-02
The short texts no earlier read had covered were checked line by line; 106 quotations were given to the right speaker and 90 watched threads were marked answered.
An audit of the previous week's corrections automated review · 2026-10-02
Every correction made the week before was read again against the books; 317 findings were handled, most of them a chapter reference or a speaker.
Raised, and the page kept
- The page says Carl earns a gold coin per kill without saying the kills must be other crawlers'. Ruling: Kept. The page calls it a royalty, which is the condition: 'For every kill made with this device by other crawlers' (book 1, ch. 35). 2026-10-02