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
The leaderboard, blank until the third floor collapses	B1 ch. 9	resolved · B8 ch. 88 — Populated in book 2; now suspended under thirty crawlers, with Carl second, Donut third and number one unnamed.
Bounties: 100,000 on each of them	B2 ch. 26	resolved · B8 ch. 88 — Closed: 'The bounty system is no longer active', and the leaderboard is suspended under thirty crawlers.

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

Bounties doubled; Lucia 1 and Carl 2 at the start; Katia off and glad, then back above Carl; Carl first at the end with a million doubled, Lucia second, Quan tenth and one-armed (B4 ch. 1, B4 ch. 4, B4 ch. 19, B4 ch. 34).

Through book 5

First, a bounty of three million (B5 ch. 1); the top ten specialised (B5 ch. 8); rankings for the top thousand (B5 ch. 21); Firas 43, Ren 38 (B5 ch. 64); Britney into the top fifty on her own (B5 ch. 65). Donut ends the floor number one (B5 ch. 78).

Through book 6

Quan back in the top ten; a champion's bounty for Donut (B6 ch. 58).

Through book 7

Donut 135, Carl 81, Li Na maxed (B7 ch. 77).

Through book 8

Suspended under thirty crawlers: Carl 2, Donut 3, and number one unnamed (B8 ch. 88).

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
6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	3/74	Ch. 1, Ch. 8, Ch. 58 · the book's own page
7 — This Inevitable Ruin	6/89	Ch. 1, Ch. 50, Ch. 56, Ch. 58, Ch. 67, Ch. 79 · the book's own page
8 — A Parade of Horribles	3/99	Ch. 1, Ch. 83, Ch. 88 · 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).

The leaderboard in book 5 — The Butcher's Masquerade

First, a bounty of three million (ch. 1); the top ten specialised (ch. 8); rankings for the top thousand (ch. 21); Firas 43, Ren 38 (ch. 64); Britney into the top fifty on her own (ch. 65). Donut ends the floor number one (epilogue).

The leaderboard in book 6 — The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Rank 3 and a bounty of two million gold at the start (ch. 1); after the show the top ten repopulates — Prepotente, Donut, Carl, Lucia Mar, Elle, Katia, Florin, Osvaldo, Li Na, Burcu (ch. 8); 'A champion has fallen. A bounty has been claimed': Quan Ch, back in the top ten, is dead, and a champion's bounty goes to Donut (ch. 58).

The leaderboard in book 7 — This Inevitable Ruin

A six-million bounty (ch. 1); Prepotente at 99 then 100, Li Na second on the list (ch. 45, ch. 56); Donut 135, Carl 81, Li Na 87 with every base stat at 300 (ch. 77).

The leaderboard in book 8 — A Parade of Horribles

Suspended under thirty crawlers: Carl 2, Donut 3, and number one unnamed (ch. 88).