Motif · from book 1
The leaderboard
The second of a safe room's screens, blank in the first book: 'Leaderboard will populate upon collapse of the third level.'
First appears: Book 1
Series arc
As of book 3. A blank screen in book 1, ten names and a bounty column in book 2's epilogue, and in book 3 a hunting season: a tenth of your own bounty for surviving, a dagger in Donut's back on a dance floor, PVP coupons with Carl's name on them, and bolts that kill without a skull. Katia claims the first top-ten bounty of the season by accident. On the last board shown, after Hekla's death: Lucia Mar first, Prepotente second, Carl third with 400,000, Donut fourth, Quan Ch fifth, Katia eighth.
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bounties: 100,000 on each of them | B2 ch. 26 | open · B5 ch. 78 — Carl 1,600,000, third; Donut first. |
| The leaderboard, blank until the third floor collapses | B1 ch. 9 | resolved · B2 ch. 26 — Populated: ten names and a bounty column. |
All threads: Open threads.
Through book 1
A blank screen in every safe room, promised for the third floor's collapse (B1 ch. 9).
Through book 2
Populated (B2 ch. 26): ten names, and the bounty column.
Through book 3
Hunting season declared (B3 ch. 3); a dagger on a dance floor; PVP coupons with Carl's name on the back; phased bolts that kill without a skull (B3 ch. 8, B3 ch. 18, B3 ch. 22). Katia claims the first bounty by accident (B3 ch. 23); the board reshuffles — Carl 3, Donut 4, Quan Ch 5, Katia 8 (B3 ch. 25).
Through book 4
Through book 5
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl | 2/48 | Ch. 9, Ch. 14 · the book's own page |
| 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario | 1/26 | Ch. 26 · the book's own page |
| 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook | 15/35 | 1–3, 6–8, 13–14, 19, 23–25, 32, 34–35 · the book's own page |
| 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods | 10/35 | 1, 4, 9, 17, 19, 21, 25–26, 34–35 · the book's own page |
| 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade | 13/78 | 1, 8, 13, 15–16, 18–19, 25, 41, 47, 52, 77–78 · the book's own page |
By book
The leaderboard in book 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl
The second screen in every safe room: 'Leaderboard will populate upon collapse of the third level' (ch. 9). Not populated in this book.
The leaderboard in book 2 — Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Odette's exclusive before the fourth floor (epilogue): a mix of views, favourites, levels and money. Lucia Mar, Hekla, Prepotente, Florin, Miriam Dom, Carl, Donut, Ifechi, Li Jun, Elle McGib — and a number per name that is the bounty for killing them. Odette thinks Carl and Donut belong at two and three.
The leaderboard in book 3 — The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Rank 6 and a bounty in the opening line (ch. 1); the announcement makes it hunting season (ch. 3); the first attempt is a dagger in Donut's back (ch. 8); the PVP coupons — 'Ah, betrayal. Sweet, delicious betrayal' — with Carl's name on the back (ch. 18); phased bolts that kill without a skull (ch. 22). Katia claims the first bounty of the season by accident and jumps to level 37 — the highest in the dungeon, Carl guesses (ch. 23, ch. 24), until he learns that Quan Ch is higher (ch. 25); the board reshuffles — Carl 3, Donut 4, Quan Ch 5, Katia 8 (ch. 25); a second champion falls somewhere else (ch. 34).
The leaderboard in book 4 — The Gate of the Feral Gods
Bounties doubled for the top ten (ch. 1); Lucia 1, Carl 2, Prepotente 3, Donut 4, Quan Ch 5 and highest, Florin 10, Katia off and glad (ch. 4); Chirag Ali on, Florin off (ch. 17); Katia back on above Carl after five days alone (ch. 19); Prepotente level 55 (ch. 33); and at the end Carl first with a million doubled, Lucia second, Miriam a Vampire, Eva ninth, Quan tenth (ch. 34). The Ring of Sniping shows how Quan climbed it (ch. 32).