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Highly Optimised Modrons Library
This is designed to be a library where you can find more or less any modron core you need. Whether it be for a specific DPS champion - an achievement - or even reference designs for when levelling up your core.
If you can improve any of the cores below or have ideas for types of cores that should be added - please do DM me on Discord. Add byteglow links as necessary.
Supercharged Damage Designs
These cores are the current best-known supercharge designs and essentially use unlimited pipes. Most people don’t have enough to copy these layouts in their entirety - so some improvisation will be required.
The damage cores are listed by DPS champion - so choose the one you normally use - or whoever you’ve put most of your legendaries into. If - however - you tend to use multiple DPS champions regularly - then you’ll want to look into using a core based on champions that benefit from every node in that core. That will mean no matter who you use - they’ll always be buffed.
For the Magic core that will be Asharra and for the Aerois core it’s Lucius. For every other core use Artemis.
You could always save a layout for each of the DPS champions you use and swap between them in-game but frankly that’s boring and tedious.
If you try to copy/improvise these designs and you lack the pipes to reach 5.2e8 flow (500% bonus) by the time the reference designs stop adding buff boxes - ignore the reference designs and keep adding buff boxes. The reference designs switch to minimal mode purely to save pipes. Your aim is to get as many nodes to 500% bonus as possible - so keep pumping up that flow.
If you’re unsure whether you’ve made the best design you can when you’re done - put the Byteglow link in the #modron_core_layout channel in the Discord and someone will usually be available to try to help find some optimisations.
ⓘ Note: DPS champions are highlighted by their brighter border.
Seat 1 Bruenor Deekin K’thriss Turiel Sisaspia Ezmerelda Orkira NERDS D’hani Voronika Nixie Thellora Gale Seat 2 Celeste Regis Donaar Korth Krydle Talin Widdle Merilwen Blooshi Solaak Lae’zel Presto Seat 3 Nayeli Gromma Binwin Spurt Artemis Omin Mehen Brig Nahara BBEG Dynaheir Seat 4 Jarlaxle Stoki Ishi Paultin Sentry Baeloth Desmond Kent Antrius Krux Karlach Seat 5 Calliope Dhadius Xander Qillek Pwent Briv Prudence Viconia Valentine Evandra Certainty Seat 6 Asharra Krond Evelyn Shandie Krull Alyndra Sgt. Knox Reya DM Fen Shadowheart Seat 7 Minsc Catti-brie Farideh Black Viper Jim Freely Lucius Xerophon Gazrick Egbert Vin Ursa Seat 8 Delina Hitch Nrakk Vlahnya Walnut Beadle Grimm Hew Maan Corazón Tatyana Warduke Jang Sao Seat 9 Makos Drizzt Birdsong Aila Môrgæn Jaheira Lazaapz Shaka Nordom Uriah Diana Seat 10 Tyril Barrowin Wulfgar Rosie Havilar Ulkoria Torogar Ellywick Yorven Virgil Astarion Seat 11 Jamilah Strix Warden Avren Nova Dragonbait Orisha Rust Imoen Strongheart Dark Urge Seat 12 Arkhan Zorbu Azaka Nerys Melf Penelope Selise Vi Dob Miria Wyll
Achievement Designs
These cores have been designed specifically to get the achievements and should not be used for damage - you will definitely be able to do better. We’ve also attempted to design these using the minimal pipes necessary to get the achievements - though of course depending on the pipes you have available improvisation will likely be required.
Despite what may be implied from reading the achievement descriptions - the supercharge ones require every single node in the core to receive supercharge flow - even if they cannot benefit from being supercharged.
If a core is not listed - it’s because it’s impossible to get the achievement with that core.
Now We’re Flowing
This achievement requires 1,000 (1.00e3) flow to every node for a 25% supercharge bonus.
Modest
ic.byteglow.com/modron/iyChfx2296evcJfrAadzT
Strong
ic.byteglow.com/modron/2bJ8HS1heiLSGcWv4CiY3
Fast
ic.byteglow.com/modron/nOezWKDAaudHBveIcqTCM
Magic
ic.byteglow.com/modron/5wV-LkarzUs19rX5uSdfh
Aerois
ic.byteglow.com/modron/VpXiPUQcapFGVtdmEvw6K
Unaffiliated
ic.byteglow.com/modron/trCCiKffGxG_talqlpZpa
Dexterous
ic.byteglow.com/modron/3x8kabhdP9vqd9BgYQuLX
Flow Shui
This achievement requires 128,000 (1.28e5) flow to every node for a 200% supercharge bonus.
Magic
ic.byteglow.com/modron/LI4aVDOyYdOreT-GsbNWF
Aerois
ic.byteglow.com/modron/UZyXpoTAZi_pkDzpBLMoB
Unaffiliated
ic.byteglow.com/modron/yOEfAk0bySOnVnqUbKoAZ
Dexterous
ic.byteglow.com/modron/QXof7-6PGEM62LAbHXtI9
Infinite Cosmic Power
This achievement requires 8,192,000 (8.19e6) flow to every node for a 350% supercharge bonus.
Aerois
ic.byteglow.com/modron/_z85vEeBAqIN3OZ3fZFjc
Unaffiliated
ic.byteglow.com/modron/n0dIctU7j62SU1AWsDl52
Dexterous
ic.byteglow.com/modron/UQfQ1AeRVbE0Ooy5vUT6Q
Pipe Dream
This achievement requires 524,288,000 (5.24e8) flow to every node for a 500% supercharge bonus.
Unaffiliated
ic.byteglow.com/modron/WNzMofUqhm4X1fr7zFMY0
Dexterous
ic.byteglow.com/modron/JSF2NUEtdg3yGoTSbM0Oq
Other Modron Achievements
Because not all modron achievements require supercharge.
Severely Underpowered
This achievement requires less than 0.0005 flow to a single node - which just means splitting the flow over and over again.
Modest
ic.byteglow.com/modron/4feomsv7zyfR8TwKJxEns
Strong
ic.byteglow.com/modron/buB5aK4I4GI4o2-OagXd7
Fast
ic.byteglow.com/modron/h1JojN5jrXK4bxJu1XPWX
Magic
ic.byteglow.com/modron/muffcjqL3qh73UfEKSZ09
Aerois
ic.byteglow.com/modron/dpjIZXaWPlY2eSQlDFRBS
Unaffiliated
ic.byteglow.com/modron/4lqk39rLpOcqz9U1pojVF
Dexterous
ic.byteglow.com/modron/OKIX66tiHGGfj7VZnZxDL
Level 1-15 Reference Designs
These reference layouts contain full epic designs for levels 1 through 15. They are to be used as inspiration when levelling up your modron cores.
These designs were built almost exclusively by Retaki in their Modron Core Piping Strategies guide.
Supercharged
I have only linked the Fast core on Nahara’s damage page because it simply cannot compete for most champions. It will always be the worst for damage. Even for Nahara it’s only there because it aids her speed effect. That said - it does have some supercharged designs if you really want to use it.
Fully Supercharged
ic.byteglow.com/modron/plcWqJ1WV0VuqeIfPlKvv
1.03e39%
“Budget” Supercharged
ic.byteglow.com/modron/a3egkSdwZEtornHzWM6Q9
9.73e38%
The Fully Supercharged design - as its name implies - has linked every single node. This is mostly because the Fast core’s primary purpose is gem farming and that needs gold for increasing the click damage wall. You can always save an alternate layout that doesn’t use gold nodes to possibly increase damage further.
The “Budget” Supercharged design is a modification of the Fully Supercharged design - and uses fewer cross pipes to get similar levels of damage. It’s only slightly easier to build (hence the quotation marks). The main benefit of this layout over the Fully Supercharged design is that it uses a slightly more forgiving flow-path on the right-hand side - which is useful if you don’t have all the necessary pipes and need to downgrade sections.
Gem Farming
The fast core is obviously an ideal choice for gem farming. Doing so doesn’t require any damage though - since it’s faster to let clicks do all the work. Hence:
Gem Farm (No Damage)
ic.byteglow.com/modron/T-TfCsTNdXfLHOULzOfHr
0.00e00%
Variable Core Damage Information
Some modron cores have damage that is variable based on the composition of the champions in the formation. Below are some tables that detail the damage each one can provide at most based on the composition.
Aerois Core
The damage of the Aerois core depends on whether you are using Lucius as your chosen DPS and how many other Heroes of Aerois champions you are using.
Note: These tables assume 500% supercharge on all superchargeable nodes.
As you can see - the damage falls off rapidly when you are not using Lucius or many Aerois champions. As such - I’ve only added the Aerois core to Lucius’ champion page.
| With Lucius DPS Num Aerois in Formation |
Bonus | Other DPS Num Aerois in Formation |
Bonus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1.84e58% | 4 | 2.24e48% | |
| 4 | 4.72e52% | 3 | 5.74e42% | |
| 3 | 1.21e47% | 2 | 1.47e37% | |
| 2 | 3.09e41% | 1 | 3.76e31% | |
| 1 | 7.91e35% | 0 | 6.02e28% |
Unaffiliated Core
The damage of the Unaffiliated core depends on whether you are using an unaffiliated champion as your chosen DPS and how many other unaffiliated champions are in the formation.
Note: These tables assume 500% supercharge on all superchargeable nodes.
As you can see - the damage is really poor for affiliated champions. As such - this core has only been added to unaffiliated dps champions’ pages.
| With Unaffiliated DPS Num Unaffiliated in Formation |
Bonus | With Affiliated DPS Num Unaffiliated in Formation |
Bonus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1.04e53% | 9 | 8.24e38% | |
| 9 | 6.81e52% | 8 | 5.15e38% | |
| 8 | 4.26e52% | 7 | 3.03e38% | |
| 7 | 2.50e52% | 6 | 1.64e38% | |
| 6 | 1.35e52% | 5 | 7.93e37% | |
| 5 | 6.56e51% | 4 | 3.27e37% | |
| 4 | 2.70e51% | 3 | 1.04e37% | |
| 3 | 8.63e50% | 2 | 2.10e36% | |
| 2 | 1.74e50% | 1 | 1.39e35% | |
| 1 | 1.15e49% | 0 | 8.01e28% |
Dexterous Core
The damage of the Dexterous core depends on whether you are using a champion with 15+ Dexterity as your chosen DPS and how many other champions also have 15+ Dexterity in the formation.
Note: These tables assume 500% supercharge on all superchargeable nodes.
As you can see - the damage is really poor for low Dex champions. As such - this core has only been added to champions’ pages of those who have 15+ Dexterity.
| With 15+ Dex DPS Num 15+ Dex in Formation |
Bonus | With 14- Dex DPS Num 15+ Dex in Formation |
Bonus | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1.04e53% | 9 | 8.24e38% | |
| 9 | 6.81e52% | 8 | 5.15e38% | |
| 8 | 4.26e52% | 7 | 3.03e38% | |
| 7 | 2.50e52% | 6 | 1.64e38% | |
| 6 | 1.35e52% | 5 | 7.93e37% | |
| 5 | 6.56e51% | 4 | 3.27e37% | |
| 4 | 2.70e51% | 3 | 1.04e37% | |
| 3 | 8.63e50% | 2 | 2.10e36% | |
| 2 | 1.74e50% | 1 | 1.39e35% | |
| 1 | 1.15e49% | 0 | 8.01e28% |
FAQs
Just a list of frequently asked questions. If you have a question - feel free to DM me on Discord.
Index
- Where can each modron core be found?
- How much experience does a core need to hit each level?
- Which is the best gold find core?
- Where is the best place to get modron pipes?
- What should I spend Upgrade Components on?
- Is it worth dismantling pipes?
- Why don’t the supercharge layouts pipe all gold nodes?
- Why do you pipe Health nodes in the Modest and Strong cores then?
- Is the Strong Core worth buying for gems?
- Is the Aerois Core worth buying from Wild Offers?
- Is the Unaffiliated Core worth buying for gems?
Where can each modron core be found?
| Icon | Name | Id | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Modest | 1 | Split the Party 1 (2+ champions in all seats) |
|
Strong | 2 | 500,000 Gems |
|
Fast | 3 | Split the Party 2 (3+ champions in all seats) |
|
Magic | 4 | Split the Party 3 (4+ champions in all seats) |
|
Aerois | 5 | Season 1 / Wild Offers |
|
Unaffiliated | 6 | Season 3 / 500,000 Gems |
|
Dexterous | 7 | Season 6 / Gem Shop from 03 July 2024 (Guess) |
How much experience does a core need to hit each level?
Normally - clearing 1 area in a party with a core equipped yields 1 experience - however - if you use Nordom you can get more than that. Because core experience is based on area clearing - the quickest way to level up is through using a speed team. Faster area clearing means faster core levelling.
| Level | Experience (to Next) | Experience (Cumulative) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8,000 | 0 |
| 2 | 12,000 | 8,000 |
| 3 | 16,000 | 20,000 |
| 4 | 20,000 | 36,000 |
| 5 | 24,000 | 56,000 |
| 6 | 28,000 | 80,000 |
| 7 | 32,000 | 108,000 |
| 8 | 36,000 | 140,000 |
| 9 | 40,000 | 176,000 |
| 10 | 44,000 | 216,000 |
| 11 | 48,000 | 260,000 |
| 12 | 52,000 | 308,000 |
| 13 | 56,000 | 360,000 |
| 14 | 60,000 | 416,000 |
| 15 | 64,000 | 476,000 |
| n | 4000(n+1) |
2000(n²+n-2) |
Which is the best gold find core?
The Strong core has the highest gold bonus of 4.01e06% when fully epic - while the Modest core is the next best at 2.19e06%.
| Icon | Core | Gold Find Bonus |
|---|---|---|
|
Strong | 4.01e06% |
|
Modest | 2.19e06% |
|
Fast | 1.20e06% |
|
Magic | 3.78e05% |
|
Aerois | 3.78e05% |
|
Unaffiliated | 1.19e05% |
|
Dexterous | 1.19e05% |
Where is the best place to get modron pipes?
The Modron Component Chests are - currently - the only source of modron pipes. You get 1 each time you level up a modron core - to a maximum level of 15. You can also get up to 4 each week by purchasing 1 from each patron’s shop for 5,000 currency - and you should strive to unlock the patrons and get enough influence to be doing that ASAP.
Other places to get component chests are from Seasons or Emergences - and the occasional giveaway. Also - the final variant in both Tomb of Annihilation and Waterdeep: Dragonheist campaigns each give 5 for completing them.
What should I spend Upgrade Components on?
Nothing. Save them.
The only time you should start spending components is when you have a handful of blue multi-in T pipes that need to be purple on fully supercharged layouts to get you to optimal. If you spend them before that - you could end up with too many of the upgraded pipe and not enough of another kind that you need and no more upgrade components to spend.
Is it worth dismantling pipes?
No! Never dismantle pipes to get upgrade components! Ever! Don’t even think about it! I cannot stress enough that dismantling pipes is a terrible idea!
The conversion rate to upgrade components and the cost to upgrade pipes are absolutely terrible. You also never know when you might need that pipe you’re thinking of dismantling.
Also - now that Presto exists to help earn you free upgrade components - you should never even need to dismantle.
Why don’t the supercharge layouts pipe all gold nodes?
Using them often lowers flow to the damage nodes and damage is the whole point of supercharging. If you need gold then it’s best to load a different layout temporarily or use a different core.
Why do you pipe Health nodes in the Modest and Strong cores then?
If you want less health and more damage then you’re usually going to be much better off using the Magic Core. If you’re using the Modest or Strong cores then it’s likely because you want the extra health - and you’re willing to lose damage because of it.
Is the Strong Core worth buying for gems?
Nope. It’s only the strongest core for a rare few champions - and even then other cores can generally get very similar numbers. It really is just a fairly bad core.
Is the Aerois Core worth buying from Wild Offers?
Not really no. It’s only good if you use the entirety of the Aerois affiliation with Lucius as your dps. If don’t use all of them - then the Magic core is better - even for Lucius. And the core itself is terrible for every other dps (see the Variable Core Damage Information tab for more details).
There are only two small tangible benefits to the Aerois core. The first is that it starts out with the Automation node available at level 1 - which means it’s good for background parties immediately. The second is that levelling it to 15 nets you 14 Modron Component Chests.
In the end though - it’s your money - and we all value things differently. So it’s up to you to decide if those minor benefits are worth it for you.
Is the Unaffiliated Core worth buying for gems?
That depends. If the champion you use as your primary dps is unaffiliated then the answer is almost certainly yes. If not then no.
The only modron core that’s competitive with it is the Dexterous core - and not only is that a season 6 exclusive - but it needs a DPS champion with 15+ Dexterity - which may or may not be the case for you.
Credits
Getting these highly optimised designs hasn’t been a one person job. It’s been a huge community effort with a lot of back-and-forth of improvements between many people.
I personally want to thank UniQP most of all though. This is as much their project as mine - and they have easily contributed the most to this library with innumerable optimisations. It simply wouldn’t be what it is without their input.
Of course - others have contributed as well:
RetakiMidanderRidgeCuddlegutzDarkboltLeon4rdo
Also a big thank you to Uffdah for the modron tool on Byteglow.
If you improve any of the designs in this guide - you’ll end up on this list too (unless you specifically ask me otherwise).
Feedback
Please do feel free to contact me via a DM on the Discord if you can think of anything that might improve this guide. I’m emmote - the one with the Prudence avatar.
I might not always agree with ideas offered - but I’ll always read them and give them some thought.
Last Modified: 2024-04-26 19:37:40 +0000